Oscar's Cafe

Do not sleep on this place! It is located in a strip mall and it is delicious! We were recommended by friends who went for breakfast and they said they are going back the next morning to eat the French toast and cornbeef hash again..lol. I went for lunch and had the tortilla soup and BLT sandwich. My God! I know I will be back before I leave Durango. The staff is friendly and the food will leave you full and near about speechless. Oh and save room for a piece of pie.

Came here with my mom on our vacation from Maryland. I ordered Vince’s sandwich w/ ham and extra crispy hash-browns. I will never forget those hash-browns, or that delicious house made hot sauce. Meals were huge! Coffee tastes great, awesome interior design, and great service, 10/10 will be back.

If you are in Durango and will be eating breakfast- THIS IS THE PLACE! Each and every time we eat breakfast here, it’s great. The service is over the top, food is excellent and the atmosphere is 1950’s diner (fun).

When in Durango we Always stop here for breakfast, full menu. Great local place!! Nice, efficient & friendly staff! Very good food!!

Great place to eat. Local dinner with Durango Historical vibes. A little tight on space but the atmosphere is worth it. 15-20$ per person cost. 20% off with ski pass before 8am. The menu is Breakfast, burgers and sandwiches. They got chili as well and their own hotsauce.

This place is a must! So much character and charm. The food and coffee are fantastic! Glad we stopped here on our day in Durango!

It was full, which is awesome, so we took ours to go and it was amazing! We got the Southwest Breakfast Burro and it was amazing 🤤 the chile wasn't hot if you are looking for something with flavor but not too much bite. As a New Mexican I love a bite but this was delicious.

Cozy, cute place. Hot, yummy coffee. A little bit of a wait but worth it. Huge portions. Fluffy eggs. Nice workers. You can put yourself on the waitlist on yelp.

Such a fun place and worth the wait!! My son was obsessed with the little train that goes around the top. The menu was vast and a bit overwhelming! I got an avocado omelet and my husband got the Durango scramble. Both were delicious! The space is super small and cramped, especially with kids but all just adds to the charm!

Service was good Very crammed Biscuits and gravy 10/10 Eggs 10/10 Bacon 7/10 (didn't taste right) Pancakes 10/10

This place is a must try!! Especially their green chile breakfast burrito and challa style waffles!! Amazing!! Inside is alittle tight with seating but they have a few seats outside which helps! It's in a great location. All the workers are very nice and attentive. Love the Mountain View's all around. Will be coming here every time we are in Durango visiting!!

6 of us tried this spot for breakfast while visiting Durango. It's a very small place and could not accommodate the six of us with a toddler we had to sit at separate tables. the food was hot and fresh but nothing out of the ordinary. The coffee was average . I had the eggs Benedict, which were good, but my wife had a hash brown and green chili style breakfast, which she said was very dry and tasteless. she ended up eating less than half. The others in our group also said their meals were average to good. Not sure I would return here.

Fantastic food - the biscuits and gravy were so tasty and I'm glad I took the waiter's suggestion of the half green chili and half traditional gravy. It was really delicious! The servings were a great size, the pricing was fair, the food came out quick and everyone was so kind! For it being busy on a Saturday morning I was pleasantly surprised with how good the service was and how quick the food came out. Definitely recommend!!

I definitely recommend Oscar's. There was a short wait as they were busy on a Sunday morning, but we were seated quickly. I got the biscuits and gravy which was delicious. Make sure to get a cinnamon roll while you're there too!

Small but very comfortable, interesting establishment. Love the train that goes around it! Service was excellent and the food was delicious

Despite it being one of the arguably top 2 breakfast outposts in Durango, I found it average to below average overall. I've never seen an "omelette" like this. The cook cooked the eggs and forgot to insert the ingredients into them, instead, dumping a heap of the ingredients inside an already-cooked egg "pancake" as an afterthought. The only thing that made its way into the "omelette" was the cheese. The cheese was a less than interesting cheddar. It's probably less work and quicker this way, instead of having to carefully oversee the omelette and watch the timing of ingredient insertion. The toast was ordinary. The orange juice? Store bought average quality. The seating arrangement at the bar is unacceptable, with the distance between the stools laughable. I had friendly elderly on both sides of me with their elbows in my face. Imagine if Spirit airlines created a diner in its planes. That's just how close the stools are together. While I suspect that real butter is used in the toast I fear that the kitchen--not unlike diners of this ilk--likely uses very unhealthy canola oil. I wish that these places would use butter or avocado/oil and just charge a little extra. There exists a wide-open, high end, quality breakfast niche in Durango awaiting fulfillment.

