Vaughn F.
Yelp
Recently spent time near Pojoaque and made a couple trips to Sopaipilla Factory with my girlfriend for lunch. This restaurant serves a range of traditional New Mexican dishes, along with salads and a dedicated vegetarian menu.
On our first visit, we sat at a booth and shared an order of green chile chicken enchiladas, fried egg on top, and a side chile relleno. Everything was delicious, and we left smiling.
We came back today, a little bit hungrier. She ordered the rellenos plate, which comes with two smothered rellenos, refried beans, and rice. I chose green chile enchiladas again, this time with cheese inside. Once more, I requested an over-medium fried egg on top.
Our food arrived quickly, which seemed great, until my girlfriend started eating her rellenos. They were undercooked and doughy, like they could have used a couple more minutes in the deep fryer. We scraped off the batter and made the most of it. Shame, since the relleno last week was crispy and delicious! (We would've told our waiter but he was off the clock eating a shift meal; a different waiter didn't check on us until long, long after we finished, and only to drop off the bill.)
A couple other small but important things: we asked for our sopaipillas to arrive at the end of the meal, the waiter nodded and said okay, but the sopaipillas came out with our entrees anyway. We also asked for extra lettuce/tomato garnish and never got it.
Still, the enchiladas were good, and I liked the rice and the whole beans that came with them. My experience today was not at the usual standards, and that's a little disappointing, but this is still one of the best places to eat in Pojoaque.