Our regular stop when we travel this route. Food is always…read moredelicious, hot. Salad bar ingredients were fresh. Wait staff is on friendly. Decor is chosen to reflect Route 66 memorabilia.

Food was good. My husband's meal was great. I had a fish sandwich. The sandwich was to have lettuce…read moreand tomato only got lettuce and had to ask for mayonnaise because it did not come with tartar sauce. Was still a good sandwich. My husband got the Chicken Cristitos and he said it was excellent and had very good flavor not real spicy. The service was excellent. Lynette, our server said she was new and did a wonderful job. The ambiance was nice.

Finding a parking was a definite sign we picked the right place! We were greeted with a friendly…read morewelcome and seated immediately! We ordered the salsa and chips for starters and I chose the "Ultimate Burger". The chips and salsa were great. Salsa tasted homemade! My burger and French fries arrived and it was large enough to share. Very tasty with just the right amount of green chili heat! Needless to say, I could not finish my burger but I sure tried as it was by far one of the best burgers I have had in a long time! Next time you are in Tucumcari New Mexico, stop in!

When we ordered I was informed they were out of my first two choices - Indian Frybread taco &…read moreStuffy (stuffed sopapilla. Boyfriend ordered frito pie & she came back a few minutes later to say they were out of Fritos! Why doesn't someone just go to the store? We should have left. He ended up getting a burrito smothered Christmas. He lived in New Mexico, has eaten NM food in other states & said this was the worst NM food he ever had. The chile was watery & lacking in flavor. My chile rellenos were different than I'm used to - instead of the egg & flour coating it was like a shake n bake breading. It was okay but not great. Over the top Christian decor & Christian music/KLOVE on loud. Also, bathroom says out of order but I was told I could use it. Hmmm?

Yummy is all we can say If you're looking for and…read moreoutstanding, flavorful burritos and local food and I mean really local, you're in luck, this food is it. Their friendly service and pride they take in their food shows in what we ate. They let us sample their Smoked Brisket and Green Chile, which both were excellent. Johnnys Express staff are also as good as the food they make and serve. Almost forgot to mention their video ads are entraining to watch, showing off their food and their T-shirts are neat. https://johnnysexpresslv.com/#menu We purchase the: The Randy Savage ‍ Two Scrambled Eggs & Papitas with Brisket & Bacon, Red Chile & Cheese Wrapped in a Flour Tortilla & The Caballero Two Scrambled Eggs & Papitas with Sausage, Green Chile, & Cheese Wrapped in a Flour Tortilla & Side of Red Chile, for use in our enchiladas this weekend.

When you drive down Grand Avenue it is hard not to see the Johnny's Kitchen. For me it is as…read moreiconic as the cowgirl welcoming all to Calumet. From 7:30 - 12:30 you can catch the green trailer with a blazing red chile on wheels and indulge in this vegas tradition! For my first visit today, I ordered a Juicy Lucy. I was intrigued by the Jalapeño Crema and Green Chile Queso on the menu. I asked for the Jalepeno Crema on my sandwich and the side of the queso to dip my fries in. No doubt the ingredients are hand cut and fresh! The Texas Toast was lightly buttered and has a texture that melded with the patty. The crema was mild and satisfying. The fries were cut a bit thinner and bit less crisp than I prefer, but they were seasoned tastily and complimented the queso well. Check out their social media game on FB/IG/TkTk/Youtube !

We walked into the Skillet around 5:45pm, were assaulted by loud music (which we expected from…read moreanother review), and sat at the bar in the quieter room of the restaurant. We ordered a burrito, fries and drinks - a Manhattan for my wife and a chocolate martini with Kettle One and crème de cacao for me. My wife's drink was to her liking, but the chocolate martini tasted like there was coffee liqueur in it. Since I didn't know when our waitress would appear again, I told the first person we saw - a young man - that I couldn't drink anything with coffee because of the caffeine, and that I needed it remade. He took it back to redo. While we were waiting, one of the pool players dropped a very loud f-bomb when he missed a shot. Then a young child began crying very loudly. The young man came back with the remade drink, and the coffee taste was gone. After it had been over 45 minutes I had to ask what looked like the manager what had happened to our burrito and fries. She went back to check, and our food finally appeared. The burritos were long on rice and short on carne asada, something we couldn't know until we started eating. At some point our original waitress came back, and my wife told her we had to send back my first drink because of the coffee ingredient. She denied any coffee-containing spirit was used, and walked away. We never saw her again. I had to ask the manager for an itemized ticket, since the ones we had were sign for a total amount only, with no itemized detail. Since the original waitress had closed out our ticket right after we ordered and had given us our check, we paid and left. No tip was left. If you want a properly-mixed drink, be prepared to explicitly request every ingredient. Better still, don't expect great drinks or food at this place - stay away. There are lots of other choices in Las Vegas NM.

