The chips and hot sauce are almost the best we have ever eaten. If you like hot and spicy, this is "IT". If you like wimpy, blah, hot sauce, don't eat this. The food was excellent. The stuffed sopapilla was one of the best I have ever eaten. The service was excellent. Kayleigh, our server, did an outstanding job. If you like New Mexico type Mexican food, and you are in Durango, this is the place to eat. read more

It's not that the food wasn't tasty. But a restaurant that can't serve a few measly chips and salsa with the meal without an extra charge peeves me right off. $10.25 for lunch and $8 for a kids plate that was a microscopic portion is not reasonable. Would never return here, you cheapskates! read more

This restaurant was absolutely incredible. Just remember it's New Mexican food, NOT Mexican food...BIG difference. My wife and I spent 4 nights in Durango and dinner 2 nights was here. The margaritas are all fresh ingredients and no syrupy crap that most places put in margaritas. The food, off the charts! Perfect spice on all of our dinners and being that we came twice, we had four different meals. You can't go wrong coming here, but remember, New Mexican food!! read more

I'm from Texas and I came to a Mexican food restaurant in Colorado. So there's that. $3 for chips and salsa? Beef fajitas were average (rice & beans were pretty bad). Service was so so. Frozen Margarita tasted more like a piña colada than a margarita..... Sorry. read more

Great Food. The Green chili stew was perfect. The fajitas steak salad was excellent and so was the cheese quesadilla. The only negative is that you had to pay for chips and salsa. Overall, I recommend it. read more

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YUMMY! One of the best Southwest/Mexican restaurants I've been to. And I've been to a few in CA and NM! Definitely more of the casual than classy vibe happening here... but that's cool. Tasty food and lots of vegetarian options. Spicy red and green chile to add to your entrees of choice. My favorite was probably the tamale (tasty and spicy but you could still really taste the sweetness of the corn meal. The chile relleno was great too and I usually don't go for those as they tend to be mostly grease. The blue corn enchiladas were pretty yummy too (though homemade is still the best !) Attentive staff and proximity to downtown are other pluses if the rave reviews of the food don't get you. read more

Not kid friendly. First, let me preface by saying I didn't actually eat there. Had we received any resemblance of customer service at the front door, this review may have been a little different. While on vacation, my family thought it would be a good idea to try this place after a long day of fun. I have a big family of 4 kids and I know they can be a little loud so I try to check the place out first before I ask for a table. This place seemed family friendly at the door until I encountered the hostess. The hostess was whispering and giggling to a staff member she was looking for a table for 6 for "screaming kids". Normally, I would have asked to speak to her manager but he was giggling right there with her. I told them not to worry about our table and I left and went to a restaurant down the street instead. The fact that management encourages this behavior makes me think that kids aren't welcome. I hope the owner and other vacationers read Yelp reviews. Everything else in Durango has been awesome so far! Don't mess with Texas! Jon read more

Being a native New Mexican, I had high expecatations. I can honestly say the food was great. Both the red and green chili sauces had great flavor. The green chili relleno had to be my favorite! It was one of the best rellenos I ever had. The batter was crispy and flavorful and the inside was loaded with cheese. The stuffed sopapilla could have been a little better - they should add potatos and other things rather than just beef. We had our two year old with us and they were great! That is always a plus when traveling. read more

I usually love this place.Last night I went with 2 friends and was a bit disappointed. The food was great but the service was not friendly or spot on. The waitress was disinterested and didn't smile or engage us .The prices they charge now should include good service and friendly vibe but it was blah and we felt like we were an inconvenience.My order was wrong but I ate it anyway as it was because the waitress made me feel bad if I made her take it back BTW I still tipped my usual good tip because that's me.Wish the place had the Happy feeling it used to read more

It is hard to find authentic "New Mexican" food. This place nailed it! So good!! Went on a friend's recommendation, even though she didn't know the difference between Mexican and New Mexico food. Lol. Highly recommend. read more

Gazpacho - New Mexican Cuisine Near Me - Durango, Colorado

This one is tucked away in Durang in a small spot but is very good. One of the few places I found a Pinstripe beer which was a plus in my book! read more

