Santacafe

Santacafe - Santa Fe has been the Southwest’s Bistro since 1983. With our beautiful courtyard and elegant dining rooms we have been serving Santa Fe's discerning palates for 32 years.

Long known as one of Santa Fe's best restaurants, Santacafe keeps evolving. Many dishes fuse Southwestern and Asian flavors, like the signature cactus and shiitake mushroom spring rolls served with a spicy ponzu sauce. The seafood dishes… Read More

Minimalist elegance marks the interior of Santacafé, one of Santa Fe's vanguard "food as art" restaurants, two blocks north of the Plaza in the historic Padre Gallegos House. Seasonal ingredients are included in the inventive dishes, which might include Alaskan halibut with English peas, saffron couscous, capers, and preserved lemon. Shiitake-and-cactus spring rolls with ponzu sauce make a...

Long known as one of Santa Fe's best restaurants, Santacafé keeps evolving. Many dishes fuse Southwestern and Asian flavors, like the signature cactus and shiitake mushroom spring rolls served with a spicy ponzu sauce. The seafood dishes are exquisite, especially the organic New Zealand king salmon that is pan-seared and served with cockles, bacon and sorrel. Save room for dessert, especially...

Opened in 1983, Santacafé became famous for infusing American dishes with Southwestern influences in an era when regional cuisine was still a new idea. Happily, it hasn't sold out and remains one of the best fine-dining options in Santa Fe, with consistently great food and service. Call it Santa Fe formal, with four white-tablecloth dining rooms in an 1860s landmark adobe building just off the...

Southwestern Bistro