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Diners' Choice: Innovative restaurants in Santa Fe / Mountains

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Updated November 05, 2024

Looking for the best restaurants that are fit for foodies in Santa Fe / Mountains? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!


A photo of Radish & Rye restaurant
4.8
4.8 (2939)
$31 to $50
Contemporary American
Santa Fe
About the restaurant
Join us for one of Santa Fe's most unique dining experiences! We call it farm inspired cuisine with southern sensibilities. There's a reason Edible Magazine has awarded us Best Restaurant, Best Cocktail Program, and Best Chef. We pride ourselves on sourcing, and work with local and regional vendors to bring you the freshest food we can find. Our bar program is focused on American brown spirits with over 175 bourbons, ryes, and American single malts! And we also have an award winning wine list! Come and see why radish & rye is THE "don't miss" destination for tourists and locals alike.
Top review
lindavip
Dined 5 days ago
Excellent service. Food is impeccable. Recommend all the appetizers!
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4.8
4.8 (1800)
$50 and over
Contemporary American
Santa Fe
About the restaurant
Arroyo Vino serves an ever changing seasonal menu of Contemporary American fare. We source the best seafood, meat and produce from local purveyors and farmers. In addition we have a full bar serving Santa Fe's best craft cocktails.
Top review
Susanvip
Dined on Oct 25, 2024
Always a fabulous dining experience. The seasonal menu is always expertly prepared with superb flavors. Great wine and cocktail options. Our favorite server, Jonathan, always makes our meal even more special with his attention to every detail. Celiacs (gluten-free), vegetarians, and vegans should rejoice with the many menu options available to them. My husband is thrilled that the Honeycrisp apple Fritters have been brought back this fall. He has raved about these since he had them two years ago. Being gluten-free, he loves the many desert options they have that are gluten-free (including the Fritters). Highly recommend Arroyo Vino. Everyone we have ever taken there has fallen in love with the place.
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4.8
4.8 (4757)
$31 to $50
Creative Japanese
Santa Fe
About the restaurant
Izanami serves Japanese Izakaya fare: seasonally inspired small-plates meant for sharing, accompanied by the best sake list in the west. Please note that while we do our best to accommodate your seating, we cannot guarantee requests. We have been chosen by OpenTable diners as one of the 100 best restaurants for outdoor dining in America. Heaters and blankets assure you of a comfortable, safe dining experience year-round; dress warmly for optimal outdoor dining.
*NOTICE* Please expect delays beginning 04/22/24 due to construction on the main road up the mountain. Seek alternative routes to avoid delays. This construction is expected to go until August of 2024. Arigato.
Zozobra is an an annual event that kicks off the fiesta season in Santa Fe. For this event, Murales Road will close from 7 AM–5 PM, from Valle del Sol to Cuesta del Norte for fireworks set-up, and Bishop's Lodge to Gonzales Road from 3PM-11PM. Take Gonzales Rd up to the restaurant and give yourself an extra 10 min.

Top review
Maravip
Dined today
Outstanding - best meal in Santa Fe. Perfect dinner
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4.7
4.7 (4065)
$31 to $50
Contemporary American
Santa Fe
About the restaurant
Restaurant Martin is the embodiment of a of a 20-year dream to create the perfect balance of refined and comfortable. Chef Martin Rios, and his wife, Jennifer, envisioned a certain ambiance where people from the community as well as Santa Fe’s many visitors could enjoy Chef Rios’ award-winning progressive American cuisine. This family-owned restaurant caters not only to tourists, but to a large and loyal local clientele. Chef Rios has been repeatedly honored for his innovative and pleasing combinations of flavors, colors and presentation. His unique style emphasizes fresh, local produce and organic meats and poultry, and reflects not only Southwestern and Asian influences but also his classic training in French technique. His list of accolades include the following: Finalist in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022 for the James Beard “Best Chef of the Southwest” Award Semi-finalist for the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 James Beard “Best Chef of the Southwest” Award.
Top review
Dru
Dined 3 days ago
Lovely dinner and excellent waiter! The food was delicious and this is a great restaurant for those that have some hearing issues. The food was delicious, the presentation excellent and the service impeccable!
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4.7
4.7 (5161)
$50 and over
Latin American
Santa Fe
About the restaurant
Originally from Mexico City, Chef Fernando Olea, formerly Chef of Epazote, has been enthralling diners in Santa Fe since 1991. Chef Olea creates sophisticated flavors using Old Mexico’s indigenous and culinary traditions alongside ingredients from around the world. His menu is deliberately small, featuring fresh and locally sourced produce and meats when possible.

Nothing evokes the mystery of Mexican cuisine more than mole, a sauce of complex flavors that usually includes toasted and ground spices, seeds, nuts, chocolate and chile. Many mole recipes contain more than thirty ingredients and some recipes have five varieties of chile alone. Chef Olea is delighted to share his moles that include his "New Mexican Mole" that he created to commemorate Santa Fe’s 400 year anniversary in 2009. The large mural in the main dining room, was painted and presented to Chef Olea by Federico Leon De La Vega, a well- known artist from Mexico City.