I am a New Mexican food nerd. I love New Mexican food. I could eat it every day. One of the hardest things about living where I do is the lack of New Mexican cuisine. That being said, my most favorite New Mexican restaurant in or outside of New Mexico is Gazpacho's. It may have something to do with the fact that when I lived in Durango I ate here almost once a week (for 5 years), or it may be that their food is complimented well by their margs and their selection of local beer. I may never know. After having driven from my home to Durango last Thursday, the first thing the wife and I did after checking into the hotel is to go eat dinner here at Gazpacho's. We were reminded of our many dates that took place at this wonderful place many years ago. We even had a waiter who we are sure worked there the last time we ate here some 6 years ago. On to the food. What changed about us since our last visit was that we became vegetarians. What is great about Gazpacho's is that they have a veggie menu and don't use animal fat in the beans or chicken stock in the rice. This alone gets 1 star. We started with the chips and salsa. The chips are so-so, but the salsa has a nice kick to it. For the main course, I had the blue corn cheese enchiladas smothered with...you guessed it, green chili. Their green chili is hotter than that you would find at any Mexican restaurant. They make it a bit more warm as is the New Mexican way. It wasn't too hot, which was a bit disappointing, but delicious nonetheless. The blue corn tortillas were great, not too soft, but not too tough either. The cheese was melted perfectly. The wife had the veggie tamales, also with the green chili. Her dish was also very fresh, flavorful and not too heavy. Both of us had Ska True Blonde to drink with our dinners, a great compliment to our dishes. We finished off the remaining room in our tummy's with sopapillas. They were fresh, hot and delicious, especially when you add the honey butter they come with. I could have eaten at Gazpacho's each night of our stay in Durango, but in this town, there is too much good food to go around. I hope that my next visit to Durango and Gazpacho's doesn't take as long as this past one did. read more

Gazpacho - New Mexican Cuisine Near Me - Durango, Colorado

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We showed up on Taco Tuesday for $2 Carne Asada tacos. Wow!! Fabulous with a great slow burn seasoning. The Sonoran tacos were equally delish at a more tame spice level. Best Mexican either of us have had in recent memory with one of us a native of Phoenix and impassioned with Mexican food. read more

We had a great meal and great service! Best salsa I've ever had! Can't wait to go back!!

Bravo!!! This is some of the best NEW MEXICAN food I have had outside of NM. I had the carne adovada enchiladas with green chile and sour cream with beer of course. A-mazing! This was over the 4th of July weekend and now it's August and I'm still dreaming of the plate. Super tender meat, spicy red and green chile. Nice service, the boys enjoyed bean & cheese burritos and stuffed sopapillas (if I remember correctly) and were very happy. Then we had sopapillas for dessert with honey. Perfect meal after a day of rafting! read more

Not bad but we expected a little more from this place touting New Mexican food. The restaurant was boisterous, bearded dudes wearing Patagonia and people having fun. Salsa and chips were good as was the guacamole. You know how you taste retried beans and automatically know they are home made by some abuelita in the kitchen? Well, these beans were not like that. Nor was the rice. Bland. Lackluster. Rice a roni. Carne adovada was a little dry and served w what tasted like old El Paso flour tortilla. My wife had the enchiladas and they were ok. Listen, we know New Mexican food and have had some truly wonderful meals, but this place won't go down in my hall of fame. For what that's worth. Average at best. read more

Gazpachos is one of my favorite places in Durango. No matter what my day has been like, my mood is instantly lifted when I walk in this place. It's cozy, it's friendly, it's always a good time. The blue corn, chicken enchiladas with green chile are mouth-wateringly delicious. Also check out the Green Chile Stew - sure to warm you up and bring a smile to your face. Speaking of smiling faces, their margaritas are a must. A couple of those bad boys and you are guaranteed to have an amazing night. So let's sum this up: Chips and salsa, a couple of margaritas, green chile chicken enchiladas, and a super chill cozy vibe. What else could you possibly want in life?! Go to Gazpachos. The end. read more

A great spot. Try the wings ( I know it's a Mexican joint, trust me on this one). The bandito Rita is epic as well. Tonight I enjoyed the muy grande burrito smothered in green Chile and had a hard time finishing it. Very filling and that green Chile doesn't mess around! Service was good for a busy Saturday night. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about paying for chips and salsa, though the free sopapilla at the end kinda made up for it. They good! read more

Went there last night. Had a delicious meal. Place was packed and everyone seemed to be enjoying their food. The dips were also great. Three choices of sauaces and speciality authentic Mexican dishes. Great place for dinner if you're in Durango. read more

Sunset Rita... Great food with home made taste. Perfect place to catch up with old friends. read more

