El Cafecito - Grants

My favorite Authentic New Mexican Restaurant. I moved to the east coast many many years ago. Come back to Grants to visit family every year and El Caf is a MUST in our visit! Great food, friendly welcoming staff & Real Soppapillas!

What a amazing experience. My wife and I were traveling through, and I looked up good places for breakfast. This place is beyond excellent. The food is fresh, and this is what a taste of the southwest should be. Prices were excellent. Food was excellent. But without a doubt the service there was so above and beyond. Our server was a lady named Debbie. Very sweet and amazing person.

Wow! Just wow - we tried this place on a recommendation from some friends and they were dead on! El Cafecito is amazing. Very simple menu but the flavors! Started with teezer nachos, the queso on it was spicy and fantastic. I had beef, bean and guacamole sopapilla covered in green chile sauce also had a beef chimichanga with guacamole with green Chile sauce both of these items were delicious! The real surprise was desert. Basically a sopapilla stuffed with home made cherry pie filling rolled up like a chimi and deep fried, served with vanilla ice cream (icecream was $1 extra) They also offered peach and apple filling and when I go back will sample the others as well and will update my review! When we were departing and paying up front they had the biggest cinnamon rolls I’ve ever seen and also turnovers with the same fillings described above! If you’re any where close to this place you should stop by, you will NOT be disappointed! I am posting a pic of my plate - it’s messy because I took a bite before the photo… I went back through here yesterday - 21Apr2023 - had breakfast. Larry’s special with green chile sauce - plus an order of French toast. Larry’s special was awesome the French toast was basic, but good. I bought a cinnamon roll to go and heated it up later with some butter as recommended by the staff and it was delicious. I’d recommend this place for any meal! Relocating to NM and on a house hunting trip...revisited on 7-24-2024. Herb took care of us and the food is as good as ever. On Herb's recommendation I got 2 hotdogs 1 with green Chile the other with red Chile and had Chile cheese fries. I didn't go to eat hot dogs, but they were AWESOME. Also had a Chile relleno with green Chile, it was excellent as well. GF had stuffed sopapilla and really enjoyed that. I love this place!!! Photos below.

Stopped on a looooong road trip from WI to AZ. Food was homemade, plentiful, and welcome. Deceptively low prices for the amount and quality of food. Kind staff and a great value. Well worth the small detour from the highway.

We enjoyed are meal and felt the service was very good. Our server recommended the chilles rellenos platter which was very good, my husband chose the chicken special. The sopapillas were excellent.

Food was really good, service was friendly, atmosphere was relaxed. I recommend stopping if you are traveling and want a good meal at a good price. Zero complaints.

I was traveling from Minnesota to Phoenix for a motorcycle ride in the hills back in April . I wanted a good authentic Mexican meal and this little place had some of the best food I’ve had in a long time. Great food friendly staff that cared to visit and give great service. Wonderful busy place I’d definitely go out of my way to eat at again. Thanks so much!!

Family oriented restaurant with a friendly family environment. Great food. Wonderful Chili and good prices.