Ramona's Mexican Cafe — Restaurant in Albuquerque

Amazing staff and very clean restaurant. Super friendly people.

The food wasn't as amazing. I wanted to try a variety of items so I ordered a smash burger taco, and a three taco plate with pollo, al pastor, and carnitas as the meat choices.

Chicken Taco 6/10 - Tasted pretty good. Chicken was a pinch on the dry side but not in a totally bad way. Makes it good for pouring salsa or hot sauce on, which there green(brown?) sause was excellent for. The fresh avocado on top was also nice.

Carnitas Taco 3/10 - All their standard tacos have the same toppings, so the avocado was again very good. The meat wasn't bad, but it was large chunks of pork, barely seared, as opposed to the traditional shredded pork. The chunks were not a better experience than the shredded and I would not recommend. It would probably be better in a burrito, but again, not really carnitas. Just pork.

Al Pastor 10/10 - This was absolutely worth the trip, and I would happily return to try various items with their al pastor or just more tacos. Squeezing a little lime and adding their salsa made for an excellent combination. Very worth it.

Smash Burger Taco 1/10 - It was in no way a smash burger taco. It was literally a standard frozen burger patty, cut in half, shoved in a flour tortilla, a spicy cheese nacho sauce, and lettuce+ tomato of similar quality of taco bell. The cheese sauce also tasted like it may have been from a can, but it did taste good. It was very edible, but not something I'd pay for again or recommend to anyone. I'd also probably be a little embarrassed to have it on the menu as it's more of a broke college kid dish thrown together, and like the "carnitas", it was not actually a smash burger. Just...

The service is Exceptionally Top Notch! 👏👏👏 They don't skip a thing.

Your coffee cup is always refreshed, tea glass refreshed often; the wait staff is congenial, always smiling ready to assist.

I couldn't believe it! When I received my meal, it was ordered exactly as requested; Christmas enchiladas. They were delish.

They don't skimp on anything, they kept bringing waffels for my guests, to the ones who ordered breakfast. They brought on the syrup and butter.

By the way, the coffee tasted like a premium roast, the choice of added liquid creamers was a plus.

Salsas and unusually thin, crispy chips were a tasty treet. I noticed the fried eggs one of our guests ordered, wow.... they were fried up exactly as she ordered. Yes, my friends were right.

They said "Trust me you're going to Love this place!" 😋

They were right and I do! 🙌🏼

Can't wait to visit again. The prices are reasonable. Party of five adults about about sixty to eighty dollars including tip.

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First things first, what stood out to me was the amazing customer service! I feel like excellent customer service is hard to come by these days. I’ve been there three times within the last week and every time I’ve been there, the entire team was so friendly, they tag teamed and helped everyone out, and everyone walked around checking on customers. And when the owner is there, he walks around checking on people and helps his staff as needed. Seeing how the owner treats his staff and just how overall pleasant the everyone is, this was a major green flag to me!

Ok, now to the food. I tried the smash burger tacos which were pretty good! Sorry I didn’t take the best picture so you can’t really see the hamburger patty but they were delicious. I also ordered the chilaquiles twice which have been my favorite dish so far! The chile is flavorful and has a nice kick to it! I also tried their pancakes which were perfect!

This has become one of my new favorite local spots! I highly...