Steak House Cafe

Excellent food at an affordable price. Great customer service. Blessings for 2026.

Excellent lunch. Heeded the warning of large portions, shared a plate of steak fries and added an extra salad bar for a great lunch! Saving this in the map, will return the next time I drive through this part of NM.

Quick details - food is really tasty. The streak fingers are amazing. Price is fair for the portions they give which are generous. Full Review - So the restaurant is overall wonderful. Here is a break down of the major things I look at. Food - I had a steak fingers meal full size. I chose mashed potatoes as my side. The steak fingers are amazing. They take a sirloin I think and cut it into strips and then a batter like chicken fried steak and cook it. It was tender with a great batter seasoned flavor. They give a side of white country gravy with pepper with it as well. The salad bar was decent but stocked with things I personally didn't prefer but it was fresh. Only nitpick is the ranch was watery a bit. Cleanliness - place was spotless and in good repair. Staff - Only one person runs the front. She was a bit standoffish but considering all she was doing that is understandable. She was friendly enough and definitely busy but still found time to refill our drinks without us even asking when she saw them low. So staff gets a great rating overall. Decor - this is a small roadside diner. The decorations reflect that but some pictures of the staffs family behind the counter it has a nice personal feel to it. Tables and chairs are no frill standards. Overall it is fantastic for what it is. If you were expecting something more or decorations matter then perhaps stopping here isn't for you. Final thoughts - great food and value. Friendly overall staff and clean. Wonderful stop for a good bite to eat and take a break from the road.

It was a long day... We drove in from somewhere up North coming down on the mountain roads and hitting the flat lands of Southeast New Mexico. The wind was heavy and air was cold... That was when trouble started. Somewhere near Roswell on a dusty desert highway, our trusty engine began having problems. As we limped into Tatum, the engine finally had enough. We were cold, hungry, and beaten down by the road and misfortune. There were no modern conviences and even the new-fangled cell phones weren't getting a signal. We walked a quarter mile to a pay phone at the main intersection in town and called several towing companies across the border in Texas. To no avail, we were stranded... Finally, we found a tow driver who was willing to break multiple laws and would come and pick us up from across the border. While we waited hungry on the side of the dusty cold road, we spotted it. The Steak House Cafe. We ordered the beef stew and a chile relleno. Both dishes were like shining light of hope. We tipped the waitress with our last couple dollars though she deserved more. Then began the long journey home riding illegally in the tow truck cab, we finally made it across the border back to Texas. It was a another 6 years but finally back and able to charge my cell phone, I was finally able to leave this review.

This was a place we stopped on our road trip and I am glad we did Steak fingers awesome Burger awesome Fajitas awesome Meat loaf delicious Ifnyour driving by definitely stop by, their steak fingers are real homemade steak fingers.

Year after year, time after time...this restaurant always delivers great food. The steak fingers are my absolute favorite & we will drive an hour out of our way just to have lunch here. Don't judge a book by its cover...go in & order some steak fingers, you will not regret it!