Sazon

“If you are visiting Santa Fe, you MUST come here. Sazon was the best meal I think I’ve truly ever had. The dishes were incredibly creative and unique, especially the Sopa de Amor and the signature dessert. We loved tasting the different moles, and the drinks were fantastic as well. Thank you to the chef for the best meal! We came during our honeymoon and it did not disappoint. We already cannot wait to come back!”

“Delicious, unique, and flavorful food, and excellent service by Julian! The dessert - Dulce Sinfonía, absolutely cannot be missed. Putting that together is simply art that unravels as you take a bite. To start off, the molé tasting was a great experience and we enjoyed all of them. We ordered 3 cocktails - all good tasting. Similarly, everything we ordered to eat was great - the Soup, Kobe, and fish. Everything had such a unique flavor profile - impressively blending the dishes with New Mexican flavors. And the sever - Julian - was top! He was very knowledgeable with the menu and the drinks, and seemed truly passionate about the food. He also did an amazing job explaining the dessert to us.”

“The absolute favorite experience in Santa Fe. Chef Olea is a master of incorporating different flavors and incorporated chilis to all the dishes we had. We went for a private tequila and mole tasting and dining experience. There were 20 people in our group and Chef Olea was engaged and talked us through each tequila, moles and dishes we had. I use the word “experience” because it was, from the explanation on how to taste each course to the presentation of the wait staff. We started with a poblano soup with blue lump crab then had the shrimp enchiladas and avocado ice cream for dessert. Each course was perfection. The moles that chef prepared were all so different and delicious. Highly recommend.”

“We decided to pick some of the more unusual dishes and had a few winners. The huitlacoche mini tacos were incredible. We really enjoyed the base of the sopa de amor a lot, but the topping was a little too dessert-like and over powering. I'm a pretty big fan of moles and hot sauces but ended up not really liking any of the ones offered. I prefer different chilis from those used and a couple were far too sweet. We like trying really different dishes so we tried the cholula dish. I love sweet and savory/ hot dishes so I was pretty hopeful but this ended up being basically a dessert with meat. It was so rich and intense with mostly sweet notes. I would recommend people order the other main dishes even if you are a fan of sweet/ savory. The service and ambience were very high quality. I definitely would like to go back but just try other items.”

“I really wanted to enjoy this experience more than I did. The food felt overly experimental and not always cohesive with the Mexican theme of the restaurant. At times I wondered if my main dish, the shrimp enchilada, was more Italian than Mexican? The presentation of the food was good but not as refined as the atmosphere would lead you to believe. The service was….interesting. On one hand I am truly blown away by the care and attention the staff and owner took in making sure I had something gluten free. For that I am very thankful! However…the service at times became so overboard it was cringey. Wait times for food were incredibly long. What took the cake was having my dessert, the chefs special, narrated moment by moment as I ate it. To say this dessert was disappointing would be an understatement. It appeared to be a hard block of ice cream with different sugary sauces over the top…one being a mixture of still granulated sugar. The taste of which was certainly not enhanced by the server’s description bite by bite of what I should be experiencing. I did however enjoy the starter plate of different mole and tortillas. The prickly pear NA drink was delicious! In the end I walked away from what became a 2 hour long meal, incredibly confused.”