The Love Apple

The food here was great as was the atmosphere and the service! It came highly recommended and we agreed with the assessment. We went for a birthday celebration and were very happy with everything. It is cash only and you need to make reservations so be prepared.

The whole reservation process made our visit difficult. I called 10 days in advance and left a message. And waited. And waited. 6 days later, my husband called them and received a call back - stating they had "tried" to call me. Nope. And she had a real attitude. Bottom line: we had dinner there with friends and none of us thought it was anything special. The gnocchi was not light and the trout was overdone and dry. No one was friendly upon our arrival. Our waitperson was outstanding, however. She was friendly, and made great drink suggestions. She was a bright spot. This is not our first visit to Taos. We come to Taos about 2X a year. We look forward to the food. I don't know if Love Apple is struggling since Covid, but it certainly isn't worth the reviews I've read in the past. It didn't live up to anything we had heard.

Beautiful spot with friendly service. Very cool just to be in the restaurant. Food was good. We weren't blown away but we'd order differently next time. Definitely a spot to hit in Taos. (We liked their little sister, Manzanita Market even more! Perhaps better bang for your buck?)

Outstanding dinner food for the two of us. Worth reading and following the rules for getting a reservation.FOOD: 5.0. Every dish was outstanding and exceeded high expectations. - TROUT PATÉ with FENNEL appetizer. - SEA BASS. My food-fussy partner declared it the best Sea Bass she has ever had.- DUCK BREAST. Yum!- PINON dessert with créme. So good, including the crust. The créme was clearly housemade.SERVICE: 5.0. Rigo did an excellent job, providing spot-on advice and exhibiting good timing.AMBIANCE: 4.5. We sat inside. It was pleasant, with perfect-low-volume background music inside older building.DRINKS: 4.5. We enjoyed our drinks. Standouts were the Pinot Noir (from S. America) and Muscatel.

The Love Apple is the perfect place for a date or a girls night out. My best friend and I happened to find this place while planning our recent vacation to New Mexico and this place was a must try!By some miracle we got a table due to a last minute cancellation and took full advantage of this delightful experience. From the moment we arrived, we were greeted by formal yet friendly staff. We enjoyed wine paired with a cheesy quesadilla to start. This quesadilla was filled with the finest cheeses and paired with an orange crème fraiche. For dinner we enjoyed seared duck breast and a fish. Everything was fresh and made with love. I highly recommend checking this place out while you're in town! Make sure to call ahead to book your reservation in advance!

The Love Apple is the perfect spot for a special night out. The restaurant is located in a former chapel known as La Capilla de Nuestra Senora de Dolores, Ranchos de Taos and as the Chapel at Placita de Taos. The structure was built in the 1800s and in operation for about 100 years. (Google "Church, Placita de Taos, New Mexico 1940" for a photo of the structure by Eliot Porter in the New Mexico Museum of Art.) Consistent with the restaurant's physical space's history, the courtyard and dining room have a lot of character and are beautifully decorated with unique touches and lots of attention to detail. During our visit on a weeknight in May, most of the indoor tables filled up shortly after opening. Service is friendly, professional and extremely efficient with multiple staff assisting each table. The dishes are creative and tasty. The seed- and nut-encrusted sea bass is my new favorite. Each course was prepared and delivered surprisingly quickly, yet without rushing the meal. A few tips to help your dinner go smoothly:The Love Apple's hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 5 p.m. until 9 p.m.The Love Apple accepts cash and checks only. If you are paying with a personal check, make sure that your phone number is included.Since The Love Apple is an intimate 13-table restaurant, reservations are recommended. To make a reservation, call the restaurant. Reservations are available in two-week blocks: the current Monday through Sunday week and the following Monday through Sunday week. If you leave a message, be sure to leave your name, the number of people in your party, the time(s) that you are interested in and a clear phone number.In a vacation week full of fun, memorable and new experiences, dinner at The Love Apple stands out as a highlight, a spot worth including in a visit if you are in northern New Mexico.

So glad this was a foodie recommendation to us for our recent visit to Taos. We enjoyed a lovely dinner at this magically decorated place. First off, the staff were amazing and very attentive. The food was fantastic from the cornbread to the salad to the Gnocchi and Sea bass ending with apple crisp. We had a couple cocktails as well that were very good. The whole experience was GREAT and I would recommend this gem to anyone visiting the area!

This was my second best restaurant while visiting my buddy in Taos over the weekend. Very nice place, simple but warm ambiance Service is perfect, food reassuredly modern American. Had the encrusted seabass and some greens - very good. I would definitely return to explore more dishes. Probably one of the most creative restaurants in the area.

Vegans: avoid. In 30 years of being plant based vegan, i have never had a waitress tell me they're too busy to accommodate me....until Love Apple. To say their menu options were limited is an understatement. The waitress recommended we eat radishes. She seemed fine with two people coming all the way to the restaurant and dining on just radishes. When asked if they cook make some of their entrees vegan (which should've been an easy ask), she told us no and that they ate too busy to accommodate us. I looked around at all the empty tables in astonishment. Needless to say, we promptly left and will never return. Before this, we had made reservations ahead of time to be seated at 7pm. Note: to make reservations one must leave a voicemail in hopes of having their call returned. They claim if the call isn't returned, it means they are too busy. No human being will speak with you- they're "too busy" apparently. When we arrived for our reservation, we had to wait well past the time of our reservation in a very tiny room that felt more like a closet, along with other very patient patrons awaiting their tables. I listened as each party was given a reason why their table wasn't ready on time. We eventually opted for indoor seating instead of the reserved outdoor table just because we didn't want to wait another hour. The entire restaurant staff seemed to believe they were extremely busy, yet we saw empty tables all over. I've waited tables in years past and I know what busy is- this was NOT busy. The ambience seemed forced and contrived. They played the typical music you'd expect in an establishment that wanted to appear stylish- nothing creative. The walls contained uninspiring framed copies of photos, such as a messy bed sheets (they liked it so much they had one large copy in the dining room and a smaller copy in the closet sized holding tank). The first time we attempted to visit this restaurant, we were staying across the alley from it in a bed & breakfast, just steps from it- yet they claimed they were too busy to accept a reservation or a walk in. We noticed the parking lot was not full and it did not seem busy. We ended up driving back another night from somewhere else, only to walk out disappointed and hungry. I'd recommend finding a more healthy and authentic place that doesn't try to present itself as hip or dynamic, which this place is neither.

A little disappointed in this restaurant as we'd seen it had great reviews.We came to Angel Fire last year and saw this place and wanted to eat dinner there but they would not take walking and said we'd have to make a reservation. They'd offered us a 10pm dinner time the next night...(way too late), so we ordered to go and went back to our condo to eat. Food was good!This year I made a reservation 3 weeks prior. 2 separate employees called me to "make the reservation", on separate dates as if I hadn't spoken to the previous employee... making me worry my reservation wouldn't even exist when we got in.We showed up to our reservation 6 minutes early... we were not seated until 26 minutes AFTER our reservation. No apologies either.We didn't get dinner until 8:35 when our reservation was at 7:45.Slightly disappointed in the seasonal menu as well; but my boyfriend got Bison and said it was good. The service was just meh, timeliness isn't their forte, and the options for food were limited and unlike their usual menu. Be sure to call and ask about what their menu will be ahead of time. Also; make sure you plan accordingly to not being sat promptly. Hoped for a great experience here and was let down. We drove 45 min to eat here as well. Probably won't revisit next year.