Lindy's Diner — Restaurant in Albuquerque

Lindy's Restaurant located at the apex of the corner of 5th Street and Central Street, with the front entrance facing diagonally outward towards Central, has some very worthwhile and delicious food!! Open late, late on weekends, for those downtown merry-makers, Lindy's "take-out" food will 'hit the spot' for anyone around!!

For Thanksgiving, Lindy's showcased their genuine roots by giving away for free, a large Thanksgiving plate to any person who came inside and wanted or needed a dinner plate!! And let me tell you, it was absolutely scrumptious!!! Moist, tasty, and included ham and turkey, so juicy and tender, and melted right in your mouth!! Everything from the Sweet Potatoes/Yams to the soft, but not mushy stuffing, was on par with the best dinning out there... Impressive!!

The atmosphere at Lindy's wasn't the reason for going there, so don't mind the attempt at the 1950's-esque environment. The long fronted bar seating seemed to have some vibrancy left, and if sitting down, would dine right there!! Otherwise, it's a tad drab and a tittle dull. The people and cooks are friendly, helpful and do their jobs, and do them well. No complaints there. All in all a ten out of ten!!! Go eat there and see for...

The food is okay. My family liked it but I was “meh” about it. The service is terrible. As soon as you walk in, nobody says hello like normal service etiquette. The lady “owner” or whatever just said “you can sit wherever”. I think there was another young man working there, but I wasn’t sure because he wasn’t in uniform but almost came to our table when we asked for the waiter. The meat on my burger felt overcooked. I asked for extra fries because there was barely any fries on my plate. The lady server acted so rude, like requesting something from her was such an inconvenience. Two guys also came in, mind you the whole entire restaurant was empty. The servers were so sweet to the guys and had full on conversations with them. Also, there was a small bug in my lettuce. The lady server said that it must’ve flown in there but the bug didn’t have any wings, so it either dropped down from the ceiling or it came from the kitchen. My friend asked for another burger because she felt like she ate more bugs that she didn’t see. And you know what the lady said? “Well you already asked for extra fries I can’t just give you more food”. Excuse me?? Are you paying for this terrible food....

I've just given up with this place, tired of wasting my money here and dealing with the bouts of food poisoning. It wasn't bad when we first moved to town early summer '16, but it's like the owners care less and less each day of making it a respectable business. Everytime I go in, the restaurant is more and more filthy, I honestly wonder how they pass health inspections. Used to enjoy the burger, until on two separate occasions, one after the other, the burgers gave me and my husband severe food poisoning that took us a week to get over. Didn't go near them again for a couple of months, until I was craving a box of fries one day. How much of a gamble could a box of fries be, right? Picked up a single box of fries, get back to my apartment, while me and my friend are chowing down, we both pulled out multiple fries thick with human hair. One was short and curly, like it came from someones nether regions, the others were short, straight brown hairs like head or beard hair. Revulsion made us both throw the fries down and toss the box in the garbage. Won't ever be back, the owners clearly just don't...