I had the ground beef enchiladas with Christmas chile lunch meal. The restaurant was not busy, but it took about 20 minutes to get my take order of one meal. The waitress/cashier spoke no English, and she seemed unprepared to handle a customer that did not speak conversational Spanish. The food was very good and the prices are very reasonable (the meal is shifted in the photo, but that's me not them). I highly recommend this restaurant for some good basic food.

Continuing my quest to hit every small Mexican and New Mexican joint in ABQ, I visited Los Felix on a quiet Friday afternoon. It's a sizeable place but was mostly empty at this time of day. My waitress spoke little English so we did the old restaurant dance muddling through each's respective languages. We made it work! The chips were hot and right out of the fryer. The salsa tasted fresh and was pretty spicy. Not too chunky, more liquidy if that's your style. I ordered the Red Chile lunch plate with beans, rice, and corn tortillas. The food took about 5 minutes to arrive, and when it did it looked fantastic. Big chunks of pork and a deep red aromatic Chile sauce. (see picture). I will say, after tasting it, I did find it to be a bit under seasoned. The red Chile was decent, but a little plain, maybe a 6/10. No bitterness (good) but also not a lot of smokiness or saltiness, very little sweetness. Honestly just a little bland. The meat, while generous, was also only lightly seasoned. It didn't seem to be marinated and was a bit tough. The beans and rice were excellent. And don't get me wrong, the food overall was pretty good, but it didn't strike me as among the best I've had in ABQ. But it is definitely a local business and I'd be excited to come back and try a few more things. If I spoke more Spanish I might have asked more about their specialties, so maybe I'll bring someone else along next time who can help. If you're looking for an absolute slam dunk, then Los Felix might be a bit inconsistent (Rubens has my favorite red Chile plate by far) but the food was definitely good enough to give it a try and find something you like!