Having a delightful dinner at Turquoise Desert after a grueling shopping trip to Costco. Love their beer cheese and pretzel. Had the NM Patty Melt without the SW. Marty had his Turquoise Burger. Love their fries and onion rings. We don't come here enough. Great food, great staff, friendly locals.

Hands down, some of the best beer, food, service in the area. A real gem. Ordered a turquoise burger with onion rings, and my friend ordered a patty melt with cole slaw. Both burgers were cooked medium rare, perfectly prepared. The onion rings were battered, yet crunchy! Only 2 places I’ve been that have better onion rings and that’s Hodad’s in San Diego and Sylvester’s in Atascadero. Enjoyed a Bosque Brewing Coffee Stout and a 1544 Black Lager… both were excellent beers!

First lunch here and I must say it was fantastic! Service and atmosphere are excellent. Great location. Tried the Turquoise Burger with home fries. Very good! The homemade buns are a great touch! Also had a Marble Double White Berry. Will definitely be back! Support local!

Best fried pickles I’ve ever had! The dish on the left is vegan wings (which were perfectly fried) and the right are the pickles. Ignore the one vegan wing I have in there. The batter is perfectly crispy and light and they make their own pickles. So delicious! I also ordered their fried shrimp basket. The shrimp was also cooked perfectly! It was cooked better than even most fine dining restaurants I’ve been to. They know how to do fried foods well! Their service was friendly and efficient. Never had to ask for a drink refill. They were on top of things! I can’t wait to go back and get the fried pickles again and try another dish off of their menu.

Turquoise desert taproom is local to our home. We tried it when they first opened and tried it again today. Kellie was our server, she's such a hard worker!! I ordered chicken nachos, thank God there's a choice to order real cheese! Thank you turquoise! It was delicious. My husband ordered the chicken wings, they were also very good! Five stars!!! my only suggestion is to bring to the menu a big Cobb salad. There's nowhere to get one around here. Thanks!!

In town for a long weekend visiting friends and we decided to try this tap room for dinner. Who am I to say "no" to a tap room? It was Friday evening and there was, surprisingly, no wait to be seated. It was pretty packed and there was a game of some kind being shown on the televisions (I can't tell you who was playing. Jim doesn't do sports). Our server met us pretty quickly and brought us water and took drink orders. I was definitely down for a flight and offered to set me up with a flight of her favorites, minus one because I specified I wanted at least one IPA. We were good with that. The flight (photos provided) was colourful and looked promising. Congo also approved. After we got our drinks apparently the place got slammed because the nice lady who was our server (whose name we didn't get) disappeared behind the bar to take care of drink orders. After about 10 minutes of waiting to place our food orders we decided to just flag down any person walking by. We didn't get his name, but he was able to get our food orders placed. My wife ordered a pretzel as an appetizer, I ordered the Nachos. I was surprised when he asked what kind of cheese I wanted, queso or shredded. I'm a queso-over-nachos kinda guy, but it's nice to have the option. Of the flight, 3 out of 4 were amazeballz. When she asked if I wanted to try the Winter Warmer I said "ok, I'll try something new". It was Santa Fe Brewing's Adobe Igloo. To be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect. When I tasted it I....umm...didn't know what to make of it. It was malty, but had other tastes I couldn't pinpoint. Our friends tried it as well and it was met by a "huh" from all of us. The rest of the beers in the flight were good with a huge shout-out to the Turquoise Trail Cream Ale (which was recommended by our server). That one definitely gets Best In Show. The pretzel that wifey ordered was not your average ordinary hot pretzel. It was large and airy, not dark brown and dense. It tasted great, but it wasn't what you're used to. The beer cheese queso complimented it very nicely. My Congo Approved Nachos with beef were most excellent. The plate was heaping, and came with fresh serrano peppers. *High-Five* for the fresh serranos! The staff was constantly in motion keeping tables clean, drinks flowing, and food delivered. I wouldn't mind visiting again on a future trip to Albuquerque.

Chicken tacos were good, chicken breast & corn tortillas. Salsa was excellent! Would like to see a larger beer selection. The noise level was way too loud, from TVs. Very nice customer service. A good place to hang to have a quick dinner and a beer.

Awsome place to hang out and great food cooked in house.....

1st time here with my husband. We very much enjoyed it. The food was awesome and very delicious, so glad we both had an appetite. My husband had the beacon cheese burger I believe with onion rings. And I had the green Chile cheese burger with onion rings as well. I am a little disappointed in the green Chile quality, I'm use to having my Chile with more of a bite meaning heat to it. Over all the food was awesome our server was very prompt and helpful. She came back to check in on us every now and again made sure we had our drink refills. I will most definitely make a recommendation to anybody who is wanting to check this place out go check it out I haven't had a time opportunity to check out their drinks or any drink specials but it looks very interesting nice small quiet tap room place where you can go enjoy a couple of beers with your friends and the food. I look forward to returning and having another meal here at this lovely establishment.

This restaurant experience is like a cross between the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars center) and a pinball machine. The waitress, only one waitress for 12-18 tables, was bouncing between tables like a pinball machine. As a result, everyone had a short time of non-personal service. The food was excellent, but the experience was garbage. It is deeply unfair to treat a waitress like that. If she didn't have so many tables, she would have given us better hospitality and service, and she would have gotten a better tip. My verdict -- order out and pick up the order to take home. Don't have a miserable experience inside with virtually no wait staff. Then, they had the electronic at the table, pay now and show me my time, and get out of there! attitude. Geez, this was horrible. The Food was good, and if it was a VFD, I'd at least feel more comfortable. I recommend you skip unless you like a meal without any hospitality whatsoever and feeling like you are being served by a robot that has a short attention span. Dine in: D- , Food: A. I am sad we went there today. They should offer only take out until they can afford to accommodate people inside with real hospitality and service. Do yourself a favor, don't go there unless you go to get takeout food. (06-02-2023, 12:00-2:00PM, receipt #

5th time. We've now had brunch 2x. Generous portions, fantastic service. I recommend the MN burrito which has green chille sauce AND sausage gravy if you need to bump down the heat. The pretzel is also amazing. Everything is homemade. Original: 1st time here. Great atmosphere. Lou was out waiter super chill took care of us. Food came out super fast and was amazing. Shared the firecracker poor boy and green chili fries. Couldn't finish it all. Beer was cold and tasty and water was in big glass so never ran out. We will be back!!

First visit. We were surprised with the small town feel of a local tap room and sports bar. We loved the appreciation of the military service with all services represented with flags. The Turquoise Burger and fries was outstanding. We also enjoyed the nachos.

We came here almost two weeks ago and had a very good lunch. The fish and chips were wonderful and so was the homemade tartar sauce and coleslaw. The burger and fries were really good too! There were quite a few people and I only saw one gal tending the bar. She was the waitress too, and was very nice, efficient, and personable. I thought we'd have a long wait, but she brought the menus to us fast, and came back to take our orders quickly (all while she was juggling other tables and tending the bar). I'm impressed!

For the most part this is a sports bar that serves micro brews. They have included evenings of live music and expanded the drink menu to include infused mixed drinks. The food menu is delightful and includes vegetarian and gluten free meals. I recommend this location for families and singles.