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4901 Lomas Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
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For three star Californian, try Los Cuates in Albuquerque. This very affordable establishment is one of the popular restaurants in the area. It's been awarded the Best of Cheap Eats and Best of Mexican Food awards. When you step inside the restaurant, you'll notice a family atmosphere. This place is good for groups.
5.0 of 5 stars.
Best chicken enchiladas in Albuquerque.
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you eat here, please bring an open mind. This place is amazing and I love coming here. The Salsa has that sweet spicy taste to it and what makes it is the fresh tortilla chips that come with it....
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have to preface this by saying that I love New Mexican food. It's really a different, unique style of cooking that deserves respect. While Los Cuates has some good "regular" Mexican food, what...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The salsa tasted like you I was eating out of a jar of honey.The food had no taste.The waitress was rude. Last time I'll go there.
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
NEW Mexican style food and fajitas. If you like your food smothered in chile and cheese you'll love Los Cuates. It gets busy during peak hours, so expect a wait. Go on Sundays to get free natillas...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had the posole and two chicken tacos. Definitively Ne Mexican food. The other folks that were eating with me had a plate of blue corn enchiladas, and another place of an Indian taco. This place was...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Decent Huevos Rancheros I thought. Salsa is a little sweet, and ketchupy, but over all...decent food.
yelp.com - user review - 10/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yummy food, casual atmosphere, full bar, good for large parties. Didn't see any tourists, only locals. Good sign.Plenty to choose from if you don't eat carne or pollo. I recommend purchasing some...
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very good place. When I lived here and had people visit I usually took them to either Los Cuates or Sadie's. Love the stuffed sopapilla!
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2008
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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...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/15/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Used to be superbNew management arrived thereAnd fucked it up good.(I used to really like the place, but ever since the original staff left, it just isn't the same. If I'm in the mood for New Mexican...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
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...
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2008
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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...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/02/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The salsa is great. Unique - thick, sweet, and spicy. You won't find a salsa like it anywhere in the city. The food is good, but one of those places that is a heaping pile of food smothered in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/05/2008
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I just at there this weekend for the first time. Every time I'm in town, I try new places. Los Cuates looked like the place to try. I was underwhelmed. The salsa was some sweet BBQ tasting stuff that didn't resemble anything I've ever known as salsa. It comes from a bottle, which they sell. I took a look at the ingredients on the label and it looked like some amateur threw it together. I mean salsa does not have "gravy", "beef broth", "chicken broth", etc. Then there was the food itself. The taco on my combination plate was filled with some greasy mush that I didn't even recognize as the beef that I ordered. No lettuce, cheese, etc. Just the mush. The enchilada was no better. The tortilla was hard and leathery. The sauce was a bland, sticky concoction that was downright unpleasant to eat. The chili relleno was greasy, overcooked to the point that the egg crust was burned and crunchy, and the chile itself was almost impossible to cut or chew. The sauce on the relleno was no better than the sauce on the enchilada. The rice and beans were no better. All in all, I ended up with a plate of various sticky goo, under which was assorted tough and tasteless bits. I won't go back again.
openlist - user review - 03/04/2008
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...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/21/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This is probably my least favorite place to have New Mexican cuisine. Their idea of what salsa is has been tarnished by something that resembles bbq sauce and bits of jalapenos. Which makes me wonder...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
In New Mexico for the weekend, I felt obliged to give this "New Mexican food" that all the NM Yelpers are so insistant is distinct from "Mexican food" a try. This led me to Los Cuates.One oversized...
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is the place I go to for New Mexican food. The place ain't pretentious. They want to fill you up with good food, not charge you an arm and a leg and get you out of there. That said, you can...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I was in Albuquerque for 1.5 hours recently. Between landing at the airport and leaving for Santa Fe in my rental car, I made sure to grab lunch at Los Cuates. Did it live up to my fond memories...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I was in Abq on business, staying at the Fairfield Inn nearby, and they recommended this place for authentic New Mexican food. After speaking with some of the locals I was working with, apparently...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2007
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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...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
MMMmmmm...stuffed sopapilla!!! Need I say more?
