La Hacienda felt like such a treat to me! I had been traveling all day to get to White Sands and was so hungry for something local instead of a chain joint. So, it's kinda a diamond in the rough. I walked in thought it looked a bit run down. The booths are showing some age and the tables could probably use some elbow grease. BUT the food was fast, tasty, and so inexpensive! I was really glad that I stuck it out. Server was super sweet and asked if she could get me setup with some chips and salsa while I looked over the menu. I was taken aback at the charge for it but can't start a Mexican meal without some chips and salsa. The chips were GOOD! Like fresh from the basket good. They are made in house. The salsa was good too. Very fresh with visible pieces of tomato-just how I like it. Had some heat but not overly powerful. I ordered a burrito and a side of guac as well and enjoyed both! If I make it back during my trip, I'll get the burrito smothered next time. It needed some sauce for sure. Very convenient-they have drive thru if you don't care to dine in, inexpensive, and big portions. I will likely go back before my trip ends. read more

La Hacienda - Chips & Salsa - Mexican Near Me - Alamogordo, New Mexico

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The staff are nicer and friendly. However it is Not good and I won't be back. I have not tasted Mexican food that has zero flavor. It is shocking to me. And for the price. I literally ordered the same item in las cruces from a different place and it was cheaper and better. read more

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Not stellar. Not bad. Definitely authentic: ATT'N VEGETARIANS: LARD IN BEANS! So I ordered just rice, no beans, as the side, but of course they served beans anyway, so I had to send it back. I had the two chili relleno combo, Christmas-style (red AND green chili sauce) and it came with a tortilla, too, all for $12.99. Plain, stark interior. Friendly staff. You can pick up from a not-too-obvious drive-up window. read more

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Really good food. Loved the chips and salsa. Husband really liked the chili Riano.. will definitely eat there the next time we are in town. read more

La Hacienda - Very good food. Yummy chips and salsa. Hubby loved the chili Reno. - Mexican Near Me - Alamogordo, New Mexico

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The service was good, food was better than anticipated as other reviews weren't kind. My girls burgers were large, hand formed and seasoned well. They loved the fries. My machaca was good, needed a little more seasoning. Salsa would've been nice. We'll go back if passing through again. read more

We checked out the reviews and went with the guidance of do not let the outside of the restaurant deter you from trying out their food. With that in mind, we verified that they do have beer and margaritas available unlike some of the local restaurants. The restaurant is not very fancy, but there is free parking, and so large that you will not have to wait for a seat. We were pleasantly greeted and quickly seated. We switched tables after we found that the table we sat at was a bit dirty. Our waiter was exceptionally attentive and eager to please. We quickly were served chips and dips and we ordered a side of guacamole to go with that and they were all very good. A quesadilla appetizer was fresh and we were offered both red and green sauces, which really accentuated their flavor. We did find the tapwater flavor a little unpleasant, and there were no bottled water options available. The beer and margaritas help make up for that issue! The Chile Rellanos were very good and the Carnitas combo was very flavorful. The sopapillas were small, slightly over cooked/tough, and not flavorful. This is a very nice, typical Mexican restaurant. There are no surprises, and there are some Mexican specialties on the menu, including Menudo, and other items of the more traditional nature. Our eager server was perhaps the highlight of our meal. read more

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Was craving a chicharron burrito so stopped in to grab for the road. Ordered 2 with red sauce, they came out fairly quick and piping hot. Opened one up down the road and the first thing you smell were the preservatives in the tortilla. First bite i notices a bland red chili with tons of seeds and chili skin which is very off putting and not to mention the chicharrones were crunchy? Seemed like they just dumped the bag in warm chili and hoped for the best. These were the worst attempt at a chicharron burrito ever. Waste of 20 bucks they were thrown at the next stop. read more

Porquería de comida se vende en este restaurante. Compre un caldo de res y me dieron agua con verduras y tres pedazos de carne. Esto es un insulto a los comensales. Aparte de lo malo que estaba la comida, el lugar estaba con moscas. Y le doy una estrella porque no hay la opción de ponerle 0 estrellas. read more

