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Address: 5010 Cutler Ave NE D, Albuquerque, NM 87110
Phone: (505) 584-8330
Website: https://juaniskitchen.com/
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Juani’s Kitchen | Mexican Restaurant | Albuquerque
Mexican restaurant serving homemade tamales, enchiladas, and authentic Mexican cuisine in Albuquerque made fresh daily with traditional flavors you’ll love.
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Reviews
Kay Rogers
If you are traveling through Albuquerque and want easy on and off access from I-40, and want to try authentic Mexican Food… THIS IS THE PLACE! Love this place!
Staff is friendly, and greet customers when they enter the restaurant. We have bought tamales ‘to go’ from Juani’s in the past, and they have both red chile pork and chicken green chile stocked all year.. This is a big deal, as it can be hard to find tamales except at Christmas time at other restaurants.The tamales are very tasty, meaty, large, and excellent to keep on hand at home. Call ahead to have them ready and verify their stock, as they are very popular, and may have to thaw some out for you!
Their salsa and chips are unique with a green salsa and the chips are made by hand!
The plates are reasonably priced and good size portions, with refried beans, rice, lettuce, and tomatos.
Dont miss out on their Aguas Frescas, which are fresh fruit drinks and made on site as well.
All recipes are Juani’s original recipes and they use quality products, beef brisket for the shredded beef and only chicken breast for their shredded chicken. Dine in or carry out for a wonderfully tasty experience.
Pictures show enchilada plate with shredded beef, creamy green chicken, and ground beef enchiladas, and a tamale plate with red chile pork and green chile chicken tamales. Also pictured is watermelon and cucumber lemonade agua frescas. Juani is also pictured below the menu…
… moreStaff is friendly, and greet customers when they enter the restaurant. We have bought tamales ‘to go’ from Juani’s in the past, and they have both red chile pork and chicken green chile stocked all year.. This is a big deal, as it can be hard to find tamales except at Christmas time at other restaurants.The tamales are very tasty, meaty, large, and excellent to keep on hand at home. Call ahead to have them ready and verify their stock, as they are very popular, and may have to thaw some out for you!
Their salsa and chips are unique with a green salsa and the chips are made by hand!
The plates are reasonably priced and good size portions, with refried beans, rice, lettuce, and tomatos.
Dont miss out on their Aguas Frescas, which are fresh fruit drinks and made on site as well.
All recipes are Juani’s original recipes and they use quality products, beef brisket for the shredded beef and only chicken breast for their shredded chicken. Dine in or carry out for a wonderfully tasty experience.
Pictures show enchilada plate with shredded beef, creamy green chicken, and ground beef enchiladas, and a tamale plate with red chile pork and green chile chicken tamales. Also pictured is watermelon and cucumber lemonade agua frescas. Juani is also pictured below the menu…
Brian R
Wonderful food! Tamales are large and very tasty, made with shredded pork and red chile or shredded chicken and green chile. A nice variety of enchiladas, all excellent, sorry I couldn’t have more than three on my plate! Juani and Lorena, so friendly, made us feel right at home.
… moreM P
Seen a family business in need of help. I seen there Tik Tok yesterday and went tonight. I will add I recently moved to New Mexico and finally got to try some amazing chili relleno NM way I got red and green on side I’m new and wanted to try both Whoa Delicious!!! I cleaned that plate. Oh I got some Horchata it’s a huge cup too. Go support them you won’t be disappointed now take your patience because many are coming in to support a mother and daughter ✊
… moreTrevor Encinias
I’m here at Juani’s kitchen and man these ladies are packed!!! Glad to see this local New Mexican restaurant thriving. Also shout out to the owner of Richie B’s pizza for showing up and lending them a helping hand! This is really awesome to see our community working together like this! I got the Christmas shredded enchilada plate. ( freaking amazing) Originally I got it to go but decided to dine in. Love the energy of this place. Also not in picture but I got a watermelon Fresca and that was one of the best I have had.
… moreUniversity of Louisiana Alumna
11.24.25
First off: PLEASE MAKE SURE THE LADIES UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT YOUR ORDER AS YOU MENTIONED IT and NOT AS WHAT THEY WILL PREFER TO SUBSTITUTE YOU WITH (without telling you about the changes that are being made to your order in the back).
