Reviews of Earl's Family Restaurant (Restaurant)

Loretta Benitez

Food always delicious, but had a server there last visit, felt very discriminated against...There was a table behind us arrived after us, about 9-10 people, native, and our server tended to them which is fine, but never came back for refills, and we fo for the coffee there as is delicious! They received their food before is, and anything we needed, we had to ask another server...We are Hispanic, and go there not frequently but we do go..I spoke to one of the Spanish speaking hostess, told him about this , he apologized, and as I told him, doesn't mean won't return, we will as we love the food, but felt he needed to know about the server...This is a small town, and there's many different races and cultures here, not just Navajo! So treat people with the same courtesy no matter what race they are!!

Black Mesa

This is a must stop. Every time I come to Gallup this place never disappoints. You come hungry leave happy. Everything on the menu is great!! Lovely atmosphere. Very enjoyable staff.

Chris B

Earls wasn’t too bad. Coming off I-40 it’s probably your best choice.

Steve Race

Good food, friendly staff and the jewelry venders are approved by the restaurant.

Kyle Worrell

Hearty portions. Great service and the price can't be beat.

Juan Antonio Elices

Food was good and portion size was large. It was crowded but service was fast even though. The main problem is that they allow people to come to your table to sell jewelry and many of them passed by.

Simon Yazzie

Was really good, always eat there ,service is exactly

Caroline Sloan

The waiter took a long time to take our order and drinks. when he was ready to take our order he took the people at the next table who came after we got there. When our food finally came 25 minutes after we ordered, we were sitting at our table with no utensils and it took another 15 minutes for the waiter to bring us our utensils. The plus side was the vendors who had beautiful jewelry!!

Michael Harner

A solid 4, maybe a 5. Tasty, generous portions served quickly by friendly and attentive staff. My wife went crazy over the pasta salad and the red beets with onions from the salad bar. If she could have taken a giant bucket of pasta salad home, she would have done it.

Rick Hess

I'll never go back!! This used to be a great place to go to, but now not so much, food is not so good anymore. We went with another couple a his wife ordered a Ruben sandwich. When she got her plate, she opened her sandwich and noticed that It didn't have hardly any meat. Ralph just happened to be walking by us and asked us how we we're doing? We mentioned about the sandwich, and he said he would have it taken care of. Problem is, what about the next time and the next time? Sorry! My wife and I were there another time and I ordered the BBQ special, and it was so dry I couldn't even tell you. Earl's used to be the best place to go, and they also had good Mexican food too. They would always make sure you had chips and salsa when you were seated, now you don't get any, and the Mexican food is terrible!! This is the last place we will go when eating out. Sorry about that Ralph. But you need to step it up!!

Linda Krantz

Delicious fajitas. I bought jewelry from the Navajo women who were selling what they made

Cheryl Chischillie

Food was good & service was pleasant.

Tina Bryan

Highly recommend great food and great people, love it. Will come back when in the area.

Christina Gatti

Great food, high prices. I loved that local artists come around to your table selling their jewelry. The service was a bit slow.

Jason Albritton

The food was not that great. The rolls were cold and hard. But in our case, the server was sincere and treated us very well. He was the only reason I gave this place 3 stars.

Mary Louise John

Good delicious food..fast service...good job waiters...

mar chrly

Enormous breakfast ,tasty ,delicious, they give you plenty of coffee(coffee pot). And for dinner get better Navajo taco. Sopapillas, American and Mexican plenty to choose from the menu,Salad bar Honestly its sweet. They open 6:30 Am to 8:30 pm. Our waiter was victor and Richard goes every table making sure al the costumers are enjoying his place. Always are Native American offering his handcraft. Navajo .beautiful work. Keep it up Guys.

Olson Begay

Mediocre. I used to love the open face green chile burger. 2day it tasted different. Not the same

Chaplain Tamster

Very good food, price was good too.

