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    China Kitchen

    3.7 (26 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese, Buffets
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    Shrimp with broccoli
    Leslie N.

    This is one of the best Chinese restaurants I've ever been to. I've been to quite a few. I had broccoli with shrimp. Everything was fresh and not overcooked. It also included carrots and squash. It was excellent. The hot and sour soup was unique and also excellent. The vegetable eggrolls were fantastic.

    Buffet style
    Ciara P.

    We were a little skeptical about coming here because we had read some bad reviews but we were pleasantly surprised. One thing that must be understood is that it is in Espanola and if you are looking for a 6 tables worth of food kind of buffet this may not be the place for you. However, if you are looking for some good Chinese food that covers the basics this is your place. We noticed a lot of people were here so that's a good thing. The food itself was really good. The staff was constantly bringing out freshly prepared food and soups. I personally loved the egg drop soup it was very flavorful in my opinion. Everything else was really good. The staff was great and checked on us frequently refilling our drinks and removing any finished plates we had. Our waitress was awesome and she did a great job. I would recommend this place if you are looking for Chinese food in Espanola. They have take out too!

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    Ross M.

    Española, New Mexico is dusty and drab. However, it's a convenient gateway to other beautiful spots, you can go back and forth across the Rio Grande without a passport, and there is a little gem of a Cantonese restaurant. It's not fancy, but the food is tasty and the service is friendly. If you're too 'Santa Fe' to eat here, then just keep on driving. If you're curious but don't want to be seen walking into the place, there's a discrete back entrance off the highway. The food is fresh, there is variety (including some simple sushi rolls and an iceberg lettuce salad bar), and when I went (7:00 p.m. on a Saturday) the place was full of locals. Eat it!

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    Very good tasty stuff You won't be depressed your crazy no more just happy and full.of very good food

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    Don't go here unless you want a cockroach in your food. Just do yourself a favor and drive to Santa Fe and get Chinese food from there.

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    Never had a chance to do a buffet here but during COVID, I did take out and loved it.

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    Ortiz Restaurant - Indoor seating

    Ortiz Restaurant

    (33 reviews)

    Nice quiet place in the hotel. The staff were friendly. There were many options on the menu. I…read morewanted something small but satisfying. Didn't see anything that met that criteria. I settled for the Fish and Chips. It was rockfish. Never had rockfish, so did not know what to expect. The plate also included shrimp, fries, and slaw. I was pleasantly surprised by the slaw. I think it had apples in it. I really enjoyed it. The shrimp were huge and good. The fries were tasty. Now, I did not enjoy the rockfish. It was too fishy for me. There were other things I wanted to try, but there were also other places nearby that I wanted to try. So, I didn't come back for another round. If I am in the area again, I will try something else.

    Update: we dropped by around 1:05pm for lunch the day after Thanksgiving. There is no special…read moreholiday time listed anywhere. Well, it is within their lunch hour but they only got bar food. I decided to skip lunch and nachos was ordered for kids.... Well, it didn't look very kitchen involved. The person was nice but he couldn't answer my questions. I find it very difficult to dine here in the hotel.... What kind of restaurant doesn't serve lunch at 1:05pm? We were here for their Thanksgiving buffet at lunch. The restaurant itself is a bit difficult to find from inside of Hilton. Staff here are incredibly friendly and efficient. They were busy but still attentive with a good sense of humor. Food options were good. In addition to Thanksgiving tradition (turkey etc), some nice seafood options, prime rib, ham, short rib were also presented. I like the cold prawn. Super fresh and nicely prepared. The prime rib unfortunately was very dry.... Flavor was good but maybe it has rested too long under the light. Veggies were nice and good play on texture for the green beans and fried onions. Root veggies were nicely flavored. Desserts include pumpkin pie, pecan pie and some tiramisu cupcakes. They are all on the sweet side. Tiramisu was a bit cold in the middle. Good to mix with hot coffee. Overall, it was a great experience. We all had a good time.

    Albuquerque Country Market

    Albuquerque Country Market

    (1 review)

