Uuuuuummmm... no.
Upscale my butt. Three or four tables of people on an early Saturday evening. Plenty of waiters and staff people milling around talking to other customers, to each other... then why did it take a looooong minute to get my food? And the check? I gave them the benefit of the doubt by pulling my wallet out, setting it on the table (this was AFTER all of our plates were cleared and we were just drinking our WATER)... and waiting as staff member after staff member walked by and totally ignored us. Oye. Even after we asked for the check it took forever, and was delivered by a proxy waiter!
Let's start from the beginning.
I was excited about my shrimp tacos and my girlfriend had the taco salad with chicken. Something was off about the garlic sauce on my shrimp... couldn't quite put my finger on it. It wasn't too bad once I put some refried beans, guac, and rice on it. The taco salad was pretty bland, but the shell was excellent. The chips and salsa were good too.
The meal was pretty "eh" and I wouldn't have crossed this place off my list altogether, if it weren't for the fact that 1) we asked to have the rest of our taco salad wrapped up and that never happened (?????), and 2) the service was insanely slow. While I love my girl's company, I don't really want to sit at an empty table at the end of my meal and drink waters while everyone passes us by. Maybe it's because we weren't guzzling down margaritas?
No thanks. I'll be going to Mayan Place from now on.
A couple of nights ago a handful of friends and I went to Kingston Mines for the first time, but before we did, we stopped in at Tepatulco to get in on  some Latin dancing. They had a after paying the cover to the grumpus bouncer, we entered and hit the dance floor. We didn't order any munchies or booze, so this review isn't meant to comment on such items.
They had a DJ spinning salsa, Spanish rap and pop. Overall, his music was varied and it kept us moving to the beat. Like most dance clubs, he could have turned the volume down about twenty decibels, but who doesn't like buying hearing aids a few years prematurely? But, I digress.
There was a decent crowd in there on a Friday night, overwhelmingly Hispanic. Everybody was well-dressed and I must say, there were no shortage of beautiful Latina women. Several of the dancers were really talented and it was fun sitting back and taking the occasional break watching them go at it.
I was dancing with my friend Jessenia, when I nearly put both of us into a face plant on the dance floor. After a quick spin and lift, my rear foot slid over a huge puddle on the dance floor near the bar. Thankfully, we didn't crash. Unfortunately, the way the bar is designed it opens literally right up on to the dance floor, making spills very dangerous.
When I notified one of the bartenders and asked her for some water for our crew, it appeared that she had a cold. She wiped her nose three times before serving me a glass of water in a plastic cup. I figured I'd chance it and wait until we stopped in at Kingston Mines. Why managers allow bartenders to serve when sick is beyond comprehension. Do you think we won't notice this?
Also, if the management reads this review, you need to pay more attention not only to the dance floor, but the floor in the men's room. The entire floor was soaking wet near the toilet, whether from an overflow or leak, I don't know. Traipsing through the men's room back to the dance floor with goodness knows what on your shoes, not cool.
Despite these setbacks, our team had lots of fun people watching and dancing. It was right before Halloween, and this huge guy in a solider's uniform came up and started hopping in several of our pictures. We were down with it and they have been uploaded here on Yelp. I really hope that with a little improvement on the part of the details above, this place could be a lot better. At least the people watching and dancing was fun.
Good stuff in this slept on joint!!!
I have often drove by on my home and seen people sitting in the back of this joint, which by the way looks like your aunt's backyard when you see it from a distance. We were starving during the 4th of July weekend and since no one I knew was doing the damn thang on the grill we decided to give this joint a shot.
Walked inside of the restaurant which was completely empty so we made our way to the back patio. The first thing I noticed was the televisions in the patio bar area which is great because I know I can watch some ball games when I come back on a regular basis. The nice waitress greeted us and showed us to our seats. The menu was full of good stuff, but I went with the Vegetarian Enchiladas (wasn't in the mood for a lot of meat) and it was pretty damn good. The sauce they use on it (cant remember the name) set it off just right! For my drinking pleasure, I went with a lime margarita on the rocks which is always a good option, so good I had a 2nd.
Only a couple minutes walk from the crib, so I can just waltz my way over on a regular basis and invade the patio...damn thang will get did!!!!
