I've definitely experienced better!
Was here with a group of 6 people for dinner. Its great that they take reservations and are BYOB. The spicy tomatillo salsa is one of the best I've ever had. Our table got chips with guac, chiles rellenos, veggie tacos, enchiladas, burrito and camrones in garlic sauce. Nothing was bad but nothing blew me away either. Its your average mexican joint that serves decent food.
Wow!! I don't know what it is.. But my gf and I have had the luckiest streak for coming to 5 star restaurants that we have agreed upon. As for Buena Vista, it has gone to our #1 spot for our favorite Mexican restaurant in the state of Illinois!
It's a small place, but there's nothing wrong with that. It has tables for couples and medium size groups up to 8 maybe.. They had a reserved sign on their table. We were very lucky to get the last couple table. It was jam packed. It's clean and well kept.
I'm assuming it's a family owned restaurant.. But anyway, that's besides the point. The staff is well mannered and nice. If you're a douche bag and/or a snob, don't bother coming here. Go down the street to Chipotle you loser.
The food.. PURE BLISS! They start you with warm chips and your choice of red (spicy) and green (spicier) salsa lol. I had the steak burrito supreme with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and MOLE sauce! YUM!! That sauce is what made the burrito so flavorful. My gf (she's an original Cali chick) says the food reminded her of home. And if you've ever been to Cali, there's like a Mexican restaurant on every block out there LoL. She had the two al pastor tacos dinner with beans and rice. She spoke through her facial reaction. If you've ever watched the movie Lilo & Stitch, and Stitch made that excited look when he was about to eat something.. that's what she looked like. Hahaha!
What a wonderful experience we had here!!!
Ive been here like four times already.
I like that its not a chain restaurant and the food... o my the food.
you'd think that the tacos wouldnt taste so great since they're the cheapest meal on the menu.. WRONG.
i dont remember what else ive had but between my bf and i, we've tried the whole menu already adn will keep comin back.
def a favorite/
Delicious salsa! There is no corkage fee, and the service is good and quick. We went on a Tuesday night, there were lots of people getting to-go food, but nobody else sitting. Food was tasty and very inexpensive. The a la carte menu on the back is great.... you can order a couple tacos for less than $2 each and they are pretty big. Everyone cleaned their plates and the entire tab was less than $30 for 5 people, great deal for the amount of food we got! I will be going back.
Review Source:You want good, cheap food in Lake View East? You've come to the right place.. I like to support local places, and this is my new go to place for Mexican. Â I usually stick with the various enchiladas, although all the food seems to be very well prepared. It is BYOB, I don't think they charge any extra.
Review Source:Absolutely outstanding. Freshly fried chips with red and green salsa to start, beautifully arranged entrees, and a very hard working staff that made the visit memorable. The food was delicious and the space is cozy and energetic. Prices seem almost too good to be true. A great find on a street with plenty of options.
Review Source:I just went for the first time on a weekday at lunch time. Â It's very small, but was nearly empty. Â Most of their business is likely carryout and delivery. Â The place is clean, it seemed like the manager himself greeted me when I walked in, and my order was taken right away. Â I ordered the tostada dinner with pork and it took less than five minutes before it was in front of me. Â Chips and salsa are put on the table free and are good quality. Â The portion is very big, everything is fresh, colorful, crisp and clean, with no sign of greasiness at all. Â I would have liked more seasoning from the al pastor, as I've previously had it a bit spicy and with sauteed onions. Â Still, everything was tasty, it only cost $7.50 and I was full by the end. Â I'll definitely be back to try a burrito.
Review Source:The Burrito Supreme is the best burrito I have had in my entire life!!! And the salsa here, OMG. It doesn't get any better. I used to be able to walk here any old day I wanted... but at least they deliver to my new place!!!
I always get the Burrito Supreme w/ Vegetables and haven't bothered to try anything else because it is so delicious. BEST MEXICAN JOINT IN THE CITY.
If cheap volumous mexican food is your thing, then this is the palce for you. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this place. Its pretty clean, serves pretty decent food, is fairly friendly and is BYOB. The portions are huge (I have to guess that their burritos are a couple of pounds...) and the prices are very good.
But in my opinion, you have to take a look around and figure out what you are competing with. Buena Vista is at the Chipotle (which is just down the street) price point and has a very similar level of quality food (Chipotle probably has better meat but worse everything else). This is not an easy market to excel in with such a powerhouse competitor, but as a consumer the question you need to ask yourself is "do I support local businesses or not?".
