This place rocks. The service is fantastic. Go the basque menu since it comes with soup salad and meatballs. The food is great. The place has a old school bar up front and a nice wine menu with the dinner. Stick with the meat and skip the pasta. My roast pork with mash potatoes was killer. Should have gone tonight instead of Flemings steakhouse. read more

I gave it 1 star and that's being generous! I do not go out to eat to have a waitress give me attitude because she can't get the order correct! Secondly, I make 10x better steak at home since they obviously can't tell the difference between well and rare! My poor elderly dad wouldn't even eat the steak that was still moving! And after all this there is supposedly no manager on duty! I asked the waitress if she thought she deserved the tip which by the way she got by default since it was added into our bill....she got snarky and slammed through the kitchen doors!!! The place is so unprofessional I'll never go back ever!!! Makes me miss the basque hotel. read more

This place has been a friday night hangout for my family for a long time. Definitely worth getting your meal Basque style. That means a lot of yummy sides served family style. Amazing food in large quantities for a very reasonable price. I love the fried chicken (we skip the garlic) the salad, the soft bread, and the soup (clam chowder on fridays!). Also served with potato salad, beans, and a pasta or stew, plus fries with the chicken. And ice cream at the end! The chicken is 4 pieces so i often split it with a family member who just gets the shepherd's meal (all the sides, but no main entree). About $15/per plate but totally worth it! read more

This is a place that I'm sure was great 30 years ago. the locaiton, right accross from the training station, I know this was a happening place. Now this is a good place with a good value..hearty food. If you can, even if you will not drink, sit on the bar side, you will have a better time. read more

Food is average, good enough. The menu is not very basque, just a few dishes, mostly American. They will charge extra 9.50$ if you want to share plates, not a good idea when you come with children, since they don't have kids menu. read more

Great food, excellent company. Just discovered this little gem in downtown Fresno! Bartenders are fantastic and remember what you like. Found our new favorite place read more

This was probably my favorite basque restaurant in Fresno. I've tried others, but they don't compare. The highlights were the fried chicken and oddly enough the macaroni salad. read more

This place really wasn't as good as I was hoping the food was very bland and did not taste of anything and although they had lots of dishes during the meal it was not really worth it because it did not taste very good. There's no really rich food here it's very plain I suggest for anyone to take their old grandma so that they can relax and feel nothing from this boring dull restaurant read more

Love this place. Been coming for over 20 years. Lamb chops are out of this world and Chile verde is amazing. Family owned - Very nice people read more

Super slow service, funny smell, mediocre food. I tried it out only because I was downtown on a Sunday and it had good reviews. Was quite overpriced for the quality. Also a very odd setting inside. Glad I tried it. But I won't be back read more

More like a 3.5 for the taste of the food, but the portions are large and the experience of the "7" course meal makes it a solid 4. The lamb chops are extremely good,but avoid the lamb steak as it is chewy and does not compare to the chops. Was not dissappointed. Get the basque. Lastly, its american food not spanish. read more

Great food with stiff drinks, a nice tap selection and classic dive bar atmosphere. You'll overhear folks speaking in Basque and Portuguese while enjoying your beverages and meal here. Definite spot to hit if you are downtown ! read more

Awesome place! Great Food! Great People.. Staff is very polite and attentive. I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a good time! read more

For lunch wife and I wanted Basque. I called before we went and asked if they served pickled tongue and beans. The person who answered the phone said yes. We went, ordered our meal and the pickled tongue and beans. The waitress said they only served the beans on Friday or Saturday night but wasn't sure. She brought our food, it tasted good, not excellent. She then brings our pickled tongue, it was hot and looked like pulled pork. I have never had hot pickled tongue, very disappointing. She then brought macaroni salad, the menu said potato salad. My wife does not like macaroni salad. I asked the waitress why we got served macaroni instead of potato salad, She said they only serve potato salad at night. I said the lunch menu said potato salad. She said, yeah, they were going to change that. We were never offered a refill of bread. read more

food was very good. ordered the cajun catfish. only got one fish. kinda expected two for the price. Landmark serves two for same price. but the fish was good. won't knock the food. and my wife's pasta was perfectly cooked. read more

Shepherd's Inn - a lil basque dinner before dad hits the road tomo morning - Basque Near Me - Fresno, California

Haven't had basque in many years after moving out of state, came here when I moved in and was the best I have ever had!! Garlic fried chicken and garlic pork chops are amazing. read more

TONS of delicious food for a low price. Great wait staff.

