We came to this establishment to have a birthday dinner. We arrived and were seated immediately, when we sat down we waited for over 15 min to order a drink. When we ordered are drunk the serve took another 15 min to bring our drinks back to our table, when she finally returned two of the drinks were wrong. We ordered a drink from the bar and it took over 20 min for us to receive the drink. We ordered two appetizers the cheese sticks and chips and queso. The queso was very thick and didn't seem like it had been cooked very well. We ordered three steaks and the pasta, the past sauce was very chunky and cold. One of the steaks we ordered with southwest shrimp when we received it the plate was cover in the southwest sauce and the shrimp was cold. One of the other steaks we ordered was medium well, the medium well steak was bleeding blood, so we sent it back, when it finally came back out it was black and burnt and uneatable. We only live 30 min away and used to come to eat here often but recently this place has gone down hill and is not worth the time or the cost. Attached are pictures of what we received. read more

Santa Fe Cattle - The burnt steak - Steakhouses Near Me - Ardmore, Oklahoma

This is my best visit ever to Santa Fe! I had the 5 course meal and it was great! The rolls and peanuts were a good starter. The potato soup was good, but it came out with my salad. The salad was good also. Then the main event came and did not disappoint. I had the steak and it was great! I said I wanted well done, and they made it just right. I had a dessert that I forgot the name of, but it couldn't be better! The service was good too. This is a good place to eat if you catch them on the right day. read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Best dessert ever! - Steakhouses Near Me - Ardmore, Oklahoma

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Can you say ordinary? Yes, nothing spectacular. Food to feed your face and digest. The restaurant seemed low on staff and was messy and I don't mean the peanuts thrown on the floor, but dirty tables everywhere. All our vegetables were over cooked for my taste and like I said, ordinary. read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Steakhouses Near Me - Ardmore, Oklahoma

really should have holiday hours because gee wiz the experience my family had on fourth of july is unreal. understaffed af cuz any young person in this town has zero work ethic. 20 mins to be sat: perfectly normal. waiting nearly 10 mins to be greeted: i can understand a tiny bit if youre busy (empty tables everywhere btw). waiting 35 ish mins for our order with missing items plus wrong dressing: not ok. asked for a steak and for it to be medium and it came out like it was grilled on both sides for 5 seconds. another person ordered a steak medium well. had to send it back to cook longer and the server forgot about it til we reminded her 10 mins after sending it back. my food was ok but eating such a rare steak i had to use their cinnamon butter to substitute flavor as i couldnt taste any, the shrimp tasted fine though. as im writing this review its been about 20 mins since ive recieved my food and im still without a side item that was supposed to come with my meal but im ready to just get out of here and watch fireworks already so ill for-go it. this place should be gutted and converted to a texas roadhouse already. at least service is at the top of their culture and i would know, i worked there before! read more

I didn't understand the the long wait. It was empty except for the bar. The steaks are not good as in the past. Sure wish Okc still had theirs on the west side. Lind drive for a piss poor steak. read more

I'm pretty surprised that this place only has three stars. For a small town the steaks were actually very good. Mine was cooked to a perfect medium. The shrimp was coated in a scrumptious southwest orange sauce and grilled. The server made excellent recommendations and I didn't feel uncomfortable eating there alone. I like it and will be back read more

This place is hit or miss. When there on the food is really good but you never know sometimes the quality is just not there. The service is usually not that great. We've gone several times with a group or 4-6 and you can be sure at least one of us has an improperly cooked steak. Just no consistency and that's a shame. read more

Table behind us had a cockroach crawling on their plate! In ended our appetites as well. Poor service too.