Karyn E West

If ever in the Gallup area, we will make plans to dine at Earl's. Food and the service is always fabulous. And a perfect piece of jewelry can be found with one of the local vendors who sale their ware. The owner will often walk around to make sure everyone is pleased, which is quite the plus.

Stacey J

not bad at all but the server gave our food to the wrong table but they fixed it without hesitation...thanks staff

Joseph Auletta

Old fashioned New Mexican diner in a bigger building. Wide menu, small town food. The food is fine, but depending upon the time of day the service can be slow. Lots of Native American artists selling jewelry, etc., and some of it is very nice. A laid back place to stop, one of the better places in Gallup.

Miranda Kibbey

Great place ....loved the jewelry for sale...Navajo taco are the bomb!!

fred clark

Been here 3 time, all 3 time the service has been pleasant. The establishment is a little dated, but its kept up. Wide range of food menus.

Emily Allison

Great tasting and great waiters!

Shirley Johnson

Chicken was frozen chicken, fried. Too crisp, couldn't eat it. Homemade bread was not. Pinto beans no flavor. Baked potato, waxy.

jerry mccabe

This place is ok, price is good, but to many people interfering sell stone

Bryan Elliott

It was great friendly waiter, and food was good

Erica Lucci

Food was mediocre at best. Waitress got my order wrong. Offered a piece of pie to fix it. Should have taken it off the bill. Kids mac and cheese looked like the cheapest kind from the grocery store. Mashed potatoes were good!

Dawn Norwood

Always good food and service. Vendors are always a plus!

Patrick Ramirez

Couldn't enjoy your meal or conversate with your family without being disrupted by Navajos pushing there jewelry on you . Very rude .

Michael Remlinger

Traveling from Texas to California and this place is always a worthwhile stop. The food is good and the people are great. Always friendly, welcoming, and helpful. They even gave us a complimentary order of chips and salsa. I love Earl's. Tip big here. They deserve it.

Rick Frei

Good food good service friendly.

scott crisp

Historic Route 66 diner with amazing comfort food

Nadine Sharp

Good food, good service, shopping from your table! Always the best!

Heather Williams

Workers are trained to just get customers in and out as fast as possible to get more in and you can tell. But they are extremely nice, the building (including bathrooms) are very clean, and the food is amazing and fairly priced!

Gabe Gomez

Good food good people I recommend it

Emily Tsosie

Breakfast was great. Waiter was helpful.

Vault Barring

Food bland and overpriced. Staff... uh appear to have just given up. Would not recommend. Cold, boring and tasteless.

Bob Mason

Food was good, but there is constant people coming to the table to sell their wares.

Emma Yellow

Checking out home made jewelry. Nice people

kenneth nuanez

Wonderful home cooked type food. Always a new special on the menu. Great service which is hard to find in Gallup. Fresh looking salad bar with more than iceberg lettuce. Great place to pick up a well priced gift from the nice vendors walking thru the restaurant.

E. W.

A classic diner cuisine restaurant. That allow have been allowing local Native American artist to come in to sell their artwork. I good place to drink their well brewed ice tea, have a slice of pie, and look at all the jewelry the vendors bring around. *** REMINDER, bring cash to buy stuff from vendors***

Carlos Martinez

This is a great place to get some authentic hand made jewelry. Local artists are crawling this location with jewelry boxes full of amazing art work. You will be able to bargain much easier in this environment. If you go to Santa Fe, expect to pay twice or three times as much for pieces like this. The food is pretty good, the salad bar is decent and has a pretty tasty sea food salad. I got the meatloaf, and it was satisfactory. I recommend the place. The wait staff is pretty in your face, that is the only draw back.

