Space Age Restaurant

Group of 10, that's why the review isn't lower. Took over an hour to get our food. The servers didn't know what drinks they were out of and we ended up getting Pepsi with low syrup making all of them taste strange. When we tried getting replacements the server didn't know they were out of dr pepper and starry as well until they came back to tell us. The water also tasted weird (probably unfiltered tap), the only drink that didn't taste off was the tea. Once we got our food, they forgot bacon and only put 1 pickle slice on one of the burgers, the chicken in the chicken sandwich was as hard as concrete, and one of the salads had a raw egg instead of a boiled egg. Overall experience was negative, also $5 for a for fountain soda is way too high.

The restaurant that had no space! I can't say what the inside is like. We stayed at the attached motel and we couldn't get in an hour before the claimed closing, with 'Open' lights blazing and people eating inside. They would not answer a call from the motel desk, so they're a big zero to me. The motel desk sent us down the street to the Thrifty ice cream store--which was great and cheaper!

Wait staff was polite. Food is very disappointing. Bland, flavorless Walmart "angus" burger patties. Fries were undercooked. Onion rings were overcooked. And who puts an entire slice of undercooked onion on a melt? And there was some guy layed down sleeping in the corner booth.

I ordered the Spacey Melt with half fries and half onion rings and it was very good. I will definitely come back.

We’ve driven by this place for years on our drives between Phoenix and San Diego or Rocky Point. We finally decided to stop in for breakfast. We looked up their menu before we arrived looking forward to some of the nice breakfast items. Problem is, we got there at 11:15 am and they didn’t serve breakfast after 11 am. Odd that they cut off breakfast at all, considering they close at 1:30 pm. Why not just serve breakfast all day since you’re closed so early? We ended up getting a Jupiter burger (very good), and an open-faced chili cheese burger which was cold. We told the waitress, who offered to microwave it…didn’t know you could do that, but better than a cold burger. Service certainly wasn’t friendly or outstanding, just disappointing. Prices were not great and a sodas were $5.50. So, we checked the box and won’t be going there again.

We love coming to this restaurant for the fun atmosphere and good food. We recently got back from visiting Roswell, New Mexico and this restaurant is exactly what Roswell is missing as far as tourist restaurants go for their alien tourism as Roswell offers nothing like this unless you count McDonald’s and I don’t. The food is perfectly cooked, tastes homemade, served hot and fresh. I ordered the chicken plate and my man got the chicken fried steak meal. I got the soup of the day which was beef barely and he got a salad. My drink was the house margarita . All the food was delicious. We both enjoyed our visit even with only 1 server working. The restaurant wasn’t too busy. The bill was u see $50 and included drinks. It offers a small selection of souvenirs ranging from coffee mugs, alien glass like those sold in Roswell, and a few postcards.

I expected so much more from the cleanest place in Gila Bend, Az. No joke, this place is absolutely clean. The bathrooms were clean and cold. But here's where the disappointment kicks in. The food was absolutely terrible. I ordered the patty melt with 1/2 fries and 1/2 onion rings for the sides. I think what the cook did was take leftover fries and onion rings from a previous orders, then re dunked them in the oil to heat them. The onion rings were hard to eat, as well as the French fries. They were stale and chewy. Lets talk about the sandwich the sandwich was rough. The bread was over toasted over cooked and it was the worst. My buddy and I ordered drinks. He ordered and iced tea and i ordered an Arnold Palmer. Not once did the guy come back around to offer us a refill, not even a water. Hell, my buddy had to get napkins because the guy didn't give us any. He barely tended to us. He was too busy on his phone in another location or the restaurant. After a 5 hour ride, we were starving and thirsty. But dont take my word for it. Or maybe you should take my word for it! I'll save your money. This was a crappy experience.

