The restaurant is bright and cherry and colorful and super clean. The staff is the exact same description. They've got a wonderfully varied menu with traditional expectations and creative choices. I went with the falafel and was thrilled with depths of flavor (so many places treat falafel as a dried out piece of cardboard relying on mayonnaise or garlic sauce to give any Also, the chefs daily vegetable creations are creative with vegetables that I never try delicious read more

Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe - Falafel with vegetable of the day, kale and squash - Vegetarian Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

The best tofu scramble I've ever had! I got it with red bell pepper, zucchini, veggie bacon, artichoke. Definitely get it with dosa and ask for hot sauce and you'll get some sort of spicy chutney that is to die for. It was perfectly seasoned. I didn't even have to add salt or pepper. read more

Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe - Tofu Scramble - Vegetarian Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Great environment, relaxed. Annapurna is a refuge. Good for nutritious and tasty bites. Great for chai and kitchari. Friendly people.

Food was fantastic and all vegy! Restaurant has a lot of seating and was very clean. Definitely coming back when I am within 30 miles of this place. read more

One of my favorite local restaurants. Lovely indoor and outdoor seating available. I had the falafel wrap with hummus and a side salad with some delicious cilantro lime dressing. The portion size is generous. I had a delicious lemon ginger chilled beverage, that was a tasty pairing with my meal. Great vegetarian restaurant and great location in the North valley. Service was fast and friendly. Restaurant was clean and welcoming vibe. They also have a halfprice Chai happy hour weekdays from 3 to 5Pm read more

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Great service and good food, trucker passing through town, really nice ambiance and the food was amazing, so much to choose from. read more

Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe - Vegetarian Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

I was really glad to have an opportunity to check out Annapurna Cafe recently. I love the calming venue...and with chanting sound in background. What a lovely environment that's good for your soul as well. I tried their chai, Mumbai Frankie and samosas and thought they tasted good. The Mumbai Frankie was probably not super authentic Indian as it contained cheese, the dosa was a bit soft/mushy than crispy as I would have liked and there was no side dipping sauce/soup as I would have expected out of a dosa. However, all the dishes tasted great and they definitely calmed my craving for Indian food for quite a bit. Of note, the samosa sauces that they provided tasted wonderful! I would love to have them again! There were a few hickups: 1) they were very understaffed. The food took a while to come out. Luckily, I was there before a bunch of tables came in for lunch...but I did hear a table close to me complain a bit about how long it took to order and get their food. 2) I ended up taking my samosas to go on a long roadtrip. I honestly wished they didn't wrap the samosas so tightly in a foil. It made a crispy outer dough so soft and soggy. That said, the fillings were great..and the sauces were everything that made the dish taste great. I would love to stop by this place again, especially when I feel like having vegetarian food in a calm, collected environment! read more

Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe - Mumbai Frankie + chai - Vegetarian Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Love the chai and amazing tea selection. We are grateful for the Ayurvedic medicine that sharing tea with community means read more

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This place . How do I start. So, my wife goes here about once a week for lunch. Wednesday the week of Thanksgiving she goes there and gets Pad Thai noodles and when she gets it back to work, it tastes a little funny/different than normal. She eats it and thinks nothing of it. We travel that night for Thanksgiving dinner out of state. During this trip she gets violently ill. We have to stop several times because she is sick. Once we get back from our trip, we call the restaurant on Monday and explain the situation. The guy on the phone is rude and says it's too late for us to do anything, Have a Nice Day! Seriously??? My wife said she's never going back and I told her to tell all her Vegan friends too! read more

My first visit to Annapurna's and it didn't disappoint. I ordered the veggie burger, good, with the soup of the day, carrot and ginger soup, which was very good. We also ordered the mango cheesecake and that was so good. My companion ordered the Lebanese wrap and recommended for me to get it on our next visit. We definitely will visit again to enjoy good food, service and ambiance. read more

My favorite place in the world Awesome food and kind people. Nice to puppies Thank you read more

Not perfect, but healthier than other options. The veggie burger is zesty and the quesadillas are pretty good.

