Rainbow Cafe

Breakfast at a local legend! Rainbow Cafe, Pendleton’s oldest-continuously open restaurant/bar in the same location! Going strong since 1883!!! (139 years!!) Small town feel with amazing food!

6 of us had the best breakfast here. From the veggie omelet to the bloody Mary's to the chuckwagon eggs Benedict. Classic old Tavern. Apparently super popular bar during the roundup.

I have a special place in my heart for a darkly lit bar, open early in the morning, with numerous people opening their first beers of the day. I enjoyed myself. Had some good conversation. Waitress was dicing with a customer. Biscuits and gravy were decent. If you're up early and feel like drinking in a very old bar, it's a good spot.

This is NOT a cafe. It's a BAR that you don't have to leave to get food. Been here since 1883! I believe it. I wouldn't change the name, either. No doubt invokes feelings of great pride with a rich history of evading Johnny Law with their "cafe" wares. The food is absolutely last-day supermarket quality at hotel dining room prices. The service is sensational, I mean it. But not enough to compensate for the low quality of ingredients that they have to work with. All told, I WILL BE BACK. Even I sometimes want to be where I can see, our troubles are all the same, You wanna be where everyone knows... your name! After that time, I may well improve my rating to 4 stars. I don't think I could ever live with giving a speakeasy 5.

The staff were super kind and the food came in massive portions! Great diner food; however, I was a little disturbed generally by the lack of hand washing after handling raw bacon. If raw meat touching your plate and coffee mugs doesn’t bug you, I’d recommend!

This was an incredibly refreshing stop after a long day's journey. The food was really good and the service was so kind and above and beyond. Mike served us. He gave friendly and fun conversation and gave us tips for our road trip. It was a breath of fresh air. We got the rainbow chicken and BLT. The chicken was very juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside. As a southerner, I was impressed with the texture and juiciness. However, I would personally put more spices in the breading like pepper, paprika, cayenne, garlic and onion, but that's just what I like. Mike threw in some free jojos (potato wedges). He brought my dog some water. My husband and I were really grateful for the service we received. We are definitely coming back if we pass through again!

Breakfast was delicious! Seemed the wait however was quite long.

I love the rainbow normally but I’ve been here 1 hour and still have no food and we have hardly had any service .

In response to owner: I have worked in the service industry myself (in Pendleton and even during events) and I have had many meals at the Rainbow. It was not that busy of the day, I think your cook was just not able to time things well. Our waitress did box up our food it took over an hour and a half for it be complete. I know it's not your kitchen size, it was the flow of preparing the food. I think the waitress was super flustered and in response kind of avoided us, as she didn't know what else to do, which I realized after posting this message. I look forward to visiting again, like I said I love the Rainbow and have for many years. I know there is always a learning curve to owning a business and training staff. I look forward to your ability to work through the kinks and have success! I also very much appreciate your response to my review.

It was fabulous. These 2 plates are 1 meal! Chicken fried steak breakfast!

Amazing breakfast. You must try the chicken fried steak one of a kind.
I don't know about the bar at night, but we stopped in for breakfast and were extremely happy.
It takes time because of the small kitchen but its well worth the wait.