If I could give a negative 5 starts I would. We used to come to Oscar's every time we came to town and it was great. Today we were greeted with such rudeness. We had a party of five entering and were literally yelled at to close the door as we were walking in. There's too many other breakfast options to choose from to be treated like that.

They are nice to me, an old lady party of one. I don't go when it's busy, and I always tip generously. One person is a bust, so I try to compensate. Food is always good, service too.

Let me start with BEST SERVICE ! From when you first walk in , they are so inviting. 50's style dinner with a ton of history in this place (love the ambiance). The food puts it over the top !! Not sure they serve anything they are not good at. If you are ever craving a pie (piece or whole) - this is it.

Nice little diner located in Durango. The ambiance is that of a 50s diner and it is welcoming. The service is ok nothing bad but not welcoming. The food is ok and the portions are big. This is a ok diner and you won't leave distinct you won't be wowed either.

The food is ALWAYS awesome. The service is tremendous. I love the ambiance is so great. It's such a great little place. I love Oscar's. Charissa is such a delight, she has a great smile. Thanks so much for serving us. Eat here, you won't regret it.

Excellent diner atmosphere and well executed diner staples, e.g. bacon and eggs and eggs benedict. Good food and nothing fancy. However drip coffee is $3.50 which seems steep? Was very average in the coffee department.

really cool little dining spot! The staff is amazing, they are all so kind and friendly and service is fantastic. I had breakfast here and it's the usual diner breakfast fare. Delicious pancakes and eggs. I didn't have a cinnamon roll but they looked amazing

Food was great. Not many breakfast places in downtown Durango area. We sat next to the restrooms, and there wasn't much room next to us. The food was delicious though. Service was solid.

A VERY small and tight place, but run extremely efficiently. Food was good and service was good. This restaurant gets good ratings so we tried it for breakfast. My husband had the bacon and eggs and I had the bacon and avocado omelette. Both were tasty and filling. Neither of us cared for the hash browns. We asked for them crispy but they were a bit dry. Pretty sure they make their own and they leave the skins on making them a little bitter. The omelette had a ton of bacon and at least a half of avocado inside. We would definitely go again.

Busy even on week days. Don't let the strip mall location fool you, this is as authentic an American diner as you'll find. Neon, ruby red vinyl, local Americana, and a complete collection of local Snowdown posters going back at least as far as 1980. The food was tasty and staff attentative and friendly despite the bustle. Well done.

Incredible ham steak and freshly made hash browns. These are not the standard out of the bag hash browns. They are freshly grated and amazing! Cute inside with limited seating.

In town for the Durango Rendezvous (Indian Motorcycle event). Was hoping for a little more based on reviews, food was okay but nothing special.

This is probably our favorite place to grab breakfast whenever we are in town. We are not from Durango area but we eat here almost every morning if we are going to do breakfast. The cafe itself is small, but the food is the BEST. The staff is friendly and hard working, great service always. Good music playing and lots of cool things to look at in the walls. HIGHLY recommend!

Very good breakfast place! Food was delicious, home-made gravy was fantastic. I personally loved the house made hot sauce. Very unique space, was packed tight, but was really fun. The train running around the top of the restaurant was very cool. Overall, great breakfast spot with some really good food. I would highly recommend to folks, if you can get a table!

Apparently the wrong color to visit this place. Ordered our food, it came out not edible and not one server asked if everything was ok after we sat there and did not eat. We went to pay and told them it wasn't edible, they really had no concern and charged us 36.00 for our food. Will not be visiting this place ever again!

If you're looking for a low key diner, look no further! Oscar's is a small breakfast spot with a standard brunch menu with options that work for gluten free, vegetarians, and meat eaters alike. It's nice that they have a waitlist feature where you can check-in ahead of time. Everything was fine - service, food, ambience - nothing to write home about, but no complaints from me. I will say, I was underwhelmed by their cinnamon roll, but I did like the Durango scramble that I settled on for my meal.