The peanuts on the floor was a little deceptive. I ordered Top Sirloin which was chewy, but they replaced it with Filet & it was very tender & absolutely delicious. read more

Nice atmosphere & nuts everywhere, that drives me nuts! Food took a long time, a bit surprising but the Filet was extremely good, however it was pretty red for medium but tender & seasoned perfectly. Tilapa was wayyyyyy over cooked 1st time, so much so I thought it was blackened, they replaced it but still charged us, hmmm. The potato soup turns out to basically be chunks of baked potato in a cup, very disappointed! Server did a good job keeping drinks refilled & she tried hard to please us, so she scores major service points. However she was no different than most when it came to forgetfulness, asked for no green onions on the potato soup & she delivered it with green onions, then brings a replacement with no spoon & have to wait for her to come back around to flag her down to get a spoon to eat the soup lol The desert was only 1/2 what it was advertised as cuz they were out of ice cream for the Brownie so they tried to make up for it with a ton more whip cream (now there can never be enough WC if you know what I mean), but the brownie was great. Why wouldn't they go get some at the grocery store? I will try them again but for what we got & what we paid I wasnt that impressed read more

Every time I come eat at Santa Fe, it has always been great. My food is always hot, fresh, and delicious! The staff at Santa Fe are kind and they always check up on us. One of my favorite places in town to go eat. read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Southwest Chicken Pasta, my favorite! Around $12 - Steakhouses Near Me - Ardmore, Oklahoma

Soo soo bad. Steaks are of the poorest quality. The appetizer combo was ok. Side salad good. Just a bad place. Needs better food quality and a better cook! I would rather eat my shoe than come back!! read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Hubby's "Medium Rare" steak. Burnt on bottom so bad it curved! - Steakhouses Near Me - Ardmore, Oklahoma

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May be that my expectation is too high. I think someone forgot the salad, it came 15 seconds before the steak. Caesar Salad was soggy (dressing pre-mixed)and made with mostly iceberg lettuce. Steak was ordered medium, came charred no pink to be found. Sweet potato with butter/ cinnamon sugar on the side - your guess - yep smack dabb in the middle. Now I remember why I vowed to never eat at these restaurants again after a similar experience in Lubbock TX. Good luck ..... Dine at your own risk !! read more

Took over 45 minutes to get a salad, got my steak which was ordered medium was well done but cold. Had to been waiting to be picked up by servers for a while. Heard a couple of other customers asking to speak to manager because of very slow service. Don't wait your time or money read more

I think 3 stars is pretty much spot on for this spot. It's not great. It's not bad. It's going to be a decent meal, and you can certainly do much worse elsewhere. I stopped in on a misc Tuesday night looking for a bit of dinner. I went with their "5 course" dinner (one of the courses includes bread & peanuts, which seems a bit cheesy). Soup, salad, steak and dessert. All of the dishes were decent. The steak was very nicely cooked. The major complaint that I had was the fact that the food was not spaced out at all, so within about 7 minutes I was surrounded by 4 plates. But beyond that the staff is friendly and again - decent food. I'd stop by again if I were in town. read more

We were driving from OKC to Dallas, and decided to stop into Santa Fe Cattle Co for dinner. It very well could have been a Texas Roadhouse if I didn't know better. Cute, but a little cheesy décor, with tons of nostalgic country-western memorabilia. Today's country music blared through the speakers. We nibbled on peanuts when we were seated...another similarity to Texas Roadhouse. The menu had a lot of options...fried appetizers, burgers, pastas, steaks, etc. The choices were pretty generic. Our server was very sweet and attentive. We started with the queso that was actually white queso cheese with ground beef mixed in...dynamite and the best part of the meal. I had the chicken fried steak and it was HUGE! I immediately cut in half so that I could save some for lunch the next day. It came with creamy mashed potatoes and dinner rolls. The rolls were small and served with cinnamon butter. The breading on the chicken tasted like it had been frozen at some point. Overall, there was nothing bad about the meal or experience...just nothing to get excited about. read more

What can I say, they know me there. Here's the idea. Dusty roadhouse style steakhouse with tex-mex and loose peanuts. Nothing at all wrong with that, though not by any stretch original. If you want a review of the food, look at any other review of any other roadhouse. No name dropping here but yall know the ones. That's not the point. It's the local one. Pull up a seat to the bar and get charmed up by the bar staff and have a couple Coronaritas. That's right, Coronaritas. That's right, a couple. It's a good time. Not too loud to talk, but you can let the hair down a bit for sure. Never had a bad service, but then I usually sit at the bar. Never had any trouble with the food, save one so-called "death burger". This molten-cheesy monstrosity brings a whole new meaning to "it's all over me, what the crap?!" I did earn a t-shirt and a 10% off card for downing there 2 lb sirloin. Not even a problem. Ask about it. Fun thing to do with your buds. This is a place that you don't take too seriously. That's pretty much the whole point. read more

