Spirit River Café — Restaurant in Apple Valley

One of the best joints in Apple Valley! As if this review they are open 7 days a week for breakfast and lunch. They are located in the plaza at the corner of AV Rd. and Hwy 18. They are in the plaza with the statue of Roy Rogers horse "Trigger" out front. As a side not this horse sculpture is huge and can be seen AV Road as your landmark of where to find Spirit River. This is the original sculpture from the Roy Rogers museum. It is my understanding someone was offended by the horse's sculpted anatomy and it was removed prior to displaying it here. There was a newspaper article about this not too long ago. Lol.

Seating is a bit limited but they have outdoor seating with heaters as well. Service and the food as been always great for our family.

One of our favorites is the chicken fried steak meal. It is absolutely large in size and enough for two people! The gravy is also delicious and we usually get the gravy on the side. You have your choice of country potatoes or hash browns, eggs, toast or biscuits and gravy. The gravy also comes with large slices of sausage which also adds to the flavor.

Be prepared to wait during breakfast time, but even then it's not too bad unless you are a very large party. I believe there are no reservations so first come first serve.

Staff is always nice and friendly. They accept credit card, cash etc. I don't believe Apple Pay but could be wrong.

I would recommend this place in a heartbeat.

I support Apple Valley businesses who show integrity and great service!...

This place is great! They have so many options. I got a garden skillet kind of dish. It had so many veggies and the eggs were cooked perfectly. My partner is vegan and he had a handful of options to choose from. They serve lunch and breakfast all day, so you can easily get something without the eggs and cheese, or you can opt for one of the vegan lunches like the veggie burger. My partner got some sort of yummy looking veggie taco thing. Also, the fries are SO GOOD. On top of the great food, the staff is also just the absolute nicest. Our beverages never got below halfway before someone was coming by to refill them. We never had to ask for condiments and they even asked if we wanted others like ranch. Super accommodating and helpful. The inside area is cozy. The restrooms are very clean and nice. They even have an outdoor patio/outdoor seating, so if you have a dog I'm sure you could sit out there. Even if you don't have a dog, it's really pretty and nice! Oh man and I almost forgot that you can get banana bread, pumpkin bread, biscuits and gravy, and other great things as your side with breakfast. I love when I can have a little treat before my main breakfast!!! So good. I love this place and will be going out of my way to come back here again. Also the center that this place is in has a GIANT HORSE at the entrance. Great stop for a photo-op...

Was told "not a long wait" and seated 45 minutes later. Then waited another 25 to order. Drinks tasted off and watered down while being told it was "coke products". The waiter seemed inconvenienced by having to wait on us and had very unfriendly attitude for someone I've never met.she also filled up our cups with other cups which seemed super questionable, especially since we saw her using pitchers for other people. I got chicken fried steak with eggs and it was covered in gravy which if that's your thing more power to you but half the meal was gravy. Nothing else really had a taste to it even after Ketchup, salt and pepper. It's not the cooks fault its the quality of food and they way they are forced to cook it.the little cut up pieces of sausage was just insulting for what is normally cooked into the gravy to give it flavor. No flavor. It was just plain out of a can gravy. So all in all it was an awful way to spend 2 hours and 50 bucks for 2 people. 8 dollars for 2 cokes is crazy. We drank maybe 1 liter of coke between the both of us and it was watered down for 8 bucks. If you go order water or take...