I use to love this place . Good food good drinks . But I don't recommend ordering off of DoorDash. You don't get your food and they don't fix their mistakes . I have been charged multiple times for items I have never received. They told me it was a DoorDash issue and not their problem . read more

Healthy, healing and nourishing. This is my go to place when I want to be good to my body or I need a yummy chai and chocolate date ladu!!! Tonight it's a meal before a movie and we are indulging in the 4th street special of veggie fried rice which we have whenever available, samosas, a cup of kitchari, lavender mint tea and mango cheesecake. My favorite meal is the Mataag Paneer, which fills my body with yummy goodness and peas!! Love the sauce. My boyfriend to likes this place now too and he even suggests it now! read more

Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe - Veggie fried rice in the background. Samosas and kitchari in the front! - Vegetarian Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

We dined at Annapurna one night on our recent trip to Albuquerque. When we walked in, we were very impressed by the extensive vegetarian menu and the cozy bohemian decor. We ordered three entrees and a kid's meal. The only word to describe Annapurna's food is inedible!! What we ordered- ** Kitchari - The rice was not cooked at all but merely soaked in water. ** Saag paneer - Spinach was puréed but raw and not cooked. ** Kid's meal Dal and Chapati - Dal was bitter and had a funky aftertaste. I think it was because of cooking kale along with lentils or the raw spices. ** Thali plate - This one was pretty sad too. Vegetables were flavorless. Dal was the same inedible mush as the Kid's meal. I get that Indian food can be tricky but no one insisted you offer them. When you do offer them on your menu, you should make the dish edible at the very least. I am giving this place two stars just for the philosophy and the decor. Great eastern inspired philosophy. I am all for good food nourishing your body, mind and soul. Place is beautifully decorated. I loved those produce inspired table tops. But food is a big disappointment here!!! My two cents retrain your chef or change your menu. read more

Love this place.. food is so yummy and makes me feel healthier just eating it. Such a variety of options on the menu and the ambience is beautiful with all the drapes ceilings and the friendly service oriented staff. You cannot go wrong eating here. Even meat eaters will like this place. read more

Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe - Vegetarian Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

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This is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE vegan restaurant in Albuquerque. It is so delicious and has a super friendly staff. Very accommodating for gluten free. My favorite thing about them is that they use really high quality ingredients and avoid many ingredients that aren't so good for us. In other words they offer a clean eating experience. read more

Fantastic for Burque vegans! A place I can walk in and enjoy everything on the menu - always tastes fresh. There was a blip of counter service issues at this location. Better on my visit today - hope it stays that way. read more

Annapurna's World Vegetarian Cafe - Vegetarian Near Me - Albuquerque, New Mexico

Only come here once or twice a year and usually would give it five stars but this time it was average. I tried the fake BLT sandwich and thought it was average. It was a bit dry and not overly flavorful. It came with the butternut squash soup which also was ok. The food was just not as flavorful as normal. The friend I was with had a side of sweet potato fries which I tried and they were not crispy like fries should be. I will go back because I normally really like this place but was disappointed this time. read more

I used to ADORE Annapurnas. We came here all the time, it was one of our favorite places. Gradually the service became more and more inconsistent, what we were and were not charged changed visit to visit, etc., but today takes the cake for terrible experiences. We just finished waiting AN HOUR for food that literally never came. There were two or three other small tables of people. It wasn't full, or even busy. We waited and waited and waited, all the while trying desperately to entertain our tired one year old toddler. Two other groups who came in after us got their food, finished eating, AND LEFT while we continued to wait. Nothing. I approached the counter asking where our food was and was told they couldn't give me food that the kitchen hadn't made (the star wxa of passing the buck and avoiding the question). Finally we told them to refund us for our food and left, starving, and now having to find somewhere else to eat. I don't think we'll ever be back. We were loyal patrons, and no we'll never return. The owner needs to really get her business together, otherwise the business will just wither and die like an un-tended flower. It's really sad to see, but we can't support a business that treats their guests, the only reason they have a business and make money, like this. UPDATE: we returned the next day after hearing from the restaurant that they had left a gift card for us at the counter to try and apologize for the situation. Although I was still quite bitter from the experience my husband was insistent we give them another chance. We received our food within 15 minutes, and were approached by two different employees (one of which I believe was a manager) more than once during our meal to verify everything was okay and to see if we needed chai refills. Overall it was the experience I would expect to have when coming, I just hope that it persists into the future and the service and attention to food and duties doesn't same as time goes on. I would really love to see this place flourish, and if they continue making things right and changing some of their practices to ensure quality visits for their guests every time I think it can, and hope it does! read more

