Nopalito Restaurant

Great service and delicious food! We have a tradition to stop in and eat crispy tacos on our drive back to El Paso! They always hit the spot! Great salsa too!

The food was amazing, I never had New Mexican cuisine and was kinda hesitant of trying it , service was great , definitely will be coming back here again .

What is there to say, I've been coming here all my life (my family has been visiting since they moved to Las Cruces in 1963). Whenever I'm in town, this is ALWAYS my first and last stop (and I usually take a thing or two of their green salsa home with me!). This is easily my favorite restaurant on the planet. Their green salsa is incredible and the red chile colorado is the best you can get anywhere. Get Combo #1 or 3 (red) and enjoy the green salsa with the chips - food doesn't get any better than this!

One of my favorite place for a weekday lunch. They have my best chile rellenos in town using beautiful, big thick peppers. I love the warm green chile salsa too, but am disappointed they stopped putting out their red salsa. Inexpensive with good service . A Las Cruces institution for those of us who've been here awhile.

Today was my second time at this restaurant. I went about a year ago because my boyfriend swore it would be better than our typical Mexican restaurant. The service was good but I felt the food was just "alright" in my opinion. Today however, he suggested we go there again and I agreed. We went and our server was good in terms of service. The food didn't take very long to come out which we appreciated, but the food was rather cold. The flour tortillas were over cooked so once they cooled down (which wasn't very long since the air was on pretty cold), they just turned really hard and cracked to pieces. Once salsa tasted a little "earthy" if you will. The other was just the chopped green Chile you buy from the frozen section at Walmart, warmed up, with some salt. After leaving the restaurant we tried to go about our day but I got super nauseous within half an hour of leaving the restaurant and have been like that for the last 4 hours or so. Both times weren't the greatest, but after getting sick post-meal today We agreed we would not be returning. I think there's way better options in Cruces considering our location.

After driving through an ice storm and past 3 accidents we were ready for the warm sopapillas and honey. We call at 5:47 pm and Yelp says they close at 8:30 pm. She tells us they are closing at 6 pm, YIKES!!! I tell her we are 21 mins away and we've just driven from California. She asks me to hold. Comes back and asks what we want. I of course over order. A pint of Chile con queso with extra chips, chicken enchiladas (Christmas), Gorditas and sopapillas. They make such delicious con queso, a nice heat with the right saltiness with the creamy cheese. The Gorditas are full of ground beef and finished with shredded lettuce and cheese. Tender chicken wrapped in corn tortillas and generously sauced with red and green sauce. Finish off with a crispy sopapillas and honey. Yum. Good to back in New Mexico.

Have been eating at Nops since the 70s. Great food, pleasant atmosphere and fun staff make it agreat place to go

Great service & fantastic authentic New Mexican food. Very friendly food servers very nice atmosphere very clean dining room. And clean restrooms.

Looking for a "classic" old school NM food restaurant in Las Cruces and this place fills the bill. They had the best "Taco Tuesday" special I have found thus far in town. Friendly, efficient waitress and very good "Family Taco Special" at REALLY cheap prices. (I believe it was 8 tacos, 1/2 pint of beans and 1/2 pint rice for $14.00). Located in a historic building in the center of town, it appears to really be where "locals" eat. If you want a fancy bar scene with "trendy" food this isn't your place. If you are a seasoned citizen and/or with a family with kids and prefer a quiet atmosphere (no music blaring) in an old school restaurant with quality food at reasonable prices, this is your place.

Food is delicious, fresh and hot at a great price. Service during the week is so so. The little older lady is not very pleasant but does the basic stuff. Don't expect a friendly attitude or a refill. On the weekends there's a younger college age girl who's the complete opposite.