Cielito Lindo — Restaurant in Albuquerque

I have been wanting to try this place so I finally went in for a late lunch/early dinner. I love seafood and I knew they had it on their menu. SO I ordered oysters on the half-shell. Yes, you heard it right, 6 medium oysters, RAW, fresh and tasty for $6.95. I ate them them with lemon and their wonderfully picante salsa and a couple of dashes of hot sauce. Delicious with an ice cold cerveza. Next for me was their shrimp ceviche tostada. OMG! Only $5.50! I received a huge mound of marinated chopped shrimp with chopped tomato, jalapeno, cilantro, generous slices of avocado, served on a corn tostada on a bed of lettuce. I squeezed lime juice on all of that, topped it with some of their salsa and was in ceviche heaven! I couldn't eat it all. I had to stop there. End of eating. What a bummer! They do bring you a complimentary basket of chips with salsa when you're first seated. The salsa has a bite and is not for wimps so I did consume a lot of that. Had to ask for more it was so good! I eat extremely hot foods so for a restaurant, I thought this salsa was extremely good. Probably the best I've had in ABQ. It had nice fresh slices of scallions and cilantro, like the sauce was just made right before you got there. If you like your salsa a little more acidic, a few squeezes of lime will take care of that for you. They also have a roasted green chile salsa that you can ask for. If you ask for hot sauce, they bring you three, Tabasco, Tapatio, and Cholula. I forgot to add that the shrimp in the ceviche is actually cooked and I don't mean by the marinade. I'm glad I stopped by. The food was fresh and delicious. The service friendly. The owner talked with me about the business and we shared some ideas. He told me they had a packed Cinco De Mayo with music outside on their patio. I'm sorry I missed that. He hopes to start having music on Sunday afternoons with food and drink specials. That sounds like fun! Their hours now are Sun. thru Thurs. 10am-6pm, Fri.-Sat 10am-8pm. They serve breakfast all day even though the menu says only until 11am so don't be afraid to ask. I can't...

shrimp ceviche that was good chips and salsa is always a great start like the spicy salsa the cheese was great just regular cheese but it's always good to have a starter no there's last plate I forgot the name of it Cobble plate something like that got a milanesa steak horrible lots of knots I could not eat it chewed through it I like that and then some kind of pasta or spaghetti not Mexican pasta and what it looks more like a Japanese pasta no flavor at all topped with pico de gallo horrible combination baked potato was good and the reason why I got this plate is because I really enjoy. Camaron wrapped around with bacon I thought I was going to enjoy milanesa steak I didn't a little played in the middle is ranch for the little salad that they give you in the same place so because I will rate this plate a 2 because I enjoy the potato enjoyed the camarones...

☠️Well the waiter said they could only do what they do and couldn’t put chicken on the green and cheese on the red on Same plate! After we ate the waiter charge a 25.00 meal almost 200.00 dollars on my card and insisted that was the correct amount because he added an 170.00 tip for him! Just a THIEF! We made him put our 170.00 back on our card and walked out never to return! I’m supremely surprised they are still in business! I’m sure that wasn’t their first attempt at ripping off their customers! BEWARE! We were just visiting Albuquerque and after five days my money is still not back in my account!👎If you insist on eating that awful food pay in cash or get scammed! THEY ARE ONE HUNDRED TIMES MINUS THE ONE STAR! Nobody smiles they don’t have a clue about CUSTOMER SERVICE!...