I should have taken a picture.. I was honestly disappointed by the portions this last time we went. My husband and I got the peanut noddles with tofu we got extra tofu on one. The dish is $14 something and then $3 something for the tofu. Again wishing I had taken a photo.. But the one with regular tofu barely had any and the one with extra was still meager at best.. and for being charged 9 dollars for tofu when I can by a hole block myself for $2 is ridiculous... Our server was great nothing on him, he did a wonderful job. But for the price and what we got it was not worth it.. I don't know if we will be back anytime soon.. read more

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My guest and I were coming back into Albuquerque and decided to grab a bite to eat in Cedar Crest...excellent decision! Greenside Cafe not only had friendly, attentive, and professional staff like Tara and Miss Emily, but the FOOD!!! (We will make a point to drive to Cedar Crest just to dine here now.) I'm definitely a fried chicken expert. Their fried chicken sandwich is one of the best ones I have ever had. They start with a chicken breast that is buttermilk battered and fried, and is then topped with a gochujang aioli and kimchi slaw. PERFECTION on a brioche bun. House made chips! My guest had the slow cooked beef brisket enchiladas...shredded and stacked between white corn tortillas with cheddar and jack cheese. Served with basmati rice, and bacon pinto beans, X-mas all around. (I was so blissed out eating my sandwich that I didn't get photos of his meal.) As soon as you step in the entryway you are greeted by healthy plants, then lofty ceilings, hand painted murals, and natural light...a welcoming place to be. read more

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Stopped in for lunch and wasn't disappointed. Full house at lunch but got seated right away. We had the Fish and Chips and the Korean Chicken sandwich with a side of New England Clam Chowder. Bam they were all great. The chowder and fish and chips are only available on Fridays. If you're in the east mountains give this place a try. You won't regret it. read more

Greenside Cafe - Fish and Chips, Korean Chicken sandwich and a cup of New England Clam Chowder - Beer Bar Near Me - Cedar Crest, New Mexico

Greeted by Eric, how very helpful. Restaurant was very crowed but let us sit at a high top and changed the tv to the football game we wanted. Very helpful. Hubby had a Bloody Mary and said it was outstanding. The Korean chicken sandwich with slaw was juicy, crunchy and delicious. The huevos rancheros with chicken fried steak and eggs Xmas style was perfect. Support local all the way read more

The ambiance is nice. Pleasant, clean, not pretentious. Both food and service have been hit or miss in the last few years. Locals talk as though it has been excellent and has declined. My own experience is back and forth. Pleasant enough service. Sometimes good. Sometimes absentee. Sometimes things missing. Food is similar. The chef has down well and the menu looks good but the cook... sometimes good, sometimes grossly underdone, sometimes just sloppy. I also find it difficult to catch them open. Their hours are never what I expect. My interpretation of all of this is that someone has excellent ideas but that the daily management is struggling. I can't guess why although rumors abound. So... if you're in a gambling mood, try them. They could easily get their business together in short order. I hope they do. read more

The rainbow trout I was served had to have been frozen for months. Got sick of course. Also the whole dining room smelled like sewage.

Promptly seated upon arrival. Drinks order was taken (2 beers) but were slow to arrive and not as cold as should have been. Order taken... too long wait for food as only half tables were occupied. ordered burger medium...came out closer to rare. missing previous wait staff. read more

Amazing place. My boyfriend and I ate here for dinner while visiting Sandia Crest on a roadtrip. Staff was so courteous and seemed to genuinely enjoy working with each other. Very refreshing atmosphere. Food was amazing. We shared are meals with each other and both were amazing. I ordered the Sangre De Cristo with delicious berry sauce on the side, and he ordered the Korean Chicken sandwich with kimchi slaw. Both were flavorful. The crunch on the chicken was AMAZING and perfection. Batter was not greasy or soggy. I don't think even so called "chicken only" places have perfected the fried batter like this place has! Regular fries as well and sweet potato fries were also perfectly crisp on the outside while being soft in the middle, both with great flavor. Highly recommend this place. Also: one of the waitresses is an artist and her wildlife paintings are for sale and on display on the walls. I happened to sit right next to a beautiful piece and I bought it before leaving. Will make a beautiful souvenir! read more

