Chapala Mexican Restaurant

Tacos utterly without taste and enchiladas ho hum. Just another Mexican chain without character. Give this a miss!

I had a couple chips and salsa while waiting for our take-out order. I walked home and got a violent stomach upset a few minutes later. I had not even touched the Chicken Tortilla soup I bought at this point. I'm not happy with whatever lack of hygiene that caused my illness. I rarely get sick

Chapala's. What can you say? It's become a Eugene institution, big, clean, pleasant, a little boring. Good solid but unexciting American-Mexican food, big plates with too much food, lots of cheese, big menu with LOTS of choices. Everything's pretty good, nothing's very great. Kids like it. Granny likes it. Hell, I like it, for what it is. 3 1/2 stars for food maybe, a half star off for this location (go to the one in Oakway if you can, pleasant outside seating in the Oakway courtyard.) The kind of Mexican food MANY people like...