Drive thru or eat in is available. They are not serving alcohol right now. After we sat down the waiter brought us our drinks, took our order and brought out our food. They did not check on us or offer us refills. The food was decent and filling. 3/5 for overall experience. read more

La Hacienda - Green chili enchiladas - Mexican Near Me - Alamogordo, New Mexico

I've never been to a Mexican restaurant that was " out of salsa" ‍ So I ordered queso ($6.99) and guacamole scoop ( $3.99) smh. It was one of the most expensive hole in the wall places I've eaten that was out of so many things. But you know, we are in the middle of the desert. On your up side I'm pretty sure it's the biggest bowl of queso I have every seen. The service is slow. Very slow. read more

Food is always good! Service is always great! They are so friendly and helpful! I highly recommend

Cheap. Large Portions. Divey. No Tourists. Chile/Salsa were on point. I liked it. I ordered the Chile Rellenos and loved it! So good. I'd skip the Carne Asada. If you really want Carne Asada then get it at Rizo's (although I wouldn't rush over to Rizo's). The carne asada is like the one good dish they have at Rizo's... Anyway! La Hacienda is spacious, but hardly ever packed. If you come for dinner get the Chile Rellenos. I loved them. read more

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I am a bona fide foodie and This place was legit excellent! Best grilled onions maybe ever! The beans were perfection. The red tamale was two thumbs up and the carne asada plate was money with a to of steak. Last but not least the brisket quesadilla was another winner. Basically we were more than happy with everything we got. Would definitely go again. read more

We sat there for about 45 minutes and were told our order wasn't submitted The salsa was trash and water tasted bad as well read more

Cheap school cafeteria-like Mexican food. Price: low. Quality: low. Spicy: none. Everything is dry.

Not good. The place looks like a dump & kinda tastes like one too. None of our party of 4 enjoyed our meal here - I got the carne asada which came with rice, beans, guacamole, and some grilled onions. I also tried the peach margarita. The marg tasted like a quarter of a shot of tequila and syrup. The carne asada was OK but all of us agreed the beans & rice could use A LOT of work. They were just stale, honestly. Same with the chips & salsa for the table. The chips were clearly old & hard. The place is full of flies, service is alright, but overall I would recommend eating somewhere else if at all possible. read more

This was not our favorite place . I did like that they were open later than most places on a Sunday night . The waitress was not wearing a mask during our visit at all . She handed us menus that were dirty & covered in food. She brought our chips & salsa that were ok nothing special . I ordered a Cheese enchilada this was ok . It was kinda cold . The rice was good .The red sauce had a weird sweet taste. My husband ordered a chicken avocado burrito with white wine sauce. It looked good & he liked the taste of it. It was a large burrito . They forgot to put the guacamole on top of it so he told the waitress & she brought some avocado out but argued that the cook said he did put it on there . That night he got super sick & it had to be from the burrito because he didn't eat anything else. We are thinking the white sauce? He felt much better after he got this food out of his system. I didn't take any pictures because I was not impressed. read more

Went through their drive-thru. I ordered the #12, cheese enchiladas plate, red. The worker who answered the window was very friendly. As soon as she handed me my food, I could smell it and it smelled sooo good. Their salsa is homemade and really good. Very mild, it does have cilantro in it so if you don't like cilantro, you're not going to like it. The enchiladas are really good and soft. Not too spicy, good flavor. The rice is soft, which is how I like it. The beans are also very good. The pricing is very good, this plate under $10. If you're in the area, looking for really good, authentic, Mexican food, I would highly recommend this restaurant. read more

La Hacienda - Cheese Enchiladas with Red Sauce - Mexican Near Me - Alamogordo, New Mexico

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Simple, quiet plain place to just eat lunch or dinner.No loud music, no fake Mexican decorations, etc.Just booths and tables and food.They do serve beer, and the prices are in line with other Mexican themed reasturants.I had the Shredded Chicken Gordita Platter,3 Gorditas with the traditional fixins.NO issues with food,presentation or service.Pretty extensive menu.So if you want thew nonsense so called Whitemans Mexican polace with the loud Tex-Mex music, fake sobreros hanfgfig on the walls this is not the place.Seems an eatery that the regular towfolk eat at for food small talk with your partner, and no frills. read more