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Coming to Greensides used to be our coveted Sunday outing. Since it has changed owners, it has faced significant challenges with staffing and service. We keep trying to come back but repeatedly suffer the consequences. Today, it took over 5 minutes to be seated even though there were numerous open and available tables. We got seated, but, after waiting 45 minutes to be waited on, WE LEFT and went down the road to Ribs. Almost an hour of our precious Sunday wasted by this restaurant's poor management! read more

So sad about what's happened to Greenside since ownership changed. Sigh... everything is generally inconsistent but what's worse is that apparently there have been health code violations within the kitchen. At this point we're all wondering how much longer Greenside will be open. read more

What a great recommendation! Went to Tinkertown museum (I have a review on that too) asked for a place to have a nice lunch. The girl told me a few places but, said this was the place to go. Very glad I did.!!! Yummy food, nice customer service and of course...beautiful view. Will definitely go again! read more

Greenside Cafe - Monte Cristo w/green Chile, side salad and raspberry sauce - Beer Bar Near Me - Cedar Crest, New Mexico

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HAVE AGAIN: The Sanger de cristo sandwich was good. Spinach and artichoke dip were very good. Good service, as always.

Wonderful staff for 10 plus years. New owner several months ago. 10 servers walked out on Mother's Day. Went back today. It was so sad. The menu has stayed the same, but changes made to the recipes and not good changes. All of the art work from the servers was gone. The atmosphere has completely changed. Will not be coming back. read more

Visiting a friend and we stopped by to pick up a to go order. I got the chicken fried steak w/mashed potatoes & veggies. There were 2 large portions of steak that I had enough leftovers for a second meal the next day. The food and service were both good. read more

It was ok. My daughter didn't love her peanut noodles, I tried them and they had an unpleasantly sweet taste, more like Splenda than peanut. Blackened chicken was pretty spicy which I wasn't expecting. The molten lava cake was dry. No molten to be found. read more

I went last night with my daughter and we got the worst service ever. Not even friendly staff. It took a little over an hour to get our food out because they served our food at the wrong table and after our order got out they didn't even get the plate well put together after a whole hour of waiting my daughter was still missing her rice on her plate. During that whole hour they barely came back to check up on us not even to ask us if we want more water or anything. It's very disappointing because my daughter always gets takeout from here and we never dined in and that's the first experience we got from the place dining in. Now it doesn't wanna make my daughter get takeout from here anymore because even the last time she got takeout the rice was very hard. read more

We've been eating at The Greenside for over a decade. But we won't be going back anymore. The food has gotten progressively worse. The restaurant always has a vague smell of sewage except for the last time we went and it smelled so strong - the host told us a lot of staff were out sick with a stomach bug and he had just had it too. We marched right back out. GROSS!! The last time we actually ate there, I found a big chunk of avocado skin in my guacamole and the food was bland. The specials are just terrible now. Very subpar compared to what it used to be. Well it was a good run but I don't see The Greenside surviving this new ownership/management. It's too expensive to be this bad. read more

Mango vinaigrette salad dressing is awesome. My burger was pretty standard, nothing super special. The top of the bun was excellent. Service was great, we had three ladies rotating in to check on us on the patio and our actual waitress was super nice and brought my friend an ice cream for her birthday. All in all- decent spot to go to when on the mountain! read more

