Varela's Restaurant Steaks & More 710 Dalies Avenue, Belen, NM 87002

"I don't know why they changed their name or permanently closed the old one on here for the RSH steakhouse and opened up a new one. Maybe they don't know how to change their business name on Google maps? I bring this up because it's the exact same restaurant. I think even the same people work here. When we asked they didn't explain the change. My big surprise was how things have changed food wise. We ordered some nachos which were not very good. The chicken we got on them looked like it was chopped up chicken burgers, no texture, almost a foamy/spongy texture instead of having actual fiber and such when you tried to pull it apart like real chicken. Very little cheese, very little taste, very few toppings. This would have been okay if the salsa was as good as their salsa used to be, Instead it had no heat and very little flavor. When's the last time you had to add salt to your salsa? My soup was good, but I'm starting to think it might be out of a can because of the texture. It tasted fine and had a nice spice to it that they probably added. Grilled veggies with my steak were delicious, the baked potato is a little under stuffed and we had to ask for extra butter, but the steak was pretty good still. The service was annoying, we were asked for our complete order within about 45 seconds of sitting down. One of the people's families was there with a small child on a phone with the volume all the way up playing some sort of video game was the only thing you could hear in the place. Everyone kept turning to look at them and the father would turn the volume down and they would just turn it right back up and go back to what they were doing. This was better than the kid occasionally screaming at his dad, but this should have been dealt with. One of the family members that works there was walking around with flip flops just dragging her feet and flopping them everywhere. The noise was really annoying, and flip flops in a restaurant/kitchen? Couldn't get a refill of our iced teas until right before we were ready to leave and we were done with the meal."

"First time trying this place yesterday. The food was excellent a hidden gem in Belen. Would definitely recommend!"

"Went for a dinner date and was not disappointed. Got a T bone steak and the wife got a New York steak. The house sampler was a great appetizer to start with."

"Sirloin salad was amazing perfectly cooked steak needed no dressing salad had spring mix strawberry corn avocado & more Omg had the best natias for desert server was amazing"

"The waitress was so kind and the food was delicious. My picture doesn't do justice to how big their hamburgers are. They're homemade onion rings are really nice and they're homemade coconut cake was really delicious as well. I think you'll be happy to give this new restaurant a try as they have food for most price ranges."