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
The menu changes weekly, but Hartford Square always features high-quality, locally-sourced food with both eat-in and take-out options. Salads are well stocked with fresh, seasonal ingredients, and there are always a few hot options like Canadian salmon or ratatouille pot pie. The tea selection here is simply divine. Try the Sandia spice tea, a steaming cup of the herbal blood orange tea or go big with a vanilla tea latte. If you’re early enough, 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
$$ • Vegetarian Available • Full Bar • Craft Beer • Wine • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Lounge
Located in the Factory on 5th Art Space this tour de force of art meets food will tickle your palate with farm fresh Kosmic Burgers, fish and chips, house made veggie burgers, mac and cheese, ribeye steak, pork tenderloin and a nice selection of local craft beers served from a steampunk tap system. No TVs, but plenty to look at. Out of this world.
Full review: New arts-forward restaurant serves local brews and tasty burgers ()
| | | | | 5 rating (1 vote) |
MÁS - Tapas y Vino
Mon-Sat: 7am-10pm
Sun: 7am-9pm (hours can change without notice)
Cuisine: Spanish
As the name reveals, the focus of the restaurant is on tapas—dainty plates of beautifully presented and succulent morsels. And, as you may have guessed, there’s vino aplenty. Best of all is the location inside the historic and beautifully renovated Hotel Andaluz. We suggest a glass of sherry with a plate of assorted Spanish cheeses.
Full review: MÁS Tapas y Vino ()
| | | | | 2.92 rating (38 votes) |
Slate Street Café
Mon: 7:30am-3pm
Tue-Thurs: 7:30am-3pm, 5-9pm
Fri: 7:30am-3pm, 5-10pm
Sat: 9am-2pm, 5-10pm
Sun: 9am-2pm (hours can change without notice)
$$$ • 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.
Full review: The Slate Street Café ()
Full review: This ain’t your mama’s meatloaf ()
Read more: Patio and Happy Hour Guide (6/8/2017)
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| | | | | 3.76 rating (107 votes) |
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
$$ • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Delivery • Take Out / To-Go • Outdoor Patio • Smoking Permitted • Lounge
This pizza is so good it’s certified. There aren’t many places in ABQ to get real Neapolitan pizza, but Amore’s owners are officially endorsed by the Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napoletani. The pies feature house-made mozzarella, dough and sauce. The salads are fresh and organic, and you can stay indoors or go out on the Green Jeans patio to eat your slice of heaven. That’s Amore!
Full review: Buon appetito ()
Read more: Best of the Rest (10/10/2013)
| | | | | 3.86 rating (38 votes) |
Los Cuates
Cuisine: New Mexican
In the grand style of down-home New Mexican comfort food, just about everything here is smothered in chile and cheese. House specialties include fajitas, stuffed sopaipillas and enchiladas.
Full review: It's OK to fork around ()
Full review: Revisiting Los Cuates for the gazillionth time ()
| | | | | 3.71 rating (57 votes) |
Albuquerque - Nob Hill
Cellar Bar at Zinc Wine Bar & Bistro
Mon 4:30-11pm, Tue-Sat 4:30pm-midnight (hours can change without notice)
$$ • 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) |
Scalo Northern Italian Grill
Sun: 11am–2:30pm & 5pm–9pm
Mon–Tues: 11:30am–2:30pm & 5pm–9pm
Wed–Fri: 11:30am–2:30pm & 5pm–10pm
Sat: 11am-2:30pm & 5pm-10pm (hours can change without notice)
$$$ • Vegetarian Available • Gluten-free available • Booze Served • Full Bar • Wine Bar • Wine • Catering • Take Out / To-Go • Live Music • Outdoor Patio • Wireless Internet • Lounge
The surprising thing about Scalo is that it’s simultaneously more fancy and less expensive than you’d think. It’s just as breezy and classy as ever in its high-ceilinged dining room. All of the bottles on the wine list are half-price on Monday nights, and there’s free, live music in the bar. Try their Bloody Mary bar on the weekends or their Sunday brunch. There’s plenty of fresh-pressed espresso to sip with it.
Full review: Scalo Northern Italian Grill ()
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| | | | | 3.52 rating (104 votes) |
Albuquerque - North Valley
El Bruno's Restaurante y Cantina
Mon-Sun 11am-10pm (hours can change without notice)
$$ • 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’s
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).
| | | | | 2.31 rating (79 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 - Northeast Heights
Beto's Cocina
Mon: closed
Tue - Fri 8 am- 8 pm
Sat 8am- 2pm (hours can change without notice)
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| | | | | 3 rating (28 votes) |