We were with a group of about twenty people. We called a couple of hours ahead to make sure the restaurant would be able to accommodate us. We arrived, were able to get seated. We were assigned one waitress for our entire group. So, drinks alone took about thirty minutes. I ordered a shake but was told they didn't have shakes. It is on the menu but oh well. We finally get to order. I order a strawberry waffle. But they don't have waffles either. So I order a grilled cheese with onion rings and the veggies on the side of the sandwich. The onion rings were good, veggies were good too. The grilled cheese sandwich was pathetic. It looked like the bread was thrown in a toaster and then a piece of cheese was thrown in between. The cheese wasn't melted at all. I didn't even take one bite of the sandwich. The waitress didn't take notice as she was quite overwhelmed. Anyway, we will not be going back to this place. Management failed badly as they had been given prior notice of our arrival.

Perfect roadside diner for a bite. Near a supercharge station for Teslas and a gas station. We stopped in for breakfast and got the 2 Egg Breakfast and Juevos Rancheros. Good basic coffee, too. Cute mugs for sale that match the ones at your table. Friendly staff and cute space decor for a kitschy good time.

Really cool place. Stopped by on way back to Mesa. The Jupiter burger was great!and only $16. Onion rings were awesome. Ignore the bad reviews, no idea what they are talking about. Good diner with a bunch of alien crap. What else could you ask for. Gila Bend needs more cool stuff. It could be a new hip place

My husband and I stopped here because there honestly isn't anywhere else to stop nearby. We both ordered from the breakfast menu and the hashbrowns tasted old and plastic-y. My husband's chorizo and eggs were still very wet and runny. His corn tortillas were dry and not pliable at all. My "omelet" smelled off and I couldn't find any cheese in it. It wasn't like a normal folded omelet but it was square and appeared undercooked. The bacon I paid extra for was the precooked bacon you can buy in a box at the grocery store. I paid $5.50 for 3 strips of that bacon. We didn't complain and just paid the bill and left. It was $40 total for 2 breakfast dishes and we both had coffee. Hey James and Jimmy, If I could give zero stars, I would.

The Jupiter burger is well seasoned, juicy and delicious. The french fries were nice and crispy and seasoned highly recommend this place if you visit Gila Bend. Our waitresses name is Magda. She had good customer service and always check on us.

Funny little place. Everyone was really friendly and kind. The atmosphere was filled with space stuff, that was fun. We were there for breakfast. It was very basic. Eggs, hash browns, toast. Bacon or sausage was extra. Which leads me to prices. They were out of this world (see what I did there?). Exorbitant. $12.99 for two eggs, one potatoes worth of hasbrowns, a piece of toast. $5.99 for coffee. $6.99 for two slices of back or a sausage patty. Sorry, but unless your food is sprinkled with gold dust, that's just nuts. We won't be back even though service was nice. We can't afford smiles like that.

We actually didn't stop to eat here. We stopped to use the bathroom while on a roadtrip. The bathroom and restaurant were clean and the staff was nice. If we're ever in the area again, we'll definitely stop in!

We didn't even order the tiny menu prices were huge. Club Sandwich $23.99 Soda $6.99 fries $7.99 Where are we outer space. We walked out.

I was inspired to do this review because we almost didn't stop here. We had read the reviews posted and wanted a good breakfast. Anyway, we ended up stopping and were pleasantly surprised! The restaurant was very clean, the staff friendly and the food was very good! If you are looking for a place to eat breakfast out in the middle of nowhere, This is a good choice!

Stopped here for breakfast on the way to California. The eggs were dripping with grease, soda was flat. The waitress was nice but didn't seem too happy to really be there. Overall the restaurant felt dirty.

Small, ordinary, bland french fries and one coffee - 16$ 16$!!!! A plain, nothing special, hamburger was 19.95 plus tax. 20$ for a plain quarter pounder While waiting in the parking lot for a friend to arrive, I saw a half dozen groups come and 5 groups leave after 5-10 minutes. After seeing the increased, stupid expensive, plain food prices, I completely understood. I always stopped here when the old man owned it, after the son took over, there were some minor changes but nothing unexpected... who ever owns it now is one greedy I will never return...