We came here for the first time–being out-of-state and wanting to try a spot that may have been more authentic than a franchise eatery.
The handmade salsa was a bit odd, too. There was a lot of salt and black pepper that overwhelmed it.
Our order was messed up, and the excuse of them being busy making tamales all day long was the reason why a customer should be okay with receiving an order they did not ask for.
The lady of the establishment seemed very nice and eager to take our order, so we were excited to enjoy a repast at the spot; however, this is what happened:
My boyfriend only wanted water for his beverage. The waitress brought out tea and basically told him that was what he was going to have to deal with since they had no water; she wasn’t going to charge for it. (He doesn’t drink tea.)
Next, I order ground beef with my combo plate…and my boyfriend ordered his with chicken. Well, we both received brisket instead.
The lady tried to rectify the situation for me by preparing me a ground beef taco…which I asked for them to PLEASE NOT DO. When folks are overworked and allegedly have to open a pack of ground meat and cook some for a customer who they swore up-and-down asked for brisket…did not seem at the time to be something “safe” for me to eat as the patron. The effort was appreciated, but I asked the person not to. Besides, the order had to be a ground meat taco AND ground meat enchilada. The order was still not completed correctly.
I wish these ladies would have told us that they did not have the ingredients readily available to serve us what we ordered…INSTEAD OF BRINGING US WHAT THEY HAD LEFT AS A SUBSTITUTE.
They did not do right by their customers. $16.00 is too much to pay for a meal that you did not prefer/ordered.
They refused to take my meal off of the ticket …even though I was NOT going to eat it.
No love lost. I just wanted to share my experience to help some innocent patron to avoid this place or at least make it known that you don’t want any substitutes at all; no deviations from your order without your approval of the meal modification.
… moreFirst off: PLEASE MAKE SURE THE LADIES UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT YOUR ORDER AS YOU MENTIONED IT and NOT AS WHAT THEY WILL PREFER TO SUBSTITUTE YOU WITH (without telling you about the changes that are being made to your order in the back).
We came here for the first time–being out-of-state and wanting to try a spot that may have been more authentic than a franchise eatery.
The handmade salsa was a bit odd, too. There was a lot of salt and black pepper that overwhelmed it.
Our order was messed up, and the excuse of them being busy making tamales all day long was the reason why a customer should be okay with receiving an order they did not ask for.
The lady of the establishment seemed very nice and eager to take our order, so we were excited to enjoy a repast at the spot; however, this is what happened:
My boyfriend only wanted water for his beverage. The waitress brought out tea and basically told him that was what he was going to have to deal with since they had no water; she wasn’t going to charge for it. (He doesn’t drink tea.)
Next, I order ground beef with my combo plate…and my boyfriend ordered his with chicken. Well, we both received brisket instead.
The lady tried to rectify the situation for me by preparing me a ground beef taco…which I asked for them to PLEASE NOT DO. When folks are overworked and allegedly have to open a pack of ground meat and cook some for a customer who they swore up-and-down asked for brisket…did not seem at the time to be something “safe” for me to eat as the patron. The effort was appreciated, but I asked the person not to. Besides, the order had to be a ground meat taco AND ground meat enchilada. The order was still not completed correctly.
I wish these ladies would have told us that they did not have the ingredients readily available to serve us what we ordered…INSTEAD OF BRINGING US WHAT THEY HAD LEFT AS A SUBSTITUTE.
They did not do right by their customers. $16.00 is too much to pay for a meal that you did not prefer/ordered.
They refused to take my meal off of the ticket …even though I was NOT going to eat it.
No love lost. I just wanted to share my experience to help some innocent patron to avoid this place or at least make it known that you don’t want any substitutes at all; no deviations from your order without your approval of the meal modification.
DJ James
So the video review that was done was too efficient!
When I got there the place was Rockin & Rollin to say the least.
A lot of to-go customers waiting and all the tables taken and the line was out the door.
I should have left and came back at a later time, but my bad, I didn’t do that.