Good cheap Mexican food. Very impressive servings for the price. Mole is excellent. Multi layer, dark, chocolate, smoke flavor. Fast service. If you want a combo, just pick what you want and they will plate it together from you. Chips were good, warm and not greasy.Green and Red Sauces were good.
Review Source:What a great place, coming from California, I know good Mexican food when I see it. This definitely qualifies. I ordered the Steak beans and rice burrito. It was cooked to perfection, I come here about 3 times a week. The owner is very nice, very friendly staff. Very cheap too. Dine in only was 6.10 for chips and salsa, water and a burrito.
Come to this fine establishment and you will not be disappointed.
Aw, I went here a few more times...this place is hit or miss. The green salsa is too watery. Don't go here is you are vegetarian. Their veggie options are just the frozen mixed veggies you get from the grocery store, not yummy. Burritos are the worst. I bet the meat options are better. Rice and beans are still good!
Review Source:You can't beat the Burrito Supreme -- for $6, you get a humongous burrito stuffed with steak, vegetables, rice, mole sauce, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream! Someone could easily make this giant burrito into three meals. Ask for salsas too!
Also pick up a few pork tamales and a horchata drink, and you're good to go!
Oh my goodness, this place is so affordable and so wonderful and they get the food ready so fast. It's clean and cheerful, with a gracious gentleman handling the register. Â Prices are great. The chicken tacos ($2 each) and chicken burrito ($5.50) are amazing, as is the mole burrito. The Chilaquiles are delish, too. The green salsa is full of cilantro, tastes Peruvian. Â I've been coming here a few days a week because it's close to my office. I'm totally addicted. I think actually this is the best chicken burrito I've ever had.
Review Source:After a long day of moving to my new apartment, my boyfriend was craving some good quality Mexican food. We had walk by this place multiple times before but we've just never stopped in before. I am so glad that we did. My boyfriend didn't talk the entire time because he was too busy shoveling food into his mouth.
I got the chicken enchilada and he got the steak enchilada. Both were SO GOOD. The chicken enchilada simply melted in my mouth. I couldn't stop eating it even though I was stuffed.
The fact that this place was some of the best Mexican I have ever had and was so cheap made it a place that we will be coming back to over and over again.
GOOD, CHEAP, BYOB!!!!!
This place gets it done. Good food at a good price, and you can't beat BYOB!!! This is the first place I think of when I am craving Mexican food and a beer or two, want to stay close and keep my pocketbook in check.
Atmosphere is quaint and humble. Perfect place to go with a few friends or a date to have a relaxing dinner and convo.
Oh-My-God I love you Buena Vista
I have recently had to go on dietary restrictions (no gluten, low nickel) and Buena Vista is one of the few Mexican places that is able to accomodate me without making me pay full price for half the amount of food.
Gluten free: Their corn tortillas! Â So green light on the tacos, enchiladas, and quesadillas.
A burrito with potato dices, peas and carrots. Â I do not want my Mexican food tasting like Grandma's pot roast. Â And that's what it tasted like.
Maybe it's a Mexican "regional" thang but I can do that myself with a can of Campbell's Vegetable Beef soup and a tortilla. Â They try this up in Edgewater for the newbies from Oklahoma too.
Very good mexican food! 2 different types of salsas, both very good.
Our dishes were very good and good priced.
Got the Chicken Flautas, friend got the steak fajitas and boyfriend got the enchiladas with verde sauce. All very good!
We got the fried ice cream and it was perfect for 3 to share. Only $3!
It's also BYOB. Downfall is the size :/. Wish it were bigger
Buena Vista is an austere, bare bones, BYOB little Mexican joint on Broadway. Â I searched the Yelp one day to find a place to eat over on what's almost become my new stomping grounds (the Mecca known as Lakeview) and came up with Buena Vista since it's in one of the four food categories - pasta, burgers, pizza and Mexican. Â
Buena Vista has the usual Mexican specialties and the usual chips and salsa. Â I can't say I was a fan of the green or red salsas, but I did bear with them. Â Green sauce of any kind is going to turn me off. Â
The tacos at Buena Vista were okay. Â Were they four-star caliber? Â I don't think so. Â I'd put them on par with or maybe a smidge above Nueva's tacos. Â About the only difference between the two places is that you get the chintzy decor and alcohol at Nueva. Â
I think I preferred one or two of the tacos at Taco Joint to the ones at Buena Vista. Â I guess I'm just not very authentico. Â Mang.
Three stars.
