16 splurge places in Santa Fe, editor-picked. tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Santa Fe. All Santa Fe food.
The Compound ★ 4.8
canyon road · 653 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Mark Kiffin, 2005 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, owns The Compound on Canyon Road; Chef Dale Kester took over the kitchen at the storied adobe in 2026.
Sazon ★ 4.8
downtown · 221 Shelby Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Fernando Olea, 2022 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, has cooked in Santa Fe since 1991; Sazon opened on Shelby Street in 2015 with a Degustacion menu.
The Compound ★ 4.8
653 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Mark Kiffin, 2005 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, owns The Compound on Santa Fe's Canyon Road; Chef Dale Kester runs the market-driven kitchen as head cook.
Sazon ★ 4.8
221 Shelby Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
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.
Geronimo ★ 4.7
canyon road · 724 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Geronimo cooks fusion-forward fine dining in a 1756 Canyon Road adobe, the city's sole AAA Four Diamond and Forbes Four Star room since 1991.
Restaurant Martin ★ 4.7
downtown · 526 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Chef Martin Rios, a ten-time James Beard nominee, cooks seasonal progressive-American tasting menus at Restaurant Martin, in a quiet downtown garden.
Geronimo ★ 4.7
724 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Geronimo's Canyon Road adobe, AAA Four Diamond and Forbes Four Star, has cooked French-Asian-American fusion in the 1756 building since 1991.
Restaurant Martin ★ 4.7
526 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Chef Martin Rios, a ten-time James Beard nominee, cooks Progressive American tasting menus and a garden-patio dinner service at Restaurant Martin downtown.
Arroyo Vino ★ 4.6
west side · 218 Camino La Tierra, Santa Fe, NM 87506
Arroyo Vino pairs a 600-bottle wine shop with a Contemporary American kitchen ten minutes west of the Plaza; bottles are retail-plus-$20 corkage.
Izanami at Ten Thousand Waves ★ 4.6
21 Ten Thousand Waves Way, Santa Fe, NM 87501
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.
Arroyo Vino ★ 4.6
218 Camino La Tierra, Santa Fe, NM 87506
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.
Coyote Cafe ★ 4.5
downtown · 132 West Water Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Coyote Cafe pioneered modern Southwestern under Mark Miller in 1987; today the downtown room serves elk and tellicherry ribeye, with a rooftop cantina.
Anasazi Restaurant at Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi ★ 4.5
downtown · 113 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Cristian Pontiggia, 2023 New Mexico Chef of the Year, leads the Anasazi kitchen at Rosewood with a contemporary-American menu on Washington Avenue.
Coyote Cafe ★ 4.5
132 West Water Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
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
113 Washington Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Cristian Pontiggia, 2023 New Mexico Chef of the Year, leads the Anasazi kitchen at Rosewood Inn with a contemporary-American menu downtown today.
315 Restaurant & Wine Bar ★ 4.4
315 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501
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.