Reasonable prices, decent friendly service, but average food. Plenty of food to fill up on. I got the baked lamb, it was ok. My dining partner got the prime rib, it was a huge generous potion that LOOKED great. As far as prime rib goes, it was dry and tough. It just wasn't a great cut of prime rib. The sides were generic. The spaghetti reminded me of canned chef boy-r-d, the green beans were canned. The salad was watery iceberg lettuce with a dressing that seemed to be only mayonnaise. The rice was ok. The star plate was the augrautin potatoes. Overall the experience wasn't "bad", it was an ok meal for the money, but nothing special. I recommend the baked lamb for the best bang for your buck. Skip the expensive prime rib! read more

Toki Ona - Basque Near Me - Elko, Nevada

Stopped here for dinner during a recent roadtrip and we're pleasently surprised! I ordered the Basque pork chops and my wife had the baked lamb. Our server Pearla started us out of with a large bowl of homemade chicken soup and bread and it was excellent! We were next served a very fresh salad. Both entree's were large and great tasting and the sides were also very tasty. My baked potato was fresh and done perfectly but my wife ordered the "Ana Potato " and it stole the show as far as sides go. All in all a great local place with wonderful food and perfect service by a friendly staff. read more

Great service, great breakfast options. Nice to get a Bloody Mary from their bar and decide between breakfast and lunch. They're super quick and as soon as you walk in you will expect to be greeted. Dinner is also good, though I usually stick to breakfast and lunch. read more

We have had breakfast here several times. The price is comparable and the food is good. We have always had friendly service . We bought a crab sandwich for lunch on Thursday. They are big (shareable). Very tasty! read more

We had dinner there a few months ago and the service was great and the food was the bomb! Last night we made it by 9:15 as the grill shuts down at 9:30. Food was great and the service was excellent even though they had to stay a little longer. Thanks! read more

Great basque restaurant . When people visit Elko the star restaurant has a more familiar name but the food here is equal in quality and flavor . At a little better price . It's always great to have options. read more

The wait service was very nice and the food came quickly The side dishes were pretty much straight out of the can. The salad was swimming in some sort of white dressing. read more

I'm surprised by the mix of reviews, honestly. On a recent trip through Nevada we spent the night in Elko, and it happened to be next door. My wife and I enjoyed the family style service, and while she had lamb chops, I enjoyed pork chops, and both were prepared perfectly. It may be just a bit pricy to some, but look where you're at! If we ever get back this way, we'll stop again, no doubts. read more

Overcooked lamb and pasta, totally serviceable, some pieces of lamb were reduced to shoe leather whereas others were quite tasty, at least COVID precautions are taken, uneven food but excellent service and presentation. read more

Just finished a wonderful dinner here. We ordered items from the senior menu--steak and hamburger. Both were great! We had sides of Anna's potatoes, clam chowder, and a garlic dressing salad. Would recommend all. Service was prompt, even though the place was packed! read more

We had pretty good service overall. First off my drink cup was dirty and had a chuck of food stuck to the inside of the cup when delivered and the food was so greasy. I ordered the BLATT basically a BLT with turkey and avocado. My sandwich came with fries and soup. Their soup was good and clearly made from scratch as I had bones in my bowl. Also when I ordered I asked if it was toasted when I order she said yes. However when it arrived the bread was yellow with a very oily butter and burned in areas. My fries were also sitting in grease. Overall the food was not good. Our server asked if we wanted boxes and we both replied no as we were not fans of the food. I ate one fry and one bite of my sandwich. Her only response was sorry. We paid $30 for 2 sandwiches and 2 sodas. We will not be going back read more

You get a lot of food for a great price. Everything that was brought out was delicious. If you are hungry and on a budget, this is a great place. Actually, a great place for anyone. read more

