Given...I've only been there once I'll say this is a great place to dine. Â Given...I ordered a steak quesadilla that was amazing AND and Patron Marguerita to accompany it....and it too was superb. Â Top that off with a BANGIN deck and atmosphere....makes for a good time. Â See you there! Â Oh yeah....the service was great.
Review Source:I saw this place when I was on lunch and said I was going there. Â My wife and I did that very thing. Â First off, the parking is kind of small but not bad since the restaurant isn't very big. Â So let me say, to put your name in you have to walk through a small eating area, so don't feel like you are walking in the back door.
Okay! The food and service. Â The menu was a little out of date, meaning I ordered a Pepsi and they have coke and the quick menu items said they came with rice and beans and do not now. Â Soooooo saying that, the service was great and very friendly. Â The food was great, I had the tamales, one with chicken and the other with pork. Â Awesome, I could tell they were home made and my wife had the tacos *note* they are not hard shell. Â So in summary, I will be back!
Wanted to love this place...just couldn't. Average service (several orders at the table were wrong), a little below average food, but a good outdoor seating space with football on the tv. So not a total loss. The owners seem like good people with a passion for their work, but Chattanooga offers much better Mexican food at a variety of locations.
Review Source:another visit, another good review. It was four of us and we all enjoyed our food. Served hot and very tasty. Very differnt and exciting Mexican Cusine. Margarettia's are great. Again I say the best place to eat Mexican in Chattanoga. Very clean as well! Fresh in house made chips and salsa are delicious
Review Source:Likes: Warm multi-layer chips, excellent entrees, great margs (although cocktails aren't listed on any menu), and sweet location one block from my abode.
Dislikes: view off the expansive deck includes the apartment building that you would say has "a great personality" or is "really really funny". Clearly no fault of the restaurant, but if I'm searching for weaknesses, I'll reference that eyesore.
We've been here several times now -- enough for me to confidently declare that Poblanos will be one of our regular haunts. One problem they are having is that no one knows they're there! I recommend they do some cross-promotion with athletic events in Coolidge Park, because going to Poblanos is doing yourself a favor. Imagine finishing a race and knowing that you are only steps from a flauta and a salted rim beverage...
Another bennie: they were very smart and converted the deck into year-round seating with windows and full doors.
There might be a little business that shifts from Taco Mamacita, but in all honesty, the two restaurants satisfy almost mutually exclusive joneses. Taco Mamacita is California-style Tex-mex whereas Poblanos is tex-Mex, capitalization intended.
Give it a try -- you'll be back.