Albuquerque Restaurants near High Ridge
Albuquerque - Far Northeast Heights
The Barley Room
Mon-Sat: 11am-2am
Sun: 11am-midnight (hours can change without notice)
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet
The Barley Room is a watering hole in the far Northeast Heights that fills patrons up with live music, lots of libations and a surprisingly ample menu. Snack on bar-friendly fried things (say yes to the sweet potato fries!), or have a proper meal with burgers, salads, pasta, New Mexican dishes, and a few grilled meat and fish entrées. There’s a palpable sports bar feel to the place, but a diverse clientele keeps this bar/grill comfortable for just about everyone. The kitchen stays open until midnight every night; go ahead and linger.
Full review: Barley Room has a cure for the hangry ()
 | | | |  | 4.36 rating (137 votes) |
Dion’s Pizza
Sun-Thurs: 10:30am-10pm
Fri-Sat: 10:30am-11pm (hours can change without notice)
Aside from winning past Best of Burque Restaurant polls for “Best Pizza,” Dion's also has a wonderful selection of salads (particularly the Greek or any of the “gourmet” salads with fresh greens) and sandwiches (the pastrami is especially good). The pizza is made fresh and you can see them rolling and tossing the dough. Dine in or order takeout.
| | | | | 3.3 rating (43 votes) |
Flying Star Café
Mon-Thu: 6:30am-9:30pm
Fri-Sat: 6:30am-10pm
Sun: 6:30am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Craft Beer • Wine • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Dog-Friendly
Sure, you go in thinking you’ll be good and get a skinny latte, scrambled egg whites and a side of turkey and green chile sausage, but five minutes later somebody’s saying “apple pie with ice cream” and the voice is coming from your mouth. Give in. It tastes good.
| | | | | 2.91 rating (76 votes) |
Il Vicino
Sun-Thurs: 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-11pm (hours can change without notice)
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Craft Beer • Catering • Wireless Internet
Il Vicino’s thin-crusted, gourmet-topped pizzas are perennial favorites among readers, but the house-brewed beers are equally popular. Order at the register and a server brings the food to your table, making weekday lunches speedy. The open kitchen gives you something to stare at while you wait. Stop in for a quick lunch or a late afternoon microbrew at one of the patio tables.
| | | | | 3.62 rating (43 votes) |
Theobroma Chocolatier
Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: Closed (hours can change without notice)
Floor-to-ceiling shelves boast gift baskets and bags, chocolate sculptures and molded items, giant "kisses" and sugar-free assortments. A chilled candy case shimmers with an assortment of chocolate truffles, creams and caramels sold by the piece. The counter is heaped with our favorite items, mostly chocolate poured over salty, crunchy things like pretzels, popcorn, nuts and cookies. Also, look for chocolate-covered strawberries and Taos Cow ice cream in eight flavors.
| | | | | 3.13 rating (53 votes) |
Three Dog Bakery
Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 10am-5pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Specialty Food Store
Your pets need to eat too! Pup-cakes and decadent treats won’t break the bank at this dog treat mecca. Dogs will love the natural flavors and presentation of the shop’s extremely affordable offerings, and you’ll be tempted to try one yourself.
| | | | | 2.93 rating (27 votes) |
Zorba's Fine Greek Cuisine
Mon-Thu: 11am-9pm
Fri: 11:am-10pm
Sat: noon-10pm
Sun: Closed (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Greek/Mediterranean
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio
Gyros, souvlaki, taramasalata, roast chicken and potatoes, leg of lamb, lentil soup—the menu at Zorba’s rings familiar and no wonder: The family behind Zorba’s is the same that opened the Olympia Café near UNM more than 35 years ago. But here, in the far Northeast Heights, you’ll notice a long, expanded list of dishes including more seafood and desserts, plus a lot of elbow room and a generous patio.
Read more: Mina's Dish: Zorba's Fine Greek Dining is a familiar face in a new place (6/24/2010)
Full review: A legend reincarnated ()
| | | | | 2.57 rating (44 votes) |
Albuquerque - Northeast Heights
A-Ri-Rang Oriental Market
Ah, the joys of a good bowl of kimchi and rice. A-Ri-Rang Oriental Market offers exotic groceries, dishes and cool collectibles. The compact lunch counter is also a fine stop for a tasty Korean lunch. Try the barbecued beef, pork or squid, or the seafood pancakes, and then wash it all down with a cup of hot barley tea. Breath mints not included.
