We recently had a wonderful time eating at this restaurant. The food was totally authentic southwestern, and the waiter was outstanding and explaining about the food. The surroundings was awesome and this is a restaurant I would like to come back to visit again.
mcgotes
We isited this local institution (just celebrated 60 years) for dinner and as always, the food, service and ambiance were special. We try to visit monthly for lunch, dinner or weekend brunch. The drive from Santa Fe is beautiful.
kcollins2017
They make New Mexican food the way my family has for centuries. The building is attractive. The parking is adequate. The employees are nice. Chimayo is a little off the beaten path. Totally worth the trip. It was not too busy in October.
RubyDo1956
We tried to stay at the lodge for a short trip to Chimayo so we could dine here, but they were sold out. We were celebrating my 69th birthday and made reservations for 5:30. They asked us to come early as they had a ‘large party’ on-site. We were seated promptly in a room that was empty. The rooms are quaint and decorated nicely. The service was very good. The food was mediocre and that’s being kind. We both got the anniversary special combo plate. Both meals arrived quickly and were tepid. A trip in a salamander would have really helped. The tacos were a commercial stale taco shell and dry and tasteless shredded beef with a flavorless salsa on the side. We both took a few bites and gave up. The tamale was slightly better, but dry as they really skimp on the red and green sauce. I had Christmas style and my husband had red. Again, such skimpy portions it was hard to even tell if it was well made. The enchilada was pretty good and the cheese was melted inside. My husband enjoyed the sopapilla. The flan (which I ordered to celebrate my birthday) was excellent. The margaritas were good and served quickly. It took hours afterwards to get our Toast receipt which was a shocking $73 for honestly a pretty pedestrian meal that reminded us both of a TV dinner. Overall, totally disappointing.
Lee Y
We were excited to try this restaurant which was recommended to us by a local. The parking lot was easy to find parking in, the restaurant was moderately busy and we had a 20 minute wait for a table. We were seated on the patio where we waited another 20-30 minutes before a server ever came to our table. We saw lots of other tables with obvious locals being waited on quickly and those servers had a very welcoming demeanor to the locals. We were finally waited on by a barely polite waitress. The food arrived in a decent time frame and was at best average. Our waitress never returned to offer drink refills and finally returned stating she got busy and then offered drinks to go which we declined as there was no point after sitting through our meal in dire need of a refill. The most attentive the waitress had been the entire meal was when she hovered anxiously to see what we were going to tip her for her utterly lousy service. Such high hopes for a good experience at this restaurant were completely dashed after this visit. Definitely would not recommend spending your money here. It seemed to be a place that is selective about whom receives good or welcoming service based on whether you are local in this community.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
KAG0303
This was my favorite place to eat when I used to visit Santa Fe many years ago. I was disappointed during a recent visit - the first time I had eaten here in several decades. It just was not that good anymore. The setting is still beautiful, and the drive up from Santa Fe is gorgeous. But the food was just average. We ordered the appetizer trio - the salsa was ok, the queso was good but the guacamole was bland with strings of cilantro that needed to be chopped better. The stuffed sopapilla was mainly bland rice and beans with a little chicken in it, with a ton of melted cheese, and the green chile sauce was not very flavorful. The waitress took a long time to take our order and seemed annoyed with any question or request we made, such as having our drinks refilled. If you have never been here before I would still recommend it for the experience, but you can get much better food in Santa Fe.
Cara (Keights55)
Food was cold and couple of our plates were made incorrectly had to send back but waitress was understanding.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Hubert Cariou
Very good American-Mexican food and really great and friendly service. We bought the Rancho de Chimayó receipe cookbook and we hope we can make as good plates as the ones we had for diner. The prices are correct. Special mention for the wines.
Wonderful restaurant with excellent food and good margaritas.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sopapillas, Enchilada Plate
john perea
Went at shift change so not tge best experience. Don't eat the chicken breast
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
F P
The food was really delicious and fresh. The salsa was amazing and the staff was very nice and professional. The bathrooms are really clean too! Coffee was great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andrew Mtz
Worlds best restaurant I’ve ever been too
Quest31125205505
I had heard good things about this restaurant so we ate lunch there after visiting Chimayo. We got there right after a tour bus, so we had a bit of wait. The menu is quite large, but I found the food just okay for the price. It was very expensive and we can get better Mexican food in the Bay Area at a hole in the wall. I would just find a lower priced place to get food in the area.
