6 Best American Restaurants in Chinle

“🙂👍 Daya does a great job!“

“I visited here in December 2024 with a friend after spending time at Canyon de Chelly.

First off, I’d like to address the 1-star ratings here. If you read them, you will see most of the people who gave this place a poor review and didn’t like the food are EUROPEANS who clearly have poor understanding of Indigenous Peoples’ cuisine.

It’s hilarious how these Italian, French, and German tourists are eating traditional Navajo foods with:

1) clearly no understanding how Navajo foods are seasoned. Or quite lightly seasoned. And

2) these Europeans are eating food in a CAMPGROUND CAFETERIA! What did you expect, a Michelin-star rated restaurant?!?

lol - and to the guy who was appalled at the $23 prime rib steak was well done at (wait for it:) A CAMPGROUND CAFETERIA is beyond hilarious to me. You’re not getting a quality cut of Prime Rib for $23 in the middle of the desert which is not Cattle Country, BTW. Nor can you expect they will be cooking it rare. Your cultural incompetence is concerning. Your lack of critical thinking skills is obvious. If you want a great steak for $23 - get one in Texas.. not in the middle of the desert in Arizona 🙄

With that out of the way, I found the attendants who were serving food to be very outgoing and polite.

We had the small Navajo taco (it’s so filling and huge), the green chile stew (absolutely delicious), and the posole (great comfort dish on a December afternoon).

The dining area is cheerful and clean, and the bathroom is very clean and tidy.

I was very happy with the quality and value of our food and I hope to be in the area again - I will definitely drop in for a big bowl of that fantastic green chile stew!“

“Same subway food, but employee working there was awesome! Snuck in not more than 5 min before closing and felt bad, but had been traveling all day and hadnt eatten anything and was running out of options due to places closing. She made up a sandwhich real quick and it was perfect. Thank you!“

“Although I have eaten there before, this time I went in to buy gift cards. Very friendly staff & the manager who was most helpful, came out to assist one of the staff with the transaction. Thank you Burger King!

Vegetarian options: I just had the impossible burger & fries. Very good, though.

Parking: Huge amount of parking.

Kid-friendliness: All I know is that it kid friendly.

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes, it is wheelchair accessible.“

“🙂👍 Chinle staff does a great job!“

“Quality, quantity and service vary widely. It seems a lot depends on which staff are on duty, including chefs. Food is tasty.Breakfast service was open buffet, although we were told that was just for the first day then it would be a la carte… the server was very abrupt and unhelpful.“