Restaurants in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico near Movies West
Albuquerque - North Valley
El Camino Dining Room
Tues-Fri: 7am-2:30pm
Sat-Sun 7am-2pm
Closed Monday (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: New Mexican
Because it’s just far enough away to to be the perfect excuse for a Saturday morning motorcycle ride. Because there are handpainted cow skulls on the wall and the waitresses call you “hon.” Because the down-home breakfast burritos and huevos rancheros are just plain good.
 | | |  | | 3.09 rating (34 votes) |
Flying Star Café
Mon-Sat: 6:30am-10pm
Sun: 7am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Craft Beer • Wine • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Dog-Friendly
Flying Star’s blueberry buttermilk pancakes are a guaranteed silver bullet for your behemoth-sized sweet tooth. They’re friggin’ enormous, fluffy and filling. Throw in a side of green chile turkey sausage and a beautiful North Valley patio, and your crudo is history. Or come back in the evening and try any one of the burgers, which you can wash down with a beer.
| | | | | 4.2 rating (80 votes) |
Vernon’s Speakeasy
Mon-Sun: 4:30pm-9:30pm
Fri-Sat Happy Hour: 9pm-11pm
Sunday Brunch: 10:30am-3pm (hours can change without notice)
$$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Smoking Permitted • Lounge
Vernon’s is a swanky underground spot for good eats and high times, delivered speakeasy-style. The dining room is walled with lustrous, ebony adobe, and the tables are clothed in crisp, black and white linens. By the glass or bottle, there’s plenty of quality hooch. The menu is classic steakhouse stuff with beef tournedos in a silky demi-glace, fresh fish and a damn fine veal Oscar. Check out the Black Diamond Lounge to take in the fancy cocktails and live music.
Full review: Dine well and speakeasy ()
| | | | | 3.26 rating (121 votes) |
Albuquerque - Westside
Golden Pride BBQ, Chicken & Ribs
Mon-Sat: 6am-10pm
Sun: 7am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
Yes, Golden Pride is technically a fried chicken joint, but it also serves fantastic barbecue and the best damn portable burritos in town. Drive through and order a flock of wings, a rack of ribs and a passel of No. 9 breakfast burritos (with bacon!). It’s all good with beer, by the way.
| | | | | 3 rating (29 votes) |
Hannah and Nate’s Market Café
Get a little taste of the farm right here in the city. Hannah and Nate’s is a country gift shop and breakfast and lunch café, so come in for a portobello salad and some potpourri, or a spinach salad and some ceramics. The sandwiches are as stuffed as the handmade pillows, and the prices are down-home and hospitable. Tip the servers, not the cows!
| | | | | 4.74 rating (22 votes) |
M’Tucci’s Italian Restaurant
Mon-Thu 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat 11am-11pm
Sun 11am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Italian
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Full review: M’Tucci’s Italian has American crust ()
| | | | | 4.18 rating (34 votes) |
Mariscos Altamar
Mon-Thu 11am-9pm
Fri 11am-10pm
Sat 10am-10pm
Sun 10am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
This Westside gem awards patrons with steamy, heaping plates of Mexican seafood in a clean, cozy dining area. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, it's usually pretty hopping, though there's always a seat and prompt service. Try the shrimp or crab quesadilla with just the right balance of cheese and seafood. The cocktails have delicious shrimp (even octopus) served in their own juices with hunks of avocado, spices and onion. When the menu warns you something's going to be hot, it really is. You can always cool off with an order of homemade flan.
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| | | | | 3.37 rating (30 votes) |
Mariscos Las Islitas
Las Islitas stakes its claim on just one noble pursuit—the seafood-heavy cuisine of Mexico’s Central Pacific state of Nayarit. The food is simple, delicious and authentic, having clearly evolved in a place where the raw ingredients are good and fresh. No culinary tap-dancing is necessary. Brothy, aromatic soups and fish-filled empanadas are a few must-haves, and even the unsavory sounding dishes such as camarones a la cucaracha (“cockroach” shrimp) are surprisingly delicious. You will definitely leave with a full panza.