Good local flavor, good Mexican style food with beer and Margaritas. Nothing fancy about it but not a chain in an area full of chain restaurants. read more

WORST. and i mean WORST resturaunt i've every actually been to. nothing authentic "MEXICAN" about this, their place looked like a ghost town and i wanted to leave immediately but we were given our drinks already (mind you they were flat sodas and drinks overall) they also didnt have HALF of the items on the menu that were shown and they didnt even have SALSA? food was mid and the place looked a mess and dirty. mind you a "regular" came in about 15 minutes after us and got served IMMEDIATELY and had us waiting for 25-30 minutes for our food. ALSO not to mention the "employees" were wearing clothes you'd put on at home and nothing even presentable, one had on ripped up hole jeans and a tee. horrible service. horrible place to eat. horrible service. and thee worst "restaurant" (using that word very loosely) that i've EVER been to. never go. read more

Horrible food, staff, waitresses. Would never waist my time again going here. Wait staff was rude and unprofessional. Food was bland. Restaurant was dirty as well as the waitresses serving the food. read more

Pretty good place, their rice and beans are great, as is their horchata. Their tamales are a little bland but the tacos, tostadas, and pretty much everything else is great. read more

There were four of us stepped into the restaurant on Sunday afternoon. Once sat down, we waited around for about 15 minutes before the server finally stopped by to take our orders. Our server indicated the restaurant had no ice due to large amount of customers today. We went ahead and ordered bottle drinks; we placed our orders and waited for over half an hour. Later, two other parties came in and ordered their food. We were surprised to see them being served with ice drinks, to include margaritas. About forty minutes later, I was about to ask about the ice, when the party which came in about half an hour after us were being served with their food. In summary, we were there for an hour and forty minutes and we were never served. I couldn't help but got a feeling that we weren't welcomed here. Perhaps that was due to our skin color or because we weren't from here. read more

The food was de-lish-ous. Classic don't judge a book by its cover situation - do not be turned away by the semi shabby interior. We dined here after a long day of driving and a sunset in White Sands so we were looking for somewhere we wouldnt feel out of place feeling as grubby as we did. The seasoning on the meat was so authentic we still think about it a month later. Friendly wait staff and a cheap fantastic meal what more could you ask for! read more

Staff were friendly and food was fantastic! The chips were an extra charge, which is a little lame. The salsa had a nice balance of spice and refreshing. read more

Food was good. The tamales were really good but the rest was simply ok. Unfortunately we fought the flies for our food. They had an issue with the front door so we ended with about ten flies hovering around us and our food. read more

Shoulda stopped at the chips & salsa. Chips & Salsa = 5*. Place is filthy dirty. Foam filling pouring through the cracks of the windows. The decor is very tacky. The booth colors don't match at all and the booths are old and ripped. Food is soooo gross. Chicken quesadilla smelled like tuna and cat food. The tortilla was a nasty soggy wet from who knows what. The carnita was old and overcooked. The breakfast burrito was extremely plain. I'd rather eat at taco bell then to revisit this place. Table service was extremely slow and non-attentive. chicken is so raunchy cant be safe to eat. Bathrooms are filthy. read more

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Food was okay but as the only car in the drive thru window we waited over 45 minutes for our food. Not at all worth the wait. Would recommend trying somewhere else. read more

I have lived in Alamogordo for 2 years. I was starting to get a bit disappointed with the restaurants until I found this one. The food is probably the best Mexican I have ate in a long time. The best with the exception of my Mother and Aunts of course. Don't let the plain look of the restaurant fool you. I love huevos rancheros and these are the best around. Not spicy, just good. The tacos have really juicy ground beef making you enjoy taste. I love the food here. The cook(s) know how to do it right. I highly recommend this place. read more

I finally found an excellent restaurant in Alamogordo the place was medium-sized it was clean it had great murals on the walls the staff was friendly and right on top of things without being intrusive they weren't many people there because I went early and the service was immediate the Agave Margaritas were so tasty and of a good-sized they have specials on Mondays now to the best part they have breakfast all day things that I haven't seen since I was in Mexico I had the grilled chicken piccata with eggs and it came with hashbrowns tortillas and their own personal salsa that was just the right amount of heat for people like me who are sort of wimpy the grilled chicken was chicken breast shredded it was moist and flavorful and My Egg which I required over easy was perfect I can't wait to go there again read more

