Tiwa Kitchen Restaurant

Fry bread cheese burger and fries. Delicious and filling.No ambiance. It's a drive through. However it is outside the beautiful World Heritage Taos Pueblo and on the reservation.Service was amazing. Nice girl at the window and I chatted about the Pueblo. Almost wished my food wasn't ready because it cut short our exchange.

5/5 lovely experience!!!My favorite meal I had while visiting Taos. So friendly with top tier service and food was phenomenal. Loved the burger and the fry bread.Takeout only. Drive up to the drive thru from left to right.

Great food!!! Super friendly service!!! Great location, not too far from downtown (10 mins, well worth it) and minutes from the casino, and Pueblo House!!!

Visiting from California, was not expecting such great food from such a tucked away place. Ordered zucchini and frybread sticks with honey. The zucchini had a blue corn batter that was crispy without being even slightly greasy. It was the best zucchini I've had.The fry bread was not on the menu but the person made us some anyway and it was excellent. This place was fantastic.

food here is made fresh to order, and even something simple like the grilled chicken sandwich was super satisfying and delicious. gotta admit, this was a classic situation of ordering the wrong thing off the menu. i thought it'd be getting something on fry bread, like the other options like it, like the bison burger, but alas... the bread was still good though, and this was a nice spot outside the pueblo check-in to eat and watch the thunderstorm that rolled in quickly.

This has defiantly been our food highlight of New Mexico! Just outside of the Red Willow Pueblo sits Tiwa Kitchen. It can be easy to miss, so go slow. It was more of an off peak time, which just meant we were taken care of very quickly. I saw a former review that mentions that the restaurant is bare and lacking "ambiance". It's a small restaurant, with authentic Native American food cooked by members of the local tribe. I'm unsure what your looking for in a place like this, but we were content with the mountains in the background. I was extremely happy to see that they had chokeberry lemonade as well as chokeberry iced tea. I would probably get the iced tea on my next visit, as the lemonade was Minute Maid with the addition of chokeberry syrup. It was still very good, just a little sweeter than homemade. Everyone in our group wanted burgers! Everyone ordered blue corn fry bread buffalo burgers, I opted for a regular beef on plain fry bread. All of our meals came with fries. We were all very pleased with our meals. The burgers had great flavor and paired great with the cheese, as well as the airy fry bread. They came with classic green chili as well which was very spicy! The staff was so sweet and homey. They answered all the questions we had about the food, as well as questions about their tribe. I honestly wanted to cry, because I won't be able to have Tiwas when we get back home to TX. If your visiting the Pueblo, make it a point to eat here. If the Pueblo is closed, you can still eat here. If your staying in Taos, I highly suggest driving the two miles to get to the Pueblo. This is food you won't be able to get in town, and food you likely won't eat anywhere else!

We enjoyed our lunch here before heading to the Tao Pueblo. It was a bit late for lunch, so we were the only table of customer here. The staff here are very friendly, and somewhat shy. We got the Twah Chull (grilled buffalo) plate and the Pueblo meal. Both were flavorful and filling.

After a visit to the Taos Pueblo, we decided to stop here for lunch. FOOD: We ordered the fry bed and fried squash. They were served with honey and the Chokeberry syrup. The squash with Ranch dressing. There were two very different types of fried bread--one, a blue corn ( which was delicious and chewy) and the other more like a sopapilla--better suited to dessert with the chokecherry syrup.We split an order of stuffed fry bread with ground beef, beans and an interesting rice. They were all excellent, but be prepared, this is not Minute rice!ATMOSPHERE: Please understand, this is an adobe building, just off the Taos Pueblo. If you want spotless and slick--go to Applebee's and miss out on a great experience.SERVICE: The service was excellent and our server was super friendly and took the time to explain all the food.TIP: Pick up a jar of the chokecherry syrup, it is great in tea, lemonade, over pancakes, waffles--tasty!

Highly recommend this place for authentic Native American food! It is drive-thru only right now and the lady was very nice. We took it to the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge for a terrific picnic lunch and view. The fry bread burger was delicious and the blue corn taco with bison was amazing. The taco took up the entire plate and had a wonderfully subtle green chile sauce. The fries were chunky and perfect. We topped it off with the unique and yummy chokecherry lemonade. My only regret is that we didn't try more dishes and we don't live close enough to go again soon.

Ok, well we've been to New Mexico many of times but never have we traveled to Taos... until !more! And was I on for a year. We had heard about this place called Tiwa Kitchen and if you drive too fast you'll miss it. True that. It's a native-family owned kitchen and the family could not be more delightful. Now, the food. Absolutely thee best I've tasted. That rich but flavor of the blue corn with the spicy, smoky taste of the red chili. Delicious. Anisa the window attendant and granddaughter of the cook is the sweetest young lady. This is a must try for any foodie.