*Must purchase museum entry ticket or membership to get to the restaurant.We drove in for lunch on a Friday. The restaurant is about a ten minute walk from the entrance. It was pretty busy but there were two tables available at noon for us to choose from for our party of two. I asked for prickly pear lemonade, they were out but provided a limeade instead. We ordered a cheese crisp and cactus fries, both were large appetizers. I ordered the Mojo Chicken, which had a crisp and refreshing salsa that blended well with the smoky chicken and savory asparagus. The environment is enchanting, with amazing art, and the path to the restaurant is surrounded by flowers in early April; the weather wasn’t too warm yet. I very much preferred this dining experience over others available at this delightful museum.Parking: There is a large parking lot for the museum, you’ll need to park and visit the ticketing window for entry to the museum grounds, then walk to the restaurant the rest of the way, about ten minutes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Appetizer
Brian Rogers
I love this cafe in the museum. Just a quaint little space that's also a bit romantic. The food selection for Sonoran desert nights is small, but well encompassing most dietary preferences. The food is outstanding and everything tastes wonderful. The service is even better, with some of the most friendly wait staff I've ever met.All in all, I look forward to returning!Vegetarian options: The vegetarian and vegan options are quite good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Carmen Gonzalez
The taco salad was
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco Salad
Sandee Adragna
Beautiful. inside and outside seating. Good selection of tasty foods from the grill or flavorful soutwest entrees. Better than expected.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Taco Salad
Vito
Great place to take a break. Or just stop in and get a cold drink.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco Salad
S Parker
Nice place to eat and take a break before going out for more of the Desert Museum.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
mike griffin
Best breakfast buffet ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dave DeWitt
Great service wow!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rose_Kavalier
We had lunch there during our visit to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. We ordered fried nopalitos, elote dip (excellent), soup, birria de res, and chile en nogada. We loved everything!
Robert Evans
I like this place when it is open, but it hardly ever is. They seem to be open on random days, you can't count on eating here any longer. Oh, and there isn't any sign at the front gate, so you have to walk to the restaurant to see if they are open or not.
Went in for Easter Brunch. It was wonderful. The food the delicious. The outdoor seating, beautiful and the service was stellar. Thanks.
Lani1946
Reduced seating but worth the wait. Absolutely delicious food, well presented. We’ll definitely stop in when visiting the museum in the future.
mcL9575ZS
Nice to have a sit down place at a museum, well appointed inside. Heated (even though it was 65F outside). Prickly pear lemonade was awesome...but $6.50/glass was not worth it. Waitress said outside seating was not open, she wasn't sure if pork was available on the menu for tacos .....it was. The first few bites were wonderful and then the food quickly became cool, not hot anymore....that is a turn off! Then the part I really, really dislike. Note: owner/manager, please teach your wait staff NOT to interrupt 1/2 way through the meal to ask if we have saved room for dessert. Please let us enjoy the meal and our conversation. Also, there was a charge on the bill for sustainability....never saw that before.
Lany Kay M.
This restaurant is located at the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson off of Kinney Road. It has limited hours and from what I'm told they have a difficult time getting help because of the distant location. I was seated promptly,however, my table had water marks left from the last glass that had set on it, so I'm not sure about their cleaning protocol. I always ordered their delicious tamale That is posted on this menu on their site here, however, this menu has changed completely with the new Chef. And the price has increased by three dollars which it is just not worth! $18.00. While it tasted ok and I was hungry! part of it was hot, part of it was cold as they use a lot more salad mixture than the prior tamale served in a large bowl, this one is just well, I wouldn't go back again! let's just say that! My server was very sweet and talkative, however, she delivered my food and then I never saw her again till she brought me the check. I watched her talk to another table on the outdoor dining patio for at least 15 to 20 minutes without ever coming in to check on me. I'm giving it three stars this time due to the lack of attention from this server as well that table conditions and price of this menu item.
*Must purchase museum entry ticket or membership to get to the restaurant.We drove in for lunch on a Friday. The restaurant is about a ten minute walk from the entrance. It was pretty busy but there were two tables available at noon for us to choose from for our party of two. I asked for prickly pear lemonade, they were out but provided a limeade instead. We ordered a cheese crisp and cactus fries, both were large appetizers. I ordered the Mojo Chicken, which had a crisp and refreshing salsa that blended well with the smoky chicken and savory asparagus. The environment is enchanting, with amazing art, and the path to the restaurant is surrounded by flowers in early April; the weather wasn’t too warm yet. I very much preferred this dining experience over others available at this delightful museum.Parking: There is a large parking lot for the museum, you’ll need to park and visit the ticketing window for entry to the museum grounds, then walk to the restaurant the rest of the way, about ten minutes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Appetizer
I love this cafe in the museum. Just a quaint little space that's also a bit romantic. The food selection for Sonoran desert nights is small, but well encompassing most dietary preferences. The food is outstanding and everything tastes wonderful. The service is even better, with some of the most friendly wait staff I've ever met.All in all, I look forward to returning!Vegetarian options: The vegetarian and vegan options are quite good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The taco salad was
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco Salad
Beautiful. inside and outside seating. Good selection of tasty foods from the grill or flavorful soutwest entrees. Better than expected.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Taco Salad
Great place to take a break. Or just stop in and get a cold drink.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco Salad
Nice place to eat and take a break before going out for more of the Desert Museum.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best breakfast buffet ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great service wow!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had lunch there during our visit to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. We ordered fried nopalitos, elote dip (excellent), soup, birria de res, and chile en nogada. We loved everything!
I like this place when it is open, but it hardly ever is. They seem to be open on random days, you can't count on eating here any longer. Oh, and there isn't any sign at the front gate, so you have to walk to the restaurant to see if they are open or not.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
Great food and excellent service
Went in for Easter Brunch. It was wonderful. The food the delicious. The outdoor seating, beautiful and the service was stellar. Thanks.
Reduced seating but worth the wait. Absolutely delicious food, well presented. We’ll definitely stop in when visiting the museum in the future.
Nice to have a sit down place at a museum, well appointed inside. Heated (even though it was 65F outside). Prickly pear lemonade was awesome...but $6.50/glass was not worth it. Waitress said outside seating was not open, she wasn't sure if pork was available on the menu for tacos .....it was. The first few bites were wonderful and then the food quickly became cool, not hot anymore....that is a turn off! Then the part I really, really dislike. Note: owner/manager, please teach your wait staff NOT to interrupt 1/2 way through the meal to ask if we have saved room for dessert. Please let us enjoy the meal and our conversation. Also, there was a charge on the bill for sustainability....never saw that before.
This restaurant is located at the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson off of Kinney Road. It has limited hours and from what I'm told they have a difficult time getting help because of the distant location. I was seated promptly,however, my table had water marks left from the last glass that had set on it, so I'm not sure about their cleaning protocol. I always ordered their delicious tamale That is posted on this menu on their site here, however, this menu has changed completely with the new Chef. And the price has increased by three dollars which it is just not worth! $18.00. While it tasted ok and I was hungry! part of it was hot, part of it was cold as they use a lot more salad mixture than the prior tamale served in a large bowl, this one is just well, I wouldn't go back again! let's just say that! My server was very sweet and talkative, however, she delivered my food and then I never saw her again till she brought me the check. I watched her talk to another table on the outdoor dining patio for at least 15 to 20 minutes without ever coming in to check on me. I'm giving it three stars this time due to the lack of attention from this server as well that table conditions and price of this menu item.