If less than one star were an option I would rate this place at that! Not too busy on a Saturday so we stopped in 10 minutes later we were waited on , one (1) coffee - she brought two (2). 10 minutes later she took our food order 15 mins and our food arrived, I had to ask for more coffee. our order was a disaster- no sausage gravy, toast that wasn't ordered, chorizo and eggs cold, beans cold, hash browns cooked beyond edible and cold, scrambled eggs cold!!! All this for $63 for two (2) people! AVOID this place!

Food was tasty and everyone has their benchmark for huevos rancheros. I expected little and got more than I deserved with a delicious cup of coffee. Got here at 6:05 right after they opened. Both employees were friendly and provided a great experience overall. They thought I was a guest since this is connected to a hotel right next to it. I just said I'm just passing through like a tumbleweed with a good wind guiding it through parts unknown. Ambiance is what brought me here. Nothing else in town compares to this. Unfortunately no UFO touched down and took me away tonight some distant galaxy. Maybe next time. Support small biz and let them make you smile while you help a community that's struggling to survive.

People have really high expectations for a diner. Don't believe the other reviews--this place is great. Stopped on our way to and from Rocky Point/Peñasco. Burgers were large and came with grilled onions, fresh lettuce, tomato. Onion rings are really good--I think they're double fried. Service is very slow bc there are 2 people working. Deal with it. Restrooms were clean. Decor is space themed and great for roadside diner. The interior pairings/murals are really well done! Fine dining, no. Good burger is the middle of AZ desert, yes.

This place was awful. We drove over an hour just to eat at this place and spent over $140. Most of the food came out of a can believe me you could tell. The prices were not worth the food. The food was cold and reheated and rubbery and tasted like maybe it was from the day before, it was tastless and cold. Service was not good we kept having to ask for the food they didn't bring the first time. Granted we were a party of 4 adults and 3 toddlers but there was not anyone else in the restaurant. My Husband was so disgusted he didn't eat his food but we're good people so we paid for it anyway and didn't complain but we will not ever eat here again and we will tell all our friends not to eat here.

Very expensive breakfast 48.00 for 2 cups of coffee small glass of OJ 2eggs hash browns an toast and French toast, very slow service 45 min to bring out food order,looked like only 2 people working waitress and person who sat us that must have been the cook . Tables only bussed when new customers walked in. First time EVER I thought this was a rip off. Sorry folks at the dinner, you need some help or your very rich from charging these prices to the common man. Only 1/2 star review

This place is/was a neat little stop while traveling. Sadly it has become just another struggling overpriced destination. I can understand trying to make a profit. There is a fine line between profit and price gouging! And Space age has obliterated that line. $5.99 per Egg! As a side that is gouging at it's finest. $75.00 breakfast for 2!!! What was once a cute and fun little stop, has now become a gimicky overpriced disaster. It looks like they have been having issues with staying open and have had more than one grand "re-opening" lately. Just sad. No thank you.

I had higher hopes for an alien themed diner in the desert. Food was ok, but nothing special or that I would come back for. Service was friendly, but just expected more space/alien vibes.

I made an interesting choice today. Chili cheese double burger with onions and a side of onion rings. Amazingly, I survived and so did my digestive system! Quite tasty, a little messy and otherwise unremarkable. Service was warm enough and I had wifi to keep me entertained for the ten or so minutes it took for my late lunch / early dinner to be prepared. Cute restaurant with lots of merch available. [Review 17513 overall - 99 in Arizona - 1031 of 2022.]

Me and my wife really liked this cafe. Had a few things here the onion rings are top tier ! Chicken fried steak was good French fries were top tier ! No complaints!