Top review
OpenTable Diner
Dined 1 day ago
From beginning to end the experience was 5 stars.
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4.7
4.7 (1241)
$31 to $50
Mexican / Southwestern
Santa Fe
About the restaurant
The name Zacatlán surged from the origins of our chef, Eduardo Rodriguez. He was born in Zacatecas, Mexico (north-central Mexico), which is defined as "the habitants of the land where grass grows". Zacatlán is the nahuatl translation for "land with an abundance of grass", and that is where our idea of Zacatlán Restaurant began.

Zacatlán Restaurant desires to continue to preserve the traditions for our upcoming generations, while bringing forth new flavors. These new flavors incorporate Southwestern and Mexican influences. We are established near the Santa fe Plaza, right off of Guadalupe Street. We want to unveil a new fusion of food for everyone in Santa Fe and those who visit.

Top review
Kevinvip
Dined 5 days ago
Excellent food! Wonderful atmosphere. Highly recommended.
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4.7
4.7 (428)
$31 to $50
American
Taos
About the restaurant
located in the heart of charming Arroyo Seco, ACEQ restaurant is unique and eclectic. Chef and Owner Elijah Safford takes pride in sourcing the best quality ingredients, eclectic and exciting wines, craft beers and fantastic cocktails. At the young age of 23 Chef Safford has managed to take ACEQ to new heights. Backed by a team of service industry veterans and professionals, ACEQ strives for true quality service and experience. The art and passion that ACEQ represents can be felt the minute you walk through the door.

When you join us, there are a few things you can not miss out on, locally sourced Wangus steaks, the Whisky Basil cocktail and of course the Bison Chile Fries. ACEQ has food for everyone. Any dietary restriction will find something tasty. Don't be afraid to strike a conversation with your server and allow them to guide you through your experience

Reservations are always recommended. We look forward to seeing you soon.



Top review
Janisvip
Dined 7 days ago
Our favorite neighborhood restaurant. I call it "an annex to our kitchen." The menu has changed for colder weather. And we love the offerings.
A photo of Alkemē restaurant
4.7
4.7 (430)
$50 and over
Asian
Santa Fe
About the restaurant
Welcome to Alkemē where dining is a unique culture-to-table experience. We are honored to be a 2024 James Beard Award Best New Restaurant Semifinalist!

Our food menu is Asian heritage cuisine reimagined. Chef-Owner Hue-Chan Karels and Executive Chef Erica Tai are reinterpreting heirloom recipes from their culinary roots to create dishes that are innovative yet steeped in tradition and culture. We offer 3 tasting menus, a seasonal a la carte menu, dim sum brunch on Saturdays, and a full-liquor beverage menu with creative cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks.

Our patio is open from Spring through Fall. Our indoor dining space has 3 dining rooms & a bar:
> Main Dining Room is vibrant and modern
> Dawn Dining Room is warm and inviting and can seat large parties from 6 to 14
> Indochine Room (aka "The Red Room") exudes passion and intimacy

Top review
Brittneyvip
Dined 5 days ago
Our second time in and second time with the tasting menus. Just as fantastic as the first time. Our guests also enjoyed themselves thoroughly. The food and drink is creative (Negroni finished with rice!), delicious (albeit sometimes dauntingly filling which isn’t a bad thing!), and always joyful and appropriatly adventurous (for the discerning though not advanced eater). These chef isn’t out here challenging taste buds in a negative sense, and you’ll enjoy every bite, I promise.
A photo of Terra @ Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado restaurant
4.4
4.4 (969)
$31 to $50
Latin / Spanish
Santa Fe
About the restaurant
The flavours of northern New Mexico are on display at our signature restaurant, where global influences meet regional delights. With elegant and inventive cuisine, the sophisticated restaurant is backdropped by iconic mountain views in a sumptuous setting.
We offer live music on Fridays and Saturdays from 6-9pm.
Both indoor and outdoor (heated) dining is available, please reserve to your preference!

Top review
Tara
Dined 5 days ago
Excellent food and service!!! Unique dishes and great ambiance. Highly recommend!!
A photo of Wolf and Roadrunner - Hotel St. Francis restaurant
4.1
4.1 (43)
$31 to $50
Steakhouse
Santa Fe
About the restaurant
Seasonal ingredients and fire in all its forms. Feel the warmth of refined, seasonal cuisine at Wolf And Roadrunner.
Top review
James
Dined on Oct 25, 2024
Went on a Thursday night place is pretty empty could because it’s new they may have some growing pains. The steaks were excellent. The pork is overcooked, but they don’t allow the pork to be tempered rated confit potatoes were OK preferred mashed not wild about the asparagus.
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