After looking at the reviews I can't help but think that most of Elko has a terrible palate. The soup was decent. The rice was drier than the Sahara, the salad was wilted and drenched in some unidentifiable dressing. The lobster is obviously frozen before it's prepared and the steak was tough and chewy. The only redeeming feature this restaurant has is it's attentive staff. Went for my son's graduation and the entire party was disappointed in the food. Will not be returning. $250 for mediocre food is a joke. read more

I've eaten at Basque Restaurants all over Nevada and California. I really like them. Toki Ona is now one of my favorites. I'm writing this assuming that you know what to expect at a Basque Restaurant - Family Style dinner. Soup, Salad, Bread, Sides, then you choose your meat (and at Toki Ona your potato) I had the rib eye steak and my husband had lamb chops. The rib eye is huge and delicious. Always have it with the garlic on top. Its soft sautéed and so delicious. The bread was wonderful, the Anna or Scalloped potatoes are amazing. I loved both the soup and the salad. I usually don't at Basque Restaurants, they're often very blah. The dressing on the salad was so good! The soup was a very tasty chicken noodle with tomatoes. They make all their desserts in house. We split a Tiramisu for dessert and it was delicious! The service was amazing! Better than any of the Basque restaurants we've been to in the past few years. We weren't packed in like sardines; much much more comfortable than The Star Hotel. Great service, great food, comfortable relaxed meal. The only thing I wish was different is that they'd make some of the sides more interesting. I do love Basque style camp beans and wish they'd been on the menu. I want to thank the owners, chefs, staff and especially Perla for a very enjoyable meal after a long day on the road. From reading the other reviews I don't think the people who didn't like Toki Ona understood what to expect at a Basque Restaurant. I've been to many and Toki Ona is top of my list for over all dining experience. read more

There is nothing Basque about this place. The food was cheap, both in price of ingredients and quality. Soup was watery broth with overcooked pasta stars. Salad was bagged iceberg (not even a beet or a tomato) with watery mayo & vinegar dressing. "Hot turkey sandwich" was just that: sandwich meat topped with package gravy. Roast lamb had been reheated and was dark brown and even crispy around the edges! All the sides were reheated, over salted, and overdone (almost didn't recognize the rice dish it was so gloppy). Fries were also refried and dark brown (maybe "refries" are a new dish). The service was prompt and friendly however. Don't waste you money here. You get fresher and better quality food at a chain restaurant. read more

This is a very nice family style dining restaurant. I ordered the crab stuffed shrimp and mushrooms, expecting it with a side. Well, every few minutes, the waitress came by with another dish. Six different sides ended up on the table. Just looking made me want to stop eating. If you come, don't come alone or they will have to open the side doors to roll you out!! read more

Great breakfast food, nice atmosphere, and very attentive waitress. I would recommend this place to anybody visiting Elko, NV. It's definitely worthwhile coming here to eat. read more

I usually go here for lunch. The meals are well priced if you get the special especially. The lunch special comes with soup (really good) and the entree. The atmosphere is like a typical diner during lunch hours. Food is well portioned and good taste read more

Well for Elko Nevada I wasn't expecting much, sooooo for Elko this is probably considered fine dining. Myself? To quote Gordon Ramsey, "there must be a standard for excellence. Sooooo, if you like your food out of a can or frozen, this is the place for you. This place was averaging 4 stars...not even close. read more

Way way over priced. Everything comes out of a can, the "salad" is iceberg lettuce drenched in nasty fake ranch dressing, it is a lot of food, but it's all cheap canned crap. My pork chop was raw in parts and burnt in other parts. Way disappointed!! They charge you $8.95 just to share a meal, the only difference being you get an extra order of a "potato side", not worth 9 bucks extra. Never refilled our drinks. Ugh. I could go on and on. Don't bother!! read more

Hubby and I went tonight grilled cod fish was so good he had lamb chops service was amazing!!!! Love all those girls! thank you!

