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    Pajar Mexican Kitchen

    4.1 (31 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Breakfast at Pajar
    LaRita W.

    Excellent coffee and breakfast spot! We had exceptional customer service, quick and friendly! Also, the best salsa around!

    Asada tacos with a side order of rice and substitute charro beans for refried.
    Julia M.

    Good flavorful authentic Mexican food. Clean tables and amazing staff. Mexican music playing as they cook our food. Recommend the birria tacos and asada tacos. Salsa is delicious and not too spicy.

    Quesabirria tacos
    Lauren S.

    Quesabirria? More like be my BOOTHANG! Oh, the dreams of this place will be in my heart for the rest of my life. I've had quesabirria and choriqueso at many places, but Pajar has it done right. So delicious, so flavorful, so in love with this spot. Las Cruces- you have a gem in your city!!! Not only was the food amazing, the service was incredible, warm hospitality and a quaint location that makes you smile.

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    Brian O.

    We decided to try the recently opened Pajar Mexican Kitchen for lunch today. The interior has been updated from the previous restaurant owner. My wife had a shredded chicken quesadilla and I had the smothered (green) carne asada burrito plate (with rice and beans). Both of our meals were delicious. Service was fine. We will return.

    Al pastor
    Tiffany N.

    Good was great, a smaller restaurant in the middle of a plaza, very inexpensive and good service

    Food truck menu
    Rocky R.

    Food truck near house. Great, authentic food and service. Serves mixture of meat, and for being a restaurant as well as a food truck, the food is very presentable and yummy. We look forward to visiting the restaurant soon.

    Josiah G.

    Birria Raman is so good. My wife got the chili cheese fries and said she liked them a lot.

    Birria burrito

    The food is mediocre. If you're looking for spicy it isn't here. I ordered the hot green sauce and was very mild. The birria tasted good but was simply stewed pot roast in sauce.

    Lacks flavor, oily, and filled with salt. Not what I was expecting ... expect your sodium levels to skyrocket soon after consuming. Food was not Fresh.

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    Chelsea H.

    probably some of the birra ive ever had. we ended up here after a yelp search and would recommend Pajar to anyone. will be returning! the chorizoqueso and quesobirra tacos were exceptional. the charro beans were amazing and in a super good broth. consume was delicious

    Quesabirria
    Elaine F.

    Really enjoyed the fresh bountiful food at this food-truck turned restaurant. The plates come loaded with savory goodness. I had the Quesabirria and the meat was juicy and tender, the sauce paced with flavor and I paid less than 10 dollars for 4 beef-filled tacos. I will be back for sure.

    John H.

    I had to do four stars instead of five this time because the salsa wasn't nearly as good as it used to be. A little too much tomato in the salsa this time. Aside from that, the food was terrific. Those green enchiladas with carne asada were delicious. My wife had chilaquiles with a red sauce and that was also very good. Pajar isn't your typical "New Mexico" style so I go here for a change from the norm. I usually get the quesabirria tacos and it was hard for me to try something different but I was very impressed with the enchiladas.

    Chips & salsa, quesabirria, unsweet tea.

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    Food is always amazing and a warm and friendly staff. Birria tacos are wonderful! Also really enjoyed the tacos el pastor.

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    3 years ago

    The quesabirria and chilaquiles are perfect. Christmas is the move for the chilaquiles, but I will dream of the red chile salsa forever.

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    3 years ago

    I went here not knowing what to expect. The barria tacos and sauce were amazing! The sauce was so hot but so good as well.

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    3 years ago

    Tucked away into a strip center, you could miss it entirely. Glad I didnt. Food was very good, especially the birria. Definitely recommend.

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    Worst service ever!! Or should I say no service at all? I hope they get better staff. The restaurant itself is nice and looks clean.

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    A Bite of Belgium

    4.1
    (593 reviews)
    1.5 mi
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    The food here is UNBELIEVABLE!! It was so good!! Loved the bow tie pasta!! I had this waiter who…read morewas so kind. I was telling him about how I wanted to try to make banana bread and he gave me his recipe! This place never gets old! The dessert I had almost made me faint out of happiness, literally!! 5/5 this place is great.

    I've been here a couple of times and I like the food but it can get a bit pricey, depending on what…read moreyou order. I tried the eggs Benedict with avocado today and it was good. My companion had the Belgian waffles (I'm not sure which item, specifically) and it was like a dessert plate with all the whipped cream and chocolate sauce. Also very good. I'm sure there's a reason for this, but every time I've been here for breakfast or brunch there's always a bunch of empty tables and people waiting to be seated, but the staff act like it's a full house. When we arrived there was nobody else waiting and yet we had to wait about 5 minutes for the staff to "set a table" for us. When we were seated there were at least six empty tables already set. When we left about 45 minutes later, a lot of previously occupied tables still had dirty dishes on them (but not all of them), and nobody was cleaning them up. Just like when we got here, there were lots of tables ready to go and yet the lobby was full of people waiting to be seated and even more people waiting outside.

