Custer Battlefield Trading Post & Cafe

Right outside the battlefield road. We sat on the porch and looked out towards the site. Indian Taco was fresh and nicely spiced. Brisket sandwich was good as well. Nice staff and comfortable seating. Inside was roomy and looked nice in case of weather. Good choices for food. Nice shop inside. Good amount of parking.

Wonderful helpful staff. A great variety of products. I bought a beautiful Native American made pair of Sterling Silver earrings. There is a lot of things to buy but I wanted to specifically buy something made by the local Native American Indian community. This is because I wanted to support the Native American community & I also knew my daughter in Australia, would appreciate an authentic Native American made gift. I found the trading post staff to be very helpful. A huge assortment of gifts & souvenirs. This trading post is definitely a great place to stop on your travels.

Super unexpectedly good! We went for the food and got some really excellent stuff: the indian taco was massive and the fry bread was the best I've ever had, and the beef brisket was super flavorful and meaty. Price was fair for the amount and quality of food, but not the cheapest either. No complaints though. Service was super kind and pleasant. Goods for purchase are also seemingly supporting the local community & indigenous craftspeople which is cool to see. All around great stop.

In August 2025, we visited the Custer Battlefield Trading Post in Crow Agency, Montana. This Trading Post is located close to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and Exit 512 on Interstate 90. There are colorful Teepees on display, and all types of Native American goods for sale. The parking lot lines are painted arrows and the handicapped parking spots are painted with the chief feathers. This is a fun Trading Post to visit.

History, fry bread, and shopping? Yes, please. What a cool surprise! We stopped at Custer’s Battlefield Trading Post and Cafe thinking we’d grab a quick bite… and ended up wishing we had more time. The food? Very good—but the Indian Fry Bread? Next level. Fluffy, golden, and slightly addictive. If you know, you know. Service was excellent—friendly, fast, and genuinely welcoming. The place was also impressively clean, which isn’t always the case when you’re out on the road. Now the gift shop? It’s not a shop—it’s a treasure cave. You could easily spend an hour in there browsing everything from history books to locally made goodies. A fantastic stop for food, culture, and a bit of retail therapy.

Really did enjoy eating here and buying stuff in the Trading Post. However, I feel like we're being treated like we were part of the same folks that had the mentality back in the days of Custer. There should be a friendly attitude between native and those that were born here from years ago. We are not the enemy we enjoy purchasing the souvenirs just not wanting to get attitude, verbal or visual.

The restaurant is worth the stop. Fry bread is a must have. The gift shop is full of beautiful one of a kind items and history, some things are a little pricey.

This place is breathtaking. If you’re into Native American stuff, or just appreciate history in general, you cannot pass this place. The food is absolutely awesome, the entire place is filled with BEAUTIFUL merchandise, and the owner Putt is one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met.

After eating two thoroughly mediocre Indian Tacos in the past couple of days, I was excited seeing the signs advertising the Indian Taco at Custer Battlefield Trading Post Cafe as being the best in the west. As I walked in, I saw posters stating that this restaurant was recommended by Oprah herself. Very promising! Frybread with Honey ($8.99) - The frybread here is fantastic! As with most frybreads, it's a plate-sized frisbee of fried dough, although irregular in thickness and leavening. Some areas have the chew and puff like a doughnut, while other areas are almost completely hollow almost like pita bread. The frybread is crisp on outside without being overly greasy. It goes so well with the honey they provide in a squeeze bottle delivered to your table. I would eat this as-is again and again. (5/5) Indian Taco ($14.95) - Now, take the excellent frybread and use it as a base to ladle on seasoned ground beef with beans, chopped romaine lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese, diced tomato, and black olives. Instead of dousing the top with salsa (might be pico since it's quite thick and not runny at all), it's thoughtfully served in a cup on the side so you can dress the salad to your liking. I actually preferred it this way as I found the salsa to be very salty. The dish also comes with a packet of sour cream on the side. I found the beef to be ground a little too well. Instead of a traditional ground beef texture, it kind of felt like frozen burrito-style extruded beef. Not the best texture, but I guess more authentic? (4/5) One of the issues we found was with the cups and silverware - both smelled kind of musty, like they weren't properly dried. I guess just don't sniff them and you'll be fine? Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the food served at Trading Post Cafe. I definitely recommend the frybread if you're visiting Little Bighorn Bathrooms: At least one individual unisex room in the store

This is a very busy place with so many different things at your convenience but my reason for stopping was to take care of a slight need for some like a Coke Zero and Big Hunk candy bar (I know I know) but that was a favorite of my back in my high school daze (lol) ohhh well...I'll keep that memory rolling folks

Oh my goodness this fry bread taco is awesome. And they bring you water when you sit. Cool little Indian store also. Come eat and shop! See our YouTube channel Coolest Life.