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I just had a pretty unbelievable experience with the Greenside Cafe. We've been eating here for well over a decade and never been treated this way. My husband and I are both sick. We ordered a burger and peanut noodles so we wouldn't have to cook. We live a good distance away as many people in the EM do. When we got home we realized my husbands burger bun was totally burnt. It's a $14 burger. They wanted us to come back to the restaurant so they could remake it or take $5 off the price of the burger. That's like an hour and half of our time spent going back and forth to fix something that they should have checked before sending out of the kitchen. Considering we had already paid for a meal that wasn't made correctly it seems like pretty bad customer service to force us to drive back to the restaurant. I requested a total refund for the burger which feels pretty reasonable. The person I spoke to on the phone was incredibly rude and should not be your front of house representative. She told me five dollars was the best they could do since we didn't want to come back to the restaurant. I told her there was no way we could come back and that I wanted a refund for the burger. She said simply said "Okay" in a condescending tone and hung up the phone. I attempted to call back to speak to a manager but I imagine she was the manager. I won't expect a refund but I'll be delighted if I get one. One thing is certain, we won't be returning to Greenside anymore. I hope the $14 was worth a lifetime of patronage. Thank you for the truly terrible experience. read more

Greenside Cafe - Burnt Burger Bun - Beer Bar Near Me - Cedar Crest, New Mexico

Food was not as good as it used to be. Service was slow. Prices were reasonable. My friend and I had a dinner date there earlier this evening. We were sat at one of the high tops by the patio. Our server appeared to also have the to go orders. She was clearly overwhelmed. We had a near full glass of iced tea spill. It took several minutes to get her attention to get it cleaned up. Then she forgot to refill the glass of tea. It took several more minutes to get her attention again. Later when we were waiting to check out another server must have seen the frustration on my face because he cleared our table, got the ticket, and cashed us out. Having a server work tables and to go orders does not appear to work well. read more

I love the staff and menu options, but I cannot get on board with overly salted food. Ive eaten here in the past; even had the same dish, but this last time, the salt was unbearable and I had to throw away my $18 peanut noodle w/chicken meal. Sad , sad day.... read more

From the greeting, to the service, to the food it is absolutely subpar. Coffee was cold, Burgers for the kids looked like something pulled out of a school cafeteria water pot, not a grain of seasoning was used on any of the food in total. We were polite and were treated like we were a bother to the staff. What a waste of prime real state for a restaurant to have that place there. I won't be returning read more

Excited they reopened !!! Always good food , variety yet small enough that everything is special . Nice staff !

This place fell on my radar a couple of months ago after reading their claim to having the best Chicken fried steak in New Mexico. I personally love CFS and I've had quite a few across the state. First impression when driving up is that they weren't very busy on an early Sunday morning. To me that's when these breakfast/brunch type restaurants usually have a wait time. We were greeted when we walked in and we sat in a booth looking out at the mountains, really nice. Our server was friendly and took our order quickly but didn't really go over the menu with us or what the restaurant had to offer or even ask us if we wanted appetizers or dessert so maybe she was new or she didn't care. On to the food. I had the huevos fried steak Christmas style with pinto beans and potatoes. I believe this style of their CFS is only served on Sundays? Their website claims The best CFS in NM? My CFS was decent sized nothing huge like Vic's or Rutilios. It's breading tasted a lot like a relleno type batter and was really good. The green chile was ok, not any heat to it but, the red chile was delicious! Not hot but really good flavor. The potatoes were good but the beans were some of the best pinto beans I've had in a long time but they were skimpy with the portions. I sure would've loved more beans! Is it the best CFS in the state? Not IMO but it's definitely something you need to try for yourself and because it's not the best (imo) does not mean it's not almost the best, so with that being said I'd definitely recommend coming to the Greenside cafe and trying it for yourself at least once. Oh btw prices. Prices were fair especially with everything so expensive these days. read more

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The best eatery in Cedar Crest! Delicious burgers, soup, sandwiches...everything has been delicious. Also... Creme Brûlée...in New Mexico...and they nailed it! The service is friendly and accommodating. They have daily specials. Highly recommend. read more

Great food wonderful atmosphere with a great gibhenjoy going there and sitting outside. Greeside has a very good selection of beers too choose from some favorites from Bosque and marble that pair well with the food. read more

The turkey sandwich was wildly salty, couldn't figure out why, maybe the turkey? The Bahn mi was inauthentic and odd. The store was great.

