Capo's Corner — Restaurant in Red River

The positives…. Our waitress was great! The cheesy, green chile garlic bread was really good!

My husband liked the pizza. My daughter said it was better than dominoes pizza (which she hates for some reason) but she would have rather had a frozen pizza that she cooked herself.

Waitress made a fresh batch of tea just for my husband as there was only maybe one glass of tea left when we ordered drinks. That was nice of her to do. Otherwise, I was going to just order water for my husband.

My youngest said the chicken fettuccine was good. My oldest said the cheese ravioli was ok.

The negatives…

We were told it was a 20-25 minute wait but we waited over an hour. No apologies for the long wait. In fact when I checked in after 45 minutes I was treated like I was a bother.

I had the spaghetti with meatballs. There was a lot of watery pasta, a little bit of sauce and two tiny meatballs. I’ve had better spaghetti and meatballs at Olive Garden for much cheaper, to be honest.

Overall, the food was just ok.

This was not our first time to eat here but over the years it’s consistently just been ok food. I like to support local businesses and don’t like to give negative reviews but this place is...

Capo’s is an Italian restaurant in Red River New Mexico. It’s right next to a ski lift and the Red River. We had a table that looked out to the ski run - green in August - and saw a deer grazing. Red River is a quaint Alpine resort village at altitude 8250.

The menu at Capo’s featured a good choice of standard Italian dishes. We shared a 13-inch veggie pizza, no cheese, and some garlic bread.

The garlic bread was okay but could have had more garlic. The pizza had a nice crispy crust on the thin side, and a nice light, fresh sauce perfect for summer. Veggies were mushrooms, black olives, grilled onions and colorful bits of sweet peppers. The 13-inch was eight slices and enough for me and my husband.

I should mention they also offer a gluten-free cauliflower pizza crust!

We didn’t order drinks or desserts, but the dessert selection was tiramisu, lava cake, lemon meringue pie and flan.

Our waitress was very attentive and friendly. A gal from Alabama with the accent to prove it.

While not spectacular, Capo’s is better than average, not too expensive considering it’s in a resort area, and family friendly. Our pizza and garlic bread came to $29 before...

We come to RR every August and eat at Capo's usually. Tonight, we were taking a friend out for her birthday. Otherwise, I would have left after seeing menu prices!

The positives of our night were our nice and attentive waitress, manager? asking if we needed anything and good cheesecake desserts.

The negatives will be a longer list. Our table of four ordered mozzarella sticks and got 8 for $15. They were the worst I've ever tasted. The coating was so nasty and had a weird taste. We ordered fettuccine alfredo with chicken ..$29 and got 4 strips of chicken. Sauce was very pasty and bland. Also ordered spaghetti $17 and 2 meatballs (additional $5). We had to ask for more sauce since the noodles were mostly without. The bread was small slices and only got 4 pieces (asked for more).

To summarize, even sharing two dinners, total was $100 with tip and a complete waste of money. If the quality was on par with the prices, I would have been fine paying that. Sorry to see the quality go so far down...