Pecos Trail Cafe

We stopped for lunch at the Pecos Trail Cafe on our way though Santa Fe. We ordered two combination plates and a bowl of green chili stew. While both combo plates were good the green chili stew was the highlight. The rich, brothy, soupy green chili had potato and pork chunks with fresh crispy tortilla straps. It was plesently spicy and completely delicious. The tamales and enchiladas were good and came with beautiful red and green chili sauces. The chili rellano stood out as the best from among our two combo plates. The beans and rice were good, but nothing to write home about, I will say, it was nice to have Spanish rice that wasn't overcooked, they did good there. Our service was prompt and friendly, the food came out quickly. They even serve a couple sopaipillas with honey for after your meal. The restaurant was slow with only four tables seated. They have plenty of room for larger parties here. We are glad to have stopped at the Pecos Trail Cafe for lunch! Great choice!

6 Stars! So good! Friendly staff. Prompt service. Superior New Mexican food. Don't miss the Flan.

I visited this cafe while staying at the Pecos Trail Inn. The service was phenomenal and the place was immaculately clean. They have a good selection of local and staple beers. The food was outstanding. I ordered the blue enchilada which was the perfect size, came out hot and was devoured in moments. It was the first time I ever tried the sweetened corn cake that comes with most meals and I regret not getting more. If I am in Santa Fe again, I will make the effort to come back to this cafe.

A gorgeous family and chef creating very special New Mexican cuisine. We tasted dishes that brought me back to my cherished nostalgia of Mexico while exploring new flavors. So lucky to have found them <3 Special mention to the sunset that we saw this evening from their terrace, also 5/5

The Customer Service was top notch!!! Even the youngest lady who sat us shecwas very polite I am professional. Our waiter Carlos(thats what someone else called him) It was very knowledgeable about the menu was very professional polite and very attentive. The food was amazing and on point. Fast, friendly and with a smile I would definitely recommend this restaurant. Thank you all for an amazing evening!

We have driven past this restaurant a hundred times and always thought about stopping. We finally did and couldn't be more happy with it! We shared a frito pie as we were too close to dinner to really feast. The depth of the red chile sauce was on point, with the perfect amount of heat. Our waiter was very accommodating and offered to beef up our dish when he learned we were going to be sharing. Don't pass by this authentic New Mexican food!

We stopped in for lunch today and enjoyed some delicious food! I had the Mexican sampler for $15 and it was so much food! Definitely wished I had shared it, but my husband had his hands full with a chicken sopappilla entree! The food came out quickly and was nice and hot. Everyone working was warm.and welcoming! Highly recommend!

We are from out of town in Texas visiting on vacation. We were staying down the street from Pecos Trail Cafe and I read the wonderful reviews of the staff, service and food there. We were not disappointed at all!!! The chili rellenos were the best we ever had AND the famous Flan was AMAZING too!!! A true gem of Santa Fe!!! And Francisco gave us the best service!!!

We had excellent Santa Fe cuisine. Old property that is very shiny and clean. Friendly staff. Live music the night we visited. The trio serenaded us at our table. Reasonable prices for the quality and service. Hope to return. A wonderful restaurant for travelers and locals.

Just picked this place out of the blue. And glad we did. Excellent excellent, Customer Service, and the food was spot on. Definitely recommend.

From the outside you can't really tell it's opened. On the inside it's pretty big. The service was fast and friendly. I had the hard tacos with rice and beans and they were very delicious. Then for desert they gave me a free sopapilla. Definitely give this place a try if you are ever in Santa Fe

They sat us quickly. Staff was friendly. Restaurants was clean. Food was decent. Good location if going to trails. Not far from the city.

I had a pretty good exerience here at this restaurant which I had eaten at years ago. Staff was friendly and I got seated immediately. I ordered the ground beef stuffed sopapilla smothered with green chille and cheese which came with an additional sopapilla and honey. Overall, the stuffed sopapilla was good, but was lacking seasoning in the ground beef (tasted like just cooked ground beef with nothing added). The sopapilla was great. Overall, I had a good experience, but I prices seem to be a bit on the high sided and of course like many Santa Fe restaurants, they do not have complimentary chips and salsa (if you want to be a step above the rest, at least provide this, even the chain resturant On the Border provided it).

Decided to eat here because we were staying at the motel next door. The food came out to us warm, not hot. It tasted good, but not as good as some of the other places we have eaten during our visit. The staff was friendly, but the service was not great. We had to wait for a while after being seated before someone came by to take drink orders, and no one checked up on us during our meal. Also, we were overcharged for some of our meals by a few dollars over what the menu price stated. I would not recommend this place or eat here again based on this experience.

Love love love the food, people who run it like Jorge and the ambiance. The mariachi last week was truly a vibe!