We had a great lunch at the cafe. I had cowboy soup with fry bread. My husband had the Philly beef sandwich and fries. The service and food were both very good. After lunch we spent some time in the store shopping.

Just gross. Super long wait. Raw food. Owner told me it was my probelm that i ordered my burger medium and it came out raw. The meal was not remade per the owners direction and it was not removed off my bill. My family was quickly dismissed for not being native, or familiar with the culture. The racism was extremely inappropriate and incorrectly applied to my native wife and children. Never again will my family frequent this establishment.

The food was outstanding and so worth the stop! They were kind enough to make my son a bear paw which is no longer on the menu but I knew he would love it! We loved being able to shop next door while we waited for our delicious food! Music and decor gave us a sense of the area we didn't have time to explore!Make sure to stop if you are in the area!

Loved it! Super cool place, food was excellent, service even better!! Great gift shop w/American Indian artifacts of all kinds. Must try the Indian taco! Don't hesitate to stop here!

Stopped here for lunch and it was great!! The service was fantastic!! They were fast and attentive to all of our needs. I had the soup and fry bread and it was delicious! The majority of our group got the famous Indian Taco and it was great as well. If you're looking for a place to eat in the area. Highly recommended.

We love this place. We stop every time we go through. Have never had anything we don't love. The frybread is the real deal.

We stopped in on our trip through the area because we saw the sign about Indian tacos and had to stop. We were seated and served by Courtney who provided awesome service. We got the soup with fry bread and the Indian taco. The food was absolutely delicious and the fry bread was perfect. The seating area has indigenous music playing and creates a wonderful atmosphere. The trading post had an amazing selection of goods and we ended up getting some great gifts for folks back home as well as some fresh lavender for ourselves. They have an impressive area in the back of the store with books, videos, and other items about Custer's Last Stand. They have a smashed penny machine which is always something I get when I am visiting places on vacation. Overall a very enjoyable break from the afternoon drive, wonderful food and service, and definitely an experience I would recommend to anyone passing through.

Stopped after visiting the Battle of Little Big Horn memorial. Great gift shop. Ok food. Worth the stop though.

My family and I were thinking about eating up the road, but since we were shopping in the gift area we just decided to eat here. The young man who was our waiter was very nice. He forgot a few things a couple times, but he was new and it wasn't a big problem. It's not often when I get to have fry bread or an Indian/Navajo taco but when I do, I sure do enjoy it! It was huge and oh so good! Shareable for sure. If you have time, check out the gift shop next door. There are so many great items to browse through and buy. Overall, a great option for food!

I had a tasty meal of Indian fry bread and potato soup with quick service. I sat outside with my dog.

After driving near this place many times I decided to give it a go. Currently there is takeout and patio dining available. The owner and the people working there were authentically nice. I had an indian taco served hot and fresh. The taco was real good, sizeable and delicious. The place is pretty cool and the service was fast and friendly. I will be stopping there again on my next trip to the area.

This review is just for the cafe part of the Custer Battlefield Trading Post. I saw a sign for this place on the highway and then on the way to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, which is across the street. After seeing the national monument, I stopped here for a bit of breakfast. I wasn't super hungry so I just ordered the frybread with honey and a side of the buffalo patty and a hot tea. The lady who took my order was super nice. After I ordered, I went outside to wait. There's a lot of fun stuff to look at outside (including colorful tipis) and the store section has tons of stuff to look at (part souvenir shop, lots of Native American stuff). The lady brought my to go order outside for me when it was ready! You can't dine inside, but there are lots of nice tables outside in the patio area. The frybread was DELICIOUS! If you haven't had it before, you need to try it. It got a nice crisp to it. And it was huge! I wish I had come around lunchtime to try the frybread taco! Next time!

Food is amazing! Our group got the Indian tacos and the cowboy soup both were outstanding! Get some of the fry bread - it's so good. The service was also very nice, inviting and answered all our questions.

