El Pinto Restaurant

10500 4th St NW, Albuquerque
(505) 898-1771

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Customers' Favorites

Vegetarian Burrito with Green and Red Chile
El Pinto Chile Con Queso
Enchilada Combo Plate
Ribeye & Enchilada
Stuffed Sopapillas
Combination Plate
Green Chile Strips
Nachos with Beef
Nachos with Meat
Chips and Salsa

Menu

Appetizers
Famous Red Chile Ribs
Customer favorite. Our signature baby back ribs were named by the food network as the #3 ribs in America. The ribs are marinated in red chile and slow-baked to fall off the bone. An El Pinto original recipe and favorite. Add a side of slaw for an additional charge.
Fiesta Appetizer Platter
Customer favorite. Famous red chile ribs, chile con queso, fresh guacamole and chips. Serves 4 people.
El Pinto Chile Con Queso
Featured on the white house menu to celebrate ''cinco de mayo''. Our creamy blend of cheeses, fresh chopped green chile, and 50 years of perfection creates this ''authentic'' flavor of new Mexico. Vegetarian.
Fresh Guacamole
We use only the best hass avocados. Voted ''best guacamole'' by the people in Albuquerque in Albuquerque the magazine five years in a row. Vegetarian.
Green Chile Strips
Unique to El Pinto. Flash fried green chile strips served with red chile ranch dressing. Vegetarian.
''The Best Nachos in America''
Customer favorite. Tortilla chips topped and double stacked with cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, dryland pinto beans, guacamole, sour cream, El Pinto's famous green chile, and fresh jalapenos. Add beef, chicken or pork for an additional charge. Vegetarian.
Fresh Greens Salad
A healthy mix of fresh greens with tomatoes, topped with sliced avocado and homemade red chile croutons. Traditional dressings are available, but try low-calorie El Pinto salsa. Make El Pinto grown organic garden greens for an additional charge. Vegetarian.
Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortillas with cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese topped with guacamole, garnished with lettuce and tomato and sour cream. Add beef, chicken or pork for an additional charge. Vegetarian.
Posole
Customer favorite. Authentic New Mexican recipe with pork, hominy, and El Pinto's hand-processed red chile, served with a flour tortilla.
Green Chile Stew
Customer favorite. Authentic fire-roasted and hand-peeled green chile with chicken, potatoes, and corn served with a flour tortilla.
Hatch Chile & Chicharrons
This is a classic New Mexican tradition. Chicharrons from humanely raised Kyzer Farms heritage pork served with roasted Hatch Green Chile and fresh butter. Served with tortillas.

New Mexico Grill
Red Chile Ribs
Customer favorite. Our exclusive baby back ribs were named by the food network as the #3 ribs in America. The ribs are marinated in hatch red chile and slow-baked to fall off the bone.
Grass Fed Green Chile Queso Burger
Customer favorite. 8 oz. patty, from pasture raised cattle that are source verified (no hormones, antibiotics or feedlots), charbroiled, and smothered with our special blended queso, green chile, sweet onion pickle relish, bibb lettuce, and tomato with a side of fries and El Pinto fresh guacamole.
Grass Fed Burger
8 oz. patty, from pasture-raised cattle that are source verified (no hormones, antibiotics or feedlots), charbroiled and served with a side of fries and El Pinto fresh guacamole. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, red onion and a pickle slice. Add cheese, chopped green chile and bacon for an additional charge.

Traditional Plates
Combination Plate #1
Rolled beef or chicken taco, tamale, red chile cheese enchilada, chile con carne and pinto beans.
Combination Plate #2
2 rolled beef or chicken tacos, tamale, green chile cheese enchilada and pinto beans.
Combination Plate #3
Customer favorite. Rolled taco, red chile cheese enchilada, chile con carne, chile relleno and pinto beans.
Vegetarian Combination Plate
2 cheese enchiladas served with red or green chile, a chile relleno, dryland pinto beans and rice.
Carne Adovada Plate
Flour tortilla topped with deliciously hot and spicy lean pork marinated in red chile served with pinto beans and rice.
Stuffed Sopapillas Plate
Customer favorite. 2 sopapillas stuffed with red or green chile, pinto beans, and your choice of chicken, beef or pork, garnished with lettuce, tomato and cheese.
Chile Rellenos Plate
2 flame-roasted New Mexican hatch green chiles stuffed with cheese and served with pinto beans and rice. Vegetarian.
Huevos Rancheros Plate
Raw. Flour tortilla with El Pinto organic fed and pasture-raised eggs topped with your choice of chile and cheddar cheese served with papitas and pinto beans. Add pork, beef or chicken for an additional charge. Vegetarian.
Tamale Plate
3 tamales served with pinto beans, rice and choice of chile.
Tostada Compuestas Plate
3 tostada cups filled with chile con carne and dryland pinto beans topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream and guacamole.
Taco Salad Plate
Flour tortilla shell filled with choice of meat (chicken, beef or pork) topped with dryland pinto beans, rice, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, cheese, sour cream and your choice of chile. Substitute grass-fed shredded beef for an additional charge.
Bowl of Chile con Carne Plate
Lean pork in red chile with pinto beans. Served with a tortilla.
Taco Plate
3 folded or rolled tacos, your choice of beef or chicken, topped with lettuce and tomato, garnished with cheese. Served with rice, pinto beans and a side of guacamole and hatch green chile. Substitute grass-fed shredded beef for an additional charge.

