Albuquerque - Downtown
AmerAsia & Sumo Sushi
Dim Sum Mon-Sat 11am-2pm
Dim Sum Fri 5:30-8:30pm
Sushi Mon-Fri 11am-2pm, Sat 12-2pm
Sushi Mon-Sat 5:00-9:30pm
Closed Sun (hours can change without notice)
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio
Dim sum and sushi under the same roof? It's like a dream come true. The beautiful interior of this vintage filling station just East of the federal courthouse is a marked change from the cozy home interior near the university where AmerAsia used to reside. Hyangami Yi's food is just as good as ever. Expect her familiar dim sum plates and buns, and feel free to order sushi you've never had in this town from her brother Woo Youn. He's got all the usual sashimi and nigiri in his adjoining restaurant, but it's his original, creative rolls that really set Sumo apart—that, and the adorable little train that ferries your pickled ginger around the sushi bar.
Full review: You say Confucius, I say Zen ()
 | | | |  | 4.34 rating (23 votes) |
Asian Noodle Bar
Mon-Thurs: 11am-9:30pm
Fri: 11am-11pm
Sat: noon- 11pm
Closed Sun (hours can change without notice)
This is the spot for satisfying pre- or post-movie cravings with a menu that traverses the Asian continent. Think pho and pad Thai with a side of Japanese cold sesame noodles. The warming Thai soup is especially restorative. Inside, it’s clean, classy and calm and open until 11pm on weekends.
Full review: Ambiguous Asian restaurant delivers deliciousness ()
| | | | | 2.9 rating (49 votes) |
Dialogue Brewing
Mon-Wed 4pm-midnight, Thu-Sun noon-midnight (hours can change without notice)
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Craft Beer • Wine • Cider • Live Music • DJ • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Dog-Friendly
This indoor-outdoor brewery is as cozy as it is fun. The bartenders are friendly and informative, and you’ll even find the smiling owners working the taps. The identifying feature of the outdoor patio are metal towers that stretch high above the building. Enjoy Asian fusion cuisine from resident food truck Kitsune or order a pizza made in the wood-fired oven.
| | | | | 4.17 rating (6 votes) |
Sushi Hana
Mon-Fri: 11am-9pm
Sat: noon-10pm
Sun: 4pm-9pm (hours can change without notice)
A straight-shooting sushi joint with some Korean influences. Small and boldly decked in red and black, you’ll find affordable, familiar rolls in a contemporary atmosphere. Great for a quick lunch or a half-price sushi happy-hour trip (served from 11am to 2pm and 4:30 to 7:30pm weekdays).
Full review: Another fish in the pond? ()
| | | | | 4.07 rating (15 votes) |
Sushi King
Mon-Thurs: 11am-9:30pm
Fri: 11am-11pm
Sat: noon-11pm
Sun: noon-9:30pm (hours can change without notice)
Sushi King is a small, hip, but casual spot located a few doors up from the Century 14 Downtown movie theater. They serve fresh nigiri, sashimi and sushi rolls, plus an interesting assortment of seafood salads and noodle dishes. They’ve also got excellent sake, so be sure to split a bottle with your sushi chef.
| | | | | 3.19 rating (37 votes) |
Albuquerque - Fairgrounds
Café Da Lat
Consistently one of the best Vietnamese joints in town. Da Lat does a magnificent breaded frog leg appetizer. The crispy golden legs are scrumptious dipped in Da Lat's salty, tangy nuoc cham sauce.
Full review: Creative food, pho sure ()
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| | | | | 3.1 rating (72 votes) |
Fareast Fuzion
Mon-Thurs: 11am-9pm
Fri: 11am-10pm
Sat: noon-10pm
Sun: noon-8pm (hours can change without notice)
You may remember Bangkok Asian Fusion, which used to occupy this place. Now there’s a grand, shiny sushi bar with a huge fish tank behind it that lays out generous portions of great sushi. A plate of sashimi, densely and artfully arranged, turns the table into a school of piranhas. Each variety of fish is carefully garnished with complementary flavors, with the squid tossed in wasabi tobiko being particularly memorable. The seafood salad has so many chunks of raw fish among the greens that you can’t stick your chopsticks in without getting any.
Full review: Fresh food—and a lot of it—at Fareast Fuzion ()
| | | | | 4.18 rating (17 votes) |
Le Bistro
Mon-Sun 9am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
This Vietnamese joint is a triple threat of sit-down restaurant, a take-out spot and a bubble tea cafe. Their menu is huge and friendly to all sorts of dietary restrictions, and the food is super tasty. Some say that Le Bistro has the best pho in town. We say you should probably go and try it, just to see if what they say is true.
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Albuquerque - Far Northeast Heights
Jinja Bar & Bistro
Mon-Fri: 11am-10pm
Sat-Sun: 11:30am-10pm
Winter Hours:
Sun-Mon
Noon to 9:00 PM (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Asian
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Lounge
This Asian-American eatery has a reputation for retro Pacific Rim decor and the clink of drinks with little umbrellas in them. If you're in the mood for East-meets-West fare like lettuce wraps, orange peel beef or Tokyo crispy tofu, then load up the Prius and take a drive down Paseo del Norte. You’ll also find a large selection of fine loose teas and more liquor than you can shake a limbo stick at. Have a yen for wine? Here it comes in white, red and plum.