We super excited to get vegetarian Indian food after looking at the menu. So to give you a heads up, this isn't authentic Indian food, but it's great indian-vegan fusion food! Don't expect the dosas to be like what you'd loins in south India, that ain't happening anywhere here in the United States. The vadais are pretty good! Overall I'd say don't go in with high expectations of "Indian" food, go in with the perspective of fusion Indian food. It's great over all! read more

Wow...Annapurna's has REALLY gone down hill. For starters, the hostess was extremely rude! The menu has completely changed and all of my old favorites (saag paneer, Shepard's pie, breakfast quinoa, etc) are no longer available. They even retired the loyalty program! The hostess/cashier stated that Annapurna "defunded" the loyalty program - when asked what that meant, she rudely responded with "they got rid of it." We ordered a cold beverage, pot of hot tea (neither of which ever arrived), the cauliflower tacos and the yogi bowl. The yogi bowl only came with one veggie not two as advertised and had grossly over cooked quinoa. The black bean side for the tacos was literally just a 1/2 can (seemingly not homeade) of black beans with a scoop of pico de gallo. Where is the lovely Ayurvedic fare we came to know and love? Where are the nice, friendly staff that where always welcoming. Needless to say, we will NOT be back anytime soon, if at all. read more

Excellent food with many styles to choose from - don't miss the black orange mint tea (cold). Refreshing on a hot New Mexico day!

Out of all the Annapurna locations, this one is at the top of my list. They're consistently amazing with flavors and food quality, not that the quality of food at the other locations are bad by any means. But I've noticed at other locations, I'm often in for a surprise as to the flavor/spice level of my dishes. If you've never been before, I have two words for you: masala fries. Get them. Hoard them. Smother them in the garlic sauce. Devour them. You will NOT be disappointed. You really can't go wrong with anything you order from Annapurna, but two dishes I gravitate towards are the puri bhaji and the falafel wrap. In winter, I like to mix up my usual lunchtime fare of warm, smothered green chile chicken enchiladas for the puri bhaji. It is so flavorful and full of veggies to help your immune system get through the winter chill. Pro tip for the falafel wrap (which comes with masala fries, HOLLAAAA), if you like your foods sauced, ask for an extra side of the garlic sauce to douse your wrap bites. It's an experience you won't want to miss! read more

Delicious vegetarian and vegan food. Large filling portions, so many spices and flavors, big menu I want just about anything and everything on.... my favorite restaurant in ABQ. Don't expect typical Indian flavors, but rather an Ayurvedic bent on traditional dishes, and spice combos from that realm taken to middle Eastern, American, and other cuisine bases. Yum. read more

Vegan!!! If you enjoy vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free or other types of specialty foods, eat here. I love how the food items are labeled vegan! Then you don't have to research. I had the marsala dosa and marsala fries. You have a choice of two of three dipping sauces. I picked a garlic sauce and the chipotle one. They were delicious! The third is ketchup made in house. The dosa is a type of thin spongey wrap and it is filled with potatoes, vegetables and spices. I also had the date bar that is also vegan. Overall an amazing vegan meal. I almost Leoff one star because they forgot my coconut chutney. Going back to also try more desserts! Where else can you get such an array of vegan desserts? If you are ever in Albuquerque New Mexico, eat at Annapurna's. It is either all vegan and/or vegetarian. The vegetarian dishes can be made vegan mostly and they accommodate gluten free and other diets. I had the falafel wrap with a dosa which was gluten free and all vegan. Substitute the feta cheese for the vegan cheese. I also had a side of fries. Then for dessert a slice of their coconut pie which I believe is gluten-free and vegan. Everything I eat from there is delicious! The food is prepared in the Ayurvedic way. read more

