Miguel's Pizza & Rock Climbing Shop

My review is solely based on the restaurant aspect of Miguel's. I've been there 4 or 5 times. I'm not a rock climber, but a casual hiker/backpacker, and I have not been to the gorge without eating here. The pizza is absolutely fantastic, unlike any I've had anywhere else. I got there early once and had to resort to breakfast, I believe a burrito of some sort, and it was great too. Yeah, some seemingly sketchy characters may be hanging around, but they are probably climbers, generally friendly, and I couldn't climb the side of a van if I tried, so I'm not judging. Oh, and the "scenery" is unusually spectacular here. Never fails. Expect to wait if coming at peak time, particularly on the weekends.

Oh how I hate to do this, but I just have too.

We had a REALLY BAD experience at Miguel's.    It was our first trip out to the RRG.  We had a large group who were coming in from all over the USA.  This trip had been in the making for some time (many months prior to showing up) and we all wanted to stay together in a cabin with a few camping close by.  Miguel's seemed like the dream location since they had a "newly renovated" cabin and camping.  We were so stoked!!

About two days before leaving for our trip, I called to find out where to pick up a key since we'd be arriving late and at different times.  They said "You can just come right into the store and we'll get ya set up."  Upon arriving my friend was told the cabin wasn't ready. (No mention of that when I called???) Now, we're not talking not clean and ready for us, we're talking no counter tops, no beds, drills and saws still in the place and no bathrooms. (*see pics posted)  WTF!!!  It's midnight, it's Memorial Day Weekend, and we have no camping gear, WTF!!!

First off, how do you rent a place that's not even close to being ready??  Second, why didn't you let us know a few weeks before - OR AT LEAST WHEN I CALLED TWO DAYS PRIOR - that we had no place to stay??  "Can you bring camping gear, Can we offer you help in finding another place to stay, Can we help you in any way"  Anything, something ...  REALITY - NOTHING!!!  Not even an apology??  Guess they're just too full of themselves to care they almost ruined a dozen people's vacation.

Thank goodness after 3  1/2 hours of scrambling to find something we did, but we didn't get to stay together as planned.  It was a super bummer for me!!  I really wanted to check this place out - the pizza, the environment, etc, but after that I just couldn't muster up enough forgiveness to give them any of my business.  Glad we found the RED RIVER ROCKHOUSE (They rock and had amazing fresh, cheap food too and fed us all weekend), 5 star cabin rentals (they hooked us up with a place to stay and their customer service was great), and Lago Linda's for their amazing campground (so peaceful and nice).  

With the ability to find good food, good lodging, and good camping elsewhere I doubt I'll even check out Miguel's again :(

One day when my school had Mountain Day, some friends and I decided to travel to Red River Gorge to run. After we were done with the trials, we stopped in to have some good pizza at Miguels. I ordered a Pepperoni pizza and it was excellent. During the wait for the pizza there is a Basketball court to shoot around, which will make you more hungry. One thing that I didn't like was the facility. It was small inside and when you go outside flies and bees were a hassle outside but, other than that I enjoyed the visit.