Enchilada Plates
Chile con Carne Enchiladas Plate
Customer favorite. ''A house specialty'' made with flat or rolled corn tortillas, filled with pork marinated in El Pinto's fresh hatch red chile.
Chicken Enchiladas Plate
Customer favorite. 3 flat or rolled corn tortillas filled with chicken, cheddar cheese and your choice of red or green chile.
Chile Verde con Carne Enchiladas Plate
3 flat or rolled corn tortillas filled with green chile and pork.
Enchilada Combo Plate
3 rolled corn tortilla enchiladas: chile con carne, red chile cheese and green chile cheese.
Enchiladas Plate
3 flat or rolled corn tortillas filled with fresh cheddar cheese and onions with your choice of red or green chile. Vegetarian.

Burrito Plates
Burrito Plate
Chicken, pork or beef with pinto beans in a flour tortilla with rice on the side, smothered with your choice of red or green chile and topped with cheddar cheese.
Carne Adovada Burrito Plate
Marinated lean pork with pinto beans in flour tortilla. Garnished with lettuce and tomato with rice on the side.

Health Conscious Plates
Grilled Sockeye Salmon Plate
Raw. 8 oz. Alaskan sockeye salmon fillet grilled to order. The salmon is ruby-red from the krill they feed on. Choose 2 sides or substitute a salad or baked potato for no charge.
Vegetarian Burrito Plate
Dryland pinto beans and rice in a flour tortilla, smothered with your choice of red or green chile and topped with cheese. Vegetarian.
Calabacitas Burrito Plate
Customer favorite. Calabacitas and dryland pinto beans in a flour tortilla, smothered in your choice of red or green chile and topped with Monterey Jack cheese with rice on the side. Vegetarian.
Vegetarian Combination Plate
2 cheese enchiladas served with red or green chile, chile relleno and pinto beans and rice. Vegetarian.
Chicken Filet Plate
An 8 oz. grilled chicken breast served with your choice of 2 sides or substitute a salad or baked potato.
Chicken Adovada Plate
Customer favorite. An 8 oz. chicken filet marinated in red chile, grilled, and served with calabacitas, pinto beans and rice. Substitute salad or baked potato for 2 sides.
Grilled Chicken Sandwich Plate
An 8 oz. grilled chicken breast served on a white or wheat bun with a side of El Pinto fresh guacamole and fries. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, red onion and pickle slice. Add cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese, chopped green chile for an additional charge.
Salsa Twins Salad
A full meal using a healthy mix of fresh greens with fresh broccoli, fresh tomatoes, carrots, and topped with fresh salsa, fresh roasted green chile and guacamole. Add 4 oz. sockeye salmon, grilled chicken or chicken adovada for an additional charge. Make organic greens for an additional charge. Vegetarian.
Rice Bowl
Bowl of rice, dryland pinto beans and choice of chicken, beef or pork with chile and a tortilla on side. Add grass-fed beef for an additional charge.
Low Fat Enchilada Plate
3 steamed corn tortillas, low-fat cheese, red or green chile, served with rice, pinto beans, and garnished with lettuce and tomato. Vegetarian.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Customer favorite. Mixed greens, red onions, bacon, tomatoes, pasture-raised eggs and topped with grilled chicken breast, avocado slices homemade red chile croutons and bleu cheese crumbles. Substitute chicken adovada for an additional charge.

Extras
Chile con Carne
Calabacitas
Carne Adovada
Enchilada Meat
Enchilada
Relleno
Taco Folded
Rolled Taco
Tamale
Pinto Beans
Refritos
French Fries
Guacamole
Spanish Rice
Tortillas
3 pieces.
Blue Corn Tortilla
Sour Cream
Hen Hotel Egg
Side of Chile Sauce
Slaw
Papitas
Baked Potato
Chicharrons

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Recent Reviews

We arrived around 4:45. There must have been six or seven servers/hostesses at the front desk. They were all chatting about something. One had a walkie-talkie type device in her hand. NO ONE acknowledged us for a minute or two! I found this to be very rude. You can check your security tape to verify this. I am the older lady who is on oxygen. The indoor fountain and outdoor landscaping make this a very attractive place to bring tourists. Our waiter was pleasant but forgot to bring...
August 2025
My husband and I had dinner at El Pinto and we sat at a hightop table in the bar. We love listening to the water feature in the bar area and we had excellent food and the service was outstanding. We also took advantage of some tequila tasting. Overall great experience.
August 2025
had to ask the server (who was great) to turn down the volume of the music in the patio area where we were seated (table 112). server was attentive and fun. food is just not as good as it used to be.
August 2025

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El Pinto Restaurant

10500 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114
(505) 898-1771