We stopped in after finding this location on Yelp. It reminded me of a resort town type pub with menu items catered to that type of crowd. The owner was our waiter and was very friendly. He had a good recommendation for a brew to try that worked out well. I ordered the Peanut Udon Noodles with Chicken. I love peanut sauce, and the food was very good. I wished I could have tried it with the steak option. The portion was just the right size and paired well with my beer. This is a nice option in Cedar Crest with limited alternatives. read more

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Fabulous food and friendly staff! My Sunday go to restaurant. I highly recommend the green chile chicken fried steak

Everything about this place is great. Every time I've been there in the service is great didn't have to wait long food was great. Drinks for a great very comfortable place. You should try at least once. read more

Stopped off on the way from a Cerillos. Burgers looked good, as ordered by my sister and her friend. Peanut noodles with chicken had cloyingly sweet peanut sauce. Even generous spritzes of Tabasco sauce only made it edible. It was edible. read more

Amazing service by Denika, super attentive to our needs, and she cleaned each table with extra care!!! We never waited for anything and she was so nice!! The food was exceptional and the beer selection was outstanding!!! Definitely worth a visit or two, I will definitely be back many times with the quality they are serving! read more

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Good food. My last server forgot the two things I asked for with my burger so I had to wait and flag her down and wait some more, but generally service is good when I visit. read more

Calm and relaxing atmosphere. The food was delicious. I had the grilled chicken with mashed potatoes and veggies. The chicken was well seasoned and cooked to perfection. My husband had the taco salad with green chili sauce. He loved it! The price was super good for the quality and amount of food. read more

Best chicken fried steak ever huge portions and super filling and the Sangre De Cristo sandwich is amazing. Awesome staff cool spot to sit down and enjoy a meal. read more

First timer in this particular restaurant, We were looking forward to a good meal close to where we live. My partner's food was okay according to him, but mine was terrible. I ordered the Chicken Fried Steak dinner to go as we are working on cleaning up the house after new floors were laid and time is not on our side. First, when I entered the door and stood by the "Stand here to be seated" podium and was passed by at least six service persons without any acknowledgment I was even there. My name was on a paper bag sitting on the front counter and it took about five minutes for someone to ask what I needed. I pointed to the bag and said, "That's me," so they grabbed the bag and rang me up. It's when I got home I realized, after asking for extra gravy, I found instead, it had none at all. I called the restaurant and they said I could come in and they could give me some gravy. Okay, that's not unreasonable, but I thought that a new meal would be in order, made to my original specifications. Extra gravy, no vegetables and a side salad. I got the side salad, but the worst part was, they had a nice helping of mashed potatoes dumped on top of some soggy vegetables with what looked like a large Fried Steak and no gravy in a "paper bag box". It didn't look very appetizing in the least. As I started to eat, I noticed that the batter used to make the Fried Steak was large, but the actual meat was minuscule compared to its outside appearance. I have never seen anything quite like it, and since I won't go back again, I hope I never see something like that again. It seems to be a busy place, so apparently a lot of people seem to like it, but for us, going next door to Trailrider Pizza where you get what you paid for is going to be our quick fix when we either don't have the time to cook, or just want a quick meal. read more

This place deserves five stars! My wife and I come here once or twice a month and are never disappointed. The staff is always friendly and their food, dessert, coffee, whatever, is always on point! Bonus, they have beer and wine. I can't remember if they have a full bar. In the summer we use their outdoor seating so that we can bring our dog! read more

The food was excellent! We were going to stop in Madrid on a Sunday after riding bikes, and Madrid was bananas, so many people. We kept heading south and stumbled on this gem. The food and the service was top notch! read more

Okay, living in the East mountains limits some variety when going out to eat. So today I thought I would splurge eating out, unfortunately I picked the wrong place! Stopped by to order sandwiches today only to wait 50 minutes then be told our order was not put in! I was very disappointed and ended up leaving because after an hour no food. Please think twice about eating here or plan an hour before you get your food! read more

The food is very good and the service is great. I have gone a few times. What I really like is how they try to make your experience pleasant. My friend and I ordered a dessert that wasn't exactly how we thought it would be. The waiter was wonderful and so accommodating. He offered to get us something else or take it off the bill. We paid for it and was very impressed by his attitude and service. read more