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Guava Tree Cafe

4.6 (440 reviews)
Closed • 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

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Moderate noise
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Outdoor seating
Dogs allowed

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3 Amigos
Andrea Y.

Great vibe & even better food! Love the family business. Fresh flavors and ingredients made every bite worth every calorie. Shared the 3 Amigos tostone, plantain & yuca basket. 3 entrees at the table- a Cubano, Arepa (AMAZING), and a chicken sandwich. Homemade hot sauce -holyschmoly.... Tasty and SPICY! Highly recommend.

Cuban sandwich and Arepa Pabellon
McKenzie F.

I was craving a Cuban Sandwich and saw the menu for Guava. It was authentic and beyond delicious. I could have cried from how good our sandwich and arepa were.

The special.  Ropa vieja with yuca fries and fried bananas , avocado , rice, beans and salad.  $16.50.
R G.

Delicious. Hearty , full of flavor. It's in an older adobe structure. No music, quiet with great posters.

Pernil split sandwich with Caribbean spice runbed pork and nicely sauced.  Great sandwich!
George E.

We were on way home from a weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico and needed a meal for the plane. After searching the internet and yelp, we were intrigued by reviews of Guava Tree Cafe with two locations. It needed to be a quick stop and not a messy meal for the quick plane ride home to Phoenix. We chose the Tin Can alley location as it was closer to our route. The Latin American and Caribbean sandwiches looked too good to pass up. Our order consisted of the Cubano and the Pernil on a crispy and compressed sandwich baguette. A good Cubano has always been a favorite and this did not disappoint. The slow roasted pork was covered in ham, melted Swiss cheese, light coating of yellow mustard and pickles on a pressed roll. It was "perfect" and the flavor was bold. Nicely done! The Pernil was a spiced rubbed and slow roasted Caribbean pork covered in Swiss cheese, carmelized onions and a garlic sauce. It was also pressed. The seasoning was spot on and enough sauce without being sloppy. We encountered a small issue on the plane, other passengers wanted to know where we got the sandwiches at the airpirt and would we sell them? To Guava Tree Cafe, you do a very nice job with these two sandwiches and don't stop being inventive. We will be back to sample more of your delights.

Do not recommend.
Tiffany N.

I honestly don't know why people enjoy this place, I regret coming here! We only decided on this joint because the Thai place was closed next door. Walking into the restaurant, you can already smell and see how bad it will be. The restaurant looks unkept and looks extremely old and extremely dirty. We decided to sit outside and I ordered the Guava Pollito. I should've looked at the photos on Yelp, because it came out looking very unappetizing and not edible. I tried to finish the sandwich but ended up throwing it away (I've attached my photo). I would not come back here again.

Cubano
K K.

LOVE this place and all the sandwiches. The yucca fries and Cubano are a 10/10 for me. The sandwiches are cut horizontally giving a thinner slice which is so good.

Guava Pollito with Yuca fries.
Brenda B.

When visiting Albuquerque I always stop here for lunch. My favorite is the Guava Pollito sandwich. Shredded Chicken Breast, Swiss Cheese, Caramelized Onions, Mushrooms, Greens and Tomatoes, with our signature garlic sauce on wheat. Very flavorful! Friend staff and fast service.

Arepa, cuban sandwich, unique sparkling lemonade (with cinnamon and clove spices)
Kelly N.

After our flight in from CA, we caught a ride to this cute, homey cafe with limited outdoor seating. Service was friendly. Ambience was a little dark inside but in a fun adobe-style building with a few 4-seater tables in the front and a couple taller 2-seaters on the side next to the parking spots. Cuban sandwich with fried plantains was good, though had slightly drier bread and meat than some others I have eaten. Fried plantains were delicious and sweet--just the way I like them. My friend and I got the sparkling lemonade with spices (including cinamon and clove), which reminded me of Christmas a little and was refreshing. My friend got the arepa: she found the meat to be a bit dry, could have used more cheese, but overall solid. An overall enjoyable lunch spot: good food, more mom-n-pop ambience, unique lemonade. Probably would not go out of my way to come back, but I'm a little spoiled when it comes to this type of food.

Turkey sandwich and cafecito
Sabrina F.

