Splurge in Santa Fe

9 splurge places in Santa Fe, editor-picked. Tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Santa Fe. All Santa Fe food.

Food tour in Santa Fe

New Mexican Flavors Food Tour of the Santa Fe Plaza

★ 4.8 (524)2.5 to 3 hfrom USD 187

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The splurge list

9 places

The Compound

• ★ 4.8
• Contemporary American
• $$$$
• Canyon Road

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.

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Sazon

• ★ 4.8
• Contemporary Mexican
• $$$$
• Downtown / The Plaza

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.

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Geronimo

• ★ 4.7
• New American
• $$$$
• Canyon Road

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.

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Book food experiences in Santa Fe

Taste of Santa Fe Wine and Dine Lunch

• ★ 4.8 (114)
• 2.5 to 3 h
• from USD 242

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Santa Fe Chocolate Tasting and History Exploration Tour

• ★ 5.0 (21)
• 3 hours
• from USD 90

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Gourmet Brunch in Charming Santa Fe with Chef Carolina

• ★ 5.0 (1)
• 1h 30m
• from USD 65

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Restaurant Martin

• ★ 4.7
• New American
• $$$$
• Downtown / The Plaza

Chef Martin Rios, a ten-time James Beard nominee, cooks seasonal progressive-American tasting menus at Restaurant Martin, in a quiet downtown garden.

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Arroyo Vino

• ★ 4.6
• Contemporary American
• $$$$
• Southside

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.

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Izanami at Ten Thousand Waves

• ★ 4.6
• New Mexican
• $$$$

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.

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Coyote Cafe

• ★ 4.5
• American
• $$$$
• Downtown / The Plaza

Coyote Cafe pioneered modern Southwestern under Mark Miller in 1987; today the downtown room serves elk and tellicherry ribeye, with a rooftop cantina.

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Anasazi Restaurant at Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi

• ★ 4.5
• New American
• $$$$
• Downtown / The Plaza

Cristian Pontiggia, 2023 New Mexico Chef of the Year, leads the Anasazi kitchen at Rosewood with a contemporary-American menu on Washington Avenue.

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315 Restaurant & Wine Bar

• ★ 4.4
• French bistro
• $$$$

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.

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