Very good food, service, and a nice location away from the fray but still easy to access. They had a bacon chile burger here a few years back that was an absolute beauty of a beast. Hope they bring that back. But there are plenty of other amazing things on the menu to enjoy, from authentic Mexican seafood to New Mexican delights. Cocktails of just about any kind can be crafted by the bartender, as well, and pair nicely with the cuisine.

Such a fun surprising experience. Food was very good but the server was outstanding. Hadn't had a sopaipilla like this before. Server surprises me with it and honey. Then he took us to show us how it's handmade. Made our day!

Ordered take out and the Carne Adovada was the best we have had! Came back the next morning for breakfast burritos and a pecan pie slice to go!!! Wow, all delicious!!!

The restaurant was convenient for one of the nights we were staying across the way. We ordered before closing time and went to pick it up. The employees were very nice. Unfortunately, when we took our food back to the hotel to eat, one of our orders was wrong. We had ordered grilled shrimp salad. All the shrimps were cold and had the tail on still. I don't think it was worth the price. I didn't call back because they were closed. The cocktail shrimp was very tasty and delicious but could have added more shrimp. Customer Service was good. The price for the food was a little pricey but that's the price you pay for convenience. If you are picking up an order just make sure to check it before walking out the restaurant.

It's very clean and I love the roses on the tables. The decor is southwestern and not tacky. I am always envious of Saltillo tile floors. The staff is very attentive and I had a great conversation with the new server. The food was great and the only drawback was the upcharge for using credit. My husband hates that and wishes they would just include it in the price and maybe give a discount for cash. Everything was really good.

Let's start by saying...AMAZING! It's been several years since I've been here, because, well, the food was just alright, not bad but, in a city that majors on restaurants, you have to do something to stand above the rest. Pecos Trail Cafe has done that! From the moment I walked in everything was class A! Friendly greeters and excellent waitstaff. The menu is very unique; it'll take several visits now to really get the full experience! My choice was the Flameado; it was a large rib eye with charro beans and sweet corn cake. I would say it was all amazing, but after a margarita and a rum and coke, maybe I'm exaggerating...nah, it was good! This was a Saturday, so they have a guitarist that plays and sings old '70's tunes - he was wow! So fun to hear all those oldies while eating a good meal. If you're looking for a restaurant with a wonderful, and a bit different, menu, good atmosphere, and live music, you need to check this place out! Ohhh, and I had the flan for dessert!

Delicious food everyone enjoyed- frito chili pie, huevos, red chili combination and chicken tacos. Easy to park and off the beaten path so no wait.

New Mexican Restaurant in Santa Fe's Posh Eastside part of the "No-tell-Hotel," had lots of cars out front at 1 pm. Great Restaurant? No. I'm not sure why so many cars were parked, but I am sure that after waiting to be seated, then reading the first section of the paper while being ignored, I wasn't staying. Yeah, I know there's a labor shortage, but I can swing a dead cat in Santa Fe and hit another Mexican Restaurant with absurdly high prices. I waited much longer than usual, prepared to be lenient, but I do draw a line through my patience

After a wonderful visit to the International Folk Art museum, Joe and I were looking for a late lunch. Not knowing where to go, we just set off for Albuquerque and saw this on the way. We pulled in and parked. I was less-than-enthusiastic, given the outside of the building. Inside, we were warmly greeted and asked if we preferred a booth or a table. Opting for a table, we were seated on the far side of the restaurant. It gave me a good view of the restaurant. The ceiling looked like corrugated metal, covered with what looks like stucco. In the center, there are a few booths with walls connected to a beam. The short walls look like driveway gates (maybe they were.) So, not the most architectually interesting place, but clean and pleasant. Joe ordered the flautas, with just rice, no beans. The flautas were perfectly cooked. It came with a delicious guacamole. (I got to eat it, since Joe is not a fan.) He ate everything on his plate. He did, however, ask for a bit of salsa to go with it. I asked for the chiles rellenos plate. The chiles were stuffed with cheese and had a cornmeal breading. They were delicious. The beans were just ok. I tasted a little of the rice, but it didn't do anything for me. Our waiter was pleasant, switching back and forth between English for Joe and Spanish with me. When we paid, we discussed the heat in Palm Springs. His experience in my part of the world was tough! There are some interesting post cards for sale, near the register.

The food! It's about the food!!! I don't want to tell you about the flan... but it's how you should start and finish your meal. I've yet to hit an entre that I would rate less than an 8.5 out of 10. My favorite is the carne adobada with the chile rellenos as a very close second. My wife is a vegetarian, bless her heart, and her favorite dish is the rellenos. I'm hungry and this review isn't helping. If I lived in Santa Fe, that

I was disappointed in Pecos Trail. I had high expectations on my trip through Santa Fe and was left unsatisfied. When we got there we were the only people there, which felt strange, their service was lacking despite being the only customers. When we finally ordered we had to buy chips and salsa and they portion was less than satisfactory. The food was fine but definitely nothing special. The sopaipillas were stale and old, and the beans and rice were not great. Everything else tasted good but again nothing special. It is also attached to some strange fenced sketchy motel. All in all I will not be returning and am not sure why they have such good reviews.

