Los Cuates New Mexican Food

01/15/11

Good place for food poisoning

by sheepslinky at Citysearch

4 hours after eating at Los Cuates I vomited -- a lot. My wife also got sick at the same time. Enough said.

The food was so-so at best. We've lived many places in New Mexico and love the cuisine. Los Cuates is not representative of what our state has to offer!!

If you want really good New Mexican food, take a trip to Sadie's. El Pinto is good too. The original Garcia's Kitchen on 4th street downtown (not the satellite locations) is a great budget option too. If you crave a cheap stuffed sopapilla for $2, go to El Modelo on 2nd street downtown.

I have no idea why people keep going to Los Cuates when there are so many GREAT alternatives that don't include painful food poisoning.

05/15/08

Menul site

by fritz55 at Citysearch

It's been a while since I have visited the Lomas eaterie but I have been to the Menual site frequently and my last visit was the worst restraunt visit I have had in years. The service was poor. I had a date and we were headed for a show and only ordered apitizers. We received our apatizers after 30 minutes and 2 tables that came in after us and were served full meals before we saw our food. Down Hill you bet!! Asked to see the manager and guess what not only have they lost their cooks they hav lost some of the best floor managers that they hav had. A young man came over to our table and tried to explain why nachos take longer than a steak or other entries, ya right! And guess what from this point or we were completely Ignored. No water, No Ice Tea, not a how are you doing. Had to chase the waitress down to get the check. Therefore I will not recommend this restruant to any of my friends. Common folks what happened to the old days, going for the big profit or what ? where is the personnality of the old times at Los Cuates?

• Cons: service, amount of time to get food, robot workforce

04/02/08

The Best New Mexican Restaurant in Albuquerque!!!!

by kengwynn at Citysearch

I consider Albuquerque, NM, my second home and so I?ve been to a number of restaurants serving New Mexican cuisine. Los Cuates is definitely one of the best and by far my favorite. Everything from the unique honey-touched salsa and savory tamales to the decadent carne adovada are amazing experiences for the taste buds. The service and staff are all very friendly and nice as well. Sometimes there can be a wait, but it?s well worth it (anyway, a packed restaurant is usually a good sign!). Considering the quality and quantity (ginormous portions!) of the plates, it?s also a bargain. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone who?s a local or a visitor to Albuquerque.

• Pros: Excellent food, great/friendly service, casual dining, huge portions
• Cons: none

02/21/08

HORRIBLE

by nimodavis at Citysearch

If you are looking for authentic mexican food, DO NOT visit this restaurant. The 'Salsa' is bbq sauce, the service is so-so, the chips are cold and the waits are too long, the 'red' chile is crud and the whole atmostphere is too california and all for nothing. This is not authentic, I have lived in NM my whole life and trust me, there are several other places that have better tasting food, real salsa, warm chips and great service.

• Cons: we had to park in a parking lot next door due to no parking lot

07/31/07

living off a reputation that is no longer applicable

by DrexlerMcStyles at Citysearch

I ordered the Roast Beef Burrito and my wife ordered the Frank's Combo Plate. The beef in the burrito was pretty good, I wasn't that impressed with the red sauce and the refried beans looked like the surface of the Mojave desert but overall it was OK.

Nicoles plate was a different animal altogether. She had chosen the chicken taco over the beef but what she got resembled the glop I wipe up after our cat Isis loses a hairball. She wouldnt touch it and we wondered how many days they let it stew in the vat out back. We werent sure if her beans and rice were coming on a separate plate or what. The ENTIRE plate was covered in a bland green chile goo, covering up things with even less taste beneath. But trying to locate where exactly things were was an effort . It was just a big platter of muck. Eventually the rice was discovered; when the plate was being scooped into a to-go box bound for the dumpster. As for the enchilada, what she was able to discern was alright, the chile relleno was alright. Overall the meal was something you'd expect from Swanson's.

It seemed like the place was living off of a reputation that was established long ago and was now praised by people who have never tasted freshly prepared, home style mexican food before. I pity the fools.

I had made it to just outside the front door when my bowels began to rumble. Luckily we live pretty close and made it home before things got ugly. I could have gone back in and used the restroom there, the idea of going back in and facing the questioning eyes of the greeter was not to be discounted, but I decided that if I was to never step inside those doors again, now would be a good time to start.

• Pros: I never have to go there again
• Cons: lousy food that should be avoided,