For those that don't know this place is located on the southwest corner of Wrightwood & Halsted across from the new PNC Bank
Delicious! We went for lunch on a Sunday afternoon and the patio was magnificent. The service was astonishingly fast, and the price was extremely reasonable. You get a full plate of food and it's delicious too! It's probably some of the best Mexican food I've had in the city, after Carbon and Mayan Palace.
Their chips and salsa are spicy without lighting your mouth on fire, and their house margaritas follow suit. Enough liquor so you can taste it, but not so much that you are afraid to light a match! I'm definitely coming back here with a big group.
Love this place! You must go when the weather is nice so you can enjoy the cute patio that makes you feel as if you were in a small town in Mexico. At night the large tree on the patio is lit up with white Christmas lights which just adds to the cuteness. The Margaritas are great, the food is always good, (try the fajitas, best I've ever had) and the waiters are very attentive. (Ask for Benjamin.) Â And did I mention the great Salsa and Merengue music playing in background?
There is a large place in my heart for Mexico and I've finally found a place that takes me back...without the airfare. :)
5 stars.
Wow, I was shocked to realize I haven't reviewed Tepatulco yet, since I regularly cite it as my "favorite Mexican restaurant in Chicago".
Totally agree with Jennifer H. - where's the option for 5 stars?
The salsa is a roasted pepper salsa that's more spicy than most places tomato sauce salsa. The guacamole is some of the best in the city. The margs are deeelish and the patio, with it's stone walls, fountain, and colorful Mexican bunting, is the perfect place to spend a summer evening.
If I'm doing my math correctly, I should be giving Tepatulco 15 stars!
-- 5 stars for the chips and salsa....was I tipsy or are the chips more like a delicious whole-wheat chip? Â
-- 5 stars for the back patio. Â Cmon, with the water fountain in the middle, and then the facade water fountain that they painted on the fence, I felt like I was in a little Mexican village.
-- 5 stars for the strawberry margarita. Â I really wish I could swim in a sea of Tepatulco strawberry margarita. Â So refreshing....from what I remember!
I love the atmosphere here. Â It's authentic in appearance, cute decor, tons of outdoor seating. Â Only thing to beware of is the massive big screen TVs which is good if you're going to watch a game, not great if you're going to just talk over a nice dinner (huge distraction).
The menu seems to have a lot to offer but the two things we ordered just lacked in flavor a little bit. Â I got the taco salad and my fiance ordered the enchiladas. Â I'm willing to go back and try again, maybe when I'm in the mood for a margarita (those looked delicious). Â The salsa was really yummy with just the right amount of spiciness!
I was here for one reason only.  Molcajete! Which is a lava bowl used to grind spices or mix and serve salsa and avocado dips.  The bowl comes in a variety of sizes I'm learning.  I had this dish I've never heard of before in Saginaw, Michigan (very) recently at Los Quatros Amigos.  The cost was minute, somewhere around $12.95 and the lava bowl was huge, the portion was a dinner entrée and enough to satisfy the appetites of two men over the course of two hours.  The bowl is made of lava rock and is heated to a boiling temperature, the contents are kept piping hot and you can see the gravy bubbling.  Within the gravy is an assortment of meats including ground beef, chorizo, chicken breasts and steak meat.  Also containing sometimes cheese, green onions or cactus leaves and is served with flour or corn tortillas. Â
So this is why I came to Tepatulco, for their version of the Molcajete dish.  Their version was a much smaller bowl for an extremely higher price, mentioned as a dinner entrée it cost around $18.95 with enough to feed one.  It was okay and an extravagance I won't soon be back for.  I was there on a Friday night with a group of people, the place was dead and the service was so happy to see us walk in.  Service was horrid, inattentive, forgetful and lacking.  Being that we walked in near closing time we put in the order for the molcajete early on, there was some confusion with the waiter who clearly did not speak English as a first language and got uppity when we asked for an ETA.  (I'm not bitching about English speaking, but damn, get the F'ing order correct) Forty minutes into the dining experience asked again about it and he exclaims that we didn't order it.  You can't even make up this kind of idiocy.  Appetizers were out fairly quickly and I must recommend the mushroom and chicken tamales, might be named Tamales Uchepos.  The tamales were cooked properly and came with this green minty tasting topping that reminds me of an Indian chutney which is typically served with Idli's.  If it had some spice it would have been perfect.  Of the other entrees I sampled from friends, everything was good.  The only foul tastes were from the service and the cost.  We drank margaritas by the pitcher which ran at $25 each and the booze was light.  I could see going back for sampling different entrees, the fried grasshoppers, a pina colada and their desserts.  I can't believe I missed the tres leches. Â
Next door through a wooden door we could hear some extremely loud bass pumping music which we were told was from the club next door. Â Not Kingston Mines, access is not available through the restaurant, but, people kept coming and going through this doorway. Â Outside there is another entrance. Â We caught our elderly server shaking his head and hips to the beats. Â If only he paid more attention to serving.
