Albuquerque Restaurants with Lounge
Albuquerque - Downtown
Hartford Square
Mon -Fri: 6:30am-6:30pm
Sat: 8am-3pm
Sun: 9am-2pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Coffee/Tea/Espresso, Deli/Sandwiches, Dessert, Diner, Organic/Locally Grown, Take Out/To-Go
$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Delivery • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Lounge
Hartford Square’s menu changes weekly but always features quality, locally sourced ingredients in dine-in and take-out options. The salads are stocked with fresh, seasonal ingredients, and there are always a few hot options such as the Canadian salmon or ratatouille pot pie. The tea selection is simply divine. Try the Sandia spice tea over ice, a steaming cup of an herbal-blood orange blend or go for broke with a vanilla tea latte. Get here early enough, and you’ll get first crack at the crossword in the house copy of the New York Times.
Full review: The smart design of Hartford Square ()
 | | |  | | 2.85 rating (60 votes) |
The Kosmos Restaurant
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Full Bar • Craft Beer • Wine • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Lounge
Located in the Factory on 5th art space, this tour de force of creative art and food tickles palates with farm-fresh Kosmic Burgers, fish and chips, house-made veggie burgers, mac and cheese, ribeye steak or pork tenderloin and a nice selection of local craft beers served from a steampunk tap system. There are no TVs here, but there’s always plenty to look at.
Full review: New arts-forward restaurant serves local brews and tasty burgers ()
| | | | | 5 rating (1 vote) |
MÁS Tapas y Vino
Mon-Sat: 7am-10pm
Sun: 7am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Spanish
As its name reveals, the focus of this restaurant is tapas—dainty plates of beautifully presented succulent morsels. And, as you may have guessed, there’s vino aplenty. Best of all, though, is the space, inside historic, renovated Hotel Andaluz. We recommend trying a glass of sherry with a plate of assorted Spanish cheeses.
Full review: MÁS Tapas y Vino ()
| | | | | 2.92 rating (38 votes) |
Slate Street Café
Mon: 7:30am-3pm
Tue-Thurs: 7:30am-3pm, 5-9pm
Fri: 7:30am-3pm, 5-10pm
Sat: 9am-2pm, 5-10pm
Sun: 9am-2pm (hours can change without notice)
$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • Wine • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Lounge
Slate is on a quiet, blink-and-you-miss-it avenue between Fifth and Sixth Street, nestled right in the heart of the legal district. Like the space itself, the menu is polished and unintimidating. Don’t miss the ahi tuna sandwich (with gluten-free bread available!). It's all very affordable for its level of quality. There’s also a fabulous wine loft with the wines listed by style—“just a little sweet,” “ABC: Anything But Chardonnay” or “sexy, elegant, austere”—not varietal or region. Demystifying the label like this makes it easy for patrons to pair wine and food.
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| | | | | 3.76 rating (107 votes) |
Urban Taqueria
Mon-Fri: 10am to 9pm
Sat-Sun: 11am to 9pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Mexican
The Republican features pork al pastor, which was incredibly tender. You can customize to your heart's content. They have a wide range of salsas at the bar, plus you can roll with corn or flour as your tortilla of choice. Follow that up with mixed cabbage, cilantro, pickled onions, diced tomatoes, cotija cheese and a side of limes, and you’re facing down a solid street taco by any metric. Tacos are easy to do okay, but very hard to do amazingly, and these passed the test of being done amazingly. Dare I say, it’s the most enjoyable Republican I’ve had in the last three years and reminiscent of Jeb! A hopeful, warm and pleasant taco, it’s remarkable because it just exists as it is and doesn’t parade around pretending to be something else. It holds to tradition, and that is where it finds its strength.
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Vibe: Modern street tacos
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Wine.Dive
Mon Closed, Tue-Wed 4-10pm, Thu-Sat 4-11pm, Sun 4-10pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: American
This cavernous space on 2nd and Gold might seem like an odd spot for a wine bar, but Wine.Dive is making it work with a killer menu and a unique, geographically diverse wine list. It’s a great place to go for an early dinner or to meet up with friends for a night out, as they have regular DJ nights and drink specials on weekends. It’s also a great spot for before or after you catch a movie at Century 14, as it’s right around the corner.
Full review: New bar Wine.Dive has great food and diverse wine list ()
Alibi recommends: The Famille Perrin Côtes du Rhône, the cauliflower steak and the mix-and-match charcuterie
Vibe: A mix of dance club and casual wine bar.
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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
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Lounge
This Asian-American eatery has a reputation for retro Pacific Rim decor and the clink of drinks with little umbrellas in them. If you're in the mood for East-meets-West fare like lettuce wraps, orange peel beef or Tokyo crispy tofu, then load up the Prius and take a drive down Paseo del Norte. You’ll also find a large selection of fine loose teas and more liquor than you can shake a limbo stick at. Have a yen for wine? Here it comes in white, red and plum.