I love love love Guava Tree cafe! I have never had a disappointing experience at their original location in Nob Hill! Their cafecitos are so authentic and good!! I could have 8 of them. The service is always friendly and the ambiance reminds me of my grandmas house, super cozy! The sandwiches are also so good.

Victoria C.

LOVED this place! The food is amazing and so flavorful. The staff is so sweet and helpful. We loved it here!

Amazing staff and efficient, clean kitchen :)
Shelly A.

A hidden gem just steps away from UNM.....the food and vibe and love are as amazing now as they were when I shared my first review several years ago. The main feature of this review, the Pelotero, offered just the right amount of wonderfully tender and artfully seasoned ropa viejo, slightly crispy sweet plantains, yucca fries and a small house salad; and that heavenly creamy garlic sauce continues to rock my world! This excellent "lunch special" plate is accompanied by a large glass of Guava Tree's unusual and delicious lemonade....brown sugar, cloves, and cinnamon make this a unique and refreshing treat! Speaking of that special sauce, my friend's Pernil was topped of with a generous drizzle of that special garlicky wonderfulness. The bite that I enjoyed would have been quite excellent with just the juicy roasted pork and the delectable caramelized onions.....that sauce really took it up a notch! Thanks for continuing to share delicious food prepared with love, Guava Tree! Yelp on!

Lemonade with raw sugar and cinnamon.
Cyn P.

Since I arrived in ABQ 9 months ago, I have wanted to try the Guava Tree - since Cuban food is one of my favorite top three ethnic cuisines (the other two being Thai and Cajun). I know Cuban food, I really do since my ex-almost-mother-in-law fed me her Cuban foods for several years while I dated her son. She passed her recipes down to me and many say, that I make authentic Cuban food as well as she did. So after 1 long-awaited visit to the Guava Tree, it has my overall thumbs-up approval, and I can't wait to taste some more foods. On this first visit, the kitchen did not have a fryer for yucca fries and tostones (which are an unsweetened type of plantain). My plan was to get a basket of yucca fries, sweet plantains, and tostones along with rice and beans, but since two items were deep fried that did not happen. I went with their signature plate called El Peletero - which includes a bit of salad greens, rice, black beans, beef in red sauce (ropa vieja), a slice of avocado, sweet plantains, and sides of dressing. The sweet plantains were cooked to perfection, the ropa vieja was tasty, the black beans were canned (a travesty) and the white rice was cooked well but was bland. I hoped for a bit more flavor, and why not RED BEANS? Authenticity is key when it comes to ethnic flavors and black beans are not the true authentic Cuban bean type. I am certainly one who expects a lot when it comes to true authentic ethnic cuisine and as such, I am often disappointed. On another note, my dinner came with a drink - a lemonade that was exceptional. It was made with raw sugar, lemon, cinnamon and I am not sure what else - but it was pretty epic. Loved it. See, I am not a morose soul - I truly try to find the best in every business and every person that I meet.

Yucca fries and plantains

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Reviews are largely positive. People highlight the delicious and fresh food, especially the Cuban sandwich and arepas, along with friendly and helpful service and a welcoming, cozy atmosphere.

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Very good place. It is small and cozy, and the menu has some really great options to choose from.

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Very good, delicious sandwiches. I personally liked the garlic one more than the classic cuban.

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Great food. Friendly atmosphere. I really liked the Arepa Machilla and the mango juice drink.

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11 years ago

Phenomenal Cuban sandwiches. My husband had the rice and beans and said the beans were cooked perfectly. We will be back!

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Excellent find! Great food. Kind folks. Just landed from CA and saw Yelp reviews. They were right. Loved it

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10 years ago

First impression- Small tidy cafe, came prepare with extra patience, friendly staff whenever they do get to you. Food is as advertised.

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10 years ago

This is a place to try, food is great prices are right and the owner does the best to please clientel and he does !!

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The best forget the rest! Had the chicken Cubano with mushrooms, onions,garlic. Friendly staff great music.

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11 years ago

Cubans sandwich was awesome! I love these types of places that you can only find via word of mouth. Delicious food. Excellent hospitality!

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A liitle bit expensive for the size but the food were really good. We tried de Cubano and The Turkey sandwich and they were delicious.

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