Geronimo ★ 4.7
Geronimo's Canyon Road adobe, AAA Four Diamond and Forbes Four Star, has cooked French-Asian-American fusion in the 1756 building since 1991.
Tasting menus, Michelin stars, and the kitchens redefining what fine dining means in Santa Fe.
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The Compound ★ 4.8
Mark Kiffin, 2005 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, owns The Compound on Canyon Road; Chef Dale Kester runs the market-driven kitchen as of 2026.
Sazon ★ 4.8
Fernando Olea won the 2022 James Beard Best Chef Southwest at Sazon, where the deeply researched moles and a New Mexican mole anchor the Santa Fe dinner.
Restaurant Martin ★ 4.7
Chef Martin Rios, a ten-time James Beard nominee, cooks Progressive American tasting menus and a garden-patio dinner service at Restaurant Martin downtown.
Coyote Cafe ★ 4.5
Mark Miller built the modern-Southwestern playbook here in 1987; Coyote Cafe today still serves elk, tellicherry ribeye and a seasonal Rooftop Cantina.
Anasazi Restaurant at Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi ★ 4.5
Cristian Pontiggia, 2023 New Mexico Chef of the Year, leads the Anasazi kitchen at Rosewood Inn with a contemporary-American menu downtown today.
Izanami at Ten Thousand Waves ★ 4.6
Izanami plates upscale izakaya next to North America's deepest premium-sake list at Ten Thousand Waves spa off Hyde Park Road in the Santa Fe foothills.
315 Restaurant & Wine Bar ★ 4.4
Chef Louis Moskow has cooked Modern French Bistro at 315 on Old Santa Fe Trail since 1995, with a deep all-French wine list anchoring the rooms.
Arroyo Vino ★ 4.6
Arroyo Vino runs a 600-bottle wine shop and Contemporary American dining room ten minutes west of the Plaza; bottles are retail-plus-$20 corkage.
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