Vegan-friendly
American
Italian
Take-out
Gluten-free
Honey
Breakfast
First Nations

Mostly plant-based restaurant except for bee pollen and honey. Offers native staples prepared with locally grown ingredients. Menu changes seasonally. Open Tue-Sat 10:00am-8:00pm, Sun 11:00am-5:00pm.


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23 Reviews

First Review by vsvihla

veganjas64

Points +1097

Vegan
12 Sep 2024

Healthy options with a fun menu

The food was different from “normal” vegan options and it was refreshing to see some food creativity. Would highly recommend.

Great for gluten free options too!

Pros: Creative menu, Gluten free options

Cons: Mapping isn’t clear where location is

GEK2022

Points +97

Vegetarian
20 Jul 2024

Wonderful food!

So many good vegan options and healthy! The food is so fresh. Had the taco, juice of the day, and nachos. Brought home a loaf of oven bread, so good!

Pros: Amazing food, People are so nice , Fresh ingredients

DonaldMcAninch

Points +754

Vegetarian
29 May 2024

Great lunch spot

They offer a variety of vegan dishes, including many from southwestern cuisine. What we got was delicious, and the waffles that people nearby got looked amazing. Can’t wait to go back and try more of their offerings!

unleashalicia

Points +113

Vegan
08 Apr 2024

Our highlight in Albuquerque

Eating here was such a joy. We almost missed this place because it wasn't listed here as vegan, but if you avoid the smoothies, you're pretty safe. Really delicious.

desmasvegan

Points +304

Vegan
24 Dec 2023

Delicious and make to order

Delicious and creative! Try the frybread taco and the breakfast burrito. It was a perfect stop on my road trip to Colorado! I would return in a heartbeat!

Pros: Clean , Kind staff , Fresh ingredients

AnimaLiam

Points +226

Vegan
05 Nov 2023

Try the Pueblo pizza

We ordered the Pueblo pizza and fry bread lunch entrees, yummy food!

Pros: Cool staff, Quiet location

Cons: Expensive

jeanlee5

Points +70

Vegan
18 Oct 2023

Native

Very friendly staff. Food was unique and excellent flavors keeping with native traditions. Very satisfying! Must try!

HoneyW

Points +74

Vegan
13 Aug 2023

Amazing!!!

We road-trip across country A LOT. We depend on Happy Cow and the reviews to lead us to great places to eat. This place didn’t let us down. First, it is easy to get to off I-40. Second, the food is amazing! We ordered the tamale plate and the fry-bread platter. The tamale plate was spicy and good. But, the FRYBREAD platter was absolutely incredible! Also, make sure you get a piece of blue corn cornbread. This is going to be a guaranteed stop every time we drive thru ABQ!

Updated from previous review on 2023-08-13

Pros: Great tasting food. , Lots of options!, Easy to find.

Cons: They were out of apple pie! Lol

Pakune

Points +114

Vegan
11 Jun 2023

Nowhere to sit. Not senior friendly

The menu is very high up on the wall in chalk. Very hard for seniors (and others) to read. Counter service restaurant that won’t even serve food to the tables five feet away. Only three tables indoors (one of which is directly outside the restroom) and outdoor tables are unshaded. Walls are blank and white—they do not want you dining in. Bus your own tables (but you are certainly asked to tip at purchase). Apart from smoothies, food is carefully prepared, hot, and not handheld, so don’t understand why the lack of a seated dining experience.

Unfortunately, the Grain bowl was flavorless and dry (probably better if you can stand green chile —I can’t). I wanted so badly for this restaurant to be great, given so very few vegan options in Abq, but it did nothing to impress or convert my vegan-curious family.

Pros: One of few vegan options in town, Probably supports native population , Hot, fresh made food

Cons: Few places to sit, no ambience, Counter service and self-bus, Grain bowl dry and flavorless

justhealthcare

Points +57

Vegan
08 Jun 2023

amazing and fresh

We fully enjoyed the meal. The place is clean and the food is fresh. Lots of attention to detail. The drinks are great. My kids absolutely loved it. Every option is real food.

Pros: All vegan options, Clean and fresh, Lots of choices

amandareagan92

Points +40

Vegan
24 May 2023

Great food! Super friendly staff! Lots of parking!

I stopped in on my way to the airport wanting something to hold me over for several hours. The woman working recommended the Taco, and man she was right! It was super delicious and HUGE and I was plenty satiated and didn’t have to hunt for vegan junk food during my layover.

Pros: Welcoming and helpful staff, Delicious and healthy vegan food

xbleedcurrentx

Points +598

Vegan
13 May 2023

Yummy food

We got Pueblo pizza, the ital ndn taco, chia pudding, prickly pear lemonade and Pueblo cookies and everything was delicious! If I lived here I’d visit all the time.