TRIBE LLC

Some of the best Food in Gallup. Not only is the food good but they have very hard working staff. They are always busy, especially during the first of the month, tribal paydays and weekends. Inspite of how busy they are, you are always seated quickly, the servers are always fast and friendly. They have a wide variety of food to chose from. From Local dishes, New Mexican Food to American dishes. They have something for everyone. If you like hand crafted authentic Native American arts & crafts and jewelry. There is no need to go any further that Earls. Sellers come through the restaurant all the time with various types of jewelry, & arts & craft. If you don't want to be disturbed while eating by the sellers, you simply ask for a "No Sellers" sign and they will not disturb you. This place is on of the local favorites. If traveling through, this restaurant is a "must stop" for all.

Guy Clark

Sausage links were homemade and delicious. Not sure what passes for gravy around here but that was not good. Pancakes were good and they had sugar free syrup even. Great waiter staff.

Chew

Everything was alright except the fries tasted like dish soap

PJ Campos

Friendly staff and good breakfast.

Jeanette Munoz

Bad customer service and the food was dry and burnt

Carol Baumann

Very clean, excellent service. We has a good breakfast. Husband's hash browns were cook exactly like he likes them.

Lex Patterson

Food was good and they were fast getting It out.

Lynne McClean

We visited Earl's several times when we were in the US on vacation recently, on the way to our destination and also on the way back. The BEST place to eat in Gallup, New Mexico As far as we're concerned. We also got some great bargains from the Vendors selling their crafts outside and in. Thanks Earl

Derick Martinez

It's off and on with food and customer service. Some days you get great and friendly service but bad food. I wouldn't recommend but then again i would say at least try it.

Chris Altman

Upscale is a stretch. They got the order wrong, and we were asked no less than 10 times to buy jewelry. Food is decent, and the price is not bad.

Sandra Thomas

Great place to buy Arts an Crafts

Charlotte Harvey

Very busy and friendly upbeat atmosphere.. Alot of vendors selling goods. Enjoyed my tine there and even met the owner, a very nice gentleman. A must to eat at.. Excellent Restaurant!

Nichole Martinez

Great selection. A lot of food for the price. Thank you Earl's!!

Mel Jaymes

They never disappoint

Titus Nez

Food was good and awesome service from our waitress. Highly recommend for evening dinner.

Amigo Kandu

I was on my way to Albuquerque, New Mexico to film dancers at the annual Gathering of Nations Powwow. Earl's is a unique experience as many vendors of Native American jewelry and artwork are allowed to display their merchandise on the property. These people are respected artisans and don't sell aggressively. People coming to Earl's to eat, are also there to find a good deal on quality items made by actual Native Americans. I ate the Chile Colorado plate, it was excellent. Then I bought some beaded earrings from a Navajo lady sitting on a chair outside. My belly full, and everybody happy!

X S

Feel like home at Earl’s! Just the kindest people you’ll ever meet and EVERYTHING is delicious. Highly recommend!

Mary Stuart

Great diner food and native American art and jewelry to buy direct from the artists

Cornelia Begay

Jan 12, 2019 at 7:30 am. Denver omelet with coffee. Food, coffee and water. Tasted like lamb meat Greece. Gave me upset stomach. Serving and hostess: I give that at 5 Stars. Food: 3 stars. Never again. Coming back. Thank you for your hospitality.

Skittles Bee

It was delicious, but we went on an busy time the service wasnt to great, she forgot some of our side foods so we had to wait until we we're about to finish, also my father slice potatoes was still hard. Other then that my food was great.

Laura Lemmo

This place is actually really good

gertrude Garcia

Man this place is amazing! The food is good too!

Turtle Skunk

Staff were friendly, food was good. Didn't care to much for the pressure to purchase from the many individuals that came ti or table with their handmade items. It was very irritating as they were constantly interrupting us.

Gerald Yesslith

Hamburger steak is the best in the land

Ernie Gaines

There is a whirl of activity going on here most of the time. That is because they have a huge menu and serve all the food at a timely pace. And the food is good.

Stacey Britton

Great food service and lovely vendors! Kid approved breakfast

Nate Belin

Good food..nice service

Gloria Tagai-Miller

Earl's hosted our Christmas dinner. Outstanding!!! Food was hot, delicious. Staff asked us if we wanted seconds!! Everything was so good!!