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Annapurna's is a solid hit-or-miss. Sometimes the food is really good, often just average and sometimes really bad. Same with the restaurant, sometimes it's peaceful and lovely, other times dirty, ill-tended and staffed by surly workers. The dal is usually pretty good most of the time, and even if the food is bad at least it's vegetarian. I keep coming back, although sporadically, because of the convenience of location, and when their food is good, it's really good ! Overall though, wouldnt recommend going out of your way to check it out. read more

Annapurna has the best Chai I've ever tasted. It's house made and available in either soy or whole milk. The second cup is always free. And happy hour (3-5pm) offers them at a discount ($4.22 for two). The Chai is so good that I once took a class at their Silver location to learn how to make it. (So worth it! Check their website.) But Annapurna has food...and it's all yummy! But when deciding what to order, I go with the Thaali Plate--veggies of the day 1,2 & 3, Dal, and Sambar with rice, chutney, and a chapati or dosa). I've had their yummy wraps (portobello mushroom or eggplant) that come with their delicious french fries with house made ketchup and garlic mayo Or a fresh salads with house made dressing. A green plate of the day (lately it's stuffed butternut squash) is always available until it's sold out, and they offer vegan soup every day (try to find that somewhere else). For breakfast I've tried their delicious gluten-free cardamom pancakes, yummy breakfast quinoa (think oatmeal), and tasty tofu scrambles with your choice of add ins, offering even spicy green chile and avocado (my faves!). Their deserts (cardamom cookies are my fave) are always vegan and they are delicious. After a meal at Annapurna, my body just feels right. And talk about up-cycling, they took an old Dions building and painted beautiful murals inside the patio and around the building. Inside, fabric tapestries hang across the ceiling in the dining room and across a doorway leading to private floor seating. The selection of tea and spices are displayed behind the counter and beautiful teapots rest with their matching cups along shelves. It's a really cool place and I'm happy that there are two locations in Albuquerque offering the same quality food. read more

This is definitely a go to spot for Vegetarian cuisine! The food was cooked perfectly to our likings and wasn't too overfilling, just the right amount. I would have given them 5 stars, but they were out of quite a few items my fiancé and I frequently enjoy, such as a mango lasse and a chai tea. Otherwise definitely recommend. read more

Extremely delicious food. Friendly staff. Food out in a timely manner, and so many vegan options. :3

My fiancé and I had lunch there and we noticed our food took a really long time. But the staff was very friendly and the ambience was very nice. The food was okay, we may have ordered wrong. I'd be willing to give it another shot, but it was not our favorite. I had the Indian Sampler. It came with 2 patties that were sort of dry, soup which was good and a wrap With lentils inside. My fiancé had avocado BLT. It was mostly lettuce and not the other ingredients so much. Maybe it was just an off day. read more

I visited the restaurant today. Unfortunately, the food was flavorless and poorly made. The masala dosa was made of a batter that left the dosa limp and flavor less. The vada which should resemble a falafel in a denser form was hard as a rock and unsalted. I did let the waiter know and they did not offer to correct the problem with the vada . Overall I would not recommend this restaurant. read more

My girlfriend and I were traveling through Albuquerque and needed to find a good veg spot (girlfriend is vegetarian) and we were really glad to find this place because down in this part of the country it seems the vegetarian options are more limited , especially when traveling. We had the ABLT, the southern Indian sampler, and the masala fries. We were so hungry and just so disappointed that we did not enjoy our food. The blt was mostly lettuce and just not what you would expect, the sampler was good for the most part except the saag paaner was bland. Our fries we're okay in flavor just we're far too greasy. We thought maybe getting some dessert would make it better but the mango cheesecake was gelatinous and deffinately not cheese cake and the small almond and pecan cookies were rock hard. Our disappointment more so comes from the fact that it a been difficult to find good veggie options and when we thought we found one it just didn't turn out to be all that it seemed. We were so ready to be super excited that we had found an oasis in the desert. With all the good reviews that we read I would have hoped for better but I guess we just hit an off night. P.s. - go read Addyline L's review of this place, she's straight nuts to butts crazy. read more

