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    Red Lodge Cafe & Lounge

    4.0 (49 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Lorin C.

    Kind of a Mom & pops lil diner. Very good service clean friendly. Excellent food. I especially loved their biscuits and gravy!!

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    Carroll V.

    The Red Lodge Cafe, with its bright neon sign, has welcomed locals and travelers for decades. My first visit came almost four decades ago, and today's straight forward breakfast delivered as in years past. My go-to: bacon well done, wheat toast, eggs, hash downs. And I got that value and quality today. The interior has a western theme with orals painted by a Mr. Salo in 1967. The service is also traditional western: friendly, prompt, even when busy and obviously short staffed. Patrons have to adjust to the new restaurant reality: everyone is in a rush to go out in these post vaccination times but people--restaurants need time to gear up and staff up for the onslaught. Especially in a national park gateway town like Red Lodge. Be patient, give them a break and tip handsomely the staff busting their butts to get their meals. The cafe owner has just posted a sign to sale. Geez I hope this place doesnt go the way of too many other places in Red Lodge. In ten years it has changed a lot--let's keep some traditional western cafes.

    Gabrielle B.

    Not the best, did not have many vegetarian friendly options. However, the crispy grilled cheese was a totally new experience to me. Grilled cheese sandwich with mayo, covered in breadcrumbs, and deep fried. I will probably never eat that sandwich again in my life (here or elsewhere) because it was so heavy, but I will never forget my experience here. Awesome, friendly, local staff who love their diner and love the food they serve here. Their enthusiasm was intoxicating!

    Red Lodge Cafe is located on Broadway Ave, which happens to be the main drag, in Red Lodge, Montana.
    Eric R.

    The best way I can think of to sample the character of a small town is to stop by and enjoy breakfast with the locals at a mom-and-pop diner or coffee shop. Unlike eating at a chain restaurant, which are mostly identical, when you dine locally, you get to mingle with the local residents, and enjoy the variety of cuisine that makes the town thrive. In Red Lodge, Montana, good luck on finding a chain restaurant, but luck is on your side, as you'll find an amazing dining experience awaits you at Red Lodge Cafe. My visit actually happened a couple years ago, and I'm finally getting around to posting on Yelp. Sorry for the delay... The dining room is quite large, and features all tables, and is quite rustic in character, in fitting with the small town of Red Lodge. There are murals on each wall, and the kitchen to the rear of the restaurant. I noted that all of the diners appeared to be locals, despite the fact that Red Lodge is on Highway 212, which is a major route from Billings to Yellowstone National Park. Red Lodge Cafe is serious about breakfast, as the breakfast menu is good all day. The menu offers something for every taste. As I was looking at the menu, my friendly server Lynn let me know that today's special was prime rib, cooked any way I want it, and eggs for $12.25. OK, count me in! My delicious prime rib breakfast arrived on two plates. Trust me, it tasted even better than it looked. The two eggs over easy that I ordered were cooked separately, which I don't ever recall seeing in the 60+ years I've been enjoying eggs prepared this way for my breakfast. When Lynn mentioned the "Prime Rib Breakfast Special," not on the menu, I could not resist ordering it, as it had probably been three years or so since I'd enjoyed prime rib for breakfast. At $12.25, it wasn't a bargain, but you definitely got what you ordered: A delicious breakfast. I didn't have to wait very long, as my breakfast arrived about 15 minutes after ordering. The prime rib was so tender that I didn't need the knife to cut it, as the knife served as a decoration. I ordered my prime rib cooked medium, and it arrived perfectly cooked, juicy, tender, and just a little pink, exactly the way I like it. The eggs, hash brown potatoes and the toast were cooked perfectly. This is one of the best breakfasts that I've enjoyed in a long time! Rustic dining, in a rustic, mountain town is found at Red Lodge Cafe. The food is delicious, the staff, and local diners are friendly, and the breakfast experience makes you want to return to the mountains of south-central Montana, and the Red Lodge Cafe.

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    Food was so good and the service was great. Our waitress was so sweet I wish I would have asked her name. Highly recommend! Fast service!

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    Amazing, great service and great food, 10 out of 10! Big portions! Great location and price point

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    Great little place in a darling town. I will be back. We had a burger n fries, a salad n grilled cheese.

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    Great choice with friendly service, good food and an adjacent bar with a few slot machines. BLT and French dip were just fine.

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    We had an elk burger and sweet potato fries, cold dry fries and dry over cooked burger, 18.00, won't be back.

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    This is a gem in the mountains, Montana that you can't afford to miss. We started with the Burrata…read moreand prosciutto appetizer. The burrata was perfect and fresh. There was lovely oil and the bread was tasty. I want to warn you, though this is on a bed of prosciutto. Like so much. I had the carbonara and you could tell the pasta was fresh and the sauce was made simply with fresh ingredients. My dining partner had the Maccheroni Alla Norma which had delicious fresh pasta and sauce and tasty roasted eggplant. for dessert I tried the torte Della nonna The torta itself was great very lemony. But the ice cream was honestly some of the best ice cream I've ever had. we also had the profiterole the chocolate sauce was great and the cream was yummy. Wheelchair accessibility: this restaurant is very tightly packed and to get to the bathroom people had to physically stand up and lean chairs against tables for us to pass though. We really did appreciate the fact that the hostess led us to the back having the people move rather than us doing it ourselves. On the way out of the bathroom, we actually went out through the kitchen door and back around and when we went back to the bathroom later, we did the same thing. The bathroom door is heavy and so you might need assistance, but the bathroom is spacious. We actually dined alfresco, and one of the two tables at the entrance to the restaurant highly recommend. there is an accessible parking lot on the street right around the corner.

    The truthfully the food was right on par with Olive Garden. I was kind of disappointed as I've had…read morea couple people tell me it's one of the better restaurants in town. The service was great and the ambience was nice as well. BUT, the food was not.

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