Just plain horrible. For Lunch i had what was a supposed to be a French Dip made with prime rib and fries, the meat in the sandwhich was old, dry and tasted off. The fries were Luke warm dripping with oil and limp. McDonalds would be a better choice. read more

Toki Ona's Basque and American food was delicious! We shared the prime rib dinner and it was well more than enough food for two people: chicken and rice soup, salad, bread, rice, spaghetti, green beans, potatoes AND prime rib! Plus the waitress was more than helpful and extremely friendly! We highly recommend Toki Ona! read more

I'm pretty sure 90% of my entire meal came from a can, a box, or a bag. The salad was a soggy mixture of Mayo and vinegar. The server said "It's good if you crumble some crackers on top. That way it isn't so soggy". Green beans from a can and bowl of mush that once began life as rice pilaf. Overheard from the server at the next table: "The chef scraped some of the oil off (your steak) so let me know if it's still too salty, and then he'll take it back". Wishing we would have gone to fast food. read more

I'm not sure what makes this place Basque. Maybe it's the 6 (seriously) side dishes that came with my steak. Regardless, the steak was cooked perfectly, the sides were quite good, and the service was great. Plus I took home about another meal of leftovers. Definitely recommend. read more

Wow what a great meal we both had the senior menu 2 lamb chops which comes with soup salad and potato of your choice. The lamb chops were cooked perfect and everything else was very good We will definitely come back. Our meals with two glasses of wine under $50 what a deal read more

Toki Ona - 2 lamb chops - Basque Near Me - Elko, Nevada

Ate here one night in Elko because the guys I work with we're raving bout it! I had too check it out. Long story short it was okay..except the steaks were AWeSome!! And it was a pretty good size. The sides was the one that didn't impress especially the spaghetti it definitely tasted out of a can. The staff were pleasant and place look clean a little small but they pack in the joint. read more

My daughters, husband and I ate dinner here on our way east, All meat: pork, chops, beef and chicken was extremely dry, the green beans were canned, but I must say the baked potatoes were good. The portions are generous which is a plus if you like dry meat. read more

Toki Ona has the benefit of being next door to the Days Inn and because we didn't feel like driving anymore, we walked over for dinner. Their sign advertises Basque and American cuisine. However, it seemed that the only thing Basque may have been the pictures showing Spain's Basque region on the wall. For the cost of several of the entrees I was expecting a nicer interior, but it felt more like I was eating in a Denny's or something. The vinyl seats were cracking and the place was definitely dated. There is a bar, but take note that food is not served in the bar. Toki Ona specializes in meat and seafood. Many of their meat and seafood entrees are $25+ which seemed a bit steep for the area. However, the entrees are enormous which made me extremely happy that we chose to SHARE a single entree. In addition to the meat, Toki Ona also has a small wine menu. We chose one of the house wines that you can get in a liter, half liter, or by the glass. We got a liter, because why not? It was a decent wine and it was half the cost of any of the bottles they offered. A chicken soup is served along with some fresh bread when you are seated. The chicken soup was light on flavor, but tasted okay. The menu indicates several sides available with the entrees and I thought that you choose ONE of the sides, but you get ALL of the sides with your entree. We shared the rib eye steak (there is a charge for sharing - $8 in our case) and that came with a salad with their house dressing which was a tangy ranch. The salad was just iceberg lettuce chunks coated in dressing. In addition, you received a rice dish that had a unique flavor to it that we both enjoyed and was also mixed with peas and carrots. Next came spaghetti. I thought the addition of spaghetti seemed odd, and it tasted of nothing more than canned spaghetti - bland and watery. A dish of green beans showed up - also faded and tasting canned. Finally you got a potato - baked or Ana style. Not knowing what Ana was, I chose that potato. Turns out it is like a baked potato but without the skin. Broiled with butter and cheese it had a wonderful crispiness on the top and tasted great! The highlight of the meal was the rib eye, it was cooked perfectly, and if I'm ever back here again, I'd happily just pay for the rib eye and the potato. The rest of the side dishes ended up going to waste and was simply too much food. read more

