Maria's New Mexican Kitchen

Had lunch here last Saturday. The queso and salsa were excellent. The server was friendly and warm. I had the shrimp salad and the shrimp were perfectly cooked and the salad greens were fresh and snappy. Wife had the tostada and it was excellent as well. I'd say they have made a nice comeback in spite of the recent review by a local writer. The silver charm margaritas were as good as ever as was the salsa.

A friend and I took the Rail Runner to Santa Fe to catch a film not playing in ABQ and then hung out there for the afternoon.For dinner, we headed to Maria's. The place was packed, and the crowd loud. The cuisine is traditional New Mexican, and Maria's serves up precisely what you'd expect based on your mom's great cooking. Check it out. Order what you usually would elsewhere, and discover your new favorite New Mexican restaurant in Santa Fe.

Went for a drink while waiting on our table at Paper Dosa. We were seated immediately and got our chips quickly. I personally didn't love my drink but I prefer sweeter drinks. The best part of our stay was a mariachi band coming in and playing. Will need to come again and try their food.

Decided to have dinner here while visiting since this was one of our favorites when we use to live here years ago. They still have great food and service. Overall, we had a great dinong experience.

Wow. Came back in July 2024, after remembering how amazing this place was. It is *currently* extremely sub-par. Food meh. Service good! Atmosphere blech. (Also, in a restaurant that is very nearly empty, why seat us next to a huge Cambro filled with dirty cleaning water??Why the change? The bartender at our hotel told us (after the fact) that the owner had recently lost an enormous lawsuit AND lost the liquor license for the restaurant. As a result of the latter, most of the staff left since they weren't making as much money. I hate to say this about a place that was good and that may be just trying to do the best it can during a very challenging time. But. Totally meh.

Besides good food, they have a menu with 150 margaritas. Mainly it is by tequila brand but all are a little different. Our servers were a regular who was training a newbie. He is training her well because great service. Big nice space. We had fun talking to other patrons. We had a couple of margs and appetizers like the crispy tacos. They even brought us sopapilla for dessert.

We went for lunch and it was closed. Called their phone and they advised they were closed and "regrouping".

Food and service at Maria's has really gone downhill in the past two years. As residents of Santa Fe, we have been faithful to Maria's over the years. The food has become so mediocre that there's little fun in dining out. On our last visit we were served the wrong dishes and received no refills on our drinks. It's really sad to see this place go down the drain.

I was in the mood for some blue corn enchiladas so we headed on over to Maria's, I love their blue corn enchiladas with the carne adovada, it's my favorite dish from their restaurant. The chips and salsa is good too followed by the warm sopapillas drizzled with lots of honey. Service was fast and great.

I made reservations in August for 11/26/2024 at 8pmWe were going to be traveling throughWell they were closed Could have told me you would not be open on the 26th when I made reservations in August but NOYou suck Your customer service sucks Your person that takes reservations sucksI emailed you you clownsNever again will I eat there.There are so many other good places to eat in Santa Fe!Like Taco Bell Epic failure Don't waste your money or time