(Didn't realize I hadn't finished this post even though it's been six months now.) But ... I remember driving south down the east side of the mountains from Taos to Santa Fe. We were pretty hungry and this was the best place to go. (The other spot we were looking at turned out to be some sort of dive with club dancers, not what two women were looking for.) The food was quick the service was friendly and we left quite satisfied to finish the rest of our drive back to the Airbnb. A good place to stop for a decent meal in this the area.

We had a nice lunch. The staff were fairly attentive. The location is simply decorated, and we were able to relax. Parking is limited.

Excellent food, great service at a fair price! Our go-to Mexican restaurant in Santa Fe. Da hello to Jorge and his great staff!

Their sangria is amazing- we had steak and enchiladas (steak was better than enchiladas but both were good) and my wife hadshrimp with a different type of enchiladas- The staff is also super nice (way above average)

We have been trying to work our way through many of the eateries in Santa Fe for years now and being the next one on our list The Pecos Trail Cafe did not disappoint. The spousal unit ordered the quesadilla plate with chicken and commented that it was one of the better quesadillas she has had. I chose the Las Vegas combination plate due to the chile relleno. The relleno was one of the more "authentic" ones I have eaten. The beef enchilada was pretty much okay. The red chile was on the mild side, but both were flavorful. Our waiter, Jorge, was a pleasure to interact with and very professional. Overall, the service was excellent. The rice and beans did not shine but both were tasty. The only thing left on my plate was the stem from the chile. Nearly a perfect lunch washed down with a Nut Brown Ale.

Great local hangout attached to a motel -- superb New Mexican food and friendly, attentive, service. Best Mexican shrimp cocktail (think jumbo shrimp in ceviche), red chiles con carne (called "Chili Lovers"), rib steak with Chile relleno, and carne adovado are all must haves. Good beer selection finishes the reasons to stop by. Occasional mariachi music (maybe Saturday nights).

The ambience was a rustic setting. Terracotta tiles, wooden furniture made you feel like you were in western movie. Very nice. The food was excellent as was the service. I wholeheartedly recommend the establishment.

The food may not have been exciting but it was made fresh and it was a perfect quick stop on our road trip. The service was excellent. The man working was quick, very attentive, and taught me about sweet corn cakes. The restaurant was clean and they weren't busy over lunch. For the price, this is a great place for a quick in and out.

The BEST food EVER!! You have to eat here when in Santa Fe! Excellent service and Excellent food! I stopped at Pecos Trail Cafe on the way to Moab, UT. The service was absolutely great, and the establishment was very clean. The owner also helped me pick out the best meat for my dog Emma. I was treated with great warmth, and kindness. I love this place, and I am looking forward to returning here.

Excellent! Chose old favorite- green chile hamburger. Very good. Next time I'll go for the three colors enchilada. Great service and terrific prices.

We stopped by on our way into Santa Fe. Had a really good lunch and the service was excellent. We enjoyed it so much that we stopped back by on our last night in town. Service wasn't as good on Friday evening, but we did get our food quicker than I expected since they were very busy. Give them a try!

Went with a party of ten last Friday, live mariachi music from 6 to 8 pm. Entertainment is fabulous. The sangria was delicious, as was my partner's nut brown ale. Shrimp cocktail was good! Ate and drank every last drop. Enchiladas were good, loved tbe corn ball they serve on each plate. All 10 people in our party said they would go back...me too!

Saved my rear end! I was the "great leader" of this family expedition into New Mexico and until our visit to Pecos Trail Cafe for a late dinner, I had failed miserably in satisfying the entire group's culinary desires! We got there about 30 minutes before closing time and to my relief they sat us down for dinner. The gentleman who was serving us was very polite and good at helping us decide. He also looked very serious, but more on that later! We all ordered our meals, and to be honest I do not remember who ordered what, but I can tell you that my Mom tasted my dish and decided that she likes it a lot, so we swapped plates with me fully aware of the fact that she would not finish hers and I'd get to eat both mine and part of her dish! Very conniving, I admit! At the end of our meal, I, as I always do in Mexican restaurants, had to have my flan so we ordered a couple. My girlfriend who had passed on flan tried a spoon of mine and decided that she wanted one too. Remember the serious server of ours? Well, my girlfriend shyly told him that she had changed her mind and wanted a flan too, and he with a serious look on his face told her that unfortunately they were all out of flan now! However, as soon as my girlfriend facial expression started to change into a very sad one, he winked and let her know that he was just kidding! We all got a good laugh out of it. At the end everyone unanimously gave an enthusiastic thumbs up to our experience at Pecos Trail Cafe, so much so that we came back for brunch the next day and had another excellent meal there, and I lived to decide on a place to eat for another day.