The sides are terrible, (thankfully) the side portions are small. But the lamb chops are always superb...perfectly cooked with garlic cloves...I've never had better. Service is great...the manager is on the floor wanting to help and very accommodating, and the Picons are superb. read more

It is alright. When I think of Basque, I think of Louie's in Reno. Toki Ona has the advantage of being right off of I-80. The service is good. The food is mediocre for a full price Basque restaurant. Greasy chicken. Uneventful vegetables. Salad is iceberg lettuce mixed with mayonnaise. Fries are soggy. Fortunately, we had just come out of the Ruby Mountains hunting for Himalayan Snowcock, so we were tired and famished - therefore, once we sat down, we just ate. There are other Basque places in Elko - I think I'll check them out the next time I'm there. read more

I absolutely love the Borders, Steak Sandwiches are great and the Steak and Eggs is an amazing way to start the day or in our case a pre work out... Best Basque for your buck! read more

I was really surprised at how bad the food was, considering the other reviews. Most of the side dishes came out of a can. My husband had the halibut, it was good and my lamb chops were okay. But the rest of our meal was terrible. The salad was a bowl of iceberg lettuce, nothing else, the dressing was mayo with garlic. To end the meal we had bread pudding, encased in black, charcoal mush... It was awful. read more

Enjoyed a very tasty meal from the senior menu. Generous portions of well prepared lamb chops and New York steak. The meal included soup and salad. The soup was chicken and pearl pasta (very tasty). The only disappointment was the salad... iceberg lettuce only and over dressed. The scallop potatoes were a nice change. All in all a very nice meal at a decent price. read more

Great breakfast option in Elko. Generous portions and good service. I am a fan of the breakfast croissant sandwich. Good coffee too.

Couldn't log into YELP so we weren't able to read reviews before we went. Toki Ona sounds like it'd have some Hawaiian dishes on the menu, and I'm pretty sure, it advertised itself as a barbeque joint. There was no barbeque. I got a french dip. It had a good deal of meat on it, and the bread was good, but it was so BLAND. My husband got a hamburger and it too was bland. My "salad" was iceberg lettuce with a sliver of tomato and 2 cucumber slices. read more

O. M. G. Toki Ona is DELICIOUS! I've tried the burger and the steak sandwich. The burger was cooked to absolute perfection. I scarfed it down like a little piggy. But the steak sandwich is TO. DIE. FOR. The top sirloin is perfectly seasoned and the garlic (you have to get it with garlic) makes it that much better. And ALWAYS order a salad with the Basque dressing. You will not regret it. read more

Went in for dinner, but we were not prepared for a full Basque dinner. Fortunately we read about the steak sandwich (lunch offer) on Yelp, and Toki Ona had no problem cooking them up. Got it with garlic (is there any question) and it was properly cooked to medium rare. Served with tasty (house-made by taste & texture) bean and sausage soup, salad and french fries. Docked a star because the salad was WAY TOO overdressed. If I didn't know better I would call it dressing with lettuce... It is sad because the dressing was decent. Food seemed pretty much homemade, and if they used home baked bread, I would have been really happy. If Toki Ona was near home, I would rate 3 stars, but for Elko, well have to rate it 4 because of lack of other options... Would return if I am craving a large Basque dinner. read more

We were in Elko, NV for an overnight stop on a longer trip. In looking at our options on Yelp, we settled on Toki Ona. I liked the idea of family style serving of the various additional items as part of the meal. I have to admit I was disappointed. The food wasn't terrible, but all three of our party agreed that the food was quite bland. It is as if no spices or sauces were used at all in cooking them. A couple of our party had steaks and they said they weren't terrible, but not what you'd expect for that $25+ steak. I think the best thing I had were the french fries. The soup tasted a lot like a Campbell's soup product. Overall, it was just mediocre and way too mediocre for the $90+ our party of 3 paid for it. read more

Lots of food, family style . Great service but really rich, fatty food. Had to stop eating with all the butter in the sauted garlic shrimp. Just not my idea of good dining. read more