Walked in and it had quite the scent, like dirty drains/perhaps sewage (disclaimer, I'm pregnant so…read moreextra sensitive). A girl met us at the door with menus and let us know to order at the counter. We ordered and sat down. Food came out quick. We shared the Queso Dip - it was good flavor, little spicy. I didn't love the texture of the cheese, kind of gritty, but the flavor was great and chips great. I got Barbacoa Taco and my dad got a classic taco. They were good. Mine a little dry but put a lil queso on there and that was perfect. Loved the tortilla they use. One thing I didn't like, the kitchen had their music BLASTING, could hear that better than the dinning room music. Very overstimulating with two very different types of music going.

So glad to be back in Las Vegas, NM and return to Abraham's Tiendita. Our memory served and the…read morefood was as good as we remembered. I got the tamale bowl with green sauce and hubby ordered the mini combo: roast beef taco, enchalada, and pork tamale. For dessert we shared an apple empanada. Everything was excellent - fresh ingredients, freshly prepared, but the empanada pastry was amazing - some sort of a sweet dough that was a bit cinnamon flavored. Yum. Our second visit during our stay, we both ordered the smothered roast beef burrito and a single chicken tamale with green sauce. Dessert was another apple empanada and a bag of biscochitos (similar to what I know as Scotch shortbreads, but with cinnamon and anise). Both meals were very good and the cost? Averaged about $20 for two lunches. Super meals at a super price. I'm sure we'll be back before out stay in Las Vegas is over.

The restaurant says it's supposed to be open today (Monday 7/6/26) and Yelp says it's open. But it…read moreis closed with no sign saying it was a planned closed. Maybe they changed their hours and haven't updated their information. But it was a waste of a trip to drive here to eat.

We tripped into this place. It's so rare that my husband loves a Mexican restaurant. But wowza…read more We both LOVED this one. Service was great, beer was ice cold, Sopapilla was outstanding as were my roast beef tacos. Not sure we will ever be back in Las Vegas NM, but if we ever are- we will return. (This was during Covid -it was clean and well spaced. They did a nice job of protecting their patrons).

I had high hopes after we got salsa and chips the salsa was amazing but unfortunately that was the…read morebest thing. Ordered a combination with a taco, enchilada and tamale. NO FLAVOR! Meat just tasted like meat, no seasoning. Service was mediocre at best. The waitstaff was busy socializing with each other. UGG. It stinks when you need something to drink but your waitstaff is busy goofing off. I won't go back.