Before I go into what's in the actual retail part of the store, YOU MUST try the fry bread! I mean... even Oprah has mentioned their fry bread! If you're thinking you want to order 2 fry bread tacos, because you normally eat 2 traditional Mexican tacos, DON'T! One will be plenty enough! I got the chili special with the fry bread. The bread comes aside from the chili, so you can still use half of it to enjoy with honey! If you like to cook, you can also snag a bag of the fry bread mix to make some at home. Now, onto the store. They have a vast selection of vintage and local native artisan turquoise and silver jewelry. They also have one of the largest Pendleton selections I've seen outside of the Pendleton website. The store features gifts and souvenirs for yourself and anyone you wish to share fruits of your travels with. The staff is super friendly and will help you with anything you need in the store.

the guru came in here after exploring custer's last stand. This is a combination restaurant and gift shop. The gift shop is really nice and I highly recommend checking it out but this review is more focused on the restaurant side. This is a very casual family friendly atmosphere with so much indian stuff on the walls you will pull a muscle in your neck just trying to see it all. As for the food it's your basic burgers and fries and chicken strips for the kids. my wife got the buffalo burger and I simply had to try the so called "indian taco". It's basically indian style frybread topped with ground beef, cheese, lettuce and tomato and sour cream. All the things a gringo thinks of should go in a taco. Unfortunately I was not impressed with this. The frybread is nice just on it's own and putting these two together just didn't work. So if you come here stick with the Burger or the chicken strips. And definitely get some dessert.

This is one of the stops we made on our trek across Indian territory. Everyone at the monument area, Trading Post, and Restaurant were very nice. We were told about the Indian Fry Bread Taco being somethin to try so we made sure to eat at the restaurnat and give it a try. I'm not much of a taco person but I have to admit, it was really good and worth taking the time to sit and eat with the natives. Yes, we ate dinner with members of the local Crow Nation. Although I was the only snow flake in the restaurant, I always felt welcome. There was one person (customer) who stopped by the table to talk with me as he was leaving. I don't remember his name, but he is proud to be Crow and he wanted to tell me about some of the things we were seeing mounted on the walls. A very nice man and perhaps more southern than my relatives in south Georgia. I'm glad we stopped.

Super friendly service and good, reasonably priced food at the cafe. The fry bread was delicious! The selection of goods at the trading post was also impressive. Nice place to stop if you are in the area.

Ordered , I didn't get the salad I ordered, my brother didn't get his soup at all, waited for salad, which was ok. Mistakes happen. My brother and his wife ordered without beans. Said there was a charge for that. When I paid bill I asked if tip was included and he said no so did 20%, questioned price paid for fry bread salad when we looked over and figured out after leaving, he asked his boss about. we ended up paying $80. $26 was a tip. I had asked about when paying bill, he said it wasn't included but it was. Will never go back and sad the boss couldn't help make it right

The food was excellent. Large portions . Service was the best. Would definitely recommend this cafe.

We just stopped after visiting the battlefield and the food was wonderful! My husband had the bison burger and I had the highly recommended Indian tacos! They were both really good! I loved the fry bread that was used like a taco shell. They also served it with honey so that you had a yummy dessert when you finish by putting honey on the remainder crust of the fry bread!! Highly recommend this place!!

This place is well worth the stop to get good food at reasonable prices in a fun environment. The entire cafe was decorated in Native American art and decor from the regions tribes. Service was typical diner cafe style and was attentive. Beware it gets super crowded at 1200 on weekdays like clockwork due to many locals taking their lunch break at this cafe. I loved their Indian tacos. It was fluffy fry bead loaded with ground beef lettuce salsa sour cream and cheese. They say they have the best Indian tacos anywhere but I would have to say they are in the top three Indian tacos I have had. I highly recommend coming to this cafe! The only negative is that the sodas come in a paper cup and there are no refills.

The absolute best!!!! Indian taco is big and fluffy with plenty of fixings and the buffalo burger was juicy and tasted great! - and we had breakfast the next day and the burrito and steak and eggs hit the spot! We will be back!!!

Definitely not the best Indian taco i've had, but was still good. Philly cheese was on the dry side, but still had flavor.

My family loved the fry bread taco! Staff were all so kind! Great stop! Even got more pressed Pennies!

We stopped in here after visiting Little Bighorn National Battlefield for lunch. I had the Indian taco and my wife had some fry bread and potato soup. The meal was delicious and the server was incredibly friendly. We highly recommend!

We cover the Sheridan WYO Rodeo every year with Justin Sportsmedicine and drive up to have the Indian Tacos! Always great food and service!

Currently this place is offering only to-go orders, however, they have a large beautiful patio where you can eat your to-go food! There are signs everywhere about masks being required to enter. They also sell masks if you need one! Customers generally seemed in compliance. Not all of the staff had on face coverings. You do need to walk in the restaurant to order or you could call the order in. The food was good as expected. We ordered breakfast - eggs and bacons were cooked very well. Inside the restaurant there is also a trading post with lots of interesting and well priced items. Definitely worth checking out. The restroom is open for customer use and dogs are allowed on the patio!

