This restaurant was highly recommended so I was very excited to try it. Sadly, I was underwhelmed. I had their Rojo Chicken Flautas plate. The plate is supposed to come with 3 flautas, your choice of rice, & your choice of beans. I DID NOT get beans, only rice. I didn't realize it was supposed to have beans until after I left the restaurant and revisited their website. The flautas come with 3 dips, queso, guacamole, & avocado cream and they were all very delicious. The flautas were cheesy but lacked flavor. The rice didn't taste like much either. My husband ordered tacos with steak. They did not have much flavor. He said the texture of the steak seemed like it had been grilled and then steamed. He also ordered a quesadilla and they asked him if he wanted the kid size and he said yes. Instead he got a regular quesadilla plate with rice & refried beans. He tasted the rice and beans and said they weren't worth eating so he left them on his plate. The quesadilla had that same strange textured steak so he didn't enjoy that much either. I ordered a burrito for my son and the guy was so distracted that he left the tortilla on the warmer too long and it was very overdone. He used it anyway. Then proceeded to put very small helpings of ingredients on the burrito. Because I had seen other burritos in the restaurant, I knew that my son's burrito was very light on ingredients. My son said the the burrito was just okay, something to eat, but not memorable at all. My ordering experience was quite unpleasant. It was very chaotic on the food prep line. The young man that started my order kept being interrupted by another employee asking him questions and reaching over him. When she wasn't completely in his way she was asking him to do things that took him away from preparing our food. The verde salsa was okay but it was more heat than flavor. The avocado ranch was the highlight of our visit. You get a bag of greasy (see picture), but crisp, chips and your choice of salsas with your order. Go for the avocado ranch, and ask for extras! It's the best thing this restaurant has to offer. I have to note that the cashier was delightful. She was friendly and efficient. She smiled and thanked me for coming to the restaurant. Unfortunately I didn't ask her for her name but she was very gracious. It was very loud in the restaurant making it difficult to have a conversation without yelling. I'd say there were about 15 or so people dining in, besides us. I highly recommend looking at their menu online BEFORE arriving at the restaurant because the only menu that you see before it's your turn to order is the bar menu. Once you get to the front of the line you see their offerings on the menu board. It's a Chipotle style of ordering where you tell them what main dish you want then go down the line picking the things that you want added.
Chiloso Mexican Bistro
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This restaurant was highly recommended so I was very excited to try it. Sadly, I was underwhelmed. I had their Rojo Chicken Flautas plate. The plate is supposed to come with 3 flautas, your choice of rice, & your choice of beans. I DID NOT get beans, only rice. I didn't realize it was supposed to have beans until after I left the restaurant and revisited their website. The flautas come with 3 dips, queso, guacamole, & avocado cream and they were all very delicious. The flautas were cheesy but lacked flavor. The rice didn't taste like much either. My husband ordered tacos with steak. They did not have much flavor. He said the texture of the steak seemed like it had been grilled and then steamed. He also ordered a quesadilla and they asked him if he wanted the kid size and he said yes. Instead he got a regular quesadilla plate with rice & refried beans. He tasted the rice and beans and said they weren't worth eating so he left them on his plate. The quesadilla had that same strange textured steak so he didn't enjoy that much either. I ordered a burrito for my son and the guy was so distracted that he left the tortilla on the warmer too long and it was very overdone. He used it anyway. Then proceeded to put very small helpings of ingredients on the burrito. Because I had seen other burritos in the restaurant, I knew that my son's burrito was very light on ingredients. My son said the the burrito was just okay, something to eat, but not memorable at all. My ordering experience was quite unpleasant. It was very chaotic on the food prep line. The young man that started my order kept being interrupted by another employee asking him questions and reaching over him. When she wasn't completely in his way she was asking him to do things that took him away from preparing our food. The verde salsa was okay but it was more heat than flavor. The avocado ranch was the highlight of our visit. You get a bag of greasy (see picture), but crisp, chips and your choice of salsas with your order. Go for the avocado ranch, and ask for extras! It's the best thing this restaurant has to offer. I have to note that the cashier was delightful. She was friendly and efficient. She smiled and thanked me for coming to the restaurant. Unfortunately I didn't ask her for her name but she was very gracious. It was very loud in the restaurant making it difficult to have a conversation without yelling. I'd say there were about 15 or so people dining in, besides us. I highly recommend looking at their menu online BEFORE arriving at the restaurant because the only menu that you see before it's your turn to order is the bar menu. Once you get to the front of the line you see their offerings on the menu board. It's a Chipotle style of ordering where you tell them what main dish you want then go down the line picking the things that you want added.
Any Chiloso I have visited has been a good experience. Their tortilla soup is delicious. What made this place different was someone came to the table to check on me. I don't know if that's the norm at Chiloso, but this is the first time for me at a place that isn't ypur typical sit down restaurant.
Any Chiloso I have visited has been a good experience. Their tortilla soup is delicious. What made this place different was someone came to the table to check on me. I don't know if that's the norm at Chiloso, but this is the first time for me at a place that isn't ypur typical sit down restaurant.
The food was amazing. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We had not been there before so when we sat down the manager came and spoke with us. I wish I could remember her name.