Gabriel's Cafe — Restaurant in El Paso

Ran across this little place and decided to give it a whirl. There is ample parking here, unless something is going on at the casino, which overflow traffic trying to park in here would probably fill up quickly. Most days parking is not a problem. This is a wait to be seated kind of place, with table service, and you pay your server when finished. I walked in and was greeted friendly and fairly quickly and seated by my choice of table. Tile floors with a little local nostalgia make up the ambiance on the interior. No booths, just tables. This is not a big place, and the food I ordered was fantastic tasting, so I could see that getting a seat at times might be a problem. I ordered "Gabriel's Omelet Skillet", it's a little pricey, but fast food might be $9.00 cheaper, but the quality of the food here and the amount of portions was off the charts. The omelet was covered in cheese with diced ham and sautéed bell peppers & onions and more cheese on a bed of hashbrowns. It's REALLY good. Came with 2 sausage links and 2 pieces of bacon. The sausage had a unique flavor, no sage taste, yet it was good. This meal also came with 2 fluffy pancakes, and all of this food was fresh off the griddle. It was piping hot. I had coffee and water, and the coffee was good and robust. The only bad trip of this visit was the service, short heavy set woman was my waitress and I had to flag her down for refills, I got 1 from her and had to wait for my water to be brought to me. The other waitress filled my cup a couple of times. The waitress came to my table only once, right after I received my food to check on me, after that nothing. So I didn't leave her much tip either. Good service, great tip, bad service, be lucky if you get anything at all. However, this is a great place with great food. Maybe you get the other waitress who was on it, but I will go back....

For years my family and I have frequented this place and their food truck, it was to our disappointment that we showed up today in the morning and the service was horrible, non existent. We placed our order about 15-20 mins later a server not ours comes and tells us that the main part of my breakfast was not avail. Now I usually would’ve just picked something else but given the fact the restaurant was empty it seemed weird that it would take so long to Figure out they don’t have something. The staff was rude and didn’t care about the fact we had been sitting waiting for our food. When we asked one of the servers for owners info she refused and stated that she didn’t care that we could go back at another time to talk to him. Don’t recommend going to the restaurant itself the food truck is way quicker and their customer...

I'm on the fence about the 3 stars closer to 2... i waited outside for about 20 minutes. When I finally was seated, there was several tables open! I placed my order fairly quick and the large party that was seated after me got their food, ate and checked out before I got my guacamole side. Not pleased with the service. I did not complain about the wait hoping that the food made up for it. Food was very just OK. Guacamole was watery, enchiladas were bland. Waitress was nice. Just not very attentive. The only reason I gave 3 stars rather than 2, was the capirotada (bread pudding). That was pretty good. Won't be going back. Food is not worth the wait and...