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2007
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I had Chicken Enchiladas and I threw up! Did not like it at all! I wish I could find really good Mexican food in Albuquerque.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/13/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Los Cuates is the place I took everyone who visited me while I lived in New Mexico to in order to experience the best New Mexican/Mexican food ever. It's the place I learend what "christmas" or red...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love love love Los Cuates. I don't know that it loves me....their green chile cheese enchiladas, their giant glasses of iced tea. I do not love their salsa. A red, spicy...sweet?burst of flavor on...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Los Cuates is one of my favorites. I recommend the beef fajitas and iced tea. Skip the older location across the street. HISTORY: Los Cuates means "the twins" in Spanish. The original owner had a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2006
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First time there. As I have a dangerous fondness for New Mexican food (especially green chile), I had to try this one. Definitely a casual, well established, family orientated restaurant. And for those people...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/05/2006
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I have never been to the original Los Cuates on Lomas; only the location in the Northeast Heights. It's wonderful. Maybe it was the weather, maybe it was just the mood I was in, or maybe it was the dinner...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/28/2006
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for the diehards the original Los Cuates is across the street, and it may be smaller in size the but portions and the quality, plus the atmosphere is phenomen. I have been going there for over twenty years and...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/06/2005
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The best fajitas and guacamole you will ever have, great service, everyone who works there seems like they love their job!! Great food, haven't tried anything else, since I'm so addicted to those fajitas!! Oh...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/02/2004
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This place is a standard, but it has lot a lot of its Mom & Pop feel since it was sold by its previous owners. The food seems to suffer at times, as well. It used to be our favorite place for NM food in ABQ....
citysearch.com - user review - 03/02/2004
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I lived in Albuquerque for 28 yrs, and whenever I go back, the first stop is Los Cuates. It's got all the makings of a good New Mexican kitchen, cheap plastic tablecloths, brightly painted walls, a basket of...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/17/2003
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Los Cuates is an excellent restaurant. So excellent in fact, that they had to build a second one. FYI, the smaller, older one is better.
citysearch.com - user review - 02/07/2003
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I used to eat at Los Cuates on a regular basis until a couple weeks ago when I noticed some changes. The salsa was different and the food had taken somewhat of a nose dive. I asked the waitress why there was a...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/07/2003
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I remember eating here when we ate dinner for $6.25 for two and that included the tip. We weren't rich and they had the best food. Even when we could afford the higher priced items on the menu, we never ate...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/07/2003
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I have been a regular at the Southern (original) store for 15 years. The service is good and the food is great. The fajitas are to die for. The salsa is too sweet and no re-fills on drinks. There is little...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/30/2003
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It's often crowded, but they always over-estimate the wait time, and it's never as long as they say it will be. The food is good, and I almost always have enough leftovers for a second meal. Try the chile con...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/29/2003
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The place is very dirty. The food looks like it was mixed in a blender. It does well off of reputation but the food is just plain bad. The service is comparable to Kettle One.
citysearch.com - user review - 01/06/2003
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I've never lived in Albuquerque but I visit often and I ALWAYS make sure to go to my favorite restaurant, Los Cuates. Los Cuates has been an Albuquerque native for many years and there's nothing in town that's...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/24/2002
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Los Cuates is a great place to go for good New Mexican food. The chili is great, service is great, and the prices are fair also. If you don't like Cuates, then you don't really know New Mexican food, and you...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/15/2002
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My favorite places to eat are the mom-and-pop diner places, and this joint fits right in. From the pictures of the twins (los cuates) on the wall, to the brown tile and yellow/orange light fictures, to the...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/12/2002
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Food is excellent. Service is focused around good meal and it is hard to get a quick fix for lunch. Prices fit quality of food and not what I would consder cheap.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/28/2002
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I can never figure out what is that yellow gravy-like substance that Los Cuates uses in every chicken entree. Why must they use any kind of gravy in Mexican food? A burrito doesn't require gravy inside - what...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/28/2002
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WAY AWESOME NEW MEXICAN FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're not a real New Mexican until you've been here! "The Twins" is a great family restaraunt that I would reccommend to anyone who doesn't like chile or LOVES the...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/22/2002
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This restruant has great food, great atmosphere, quick service. A great place to have a bridal shower and/or birthday party. Great Margaritas.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/03/2002
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4 years ago I was taken to Los Cuates. It is the best mexican food restaurant I have been to in this state. Every time I go to Albuquerque I have eat there. I can not get enough of it. Thank you for every...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/03/2002
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Great place for lunch or dinner. Excellent food and great service.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/11/2002
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I moved from Albuquerque 6 years ago. My wife and I loved this place. I dream about their salsa and enchiladas. Its a shame they don't branch out, how about Plymouth Indiana???? You can use my house until you...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/08/2002
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Los Cuates is without doubt the best authentic New Mexican food in Albuquerque. I've dined there several times both as a tourist and a local resident, and the generous portions along with spicy
travel.yahoo.com - user review
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to reason that this restaurant is only popular because of its...
dine.com - user review
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to reason that this restaurant is only popular because of its budget-happy prices would be a slanderous insult to the kitchen. the menu specializes in authentic new mexican fare featuring such popular choices...
wcities.com - user review
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large portions, low prices, local favorite...
cityguide.aol.com - user review
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i normally don't like family-friendly restaurants, as i imagine screaming children running around. but.....
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