A Fresno Landmark! Had lunch today, was superb! It was a nice roast beef with peppers and cheese, served with fries and one of the best salads I have had in ages. The service was absolutely perfect, very courteous bartender, and the owner was even there to ensure all was good. Keep up the great work guys, I will be updating this review once I get a crack at their famous Sunday Brunch, looking forward to that one. Great experience all around! read more

What a quaint homey place. Very WONDERFUL waitress and the food was fantabulous!. We actually were going yo a nearby restaurant, but it had plumbing problems, so we tried this one. SO HAPPY! read more

Loved this place! I'm a huge fan of genuine sit down dinners (that last an hour and a half) and the food was great! Fast service and a good homey feel with home style meals that are ALL YOU CAN EAT !!!!! So much good food! Nice to have a little wine with dinner! read more

This was an unusual dining experience. I got the Basque chicken with the basque meal and was quickly served what looked like Campbells soup in a large metal bowl, it was fantastic. The salad also came in a metal bowl and was a little overdressed. Next was the potato salad, Spanish rice, and vegetables all served in this ugly porcelain and looking like it came out of a can. Every dish was perfectly seasoned and fantastic as well. My Entree had what looked like a melted slice of store bought cheese on top of it but it was fantastic as well. My wife's calamari burger looked like it came out of the freezer but was one of the best I've had in a long time. The only reason this place loses a star is for the cafeteria look of the dining room and the horrible presentation of really good food. read more

Great food, especially their pork chops with garlic. They have specials every day of the week, I would suggest trying something different every time you go. I've never had any thing that didn't taste great. Good, friendly bar as well. They have a lot of whiskey options. read more

This is OK food, but it is not Basque. Can you imagine a Basque meal without lamb? or Potato salad...usually with srimp? Even the name is not legit...Basques are always called Sheepherders not shepherds! I just paid for a banquet there for 55 people on Oct. 1. I'm Basque and remember going to this hotel years ago WHEN IT WAS REALLY Basque. I was so disappomted. A Basque , Doris Uriarte read more

Good food, but the bartenders act like its a inconvenience to be served a drink. Instead of checking to see if you need a fresh drink they avoid eye contact and ignore you unless your one of the regulars. Also was served in a dirty glass. read more

all the food is delicious...especially the pea soup. service is good read more

Worst service ever... we actually placed an order for 11 people for us to pick up and bring back to a birthday celebration at our office. They actually charged us a 8% gratuity (which was not on their take out menu) and added a $1 to every item we ordered saying their menu prices went up. When we questioned why we were paying a gratuity on food we were not even eating there, we were told by SALLY (the rudest person ever) to deal with it and that is what we do. She said the servers deserve a tip. That is all good and fine, I agree when you have servers serving you. Matter of fact I always put down a 20% tip when I eat in a restaurant and are being served by a server. On top of it the food really wasn't that great. You now have 11 people who will never eat there again and they will tell 11 people and so on and so on. Bad move to be so rude to your paying customers. Too bad, because it is hard to find good places to eat in Downtown Fresno. No wonder everyone is going to the North side of town. That is where will be next time we have a birthday celebration at the office. BTW... they also lost our business for a Christmas party we were thinking of doing there. Do not know who SALLY is but she is bad for business!!!!! read more

Usually this place is great. Good drinks, good food, fun place to watch a game and hang out. But for some reason the bartender acted annoyed we were there.. Ordered a Bloody Mary. Worst ever. Think.. Tomato sauce and vodka. We left for someplace that wanted our money. I'll come back but when another person is working. read more

I am very surprised with all the positive reviews because Shepherd's Inn is one of the worst restaurants I have eaten at in a long time. Starting with the room: very unappealing. Each light fixture had at least 2 out of 4 mismatched bulbs burned out. Chairs were a cheap uncomfortable type. Felt like an old V.F.W. hall from back east. We were a party of 5. It was our first and last time there. The salad and soups arrived quickly. The small cup of pea soup tasted like it came out of a can. The entrees however took a very long time to arrive. Starting with the $22.95 Ribeye Steak - It came out with shrimp that wasn't ordered and the wrong side dish. The manager took care of that. The steak was so leathery my mother in-law couldn't enjoy it. She ordered it medium rare so this wouldn't happen and it did. She ended eating only half of it and bringing home the rest for the dog. For that kind of price, we were surprised that there was no vegetable and the salad was nothing more than a small bowl of lettuce with dressing and that's it! They could have sprung for a slice of tomato, and even a slice of red onion or cucumber. The rice pilaf was also very dry. The White Roughy I ordered came out luke warm and came with dry rice pilaf as well. I couldn't eat it and had them redo it. It came back warmer but still not hot as you would expect. I ate it but didn't enjoy it. Again, no vegetable. My wife had the Shepherds Chicken with pasta. This small portion was dry. The pasta looked like old leftover pasta that was reheated in a microwave. My son had the Shepherd sandwich. He said it was just ok. The fries were not hot. I was shocked with this quality of food that this place was as crowded as it was. If this were my restaurant, and a customer had to send back 2 meals, I would somehow try to make good by offering a dessert or a minimal discount. Instead, the waiter came at the end and said, "only one of you ordered Basque Style, so I am going to bring 1 dessert." Perhaps he could have said "Since you had some problems with your orders, I'm going to bring you a couple of more (1 scoop) ice cream desserts." That didn't happen. We ended up eating a few hours after at McDonald's and actually enjoyed that better. Save your money and go somewhere else. read more

