Got the munchies at 3 p.m. or 3 a.m.? The Yellow Rose of Texas has got you covered. Ex-Texan Gerald Mayeaux owns the restaurant, lounge and bar that’s going 24 hours a day. He is the ex-director of tourism for Iquitos and is full of useful tidbits, like how to rent a canoe guide in Belén and where to get your laundry done. He touts his diverse home-cooked meals; and, The Yellow Rose has a huge menu. Helpings are generous, fairly priced and good, if not gourmet.

Diners find everything here from English fish and chips to Mayeaux’s own Texas-style barbecue, Tex-Mex, or thick-cut French toast, made from a family recipe. The Yellow Rose’s decór is even more diverse, there’s enough memorabilia and mementos to fill a barn. Check out the massive amounts of native drums, leg-long bee hives, 15-foot anaconda skins, stuffed piranhas, taxidermy lizards and indigenous masks. Staff and patron photos tacked to the wall tell The Yellow Rose’s story. Appropriately for a Texan, Mayeaux has a longhorn skull mounted prominently on the wall. The life-size dummy dressed as a Mexican mariachi beside the bar is a nice, and nicely weird, touch.

The Yellow Rose boasts more than 100 different drinks and features horse saddle seats instead of standard stools. Beers are served ice-cold. Waitresses take orders in University of Texas cheerleading uniforms–white shirts and fringed skirts. Diners are surrounded by the garden’s native plants and vines. At night, it’s lit by kerosene lamps for a more tranquil atmosphere. It’s definitely more rowdy in the bar, among the animal skins and “the largest armadillo shell ever.” The Yellow Rose is also a good place to meet travelers, especially from the United States. There’s cable TV, a game room with Monopoly, checkers, comfy Adirondack-style chairs and a well-stocked book exchange.

Location:
Putamayo 180
Iquitos, Peru

Restaurant

Prices: Budget

Price Description: Breakfast from $1.50 (5 nuevo soles). dinners from $5.

Regulations: No

Reservation: Not necessary

Getting There: It is a few stores off plaza de armas.

Park Options: No

Contact Information:
Phone: 51-65-231353
URL: www.geocities.com/yellowroseoftexasiquitos

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Reviews

Traveler Reviews of The Yellow Rose of Texas

Have to check it out

Good food at a reasonable price. Tourist friendly, multi lingual staff and/or owners. Air conditioned dinning room to escape the heat, and a soon to be remodeled second floor. All it lacks is a little crimson and cream somewhere on the wall.

Traveler from Oklahoma on Mar 25, 2009

Love the Yellow Rose

Great place to eat and feel at home. Very relaxing and the owner will help with any questions about the area. Will go back to the Yellow Rose the next time I am in Peru!

Traveler from Colorado on Jun 26, 2008

This place is great.

I've lived in Peru for the last year and a half. Because it had been so long since I had had good American food, I ate every single meal of my 3 day stay in Iquitos at the Yellow Rose of Texas... The food is excellent, service is unbeatable and the ambiance is perfect. If you visit Iquitos and don't stop by the Yellow Rose, you´re missing out.

Traveler from Pennsylvania USA on Dec 02, 2007