Atrisco Cafe & Bar

This place was recommended by the hotel Santa Fe when we asked for an authentic New Mexican restaurant. Never would have picked this on our own as it was in a strip mall near albertsons. The ambiance was as if you were in old New Mexico in the 1960s. Old décor but homey. In fact, we definitely were the only tourists in there. Food was great. We have chicken burritos. Per other reviews we only ordered the red and not green chile. A little spicey but manageable. Your meal comes with sopapillas so if you get a bit of spice just take a bite of that. Margaritas were yum and only $ 6! Even ordered dessert which was an ice cream filled sopapilla. Huge but we finished it off. Glad we went here. I think it deserves a higher rating than other tellers have given it.

By far one of my favorite New Mexican restaurants here in Santa Fe. Great service, dang good food, and a great environment. It’s a first come first serve restaurant, they don’t take reservations (sometimes at night there can be a wait). Regardless of that they’re really good at getting your food out quickly. I’d always recommend the huevos rancheros. It’s light but extremely filling. If you’ve never been here, I’d recommend it!

The dining experience here is fabulous! Servers here are always pleasant and attentive. I started off wth an appetizer of queso and a great drink a swirl (a frozen margarita with sangria). For my entrée I had the stuffed sopapilla with red chili (caution to those who don’t enjoy spicy flavor). In a word… Yummy

Eat there for the first time ordered the roast beef Sandwich seamed good at first but then I was with a stomach ache for hours. Not recommended and will not eat there again or refer anyone to go thru what I’m going thru.

Called them 4 times from ABQ airport to see if we could eat there as late as 9:15
Over a space of 45 minutes they never answered their phone. Unacceptable!

This is one of our favorite restaurants! Best chile in town! Love the green, love the red! They use local grass fed beef and lamb. Their lamb ribs are to die for. I could go on on, they are the best :)

Ordered a roast beef stuffed so papilla and green chile cheese burger… nothing to write home about. The stuffed so papilla didn’t come with any sides and was just meh… burger had a strange taste to it. Also ordered chicken quesadilla as an app and it came with our food and was just 2 small quesadilla triangles. Wouldn’t recommend.

This is one of those random spots that a couple long time locals told me to go get some of SF’s best green chili. It’s a simple diner in a strip mall with nothing special in the way of atmosphere and vibe, but the green chili stew and eggs were definitely good. The beef in the stew was tender and the green chiles had the perfect little kick for breakfast. My little green chili R&D hunt is turning out to be a great success.

Excellent staff and amazing food. We rolled in right before closing time and still managed to get incredible service. After a few days of backpacking in the Pecos Wilderness, this food hit the spot.

I ordered Carne Adovada in house special. It is really good. I loved sopapilla. I ate 2 of them without any honey.

Summary: 3.5 stars. Get a booth, skip the green chile, get the red! Good food, good service.
Came here today for a late lunch with my girlfriend. We were seated immediately at a table, and damn are those wooden chairs uncomfortable. You’d think they’d spring for some seat covers. So get a booth if you can.
After looking over the menu, we decided to both order Atriscombo’s, which come with a blue corn chicken enchilada, chile relleno, a taco, beans and posole. I chose Christmas, and I regretted that decision immediately after seeing their green chile. It was LIME GREEN, and looked like it was just thawed off a block of Bueno brand chile. There wasn’t any flavor to it either. Very disappointing. The red, however, was amazing. Obviously homemade with a nice smokey flavor and heat level. I’m partial to very spicy food, and would have liked more heat, but I understand that not everyone can handle that much spice.
Either way, I was pleased with my meal after asking for another side of red. It’s kind of weird that they just put the posole on the plate with the rest of the food, and not in a little ramekin on the side, but all-​in-​all, I was happy with the food and would come back, but will definitely get RED ONLY.

Authentic, fast, and friendly. The red chile is spectacular, and when you throw it on a sopapilla… magic. The carne adobada is stellar too.