Trudy Armijo

Usually a good place to eat, if your order is right.....returned my plate twice. But staff could careless, it was a problem for them.

Jeff Ragan

The service is friendly and helpful. Our waiter knew the area and told us of a good place to go stargazing. We passed a few so called diners but we wanted one that had been a true part of route 66. This place has been around since 1947 and I suspect that the menu hasn't changed much. We shared a pork chop plate and was very good. We're saving room for pie!

T Quintero

I asked for a Navajo taco with shredded beef with red chili. Waiter grabbed my menu and brought me back ground beef and beans. Then charged me $40 for 2 tacos that we refused to eat .

Laura Herrmann

The good: friendly service, big portions. The not so good: no wine or beer. Food was over cooked and dry.

Karl Kratz

Large portion of burger with chili and fries. Very good along with unlimited ice tea.

Rita Muscarello

Service was friendly and efficient. The breakfast was great. Clean and bright facility. Would definitely return.

Chester Benally

Well bus drivers and bus attendents got together for breakfast at Earls this morning for the last day of school was a good get together hope you all enjoy your summer

William Voorhees

The staff was friendly and there was plenty of seating available even though the parking lot was pretty full. The food came out in a surprisingly short amount of time after ordering. Everything was excellent. I would recommend getting the Earl's Special sandwich.

Bill Frame

4 of us having dinner... The food for one of the 4 arrived about the time the rest of us were finishing. If she didn't get the salad bar and a biscuit, it probably would have been lower on the rating. I had the enchilada plate, the tortillas were leathery. I'm not even sure how you would do that. Usually they get mushy. The person getting the late food ended up feeling queasy immediately after eating, felt bad all night.

Heather Selsor

Love the lunch and environment... I was even able to buy jewelry from the local vendors. Nice place to eat

Rebecca Whitman

Food is ok.. employees r ok to... but the seller's needs to more RESPECT for customers some sellers need to take care of themselves like dressing up wear clean clothes brush there teeth... also there is always a gossip so and so did this said this.. so Manager or Owner please have meetings with your sellers

Joanne Lee

We been eating there often no other places liked Earls

Nico Nee

I like the big breakfast burrito. Other than that not sure. I didn't care for anything else on the menu.

Lost Sheep

Breakfast is usually not too great in my opinion but lunch and dinner is where its at. By 'it' I mean the flavor and the attention to quality. The meats are always cooked so perfectly and the fries are one of my favorites there. Of course the southwest dishes are great as well.

Robert Giron

Food was good and our waitresses was very attentive to our needs.

Lynn Rudd

I was planning on looking at the vendors after I ate but every 3 minutes a vendor was at our tables asking us to buy. My waiters were good, prompt and helpful. My husband ordered the fry chicken he said it was pretty good. His pinto beans were hard. i ordered a bowl of chili. i got a bowl of pinto beans with 2 pieces of chuck meat and red enchilada sauce poured over. the womens restroom smelt of urine very strong smell. i was stressing so bad about saying no to the vendors that i couldn't finish eating and left within 5 minutes of our meal. Gallup's was not a good stop

bass man Benally

Service wasn't as great. Our server took long to get our order and she didn't pay attention to our service.

E Duncan

Food wasn't that good just a east of money and time !

Judy Shelley

Loved it. Breakfast pork burrito with hatch chili sauce on top. Oh my gosh it was amazing! Best green chili I have ever had.

Jukka Jumisko

Very popular among locals. Every few minutes someone is presenting their handmade jewelry and art for you to review & buy while enjoying your meal. You have to wait in line to be seated on Saturdays.

Nick Adams

Always great. Stopped by for breakfast really enjoyed both the red and green chile!

Kathryn Mckibben

One of my favorite places to eat in NM. Great service and the food is always top notch!

Lynette Johnson-Homer

Excellent customer service

Ambrose Ashley

....comfortable/ Good Service...