Full review: Prefab Pacific whim ()
| | | | | 3.76 rating (39 votes) |
Mr. Tokyo Japanese Restaurant
Mon-Fri: 11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-9pm
Sat: 5pm-9pm
Sun: Closed (hours can change without notice)
Since we’re long past the point when sushi was considered too exotic for New Mexico, it’s time to start paying attention to other fine Japanese favorites like tempura, hibachi-grilled meats and seafood, teriyaki without the La Choy, and the beauty of udon noodles. Mr. Tokyo is modestly sized, moderately priced and an excellent place for a quick, relaxing lunch or a quiet dinner with friends and family.
Full review: Tempting tempura ()
| | | | | 4.22 rating (18 votes) |
Sakura Sushi
Mon-Thu: 11am-9:30pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-9:30pm
Sun: noon-9pm (hours can change without notice)
Sakura Sushi serves fresh, generous sushi (duh), as well as dishes from Thailand and Laos out of a small strip mall on north Wyoming. But if you order one thing, make sure it’s the udon soup. One bowl is big enough for four people. Dip a spoon in and you’ll strike heaps of firm, dense noodles, caramelized meats and crisp-tender vegetables floating in a sweet-and-savory broth. The curries and goyza appetizers are among the menu’s other high notes.
Full review: Adventures in multiculturalism ()
| | | | | 3.81 rating (21 votes) |
Sushi King
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| | | | | 1 rating (3 votes) |
Albuquerque - Food Truck
Kamikaze
For a unique take on Asian/Southwestern fusion food, look no further than the Kamikaze food truck. This new truck on the block makes dishes like fortune cookie fried chicken and rice and eggroll-aritos (yeah, it’s exactly what it sounds like). Most dishes come with green chile fried rice. After only being open for two months, Kamikaze won ABQ Beer Week’s Food Truck Battle—pretty impressive.
| | | | | 5 rating (1 vote) |
Kitsune Food Truck
Mon-Wed Closed
Thu-Sat 3pm-10pm
Sun 12pm-6pm (hours can change without notice)
The creations of the resident food truck of Dialogue Brewing aren’t just tasty, they’re beautiful. Though the tacos are relatively small, we highly recommend the karaage tacos—the kitsune slaw is life itself. (The size of the portions don’t matter as long as you add a side of Thai fries.)
| | | | | 3 rating (2 votes) |
Umami Moto
For example, the Korean Burrito ($9). With bulgogi beef and a house-made kimchi fried rice making up the heft of the burrito, you also have Napa cabbage, carrots and pickled Daikon. To finish it all off, there’s a Korean queso inside. First off, this burrito is big, even by New Mexico standards. It was large enough to make me curse when I first saw it, knowing the state that my appetite was currently in. The rich flavor of the bulgogi beef is the first thing you notice, with the taste of that long marinated beef blossoming on the tongue. That’s closely followed by the sourness of the daikon that turns back to sweetness as your taste buds adjust to the profile, with the final kick of cheesy heat coming from the Korean queso. There’s so much to process and every bite is an exciting trip through these segments of taste, meshed together to create something deeply lovable and excessively filling.
Full review: Umami Moto finds new home in New Mexico ()
Alibi recommends: The yellow curry.
Vibe: Modern food truck with Asian street food flair
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Albuquerque - I-25 Corridor
Plum Cafe Asian Grill
Plum Cafe Asian Grill serves a mix of Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai food that’s a familiar favorite in Albuquerque. Plum uses the order-at-the counter model, but the dining area is spacious and elegant. Plus, its location in the Century Rio complex is right on the money for folks looking for a bite before or after a movie. Most dishes can be made vegetarian. The tama cod, battered and crispy, is glazed in a tamarind sauce that would appeal to orange chicken fans. The Thai yellow curry is creamy and expertly spiced, but you can always ask to have the heat adjusted.
Read more: Mina's Dish: Piggy’s, Plum and Pizza 9 (12/15/2011)
| | | | | 3.8 rating (15 votes) |
Sushi King
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| | | | | 2.85 rating (26 votes) |
Albuquerque - Midtown
Pho Nguyen
Pho Nguyen (if you're a Vietnamese pronunciation newbie, say "Fun Win") has all the goods—from delicious pho (Vietnamese soup) to vermicelli dishes. The environment is comfortable and the food flavorful.
Full review: In the middle of the pack ()
| | | | | 4.79 rating (86 votes) |
Viet Taste
Who doesn’t like a hot, inexpensive, filling bowl of pho? Or a tank of sweet-and-sour soup with catfish? We don’t know people like that, and neither should you. Having a light lunch of a papaya salad with shrimp and an avocado shake is just the thing to shake off days of stress and too many cheeseburgers. And since nothing on the menu costs over 10 bucks, you can treat your lazy, good-for-nothing co-workers to lunch. Just don’t call them names to their faces.
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| | | | | 3.01 rating (88 votes) |
Albuquerque - Nob Hill
Crazy Fish
Mon-Thurs: 11am-9:30pm
Fri: 11am-10pm
Sat: noon-10pm
Sun: noon-9:30pm (hours can change without notice)
The lunch menu at contemporary Crazy Fish is accessible and affordably priced with selections from a full sushi bar (other options include calamari salad and a barbecued eel bowl). At dinner, the menu is more exciting but not that much more expensive. The spicy udon noodles are transportive.
Full review: Crazy Fish is crazy good ()
| | | | | 4.23 rating (33 votes) |
