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Coyote Cafe Restaurant Review

132 Water St. Send to Phone
Santa FeNM 87501
505-983-1615 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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The colorful Rooftop Cantina is worth the trip.

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Chef and cookbook author Mark Miller literally wrote the book on Modern Southwestern cuisine, and while he sold his Coyote Café to Geronimo owner-exec chef Eric DiStefano, you can still find several of Miller's signature dishes on the menu, including the chipotle tiger prawns on griddled corn cakes and corn tamales with huitlacoche. Plan to spend a lot of money in the restaurant because the Coyote Café experience, complete with cowhide dining room chairs and colorful Mexican carved animals, doesn't come cheap. That said, dishes like the Kurobuta pork tenderloin “Wellington” with Dijon mustard wine sauce, spinach and cremini mushroom duxelle in pastry, or the pepper-crusted elk tenderloin with a brandied mushroom cream sauce make the splurge worth it. The casual upstairs bar, called the Rooftop Cantina, offers similar flavors for less money. The bar menu is extensive and also accommodates vegetarians. The shredded chicken and chorizo enchiladas are worth the visit alone, as is the queso fundido, a bowl of melted Mexican cheese topped with chorizo and served with warm tortillas. The view of Santa Fe is striking from up top and only improves while sipping a mango margarita.

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They were rude to us!
by Jdwhitepsych on 11/25/2011
 
We were happy to hear that the Coyote Cafe was open on Thanksgiving night, as we were just arriving in Santa Fe and we have frequently gone there on our visits here. The sign near the front door advertised that they would be open until 9 pm on Thanksgiving, and we arrived at 8:05, but after making the walk up the stairs we were greeted by Calvin who abruptly said, "We're already closed." he was completely unapologetic and when I pointed out that the sign outside said they were open until 9 pm on Thanksgiving, he just said, "Well, we're not." I understand that emergencies happen sometimes or perhaps they were short staffed, but they could at least be a little NICER! Other reviews I have read about the customer service are correct. We won't be going back. This is not typical Santa Fe hospitality.
 
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