Cocina Azul

Welcome to the best spot for homemade New Mexican food in Albuquerque, NM. Whether you stop by one of our family-owned restaurants or enjoy our catering services, you'll eat authentic comida de la casa created by our owner and head chef, Frank Barela, Sr.

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  • Phone

    (505) 831-2600

  • Website

    cocinaazulabq.com

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    CocinaAzulMontgomery

  • Type

    Mexican Restaurant

Address

4243 Montgomery Blvd NE (at 12th St. NW) Albuquerque , NM 87109 United States

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Cocktails

Comments / 39


Keywords:

green chili Mexican food good service huevos rancheros breakfast food casual great value trendy good for a quick meal spicy food good for dates healthy food tea eggs red chile bar parking lunch green sauce red chili
The BigB

This is definitely the best place I‘ve been to in the whole of New Mexico. The Chili is amazing. The staff ist very friendly and fast. Very reasonable prices. Very highly recommended!!

Michael Warner

Breakfast was top notch. We ordered the carne adovada & eggs and the huevos rancheros . Both were really really good. The green sauce is spicy and awesome

Brad Malone

This little gem is right in our neighborhood and always has consistently great tasting food. I'm particularly in love with the chips they serve: crunchy and full-flavored corn .

Dev Adams

They initially ran out of carne adovada , so we changed our orders, but our servers overheard the kitchen staff say it was back - and brought us our original orders! It was awesome!!!

David VanWormer

Everything was 10/10. Service, chilis, queso 💯💯

Lynne Sturtevant

Very nice people. Delicious food. Hot, though.

Cynthia Bernyea

Best green and red chili 🌶

Gary Schuler

Generous portions and great prices.

Mary McGuire Smith

Super place!! Friendly , efficient staff and fantastic food!

Darla Watrous

Green Chile or red Chile anything. Reasonable prices and great food!

New Mexico Tea Company, Inc.

We think they are the only New Mexican restaurant to serve high quality loose leaf tea in the state , which means probably in the world!!!

Irby

Try the red chile and/or green chile stew . Truly amazing flavor and great spice!

Michael Perea

The huevos rancheros are awesome! Prompt service . Great place for a Sunday brunch .

Cynthia Bernyea

Chicken Fried steak Xmas style thee best!

Nicole Dickenson

Honestly, we both didn't care for it. It left us fairly confused about the rave reviews and we're not that difficult to please.

Lonnie Juarez

Great breakfasts and food in general, great atmosphere and servers are good.

Steve Breeze

Excellent food and great service.

Maria Aparicio

Good green chile stew . Great service.

Jaslynn Barker

I had great service the first few times.. but then I just don't know what happened after that. Try the cartel darling tea ! Needs more dessert options , only has one!

Nicole Miller

It's a good place to eat

Nicole Miller

I like going with my mother

Lauren Kovarik

Second time here. Tasty food, orders didnt come out right, and the service was very slow yet again. Great green chili !

Roxie Sparks

The food was good but the portions were on the small side.

Nacho D

The creamy green chile chicken enchiladas is one of the best dishes in the city .

Lindsey Dominguez

Complimentary beans and rice for little ones. Awesomeness.

Now Harding

WiFi Password: redchile

Katey Gallegos

Great food and service!

Diana Tourville

Green chili

Melanie Long

The service was outstanding, the food not so much.

Cam Stone

Green chili

Kevin Wenderoth

Bomb green chile stew

Lauren Kovarik

I think they are under new management and the service has improved!

Trendt Tuqiri

Food has been great ~ their "overstuffed" breakfast burrito is average size ~ agree with the service issues

Michael Patrick

Not the service....only so-so. However the food is really good!

Trendt Tuqiri

Another great meal ~ service issues greatly improved

Linda Burbank

Very good chicken burrito !!

Matt Porter

Took over 20 minutes to even get a drink order. Another 15 minutes for food order. Didn't even get drinks until 12 minutes after we ordered them... No thanks to coming back here.

Leah

Having coffee while I do my laundry next door

Heather Wess

The great food is overshadowed by the extremely poor customer service. Unfortunate, actually.

Justin Engel

great food. service needs to improve

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