Full review: Prefab Pacific whim ()
| | | | | 3.76 rating (39 votes) |
Sandiago’s Grill At The Tram
Cuisine: Mexican
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| | | | | 3.5 rating (4 votes) |
Squeezed Juice Bar
Mon-Fri: 7:30am-7pm
Sat: 8am-6pm
Sun: 9am-5pm (hours can change without notice)
Meals Served: Breakfast
$ • Vegetarian Available • Delivery • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Lounge
This tasty juice bar is a favorite amongst locals. They not only provide premixed smoothies and juices like Tropical Vacation (which has pineapple, banana, mango, orange, shredded coconut and lemon) and Rejuvenator (fennel, apple, kale, lemon, cayenne) but also açai bowls and “create your own blend juices.”
| | | | | 3.39 rating (18 votes) |
Vintage Four Twenty-Three Wine Bar
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Full review: A Vintage repast ()
| | | | | 2.83 rating (35 votes) |
Albuquerque - I-25 Corridor
Rock and Brews
Monday thru Thursday 11am-11pm
Friday 11am-midnight
Saturday 10am-midnight
Sunday 10am-11pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: American
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Lounge
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Albuquerque - Midtown
Amore Neapolitan Pizzeria
Mon-Thu 11am-8:30pm
Fri 11am-9pm
Sat noon-9pm
Sun noon-8:30pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Pizza
$$ • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Delivery • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Smoking Permitted • Lounge
This pizza is so good it’s certified. There aren’t many places in ABQ to get real Neapolitan pizza, but Amore’s owners are officially endorsed by the Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napoletani. The pies feature house-made mozzarella, dough and sauce. The salads are fresh and organic, and you can stay indoors or go out on the Green Jeans patio to eat your slice of heaven. That’s Amore!
Full review: Buon appetito ()
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| | | | | 3.86 rating (38 votes) |
Los Cuates
Cuisine: New Mexican
In the grand style of down-home New Mexican comfort food, just about everything here is smothered in chile and cheese. House specialties include fajitas, stuffed sopaipillas and enchiladas.
Full review: It's OK to fork around ()
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| | | | | 3.71 rating (57 votes) |
Albuquerque - Nob Hill
Cellar Bar at Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro
Mon 4:30-11pm, Tue-Sat 4:30pm-midnight (hours can change without notice)
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • Wine • Live Music • Lounge
When you walk into Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro, turn right and head down the stairway into small and sultry little bar. With a curated wine list and killer nightly specials, the Cellar Bar is an excellent date night that won’t break the bank (if you order right). We recommend stopping in for their Wine and Cheese Wednesdays.
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Imbibe
Cuisine: Bar and Grill/Pub
Imbibe is an über-trendy cigar lounge with backlit smoke-tendril art and contemporary seating. There are hordes of annoying knockoff-clad barflies as far as the eye can see, but the humidor is well-stocked and well-attended by knowledgeable staff, and there’s a rooftop deck (if you can make it up there; there’s always a line). Get there early for the best seats.
Full review: Two quickies at the bar ()
| | | | | 3.81 rating (51 votes) |
Nob Hill Bar & Grill
Mon: Closed
Tue-Fri, Sun: 11am-9pm
Sat: 11am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Craft Beer • Wine • Take Out / To-Go • DJ • Dancing • Outdoor Patio • Lounge
Finally, the Fried Chicken. When talking with someone at the bar the next day, he asked what I should order, and I told him the fried chicken, wherein I described it as “the crispiest, crunchiest skin you’ve ever had, packed full of seasoning, all holding in some of the most moist white chicken you’ve ever had, with the perfect pairing of sides and a hot sauce that doesn’t need to be there, but is so much better for existing for it.” Afterwards, he told me I undersold the dish to him. I cannot begin to tell you how highly I think of this fried chicken. With a buttermilk brine, the mashed potatoes and gravy and that incredible hot sauce, it is so incredibly good I felt shame when I couldn’t finish my second piece.
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Alibi recommends: The fried chicken, the meatloaf, and the barbacoa nachos.
Vibe: High-end-dining featuring American cuisine with a cocktail lounge.
| | | | | 3.89 rating (93 votes) |
Albuquerque - North Valley
El Bruno's Restaurante y Cantina
Mon-Sun 11am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Lounge
New Mexican food in the Garduño’s vein—plus burgers and booze—in a bucolic valley setting. In fact, El Bruno’s does indeed occupy the site (and, one might assume, the demographic) of the former North Valley Garduño’s.
| | | | | 2.82 rating (49 votes) |
Eldora Craft Chocolate
Cuisine: Bakery/Sweets
Once you walk inside, you realize you’ve just arrived somewhere very special. Albuquerque’s first and only bean-to-bar chocolaterie smells heavenly inside and looks even better. The wallpaper sports an intricate design of cacao trees and the many large windows fill the space with sunlight. From the counter—where you’ll see a glass display filled with foil-wrapped truffles and bars—you can see into the spacious, high-ceilinged kitchen that gleams with stainless steel. There’s a Scandinavian look to the space with its open layout and beautifully simple design.
Read more: Locally Made: Eldora Craft Chocolate (7/12/2018)
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Laguna Burger
Cuisine: American
For the last decade, one of the best green chile cheeseburgers to be had in New Mexico (which means one of the best to be had the world over) was either at Laguna, or more recently, the 66 Pit Stop. But that also meant a decent drive west on I-40 just for a bite to eat. But with their Albuquerque location opening, Laguna Burger has taken that road trip reluctance and instantly replaced it with nearby convenience—not to mention quality casual dining at prices that'll have mall chain franchises gulping and tugging at their collar. Alibi Recommends: Breakfast: The breakfast wimp; Lunch: The fuego with onion petals, and a funky monkey. Vibe: An airy space with TVs and an outdoor patio that's quite a bit different than the gas station location many know!
Full review: New Laguna Burger location proves as tasty as ever ()
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Sadie
Mon-Thu: 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat: 10am-10:30pm
Sun: 10am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: New Mexican
Walking into Sadie's is like walking into your rich, old New Mexican tia’s house. The food smells good, the atmosphere is comfortable and it's OK if you get a little loud. Sadie's has a very friendly and casual staff and huge, chile-smothered portions of food. We like to go for dinner with a big group and drink too many margaritas (except for the designated driver, of course).
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Vibe: Authentic New Mexican food in a family friendly palace
| | | | | 2.31 rating (79 votes) |
