Slate Cafe At the Museum

There are a lot of good reviews on here, I'll have to take their word for it, but that was not my experience on Saturday, May 18 at 2:30 p.m.: Management take note.

It is extremely misleading, Dear Cafe Managment, to advertise the Cafe as "open" till 3:00 pm when, in fact, the kitchen apparently closes at 2:30. My husband and I had rushed over to get there before the Cafe closed, coming from Hotel Albuqeurque and eager to grab a lite lunch and see the new exhibit. Alas, that was not to be the case.
We arrived exactly at 2:30, which should have been plenty of time given the posted cafe hours online (which contain no kitchen caveat). The purple haired Meanie governing the counter when we came in interrupted my gaze at the "Today's Specials" Board, before either of us could even approach the counter, and in a loud, officious and almost sinisterly gleeful way informed us of the fact that there was no more food to be had. The kichen closed at 2:30. Precisely. Only drinks. Whoa. I. was. ticked. More ticked than usually given the demeanor the of the counter person of purple hair, unkempt hair and icky groooming (as in no grooming) for a food establishment, and, of course, indeterminate Woke pronouns. Welcome to Albuquerque. We both found her unfriendliness, utter lack of customer service, and manner in which she/he/they/it/whatver seemed delighted to NOT serve another customer exceptionally offensive. Also, Welcome to Gen Z in Albuquerque. We've run into a lot of this nasty attitude in the city, confined, it seems, to the struggling 20 somethings forced to actually work but determined to show their unhappiness to everyone they meet. Wretched employees.

Suggestion to Slate Cafe: CLEARLY POST YOUR HOURS and restrictions on food service. As it is your closed two days a week and have very limited hours to begin with. Closing the kitchen before 3:00 pm is really inexcusable.

Suggestion #2: HIRE BETTER. And Fire this purple haired ogre at the counter.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

A very nice spot to sit back and relax with the family ; decent personal service ,

Vegetarian options: Good at a reasonable price

Wheelchair accessibility: Decent

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Egg Sandwich, Avocado Toast, Banana Bread

Delicious and unique dishes! Tasty mimosas too!

Wanted to share a few photos of their updated menu! The blast wrap with fries is a favorite of mine!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A delightful little cafe inside the museum. It's cozy, and rarely crowded. I really enjoy eating here when it comes to the museum.I had the breakfast burrito my wife had avocado toast. Both were delicious. We loved every bite.And the coffee is delightful! It's just what we needed on a morning visit to the museum.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice ambiance, good food met a friend there!

The food is quite good. I really like the Albuquerque turkey. I looooove the fries. Sometimes I want to stop here just for fries.

The food is very good and so is the service.

Coffee, Art & Tasty food.

Staff is nice. Soups taste great but the portions for soup is small.

Friendly staff and simple food.

After enjoying this wonderful museum, we had dinner in the restaurant. It was excellent. Great service and tasty food. The menu is unique and locally sourced. We highly recommend a meal here. After dinner we stayed and danced to live music on the patio!

A little pricey, but you'd find the same if you had to leave the museum and eat in Old Town.

Coffee, Art & Tasty food.

Staff is nice. Soups taste great but the portions for soup is small.