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    Huevos Rancheros
    Avocado Benedict

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    La Nueva Casita Cafe

    La Nueva Casita Cafe

    4.4
    (677 reviews)
    1.0 mi
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    I stopped at La Nueva Casita just passing through town, Then…read moretasted the chile and nearly fell down, Red chile! Green chile! Christmas delight! Smoky and roasty and cooked just right, No thick soggy batter all gooey and mean, Just peppery goodness in red and in green, With crunchy chips, salsa, and honey so sweet, Sopapillas bouncing right out of my seat, Five stars for flavor, for joy, and for fun-- I'd drive four whole hours for another round with my son!

    First impression wasn't too good. We walked into the restaurant to first see a tub of dirty dishes…read moreand seat ourselves at a sticky table. The complimentary (first round) of chips and salsa was above par. The menu was descriptive and the service was friendly. We ordered the fajita tacos and the combination lunch plate (chicken hard taco, green chile con carne, green enchilada, and a chile relleno) with borracho beans and rice. The fajita tacos and chile con carne were okay, but the enchilada was weak and the relleno was filled with some sort of liquid cheese that poured out in the first lukewarm bite. Rice was okay. Beans were overwhelmingly over-seasoned with oregano. The combo plate was drowning in broth from the chile con carne. We were disappointed hearing that this place had such great green chiles, but it was all so watered-down that we didn't taste much of the chile flavor. :(

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    Artwork on the outside of the building
    Artwork on the outside of the building
    Refried Beans ($3/side)
    Refried Beans ($3/side)
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    Horchata ($3)
    Weck's

    Weck's

    4.2
    (126 reviews)
    1.8 mi
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    Ummmm delicious! ( I am still sitting at the table)…read more I am from Las Cruces and now live out of town. Since Mesilla Valley Kitchen closed there has been a void in my life. When I visit I keep looking for a new great breakfast spot with a nice relaxed feel, great service, good food and, of course, a killer green chile sauce! Today I tried Weck's for the first time. I am now whole again. As soon as we walked in we were greeted by friendly staff and seated in the bright and inviting dining room. Our waiter, Cam, was super friendly and helpful. I ordered a breakfast burrito with the green chile sauce on top and my daughter had French toast with eggs and sausage. As I looked around at other patrons around me the food looked and smelled wonderful. Everyone went silent as soon as their food arrived, happily devouring their meals. When our food arrived we had the same experience! I took a little taste and couldn't stop (which is why my photo is of a half eaten burrito! ). Needless to say I will be back and telling everyone in town to give it a try (if they have not already)

    My wife and I recently took our 91 year old friend living in a nursing home to one of her favorite…read morerestaurants, Weck's. We all have their $12.99 lunch special. Our senior friend had the Navajo Taco with beans, I had a taste and it was delicious. It was too big so she ended taking half home. My wife had a Christmas (half green chiles half red chiles sauce) Chicken Burrito. I had a Christmas Bean and Cheese Burrito. As part of the special a drink is included so we had their tasty coffee. Zeke was the server and he was excellent, very polite and on time refilling our cups. The food as always is great. The only observation that I don't like is that the server brought us the check without retrieving the dirty dishes from the table. The same thing happened to me last time I was there with a friend. They do have a busser cleaning tables but only after patrons have departed.

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    Chicken Papas
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    Chala's Wood Fire Grill

    Chala's Wood Fire Grill

    4.3
    (408 reviews)
    3.5 mi
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    Once we sat down, we were given a bowl of chips and salsa. While enjoying those, we ordered our…read moretacos and burritos. We liked that everything was not oversalted so that we could actually taste the food itself. I appreciate the portions for the price as well and felt we got a good value. The service was pleasant. The only thing I didn't like was that after we ordered, we noticed that other people had other foods on their tables... and it occurred to us that there was another menu, maybe a bar menu that we were never offered. Not purposely, but I really wasn't interested in tacos and burritos but would have really liked the nachos or other items on there, so it was a missed opportunity to get something I really wanted and had a more enjoyable experience.

    I forgot to take a picture of my steak and my brunch mates food. I wish I had because the food…read morelooked just as delicious as it tasted! I ordered just the steak without any rub. Not only was it cooked perfectly but it was thick, juicy, and utterly delicious. Service was amazing. Family run business and you can tell staff really cares about the customers. I also really appreciate that everything is made fresh that day. No freezers so they do not have any flash frozen foods that they throw in a microwave and call their own. Nope! Not here. Every single thing is made fresh and they donate anything left to those in need. The prices were reasonable too. There is outdoor seating which is great and inside is a little bigger than the outside would lead you to believe. There is also parking across the street if the parking lot is full. I definitely plan to return.

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    Interior
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    Found this inside my burrito!!  Not food. Halloween was yesterday...is it a melted Halloween thing?!!
    Found this inside my burrito!! Not food. Halloween was yesterday...is it a melted Halloween thing?!!
    Chala's Wood Fire Grill

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