Unfortunately, Oscar's has not held up their initial standards. Over repeated visits they often get the order wrong, fail to return change at payment, and generally create a frustrating experience.

Always count on good food, service, atmosphere. Small diner, I've gone vegan as experiment lately. Veggie burger à la patty melt with extra avocado, delish!

Service is excellent, need a few hash brown with their omelets but the omelets were great. Small place so u may have a slight wait.

No worth the wait and bad seating anymore!! Always a great meal, hashbrowns, hot sauce, pancakes everything is delicious. Unfortunately, they have gone to a online sign in Which we obey by but the process seems to get us no better seats. Third morning in a row that we ate there the two couple in front of us sit by the window without reservations while we were seated in the back corner to receive cold coffee And to look at a wall our next visit we were set at the counter by the cash register, we got to enjoy an elbow in my wife's face, maybe 20 inches With shoulders, turned sideways to eat. Very uncomfortable not worth it. Won't be back. Sad to say.

went here after seeing and reading reviews, honestly me and my wife were shocked by how bad the food was, the help was fine, but over-all not a place I would revisit. the sausage was cold and shunk up like it was made 1 hour ago, the hash brown same totally over oily from sitting to long and burnt and cold. If your in the business of cooking at least try to do that, keep it fresh. This was awful hopefully they do read these review and at least make an effort to clean up their act.

We stopped by on our way out of town and wished we had come here at the beginning of our trip so we could have eaten here more!! Everything we got was delicious! The kids pancake was HUGE! The French toast and biscuit and gravy were phenomenal. However, the cinnamon roll was the best thing that we got!! Don't skip out on this place! It is a very small place but the service was great!

A friend and I decided to pop into this little gem of a place. I had eaten here years ago and remembered that the food was excellent. So had to try it again. I had their Uncle Rueben sandwich. I highly recommend it! One of the best I have had in a while. Our server Shane was on it and we now have a local nickname there of "Grill my junk". Haha. Will be going back for sure. The place is quaint and definitely gives you that hometown feeling. Go check it out!

Always great service, the atmosphere is chill, little train rolling overhead is cool! They make you feel like you're part of the family. And pies, they are homemade and beyond excellent!

Really tasty breakfast! The verdes bowl was delicious and the pancake was huge! The space is fairly small, loud, and cramped but the food is fast and the staff are friendly. Look for the train inside! I also thought it was nice that you can check in to the wait list on yelp ahead of time. We will be back, we want to try some pie!

Bottom Line: A diner with quick service once you get seated and excellent hash browns. My husband and I went to Oscar's for breakfast because it was open earlier than most other spots in town. Since we arrived when they opened we were seated immediately but I hear lines can get long. I had the Farmer's Breakfast which included eggs, hash browns, sausage, bacon and pancakes. I gave the bacon to my husband to round out his breakfast of eggs, hash browns and toast. So pretty classic diner fare. Neither of us are big hash browns but the hash browns at Oscar's were soooo good - flavorful and slightly crunchy. I ate them all! Service was fast and attentive.

Great breakfast spot!! Service is good too - and you get a lot of food too - so go hungry!!! People are always so friendly - great place!!!

Good diner breakfast. Attentive service friendly staff. Love the model train running around ceiling. We had corned beef hash and green chili verde on hashbrowns. Both delicious.

Unfortunately I don't have a good review here. The last time I ate here as a Durango local, this restaurant was owned by someone else and the food and service was great. However, today's breakfast was in our opinion the worst. We both had eggs Benedict and the sauce tasted from a package, the English muffin wasn't cooked at all and was soggy. Both eggs, the English muffins and half the plate were completely sloppily slathered with what seemed an entire package of hollandaise sauce. I couldn't even identify, not taste the eggs once i started eating. Needless to say it was all left on the plate. We dined with 2 friends, their meals they said were okay however they were delivered 10 minutes before ours. Bad service, bad food. Such a bummer as I loved this place but the quality of the food has gone way down. I hope the owners read this review and make some improvements.

