Estevan Restaurante

I really like Estevan. The food was very fresh (albeit slightly higher price point) and is very much farm to table. I had a full course meal there and loved every single dish that I would go back again.The staff was nice, polite and helpful...and the ambiance is quiet, allowing for private conversation.Overall, I would love to go back and dine there again. Note: when I was there, they didn't have liquor license yet due to them in the middle of changing legal entity's name from the previous one. Hopefully, the restaurant with the new name (but very much the same menu selection) will have liquor license so they can get many more customers, soon.

Was looking for a restaurant that was open on Thanksgiving. We were lucky enough to get an early table for the "Estevan Thanksgiving experience". It included a pre-fix 4 course meal with multiple choices for the salad, entree and dessert. Shawn our waiter was a great host and provided us a great review of the meal and recommended some wine pairings whether we were going to select a poultry or beef for our entree. First course was a scallop nacho in a roquefort cream sauce and homemade sopapilla bread. Delicious. Second course was a choice of salad or soup. The salad was perfectly dressed and felt hand picked that day from a farmers market. The red pepper and bean soup was amazing and the presentation that split the 2 flavors in half was a great way to taste one, the other or both together. We both had the pheasant which was cooked to perfection -- complex with rich and nuttier flavors. Tastes of shallots mixed in the meat made each bite the experience. For the last course, we tried the Tres Leches which is a staple on the yearly menu and the Chocolate Truffle. Both were amazing and perfect way to end the meal. We got to chat with the owner chef on a couple occasions and he was very friendly and thanked us over and over again for coming to his place. He loved hearing how much we enjoyed his meal and I wanted to ask what wine should have paired with the meals. Regardless, we loved the wine we chose.

We came here several years ago on a visit to Santa Fe and had a wonderful meal in front of a warm fire on a cold evening.Unfortunately, the experience was not as good this time. The service was wonderful and friendly, even for us without reservations. The starter salad was very good, and then came the disappointment. My wife ordered a ribeye. We have never seen a ribeye without any fat, where much of its flavor comes from. It was a thinly cut very lean and somewhat tough piece of meat. I had a lamb steak that also was disappointing, again thin and not as flavorful as lamb normally is. Both meat servings had the right coloration on the inside, so I can only guess the meat itself is what was wrong, not necessarily how it was cooked. Everything else was good, and yet at these prices, quality ingredients make a difference. Too bad, as the people wear very nice from the front end through the waiter and support.

We had a good dinner tonight there not the best ever as others stated. Chef who is also the owner Estevan likes to visit patrons. Small restaurant above a bar that also serves pizza and salads. We believe it is part of the hotel. My ribeye steak was perfectly medium rare but very thin. For 40 dollars i expected more. Came with a few veggies and potatoes. My wife got the chicken with panko crumbs. It had a nice lemon flavor. Came with a small amout of rice and same veggies. Appertizer was a good argula salad and chili melana. It was decent not spicy.It was too hot in the restaurant to totally enjoy it. They only sell wine and beer no liquor license. Surprised that the had no white sweet wines except a Semi sweet Riesling from NY. 15 dollars a pour is high. Meal cost 155 which was high for what we got. No bread is served.

If you are reading this review you probably dined at Estevan and wanted to see if anyone else had this surreally unpleasant dining experience.The owner and chef, Estevan Garcia, is the worst part of this restaurant. The attitude of a restaurant owner and chef isn't usually known but in this case he makes it known. You will find him sipping wine at the bar, and if you are not one of the tables he chooses to fawn over, you will likely be ignored and catch some rude, angry glares from him.The staff gets points from me because I know they tried to make it a pleasant dining experience in spite of Estevan's visible displeasure of our existence. The dining area and patio are attractive enough. Don't spend too much time taking it in because then you'll start to notice the dust on the decorative ristras.The attitude of the chef can be experienced through the food. The chile relleno is bizarre. It's weird that a New Mexican restaurant would choose to serve something as laughably bland as an Anaheim pepper, then choose to fill it with a bland mushroom Duxelle, and then lay it atop the sour-tasting "demi-glaze". If you can't spell demi-glacé, you probably shouldn't try to make one out of pinto beans. I was intrigued by the bright color of the red chile but was quickly let down by the flavor. It had an artificially-sweetened taste- why tout the use of Chimayo chile when you are going to ruin the natural flavor with sugar and whatever else you add? The flan was decent but nothing special and would have benefited from more of the caramel sauce. The tres leches cake was unimpressive and needed more moisture.Perhaps I have a peasant-palate that can't appreciate the flavors Estevan is going for, but I know "refrigerator" when I taste it.

The carne adobada raviolis were excellent! I would go back just for those.Heirloom tomato salad was great! As was the Bibb lettuce salad. Entrees we had were the house enchiladas, one beef and one chicken, Christmas (red & green chili)And the special of 2 lamb chops with a cheese enchilada. Both were very very good.Dessert was the goat flan , served warm.. one of the best flans I've ever had.Our sever Zac did a very efficient job along with his team.Saw chef and he was very nice , ( and I do not have a problem with a chef owner hanging out at his restaurant) Only negative was they only had beer and wine.. would of liked to have a cocktail to start.

Dined at/around 6pm on a Thursday. Food was very good (corn chowder appetizer, trout main dish w/tomato salad), service was exceptional, and atmosphere (dined inside) was a tad crowded yet acceptable. Found a few bones in my trout, made me a little cautious.

I dined at Estevan for dinner on 12/29/21 while visiting Santa Fe, and must say it was probably the best dining experience of the trip! The ambiance of the restaurant was lovely, the service completely exceeded our expectations, and the food was amazing. I would highly recommend making a reservation at Estevan if you are planning a trip to the area - or if you already live here!Our server was Sean, and he took the time to learn our names and used them throughout the evening. When asking him about different bottles of wines, he offered to let us taste several before making a decision, even offering his own suggestions we had not considered. Toward the end of our meal, Chef Estevan came out and asked how everything was, which was nice. I noticed him chatting with lots of other guests as well.We opted for the specials for almost all of our food selections, so they may not be available when you dine here, but we had:*Arugula salad*Red cabbage salad (on regular menu)*Boar*Arctic char*Tres leches (on regular menu)We really enjoyed all of the food. I am gluten free and the server was knowledgeable in this and was able to communicate with the chef to make the necessary adjustments to accommodate.

A disappointing dinner at Estevan Restaurant. The quail was moist but bland, the Poblano Chili was tasty but not spicy, and the salmon appetizer predictable, the only thing missing were the bagels. The staff were efficient & working hard on a weekend evening. We're not returning.

What a disappointment. It was our last night in Santa Fe and we wanted to end it in a high note, but it was not to be. For starters, the restaurant is a bit tricky to find. There's a sign out front but once you get inside there is little indication that it's upstairs. No biggie, but something they should rectify. Our waiter, Zack, was not the most professional nor friendly waiter we've encountered, by any stretch. He started out ok, but he seemed to be a little put out out that we didn't order dessert and just dropped the check at our table without so much as a thank you or 'have a nice evening', something most servers would do, even at greasy spoons. We had shared the Chile Relleno which was very good, but thought perhaps two small plates should have been brought to the table rather than make it awkward for us. It comes with a lot of sauce and it was difficult to keep the table neat without a lot of effort. For entrees, I had the trout and my husband had the loin chops. Both dishes were quite disappointing, mine being flavorless and hubby's being dry. The atmosphere is cozy and warm, and one of the reasons I'm giving two stars rather than one. (The other reason is the Chile Relleno).) We had wanted to go to Geronimos but they were booked. Sorry we didn't look elsewhere for our last night.