I had the steak burrito suizo with mole sauce and chips and guacamole on Sunday, June 19, 2011. The next day I woke up with nausea and food poisoning symptoms. The symptoms lasted two days. I have never had food poisoning in my life, and I have eaten at various places around the world where the handling of meat and dairy products are questionable compared to American standards.
I thought the food was just okay. Their guacamole was nothing to write high praises about, very average. The steak burrito, mole sauce, re-fried beans and rice was average as well.
I would have gone back to tame down a Mexican food craving, but since I got food poisoning, I will not go back. However, don't let my experience spoil it for others if the location is convenient. My predecessors seemed to have no enter-gastritis problems after visiting this establishment.
They seem to deliver, and the place is BYOB, which are huge bonuses. The restaurant is very small with very limited seating.
A solid Mexican restaurant at a great value. Â
I was in the neighborhood working out, and I figured why not go replenish the calories I just burned. Â Well, not exactly my thoughts, but that surely was the result. Â My wife and I stopped in to Buena Vista for a late dinner. Â First off, the complimentary chips and salsa are great. Â The salsas were truly delicious. Â I decided to go a with a Chicken Burrito Suizo w/ Mole Sauce, and I am so glad that I did. Â The burrito was huge as were the flavors. Â
The atmosphere is pretty basic, but the service was attentive and friendly. Â Very good experience overall!
A brief review. . . when you're in the neighborhood and you just gotta have it, this is the place to go.
Picture this: a sunny, cold afternoon; an empty restauant, save for one waiter; and a baby boomer salivating for a taste of Mexico. Since a week-long trip to Puerta Vallarta is not currently in the cards, next-best choice is something hot and greasy.
So I looked at the menu and said to myself, "Self, what do you really want?" And Self said, I want something hot and messy and spicy and totally satisfying and probably verboten on the Weight Watchers plan. So Self and I ordered an appetizer- queso fundido with chorizo.
It arrived in a big bowl made of taco chips, with a side of four warm flour tortillas (my choice - didn't want corn). The cheese was hot and runny. A pile of chorizo was dribbled all over the surface, like gravel, but tastier. I took a taco chip and scooped out a hot, drippy mess. The cheese was melty and long trails of stringy cheese trailed down my chin.
Oh my God, I thought - this has got to be better than cocaine could ever be. How could something so delicious be legal? I took a tortilla and dug in. It was fantastic. It was satisfying. It cleared my sinuses. Warmth spread through my chest (from the inside, that is - I didn't dribble THAT much!).
I ate all four tortillas, and made pretty good progress on the taco bowl itself. All this happened around 3pm, and I'd had nothing to eat since about 8am. After this, I didn't need or want dinner. I went home and belched spices for hours. It was wonderful. I'm so glad I did this.
Sometime I will go back and eat a real meal there, or order it for delivery.
By the way, two other women came in and checked out the menu, and ended up leaving without ordering. One of the two was a vegan. She saw nothing she could order. They went somewhere else where her dietary choices could be addressed. I eavesdropped on them while slurping cheese and chorizo. I like my choices better.
This place has suddenly become a once-a-week spot for me!
MAJOR ALERT!! Â YOU MUST try the Queso Fundido with Chorizo for an appertizer!
Picture it: Â ooey gooey chihauhua cheese and greasy ground-up chorizo steaming out of a taco shell bowl. Â
Yes, a taco shell bowl.
You know it's not the least bit healthy, but it's so freaking good who cares?! Â Two gyms are within a few blocks distance.
It's so huge you could turn it into your meal. Â
One more tidbit - they are now on <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2FRestaurant.com&s=0aab4cbd731f3d3b0d1453050d3abc56a8c80bd214e25469c7555b750dca8a51" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://Restaurant.com</a>, so buy a gift certificate - your meal will cost next to nothing!
Awesome prices, awesome food. Everyone was very friendly, and the service was decent.
Chips and salsa were both fresh and homemade! And the chips were warm and crispy, which was a big plus.
I ordered a beef burrito. ($5.50) Food came out super fast and the portion was huge! Easily two meals. It was filled with lots of meat, and other yummy goodness. The guacamole was just ok, nothing that great.
The only negative is that the restaurant is super small. Only 10 tables in the whole place.
I just had a really bad experience here. This was disappointing because I'd had a reasonably good experience here once before.
I ordered an enchilada mole with steak for take out. They prepared it fast, but when I got home, I couldn't bite into the steak bits. It was like I got all scraps from the steak. Only maybe one in three was edible. Also, the sauce melted the styrofoam container all the way through in three spots and all the sauce was in the bag and made a big mess on my table.
