The Original Cocina Azul

Red and green chili really good! Food was above par for sure. Going back. Great staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Authentic, flavorful food and spectacular service. Happy and eager diners across every spectrum. Wow!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Service was meh, and food was bland. Red chile had zero spice and was closer to ketchup.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

The food was okay, kinda flavorless, but this tiny side of guacamole costed me $3.50. It's barely even a spoonful, should have been at MOST $1.50. I'm leaving 4 stars though because the workers were very nice.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

If you're going to try one New Mexican resturant in Albuquerque, this is an extremely solid choice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amazing place! Excellent food! Great service! Spicy but not so spicy it hurts. Delicious. The dessert with honey is out of this world!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Brisket Tacos, Brisket, Burrito, Combination Plate, Beans and Rice

Food was great. Server was good but appeared rushed. Atmosphere was neat and clean but a bit noisy. Extra parking available across the street.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Wow!! Best food and service in ABQ - highly recommend. Luis is the best server around!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Real new mexican food. Great Service. Thanks Freddie.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Outstanding service, amazing food. You will not be disappointed! Great atmosphere. All fresh ingredients, huge portions, reasonably priced.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sevice was good food good fast

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great spot

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The service and vibe are excellent. The SW cuisine is scrumptious! Big portions and probably the best SW Mexican food I've ever eaten. This is a very popular restaurant and rightly so.
I highly recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent food. Lively atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This restaurant is for people who know and appreciates New Mexican food which is a distinct subset of Mexican food, not for people whose idea of Mexican food comes from a chain restaurant in the midwest.. The first thing I noticed in the parking lot was no out of state plates aside from our Arizona plate. This place caters to locals.

I had greenchili stew, made with Hatch chilis, this was the best green chili I've ever had. It was quite hot, as it should be but not just hot but flavorful as well. My partner had chili relleno filled with beef. This was also made with Hatch chilis but not as hot as my stew. Chilis vary greatly in heat so ask you server. Ours told us the chilis in the rellene we not that hot on the day we ate there. They were perfect with just a hint of heat, but again just what they should be.

Sometimes side dishes are a bit of an after thought, but not here. The biggest surprise was the Calabacitas, which is a sort of stew made with zucchini, yellow squash and corn in a chicken broth. If you can make zucchini worth eating, which they did that is a real trick. I had beans as well, served New Mexican style as individual beans, my partner had refried beans which were not as good, but refried beans are not typical of New Mexico style food.

The service was very pleasant and fast and our server gave us accurate spiciness reports on the chilis.

I've searched all over New Mexico for the holy grail of New Mexico style food and I've found it here.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5