The cleanliness is a 5 but it's the staff that sets Space Age above other options for a meal between Yuma and Tucson or Phoenix. Haven't had a meal here in 2 years that fell short of making us happy to return! Great theme!

Strange place. Upon walking in we were told that they were under new management and that their prices have increased and hours changed. Prices were honestly kind of shocking. $7 for a drink, $12 for a milkshake, $23 for a burger. Basically Disneyland prices but you're just at a diner in the middle of the desert. Cool place with a cool history, but whatever the new owner is doing ain't it. Other people were sitting down, seeing the menu and leaving. It's a diner with a unique style, this isn't some premium luxury dining experience. I paid $15 for a tuna sandwich with onion rings. Onions rings were fresh and good, sandwich was mediocre. The person working was friendly and nice. The new hours are 9 am-1:30 pm.

So many people were coming from Rocky point and stopped here to eat, you lost a lot of business closing at 1:30 today. But maybe your veterans needed a day off. Looking forward to seeing you the next time.

Poor service, food is really lacking in flavor. Orders were not correct. And it took forever for it to get corrected. I didn't finish my lunch and about 70 miles down the road I stopped and found a better restaurant.

Restaurant was clean including bathrooms. Food was excellent. I had a custom omelette (ham, sausage, cheese, mushroom) with home fries and rye toast. My partner had a belgium waffle with strawberries. Service was fast. I'll be eating here again next time I'm in Gila Bend! It looked to me like this place is now woman run (cook, hostess, and servers). They did a great job!

Contrary to the horrible experiences some people have had, we had a perfectly fine breakfast here. It was included with our motel stay and a solid breakfast freshly prepared. We were greeted immediately upon entry and asked if we were from the motel. I think they segregate guests from other patrons as the motel breakfast is its own menu. Service was prompt and efficient.

I actually loved this place!!! The food was really good, they have an extended menu and the service was spot on. We ordered: Huevos rancheros- delicious with homemade salsa Biscuits and gravy- fresh made gravy Homemade smoothie and coffee Not sure why the reviews aren't the best because our service was spot on. When driving through this town you need to give this place e a shot. Would definitely go again!

I loved the Space decor. However the food and service wasn't that great. I went for lunch and it wasn't that busy. It looked like there was only one waitress working. I think she also had to make the food! I felt bad for her since she had to do everything. That's why it took a long time for me to receive my order. I had some chicken strips with half fries and half onion rings. The chicken strips were horrible! Tough and chewy. I couldn't eat them. The fries were okay. The onion rings were good.

Outside Ambiance: 3 Stars - Restaurant looks pretty cool but I wish they could go all out and add more spaceships, planets, astronauts/aliens on top of the building and in the front of the building and be more colorful. Outside of the building is a little outdated and just needs a little revamp. Inside Ambiance: 5 Stars - Very clean! Tables clean! Bathrooms clean! Floor clean! Awesome painted artwork on the walls, cool looking aliens hanging around, & nice simple gift shop. Service: 5 Stars - Greeted & welcomed! Seated quickly, drinks came quickly, food took perfect amount of time to come out for 2 adults & 4 kids(not too fast, not too long), checked in with us, & overall service was a joy! Food: 6 Stars - Drinks were cold & tasted great. We got a burger, it was cooked perfectly, bun was perfectly toasty, fries had a above average perfect crisp to them. We got country fried steak, it tasted as perfect as it could get, and the gravy was great! Kids got grilled cheeses and they might have been some of the best grilled cheeses one could have!

Bad, bad & bad. The only place for food here in Gila Bend I guess. Celery in a Huevos Rancheros? Anyways, the service was not good, the coffee was horrible and the food was below average.

Food took 25 minutes to come out and the chicken was inedible. Tasted like the oil hadnt been changed in weeks and the onion rings were so over cooked the internal onions has disappeared. And the chef seemed to be allergic to adding seasoning. So glad won't be heading this way again. The only reason they get one star is the decor is fun.

