La Fonda del Bosque in Albuquerque

The only bad thing I can say is that it isn't open enough. Charming atmosphere, superb food, courteous and efficient service.

We had the Chinese BBQ duck quesadilla (an appetizer, $8) and the Mesquite steak taco plate (entree. $12). The latter was very good and good quantity. The former barely had duck - about 4 small slices. See the photos. An added bonus is that they had their monthly art exhibit- interesting art and some very good hors d'oeuvres.. Cost was $20 plus tip.

It was really hard to not give La Fonda Del Bosque 5 stars!  Since this was my first time here I decided to come back a second time and if they are consistent with this recent visit they will get the 5 big ones due them.  I promise! We met some friends at the National Hispanic Cultural Center to view the their most recent exhibit "La Cholla"...I'll get to that in a separate review to follow this one.  Of course I looked up La Fonda on Yelp and it looked promising.  We walked in with our friends and there were not a lot of people there but by the time we left it had almost filled up. To begin with the place is gosh-darn beautiful.  Well appointed, linen on the table, linen napkins with utensils placed perfectly, nice crystal water glasses, clear-crunchy ice (this is impressive, folks!) and the wait staff were well dressed and well versed on the (sorta) minimalist menu.  We opted for Guacamole to start.  Expecting the usual scoop of guac with 5 chips protruding out like upside down icebergs, we got instead a generous basket of very warm corn chips and a platter with bowls of guacamole, sweet salsa, pico de galo, and some other nice tomato relish.  This was around $8 and we had leftovers from the four of us.  The cream of chicken soup was flavorful, spicy, generous...My only complaint was the soup spoon was too small...picky-picky...but that's what Yelpers do...detail-detail!  My friend ordered a green chile pork soup and his was loaded with carne.  Ours had lots-o-pollo!  The bread was excellent but when I asked about what kind it was (Whole wheat with bits of grain to make it chewy) I was told they normally served their own bread which was some kind of focacia flat bread. We left stuffed and I didn't even have room f...