Stopped here after visiting the battlefield nearby. The food was great. Especially the fry bread and honey. I suggest you give it a try.

I'm not normally someone to leave a review, but I absolutely had to for this place. The gift shop/ store area has a massive selection of stuff, handcrafted Native American items, bison skins, Knick knacks, pretty much everything. The restaurant side of course offers the "Indian taco" and i 100% recommend it. Service was extremely quick and polite, and the flatbread taco itself was almost offensively delicious. Heartily recommend. I'd make the hour and a half drive back to this place just for the food alone.

I have always wanted to stop in here but never had the time - My last trip by - I made a point of going in - best decision ever : ))))) I LOVED the history and items and the food was fantastic for a very good price - more importantly the staff were SO personable and friendly ! I can't wait to stop again : )))

What better way to cap off your long visit to Crow Agency and Little Big Horn than a fresh dish of Crow Indian Taco! Flavorful seasoned beef, thrown atop a bed of fresh lettuce, chopped tomatoes and cheese, all on top of a large (and I mean large) frisbee of crispy, chewy fry bread. Others in my group had the Bear Paw (an inside-out Crow Indian Taco surrounded by fry bread), and the soup and fry bread -- Cowboy soup was the soup of the day. Everyone ate their dish with gusto and had their fill. These portions are not tiny! And afterwards, you can wander through the never-ending gift shop and peruse the various trinkets, from touristy magnets and t-shirts to blankets and clothes. I almost bought the stuffed bear... Definitely worth a visit!

We came up on this spot on our way to Battle of Little Bighorn. We showed up before they were opening and lucked upon the owner sitting on the front porch. He was very nice and offered to get us coffee. We waited till they opened and they made the most delicious breakfast and even brought it out to us! We would definitely go again!

This is a fantastic place for lunch and dinner. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the food, service and atmosphere. And the gift shop that shares the building is outstanding. Very happy with the entire experience.

Found this place on our trip to Yellowstone and based on reviews we stopped in. This place is a gem and highly recommend. The food was incredible, service was great and so much history while you're visiting. Make sure you get the fried bread with honey if you're don't get the Indian taco.

Great place to eat, especially if you like fry bread! Several different fry bread plates to try as well as buffalo burgers. Lots of locals eat here which means that it is good. Huge gift shop attached that has just about anything related to Little Big Hornets. Lots of jewlery,clothes and items for kids. Everything seems fair priced.

The Trading Post is a great stop for shopping and food. Sharing the Indian taco is a good way to go, as it was too big for me alone! Our waitress was nice, efficient, and really hustled. The items for sale were good quality, with quite a variety.

Awesome Indian Tacos! The fry bread was perfect. Wait staff very friendly and the shop next door was full of unique items.

Great taco! Made with fry bread! So good! The fluffy taco was a pleasure to find. Staff was great. Nice quality in gift shop....a happy find!

Waaaay over-priced. The horse ride tour (also 2/5 stars in case you're thinking about it) recommended trying the Indian taco at the cafe. After paying 16.99 for a drink, brownie, and "taco" I opened my box to find a homemade fried bread covered in chili and lettuce. Bushwhacked! The bread was fresh and tasty, but the whole meal was worth $10-$12 max. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful, so I gave them a star for that. The horse ride tour was essentially just a 2 hour ride. For $130 I was expecting the guides to offer a lot more by way of the history and story of the area. One of the guides stopped us at a few points and gave some very broad brush strokes about what happened, but clearly didn't have a very good grasp of Custer's battle w the Sioux. We came here on a staff ride and just in our conversations about the battle prior to coming here I knew more than this local, or at least what he was telling us. Enjoy!