We recently had a wonderful time eating at this restaurant. The food was totally authentic southwestern, and the waiter was outstanding and explaining about the food. The surroundings was awesome and this is a restaurant I would like to come back to visit again.
We isited this local institution (just celebrated 60 years) for dinner and as always, the food, service and ambiance were special. We try to visit monthly for lunch, dinner or weekend brunch. The drive from Santa Fe is beautiful.
They make New Mexican food the way my family has for centuries. The building is attractive. The parking is adequate. The employees are nice. Chimayo is a little off the beaten path. Totally worth the trip. It was not too busy in October.
We tried to stay at the lodge for a short trip to Chimayo so we could dine here, but they were sold out. We were celebrating my 69th birthday and made reservations for 5:30. They asked us to come early as they had a ‘large party’ on-site. We were seated promptly in a room that was empty. The rooms are quaint and decorated nicely. The service was very good. The food was mediocre and that’s being kind. We both got the anniversary special combo plate. Both meals arrived quickly and were tepid. A trip in a salamander would have really helped. The tacos were a commercial stale taco shell and dry and tasteless shredded beef with a flavorless salsa on the side. We both took a few bites and gave up. The tamale was slightly better, but dry as they really skimp on the red and green sauce. I had Christmas style and my husband had red. Again, such skimpy portions it was hard to even tell if it was well made. The enchilada was pretty good and the cheese was melted inside. My husband enjoyed the sopapilla. The flan (which I ordered to celebrate my birthday) was excellent. The margaritas were good and served quickly. It took hours afterwards to get our Toast receipt which was a shocking $73 for honestly a pretty pedestrian meal that reminded us both of a TV dinner. Overall, totally disappointing.
We were excited to try this restaurant which was recommended to us by a local. The parking lot was easy to find parking in, the restaurant was moderately busy and we had a 20 minute wait for a table. We were seated on the patio where we waited another 20-30 minutes before a server ever came to our table. We saw lots of other tables with obvious locals being waited on quickly and those servers had a very welcoming demeanor to the locals. We were finally waited on by a barely polite waitress. The food arrived in a decent time frame and was at best average. Our waitress never returned to offer drink refills and finally returned stating she got busy and then offered drinks to go which we declined as there was no point after sitting through our meal in dire need of a refill. The most attentive the waitress had been the entire meal was when she hovered anxiously to see what we were going to tip her for her utterly lousy service. Such high hopes for a good experience at this restaurant were completely dashed after this visit. Definitely would not recommend spending your money here. It seemed to be a place that is selective about whom receives good or welcoming service based on whether you are local in this community.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
This was my favorite place to eat when I used to visit Santa Fe many years ago. I was disappointed during a recent visit - the first time I had eaten here in several decades. It just was not that good anymore. The setting is still beautiful, and the drive up from Santa Fe is gorgeous. But the food was just average. We ordered the appetizer trio - the salsa was ok, the queso was good but the guacamole was bland with strings of cilantro that needed to be chopped better. The stuffed sopapilla was mainly bland rice and beans with a little chicken in it, with a ton of melted cheese, and the green chile sauce was not very flavorful. The waitress took a long time to take our order and seemed annoyed with any question or request we made, such as having our drinks refilled. If you have never been here before I would still recommend it for the experience, but you can get much better food in Santa Fe.
Food was cold and couple of our plates were made incorrectly had to send back but waitress was understanding.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
Very good American-Mexican food and really great and friendly service. We bought the Rancho de Chimayó receipe cookbook and we hope we can make as good plates as the ones we had for diner. The prices are correct. Special mention for the wines.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice spot for a breakfast on the way to
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Must stop for Chimayó chile
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Wonderful restaurant with excellent food and good margaritas.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sopapillas, Enchilada Plate
Went at shift change so not tge best experience. Don't eat the chicken breast
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
The food was really delicious and fresh. The salsa was amazing and the staff was very nice and professional. The bathrooms are really clean too! Coffee was great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Worlds best restaurant I’ve ever been too
I had heard good things about this restaurant so we ate lunch there after visiting Chimayo. We got there right after a tour bus, so we had a bit of wait. The menu is quite large, but I found the food just okay for the price. It was very expensive and we can get better Mexican food in the Bay Area at a hole in the wall. I would just find a lower priced place to get food in the area.
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