K1201

Points +17

Vegetarian
10 May 2023

Tasty!

Creative and delicious options. Get the enchilda!

SarahJoyJoy

Points +22

Vegan
22 Apr 2023

Vegan by default

Excellent food thoughtfully prepared by a friendly and generous native woman. The honey and bee pollen mentioned above are not included in menu items unless specifically requested by the customer. Creative and delicious food. Definitely get the waffle!

Pros: Waffles!

ParagBhuva

Points +62

Vegan
01 Apr 2023

Delicious vegan food!

This shop is run by a native woman working to make the foods of native New Mexico vegan! It’s all ingredients found in this area - if you get a chance definitely talk to her about all the wonderful work she’s doing!

Pros: Great food!!

bEzz

Points +1731

Vegan
31 Mar 2023

Get the waffles!!

This place is incredible. Flavorful, thoughtfully-prepared, and life-giving options abound! The entire menu looked so good, we wanted to order everything. Unfortunately, lunch wasn’t being served yet (breakfast is all day but lunch doesn’t start until 11am) so we stuck to the breakfast menu. We ordered: avocado zotah bayla toast, breakfast burrito, blue corn amaranth waffles with coconut whip, a smoothie, and the almond raspberry cookies. Everything was perfect. We could not believe the waffles were gluten free—perfectly fluffy and tender on the inside, with a nice sweet crunch on the outside. I can only dream of Seattle getting a spot this tasty.

Pros: Native woman owned , Lots of delicious options, Healthful

M0ni@u3

Points +20

Non Veg
28 Mar 2023

Amazing food & good vibes

Totally impressed! Loved the gluten-free options and the fresh cold press juices are delicious. Always feel welcomed when I go in and the staff are very friendly!

Jescam

Points +24

Vegan
03 Feb 2023

Delicious food

This place offers a lot of plant based options, in fact the entire menu is vegan. I only spotted a drink with bee pollen. I ate an Ital NDN taco, which was incredibly yummy - full of beans in a fried corn taco. My partner ate a breakfast burrito full of potato, tofu and kale. We had juice of the day and some prickly pear lemonade.

Pros: All vegan apart from bee pollen, Friendly staff

bunnybitesbydinner

Points +72

Vegan
29 Jan 2023

Fantastic food

Burritos—filled w bbeans, tofu, squash, potatoes and more—are wrapped in a tortilla made by hand! Amaranth waffles, thick, crispy and fluffy… The food is so delicious. The GF almond-raspberry thumbprint cookies are so good too,

VeganTraveler303

Points +154

Vegan
16 Dec 2022

Good food, cool story

I'm not from ABQ so I haven't had much experience with traditional foods like this, and I was quite impressed. I got the tamale plate which was good. The side of beans and quinoa were not really seasoned which was a big miss. They had one salt shaker on the counter and all of the diners were passing it around which made me think all the food is under seasoned.
I also got an almond raspberry cookie that was good.

I do wish they had a better selection of drinks. I'm visiting for work and it's 30 degrees out which I'm not used to. They could easily have an electric kettle and tea bags and sell a cup for $2.50. They did have a lemonade that was in a big tub so I assume it was homemade, but I didn't try that.

Totally worth going to support the business as well!

Dipomaj69

Points +381

Vegan
01 Dec 2022

Indian Taco Deliciousness

First time at Itality and it did not disappoint. I had the Indian taco which was really tasty. I also had 2 tamales which were amazing as well. Great food, great people.

nukinem

Points +806

Vegan
17 Nov 2022

Fantastic!!

Super impressed with this place. Some of the best food we have had in this trip.

I’m from an area where I had Navajo Tacos all the time. What you get here is so tasty! The fry bread was amazing and the homemade Chz was fantastic.

Also had the Enchilada and OG Nacho plate that were both amazing

Can’t wait to get back her and I hope they have a lot of success.

Updated from previous review on 2022-11-17

Pros: Clean environment , Friendly staff

Cons: Small indoor seating

vsvihla

Points +568

Vegan
14 Nov 2022

Healthy and traditional, regional Indigenous veganized menu

The menu includes healthy options, with quinoa, black beans, squash as a focus in several dishes, but also includes less healthy items that vegans almost never get to try. We tried:
- the "hand grenade" a tamale-like dish that was both cute and delicious
- the tamale plate, with a side of quinoa and black beans
- the daily stew, which was green chile and lentil - very tasty and an interesting variant to
- The Ital NDN taco, with frybread, smothered in beans, sauce, veggies
We all loved the frybread, soup, and tamale dishes. We might ask for extra sauce in future, as it was really tasty.
Highly recommend!

Pros: Chance to try Indigenous foods, Tasty options!, Outdoor dining tables

Cons: Small indoor dining area




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