Expensive for the amount of food that you get but the food was good. You have to pay for the chips and salsa and kids meals were small and cost $8. Our service wasn't great either. We paid $75 for chips, salsa, queso, 1 appetizer (my meal), 1 entree and 2 kids meals. We drank water... read more

Excellent! We had dinner there the other night and I had the Santa Rita (Christmas - green and red sauces) that came with a blue corn tortilla cheese enchilada, ground beef taco, rice, beans and posole. Everything was tasty! Service was fast and friendly. As I was reminded, Gazpacho serves New Mexican food, not Mexican food. The spices and use of green and red pepper sauces is one of the differences that makes a big difference. One of the best parts of the meal was sopapillas. Loaded with Gazpacho's honey butter and a good amount of locally produced honey, we brought our meal to a close. Well worth the visit, and if there's a wait to be seated, it's well worth it. read more

3.5 stars for basic mexican done pretty well. The salsa was hot but fresh and the guacamole was good, but nothing special. The Carne Adovada was really good and the fajita salad came with actual mixed greens, not some sort of iceburg lettuce diluted salad typical of a mexican place. Service was fast and friendly. I would recommend it, but I wouldn't tell anyone that they HAD to go there. read more

We placed a phone order for carryout and they made it super easy. They had a window where I could pay and pick up our food without having to go inside (due to Covid-19). The carne adovada stuffed sopaipilla was delicious, but fairly spicy (a good thing in my opinion, but be careful). read more

Terrible Service and the Food was terrible I ordered a cheese enchilada with rice beans an a taco the food wasn't right and the lady that was our waitress never came back an when she did she could care less !! Go to Taco Bell Better Service and Food. read more

We don't see our family often, as we are from out of town, but we looked forward to sharing a nice meal together. I'm not sure how it was pre-covid, but at Gazpacho's you are supposed to order and pay at the register when you walk in. There was a line on the bill for the tip, even though we had not been waited on or received service yet. I believe in tipping well, and so I tipped 20% ($15). I had a weird feeling as I was filling in the tip that we wouldn't get good service, and I was right. There were 5 of us, and we were told by the girl at the register to seat ourselves in the adjoining dining room. No host led us or directed us to our seats. Problem was, all the tables were set for 4. I was well aware that social distancing needed to be practiced and I felt uncomfortable moving furniture. I returned to the register and asked the woman if they could seat us somewhere where there was space for 5. She told me to just take a chair from another table. The problem was, there wasn't room around the tables to add another chair without pulling the table out from the wall. So, we proceeded to pull the table away from the wall so we could get another chair in- and then both the woman at the register and the waiter started yelling at us- shouting, "You can't move tables around! We have to practice social distancing!" I was embarrassed at being yelled at- I told them "If you had helped us find seating for all of us when we asked for help, this wouldn't be a problem!" They finally let us pull the end of a table away from a wall and put a chair there so we could all be seated. The rest of the customers in that dining room all got really quiet and stared at us, it was very uncomfortable. Nice family dinner ruined. After that the waiter and the girl at the register both acted like they were really annoyed with us. The waiter deposited our food beneath our chins and walked away. No one ever checked back with us to ask if everything was ok, no one ever refilled our drinks. The food is mediocre at best. The staff has absolutely no idea how to take care of their customers- and they don't care. There are a lot of super nice places to eat in downtown Durango with polite wait staff and well-prepared food- eat elsewhere. read more

Previous reviewers prepared us to either face the second coming or a hurricane Katrina disaster. What we experienced was right in the middle. Service was neither exceptional nor horrible. Food was ok, nothing special, but not bad either. Margaritas were pretty good, but after the first one its hard to be discriminate ;) There is a big sign warning of the food with chilies being very hot, my enchilada with red chilies wasn't noticeably so, but then I was already on the 3rd margarita by then. Probably the biggest draw for me is the ultra-rare Mexican restaurant vegetarian menu that is claimed to actually be vegetarian (no chicken stock or lard). So, in conclusion, I'd go back and be happy as long as the margaritas were flowing. read more

Besides having to pay before you receive your meal the food was atrocious, tasted like a reheated microwave dinner. I would not recommend this place to anyone. read more

I went there for the first time a couple weeks ago. The server was kind, helped me decide on what I wanted, I was stuck between a couple things on the menu, and I was very happy with what I chose. But as I was sitting there our waitress went to the kitchen window and a waiter walked up and full on grabbed her butt. I feel it was very inappropriate and unprofessional. Whatever they do outside of work is their business, but at work, in front of customers, that shouldn't be happening. read more

