Photos of Loyola’s Family Restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Know Before You Go
To make the most of your visit to Loyola’s Family Restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, here are some things to know before you go.
Where is Loyola’s Family Restaurant located?
Loyola’s Family Restaurant is located at 4500 Central Ave SE in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the historic Route 66 Central Avenue corridor.
What are the hours of operation and days closed?
Loyola’s is open Tuesday through Saturday, 7:00am to 1:30pm. The Route 66 restaurant is closed on Sundays and Mondays, so plan ahead!
What is on the Loyola’s Family Restaurant menu?
Loyola’s offers a blend of New Mexican cuisine and American comfort classics, with breakfast, brunch, and light lunch items.
Among popular menu items are breakfast burritos, huevos rancheros, omelettes, pork chops & eggs, chicken-fried steak, and New Mexico favorites like posole, chile rellenos, and Tom’s Special Burrito.
Can’t decide whether to get red chile or green chile with your meal? Get both! Order anything “Christmas style” to get both red and green sauces.
Breakfast Menu
Loyola’s Breakfast Specials
- Two Eggs Any Style: Classic breakfast plate with eggs cooked to order.
- Diced Ham & Scrambled Egg: Served with home fries and toast; optional chile topping.
- Mini Huevos Rancheros: Tortilla base with beans and home fries, topped with eggs and chile.
- Breakfast Burrito: Smothered with chile; add your choice of bacon, sausage, ham, or chorizo.
- Plate of Home Fries: Topped with chile and melted cheese.
George’s Breakfast Specials
- Two Eggs, Home Fries & Toast: Simple and hearty.
- French Toast: Made with thick Texas toast.
- Pobresito Burrito: Bacon, home fries, cheese, and chile inside; smothered with chile.
- Biscuit & Gravy with One Egg: Classic comfort breakfast.
- Relleno & Two Eggs: Served with your choice of chile.
More Breakfast Favorites
- Loyola’s Special: Three-egg omelette filled with seasoned ground beef, green pepper, and onion; smothered in red or green chile. Served with home fries, beans, and toast or tortilla.
- Three-Egg Omelettes: Served with home fries and your choice of tortilla, pancake, or toast.
- Plain Omelette: Simple and satisfying.
- Spinach Omelette: Fresh spinach folded into fluffy eggs.
- Western Omelette: Ham, onion, and bell pepper.
- Mousetrap Omelette: Swiss, American, and cheddar cheese.
- Cactus Omelette: Includes one breakfast meat and smothered with chile and cheese.
- Ham & Cheese Omelette: A diner classic.
- Mexican Omelette: Onions, cheese, beans, and home fries with your choice of chile.
- Relleno Omelette: Filled with a chile relleno and topped with red or green chile.
- Pancake Sandwich: Two pancakes, two eggs, and your choice of sausage or bacon.
- Pigs in a Blanket: Sausage wrapped in fluffy pancakes, topped with cinnamon.
- French Toast Supreme: Thick slices of French toast with eggs and sausage or bacon.
- Pancake: Hot and fluffy, served with syrup.
- Short Stack: Two pancakes with syrup.
- Full Stack: Three pancakes with syrup.
- Sarah’s Special: Breakfast burrito filled with scrambled eggs, smothered in red or green chile, served with home fries and beans.
- Wrapped Breakfast Burrito: Filled with fresh green chile or with meat.
- The Usual: Two eggs plate with home fries and your choice of bacon, sausage, ham, or chorizo; served with toast, tortilla, or pancake.
- Huevos Rancheros: Two eggs with chile & cheese served with beans, home fries, and tortilla.
- Super Burrito: Eggs, home fries, bacon, and cheese wrapped in a tortilla, smothered with chile and cheese, served with beans.
- Vegetable Omelette: Made with mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, using yolkless eggs. Served with beans and an oat bran muffin.
- Egg Whites Omelette: Two egg whites with your choice of two vegetables, served with dry toast or bran muffin.
- Country Steak & Eggs: Fried to perfection and served with eggs and sides.
- Pork Chops & Eggs: One center-cut pork chop with eggs.
- Steak & Eggs: 8-oz sirloin steak with eggs, home fries, and choice of side.
New Mexican Favorites
- Tom’s Special Burrito: Roast beef, lettuce, tomato, onion, and sour cream topped with chile and cheddar cheese.
- La Casa Combination Plate: One taco, one enchilada, and one tamale with chile, cheese, beans, rice, and sopapillas.
- Chile Relleno Plate: Two cheese-filled green chiles, battered and fried, smothered in chile; served with beans, rice, and sopapillas.
- Tamale Plate: Two pork tamales smothered with chile and cheese; served with beans, rice, and sopapillas.
- Super Enchilada Plate: Rolled cheese enchiladas with chile, beans, rice, and sopapillas.
- Chimichanga Plate: Deep-fried shredded beef burrito topped with chile and cheese; served with rice, beans, and sopapillas.
- Burrito Plate: Bean burrito smothered with chile and cheese; with rice, beans, and sopapillas.
- Crispy Tostada Plate: Corn tortillas with beans, lettuce, tomato, and cheese; served with beans, rice, and sopapillas.
- Taco Plate: Two beef tacos with salsa or chile; served with beans, rice, and sopapillas.
- Sirloin Steak & Enchiladas: 8-oz steak with two enchiladas smothered in chile.
- Carnita Plate: Slow-cooked pork served New Mexican style.
- Frito Pie: Classic Frito base topped with chile, cheese, and beans.
