Anaconda Bar

It’s a high end hotel bar, and does everything a high end hotel bar should do well, well. The atmosphere is comfortable and a little funky (note the writhing snake belly décor overhead). The bartenders are charming, attentive, and skilled, of course, but they also go above and beyond: slipping my boyfriend free gingerale because he wasn’t feeling well, digging up of a plate of chips, salsa, guac, and queso even after the kitchen closed, giving us plastic cups to take our cocktails back to our rooms. They are gems.
As for the drinks, of course the bar has everything you could want and the cocktail list is just inventive enough — you can’t go too crazy when your clientele is more likely wealthy/​old school, but the cucumber jalapeño margarita is spot on, not too sweet and just spicy enough. If you want a upscale, coddled drinking experience in Taos, this is your bar.

First of all, Gabe, our server, is one of a kind. We remembered him from a year ago when he was equally engaging, kind and thoughtful — the kind of guy you’d want to have working for your own business. Second, I never thought we’d find great pizza in the South West but we did: delicious crust, fresh, fresh ingredients. Anchovies were an incredible addition.

Enjoyed a great evening having dinner in the bar! Overall a very nice place.
I’d give the food overall a 4.5. The mac and cheese was very good and I loved that it included some pepper to spice it up. The trout tacos were excellent and really showcased the flavor of the trout. I’ll have to find trout tacos somewhere closer to me!

Enjoying a wonderful evening with Shannon in Taos NM. At the anaconda. If you stay here. Eat at the bar. Good service and awesome meal. Good times. For my 1^st time.

We had dinner at Anaconda for our last night in Taos and we sat at the tables behind the bar. The atmosphere was nice and quiet. The service was decent and they accommodated our special requests. The food was delicious. I had the green chili mac and chesse was so yummy! The mac and cheese was served nice and hot. My family also had the Southwest Fish N Chips and Tumbleweed Cobb Salad. The serving sizes were filling and we left satisfied.

This is one my favorite bars in Taos. Upscale ambience, but still casual and comfortable. It’s a great place to meet friends and hang out. They have a good selection of spirits, interesting drinks, and local flavor.

I didn’t think this place was that bad. Located in the El Monte Sacrado hotel and spa, the décor and ambiance was kind of cool, fern bar like with a giant silver anaconda wrapped around the bar. Service was pleasant and professional. We had come in late in the afternoon and were offered the bar menu by a pleasant bartender. My friend noted how she had enjoyed a really great Ruben here in the past but was dismayed that it wasn’t on the menu. The bartender went back to the kitchen and came back reporting that they would be happy to make her a Ruben. The Ruben itself didn’t measure up to the one of memory but the effort was very nice.
I had a buffalo burger and it was good, topped with a roasted jalapeño, a nice pile of garnishes, and accompanied by parmesian dusted fries.
These a nice list of wine by the glass, a tad pricy but good wines.
I’m kind of surprised that the Anaconda has’nt had much attention from Unilocalers but it is a bit off the main drag. It isworthy of a few blocks diversions.

Its a nice looking lounge/​bar, but when in an upscale resort, you expect a nice bartender who engages in friendly chatter… the weather… the sights.“how are you enjoying the stay” .
Our bartender was cocky, flippant and not very friendly. Here are examples of his chatter :
* They cut your entertainment budget so the place is «dead» since there is no live music.
* They can’t afford fish for the big bar aquarium and were supposed to get more fish in February but that «never happened».
* Joking about all the suicides off the gorge bridge.
* He told a customer next to us he had inadvertently had sex with a second cousin at a party and now it’s a «family joke».
He was also a smart ass to my wife about what she ordered. He was jerky to me when I ordered a salad and mac and cheese. And then he only got our food ordered when prodded by another server.