Les Silverhorn

Ndn taco as big as your face

H20 Punisher

Love the place, food, and friendly waitresses

Alton Larry

Me, wife, & kiddos, ate at legendary Earls today, ordered red chili burger deluxe, our food was dry an tasted differently, seems Ralph cut down on his portions these days, 20 years ago we had to stand in line just to eat here, don’t know what happen, but now we walk in an out, disappointing, but the servers are the best, they’re the real sellers, and my people selling they’re goods there are really crafty and independent. But be back soon when I hear it’s in good rating.

Daniel Lee

The waiter never came around to check on us. But it's my in laws favorite restaurant so I can't parade on their visit.

Thierry Dindeleux

A LEGEND, PART OF THE ROUTE 66 HISTORY ! YOU MUST STOP FOR BREAKFAST - LUNCH - DINNER....WHATEVER !!!

Nino begay

Family tradition all my life. My grandmother was a cook here when it was across the street and I love the stuff she brought back after her shift.

Rey Granado

Good place to eat. Great appetizers

Rose B. Wack

Friendly atmosphere, many vendors come through, breakfast was good.

Holly Youvella

Fast, friendly service. I ordered the taco plate and didn't realize the shells were pre-made. I thought they would be homemade, authentic Mexican food. But we had excellent service.

Jan

The food is very good! I think the price is ok, decent. There were some changes to the business so the food wise had also changed. I hardly come around as I should though.

Edwina Tso

Great french dip sandwish n frie

Valerie Walker

I am glad this place is open early. Our waitress kept the coffee filled and was very efficient. Food was hot and yummy.

C Yaz

So i took my parents out for lunch. Actually, it was my dad's 82nd birthday. My mom ordered the baked potato meal, my dad ordered the Ribeye Steak & enchiladas. I also ordered a steak. Much to my surprise, the steak was tasty! A charbroiled taste. Their fries were good, but abit greasy. Overall, we all were satisfied with our meals. Very good Customer Service after we were seated.

KenKen1

I had the sloppy joe special. It was quite good.

luvonda vandever

Good food but not so good salad bar.

Denise R

Awesome as always. Waiter was absolutely amazing!

Lou Rosales

Had a very satisfying breakfast

Judd Travis

Good and fresh food

J.J. Begay

Food is sub-par, not a lot of care goes into the making of the the main dinner entrees; rather run like a cafeteria. A lot of side dishes are canned goods and dumped into side dishes. You tend to feel like a dollar sign at Earl's, just another paying customer, amd given food made any ol' how.

randall norcross

Enjoyed the Mexican combo plate. Decent prices and liked the local artists walking their crafts thru tables.

Cristi Jacoban

I love me some Navajo tacos. Great place to stop. Definitely worth it, they are huge. Plus they have a ton of turquoise venders if you need a pretty.

Mervin Yazi

Best place to enjoy a meal

Chris Booth

Big restaurant with wide variety of food. Native Americans come by your table while you are eating to sell their crafts. Don't know if they are a good deal but we bought some earings, Food was plain but good. Wife's burger was VERY well done. Tatter Tots we good. Waitress nice. They gave us refills of drinks in take out cups.

Bryan Rowland

If you’re not from the area then this place is great to stop by on your way through! You get an experience with the local Navajo jewelers. They walk through the restaurant and show their products to your table. If you go in with the mindset of purchasing some jewelry then it’s not bad! We love stopping here and picking up some Navajo necklaces and earrings for our vacations. Great place to pick up some gifts!

Rudi Rottenfusser

Great and plenty food. Fresh ingredients. Reasonable prices. We will return whenever possible.

Nancy Stevens

Boss himself always greets his customers

RICKS

Very friendly and professional servers very organized great place to have Dinner with Family and Friends !!

Dana Williams

The service is really good. The food is served in generous portions. Had the Navajo Taco and split it with my husband. It can easily feed more than 2 people. This picture is just half!