Read more: Dish Jockey: Korean soon tofu and African goat meat pepper stew (3/29/2012)
| | | | | 3.46 rating (24 votes) |
Blake’s Lotaburger
Cuisine: American
A New Mexico tradition since 1952! For a quick burger or chili dog, fresh fries and fountain favorites that hit the spot for just a pocketful of change, it’s got to be Blake’s. Countless counters are scattered throughout the city, and each one is a model of efficiency and cleanliness. Why look any further? Most locations even come with a drive through.
| | | | | 3.06 rating (17 votes) |
El Patron
Cuisine: Mexican
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Full review: Singed by serranos at El Patron Restaurant and Cantina ()
| | | | | 4.32 rating (40 votes) |
Fastino’s
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| | | | | 2.83 rating (29 votes) |
Garcia’s Kitchen
Sun-Thur 7am-9pm
Fri-Sat 7am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: New Mexican
If it’s salt-of-the-earth, tried-and-true New Mexican favorites you’re after, hit up a Garcia’s in your area. It has daily specials, breakfast anytime and even a "gringo menu" that’ll fill you up without depleting your wallet. The huevos rancheros with green chile will leave you licking the plate and contemplating seconds.
| | | | | 2.86 rating (28 votes) |
Gino’s Pizzeria
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| | | | | 4 rating (27 votes) |
Golden Pride BBQ, Chicken & Ribs
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.
| | | | | 3.31 rating (32 votes) |
An Hy Quan Vegetarian Restaurant
Tue-Sat 11am-9pm
Sun 11am-8pm
Mon CLOSED (hours can change without notice)
These piquant dishes will satisfy all with flavor and price. Try the papaya salad: slivers of papaya in a light chili sauce, topped with fresh basil and crushed peanuts, this is something that we could literally eat everyday. An Hy Quan only serves up Vietnamese vegetarian and vegan dishes.
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Read more: Food Feelings: An Hy Quan (4/11/2019)
Full review: An Hy Quan is a reason to dine in the Heights ()
| | | | | 3.42 rating (59 votes) |
La Quiche Parisienne Bistro
La Quiche is an authentic French bakery from husband-and-wife team Sabine Pasco and Bruno Barachin. (Bruno is from Bordeaux, where he achieved master baker status years ago.) In addition to a large menu of sandwiches, pâtés, soups and stews (the bourguignon is served in a house-made pastry shell). La Quiche sells loaves of country bread, fantastically complicated bread showpieces and viennoiseries—flaky, buttery pastries like brioche, croissants and pain au chocolat that traditionally came from Vienna. They use imported French butter, and it shows. The fruit tarts are the best in town. You'll also find a catering menu and a variety of quiches, ready to go for workers with little time for a proper lunch.
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| | | | | 3.58 rating (43 votes) |
Le Paris French Bakery
The baguettes at this little Northeast Heights storefront and café are phenomenal—many of the city’s best restaurants use Le Paris as their house bread. Not familiar with French food? The friendly staff will happily steer you in the direction of one of the light breakfast and lunch offerings. Don’t skip anything involving chocolate.
| | | | | 3.07 rating (57 votes) |
Mario’s Pizzeria & Ristorante
Mario’s is great in the afternoon after the lunch crowds and before dinner for any size of meal. The sandwiches, calzones and pizzas are far more substantial. You and the guys just come in from a rousing game of golf? Stop in the afternoon and share Mario’s mega meat pizza or the gouba nachos. And there are espresso and gelato, too.
| | | | | 3.74 rating (38 votes) |
Ming Dynasty
Mon,Wed,Thurs: 11am-2pm,
4:30-9:30pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm
Sun: 11am-9pm
Closed Tuesday (hours can change without notice)
Ming Dynasty serves dim sum that comes the closest to an authentic Chinatown experience as you're going to get in Albuquerque. Affable owner Mihn Tang has made it easy for uninitiated diners to partake in this Chinese meal with an organized dim sum menu—dishes are grouped by price and include individual pictures. There's chilled mango pudding and coconut cake from the $2.35 list. Add 30 more cents for spareribs, steamed barbecue pork buns, stewed chicken feet, baked barbecue pork pies and beef balls. There are stuffed bell peppers and deep-fried eggplant, both with shrimp paste, and scallop dumplings on the $3.35 menu. Or climb to the top of the heap with a $4.35 plate of ox stew, stir-fried Chinese broccoli and seafood salad rolls. You'll die happy.
Full review: Dim sum and then some ()
| | | | | 2.11 rating (80 votes) |
Nagomi Japanese Kitchen
Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm
5pm-9pm
Sun CLOSED (hours can change without notice)
Nagomi translates roughly to “the feeling of Japanese food.” This bold name is backed up by a large selection of Japanese dishes, some of which are rare in Albuquerque, including a long list of teishoku set meals. For the adventurous eater as well as the timid.
Full review: Japanese food for the adventuous and urbane ()
| | | | | 2.85 rating (26 votes) |