Full review: Welcome to Nayarit ()
| | | | | 2.72 rating (32 votes) |
Mimmo’s Ristorante & Pizzeria
Mon-Thurs: 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm
Sun: 11am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
A New York-Italian setting so authentic, Don Corleone would feel comfortable. Co-owner Sal Cerami has compiled a simple list that’s better than those found at most small Italian restaurants. It won’t win a Wine Spectator Award, but that’s not his goal. Cerami’s love and excitement for wine is contagious as he mills around the tables selling bottles of Chianti. The real treat is having him personally recommend your wine—somehow, Cerami always finds a hidden jewel stashed away, as though he were saving it just for you.
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Full review: It’s a family thing ()
| | | | | 3.85 rating (52 votes) |
Pizza 9
Sun-Thurs: 10am-10pm(dining) 11pm (delivery)
Fri-Sat: 10am-11pm (dining) midnight (delivery) (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Pizza
Pizza 9, from the former owner of Chicago Beef, slings dough at multiple locations across town. It’s not deep-dish, but the puffed up, buttery crust will warm Midwestern hearts, as will the Fire Eater pie—a monument to capsaicin, it scathes taste buds with pepperoni, jalapeños, green chile and hot giardiniera relish. With gluten-free crust options, it’s a perfect spot for groups with opposing dietary needs, and with several locations, you can have it all delivered right to your front door!
| | | | | 3.06 rating (18 votes) |
Rebel Donut
Mon-Fri 6am-6pm
Sat-Sun 7am-4pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Bakery/Sweets
Rebel Donut is home to donuts both exotic and mundane, not to mention hot coffee and Texas-style kolaches. They’re justifiably lauded for their “Breaking Bad”-inspired Blue Sky donut and other equally creative specialty donuts like the peanut butter snickers and pepper bacon chocolate. The only downside to this sweet shop is that you have to arrive early before all the goodies run out.
| | | | | 3.3 rating (20 votes) |
Say It With Cake
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| | | | | 3.04 rating (23 votes) |
Sidelines Sports Grille & Bar
Mon-Sat: 11am-2am, Sun: 10am-midnight (hours can change without notice)
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| | | | | 2.79 rating (66 votes) |
Twisters
Mon: 6am-8pm
Tue: 8am-1pm, 6pm-10pm
Wed: 9am-6pm
Thu-Fri: 7am-9pm
Sat: 8am-2pm, 6pm-9pm
Sun: 6am-2pm, 7pm-8pm (hours can change without notice)
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| | | | | 2.67 rating (24 votes) |
Vanilla Cream Bakery
Tue-Fri 7am-5:30pm
Sat 7am-4pm
Sun-Mon closed (hours can change without notice)
Meals Served: Breakfast
Row upon row of delicious and freshly baked goodies greet you as you walk in. From breads to muffins, cupcakes to cookies, your sweet tooth will thank you after you leave.
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Western View Diner & Steakhouse
Mon-Sat: 6am-10pm
Sun 6am-3pm (hours can change without notice)
Western View is a neighborhood joint. And judging by the steady stream of well-fed customers you’ll find there, it’s serving its neighborhood well. Men in work boots fill the space with lively banter that bounces from table to worn-in table. The service is smooth and unadorned. Coffee never stops pouring. Condiments find their way to the table without special requests. Orders of giant, chile-clad Hungryman burgers, New Mexican platters and even a few Greek specialties are delivered hot and fast. The fries are scrumptious and so are the old-fashioned milkshakes.
Full review: Where everybody knows your name ()
| | | | | 4.08 rating (12 votes) |
Dion’s Pizza
Sun-Thurs: 10:30am-10pm
Fri-Sat: 10:30am-11pm (hours can change without notice)
Besides having the Best Pizza, according to past Best of Burque Restaurants polls, Dion's also has a wonderful selection of salads (particularly the Greek or any of the “gourmet” salads with fresh greens) and sandwiches (the pastrami is especially good). The pizza is made fresh and you can see them rolling and tossing the dough. Dine in or order takeout.
| | | | | 3.21 rating (28 votes) |
Spinn's Burgers & Beer
Sunday 11:30 - 9pm
Monday thru Thursday 11:30 - 9pm
Friday & Saturday11:30 - 9:30pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: American
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Full review: They spinn-ed me right ’round ()
| | | | | 4.43 rating (19 votes) |
