Gecko's Nob Hill — Restaurant in Albuquerque

Gecko's is primarily a bar atmosphere. I've been in a few times, but this most recent visit wasn't anything stellar and would have definitely prevented my return visit had I not had better service before.

We went in on Dec 23, after a day of shopping and procrastinating to meet some friends for a drink. They already had drink when we sat down, we pulled over another table to combine them. We kept flagging down servers only to get 'oh I'll get your server'. All I wanted right away was water.

After 20 minutes we received water and some menus for beer/food. We were ready to order, but again no waitress in sight. Our friends had their food and drinks delivered by another person and we indicated we were ready to order in hopes someone would send over our server. A while later, we finally got to order while the others were closing out and paying.

The nachos were good, but the strangeness with the beans made me modify their regular nachos to just regular plain beans. The nachos were good and a decent portion, the cheese was fantastic with a good ratio of toppings.

My next visit probably wouldn't be with a group hoping to all hang out together, but instead a quick pop at the counter for a drink...

This is the first negative review I have given and I feel badly doing so. I would give 0 stars if it were an option. We are experienced travels and it is necessary this review is necessary based on the way we were treated today. We were greeted warmly by a young lady telling us to choose whichever table we liked. Unfortunately, following this, our service was horrible. The waiter was short, rude, un-engaged and honestly appeared under some sort of influence. Our food had been ready but ignored by our server and therefore they were lukewarm and sloppily presented. Then our silverware was rudely tossed at our table. We were not checked on once our food was received and the waiter went to take a break. We quickly tried to get our check and were unable to because our waiter was gone. We spoke to one of the other employees stating how upset we were based on the service, or lack there of, and we were simply dismissed - they were not apologetic or sympathetic. Needless to say we were very disappointed by our visit. We were very much looking forward to it based on the high rating and great reviews. Unfortunately, after our experience, we feel the complete opposite and it really started our day off...

Very cute place. Small ish, but not cramped patio. Lots of tv's inside and they deal with the hallway set up with tables really well. The bartender is friendly, my friends liked their food.

Rough place to order tea / trying to get an explanation of what I was ordering because allergies. It might be more of a training issue, but tea isn't a consistent, singular item. I tried to remove the order, they ended up bringing a bunch of cheaper tea bags of which I could find 2 I could drink. Probably one of the most stressful ordering experiences I've ever had. Explaining what teas are available or just having a little print on the menu would have avoided the entire thing. It's a bar, I don't think this happens super often for them, and they did remove it from the bill. This paragraph is more feedback than a review. This probably wouldn't happen go most people who drink and don't...