I usually find myself stopping here when I need a quick afternoon bowl of green chile stew and a beer. Service isn’t always the greatest or friendliest, but the food is good. I especially like that I can get a tap beer.
I think the food is down home, wholesome. This place seems to be more about defining regular, at-​home, kitchen cooking, than aspiring to be tourist taste New Mexican.
I’m giving five stars for local food and good, filling cold-​day satisfying food. If I were to rate service, Atrisco’s would get 2.5 stars.
If you are a visitor to this city, come here for lunch. Don’t blow your touring $$$budget here for dinner. You can walk here from the Plaza.

By far the best authentic New Mexican food in Santa Fe, if not all of New Mexico.
The owner has a long standing connection to the Santa Fe Farmers Market so they source as many ingredients as possible from local farmers.
It’s located in De Vargas mall but don’t let the humble strip mall exterior fool you. This place is top notch!
At any given moment you’ll find the local to tourist ratio at about 10:1 in favor of the locals. This is a very good sign. Enjoy the true taste of Santa Fe!

Terrific New Mexican food, unpretentious and just plain good eatin. The chicken burrito smothered in green is superb. I kind of hate to write this review, sort of like letting slip the location of a secret fishing hole, but they’ve earned it.

Very yummy. Went here on recommendation of a friend. It was Sunday night and had a slight wait. But fortunately had nice Santa Fe locals to talk to. I had an awesome mango margarita & sopapilla with roast beef & green chile my husband had the Alvarado with red chiles. We were pleased with the service and the food. The only reason I gave it a 4 was we had to wait in the beginning. But worth the wait!

This may have become one of my favorite Santa Fe restaurants. It’s New Mexican food, with amazing chile and sopapillas. I had veggie enchiladas smothered in Christmas-​style chile. The red was hotter than the green, but neither was too hot to eat and both were very flavorful.
The server was friendly and helpful. It’s not a fancy place, but clean and comfortable, not too loud despite being packed. The wait was over an hour, so plan accordingly. Definitely worth it.

Heard a rumor that they had a good green chili cheeseburger — it’s Fantastic!!! Yumtastic! Fav in Santa Fe tastic!
And their green chili beef stew is even better!!! Yum Yum!

Imagine if Tomasita’s and Horseman’s Haven had a baby. You’d have the quintessential Santa Fe recipes but without the 45 minute wait and hotter chile. Well Atrisco is the joining of two chile dynasties set in an assuming mall with ample parking. Whenever we visit my family in Santa Fe try to figure out where to go, this always winds up being the choice by process of elimination. It just pleases everyone.

Continuing to try new places while in Santa Fe, we hit on Atrisco Café although Bro J and TT thought they had been there once before. I was a little concerned about their loose affiliation through family, with Tomasita’s which all of us had found very touristy and over rated on past visits.
I decided to take a break from classic New Mex and ordered their meat loaf. This was decent, without much New Mex influence and could be found in about any diner. The meat loaf is pretty solid, which I normally like. It did not think it had great flavor from the meat of herbs or other seasonings. It was over loaded with onion and that is really all you can taste. It was served with mashed potatoes that included fresh jalapenos which is an idea to take home. It was also served with crisp tender sautéed vegetables. The potatoes and meat loaf was covered with plenty of commercial brown gravy. I asked for a side of green chile to liven the plate up (so some New Mex after all). The green chile was plain, roasted, chopped green chile. This would have been a good plate if they worked on the meat loaf seasoning a little and saved themselves some money on onions.
Bro J ordered a great looking bowl of Green Chile Stew. It was brothy with large chunks of potato (read half a potato) with what J claimed was beef and a little tomato cooked into the broth. My taste showed well developed, balanced flavors. The green chile was not cooked into it, but was dumped over the top. J added a little salt. I would order this again.
Ms T ordered a plate of small hard shell ground beef tacos, pretty overpriced and not seasoned well. TT had a «lighter appetite» platter which looked like a lot of food to me. It had posole, beans and a chile relleno. Again, the beans were underdone. That seems to be a theme in Santa Fe.
The posole here was unlike any other we had. It is plain white hominy with no green or red chile. It had a little bit of chicken. The corn flavor was good, but it was pasty. It is fine as a side, but it is not what you would want a big bowl of.
Atrisco is trying to be a little more yuppie than I need. It was OK, but I would head back to Adelita’s, Tecolote, Los Amigos, The Pantry or El Comal or … before coming back here. If I were to return, it would be for Bro J’s Green Chile Stew.