The Artichoke Cafe is a colorful American restaurant in Albuquerque’s 87102 area, offering innovative New American fare and wine in a setting accented by modern art and sculptures.
Whether you are meeting friends for lunch, planning a dinner, enjoying a quiet solo meal, or looking for a romantic and upmarket atmosphere, the restaurant provides a welcoming space with table service and comfortable seating. Its cozy, quiet, and trendy character makes it a versatile choice for everyday dining as well as more special occasions.
Guests can choose from outdoor seating, dine-in service, takeaway, delivery, and on-site services. The menu and beverage offerings include comfort food, local specialties, beer, cocktails, coffee, tea, wine, happy-hour food and drinks, late-night food, and dessert.
Highlights include a fireplace, a bar on site, a great beer selection, carefully featured cocktails, excellent coffee, a strong tea selection, a great wine list, and appealing dessert options. The Artichoke Cafe is also known for lunch, dinner, catering, dessert, seating, and attentive table service, with lunch and dinner reservations recommended and reservations accepted.
Accessibility and convenience are central to the dining experience, with a wheelchair-accessible car park, entrance, seating, and toilet. Additional amenities include gender-neutral toilets, restrooms, Wi-Fi, and free Wi-Fi. Credit cards and debit cards are accepted.
Rated 4.50 out of 5 based on 1,188 customer reviews, The Artichoke Cafe is located at 424 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, United States. For reservations or more information, call +1 505-243-0200.
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Frequently ordered and highly recommended items at The Artichoke Cafe
Our Story
Welcome to a place where great food meets warm hospitality. We believe dining is more than just a meal - it's an experience to be savored and shared.
Our kitchen is dedicated to creating dishes that bring people together, using recipes that honor tradition while embracing innovation.
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A glimpse of our restaurant experience
Food & Drinks
lemon aioli, mint & parmesan aioli
house sauce, caramelized onion
lemon aioli
green chile-basil pesto, plum tomato sauce
crostini, gruyere, emmental
frisee, fresh herbs, pine nuts, parmesan, castelvetrano olive, sherry vinaigretteadd chicken breast 10 * flank steak *13 seared tuna *13
romaine, radicchio, breadcrumbs, fried caper, parmesan, anchovyadd chicken breast 10 * flank steak *13 seared tuna *13
vodka, house grenadine, lime
silver tequila, agave, lime
bourbon simple syrup, bitters
aperol, sparkling wine
Hear from our valued guests
The Managers were an absolute delight and helped me organize my wedding reception in one of their private rooms. They were very patient and executed every small request to the T. My husband and I are very grateful for the entire staff friendliness and hospitality. The food and drinks were super delicious and the prices are very fair as well. Highly recommend this establishment.
My friends and I went to Artichoke Cafe for dinner. We did not make the reservation because we were a small group of 3 people. We were seated right away at the bar section of the restaurant, which I didn't see it before. It was perfect little booth (hint for those who want to take your date to). For some reasons, this section felt warm so we took off our jackets. We started with, A-hem, steamed artichoke :) it came with three different dipping sauces: tomato-based sauce, garlic-cream, and melted butter. The creamy garlic sauce was the winner for me. The melted butter was surprisingly good as well. It had caught me off guard because I was not really a big fan of dipping anything in butter I ordered the lamb chops with mashed sweet potatoes. It was very delicious! Perfectly cooked to my preferred temperature! The meat was tender and the sweet potato was tasty! They were made in heaven for sure. This is a little gem that I am sure I will visit again with my future date :)
Overall a very good experience. Had dinner at 730 on a Thursday—restaurant was full but we were seated right away and the crowd could have been due to it being the day after Valentine’s Day. Service was good. I started with the house martini which was a nice twist on a normal martini and was very smooth. We started with the salmon mousse which was good but not great as the taste was a bit bland. We then went for pasta—my wife had the rigatoni and I had the ravioli. The rigatoni was excellent. The ravioli’s themselves I had were excellent but I found the sauce to be a bit thin. Overall a very nice evening and we would go back.
We made reservations. We were seated quickly. The place was completely booked. Our server was lovely. Answered all our menu questions. Dinner didn't take as long as I expected, with the crowd. Pleasant surprised. The food was fabulous!
Kudos the chef... thank you everyone at the café for your tru new mexico hospitality.
Friendly. Great food. Excellent service. Very nice place to dine.
We were passing through town. Stopped for dinner. Great service. They had a parking lot so parking was easy. Didn't have a reservation and we were seated at the bar without any wait. Noemi served us. She was great help, had good recommendations and was still able to keep up with all her orders. I highly recommend eating here. Atmosphere is good. I would come again.
Artichoke Cafe is one of Albuquerque’s finest restaurants. The food is fresh and artfully presented. The ambience is warm and cozy and the staff is friendly and unpretentious. It’s a lively place, but the noise level doesn’t suppress conversation. Excellent cocktails, adequate wine list
Driven by this place dozens of times & have no clue why I haven’t stopped in. Our daughter & her friends recommended it. 10/10 would recommend! It was DELIGHTFUL! Started with a lavender margarita & fried artichoke. For the main, I got the pork chop served over peaches & cabbage. (I haven’t stopped thinking about that chop since … 😋) My sister got the sea bass, also scrumptious. We ended the meal splitting a chocolate torte. Can’t wait to come back & dive a little deeper into the menu.
We had a great dinner experience at The Artichoke Cafe. The food and service were excellent. Our server, Michael B. was very friendly, helpful, and he was genuinely engaging. He helped us with making spot on beverage recommendations that we really loved.
Common questions about The Artichoke Cafe
The Artichoke Cafe is located at 424 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, NM 87102, United States.
You can reach The Artichoke Cafe by calling +1 505-243-0200.
The Artichoke Cafe has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 based on 1188 customer reviews.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible car park, Wheelchair-accessible entrance, Wheelchair-accessible seating, Wheelchair-accessible toilet.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following service options: Outdoor seating, On-site services, Takeaway, Dine-in, Delivery.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following highlights: Fireplace, Great beer selection, Great cocktails, Great coffee, Great dessert, Great tea selection, Great wine list, Serves local specialty.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following popular for: Lunch, Dinner, Solo dining.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following offerings: Alcohol, Beer, Cocktails, Coffee, Comfort food, Happy-hour drinks, Happy-hour food, Late-night food, Organic dishes, Private dining room, Small plates, Spirits, Vegan options, Vegetarian options, Wine.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following dining options: Lunch, Dinner, Catering, Dessert, Seating, Table service.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following amenities: Bar on site, Gender-neutral toilets, Restroom, Wi-Fi, Free Wi-Fi.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following atmosphere: Cozy, Quiet, Romantic, Trendy, Upmarket.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following crowd: Family friendly, Groups, LGBTQ+ friendly, Tourists, Transgender safe space.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following planning: Lunch reservations recommended, Dinner reservations recommended, Accepts reservations.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following payments: Credit cards, Debit cards.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following children: Good for kids, High chairs.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following parking: Free parking lot, Free street parking, Paid parking lot, Paid street parking, Plenty of parking.
The Artichoke Cafe features the following pets: Dogs allowed outside.
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