Christmas Eve is rarely the optimal time to dine out, as most restaurants will run skeleton crews due to the uncertainty of holiday patrons. However, despite the small staff, the engagement was enjoyable. The waiter, Alex, took care of us as promptly as possible, and the food, as usual, was excellent. This place has the best salsa ever. We keep coming back.
I hadn't been there since the pandemic. We went for an early lunch on a weekday. It understandably wasn't busy. I particularly liked the tamale as the maise was thin, the way I prefer them. I have a gringa mouth so my waitress recommended the salsa vs the red or green sauce. It still had a tiny bite but not too hot for me. My friend had both the red and green and liked them very much. I'll definitely go again now that I'm sure they are open all the time.
Alex provided excellent service!
The tamales were weird but they fixed it right away and brought another meal.
The girls at the front are useless. They do not even acknowledge that a customer has come in. The waiter had to acknowledge and seat us (again Alex is great!)
The rest of the food was good. The restrooms are clean.
We will be back
Food was good. Portions have gotten small. We went at 8pm and there was only one person who was waiting on tables. But she was a pretty good waitresses we didn't have to wait for anything.
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Ive visited restaurant many times when I used to live in Albuquerque. I frequented the location on Menaul. I was glad when the put a location at Cottonwood. Today I had the Beef nachos, happy hour margaritas and many a la cart items. Sadly most of the foods tasted so close it was hard to decipher what was what. The taco was served without any garnish like sour cream or cheese. Also a bit shocked and should have called this out. Was charged 4.49 for the Happy hour margaritas vs 3.50 as advertised on the menu. It a simple error that takes money out of customers pockets and they may not even catch it. Staffing was a bit light and did not like the fact that the server was vacuuming and slow to tend to us. After vacuuming I'm not sure if she washed her hands. The other issue was that she was a bit slow on refills and chips. She was nice though as was most of the staff. The restaurant is nice and has a beautiful view of the Sandia peak. Overall as critical as I'm being I enjoy the meal and had plenty to take home.
My husband ordered some steak meat he ordered it medium rare it cam well done. So he didn't even eat his food. He was not happy we told the waitress about it. She said she would see if we could get a discount on it. We got the check and No discount. My husband is one of those persons that doesn't like to say anything about the food. He says when they take it back they might do something to your food. I agree with him, you can't trust anybody. So I brought it home for my dogs. Make sure your food is correct when they bring it, and do tell that's Not what you ordered and paid for. I also think they were low on help too. Don't know if we'll go back or not.
As always Los Cuates has amazing food. My favorite is their chimichangas and chile cheese fries. And the size of both of them are decent as well. The server was very nice and she made sure to have our refills ready before even asking and made sure that we were okay often. Thank you!
Excellent restaurant: great food, great service, in and out super fast even when they are busy. Great Management. This place also offers great brunch specials on Sundays and features free home made natillas. This is a spacious restaurant that can accommodate large parties while still serving their normal crowd. The menu has lots of options to fit many appetites. Appetizers and drinks are also great. Parking is very convenient and I have never had to wait in line. :-)))
The food was amazing and the few employees they had, were friendly and worked as quickly as possible. They are experiencing the same worker shortage as everyone else. Be patient and understanding and you will get great food and service. The cherry margaritas are on point. Very reasonably priced...affordable.
Fun environment complete with stellar mariachi band! The servers were incredibly hard working and it’s appreciated.
The skinny margaritas with fresh squeezed lemon and lime were perfect. The way a margarita should taste without all the mixer sugar!
The food was very good, fresh, flavorful, and plentiful! Really enjoyed the Spicy Shrimp Veracruz!
The only thing I would recommend is get rid of the white Christmas lights wrapped around the wood beams. It was far too bright and it distracts from the nice chandler lighting that’s more relaxing. The lighting environment should be lower lit.
The lighting really created a more anxious environment that should not feel that way on a Friday evening after sunset,
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