Red Rooster Cafe

Mineral Point, United States

3.1

Open now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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+1 608-987-9936
Address:
158 High St, Mineral Point, WI, 53565
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Good For
Breakfast
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
No
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
No
Attire
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
No
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
No

Today

Today 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Mineral Point) 3:46 PM Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Business hours

Monday 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 5:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday 5:00 am – 5:00 pm

Description

Specialties

Cornish Fare. Pasty, bread pudding, and Figgy Hobbin.

History

Established in 1972.

Family run business for over 40years.

Vicinity

Near this location:
60
ft
Kusaka Restaurant
148 High St
80
ft
Simply Scarfs
154 High St
180
ft
Mineral Point Public Library
137 High St
230
ft
Gray Dog Deli
215 High St
240
ft
Town & Country Shop
232 High St
400
ft
Mitchell True Value Hardware
250 High St

20 reviews of Red Rooster Cafe

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Place rating: 3
McHenry, IL
Good breakfast, decent service although rather slow considering the restaurant was not crowded on a Saturday morning. I have had better pasty, but it was still tasty. (Those don’t rhyme!) They do offer local beers too.
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
Great little breakfast place on the main street though Mineral Point. Been here twice, just for breakfast. It will not disappoint. Two of us got omelettes that were fantastic. Watch the specials board too. My girlfriend had the cinnamon french toast and it was very good. Handmade homemade cinnamon buns are a bit hit while they last.
Place rating: 5
Manitowoc, WI
What a delightful place. It is like stepping back in time. The two women who run the restaurant are friendly and welcoming. The food is superb and we plan on having lunch here tomorrow — pasty and fight hobbin!
Place rating: 1
Fall River, WI
I ate here for lunch. I ordered a lemonade and chef salad. The salad was the worst salad I’ve ever had. The lettuce was literally not green. My lettuce was white, nearly brown. I saw another guys come out the same way. It was something I would be embarrassed to serve. It was incredibly overpriced for some bad lettuce, some cheap pieces of ham and shredded cheese.
Place rating: 4
Lockport, IL
Great little diner to go to on our way home from a long rafting and camping weekend. Large portions for cheap. My husband had the biscuits and gravy which were great. I had a grilled cheese, my fries were pretty over cooked, but that was the only complaint within out 8 person meal. Our waitress was extremely friendly and accomodating as well.
Place rating: 1
Madison, WI
We stayed at The Mineral Point Hotel for a lovely weekend. Since they don’t serve breakfast my husband went out looking for a cup of milk and something to go with it. He went to The Red Rooster and ordered a tea biscuit and a cup of milk. The bill was $ 4.75. He was confused so he asked the cost of each item. They had charged him $ 3.50 for the cup of milk. What??? It’s not like we’re in Manhattan here. Next time we’ll skip the kitschy Red Rooster and go someplace that’s not so precious.
Place rating: 1
Plainfield, IL
When you walk in this restaurant you are bombarded with articles and honorable mentions that this restaurant has had over the years. the key word here is HAD. Whatever they had in the past is sadly lost now. We had a simple breakfast eggs over medium and a vegetable scramble. It’s hard to mess up eggs and they did. the eggs were brown and on the verge of ‘burnt’, the toast was greasy and burnt, and the vegetables in the scramble were unevenly cut and cooked. My veggie scramble has 1 chunk of yellow squash that was about 1 ½ inches think and then 1 very thin slice of zucchini, a half of a mushroom and one tomato. It’s really sad that a place that was once so great has taken such a bad turn.
Place rating: 4
Runnells, IA
We were passing through Mineral Point and looking for a late breakfast. We saw the Red Rooster and decided to stop. Excellent breakfast – my husband said his Eggs Benedict was the best he’s had in a LONG time. I believe they’ve been in business for 40 yrs and the clippings and other art on the walls were fascinating.