- Authentic New Mexican Chile: Red or green chile, available plain or with beans.
- Menudo or Posole: Traditional New Mexican soups served with tortillas.
- Beans: Pinto beans served alone or as a side.
A La Carte
- Shredded Beef Burrito: Seasoned shredded beef smothered with chile and cheese.
- Bean Burrito: Filled with refried beans.
- Meat Burrito: Choice of meat filling.
- Chicharrones & Bean Burrito: Fried pork and beans wrapped and smothered with chile.
- Enchilada: Soft rolled tortilla filled with cheese or meat, topped with chile.
- Tamale: Homemade pork tamale smothered in chile.
- Taco Salad: Crisp tortilla bowl with beans, beef, chile, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and guacamole.
- Stuffed Sopapilla: Fried sopapilla stuffed with beans, beef, or both.
- Chile Relleno: Cheese-filled green chile, battered and fried, topped with chile.
- Taco: Crispy or soft shell filled with seasoned ground beef.
- Tostada: Crisp tortilla with beans or meat, topped with lettuce, tomato, and cheese.
Hamburgers & Sandwiches
Hamburgers
- Albuquerquean Burger: Ground beef patty with bacon, cheese, and chile.
- Hamburger / Cheeseburger: Classic beef burger with or without cheese.
- Bacon Cheeseburger: Topped with bacon and melted cheese.
- Open-Faced Cheeseburger: Burger topped with chile and melted cheese.
- Patty Melt: Beef patty with cheese and onions on rye.
- Burrito Burger: Burger wrapped in a tortilla and smothered with chile and cheese.
- Sopapilla Burger: Burger served in a fluffy sopapilla.
- Tortilla Burger: Burger on a tortilla with optional cheese and green chile.
Sandwiches
- BLT: Bacon, lettuce, and tomato.
- Grilled Cheese: Toasted sandwich with melted cheese.
- Bacon & Egg Sandwich: Breakfast sandwich favorite.
- Hot Roast Beef Sandwich: Open-faced roast beef with gravy.
House Suggestions
(All entrees include soup or salad, vegetables, and potato.)
- Chicken Fried Steak: Topped with homemade gravy.
- Pork Chop Dinner: Two grilled pork chops cooked to perfection.
- Hamburger Steak: Grilled ground beef steak smothered in gravy.
- Sirloin Steak: Grilled to order and served with sides.
- Roast Beef Dinner: Tender slices of roast beef with gravy.
Seniors & Kids Menu
(For seniors 55 + and kids 10 and under.)
- Macaroni and Cheese: Creamy, kid-friendly classic.
- Quesadilla: Grilled tortilla filled with melted cheese.
- Half Grilled Cheese with Fries: Simple and satisfying.
- Mini Burrito with Beans: Small portion of their classic burrito.
- Taco, Beans, and Rice: Mild and filling combo.
- Cold Cereal: Classic breakfast starter.
- Peach Pancake: Single pancake topped with whipped cream.
- Dollar-Size Pancakes: Stack of small pancakes for little travelers.
- One Egg, Bacon, and Toast with Home Fries: Perfect child-sized breakfast.
- French Toast with Bacon and Egg: Sweet and savory morning combo.
Does Loyola’s offer takeout?
Yes, most of their menu items are available for takeout. You can. Loyola’s also offers half pint, pint, and quart containers of some favorites to take with you: chile, menudo, posole, beans, salsa, and more.
Where can you park?
Loyola’s has a free parking lot at the rear for diners.
Was Loyola’s Family Restaurant in Breaking Bad?
Yes! Loyola’s Family Restaurant in Albuquerque was featured in both Breaking Bad and its prequel Better Call Saul. The cozy, old-school diner appears in several scenes as a local meeting spot: its retro booths, warm lighting, and authentic Route 66 atmosphere made it the perfect filming location.
If you’re taking the Breaking Bad RV Tour, you might recognize Loyola’s from the window. Itineraries change often, but this is usually a drive-by stop rather than a meal break. So if you want to actually sit down and enjoy breakfast or lunch where Walter White and Saul Goodman once filmed, plan to come back on your own for a plate of huevos rancheros or a chile-smothered burrito after the tour.
Is this a popular Route 66 restaurant?
Yes! oyola’s has a loyal local following and is also popular with Route 66 road trippers and fans of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Stop in for the Super Breakfast Burrito, one of our picks of 66 Must-Eat Dishes on Route 66 and 20 Best Route 66 Foods to Eat in New Mexico, or anything smothered Christmas Style.
Where to Stay Near Loyola’s Family Restaurant
Complete your travel itinerary and get a good night’s rest with a stay at one of these Albuquerque hotels near Route 66.
El Vado Motel
El Vado Motel opened in 1937 and was one of the first Route 66 hotels in New Mexico. The hotel has been fully renovated and features historic character and charm combined with modern comforts and amenities. After lunch at Loyola’s Family Restaurant, relax by the pool or grab a beer at the on-site tap room.
The Monterey Motel
The Monterey Motel has been attracting Route 66 travelers since 1946. The motel emits a vintage vibe while offering a modern touch . A stay here promises you’ll “go straight from the road to relaxation.”
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As both a Route 66 road tripper and a huge fan of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Loyola’s Family Restaurant was a must-stop for lunch in Albuquerque! The Chile Relleno were so cheesy and spicy and filling. Order your meal Christmas style to get BOTH red and green sauces! Their sopapilla was also so warm and fluffy and delicious!