Look If you had One shot Or one opportunity To eat everything you ever wanted In one restaurant Would you capture Or just let it slip? Yo Your sauce is heavy, peas stink, garlic's deadly. There's vomit on my sweater already, squash spaghetti Asparagus, but on the surface it looks like some celery I ordered plums, but they sent me tahini The granola's out? Sour soy milk and hummus, now!!! I open my mouth, but tofu won't come out I'm chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow! Snap back to reality. Time to eat Rabbit and pork with slabs of some roast. It's no accident nope. I love the smell of the smoke.. Barbecue on the porch. I'm a Vegan no more, because your service was poor! So back to cracking eggs for some yolks and throw the rest on the floor. I don't care any more! I'm eating meat til I croke! read more

Every time I come here with a friend, they never have the soy chai. No matter the time of day they run out of the soy chia

This place is amazing! The food is nourishing and delicious. Colorful service and interior. Best part besides the tasty food is their menu caters towards a cruelty free diet. Vegan or non vegan this place is worth the visit. read more

I think you either like Annapurna or you don't like it. There's no in between. My husband hates the place. I really like it, even though I'm not vegetarian. I've been several times and they have consistently impressed me with the combination of flavors in their food. That being said, you really have to be in the mood to go there. I only go a few times a year. Their carrot cake is out of this world, combining salty, sweet, nutty, and spicy flavors. The chai tea is also really good. They have a chai tea happy hour from 3-5pm where you get 1/2 price. You have to try the french fries with the chipotle dip they serve...it kind of reminds me of a chipotle ranch. The veggie burger is delicious. Those are just a few of the menu items I like, although I've tried plenty. Try the place out! They really have some delicious and different options on their menu. read more

If I lived in Albuquerque, I'd go here once per week. Delicious choices for non-meat eaters. Loved the cauliflower tacos, coconut soup, veg enchiladas on a dosa. Creative and yummy. Can I take all the food home with me? read more

The restaurant is clean and lovely. I waited a long time for my order to be taken while one employee was being trained in front of me. I've been in both positions before, the trainee and the trainer and in food service, you really HAVE to take care of the customer IN FRONT OF YOU with the MONEY immediately. I was already hungry when I came in so it didn't help that I had to wait five minutes just watching them talk to a to-go order on the phone. I got what sounded amazing, a thai stir fry with brown rice. $9.50. Ow. Since I'm sort of a terrible person who expects to be treated terribly, I went ahead and set the timer on my phone to see how long it would take. There was one customer in front of me. It took twelve minutes. for a STIR FRY. What I got tasted bland, was more rice than veggies and was delivered to me by a guy from the back who I hadn't met before. I was glad I didn't tip the people at the front because they sure as shit weren't going to help me out as a customer. Maybe they have good chai. It'd be hard to mess that up. mango lassi price seemed steep at $4.50. I stuck with water from a jug in a corner with no ice. read more

I agree with Howard T. about the "weird melancholy vibe" of this restaurant & with other reviewers re. the poor service. I had the same experience as Addyline L.: we walked up to the counter and waited several minutes while the employee stood at the register taking a takeout order over the phone. He finally took our order. The time was printed on the receipt so I can report accurately, we got our food exactly 43 MINUTES later. Fortunately it was a Friday night and there was a great middle eastern band playing, which kept us distracted. We did enjoy & appreciate the band which is why I gave this place 2 stars instead of 1. By the time our food arrived we were so hungry we would've eaten sticks, rocks, anything. And actually sticks and rocks might've been a good complement to the Sag Paneer we ordered, which smelled / tasted like cooked lawn clippings. Keyword for the other items we tried: Potatoes. Everything seemed to contain lots of mushy potatoes. read more