Review of Rustic Café
Rustic Café: A Convenient Stop for Home-Style Meals
If you're looking for a hearty meal that tastes like home, Rustic Café is the place to be. Located at 3500 N White Sands Blvd in Alamogordo, New Mexico, this café is a popular stop for locals and travelers alike. The café is open seven days a week from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm, making it a convenient stop for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The café is situated inside the Kent Kwik Travel Center, which may come as a surprise to some visitors. However, the staff at Rustic Café are known for their friendly and attentive service, making customers feel right at home. The menu is full of hearty dishes and generous portions, including breakfast platters, chicken fried steak, and hand-stretched pizzas. One of the café's highlights is their sweet cream pancakes, which are available 24/7.
While the café has received mixed reviews from customers, many have praised the food and atmosphere. One reviewer recommended the grits and biscuits, while another enjoyed the club sandwich. Some customers have noted that the service can be slow or unfriendly at times, but others have had positive experiences with the waitstaff.
Overall, Rustic Café is a convenient stop for travelers and locals looking for a home-style meal. Whether you're passing through town or looking for a new breakfast spot, Rustic Café is worth a visit.
From the business
"Finding great eats should be easy. That's why at Rustic Cafe we make it convenient to enjoy a home-style meal whether you're a local or just passing through town. Rustic Cafe's menu is full of hearty dishes and generous portions, from our breakfast platters to our chicken fried steak. Some of our other fan favorite include pizzas, on our hand stretched dough, and our sweet cream pancakes, which you can get anytime because Rustic Cafe serves breakfast 24/7. And if you're up for an adventure, ask us about our two-pound burger challenge. Whether you visit us when you stop at the Kent Kwik Travel Center or bring the team in after the game, we'd love to host you."
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
- Takeout
- Dine-in
Mike Kalabsa
Stopped here after my wife saw how huge and varied the menu was! (it also has great reviews already). I had a mega sized BLT and she had the chicken fried steak. They were excellent flavorful large portions and we couldn't even try to finish. No problems...breakfast for tomorrow is looking promising! Try it!
Dawn Basten
Table was dirty, had to ask the waitress to clean, and she didn't look happy at all about it. Hamburger was over cooked, when I asked for a medium rare (hockey puck).
Stephanie Emmer
Was disappointed. Only 2 other tables seated, and it took almost 45 minutes to get two biscuit and gravy plates. Nothing was hot, wasn't cold but wasn't hot. I had no hash browns on my plate, my boyfriend had a few French fries dumped under the eggs. Waitress could have let us know they were out at least. Normally food is great here
Becky Harrington
Tried to eat here today and the waitress said it would be a few minutes to clean a table and then came back to us 15 minutes later and said it was going to be a little while longer and then says the kitchen closes at 1:30pm and if she didn't have a table ready by then we would have to just leave. Wouldn't of been a problem if she would have just told us when we arrived and not after waiting.
Jerry Thomas
The food is prepared on premises and was delicious and they have the best milkshakes in town so I got me one.
Joaquin the Machine
Amazing! Food was amazing and so was the service. We were so surprised at the prices of what food we got portion wise. The chicken fried steak was plenty and was very good. Also the gravy is spectacular. We weren’t sure of eating here but oh my gosh it was fantastic. We will for sure be coming back here again and trying all of the other delicious food. Would change my star rating tho. It would be a 10 out of 5.
Dennis Romo
Not my favorite place at the moment, the Rustic Cafe has taken a severe hit in customer service and respect, along with food quality and option. Today I ordered a bacon cheese burger with fries, my burger was a little over $10 and looked like it was made for a kids meal and my fries were over fried. It's real sad, my previous visit left me with a smothered burrito that was soggy from extremely watered down sauce that was I guess supposed to be green chili. But during my wait today I watched as about 7 different customers ordered after me and recieved their meals before me. Well I hope they can find a way to come back from this set backs.
Shane Davis
Incredible find. Passing through decided to stop to go to restroom. Came in to this cafe and man I’m glad we did. The service was excellent the food was incredible I had the chicken fry best one I’ve had outside of Oklahoma and Texas. They even had okra. My wife had a chili chicken sandwich and she said it was one of the best ever. Totally recommend!!
Infernal Misanthropy
I stopped here on my way through town. From the outside we were wondering if it would be good as it just looked like a run down truck stop. Do not be fooled. The café was lovely and the staff were amazing. So friendly and great with the kids. Good food too. As an Englishman on my first trip to the USA, I found some things on the menu a bit confusing but we had a good laugh with the Staff who helped me through.
Definitely recommend a visit.
Kyler Kane
The place looks nice, in that they have good decor and have nice amenities such as the newspaper menu and the old school cowboy atmosphere. However, the service is completely terrible. Waiters act like they have worked a 60 hr shift. A lot of disrespect was in the air, and the food is very mediocre. I would not recommend their western burger, the sauce taste like it’s from a portal potty