Food was great, hot and freash. New favorite local restaurant! Despite short staff and many customers the 3 ladies worked very hard. Kambria our server was very kind and attentive, wonderful experience! Will come again soon.
Being originally from Southern NM I'm often nervous trying Northern NM cuisine.. Really glad I found this place. Service was great, food was delicious and loved the super laid back environment..
My family truly loves El Patio and we do understand shorthanded service...however, this particular location was incredibly non-accommodating. Due to short staff, it was only outside seating. We had 5 guests (one of which was meeting us from 40+ mins away. They refused to allow us to combine any tables outside that are suited for 4. The waitress seating us was telling us we could do it but it's against the owner's policy. I requested to speak with the owner and she informed me they weren't there. Another waitress came up and refused to allow us to combine tables. I requested to speak to a manager and we were denied as no manager was working. I explained it would be incredibly crowded for 5 people in their 4 people table especially knowing what we all get when we do come here or the other location. She said, "5 people fit fine. It's the owner's policy and it's 5:30, rush hour and we only have 3 waitresses." The worst part in this situation is that when I mentioned our fifth was coming from his distance and that we do typically regular the El Patio downtown, she stated, "that location is still open, you can go there".I will absolutely continue to go to the El Patio downtown...that also have 3 wait staff or less and we're always understanding of any wait... But this one from the get-go with no managerial individual to even reason with, was rude (one waitress, not at all) and told me that the other location downtown was open (even though I explained the distance for our guest was in the opposite direction). I've never been so disappointed with this restaurant...and I'm still staring at many open tables... Of the service and attitude..and lack of management at this El Patio location.Didn't even need to wait to update.. the owner was called and showed up incredibly rude and assumed we did something that we didn't. He kept telling me to stop talking so he could tell me a side he didn't know at all...assuming we went directly to a table without stopping for wait staff. In the end, the food was still great and, as most times, the food was great and our direct waitress was fantastic. We were just incredibly disappointed in a waitress's treatment and the owner's treatment based off the incredibly rude and unaccommodating - unrelated staff.We know EVERYONE is short staffed! We would and do wait significantly due to this issue...and even though they needed to close the indoor portion of the restaurant, at no time of our stay were all tables occupied.
We are visiting Albuquerque and out of all of the restaurants that we have gone to this is our favorite by far. Jill our server was excellent the patio is gorgeous the prices are reasonable and the food is beyond delicious. Highly recommend
My favorite place for New Mexican food. I have been to their restaurant on Harvard near UNM several times. Decided to try the Rio Grande location. Sat outside on the nice roomy patio (dog friendly by the way). I had the carne adovada burrito smothered in red. I already knew from the Harvard restaurant that they do the very best carne adovada I have ever tasted in the 505. Great food, great service, great atmosphere. Great location in the north valley.
Food always great! Stuffed Sopa (xmas) Chicken... would have given 5th star but the margaritas were a little off and normally are very good! Cheers
Great service and selection of new Mexican food. Prices are reasonable.
This is a quaint, almost rustic neighborhood restaurant. Local art on the walls, friendly staff/servers with a laid-back New Mexico vibe.I ordered the chili con queso with chips and I didn't go wrong. The queso was creamy with just the right heat to make it enjoyable.For my entree I had the green chili chicken enchiladas with beans, and a side of sour cream. Dee-lish! It also came with a heavenly fluffy sopapilla made to perfection. Honey was already on the table and made for a perfect palette cleanser and dessert.My only critique is they didn't have any light/low-carb cerveza. Just a minor hitch though.My bill was $32 for the above. I will be returning but not frequently.
Just ate dinner with the family, all our meals were hot and delicious, chile was hotter than usual which was great. My husband said he couldn’t remember having a relleno as good as this one. Even when one of our orders came not quite right, they immediately fixed it and brought the right order within minutes. Our server was lovely and attentive. Couldn’t have asked for a better experience, really. Highly recommend.
The waitress was wonderful and very attentive and helpful. The food was delicious!Thoroughly, enjoyable. Will definitely go there again!