This place sucked! The food was bad and the prices were out of this world lol. Take my advice head west to Mc Donald's!

Please see my photo Page 3 of the menu. We were under impression that Dinners came with a choice of soup or a side salad, AND choice of potato. Apparently, Spaghetti and meatballs come with nothing to choose. Chicken tenders and Liver came with one choice of potato. The server did not know what was included. I chose this diner for the decore and the fact that there weren't many options between Tucson and Yuma. We got there a little after 1 pm on a holiday Monday in February. We waited a few minutes to be seated. We waited much longer than few minutes to place our order. We got our food after 2 pm. The service seemed extremely slow with just one person doing everything in the dining room. And she didn't seem knowledge about the menu. The food was so-so with two out of four dishes being good. It's possible we would have liked our food better had we not waited for it so long! Also, we were looking forward to items that we thought were included with the dinners such as a soup or salad. We would have ordered them separately if we were told right away that they were not included with the dinners. How is it clear from the menu that Liver and Onions comes with a choice of the potato but Spaghetti does not? We asked for soup and potato, but were told that only one item is included. Why potato, maybe we would rather have a soup? Giving it 3 stars because we did get to eat and the décor was cool.

Jupiter burger and a coke! On our way to Tucson and the stop had terrific parking for our travel trailer, didn't realize we'd get great burgers and alien sunglasses too! Bonanza!!! Great service, good food, total fun!

Afternoon Yelpers, After watching Arizona Highways. We want to take a ride to check out Space Age Restaurant in Gila Bend. Cool looking pictures on the walls. Enterprise is behind the bar area. We had the club house sandwich with 1/2 & 1/2 (fries and onion rings). Very big sandwich and tasted great!! Add a trip to Gila Bend and stop to eat here!! Take care, Yelpers

Pretty decent food (major downside is the amount of grease) and cool decor. The air conditioner is LOUD so it was hard to speak to people. The service was good as well. Overall a good tourist spot.

SPACE AGE RESTAURANT 12/22 GILA BEND, AZ. Returned to this place after sometime. Todays meal was very good. I was taken by surprise it was so good. All of the other things fell into place as well, staff was very good, prompt and happy to be at work. Prices were right for the area. We will have to make it back before we leave when winter is over. Great place, great food and great people working.

As an experienced food service worker, this company did not meet my family's expectations. We were traveling through town, trying to find something to eat and we were completely unsatisfied with the quality of service. My younger brother has a sensitivity to cheese and requested the cheese to be removed from his burger and after a very long wait it came out with cheese. After asking to remove it the cheese was simply scraped of the patty and the bun. Additionally my mother ordered the BBQ Chicken Salad and received the Southwest Salad. There were also other additional problems with my family's service, including our servers lack of knowledge of the menu. We are a family of 5 that understands eating out can get pricey, but for the quality of food and service we received was not worth the $100 we ended up paying. Actual aliens would've served us better.

Long story short, after I saw this space themed restaurant, then I decided to go check it out. Not disappointed at all, inside the restaurant, the decor, the food, the price and the services, no reason that i am not to give it a five stars. I liked the alien, spaceship theme. The restaurant seat us comfortably and the air conditioning is very well cooling. Inside the restroom feels like walking in a freezer. Our server is very nice and friendly. The food is great and delicious. The Jupiter burger is actually a bacon cheese burger with lettuce, tomatoes and grilled onion. it is nicely done. Burger comes with the fries and onion rings, both are crispy and not grease at all. Enchiladas and spaghetti and meat balls are also delicious and the portions of the food is great. Greatly recommended to try this restaurant.

We drive through Gila Bend a lot. I have always been curious about the Space Age Restaurant and Bar. Frankly I was scared to stop as the reviews aren't the best but I disagree. I thought the Jupiter burger was good. The restaurant was very relaxing. The help that was there was hardworking as well as very pleasant. Seemed to me that the management perhaps could help out and maybe add a few servers to the place of hard workers. Especially on a busy Sunday. Loved the space theme throughout! Hope you will give it a try if you want a burger and aren't in a rush and like Space Themes.

