Gil’s Taste of Taos

green chile stew is amazing, one of the few that order hot green from Abq

The first time I ate at Gil’s, I was in a hurry so I didn’t really take time to read the menu. I picked up a lunch special with tacos. They were not great seemed like store bought shells and greasy hamburger meat… I will not hold them to this because of my rushing.
I stopped in again to get dinner recently and took the time to ask questions and read the menu. I settled on the dinner special of a sopapilla stuffed with green chili pork. It was amazing! The side of beans was also very tasty, the rice was so-​so. Either way it completely made up for the tacos. I would give the food a 5.
The 4-​star rating, in stead of the five was because the order took an extremely long time to be prepared and the restaurant was quite hot, I opted to wait outside because even though it was also hot outdoors, I think it was cooler than the building.

Green Chili Chicken Enchilada was one of the best I’ve ever had– and I will always choose ANYTHING green chili. It’s my thing. Chef makes each dish fresh. You are missing out if you let the location and quaintness keep you away.

Beyond the superb service, the food was a pleasant reminder of the food from my childhood. Gil’s uses simple ingredients with traditional New Mexican recipes to make truly wonderful food.
My parents introduced me to Gil’s and raved about it. They were right.

This is true NM food. Although I am an AZ native, I lived for many years in Albuquerque and Gil’s food competes with the best in that city. Their red chile enchiladas are excellent and the sopapillas are hot, fresh and puffy. The place is small, with a few outdoor tables. Bring your own beer and you will have an authentic, tasty and inexpensive meal.

Always good New Mexican «soul food.» Great chips, red salsa and green salsa. Love the Chile relleno and Hatch Chile enchilada. The place is very small but cute. The wait staff is always friendly and attentive. I go for lunch or dinner every other month or so and have never been disappointed.

I would love to write a good review of Gil’s Taste of Taos but it is never open during the normal posted business hours. I was able to eat there once for lunch and had an amazing meal. I have been there three times since during the normal posted business hours and it is always closed. This establishment needs to find a way to run a catering business and a restaurant at the same time or quit selling itself as a restaurant that has normal business hours. Do not waste your time trying to eat at Gil’s it will most likely be closed because they are out catering. There are plenty of great Mexican spots in town that keep their posted business hours.

OK, no hours on their web page, and the web page leads you to believe you are headed for a nice place. Got there 11:30 on Saturday, doors were closed, only hours listed on the door sign for Sat was open at 1 pm. Seriously? It said 11 am on here.
Peeking in, definitely a greasy spoon no frills super dive. I was so excited to get some good New Mexico food so I drove half way across town for double disappointment. If I were in the area again, I don’t know if I would give them another chance. I’ll head to Frank and Lupe’s in Scottsdale next time I am going to drive for my fix, they are solid NM food.

Great New Mexican food. The house made chips are worth the visit. The chile con queso tastes just like my mom’s. Unfortunately everything we got with the exception of the beans and rice was too spicy for my lovely lady. A margarita would have been great but they don’t serve alcohol.

Im a regular, been there several times, always excellent service an luv everything from chips &salsa, enchiladas, burritos, tacos, always fresh an delicious:)

My meal was amazing. The guacamole was great as well as my partner’s Indian taco. Our waiter was great as well.

Gil was so friendly, super professional. The New Mexico enchiladas were delish!!! Hands down for this place!!!

I had the green chili chicken enchilada and it was fantastic. It was authentic New Mexican food at its finest and for a good price. I hear the breakfast burritos are legit so I will be coming back soon to try it.

I’m from New Mexico and this place hits home for me. I’m a big fan of their breakfast if you can catch them on a Saturday mid morning. They have really good chips and salsa which is homemade. Sounds odd but Gil makes a really good green chili burger. I’ve tried mostly everything on their menu and recommend anything with their red chili smothered all over it. Scrumptious! They have a cute patio and you can BYOB. If you like spicy. This is your place!

we saw this place while shopping next door at the Indian market. I was excited to see a Mexican restaurant that was going to be differant. When we sat down and looked at the menu the only thing that looked interesting was the Indian taco. so we got that and nachos. Every thing was good but nothing was speacial or different from any other mexican place.