I gave this place one star because the guacamole was good and the interior is clean.. Everything…read moreelse: service, presentation and actual food was bad. We're vegetarians, who don't make a lot of demands. We asked if we could get a taco without ground meat. We were told no. We tried small changes (beans instead of meat, no meat added, etc.) but the waitress said she wouldn't even put it on the ticket because the "cook would just ignore it" as she made motion of throwing a ticket over her shoulder. She seemed a little irritated that we asked about items on the menu. Each time came by, she would say in an irritated tone "are you ready YET" . Since it was obvious this restaurant was not interested in meeting any dietary needs of their customers, we decided to just order something we could eat without asking any more questions. My husband got chips and salsa, and the cheese chile relleno with rice and beans. Since I couldn't substitute anything and I would end up giving my husband my rice, I ordered the papitas à la carte and the cheese enchilada plate with rice and beans. I also got a small (VERY small) guacamole. Now that the ordeal of ordering was over we relaxed and enjoyed the ambience. It is a clean little place and although they were several people dining it was quiet. The chairs were comfortable the tables were big enough. The interior was nicely decorated. One of the things that drew us to the restaurant was that Yelp stated they had outdoor patio. We didn't go to the patio but my husband looked at it before we ate and said that it was a nice, separate area across the parking lot. I told him we'd have to try it the next time we came. Then our food arrived. It's always been my opinion that it's very hard to mess up Mexican food, whether it's New Mexican or Tex-Mex. Basically it's corn, beans, rice, posole, salsas, with cheese or meat. Kocina de Rapfael proved me wrong! Without having been in the kitchen I can't swear, but I strongly believe that they had pre-cooked the food and put it somewhere to sit until somebody ordered it. I suspected it when they wouldn't make even the most simple substitution that every Mexican restaurant has always been willing to do. But when the food came my suspicion grew into a certainty. You could beat on my enchiladas with a fork (see video) and it would literally make a sound like hitting a hard surface. I've never been given a steak knife for cheese enchiladas before, but I needed it to cut through the laminated tortillas that they had wrapped around a big glom of cheese that was so hard it made me gag to swallow it. The cheese on top was burnt to the plate and made a solid, inedible surface on top of the tortillas. I managed to cut a bite, but I couldn't chew it. I had to do that awkward spit it in your napkin thing, hoping that the surrounding diners wouldn't see it and be grossed out. I tried cutting the side of the enchilada open and just eating some of the cheese and it was another disaster. The cheese inside the enchilada was something I've never encountered. It was cheddar, it tasted like cheddar, but it was such a big glob and was so hard that it was making me gag to try and chew it. The papitas tasted like old MacDonald fries that had been put back in the fryer for a minute then served. Instead of being crunchy or crispy they were soft in the middle and hard to chew around the edges. The beans were a pile of dry, smashed up refried beans with no flavor, no seasoning. I don't think they used cumin or other traditional spices and it's doubtful they used lard because they were tasteless and so dry you had to take a sip of your drink to choke them down. I didn't taste the Spanish rice because I don't like it, but it was drenched in tomato sauce to such an extent that it was not even a semblance of light and fluffy rice, more like tomato rice soup. My husband's chile relleno was not that great either. He said it tasted like it came frozen out of a box, heated up and smothered in green and red sauce. He said the breading on the chile relleno was doughy with no flavor just a huge portion of cheese in the relleno and then smothered in hot sauces. They warn on their menu to be very careful because their sauces are so hot.. My husband will eat hot sauce so hot it makes his nose sweat! He said it wasn't very hot so I tasted it. I'm the person who gets the mild salsa from Taco Bell and the grocery store. I can't take any heat and I was eating that sauce just fine. Must've been an off day in the heat department. I've never had such badly prepared food in a restaurant in my life. What a disappointment! We immediately asked for a to go box to bring it home and see if the dogs liked it. They didn't. I don't recommend this restaurant to anyone under any circumstances even if you're starving and it's the only place open I would recommend you go to Walmart and get some at the deli.

I had a taste for Mexican food and wanted to try it out. When I arrived in the parking lot I was…read moreconfused about where to park but found out after seeing people inside that the doors were open. They have a drive thru right next to and entrance that says drive thru only so that threw me off. It was very compact inside and filled with families so I knew the food was gonna be a hit. There seemed to be only two servers who were running around like crazy to get people their food. I ordered pickup and waited at least 10 minutes before my food came out because they were busy. I even picked it up 20 minutes late because I got busy so it would have been nice to have it ready to go. Nonetheless, the waitresses were nice even given the pressure they were under. My food was perfect. The best Mexican food place in the area in my opinion. Perfectly seasoned, enough food, and tasty.

The foods great, I really love the Pizza it's not expensive like everywhere else, plus no having to…read moredrive to Raton either!

Great food, well priced, and awesome service. $61 for a family if 4 with beers, 4 entrees,…read moreappetizers, and sodas. The food was really good and great portion sizes. They were busy and the food still came quick. Food was cooked to perfection and tasted great. Great addition to Cimarron!!!

One of the best stops for lunch on Route 66. Our server, Linda D was so sweet and attentive. She…read morekept the sweet tea flowing and it was by far the best on the route. The Green Chili Cheese Burger was melt in your mouth amazing. I rarely order dessert but could not resist the Cheesecake Español. The decor gave an authentic Route 66 vibe.

We stopped at this diner as it was close to our hotel (Hampton Inn). This was our last stop before…read morehome, so we were tired and not really looking for anything special, but his place was just that. It is just a little diner, been there forever, you walk into a gift shop and the restaurant is off to the side. I had eaten Mexican all week on our road trip and figured why stop now! I have to say this was the best relleno plate I had in all of New Mexico (and I don't think I had a bad one all week). The rellenos were cooked perfectly, the red & green chile were perfectly spiced and as a bonus they had posole as a side (a rarity for me - at least in Colorado). Truly loved it. The service was a little slow, but we might have come in during a shift change. Otherwise it was great!

Food, service and ambiance all are 5 stars!. Always our…read morefavorite stop in Las Vegas NM. Best green chili & fresh hot tortillas. Dont forget to take a donut or eclair to go!

Best Eclair on the planet…read more Everything else was great. Especially the sweet and charming servers.