Don Diego's Restaurant & Lounge — Restaurant in Gallup

Usually a good place to eat and I’ve never had any issues before, but my last experience was terrible! They were pretty busy and there was a wait time for our table which is no issues but upon seating us, we were assigned a waiter who seemed pretty tense and agitated. Then the salsa we were served tasted a bit sour. We brought this issue up with our waiter and they seemingly brushed our concern aside and walked away. Then my son who was drinking his iced tea saw what appeared to be a hair in his beverage. We waited for our waiter to return to address our issues but after waiting about 15 minutes we asked another server and he took the items away. Shortly after, two individuals appeared and did not apologize or try to remedy the issue. They stated the salsa could not be sour as “their sister just ate some” and that it was not hair in the tea. This was inexcusable! Their sister is not being served salsa that to my personal standard tasted sour or has hair in their tea. I am pretty upset they dismissed our experiences and tried to enforce their own experiences on us. All they had to do was apologize and replace the items! We did not expect to be compensated or reimbursed for our items. So we walked out and did not return. I will not be eating at this establishment again and i do hope they up their standards...

Food is usually delicious however, the waitress was rude & impatient. The restaurant need to provide better customer service and show compassion to our elders.

On 2/5, my dad wanted to go to Don’s for my B Day. We confirmed with the waitress we’re ready to order. My 79 year old dad was inquired about recommendations of soft foods. The waitress suggested enchiladas. She then walked off and stated, “Maybe another minute.” That was her second time to our table. I was puzzled and confused as no one ever walked away while in the middle of placing an order. After complaining about her rude service, we got a different waitress.

Thereafter, the service was not friendly. Other families were being yelled at by this same lady. While talking to her manager, she intervened our conversation and spoke over the manager. Thereafter, other service people there kept looking over to our table. We did nothing wrong. We will never go back there ever! My dad deserves better...

What a find! Recommended by the RV Park staff. This place serves authentic New Mexican style food, complete with green or red chili sauce, or both. You bet, their salsa is fresh and homemade. We bought some to take back to Oregon with us. While both red nor green chili sauces have some heat, neither is too hot to handle.

We avoided the chili relleno as the cheese is yellow American cheese not queso fresco. And although I asked for shredded beef in the taco, I got ground beef. Flavors of the meal are great.

A big plus in our book: the beans were prepared pintos not refried with lard. We prefer pintos and they were delicious. And biggest surprise of all was true to life sopapillas! Akin to Indian fry bread but soft and fluffy and hollow! And served with honey! Haven't had real sopapillas since we were dating...