The food was delicious and the service was great. Fabulous Northern New Mexico flavors and a great location for stopping in Santa Fe if you are passing through.

Happened to be working in Santa Fe at the hospital and found this nice little place as I was looking for lunch. Stopped in and was pleasantly greeted. Immediately sat down. Drink came quick. I asked what their specialty was. It's called a Carne Something. It's basically chunks of steak in a red chili sauce/stew. It was delicious. Came out quick. Took longer to write this review than it took to get my food. Great portion size. Great price.

It doesn't look like much when you drive past but this is one of the best Mexican restaurants in Santa Fe. It is family-owned and each dish is prepared flawlessly. The chile relleno plate is particularly delicious! Jorge, the owner, and his family are so gracious, and he makes all of the food himself. We can't recommend this restaurant more highly!

The service was fine, but the food left a lot to be desired. Would not recommend, but it was the only place open in the area. Oh well.

What a great hidden gem. Great food and friendly service! I got the primavera enchiladas with tomatillo sauce. Spicy and wonderful. Highly recommend!

We grabbed some chicken fajitas to go which didn't turn out to be a great meal due to the quality. I called in and the manager asked that we come back in and get a meal on the house. When we came in we chose to have the lamb tacos which was extremely flavorful. We will go back despite the off night they had since we think it was a fluke.

Food is really good. Customer service is great! I inadvertently mis-ordered and they didn't charge me for it. I felt bad but couldn't eat the extra food. I recommend this restaurant for the super friendly staff and food that will keep you coming back. Try the enchiladas with red chili sauce and sweet corn cakes that are addictive. Last night the group dining next to me were raving about the food and margaritas. So convenient to be staying at the Inn next door and have dinner at the Cafe a few steps away.

Decent enough food but decor is really lacking. Plastic menus, plastic baskets, old interior. Mens restore was not fresh

From the moment you walk in you are greeted with great hospitality. The food is delicious, the portions are generous. I highly recommend the great restaurant.

This place is a must-visit for Santa Fe. I came here after working as an RN at the local hospital and was immediately transported to a better place after work. The staff and owners were so welcoming and friendly and the food was amazing. Very creative and diverse flavors in one dish (Shrimp Veracruzanos) that seemed to come from a unique perspective. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, but not fancy or uptight. Seems like a local favorite. Definitely a favorite for this travel nurse and I will come back!

Authentic affordable solidly good food. Thoughtfully served in kitschy 60's style locale. We are now regulars!

The food here was excellent! It's not much on atmosphere and from the outside one might hesitate to enter. No lines, no waiting, and perfectly prepared food. We will return!!

Entered a clean restaurant and was seated within minutes. The staff was friendly and sat us at a clean table. Food was served rather quickly but tasted fresh and hot! The flavor of the food was on point for NM dishes and even though only two of the dishes were served with sopapilla's the staff brought two additional ones without a cost. Great service, will definitely come back again!

Wonderful experience even though I didn't have much food, was my own timing issue . Had a few drinks and chips and guacamole. Fresh chips and super delicious guacamole. Enjoyed the live music ! everyone that I came in contact with was wonderful. Loved chatting with the owner, wonderful soul! Even if I don't have the pleasure of staying at the hotel on site I'll come in just to say hello. Was like visiting family such a warm experience!

The food is delicious! Green chili sauce is super spicy and yum!! The ambience is the only reason for 4 stars. It's that hole in the wall with awesome food. Beans were great and so were the enchiladas. Kids food was just okay. Bathroom was really dirty. Great location close to interstate!

We've been three times and enjoyed what I'd consider authentic Mexican food. The staff is lovely, friendly, attentive. The food good, with very little wait either to be seated or for food to arrive. After a rough day, I ordered the house margarita and - yummm! It's very spacious, has a large banquet hall in back for large meetings or gatherings. A place we will surely go again. Dress is casual, and noise level is moderate.

Good local Mexican food - quick service to go. Sopapillas are delicious bonus to finish the meal.

I loved everything about this place! The warm hearted people, the ultra-cool room, and the delicious meal I had while I made some new friends. CHERRY ON TOP: They called me to inform I forgot my water pic, and made arrangements for me to "Pic" it up! I stayed here for 2 days prior to my move in date at a Santa Fe apt; relocated from L.A. Everyone I met was wise and kind. Pecos was my oasis. Thank you so much!