Worst food ever. Extremely long wait time, unfriendly hostess. Our steaks were all undercooked. Sent back to kitchen. Only bright spot was we had a nice waitress. read more

Drove from Sulphur to eat here. Arrived @6pm . Was told by Hostess the wait would be 45 minutes. The lobby was packed .She asked for my cell # & said she would call when table was ready. After waiting in my car for 50 minutes I went back inside to see how much longer. She told me she had called my name earlier. My response was you took my # & said you would CALL. she said she'd have to put me back on the list which would be 35 more minutes. This hostess lied to me. Why ask for my number if not going to call. She was very rude & needs to be fired!! Other reviews I've read has had same problems happen to them. What a disappointment & I will be contacting the regional Mgr & or District Manager to report this & perhaps the BBB. What a disappointment. read more

My wife and I took friends here for our anniversary on 8-10-2021. We went for steaks but were told they were out of most steaks. My wife and I ordered hamburgers. We asked for no pink in meat but not burned. Our meat was over cooked and cold, they had been cooked before we arrived. $30 for 2 hamburgers and 2 teas that weren't good , ruined our anniversary . Waiter was very good and apologised Kenneth W. read more

Wait staff is 3-4 stars, food not so much. The best part was the good sweet tea and the waitress kept our glasses full. The sirloin was dry, tough as if was days old and microwaved. The salad was full with good toppings and ranch was delicious. Daughter had the ribs. Not impressed. Won't be back. read more

We are from New Mexico and the first time we ate at Santa Fe Cattle Co. was great! The waitress told the manager it was our first time and as we were eating our wonderful steak the manager herself came up to us and thanked us for dining in her restaurant and gave us a free appetizer for our next visit. Two months later we were back! Super nice waitress again and we both had the chop sirloin with onions peppers and cheese along with salads and green beans. It was the best! Our free appetizer was Chips and queso! Free!!! Thanks Santa Fe Cattle Co. read more

We arrived at 7pm did not place our order till almost 8pm did not receive said food almost 845. Food was partially cold. Not made to our requests. We never have any problems at this location but today was a bad experience. read more

This was absolutely the worst experience I've ever had in an Ardmore Oklahoma restaurant. We waited for an hour and 15 minutes for my steak to come out. The steak was so well done and I ordered it medium. Then after another 20 minutes wait the waitress finally brought the steak out to me. She gave me the excuse that they were just really shorthanded. When I looked around the restaurant we were one of only four tables in the restaurant. The staff were standing at the bar talking and the manager was no where to be found. The service and food was terrible. I walked to the kitchen area to try to find my waitress. I could see into the kitchen area and it was so nasty that I will never go back there again. read more

Went with a party of 7, 4 ordered salad. 3 got salads the other one 20 minutes after looking for the waitress. 3 got their meal, 3 more 15 minutes later and 1 never got theirs. Spoke with manager, they forgot about the other plate, wanted to fix it and box it for the person for free. At this time we had been in the restaurant for 1.5 hours. Needless to say the person refused the boxed meal. Sadly we won't be back. Plus the one that never got their food ,had worked all day and was starving. read more

Took 30 minutes to get our starters. The wings that came out were raw on one side. It then took another hour to get our entrees. Our waiter was more elusive than Houdini. Not going to go back. read more

This place is what you expect from a chain restaurant that serves steak. Not the best quality, but tasty for the price. Nicely decorated and clean - good service. read more

Wow! I won't be able to say enough nice things about this place! First off I stopped here bc I don't eat any fast food and this place is why. The quality was awesome and the service was stellar. We got a hamburger on a hoagie with fries, grilled chicken and sweet potato. Everything was cooked perfectly. My husband has a corn allergy and they are extremely accommodating. The manger brought the box out so I could verify. He did it with pleasure. The wait staff was cutting up and having fun. They were all pleasant and genuine. I will stop here and recommend everyone to visit. Thank you for such a great meal and experience read more

