El Modelo Mexican Foods

Great food! Recommend the Mexican Plate if you have trouble to decide. Big portion can easily feed two people, stop by every time if you pass Albuquerque!

The desert comes with honey, which also tasty just eat it along ! The ribs and enchiladas are also great!

Phone in to order make sure you tell them your parking spot number, then they deliver to your car. Super easy!

Definitely recommend stopping by. I would call ahead if you’re in a hurry, they are pretty popular and usually have a little bit of a wait. But it is well worth it. The tacos Nuevos plate are a really good, classic taco, with beef and potato. My husband got the Mexican plate which has a bit of everything. It was a lot of food, but he enjoyed everything on it. Their red chile sauce is super good which smothers pretty much everything. Highly recommend either plate.
Has a really nice outdoor area to eat.

It's always a great time eating at the El Modelo restaurant. This cuisine has been served since 1929 with this new upgraded future building towering over the old traditional style Adobe restaurant that started this great classic traditional Mexican food.

Delicious food and massive quantities. I ordered the Mexican play just to keep it simple and there must have been four or five pounds of food. In three different containers. $13, amazing

The longest wait in history!!!

We ordered 3 plates and walked in literally at 2:06 pm and waited over 45 min for food. I am beyond disappointed.

For a fast food place there is never a reason good enough to wait this long for food. I use to come to this place all the time as a teenager and never remember it like this.

I would not recommend this place and I honestly would never come back again.

If you have time to wait and think the food is worth it then plan accordingly otherwise don’t even bother.

So Much History! Giant portions - we could have shared the Mexican Plate between the 2 of us. Caution- HOTTER than Tex-Mex!

The food is amazing but the service is so so. It takes like an hour to get your food and sometimes they don't answer the phone to take your order. I once waited in line for an hour and watched them get food out to everyone else but never called my order, only to find out mine was the first one up but no one called it. But they have some of the best tamales I've ever had from a restaurant.

Been a customer for over 20 years but the food is really awful now. sauce for the stuff Sophia's had jalapenos in them and it was really hot. My tamales weren't even cooked it was mostly raw Mesa. Prices are really high I guess I won't be eating there anymore what a shame used to be such a wonderful place to eat

Awesome portion sizes and great quality of food!

We have always wanted to try their food so we had high expectations. They didn't disappoint. It was crazy busy but they were preparing orders quickly. Staff was rushed but they were pleasant and took got our order correct. Food was excellent. Prices are very low compared to other restaurants. Wish they had a space for dining in but it would really slow down service and increase costs. I would recommend calling in your order ahead only because they are so busy.