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    Westside

    Aahhh, the great American road trip, with all of its ups and downs. If you're pressed for time and…read moredon't have the opportunity to explore, you're stuck to whatever's right off the freeway. In other words, an endless supply of truck stops and fast food. Don't get me wrong, there are many "diamonds in the rough" to be found in scary, Deliverance-type areas all throughout rural America. You might enjoy some of the best BBQ ever at a random, shithole stand where the picnic benches haven't been wiped down in weeks. Fried chicken? Turns out those semi trucks aren't just fueled by diesel my friend...there can be some food finds on your way that score major points for their cheap, greasy, "eat behind the wheel" convenience as well as their honest lack of pretension. That said, the buffet at the Albuquerque Country Market offered none of the endearing qualities listed above. I'll take full blame for this. Everyone was getting pretty hungry, and we happened to pull up into a gas/convenience store/diner that offered a buffet. With 12 hours plus of mostly night driving ahead of us, getting a big meal seemed to make sense. What would have made a hell of a lot more sense would have been to ask one of the locals where some good cheap food was. I mean, we're in Albuquerque here, it's a big city so there have to be decent places within a two mile drive. Not being familiar with the area though, and being tired, we decided to go for the "safe" route and stick to a place where we could swing back onto the highway and continue. Our loss. We leafed through the menu--most burger and fries-type combos (all very standard diner fare) were at least $7.50-8 bucks, so paying $9.29 for a dinner buffet didn't seem like that bad a deal. Once we started grazing though, we realized how truly limited the options were. Hailing from buffet land (casino Hell), I can safely say that this was probably the most limited buffet I've ever experienced as far as selection, and quality ranged from below-average to downright scary. They should have charged $5.99 or so--even then you'd feel semi ripped off. I kept my selections simple and safe. Iceberg lettuce salad with dressing and croutons, mashed potatoes, green beans, etc. Very generic, and it all had that tasteless, reheated, frozen food quality that the lowest end buffets seem to share. For Reno area readers, I'd compare it to the old Silver Club "steak buffet," only without the grilled to order steaks. When I did take a slight risk, it wasn't worth it. There was some awfully lonely looking fried chicken sitting under the lights. Pretty dry and unappealing, but I've seen worse--so far our truck stop tour had featured some truly horrifying heat lamp displays that made me question, "Do people actually eat that stuff? Or is this joke food that they only put out for tourists?" I gnawed a couple bites, then decided to call it a day as far as the meal. I've had better chicken in 99 cent TV dinners. For fear of getting physically sick on the last leg of the trip, I decided to cut my losses and pay the bill. The greasy-spoon equivalent of sticker shock hit me when I realized that they charged extra for a drink--my iced tea was an extra $1.99. The bill for three of us set us back $31.63--total ripoff for the lack of food choices and overall low quality. There was also soft serve ice cream and cake/pie type desserts available--but even that was an extra charge!! I'm surprised they didn't charge for water, napkins, salt, and toilet seat covers at this place. Even though there weren't many other diners, it took our server a while to find our check. She seemed surprised and a little put out that she had to cut her conversation short with another guy who seemed to be a local. Can't say I blame her really, she was probably surprised that anyone ordered the buffet at all--the 8-10 guests in what was actually a very large cavern of a restaurant seemed to be the equivalent of a "dinner rush" in this joint. As you might imagine, the buffet was a definite one-star experience. I'm giving the benefit of the doubt for two reasons--1) the restaurant burgers and regular dinners (meatloaf, turkey plate, etc.) looked pretty good and it seems like that's what the locals were eating. The buffet is probably a money grabber to profit off those who are just "passin through"--with the extra dessert charge I can imagine even a kids' meal being a luxury item. 2) This place is also a large store/truck stop/gas station. The convenience store area is HUGE, and well stocked with tons of cheap items, from clothing to Roswell shot glasses, CD's, DVD's, etc. In retrospect, we should have just stocked up on cheap junk food (jerky, chips, etc.), caffeinated beverages, a couple of bowling shirts and a pair of flip flops--still with extra money left for tacky New Mexico souvenirs. I'm sure Albuquerque has a lot to offer, but next time I'll take my chances and venture further off the beaten path.

    Cicis Pizza

    Cicis Pizza

    (66 reviews)

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    Business Parkway/Academy Acres

    Everything here is amazing from the food to the staff, and even the sounds of pac-man games in the…read morearcade were a nice touch really feels welcoming and nostalgic in a way that reminds me of home, they make custom pizzas with plenty of options for them with no extra charge it's really cheap good food by far one of my favorite places to eat in Albuquerque NM Perks: 1.they take Apple Pay 2. 12$ to eat endless pizza/salad/pasta 3.great arcade games 4.friendly enthusiast staff 5. It's kept very clean Cons: 1.somewhat cramped seating areas, wish it could get an expansion 2. Booths don't feel very private so if you don't like people watching you eat tough through it or just get the take out option but you lose out on unlimited food ‍ Other than that I haven't had another issue with this place, wishing decades of success for cicis especially if the price stays locked where it's at

    Honestly, I can't speak for anyone else's experience but my family (of 5) had an amazing time here…read more The pizza rotated well and was fresh for the most part. But more importantly the STAFF. Everyone who spoke to us from the lady at the front who cashed us out, to the cooks to the young lady who kept coming by to check on us- Everyone was SO nice and accommodating. I usually don't leave reviews but they were so impressive today, I had to take the time out and say something Thank you Montgomery Cici's. And we'll be back again!

    Zeng Chinese Restaurant - Chicken 40. Broccoli Chicken

    Zeng Chinese Restaurant

    (184 reviews)

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    We had another delicious dinner at Zeng…read more Contrary to what another reviewer recently posted, the $10 parking is for the hotel adjoining the restaurant. As you enter the restaurant there's a large sign that says parking is free for Zeng customers. I had the excellent tofu and vegetables with hand-pulled wheat noodles - a little spicy and super flavorful. My husband, who has recently developed a gluten sensitivity, had pork and veggies with rice noodles. The flavors were similar to mine, but I'm guessing they use tamari instead of soy sauce. The robot delivered our water, but we had great service from the human who took our order.

    I was in the outskirts of Santa Fe for work and had a craving for Chinese food. Unfortunately, the…read moreclosest spot that I could find was in downtown Santa Fe. That was a a long drive for me and the unfortunate part. The fortunate part, this place was uber-fantabulous. OMG, the food was awesome. Let me get into why the experience was so great. The thing that grabs your attention when you walk in to the restaurant, is the mechanical bowl of noodle soup that has plastic noodles attached to a chopstick that moves up and down. Cool, right? I was greeted by the friendly staff and immediately taken to a table. Menu in hand, and a glass of water, I perused the menu. Man, there were so many yummy things to choose from. I decided on an order of shrimp, eggs ,and chives steamed dumplings for an appetizer and Singapore House fried rice noodle. I love Chinese chives so the dumplings were so yummy. They were steamed to perfection and so, so addicting. The Singapore noodles were wok-fired with chicken, shrimp, calamari, mushrooms, beef, eggs, and cucumbers. Wow, this dish attacked my taste buds with so much deliciousness. The staff were awesome, prices were reasonable, and most importantly, the food was spectacular. You have to get the dumplings. If my travels bring me back to the Santa Fe area, you know that I will come back to this restaurant.

    China Kitchen - chinese - Updated May 2026

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