I'm not impressed or disappointed. I may give this place another try in the future. The meat is tough and chewy. The portions are large and served family style. It takes a long time to the get in and out. There's usually a wait if you get there around 7 PM. I had to constantly remind the waitress to bring me the check every time I saw her pop back in the dining area. The quickest check I've gotten was after flagging the waitress 12 times, walking up to the order window and asking for the check, asked to be seated back down, the people at the order window told the waitress, then she finally showed up with the check; that took 45 minutes. The wait to get in/out can get worse. I prefer going to the Basque restaurant in Fresno because the meat is soft and tender, the portions are smaller because they're set per plate, and the check comes as soon as I ask for it, but it costs a little more for food and parking. read more

Let me start of by saying I ordered my food through UberEATS so I never actually set foot in this establishment. As far as the food goes there was good and bad. The appetizers we ordered where definitely not the best. My mom enjoyed the fried mushrooms however I found them to be extremely salty and I couldn't have more than 3 without feeling sick while the fried zucchini came to us burnt which didn't give it any flavor at all. My aunt and Mom both ordered the hamburger and they both said the hamburgers where delicious. I had the chicken Alfredo which I thought was okay. I've had worse but I've definitely had better. I will say they throw in a lot of sides when you order an entree. With my Alfredo they also sent a side salad, soups, and bread with butter. They said in the description they'd be sending ice cream as well but they didn't. The total was about 55 dollars (before Uber added on their fee) Personally I don't know if it was worth as much as we paid. All in all I'd say this eatery makes a good second or third choice. read more

Went here for lunch, not many other choices in downtown......should have gone anywhere else. Had a sandwich, companion had a salad, both were terrible. Service was even worse, server could not tell us what came on the sandwich or what was in the salad.....her response was "I'm really not sure".....that was a first for me normally servers would be more knowledgeable. Place is very old and dingy, doesn't feel clean, red checked table cloths are plastic and feel like they have years of sticky grime on them. Some of the home style dishes they were serving looked good like the fried chicken, but, not sure I'd want to face the depressing interior and the poor service again read more

Good food... My wife heard of basque, so we opted to try it. However, we wanted to sit at the bar because there were several parties in the dining area. We waited several minutes for the bartender to even acknowledge us. Once she did, we were given menus. One lunch and one dinner menu. Once we had our order, she then decided to tell us she was too busy to do basque. So we ordered and the food was good. I asked the bartender to watch the baseball game instead of WWE wrestling and she ignored us. My wife never received a refill on her iced tea. The bartender remained short and eventually became rude after I asked for the baseball game. Her unorganized and unsettled mood ruined our experience, but the quality of food was good. Maybe a bad day for her, but it's my money spent. Not hers. Maybe the intensity of the wrestling made her so amped. I saw a pack of cigarettes near her purse. Perhaps I'd suggest her one, but I didn't want to risk my one moment of opportunity to request the check read more

Lived up to the reviews on yelp. The food is comforting, plentiful, and the steaks are the best I've had at any central valley restaurant. The service is friendly and very attentive. We drove from Visalia and would definitely make a return trip. A great casual, family friendly option when you cant take the chain restaurant garbage anymore (you get what you pay for!). A very good value. Kids can definitely just order the "Shepherds menu" which are all the Basque sides ... our picky eaters loved the soup, bread, paella rice and of course the ice cream that comes with your meal. read more

I have been going periodically to Shepherd's Inn for over 20 years, including its prior existence at same location as Santa Fe Restaurant. I have always ordered from the main menu & have found only the 'lamb steak' to be not fine. This Monday night, however, I ordered the daily special, spare ribs. Overcooked to point of tasteless dryness, covered with bottled BBQ sauce. Ugh. read more

What a hoot! You won't be disappointed. Have a drink in the historic bar before going in for dinner. This is the prototypical Basque restaurant. We had a pleasant surprise coming to Fresno and finding this place. read more

Dined at the border's table on a recent Friday. We were given roughly two thirds of a caraffe of wine for six people- clearly not enough. When we asked for more, we were told we would have to purchase it. I have eaten Basque family style for over thiry-five years and have never been asked to purchase an item in a "family style" setting. That ain't the way it's done and I certainly DO NOT recommend the Shepards Inn for a true Basque dining experience. read more

This place obviously has a lot of history. Its a neat old style Basque bar and restaurant. We had the fish fry and fried shrimp. The panko breading on both was excellent and the fish was very tasty. The portions were huge and we could not finish them. The salad was basic but fresh. The french fries were a little disappointing and may have been from frozen fries but the fish was the star. Service in the restaurant and bar was fair. We had a strange experience with the bartender who did not know how to call a cab and could not figure it out!! We finally went across the street to the train station and got one. We'll be back for the food and character of the place. read more

My wife and I eat at every Basque Restaurant we come across while traveling. Our favorite has for many years Ben the JT in Gardnerville NV. However it has just changed to Shepherd's Inn. Hands down the food is excellent. From the soup and potato salad to the entree. We enjoyed the meal and the experience. The server was doing a great job and hustled serving the whole place. We will return. read more

Great blackened cajun catfish I've ever had. Bean soup scrumpuos. I'll be back again, and again, etc. Service and all the best. Barry R. Trosper read more

I've eaten here before. Food is good. Usually service is as well. This time, though 7-21-14, service sucked. Tried to order lamb steak at the bar, bartender refused. Very odd. On my way somewhere else. read more