Trash. Sorry this place took for ever with my food. I got a piece of lovely hair in my food, along with rude service. I got recommended this little diner from a local, however it was disgusting. I'm really not trying to be rude or mean. I got the chili burger on Rye ... had one bite, I was done after that.

Where do my reviews keep going? I visited Space Age Resturant on Aug 10, what would have been my 21st wedding anniversary had she lived that long. Gay and I would stop there on Roadtrips for mealstops and we spent the night once just to say we did. I was some what underwhelmed with the experience. My server was not friendly, nor was the manager. I guess that cheapened my whole view of the place. I ordered a BLT. It came on white bread. I wanted wheat. I failed to mention that fact, she I assume she assumed I wanted white because I didn't specify. I remembered to ask for extra mayo, which turned out to be one packet on the side. There was an appropriate ratio of bacon lettuce and tomato. The tomato while not as thick as I'd slice for myself was far thicker than the paper thin way many San Diego restaurants slice them for BLTs. The fries were not amazing but not bad. If they'd like to get better reviews I feel should be more friendly to road weary visitor. Maybe even offer a soft drink included in the price of Sandwich and fries. Over all not a terrible experience. Just not what I wanted.

Drove here tonight from Surprise (55 minute drive) to get here at 8:15, 45 minutes before closing. Upon arrival we are told, "We're only taking carryout orders if that's okay." No, it's not okay. I didn't drive an hour to pickup food to eat in the bed of my pickup in the parking lot! So very disappointing.

First stop of the day. Fast service with a smile. Coffee is so so. Getting quite hungry. Next stop Yuma.

I ordered the Chili Burger. I received a lukewarm burger smothered in room temperature chili along with some cold beer battered fries, I am not a fan of battered fries, especially cold fries. Service was slow despite us being the only patrons in the restaurant. The table was poorly set up, the hot sauce bottles were empty, the non-dairy creamer bowl was as well. All this, despite the fact that our server was seated at the bar on her phone most of the time while we were there. The chili seemed like it might have been good had it been heated appropriately, the burger was non-descript, with no texture or flavor. And, the fries were completely undesirable because of the temperature and style. We paid too much for too little, we will not return.

Ok....... This is the only game in town! Driven by numerous times. So on the way out to the coast we decided to try it. The place is clean and the food is decent. Service was slow. Food took long as well. Ordered the Jupiter Burger it's small. My girl got eggs, hash browns, and bacon. She like it. It's a once try and goodbye. But I don't think I'll make it back.

Had to stop and eat here. It's part of the Best Western Hotel property. I pass it on my way to camping in Scottsdale. Friendly staff, good food. And alien shot glasses for sale. Cool

We stopped not expecting much but was pleasantly surprised. The dining room and restrooms were clean. It was not busy and the service was good. We shared a Reuben and southwestern salad. Both were very tasty. The Reuben came with both French fries and onion rings for no additional cost. It is not fine dining but I would definitely come again.

Decent alternative to the other dining choices in town. Had the patty melt and fries/rings. Pros: cool alien ambiance. Good bar food lunch options Waitress was really friendly Cons: cooler broken so no cold bottled beverages "Out of ice tea" Food was greasy Short staffed Waitress did her best and even brought out a bucket of ice so we could have a cold adult beverage. If you have an hour to kill and want a break from driving then give them a try.

at 11:15 am on 10/7/24 not friend and I were having lunch, I paid with my debit card and upon returning home I received a notice from my bank that my card was denied for a $4000.00 withdrawal from this restaurant. there were only two people working there so obviously it was one of them as the bank said they couldn't use my physical card so they wrote the information down and tried to defraud me. I will never step foot in that restaurant again. buyer beware