Place rating: 3
DeKalb, IL
We weren’t blown away by the food there by any means, but we were very hungry after a long drive and the food was decent. I suspect their breakfasts are their best feature, but we were there near closing time and weren’t up for breakfast food. Good prices, so if you just want a quick bite you’re all right here.
Place rating: 2
Verona, WI
The meat inside the pasty was extraordinarily dry and under seasoned. Our waitress was working the cash register and immediately following, used her hands to put cherries on our malts. The interior is in desperate need of a makeover. The cook forgot to add fries to my daughter’s hot dog order. The sign in the front window says, «Fresh Lemonade.» My daughter received lemonade in a can. When asked about that the waitress said, «Oh, we’re out.» The whole place needs a kick in the ass. There is a lack of polish in every aspect of this diner.
Place rating: 5
Circle Pines, MN
In all the years I have been alive, I have never actually eaten a pasty. I’ve heard and read about them though. So when I heard there was a place in Mineral Point I had to go.
Red Rooster is an anachronistic diner. 40 years of service to the community. I would have guessed the number to be even higher.
The Pasty I was served had beef and various vegetables (including rutabaga) in a kind of puff pastry envelope. Having never had one before, its easy to say this is the best pasty I have ever eaten. But seriously, it tasted really good.
For dessert my wife and I split a «Figgy Hobbin». It was a pastry wrapped around a mixture of nuts and raisins with a caramel sauce sauce topping and a dollop of whipped cream.
Why oh why did I ever say I’d share it?
Place rating: 4
Hudson, WI
We can always count on a tasty breakfast in MP at the Red Rooster. The most recent visit was no exception. So we stopped in TWICE!
Clean and friendly and great food.
Place rating: 3
Chicago, IL
This place is exactly what it looks like… a hole in the wall diner with decent food. Everyone who worked there was really nice and the bathroom was incredibly clean. It was kind of like a Grandma’s house in the country complete with knick-​knacks. This place takes their roosters seriously.
I had the 2 egg breakfast with bacon and toast and it was fine. I loved that I could have 2 cups of tea for $ 1.50. That would cost me $ 4 in Chicago which is a total rip off and why I make my own tea at home and work. I got a pasty to go and it was good, but not the best I’ve ever had.
Solid little country café.
Place rating: 5
Cuba City, WI
Excellent food and great service.
We had the wilted lettuce salad — really tasty, pasty — best ever. Hubby had cod — says very tasty.
Place rating: 2
Platteville, WI
Pretty good place to have a meal. Its a diner type layout that’s been around forever.
Place rating: 1
Des Plaines, IL
Not the same food what it used to be. Pasty was pale, meat inside hard ground beef, too salty. Potatoes were without salt and stuffing made weird combination. All togheter it was blend i should say tasteless. Bread pudding did not dissapoint.
Place rating: 4
Mineral Point, WI
I love the Rooster! Being a transplant to Mineral Point, the Red Rooster has all the charm and local flavor one could ask for in a little diner downtown! Cornish fare and yummy breakfasts in a great atmosphere (although it probably doesn’t hurt that I’m partial to roosters)! It is still a smoking environment, however. I forget that because I fell in love with this place as a smoker. Now, as a non-​smoker with kids, it can be less appealing. A great place for an ice cream treat after school!
Place rating: 4
Holmen, WI
Nothing fancy, but a nice, local café. The grilled chicken salad was great!
Place rating: 2
Milwaukee, WI
Oh my, such a WONDERFUL place everyone is SO NICE and this place is SO QUAINT who would have ever thought that this QUAINT CUTE LITTLE TOWN would ever exist oh how I just LOVE driving up to WISCONSIN to find these QUAINT LITTLE OUT OF THE WAY PLACES I could just go on and on about the ABSOLUTELY wonderful CHEESECAKE at this one DARLING LITTLE place in this LITTLE TOWN I was in last weekend, the LOCALS there were SO NICE everyone was SO FRIENDLY…
Place rating: 4
Chicago, IL
I gew up in this little town and the Rooster was practically a weekly stop for my family. The building is ancient with a diner like feel and the food is always basic but always good. Tourists order the pasties.