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“Don't Waste Your Time, Or Money”

EL CAMPANARIO RESTAURANT
Ranked #342 of 506 Restaurants in Santa Fe
Cuisines: Southwestern
Description: Please add this restaurant. It is excellent and I have a positive review for it,
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Description: Please add this restaurant. It is excellent and I have a positive review for it,
Reviewed May 18, 2013

I like to start negative reviews with at least one positive thing. At El Campanario, that was that the waitress was very friendly. Sick and coughing everywhere (like on the food), but friendly. Other than that, nothing was good at all.

The food prices DO NOT reflect the food quality. If I pay $12 a plate for food-- it better not taste like gristle and dishwater. Nasty. The beans were not real. The rice was clearly instant. The fried ice cream was $5 and consisted of a freezer burned scoop of cheap ice cream covered with what I think might have been spray on spackle. The bathrooms were horrendous and filthy. The ENTIRE staff was coughing their guts up. Let's just say I was grateful to have only caught a cold from the waitress and not something that put me in the hospital for massive vomiting from the food.

I hear this restaurant is owned by the old owners of Little Anita's. I loved Little Anita's-- I can't help but wonder why would they dishonor that restaurants memory by creating such a terrible replacement?

Date of visit: May 2013
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Thank Jessica H
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Reviewed December 31, 2011

There was really nothing wrong with this place, but there was nothing memorable either. Pretty standard menu, typical New Mexican fare, breakfast menu too, burgers, steaks. I ordered cheese enchiladas with red sauce. The sauce was good, the enchiladas were ok. The rice that came with it was very wet - looks like lots of tomato sauce in them or something. The posole was pretty good. Also served with a hot sopapilla which was good.

Atmosphere as well was clean and all, but just nothing too interesting. Plenty of other places in Santa Fe which are more interesting.

Date of visit: December 2011
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Thank dogsareup
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Reviewed November 20, 2011

Came here looking for blue corn cheese enchiladas with red chile sauce. Found them! Not really on the menu, but we asked, and they were delicious! Everything else was pretty mediocre - rice, posole, the chips & salsa (which we had to ASK for). But those huge SOPAPILLAS!!! Well, they were plenty good too! Service was just okay. If you want your drinks cold, ask for lots of ice - there was maybe 1/2 cup of ice in our glasses of soda. Probably would opt to try another place since there are so many here rather than submit to this again.

Date of visit: November 2011
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Thank abbagrace
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Reviewed October 30, 2011

Just spent a week in Santa Fe visiting family. We ate here twice, I could have eaten there every day and not grown tired of it. Enchiladas are my measure of a good Mexican restaurant and this one wins, hands down. Also, Omar Villanueva was there one day serenading the diners, what a treat!

Date of visit: October 2011
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Reviewed August 30, 2011

We ate here on a recent nationwide motorcycle tour. The service was a bit slow to start but picked up. Food was very good and we were completely satisfied. We give it a solid recommendation and would eat here again.

Date of visit: August 2011
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1  Thank JamesT803
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