The Compound Restaurant

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653 Canyon Rd
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Owned and operated by Chef Mark Kiffin, winner of the James Beard award for Best Chef of the Southwest 2005, celebrates his 25th anniversary of ownership in 2025. In 2022, Michelin-trained Executive Chef, Weston Ludeke, joined the team. Chef Weston has continued Kiffin’s legacy of ever-changing seasonal menus, pairing them with the same French technique and philosophy for which The Compound is known. The Compound was awarded the James Beard Best Outstanding Restaurant Finalist in 2024, the DiRona Award of Excellence Distinguished Restaurants of North America in 2024, the AAA Four Diamond Award in 2024, and the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for the 4th year in a row in 2024. The New York Times, Gourmet magazine, and The Wall Street Journal selected the Compound as Santa Fe's favorite.

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3.5445 reviews
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Serene L.
8/26/2025

The ambience! Very calming, romantic and cozy. We ordered from the fixed menu. Tomato salad was so fresh, tomatoes firm and sweet. The corn soup, savory, creamy yet light. The sea salt focaccia...

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Krista H.
7/19/2025

We went to The Compound for an event in Santa Fe. As a vegetarian dishes can be tricky I'm sure. Our waitress rushed out of the gate and asked what we wanted for dinner as soon as we were seated....

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Tom G.
6/29/2024

I've heard a lot about The Compound Restaurant. So glad that I had a chance to sample it for dinner. Service was a 10/10! They know how to do it right Salad 10/10 better than I had...

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Christie B.
3/28/2024

What a great time we had sitting in the Compound Bar having dinner and drinks. Make sure to have a reservation because the bar is very intimate and small but you definitely want to be sitting...

Mary Pat B.
8/29/2025

Don't make this mistake . . . if they ask if you would like water, be sure and ask how much it will cost. We had a table of eight and they asked what we wanted to drink, we all said water. Well...

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