I was in town for work, this place was recommended to me. The hostess was good. But that's where it ends. Went in to get an order to go and I waited at least 5 minutes just for someone to come over and asked what I would like. Service was terrible food was even worse and I would not recommend this place. I got it out to the car and notice the paper bag was totally drenched in grease on the bottom and I thought that was a little weird. when I got home I realized it's because nobody put the lid on correctly and the lid came off and the burrito was half in the bag. I was going to leave a tip as I always do until I realized they charge a fee for a to-go order. So there went the tip. Now here comes the food rating. It was terrible I ate a third of my burrito. Just a burrito was over $17. Like I said I would not recommend this place to anyone. I should have known when I went in and it was dead around dinner time. read more

Absolutely the best New Mexican restaurant in Durango! The green chile was yummy and spicy! I asked for a "special" request on a hamburger, in a tortilla then grilled instead of on a bun. It was fabulous and the waiter stated he was going to order himself one after his shift. The only downside was I had enough fries for three people. The atmosphere was great, the service was outstanding and I can't wait to go back! read more

Best Mexican food in Durango. Darn good margs too. The location is nice b/c it doesn't seem to ever get too crowded. Service is always excellent too. read more

Wandered into this place somewhat hungry. Decided on the #3 lunch special: 1 taco, 1 cheese enchilada with rice and beans. The enchilada was the star of the show! Waitress was friendly and prompt. Will be back! read more

I chose this place while boasting Durango. I liked dinner so much I came back for lunch. I had tacos each time. That's the way I roll. My margaritas were tasty too. Give the place a try. I'm glad I did. read more

I grew up in New Mexico, I cook Mexican food all the time, I sample and try Mexican food almost everywhere I go, my two best friends are Mexicans, and this restaurant does NOT serve Mexican food. The service was lousy, the food was bland and greasy and heavily breaded and luke warm. To be advertised as New Mexican cuisine is an insult to my home state and the wonderful cooks who reside there. We ordered the $8 guacamole which came served in a small dish with about 5 ice cream scoops of green goo which was probably extracted from a package. It was not fresh, it did not contain any visible vegetables except iceberg lettuce. Wow, disgusting. Unfortunately, we ordered the night's specials while ordering the appetizer. The fact that the fish taco special came with flour tortillas should have been a red flag...I ordered them with corn. My querida ordered the poblano relleno. Upon arriving, my corn tortillas were fried crisp, and the fish tacos were 80% fried batter and 20% fish. My date's relleno was covered in a large amount of greasy fried batter as well. We also substituted the normal sides for "homemade posole" and "dove creek whole beans". Both were edible, but extremely bland. Lastly, the salsa that so many are raving about on this site was ok at best...a smooth red liquid with little texture and only a slight bite...the oregano was the most distinguishing feature. Find other food...any food, elsewhere. read more

Recent dinner here was just ok. The highlight was actually the service (excellent) but the food and margarita's were only just average. Have had better here in the past so hopefully it's just a temporary slip. I will continue to rave about the home made chips and salsa (always great and were again this time) but the house gold margarita's this time were just ok, and definitely weaker than normal. read more

I had the green chili cheese burger and it was easily the best in town. The fun was amazing and not soggy. There was the perfect amount of cheese on it and the chili's heat levels were just perfect. The fries were perfect salted and very fresh. The service was excellent and very fast. It was very clean and safe. Amazing all around! read more

Excellent green Chile stew * cornbread. Service was great. Food was fairly priced. The chimichanga was amazing. Unlike most restaurants, the meat was tender and not overcooked. I loved the sopapillas at the end instead of overdone by restaurants chips and salsa. I like the atmosphere and all the staff was friendly. Margaritas were great. read more

By far the worst place to eat at in Durango. And I've eaten plenty places here too. The service sucks and the food was really bland. Mexican food suppose to have lots of flavor. They were 3 of us that order before another table that had 5 and they got there food before us. I'm really good at leaving tips but sorry I didn't leave any at all just cause how they treated us and ignored or service by checking on us during the period of time we were there. read more

Gazpacho is one of our favorites! Green Chili Stew is out of this world. Yummy salsas, and definitely try the green chili cheeseburger. Oh yeah, the honey butter with a sopapilla will be the PERFECT end to your meal. Thanks to Sarah P for the great service. Enjoy! read more