Santa Fe Steakhouse & Cantina

Reviews

• DH

  David Howard

  4 days ago
  5.0
  We are new to the Valley and are searching the little gems. We found one at Santa Fe. The steaks were great. My spouse had the filet, cooked to perfection medium rare and velvet smooth. I went for the ribeye. Same results, perfectly cooked. Both steaks had flame char. Our server, Poppy, was divine. She was so helpful and attentive. We will be back.
• CA

  Cedric Adams

  Nov 8, 2025
  3.0
  The food was great but the service was very Bad . At first glance the waitress off use a happy hour option for our birthday girl & looked down on us sitting at the table . We ordered wine & appetizers . Appetizers took over an hour to come out. The wine was never found before the appetizers came out . The waitress never came back to let us know until 50 mins that she walking around the store looking for the wine & then gets the manager involved . Then we are finally told that have ran out of that bottle of wine so we had to choose another and it took over 20 mins my table to place that wine order . We was asked by many other waitress was we okay before our waitress came back . In the midst after finding out the wine wasn’t there and waiting to place an order for a different wine . We asked to place our main meal order for 30 mins the waitress declined to take our order telling us to give her a minute & let her find the new wine before she took our order . The entire time we watched her go to two different tables within the restaurant multiple times . Taking orders & serving food to people that came in after us. Also, she did come to table one time after finally taking our order and started to pour new glass of wine out of the purchased bottle and spilt it on the table cloth & did not change it . Waitress stated “ oops , I don’t have my glasses on today “ . The manager was told & let an another employee immediately know so they can change the cloth & the waitress lied and she said she had told him to when we clearly did it . & I still had to pay full price for the wine . I don’t find this acceptable as if just because we were young paying customers and did not look like the majority in the restaurant we was definitely treated differently. This table only had 3 African Americans celebrating a birthday . Our waitress name was Judy . We spent a total of 2 hrs 30 mins in the restaurant . Judy was the only problem other than that everything else was great !
• ZB

  Zaida Briones

  Nov 5, 2025
  2.0
  The waitress that attended us was great. However, we ordered 3 Tomahawks and requested the ones with the most marbeling, supposedly they are Certified beef angus, but they were not juicy, tender, or flavorful. Every chew was like chewing on rubber, except the cap. Would not recommend. Presentation was great but quality was not.
• II

  iamGLDN

  Nov 4, 2025
  3.0
  My family and I dined here for my birthday. First and foremost, I will say the atmosphere was great and the food was amazing. But the service we received was terrible. First, our waitress, Judy, insinuated we could not afford the escargot I wanted to order (which was only $18). Then, when we asked for a wine to start off, she took 30 minutes to look for the wine. By the time we finally received another choice of wine (because the other wine was out of stock), we were ready to order our main course. Also, she forced us to wait even longer order after asking her twice to take our order. She also spilled our wine and didn’t offer to clean up the mess or compensate in anyway. She just walked away. We had to stop the manager and ask him if we could get our table cloth changed. By the end of the night, we were just appalled by lack of good customer service and disregard for the fact that it was my birthday and first time dining here. Other than that, thumbs up to the chefs, the food was amazing, just needed to be a little hotter.
• RG

  Russ G

  Oct 18, 2025
  2.0
  Went there to celebrate a milestone birthday. Atmosphere and service were great. Drinks from the bar were exceptional. Along with the appetizers I’d go back for just those. The sides for both came out on separate dished, for presentation, and unfortunately lack for much quantity. The main course was not good. Wife and I love filets so we ordered the large. I love all the other steak too, but we want this for tenderness. Cooked perfect. The flavor was significantly lacking. Like…none. There was a great crust, but ZERO seasoning on the steak. We don’t like to cover with sauces but you would need to for these to have any flavor. We were disappointed. I wasn’t going to send it back because they cooked it perfect, but had to ask for salt and pepper just to make it edible. Finally, when I requested the reservation, I asked for something special for my wife’s birthday, and reminded them when we arrived. Got nothing. For a $200 meal I expected more.

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