We stopped here a second time (first visit a year ago) after traveling to take our children to Urban Air trampoline park and unfortunately there haven't been any improvements. We visited on a week night during our children's Christmas break from school. Only about five tables were occupied, I was looking forward to great food and service. I honestly think waitress had good intentions but limited capabilities. She was not even aware that the green beans had bacon in them and my non pork and red meat consuming wife was not happy. Several incidents, asking for utensils, being told there was no bacon in a side, a children's meal that was advertised as "mini corn dogs", all went annoyingly wrong. The beef quality (I ordered their largest t bone) was mediocre at best and it was heavily seasoned with a very salty type of spice that over whelmed the entire thin slightly over cooked steak. My double irder of steamed broccoli, again, you guessed it,was way too salty. My wife's baked salmon was over salty spiced with the same type of spice and almost totally dry. My daughters mini corn dogs were nasty and appeared to be Vienna sausages (totally dry) breaded. She never ate one and she's known normally to be a good eater. My 12 year old son, who likes leaner cuts, was the only one who enjoyed his meal ordering the filet. I'm not going to discuss restaurant cleanliness, price, parking, etc. I don't think it will matter if your meal itself is sub par. The manager should travel and eat a meal at the Texas Road House in Oklahoma City so that they have something to aspire to. To include what their rolls should really taste like (they were dry as if they'd been sitting around for hours) All I can say is the manager is fortunate they didn't come to the table to ask how our meal was..... . read more

Went there twice. The first night, I was by myself, elected to sit at the bar. It was sticky. I asked the bartender to please wipe it off. She did, then without greeting, offering a menu, nothing, she very rudely said, "What do you want to drink?" She huffed, turned, and walked off when I said I wasn't sure, and I decided to leave because the service was already bad, and I'd not yet even sat down. Night 2: Friends wanted to go there. Told me we'd sit at a table, away from unfriendly bar staff. It was going well until the waiter asked if the cook could butterfly my filet, which was thick, and wouldn't cook down to medium. I said it was ok, but when they brought the steak, it was under seasoned, so tough on one side and over done so that I could barely get a fork in it, and the other side was under cooked. It was bright red inside, rare, in fact, blood all over the plate. The waiter was nice, but the manager, not so much. She did comp the meal, but never took ownership, in fact, after she was told of my first experience there, she asked why I didn't complain instead of leaving, and basically turned it around on me, and made me out to be the bad guy. My friends were sitting there in disbelief, agreed with me when I told the manager she shouldn't be sticking up for her bartender, or the cook who destroyed my steak, and somehow making all of it out to be my problem, not hers. End result, she made it worse, not better, I didn't eat, my meal was comped, which was the only decent thing that happened, and my friends and I will never go back there again. I did leave our waiter a nice tip, though. He did everything right. Too bad he's not the manager. read more

This used to be a good, reliable steakhouse. Recently, they have gone down hill. Way down hill. Last Sunday we went with friends at 6pm. The place was empty with only a few tables occupied. The waitress took our order and brought drinks. So far, so good! This is where the down hill part begins. Tables began filling up with customers. We finally got some rolls. After 30 minutes, no waitress, no food. Other servers are helping the new customers. They begin bringing out their food. My husband went to look for our waitress and asked about our orders. She told him it was not her fault the kitchen was slow but she would look in to it! 10 more minutes go by. Customers who came in 20 minutes behind us are now finishing and leaving. My husband went to look for the manager. He said he would look in to it! 10 more minutes went by and we got up and left. No one ever came to our table to update us on the delay. We were there almost an hour and saw our waitress twice. We went next door to the Rib Crib and got served immediately and had a good meal. No problems. Perhaps management has changed or competition has recruited their good employees. We won't be back. read more