La Hacienda - Breakfast all day and agave margaritas..nothing more needsto be said.. - Mexican Near Me - Alamogordo, New Mexico

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Food was excellent! We had the beef fajitas, chile relleno burrito and tacos de barbacoa. All were excellent choices. The rice and beans had a good flavor too which is oddly hard to come by in this town. Guacamole and pico were fresh. We will try their all day breakfast menu next time. read more

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If I could leave zero stars I would. This was the worst Mexican food I have ever ate in my entire 44 years on this planet. If it weren't for me being on the road for hours and ravenous and every other restaurant being closed on Sunday, I would not have eaten my food and walked out. The nachos appetizer had wilted lettuce, rotten avocado, plastic pale tomatoes, grey looking meat and flavorless white cheese with hard beans. Both meals were horrible. The only thing good was the tea. I'm from San Antonio Texas and realize New Mexican style food is different but this place was worse than the worst whole in the wall I've ever been to. We drove all over New Mexico and the food was pretty rough over all, except Santa Fe. read more

Do not waste your time going here. my family stopped here last Sunday. We came in and sat down. We waited and waited for someone to come give us menus. we could see the waitresses looking at us but no one came. Another couple came in about 10 minutes after us and were greated right away. We were about to walk out when a waitress finally came and apologized saying we snuck in and they didn't see us which was obviously untrue. A different waitress came up to us and made disrespectful comments on the football jerseys we were wearing and asked my husband if he forced us to be fans. We felt very uncomfortable and unwelcome. on top of that the salsa was pace picante sauce. the food was mediocre. But we were hungry as we had been traveling all day. We ate and then my husband tried to pay which then the waitress refused to take our payment because of the jersey he was wearing. A different waitress cashed us out finally and on our way out the door our waitress said she hope our team losses and stuck her tongue out at us. I'm disgusting by this behavior and will never return here. read more

This place is phenomenal. The guacamole burger is amazing. The service is very friendly and I would recommend La Hacienda

TACO AL HAMBRA I like the tacos the best. The skirt steak is really well flavored and the tortillas were hot. CHILI RELLENO we got both the red and green chili relleno. Both are just ok but they say the red is more spicy. I wish the chili was bigger and stuffed with something spicy and flavorful. The sauce tasted kind of can-like. Comes with beans and rice, which are good. SALSA The chips and salsa were below par. We had the salsa at Margo's so our standards are high. This salsa was too watery and weak. Needs more of a kick and flavor. HOURS They are open later than any off the other local Mexican restaurants in this area. Everything closes at 8 pm except for the chain restaurants like ihop, Denny's, chili's, and this place...which closes at 9. read more

I was recommended this place by an old coworker who happens to be a local here. I was not disappointed. The food was pretty good. The meat wasn't as bland as I have eaten at other places, and the green chili sauce had just the right amount of kick! The place isn't much to look at, but the food for the price is a good fit. read more

La Hacienda - One of their specials! - Mexican Near Me - Alamogordo, New Mexico

I have only had the chance to visit one time, and was on the day I arrived in town. I had the chicken burrito that was stuffed with a great white cheese (might have been goat but not sure) and smoothered in Avacado. it was fantastic. Inside is a little generic and basic, with almost a cafeteria feel to it. But, they make up in the food. Service was nice and the prices were average. I enjoyed my visit, and planning on taking the family there when I get the chance. read more

Service was great. Very friendly. Red Chilli Beef was delicious. Looks a little sketchy on the outside, but is worth trying out read more

La Hacienda - Red Chilli Beef and Potatoes - Mexican Near Me - Alamogordo, New Mexico

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I like this place. It's pretty decent food and the prices are not too bad. For two people we usually spend around $20 not including tip. Definitely try their Tres Leche for dessert. My only complaint is they NEVER have horcata. The waitress even advised me to come on Tuesdays because that's when they have it. Rolled in there like suggested only to be told they didn't have any. Daaaaang! read more