We were looking for a breakfast place in Durango and the first one had rude customer service, the second was too crowded, and this was the 3rd place. We got lucky. We checked in with Yelp and our table was ready when we got there. Our server was great and kept our drinks checked on. My husband had the Verde Bowl and he loved it. I had the chicken fried steak breakfast and the gravy was really tasty. Somehow the crust stayed crisp under there. And there were so many hash browns I couldn't finish them.

The staff here is very friendly and welcoming. I had the vegetarian omelet while my husband ordered the BLT with Avocado. Both were good. It can get pretty crowded and because of that it's pretty noisy. We've visited a few times and the end result seems to depend upon who is cooking that day. This place attracts a lot of locals and they offer an extensive menu.

We registered as requested upon arrival at Oscars/Durango. Two staff said 5 min wait. Fine, however, cleared a table for four and continued to make us wait. We were only 2 waiting. No customers (4) or more waiting. Server still would not seat us. I expressed why would you not seat a sure income in hopes that a party of 4 might show up. We have frequented Oscars when we are in Durango. Done, if they didn't want my business on Wednesday, they don't need my business anymore.

We are visiting Durango and decided to try this quaint place not only for breakfast one day but lunch the next. The breakfast was fast, and absolutely delicious. They made fun pancakes for the kiddos and I ordered the Tijuana Tasty omelette and it was so delicious! The service was phenomenal and even the gentleman behind the counter came out and let my son toot the train horn that goes around the restaurant. So good! Also the burgers at lunch were amazing too!

Frustrating experience. They're clearly very popular, and even though we used the remote check in option and arrived on time, we had to wait an additional 40 minutes. The poor souls seated outside were treated to dozens of people milling around them, staring at their food, and attempting to make unwelcome conversation. When we were finally seated, we were LITERALLY seated in front of the restrooms in a table that never should have existed (see the photo). There was 1.5 feet of space to pass through between our table to the wall, and our entire meal was accompanied by people standing by our table, commenting on our food, and bumping our plates. One person, while waiting to use the bathroom, actually asked us what we did to earn such a bad table. Toilet flushes, toilet smells, toilet noises, all throughout our meal. Why didn't I complain? Because my family would be back out in the rain waiting for another table, and some other family would be stuck at this miserable table. And it would only hurt the servers, who aren't the ones who decided to put a table here. No quality of food would make up for the lousy experience. That being said, the food was FINE. I've eaten at hundreds of popular diners over my life and the food was as good as any. But nothing truly exceptional. I got the verde plate, with 2 scrambled eggs, hash browns, green chili sauce, and a tortilla on the side. They smothered it, which made the hashbrowns soggy. The green chili sauce was quite good, and could hold its own as a stew. The tortilla was ok, but probably not homemade. The kids' pancakes were fluffy and unremarkable. Bottom line, management has a serious issue with experience. Our table shouldn't exist, the outside tables shouldn't exist, and the way they manage their wait-list is truly broken. The food is passable. The decor, while cute, looks like 1000 other diners out there and was invisible from our toilet-centric vantage point. Vote with your feet and pick a more accessible spot.

Small cafe with great service and really good food. We will be back to experience the train atmosphere. Mike had the burrito and it was huge.

I'm new to Durango and try to eat once a week. It's an institution and never disappoints. My favorite server is Megan. Always smiling and quick to take care of me. Huge menu and food comes out quickly. Oscar's is my favorite restaurant in Durango. I'm a tour guide and always recommend Oscars to all my guests.

This restaurant was highly recommended by a local and we weren't that impressed. The food was okay and the waitresses were a bit cold.

I haven't been here for over 20 years. It was exactly as I remembered. Great food, great service, and great decor. I love the old school diner vibe. A must have is the MexBrex

Consistently good. Coffee is good. Food is timely. We come here every trip to Durango!

Really well done fresh diner food that's not greasy. There is a lovely Mountain View and cozy atmosphere inside, despite the strip mall exterior. I recommend using the yelp waitlist option. This place is best for parties of 4 or fewer. The servers are friendly and did a great job of accommodating our party of 5.

The place is claustrophobic and food is not great. The service was mediocre too. I wouldn't recommend it