I ordered a medium rare 9oz sirloin steak. After 30 minutes it was served beyond medium and I suspect it WAS 9oz, but it was served cold so I get the shrinkage factor. Size matters. They tried again. 35 minutes later...same result (less shrinkage). My new and improved steak appeared to be medium rare, but one half was well done. I'm confused on how they accomplished a partitioned steak...must be a fancy grill or a shift change. I was hungry so I ate it. I didn't enjoy it, I just ate it. Dry. No seasoning. No marbling and tough. Chewy tough. Remember when you were young and, you, at some point chewed meat until it was a mush pile? Yep! This place is for memories. My sides were "marinated mushrooms" and a salad. The tiny button mushrooms were indeed marinated in the broth from the jar for months. I did taste a slight hint of spice (pepper) so kudos to the rebel in the kitchen. The salad had, well, iceberg lettuce; the inside and outside leaf variety, shreds of cheese and teeth sharpening flavorless croutons for decoration. They do have salt and pepper shakers. Apparently they try not to offend any taste buds. Service is slow and the food is made with effortless ease. I dare you to order a steak under medium. read more

My family arrived and approached the Hostess Stand. We were the only customers waiting to be seated, but it took a long time to be helped (although we were looked at). The manager and two employees were helping a young man to find a bar\dance club in town. I understand the hospitality of helping another person, but the hostess could have broken away for a moment to at least acknowledge us or to perform her duty and seated us. It was more than five minutes, in which we almost left, and in retrospect we should have. After being seated and our waiter taking our drink orders in a timely fashion, he disappeared we assumed to get our drinks. He did reappear, but only to check on the table behind us, not even looking at us both times he passed us. We did eventually get our drinks, but the service and attentiveness of the help was terrible, and it got progressively worse. In the course of waiting for our appetizer, which, once again took an extremely long time, one of my children accidentally bumped and spilled my wife's drink on my wife. Our waiter was nowhere to be seen, as we grew accustomed to, and my wife flagged down a bus boy and asked for napkins, as we didn't have any, including and that came with silverware because we had not been given any silverware at this point. He said he would bring us some and left our section. He didn't come back. Our waiter finally showed up and we asked for napkins and he said he would be right back with some and a refill for my wife. Luckily he did come back with napkins, but no refill. At the time this was not an issue as she didn't need a drink. About five minutes later our waiter came back and with no refill in hand he pointed at her cup and said he would be right back with a refill for her. After another extended disappearance, he did bring a refill. I assumed that they were packed and I tried to excuse the lack of good service, or service at all in this case, but as I made a trip to their restrooms, which takes me through another section, I saw that the entire section was closed. At this point I stopped trying to excuse their behavior and was glad to receive our check and leave. read more

What a joke!! $8.00 for chips and qeso? Upset customer next to us because he didn't get the rice that came with his meal then they tried to charge him for it. The manager wouldn't go speak with the customer either he just kept sending the poor waitress to do his dirty work. Service was sub-par and their food is way overpriced for what you get. This is my third time eating here and have not had a good experience yet. read more

The managers are butt holes, and they do not treat their waitress staff well at all, the food has gone down over the years, they need help bad! read more

Had a wonderful experience. Our server Peyton was awesome. Would come back when in town.

Terrible service. Waited 10 mins just to get waters then another 5 to get menus! Tense environment w staff and mgr. Waitress was taking shots while working! Tortilla soup was cold and FULL of onions...not much else. Tasted terrible. Will never go here again. Worst Santa Fe EVER! read more

The rolls are delicious! That was the best fact. The manager seemed to have trouble and acted inconvenienced that we had a party of 9. It took forever to get appetizers such as chips and salsa. When we got the chips and salsa the chips were stale. Then it took forever to get our food. We sat in the restaurant over an hour and half. Steaks were underdone or over done on three plates. Don't recommend to anyone. Oh and the bathrooms were completely gross read more

I was served right away sitting at the bar. I enjoyed the chicken fried steak and brownie a-la-mode for desert. Everything tasted great and service with a smile. read more

Santa Fe Cattle - Steakhouses Near Me - Ardmore, Oklahoma

I had a chicken Torta here that was ok. The handmade lemonade (alcoholic) was great though...very dangerous. Nice decor though and atmosphere. It's the type of place you'd want to go to if you feel like eating with a little bit of liveliness. read more