I was left wondering whether there was actually styrofoam/plastics in my dinner.
I'm disappointed because I'd hoped a take-out would be as good as a sit down here. Maybe they can fix this one for me.
I am forever searching for Mexican food, not because I can't find any i like, but just because I LOVE it and am always up for a new place. This little gem is conveniently located on the end of my street and I am yet to be disappointed by them. I always order enchiladas with just cheese in them (weird, I know) and to spice it up a little I get the Verde sauce. It comes with a really generous portion of rice and beans, very standard but it is so delicious.
I kind of don't like how Yelp fills in the 4 or 5 stars with little expressions for you, "Woohoo! As good as it gets!" It's like I want to give this 5-stars but I'm not saying you will never find another mexican place as good as this one. You probably will, but for a little hole-in-the-wall joint, this place is serving up some pretty darn good food.
I really enjoyed Buena Vista, but I'm so disappointed in myself for not trying this place earlier!
I always heard that it was great, and to not judge it by it's crappy overhead sign.
There is outdoor seating and minimal indoor seating, but this place serves quality Mexican.
With an extensive menu of apps, dinner, lunch, and a la carte(choose from this menu, actually a lot cheaper) this place has it all--EXCEPT Margaritas...damn.
They use real chicken...not the bits n dicey pieces some crappy places serve.
Service is super quick and they have great chips! The salsa is ok, they have both red and salsa verde.
I would suggest the burritos and tacos, chicken or steak, both great!
To me, Buena Vista is going downhill. For the past few times I have gone to visit, the steak has gotten chewier and chewier, almost to make me want to vomit. The chicken is bland so I cant really trade off. I can only imagine what cut of beef that steak is and/or the quality grade. My assumptions is grade F.
To make matters worse, the server (there are only 2), has gotten significantly more rude. Like Sir, I dont get what your deal is, but chewy steak and poor service wont be good for business. Maybe he was having a bad day, but it was a real turn off. I find myself going less and less, which is not a good sign.
Chips and salsa are still top notch.
The guys that man this station are truly kings among men. There aren't too many places in east lakeview to satisfy your late night cravings.
I had a giant veggie burrito with chips and salsa, and felt I got more than enough food for my 5 bucks and change.
I came here on a Saturday, almost 4am, wasn't in the mood for sleeping, but was in the mood for eating. I found myself in quite the pickle. Luckily this place was open, not to mention hopp'n, and I was able to scratch that burrito itch digging into my stomach.
This place is an east lakeview staple. Â The food is decent, while I've had better, BUT they are open as late as 5-A-M. You stumble in, get hot fresh greasy wonderful food, you get your green and red salsas both nice and hot and your belly will be happy. All as late as 5 AM. These guys are truly providing a valuable service. Let me reiterate:
Kings.Among.Men.
Although I don't think this place is anything to write home about, it serves decent "Mexican" food, quick, fast, and hot.
So why am I giving it four stars? Well, the horchata was pretty amazing. It tasted like liquid rice pudding. Not to mention that the portions are hefty and the salsa is absolutely spicy-licious.
I'll probably go back here, if only because it's sort of close, I know it won't make my insides curdle, and because the folks who work there are pretty friendly. I'm glad I finally got here. You should too?
I've gotten take out here on several occaissions and finally had the chance to eat in recently. The portions are huge and the prices are low, but more importantly this is some of the best Mexican food in the city. The service inside can be slow, and there is no ambiance to speak of, but consider that it is just one person running table and take out service.
The queso fundido is excellent. Huge, cheesy, and served with a ton of flour tortillas. My husband swears by the burrito with rice and beans. He easily gets two big meals out of it. The guacamole and salsa are quite good. The enchiladas and rice and beans are all fantastic and the real standout, the mole sauce, is the best I have ever had. It is the perfect mix of chocolately, spicey and smokey. I often just pick up a side of it and take it home to make nachos with.
Excellent portions, decent prices, and above average food make this one of my favorite Mexican spots in the city. Â Based on those three factors it would be a four star restaurant but there is more.
They serve glass bottle coke here. Â Not only is it glass bottle, it is a big glass bottle. Â And not only is it a big glass bottle, it is made in Mexico. Â Which means that they use cane sugar to make it. Â And it is deeeeelicious. Â If you so choose, you can get them to buy cases of the glass bottle coke for you.
When I used to spend a lot of time in this neighborhood on summer days, I could not often walk by without popping in to get a coke.
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