Carlsbad Caverns Underground Lunch Room

This is no longer in service. Food and gift shops are in the visitor center now.

It was closed, so no

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Great place to visit, very large cavern. Highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 4

The restaurant closes at 2 and they don’t sirve food at all, the cavern tickets stop selling at 2:30 and Google maps says at 5 so we made a long trip for nothing.
Also, the bar fly. Bars not coming out, park ranger suggest to stay all night because u may see them go in and out during the nigh. No sell pol home allowed like if there was something u could take pictures of. Not worth it to make the trip so disappointed ?

Great Service but Food is terrible. Pulled BBQ Sandwich tasted old Hamburger is Bland Cheese Quesadillas tasted weird. The only thing good was the fountain drinks.

The restaurant closes at 2 and they don’t sirve food at all, the cavern tickets stop selling at 2:30 and Google maps says at 5 so we made a long trip for nothing.Also, the bar fly. Bars not coming out, park ranger suggest to stay all night because u may see them go in and out during the nigh. No sell pol home allowed like if there was something u could take pictures of. Not worth it to make the trip so disappointed ?

Cool spot to relax and eat either after you've come down the natural entrance or right before you leave. Sadly food selection is really lacking. They have ham or turkey sandwiches or salads for main meals. For snacks candy bars, some baked goods, small bags of chips, bottled soda and a few other small things. (At this time of posting 2023 sandwich costed $8.75, chips $1, brownie $4, soda $2.87, candy bar $2.19)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 3

2 stars on the inconsideration alone. One thing that you hear about Carlsbad Caverns is that there is a lunchroom at the bottom leading you to believe that you can make the hour and a half trek and get something to eat before spending an hour touring the big room. If you take medicine, have blood sugar issues, or some other reason you can't wait to eat, you better eat before hand. It would be nice if they or the National Parks Service would let you know ahead of time.

Had a great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

By 3 pm, they hardly had any options to eat.

They will stamp and mail your postcards from deep underground. Pretty dope.

This is a place where you can get a quick snack and take in a few of what used to be the lunchroom for over 80+ years.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

We grabbed a couple of tasty sandwiches and took them outside to the nearby picnic area after our afternoon exploration of the caverns. Perfect for us to refuel as we waited for the bat flight program in the early evening.

Great place to visit!

The caverns were amazing! Once in a lifetime experience. Food wasn't great and over priced and the bottom of the cavern, but we were famished and shared a sandwich. There are places to pull over on the road up to the caverns, we packed a cooler and pulled off for lunch with a view. Such an incredible experience! Highly recommend walking in!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5