Today I ordered a Chile Rellenos Plate, and a Bowl of Hatch Green Chile with Chicken.
The Chile Rellenos had the red sauce, was flavorful but not very spicy. Had a homemade taste to it which I enjoyed; beans/​rice were excellent. The Chile itself however was just ok. It was more of an omelette with a chile inside. It had a good flavor, but my wife is picky and didn’t enjoy the omelette-​style chile. Normally it’s a fluffy egg mixture encasing the chile with a crisp texture on the outside. What she had was an omelette filled with strips of chile, not a stuffed chile.
I ate the bowl of Hatch Green Chile with Chicken, which was $ 8.25. I ordered our meals to go, and I was surprised to see what I ordered in a 16-​oz soda cup. It came with 3 small tortillas (dipping or to make a taco? tasty but wasn’t really sure.) and that was that. It was bland at first, but then the pepper and green chile builds as you eat it creating a peppery-​heat that tastes good. It was more watery than I expected, and the tortillas didn’t really serve a place. I was pretty disappointed immediately that I had just paid about $ 9 for a cup of soup. I thought it was going to be more like a rice-​bowl or something.
Now, to stay positive, my wife and I eat their Hatch Chile breakfast burritos regularly at the farmer’s market. We always enjoy them, they are $ 6.95 and delicious. HUGE too. I have to say though, I was very disappointed with what I ordered today. I suppose I’ll stick with that burrito at the market.

Even if the food was amaaaaazing. I won’t be going back. It was good but I have had equally good and better. The service was horrendous. First we called so we could place our order and then pick it up since we had the kids, they didn’t pick up the phone. I get there and there was only one guest in the dining room, so they weren’t too busy at all.
I sat inside for 40 MINUTES waiting for them to make a burrito/​kids burrito and a taco plate. My husband was waiting in the car with the kids. While I was sitting there they could have at least offered me water or their table chips/​salsa while waiting.
Not only all of that but it was $ 30 for just those 3 things which is outrageous for mediocre Mexican food. They get 1 star for service and 2 stars for the food.

This place leaves a lot to desired. My dad and I went during the week because he was craving Mexican food. So, I suggested we give Gil’s a shot — trying to support local restaurants.
It was in a pretty dingy strip mall but we weren’t deterred. There was a family eating on the patio so we decided to eat inside (and were the only ones in there, aside from one guy that stopped in to get a take-​out order).
We started with chips and salsa. The chips were descent — thicker than normal but tasty. The salsa (if you can call it that) was horrible. Not much better than tomato paste and a few spices.
Then, we got a cheese crisp with green chiles. This was the highlight of the meal. Not a memorable cheese crisp but the green chiles were fresh and not canned.
For entrees I got a shredded beef taco and my dad got a combo plate with an enchilada, rice and beans. Pretty bad — bland and nothing to come back for.
The 1-​star is for the friendly service, good chips and okay cheese crisp. But, if you’re wanting Mexican food, you’d be better off at Valle Luna or Manuel’s.
And my rating is not because I’m comparing this place to normal «Mexican food» places — I know this place is supposed to be «New Mexican.» I have been to good New Mexican food restaurants — this will never be one of them.

Not for me, thanks.
I’m from New Mexico. Not far from Taos, in fact. This is NOT New Mexican style food, and it is NOT Taos style food. At least, not a place that plans on staying in business.
Sure, the place is cute. Sure, the people are nice and friendly and provide decent service. Sure, the price vs. quantity ratio is more than fair.
And the food isn’t the type of bad that will make you sick.
Had I been going with the aim of getting some Americanized Mexican style food, I may have given more stars.
But to me, going to Gil’s for New Mexican food is akin to going to Idaho for good Mexican food. It’s just not happening.
Sigh.
And for the love of all that’s right and good — will SOMEONE in this town learn to make a real sopapilla???

Gils. A relatively new business to the complex on 16^th St and Bell Rd.
Gils is NOT your average Mexican Style food. It is New Mexican Style. They use whole beans, no lard and light on flavor. The rice is not orange but more of a yellow with hints of garlic infused. The burritos are covered in red or green sauce, which can be a hot or mild depending on the crop.
I had the pork Carnita’s burrito topped with green sauce. Beans and rice. I would have been disappointed it I expected smashed refried beans too. BUT I love the beans as they are. They are sort of like a ham hock style bean. The carnitas was wonderful and huge. filled with pork and not a spec of fat in it. Topped with cheese and Hatch Green Chilie sauce. Did I mention Huge?
The whole meal including water and chips and salsa set me back $ 10 bucks. I even have a small lunch for tomorrow. The chips are homemade and the thicker type. The red salsa was spicy but not hot and green was good.
The rest of the menu looked good, nothing stood out as a must have but I will be back.
The place was clean and they made a nice patio outside, complete with waterfall and everything.