Barbacoa El Primo

1300 San Mateo Blvd SE, Albuquerque
(505) 433-4261

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Hike With Adam

Love this place and the people running it are always super sweet and welcoming. We get the by the lb deal and usually get 2-3 meals for the 2 of us. Cannot recommend them enough! You won’t be disappointed!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jeff Heck

The food was delicious (the chili relleno burrito was the favorite!) and the service was top notch. The staff were incredibly kind, especially to my son with a disability.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kelsey Robertson

Tacos the size of a female thumb. No consume served with my tacos, even though that is what I ordered. Meat was dry and lacked flavor. Decent service and salsa bar. Atmosphere is really bad. Reeks of fabuloso, to the point that you can’t taste your food and music was overly loud and obnoxious. They shut down multiple sections at 2 and left an offering of 4 dirty tables, even though they don’t close for an hour and it’s Friday. Also, they were cleaning and taking away the toppings bar at 2:00 PM, even though they do not close until 3:00 pm. Overall very bad experience and we won’t be back. We much prefer Don Choches, Rio Taco, New Mexico Beef Jerky, and this other Birria + ramen taco place near 4th. All the other places I mentioned make this place a very 1 star experience.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 4

Clarizza Morales

The best barbacoa in town! 😋 Coming from a born and raised mexican. Love the music and good vibes! Excellent service, amazing flavor and sazón. Para chuparse los dedos!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ann Bonanno

The most delicious, moist barbacoa we've ever had and the pecan biscochitos were excellent.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Benjamin Vidalis

Honestly, this place rules. Just fantastic barbacoa. I will get 10 chile relleno burritos at a time and keep them in my freezer. My wife loves their breakfast burritos. You can also just get a big tub of it. It's great. For years, I would complain that they didn't bottle their hot sauce, because both the red and green are amazing - and now they bottle their hot sauce. It doesn't get much better than this place, can't recommend it higher. My one and only complaint is that I liked their old location in an old drive in restaurant on Washington.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

fidel guzman jr

Food was delicious!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Maricruz Canales

Best barbacoa in town

Johnny Martinez

Pause I was going to work and I could smell the food across the street food smell very good got me hungry. I had a breakfast burrito it was awesome

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Martin Morales

The best barbacoa in town

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gregorio Weart

Great food at reasonable prices and a nice simple atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Breakfast Burrito, Barbacoa Burrito

G Pac

Good food, the torta was on a pillowy fresh bread. I just wish they had chips to go with their two delicious salsas, or beans/rice!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Sarah Johnson

My fave place for breakfast burritos!!

Will Wylie

I've been coming here since they were in a parking lot on Zuni and the name does not lie: best barbacoa in town. And the breakfast burritos are A++

Recommended dishes: Barbacoa Tacos, Breakfast Burrito

Anthony Santillanes

The best Barbacoa!! This place never disappoints.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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