The best restaurant in Ruidoso. We dined twice while there recently for lunch and dinner. We had a group of 15 for dinner, and the service and food did not suffer one bit. Speedy and professional. Good steaks, Salmon, Burgers, Nachos, Tacos, and Salads. There appears to be one waiter/waitress for the entire place, so we expected it to be slow, however it was not. Nice wine list with some interesting wines. Outdoor dining includes a patio in the front and the back, as well as the interior dining room.
If you want a hole in the wall place for down and dirty mexican food, go elsewhere. However if you want a "finer dining" experience I don't think you can find a better place in Ruidoso NM than this.
The menu is extensive and we enjoyed almost everything. We didn't care for the mahi tacos or the salsa salad, however. Just a small note to future diners, but we really liked everything else. Perhaps you will enjoy those, too.
We really enjoyed eating here. We ordered the fried peppers as an appetizer they were pretty good. Our entrees were amazing. I had the skillet chicken with the green chili mashed potatoes it was juicy and so delicious. I would defiantly go again. Sancho was our waiter he was great. We'll be back
Review Source:I have been coming to Ruidoso for 40 years and this is the best dining experience I have ever had here. Tacos as an appetizer were great. Wife and I split the ribeye for dinner and it was spectacular. Best steak I have ever had in NM. Staff was very nice and helpful. Wine steward was knowledgable. Decent small wine list. Met the owner and thanked him for the wonderful meal. We will be back.
Review Source:I have dined at Grill Caliente twice now and both times I was thoroughly impressed. The service is great (and reading through the previous comments I can say that they must have improved because there is not a drink that goes unfilled or an empty plate left on our table). The food is very good. I highly recommend "The GC" which has the best beef that I've had in New Mexico! Please give this quaint place a try, I guarantee you won't be disappointed. It is nice to see a small intimate place like this one that has great food and service!
Review Source:I heard this was a great place from a couple people, so perhaps my expectations we're too high. The service was marginal. The waitress took our order without writing anything down, and made several errors . On my order, she forgot to bring the salsa I asked for, and when I reminded her, she said she would get it right away.  Instead she went to another table and took their order, then  gave another table their check, then irresistible to another table.  We tried to get her attention without any luck.  A customer across the room noticed our attempts, so stopped her as she went by and pointed her in our direction.  She asked what we needed, then said that the salsa hadn`t been ready.  Really?? Â
There were six at our table, and none of us were really pleased with our meals. Â The beef tenderloin tacos were the best of what we ate.
Great menu and the food is delicious. Â The steaks are well cooked and the chicken dishes are excellently seasoned. Â We had a party of 15 and everyone was very satisfied with their food. Â The service was not great but the restaurant was crowded and we were a large party. Â This may be the best restaurant in town.
Review Source:We ate here last night, we were in town visiting family and were a party of 7. Â Our service was wonderful and the food was very good, fresh and hot when delivered.
We started with 2 appetizers, the trio of dips, salsa (excellent), guacamole (fabulous) and queso (not heated all the way through and my only real complaint) and the fried green chile, pablano and jalapeno chili's. Â A very good start to our meal.
I had 2 tacos, the beef and the mushroom, both were excellent! Â If I could have eaten them, I would have ordered all 4 kinds. Â Others in our party had the park chop with chipolte sauce (very tasty, cooked well but could have been a little more tender), both chicken dinners (no complaints here :)) and a hamburger (which was great).
We had Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake and Grilled Peaches with ice cream for dessert ... both were good but I wouldn't go just for the dessert but will definitely return for the food!
Good food, service needs some sharpening. Delivered appetizer after our meal was COMPLETE. Tacos good but need some sides for $10; Philly cheese was not traditional shaved/sliced beef- looked more like fajita steak; chicken poblano was good-add rice and serve less black beans. Very polite young man repeatedly filled water/drinks.
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