Written by Fred Weeks November 2019 A Thanksgiving Story which actually began in the month of May, 2018 at a small Trading Post Café located at Crow Agency, Montana. Crow Agency is adjacent to the Little Bighorn Battlefield which is a National Monument to those fallen on June 25, 1876, and was formerly known as Custer Battlefield. Crow Agency is the home for the Absoroka (Crow) Tribe which heavily populate that part of southeast Montana. In May 2018, Susie and I attended my granddaughter's graduation from Montana State University and after graduation everyone else had departed and we found ourselves alone. We had an extra day before our flight home, so we decided to revisit the battlefield. We have been there several times over the years and each time it has been a different spiritual experience. The vastness of the sky and the endless rolling prairie combined with the deafening stillness of everything except the wind blowing and waving the tall grass......it is awe inspiring. (The off-season is the best time to visit for the quiet) As we were leaving the battlefield, just outside the main gate is a small Trading Post & Café. We were hungry and thirsty after our walk over the grounds so we stopped to look and maybe find something good to eat. Lots of very nice locally made Native American arts and crafts.... and the Café......... THAT's the reason for this story. The Fry bread tacos were very good and for desert we ordered home made Cherry Pie. When the waitress brought it out and set it on the table, it looked like a double serving ....a huge piece of pie about three inches thick and just oozing cherry juice....with a flaky, golden crust....baked to perfection! It looked like a Norman Rockwell Illustration of the ideal piece of Cherry Pie! One bite of that and Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. my goodness....... it was sooooo good. Who would have thought... that in such an out- of -the- way little café.... in rural Montana....one would find such a culinary delight! There are very few things in life that are memorable and I never thought Cherry Pie would be one of them.....but here it is! Fast Forward....to a couple of weeks ago........I asked Susie what she would like for Christmas....Jokingly she replied "I'd like another piece of Battlefield Cherry Pie".....and my response was..."We'll have to do that for sure....the next time we are in Montana"! A couple of days later I searched and found the Battlefield Trading Post on line....and thought ..."Why not for Thanksgiving instead of Christmas." So I called, not sure that they would even be open this late in the season.....but they were. It seems that because of the good food they have a large local customer base. I explained to the lady who answered the phone that I would like to have them send a Cherry Pie to Arkansas for Thanksgiving. I could hear her chuckle as she thought it was a joke at first and after I told her the story of our experience there last May.....she says.."You're gonna have to talk to Joyce, the lady who makes them, and she will be here later this afternoon. So I called back and talked to Joyce and after retelling the story and reason for my request...she is very pleasantly amused and considered it a high compliment that I would want her to bake a Cherry Pie for a Thanksgiving in Arkansas ....but is not sure she can do this...... "I will try to figure out how I can get this done and not have you receive a mushy mess.........I'll call you back" she says. A couple of days pass and it is on Thursday, one week before Thanksgiving and Joyce calls me back...... She says "I'll give it a try...I'll bake tomorrow, freeze it over the weekend and mail it to you on Monday" ...and I am thinking..."Thanksgiving is Thursday so it probably will not get here in time.....but it is THE Cherry Pie.....and so what if it is not here till Friday....it doesn't matter....it is THE Cherry Pie! Joyce was a very pleasant lady and I could hear the smile in her voice as she says "You gotta call me back and tell me all about this". I assured her that I would, thanked her for being so wonderfully accommodating and our conversation ended. Baked on Friday, Shipped on Monday, Arrived on Wednesday..... Just in time for Thanksgiving. Along with a note from Joyce....wishing us blessings on Thanksgiving Day. and YES.....it WAS just as good as we remembered! Final Thanksgiving thought: It seemed bizarre that a thanksgiving meal, served in Arkansas was prepared in Montana .... and also ...so appropriate that a Native American woman was the central figure in this blessing. Thank You Joyce Elherd....of Crow Agency Montana and yes......I did call her back

What can you expect? Diner style food, served hot, with a smile and local charm. I like the link sausage, eggs and toast. The breakfast sandwich is good too. I live here in Chichuche (or Hardin for the non-Crow speakers) so I frequent this place every so often--First) to remind myself I love fry bread and B) I like my own cooking just fine. The fun thing about this place is the museum like areas in the store to check out. It's attracting all kinds of out of town folks and does a good job at it. Make your way to the way back to see some great local tribal artifacts and other tribes artifacts traded to these folks. It's pretty neat.

I am a bonafide fry bread snob (if there is such a thing.) This bread is puffy fluffy not to sweet not to greasy thick and wonderful. Add that with a bowl of Cowboy soup (very similar to albondigas) and you have a great lunch.

Had one of the best Frybread ever!!! The Cowboy soup was also excellent. Very friendly staff with great customer service.

The food here is yummy and they have lots of patio dining. We had an indian taco and soup with fry bread. Clients are required to wear masks inside. I wish the staff would also wear masks, especially the ones doing food service.

Ordered the Indian style taco and the Buffalo burger for lunch after visiting Little BigHorn memorial- satisfied is the perfect word for this meal. Read many reviews about the Indian style taco and had high hopes, kind of just tasted like a ordinary taco on fry bread. Fry bread was good, and tastes extra good with the honey!! Give it a try and see for yourself.

OMG this place is amazing! It has everything food and souvenirs and I even saw a sign that said if you want to buy a teepee ask at the front desk. The people were so nice and helpful. I highly recommend eating here. Oh and the fry bread was delicious.