Welcome to Stufys Restaurant, serving New Mexico for more than a half a century with authentic NM food. Specializing in stuffed sopas, fresh and local. Stufys was founded by Ray Madrid and Lawrence Villanueva. During the 1950s, Ray Madrid was the Head Chef at Albuquerque Country Club. Using his skills and recipes, he opened Mexican Maid, a small restaurant in the downtown Albuquerque area.
With a sopaipilla machine and delicious New Mexican recipes, Ray and Lawrence went on to create Stufys Restaurants, which were carried on by Lawrence Villanueva ll along Maria Landeros.
Please come enjoy our half-century tradition of homestyle cooking using local ingredients. You will love the authentic flavor.
Bill Sanderson
Stufy’s on Juan Tabo just north of Constitution is the spot for tasty stuffed sopaipillas! The meat ones hit the spot, and the chicken’s pretty good too. Super friendly crew—use the drive thru if it’s chilly!
… moreAmynBrandon Jimenez
Went and ordered got home and was very disappointed. The Tortilla was not even cooked, right. It was still doughy for $20, most of my meat was left on the paper, so stuck to it, I couldn’t even eat it. What a waste never again, I used to be a stuffy’s fan, but me and my husband will no longer be now. My stomach hurts. I’ve included a photo of how soggy it was, and now it’s soaked into my burrito wrapper.
… moreAndi Lovato
8/6/25 6:30pm
A family owned and operated staple of comfort food since 1968. I absolutely LOVE Stufy’s. We dislike showing up places in the last 30 minutes for guilt and fear negative interactions. However, I’ve been intensely craving my handheld pillows of delight and risked it. As we arrived, two cars went into the drive-thru with two already in line. Upon entry, there were people in line inside as well. Pretty busy so close to closing. Omar greeted us with a friendly and enthusiastic smile, welcoming us in. He took our orders and made accommodations for us without being asked. After we paid and got our drinks, we could overhear the employees joking and having a good time in the back. The standard of customer care, cleanliness and quality of food are, quite simply, excellent. Even the manager came by to make sure we were satisfied. And the price point works for most budgets. As we made our exit, they thanked us for coming in. We left at 6:55 and they close at 7. I will always recommend Stufy’s to everyone. I’m even trying to talk my boss into having it catered for our next company event. Thanks for still being around after 50+ years and keeping us fed and happy!
… moreMike Mendez
Nice dinner here before going to work. They do close at 7pm so get there before then. The stuffed sopapillas are good. I had the chicken and beans with green chili and cheese. The seating is fun with the sombrero lighting. Not a bad place. Check it out!
… moreJeremy Trujillo
The best Stuffy’s in town, I now only eat at the Juan tabo location, the others don’t even come close to the portion sizes and freshness. This Stuffy’s is privetly owned and you can tell they take the time to really make the best meals.
… moreBig Things Go Boom
Stufy’s is classic. Food is super good and the prices are incredibly fair. The atmosphere is awesome. Minimalistic and chic. Love the astroturf on the wall too. Just an all around great place to duck in to and satiate your craving for Mexican food. Worth it!
… morePeace Power
As others have shared recently, no chili rellenos to be had on 1/23/26. We had a large group who ordered together for dine-in at 4p, we had the place to ourselves. Food took forEVER to arrive – one plate at a time. Hot dogs took more than a half hour, and the fries that were to come with took another half hour to arrive separately. My shredded chicken burrito was lukewarm and they brought to our table in a paper bag like it was take out, no napkins or silverware. No one filled the ice in the soda dispenser. I don’t remember having a meal that was so meh, for both service and food quality. Not recommending, and not returning. And I gave a 15% tip when I ordered. Very disappointing.
… moreLiz Romero
First of all, the employees were preoccupied, having their own personal gathering in the corner it was someone’s birthday. No one was paying attention to us when we got down to order takeout. Ask for a Relleno plate they said they had no rellenos then they suggested a combination plate, but they had no tamales so then they said they would put us an extra taco in place, we ordered two extra sopapillas. They never put the extra taco nor the sopapillas. Went back in with the plate which they replaced the extra taco and never put the two sopapillas. It looked like they scooped the food out of another leftover plate and was covered with lettuce and tomatoes VERY sloppy it look like garbage in my plate, We also ordered guacamole burgers which the avocado was black and brown, also VERY sloppy!I We will never go back again and I would suggest management would take time to see what exactly employees are doing. OVER $30 spent. I threw it in the trash!!!
… moreamy barreras
Best Stuffys in Albuquerque. I will drive from anywhere to this specific location!
… moreAmanda Riboni
I typically love to eat here but I was disappointed this last time. We waited over 20 min in the drive thru for 2 sopapillas and a chili relleno plate. Was giving them benefit of the doubt maybe it was gunna be fresh. There was atleast 2 other cars behind us as well. We made the mistake of not looking at our order but by the time we noticed it was completely wrong, they were closed. We made do with what we had although, one of us didn’t eat due to not liking what was given to us. I’m not sure if the orders got mixed up or if they just wanted to get us out but I was really looking forward to my chili relleno it was almost closing time so I hope next time it’s better!
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