When I got to the counter to place my order, the owner/daughter left out the front door and a lady who didn’t speak English and it was her first day on the job attempted to take my order…
UNSUCCESSFULLY!
The owner chose to go outside at that moment to do an interview for someone news source and the mom/owner was furious about that!
To make a long story short, I spent $33 on two orders and both were wrong.
They should have been better prepared!!
… moreWhen I got there the place was Rockin & Rollin to say the least.
A lot of to-go customers waiting and all the tables taken and the line was out the door.
I should have left and came back at a later time, but my bad, I didn’t do that.
When I got to the counter to place my order, the owner/daughter left out the front door and a lady who didn’t speak English and it was her first day on the job attempted to take my order…
UNSUCCESSFULLY!
The owner chose to go outside at that moment to do an interview for someone news source and the mom/owner was furious about that!
To make a long story short, I spent $33 on two orders and both were wrong.
They should have been better prepared!!
SallyAnn Shipman
Tried out this restaurant to help local. It was ok food, went during lunch. She was out of hamburgers, she ran out of beans. She was definitely not prepared for the amount of people who wanted to support her.
… moreBret Cantwell
I was on the east side of town and wanted to try some pozole and Juani’s Kitchen was recommended. This is a family run hole in the wall eatery and that’s always a good sign.
The pozole comes with a toasted and split torta bun, lime, cilantro and onion, pepper flakes and oregano. The red hell broth isn’t as fiery as it looks though it does have a bite.
During my visit the owners son Joshua was filling in as server and he was great adding to the family run feel of the restaurant.
… moreThe pozole comes with a toasted and split torta bun, lime, cilantro and onion, pepper flakes and oregano. The red hell broth isn’t as fiery as it looks though it does have a bite.
During my visit the owners son Joshua was filling in as server and he was great adding to the family run feel of the restaurant.
EmoshisLive
Came here for lunch. Very friendly and hospitable staff.
They offer homemade chips and salsa while you wait for your food. The chips alone were fantastic. Good amount of salt and flavor. Found myself not really needing the salsa all that much because the chips were done just right.
Their fresca’s are VERY good. (Pina being my favorite, cucumber at a close second) I ordered the Carne Asada street taco’s plate.
You get 4 loaded street tacos, plus rice, beans and cheese for about 15$, and it’s more than enough food for the price.
Good food, good prices, and even better staff.
Very welcoming and pleasant to talk to.
If you’re tired of other places not having that “welcome home” interaction and taste to their food, then I recommend giving this place a shot.
The staff really do a good job at making you feel welcome and considering the lack of warmth that a lot of other places seem to be having issues with nowadays, for me that’s a huge plus.
Give this place a shot. It’s affordable the owner really enjoys cooking so that’s always nice!
… moreThey offer homemade chips and salsa while you wait for your food. The chips alone were fantastic. Good amount of salt and flavor. Found myself not really needing the salsa all that much because the chips were done just right.
Their fresca’s are VERY good. (Pina being my favorite, cucumber at a close second) I ordered the Carne Asada street taco’s plate.
You get 4 loaded street tacos, plus rice, beans and cheese for about 15$, and it’s more than enough food for the price.
Good food, good prices, and even better staff.
Very welcoming and pleasant to talk to.
If you’re tired of other places not having that “welcome home” interaction and taste to their food, then I recommend giving this place a shot.
The staff really do a good job at making you feel welcome and considering the lack of warmth that a lot of other places seem to be having issues with nowadays, for me that’s a huge plus.
Give this place a shot. It’s affordable the owner really enjoys cooking so that’s always nice!
Pony
Edited 12/25: I’ve eaten here many times and have been increasingly impressed with each subsequent visit. My last meal here was the absolute best, which means that this place has somehow improved during my multiple month absence. The owners are welcoming and make an honest effort to do their best for their patrons.
This is my favorite New Mexican restaurant in the city (the combination plate is my go-to specifically) and if my review happens to reach your eyes, I hope you’ll give it a try.
… moreThis is my favorite New Mexican restaurant in the city (the combination plate is my go-to specifically) and if my review happens to reach your eyes, I hope you’ll give it a try.