Pink Adobe Restaurant - Santa Ana

Just no, except maybe for the outdoor seating with trees reaching to the sky, or the charming small dining rooms with very nice art. Have a drink. Enjoy the outdoors. Leave happy! We started at the associated bar next door, The Dragon Bar, missed happy hour by 2 minutes because of sitting there waiting for service, but our fault for arriving 5 minutes before it ended. We found out we could order dinner and it sounded unusual so decided to try it. I ordered a chili relleno stuffed with walnuts, Montrachet, and jack cheese, top with red chili and pomegranate seeds. The chili tasted pickled, or a bit sour. It was a strange combination of flavors that clashed. And it was swamped by the beans, posole, and rice. My husband's enchiladas, cheese and chicken, were salty and ordinary. These dishes were priced at $28 and $22 respectively. Website prices are wrong. Nope. Nope. Nope. Never again.

After living in Albuquerque for 19 years, we know our New Mexican food. Now that we 've lived elsewhere for 10 years, we get back to Santa Fe for a visit at least 5 times a year. Our most recent go-to restaurant has been the Pink Adobe, Dragon Bar. You have to get there early, we got the last seat at 5pm on a Tuesday. You can 't beat the $6 happy hour margaritas. And the food menu items are 15% off. We shared an excellent Southwest salad and a bowl of green chile stew. Can 't beat it! Will be back.

Friendly staff, the mussels were fire ?, the cocktails you can't go wrong. We enjoyed our dinner and service was very nice.

The restaurant patio is beautiful and a must see! The drinks were delicious but the food was horrible. We never complain but all three of our dishes were so gross. I ate one shrimp out of 7 because they tasted like rubber. My friend?s red enchilada tasted like powdered spice. We still tipped nicely because the service was great but the food is NOT worth $45 a plate.

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to The Pink Adobe. Housed in an old, somewhat rustic adobe building (with real wood fireplaces burning) it is a charming Santa Fe setting that feels a bit like going back in time. Steaks, seafood and New Mexican dishes are on the menu. For something even more casual check out their Dragon Room bar next door with it 's own menu and Happy Hour.