Top rated Restaurants in Santa Cruz

Experience the best that Santa Cruz has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 44 places from Restaurant category.

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Smokey Shack BBQ
Barbecue restaurant
👍👍 Smokey Shack is one of the best places to eat in Northern New Mexico. The food is insanely good, the service is amazing. The people who run the places are so genuinely nice and caring and I don’t think there are many places I can say that about. Just because of them I would support this place regard...
4.90 (105 reviews) (~3.01 km from centre)
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Fusion Tacos Española,NM
Mexican restaurant
$ $$$
4.70 (54 reviews) (~4.14 km from centre)
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Restaurant el Rodeo
Mexican restaurant
👍👍 Great tacos! 4 for $10. The flavor was very good. The horchata was cold and delicious. Thank you for a wonderful dinner!
$$ $$
4.60 (226 reviews) (~1.73 km from centre)
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Pizza Parlor, LLC. "Oldest Pizza Joint in Espanola"
Pizza restaurant
👍👍 This has been my favorite pizza place since I can ever remember. Best tasting pizza in the world. I have only found one place that came close to being as good as this place but pizza parlor owns the gold medal for the best pizza I've ever had!. I hope they never go out of business and if they ever a...
$ $$$
4.60 (172 reviews) (~1.74 km from centre)
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Ken'z Cuisine
Restaurant
👍👍 Outstanding local restaurant. Food was over the top. All 6 of us had meals we raved about. Chef Ken came and chatted with us. Recommend for anyone who loves great upscale dinner.
4.60 (142 reviews) (~3.02 km from centre)
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Tacos y Salsas
Mexican restaurant
😠 Went and got the combination plate with birria soup I tasted the soup first and it tasted great tried the other food it was good. Went back in for the soup when I spotted a really long dark hair absolutely disgusted after that. They brought me a new soup when I alerted them. They ended up bring me o...
4.60 (73 reviews) (~4.33 km from centre)
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La Cocina New Mexican Restaurant
Mexican restaurant
A classic Southwestern building houses a family-owned institution serving classic New Mexican fare.
$$ $$
4.50 (1.7K reviews) (~2.77 km from centre)
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Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
Fast food restaurant
Vintage-style chain for steakburgers, hot dogs & other fast-food staples, plus frozen custard.
$ $$$
4.50 (1.3K reviews) (~2.89 km from centre)
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El Parasol
Mexican restaurant
Down-to-earth counter-service operation serving Mexican standards, with homemade tortilla chips.
$$ $$
4.50 (1.1K reviews) (~1.53 km from centre)
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Stop & Eat Drive-In
Hamburger restaurant
👍👍 We were passing through on vacation and stopped here. The man that took our order was exceptional! He was very helpful to explain the food items and make recommendations. Our food was very good, fast and friendly service. He even threw in a couple local favorites for free. Everything was delicious,...
$ $$$
4.50 (380 reviews) (~1.86 km from centre)
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La Fonda del Sol Restaurant & Catering
Mexican restaurant
👍👍 Absolutely gorgeous building tucked away from the rest of the world. Wonderful service and delicious food with live music. Glad we found it.
4.50 (355 reviews) (~3.11 km from centre)
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El Paragua Restaurant
Mexican restaurant
Refined Mexican cooking in a rustic room with exposed beams, terra-cotta floors & festive accents.
$$ $$
4.40 (775 reviews) (~1.53 km from centre)
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Tortas Rainbow
Mexican restaurant
👍👍 I am from El Paso/Juarez. Been living here for 5 months. This is the first place that isn't New Mexican Mexican food. It's actually just Mexican food. And that's amazing. Barbacoa, menudo, and licuados. They also got them good good Mexican chips!
$ $$$
4.40 (423 reviews) (~1.71 km from centre)
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El Pilar Food Truck
Mexican restaurant
😠 Included photo is what I got after wasting my time calling and coming here. Made a call-in order today. A man answered, took our nacho order. Said it will be done in 10 minutes.(Was there in 15-20) I get there, "We never got an order." (This order was BY NAME mind you) Instead of lying, just say y...
$ $$$
4.40 (309 reviews) (~1.61 km from centre)
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k-pollo mexican restaurant
Restaurant
👍👍 Driving through and decided to stop at K-Pollo. The last time I was served this much delicious in a restaurant there were three solar eclipses in one day. The staff is super.
4.40 (35 reviews) (~1.6 km from centre)
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Mariscos La Playa
Seafood restaurant
😠 I am a Tex-Mex, Mexican food fan. Unfortunately, Mariscos was a disappointment. First, the service was very inattentive. We had to wave the server down to get a refill on our drinks. When my glass of beer was brought it was half foam and settled down to be less than 2/3 of a glass. We laughed at...
$$ $$
4.30 (640 reviews) (~2.45 km from centre)
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El Parasol
Mexican restaurant
Down-to-earth counter-service operation serving Mexican standards, with homemade tortilla chips.
$$ $$
4.30 (479 reviews) (~5.3 km from centre)
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El Pilar Restaurante
Brunch restaurant
👍 Had one of the best breakfast burritos in my life here. I eat a lot of breakfast burritos lol so yes it was that good. The green Chile was perfect , and we hope the cook here, stays here.
$ $$$
4.30 (53 reviews) (~1.75 km from centre)
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Pizza 9 Espanola
Pizza restaurant
Casual local chain for Chicago-style pizza, plus calzones, sandwiches & pastas.
$$ $$
4.20 (614 reviews) (~1.85 km from centre)
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China Kitchen
Chinese restaurant
👍👍 I always come to China Kitchen! It is literally my favorite buffet in New Mexico. Their food is always fresh and the staff are so nice. They make you feel very welcomed. The nice thing is, how they always remember me! Most places you go, you can be a long time costumer but they’ll never remember you...
$ $$$
4.20 (416 reviews) (~1.46 km from centre)
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