Mesa Vista Cafe

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  We made a wrong turn and ended up driving through OC, so decided to give this place a shot.  The service couldn't have been friendlier and it was also prompt.  The food was tasty and a reasonable value for the (low) price -- I preferred the red chile sauce but my friend liked the green... get 'em both FTW.  We had some veggie and chicken enchiladas and tamales. It's not gourmet and it's not the best you ever ate, but it tasted fresh and good.  Fun decor seals the deal.

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  Posted on 09.04.13 Ted M.

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  Best service, the lady that works there, is like being around family.  She is so easy to talk to.  We sat at the counter, because I don't get to do that very often.  It is becoming at thing of the past, diner counters.
  
  The inside of the restaurant is filled with tons of pictures, horse shoes, nostalgic cooking stove and more.  You could spend a good amount of time just looking at everything.  I find that part of the charm.
  
  Food not bad.  I ordered the breakfast burrito with green chili.  I don't really recommend that on an empty stomach.  I learned the hard way.  We also ordered 2 bean and cheese burritos, Christmas style for togo.  Ate them at the airport.  I used some of the salt they put in the bags.  Tasted great.

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  Posted on 06.10.13 Michelle C.

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  The food is fine,  the service is great, and the place smells of old grease.  I had the breakfast burrito and my fellow diners had the tuna sandwich with fries (crinkle cut), and chicken and cheese enchiladas with red.

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  Posted on 09.18.11 Vagabond M.

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  the food is microwaved. period. the one star is for the sweet lady waitress.

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  Posted on 07.11.11 cabeza c.

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  We were staying at the Ojo Caliente resort and had neglected to make dinner reservations at their restaurant and so had to eat in town.  The Mesa Vista was listed on Yelp with a good review and there appeared to be many cars in the parking lot.  We were optimistic.  However, when we walked in the door there was only one customer (we still don't know where the cars came from!) and the restaurant smelled of old grease.  We would have walked out, but a super friendly woman came out from the kitchen and we were too embarrassed/polite to leave.  We should have left.
  
  Although the service was great and friendly, the food was horrid.  I ordered beef tacos and my husband ordered a Mexican combination plate.  All of our food was microwaved.  (We could hear the microwave and its dings clearly from the kitchen.)  My soft taco shells were so over-microwaved they were leathery.  The beef was standard ground beef with no spice or flavor.  My tacos had the plain beef, some bagged orange cheese and iceburg lettuce.  Salsa that looked like Ortega came on the side as did what were clearly canned refried beans with a few sprinkles of the same bagged orange cheese.  My husband's combination plate was also microwaved and consisted of the same pre-made food items (canned beans, jarred salsa, etc)
  
  It was all edible (barely) but not authentic, not homemade and not tasty.  We had so many wonderful meals in New Mexico, but this was like the bad "Mexican" food you'd be served by someone's crazy aunt in the midwest. Very sad because the waittress (who clearly also served as the sole kitchen employee) was very friendly.  We would not return and would not recommend the place to friends.

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  Posted on 05.07.10 Kaki N.

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  Awesome service and great Mexican American Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian Dishes.  Sign says it opens at 7am but they told us 8:00.  The service is excellent-there is a really good vibe in there.  The Huevos Rancheros are HOTT and delicious.  The Bison burgers with Green Chili might knock your socks off-it varies, it was super hot one day and tolerable the next.  Hot pie right out of the oven topped with ice cream tops off the meal.   This is the place to eat at when you visit  Ojo Caliente Spa-prices are low but the food is wonderful.  Enjoy

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  Posted on 03.19.10 Michelle S.

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