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    Garcia’s Cafe

    4.0 (73 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Casual
    Good for groups

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    Teresa R.

    My favorite food to eat here is the Green Chile Pork Stew it never disappoints me. It's very delicious. I highly recommend it for breakfast,lunch and dinner. I have also tried their Menudo and Chile Renello so far anything I've eaten here has not disappointed me. I would say this is my favorite Mexican place to eat in.Ruidoso, NM. Also, the staff is very friendly and they're on it always making sure that you have everything you need and satisfied. On weekends to get very busy and sometimes they have a busy lunch crowd.

    Chips that came w the chips & salsa
    Chris M.

    First time eating here and it was pretty good! The tacos had so much meat to divide into the 4 tacos, the salsa was very flavorful, good texture on the rice and the beans were good. They gave me 3 different salsas for the tacos and I liked all 3 but the orange colored one was my favorite. Great portion of food w the mini taco plate and the chips & salsa were good!! I look forward to trying more items I didn't visit the actual restaurant I ordered this meal through DoorDash. This all traveled very well!!

    Slushy margarita

    Food was ok but rather salty...service was terrible...my margarita was all slush no hint of alcohol. Would not recommend... also the parking lot is more a "lot" ...no clear parking spaces and a lot of potholes

    our lunch plates. The beans had a nice spicy flavor to them and they green chili with pork was absolutely outstanding!

    Marisol is a perfect server and the food was delicious. I had the green Chile pork. Best I ever had. It's like a green Chile pork stew. Pat had the quesadillas and she seemed to like them pretty well she cleaned her plate. Candidly, the sopapillas?were tough. So we will not order them next time. They were an option. So my five stars ignored them as Marisol's service was so extraordinary. An example was, the salsa tasted so good I asked if she had a little container that I could take the rest of our container Hohman. She got a plastic container and filled it to the top.

    Asada - Mini Tacos

    Here's what's left of my asada tacos. Everything was delicious! Service was fast, especially considering we had a party of 8. Highly recommend

    Chilaquiles with extra hatch green chili sauce.
    Olga L.

    We were recommended this place by some family that's is also visiting NM and I tell you it did not disappoint! I had the Chilaquiles with hatch, green chili sauce, scrambled eggs, potatoes, and avocado, my son had the green chili burger and my husband had the first order burrito and it was all amazing. I highly recommend this place the service was also excellent.

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    8 months ago

    Very legit Mexican food! Service was great! The ladies at the motel suggested it and were they right.

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    Stopped by our other favorite New Mexican restaurant was closed. Great service, great food. Will be back.

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    Food is always good, service is good. Nice and clean inside, we always eat here when we are in town, have never been disappointed

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    Great service. Food was good, but almost to spicy to eat. Basic Mexican diner. Clean.

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    Food is authentic Mexican food. Lots of spice in their food and salsas. Servers friendly and attentive.

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    Nice place. Service was good, people were nice and food was good. No alcohol but some of the best sweet tea around.

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    Josh's wine
    Sangria and select black cherry coke
    Sangria and select black cherry coke
    Plenty of beers

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    Green chili cheese fries are amazing!
    Green chili cheese fries are amazing!
    Hatch green chili burger and yes I asked for the ghost pepper cheese!

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    Hatch green chili burger and yes I asked for the ghost pepper cheese!

    Garcia’s Cafe - newmexican - Updated June 2026

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