Tom Strack

Large meal for $11. I got the 2 pieces fried chicken dinner. Came with salad bar, baked potato and a side.

Virgil Lynch

Love the food and the owner is wonderful.

Andrew Anderson

Very nice place. Good people. Service is well done.

Kameron Moebes

Food was good but it was their vendor day so people kept circulating and asking us to buy something. They were polite but it was disruptive to our young kids.

Wendell Duboise

It's ok get better portions elsewhere but it's where the natives eat.

Steve Harvey

The taste food has gone down dramatically. How sad the flavors are no longer there as it was back in it's heyday when mama Richardson was still around. The staff is extremely wonderful and the service is awesome. Just wish the food was just as classy as the staff; boo for the tasteless food which has a reheated taste in all menu items bleh!

Rachelle Morris

If you're looking for authentic Native American jewelry to buy, this is the place to eat and buy direct from the jewelry makers. Do not buy from pawn shops or jewelry stores along historic route 66, they will charge you five times more.

Art Brown

First time visitor- food was good and prices are modest. Service was fantastic, but did not like the Indian jewelry coming around to the table and trying to sell their stuff

Liz Swift

2nd visit and even better than the first a few years ago. Richie was an amazing server and he took the time to talk us through the local cuisine. We ordered on his recommendation and it was superbly fresh and exciting. It was food we would never have ordered because we didn't know about it. Ask for Richie he's the best!! According to my friends that I travelled with the vendor's that sell the jewelry have very very good prices. They have seen their wares in other stores for three times the price. So please consider them if you are passing!

M Becenti

As a youngster I remember many great meals at Earl's growing up. The food is not very good anymore, everything else about Earl's is still wonderful. I had a club sandwich, the bread was soggy from to much mayo. How does one mess up a club sandwich?

Larry Deere

Have stopped here more than once and never had problems with the servers. They were always friendly and helpful. Plenty to eat at reasonable prices. We also come here for the lndian jewelry and crafts. The food, friendly servers, reasonable prices, jewelry and and food makes it a good reason to go there. If you haven't been there, your missing a lot. Stopped by on the way home 2 days later and was surprised by the lady taking our order(won't mention the name). Maybe she was having a bad day. Was mid afternoon and the days before was just before lunch. People like that should find a different job if they don't like the job and can't smile. Ruins the day dealing with someone that meets the public. Other than her, everything I mentioned before was still good.

Fred Dodd

Excellent food and reasonably priced. Beef stew was very good

kzderby

Skip it! Treat yourself and have a subway.

Emery Bowman

The breakfasts' are pretty good. You can also shop while you eat with walking native vendors presenting their crafts.

ONE lick Rick

Not sure if they still allow this, but when we lived there, this establishment would let vendors walk around in the restaurant and let them approach people who are eating to try to sell their arts and crafts. Extremely rude practice.

Etta Armell

Good food but the service could be better

Nessa Chino

Food was good but loved being able to buy Native American arts and crafts right at my table

jeff anselmo

I’ll never go back there again ! Order the meat loaf wasn’t done they never offered to take it back or anything had to pay for the meal Even though I didn’t eat a bite. And then every 25 seconds somebody came by and asked me if I wanted to buy something . Stay away!!!!!!

Billy Beranek

The food was ok but the jewelry was amazing!

Janice Battise

Good Food, good service, awesome company!!

Linda Smith

Always prepared and ready. Food so delicious. Thanks to all staff

Jon Jackson

The service was phenomenal, and the waiter was awesome and rocking his job. Thank again Richard, for making our trip very much worth it! Plus they were slammed with a ton of people but our food still came out at a reasonable time.There are people that come by regularly trying to see thing to you. The steak burrito with green Chile and the Navajo burger are both great.

Lorraine Clinton

The serves, food, Jewelry, atmosphere is awesome.

Wonder Woman

Love breakfast here! SOUTHWEST SANDWICH! ;) #greenchili