I love the outdoor patio here. Â Great ambiance and excellent food. Â I have never been a skirt steak person but my husbands was amazing! Â Wonderfully seasoned and really tender. Â I had the enchilladas and totally loved it. Â They also have really interesting menu items- they had one with cactus paddles and one with grasshoppers.. Way too expensive for mexican but I keep going back so guess I'm voting with my pocket book there!
Review Source:My friends and i walked past here after the taste of lincoln and were shocked that we had not seen that beautiful patio before. its HUGE and cute with lights etc.
I was starving and sadly discovered that this place was expensive. I had hoped the cuisine would match the price...it did not. Â Everything was at least $10...i just feel that its a bit pricey for mexican especially when its not GOOD. I would have rather walked across the street to la bamba's seriously. Â
Service was excellent. Â NO drink specials...lame considering its location. they must do ok luring ppl in with margarita's and then selling them overpriced mediocre mexican nosh.
Go for the drinks, do not waste money on the food.
Walked down the block to this restaurant for a random dinner on a Friday night! We had a nice, simple meal here. The servers were all friendly, although a little bit hard to understand. They kept us stocked with chips and tasty salsa. We had a half-pitcher of strawberry margaritas that I thought was really tasty! Nice and sweet, but I still got tipsy.
For my main course, I had the pollo en manchamanteles. This consisted of a large portion of juicy chicken, drenched in a rich dark mole with chunks of chorizo. Plantains and pineapple dotted the sauce. It was a delicious, hearty dinner complete with roasted vegetables and Mexican rice. I really enjoyed the mole, it was such a nice, elegant change to the usual greasy Mexican food. I'd definitely come back here anytime for a solid neighborhood dinner.
Tepatulco provides the best overpriced Mexican food in the area. Â All you need to know about this place you can see when you look into the restaurant and see that it is constantly empty. Â No, they're not hiding people in the back somewhere...the food just isn't that good, and the price just isn't that low. Â
They have a knack for slipping mole sauce into everything. Â If you like mole sauce, maybe that's good for you...but I don't like ordering a burrito that random has mole sauce all over it. Â The food here is poorly spiced and the vegetables are awful. Â Also, the margaritas were terrible (who does that?) Â
The only exception is when they have the outdoor seating open in the summer. Â They have beautiful outdoor seating so if you can put up with the mediocre food and drink, it's worth it on a nice night.
Blah... that's the best word for this place... the service and the outdoor area were good, for a restaurant in the city, it had a nice, large outdoor seating area with a fountain and fun  Mexican atmosphere and that about as good as it gets....
Unfortunately, restaurant are not judged on outdoor patios alone... the food counts for something and that's where it went downhill... I was dying/ craving guacamole and I was so disappointed ... so bland, added my lime from my margarita and salt and pepper to flavor it...ordered  the combination plate with carne asada, beef taco, and enchilada... the carne was ok, but the rest not so great, mediocre at best, not the best spices, red sauce on enchilada tasted like caned tomato paste.... the margaritas were watered down and well not so great either... if you get the Margi, go for the premium one, cause the house margis sucked!!!  Not my pick of the week or month for that matter...
TERRIBLE....I gave it at least one star because I didn't die of food poisoning and trust me when I say I was surprised by that.
The service was some of the worst I've ever had. Â The food was cold, simple things like sour cream and guacamole took 20-25 minutes for the waiter to get. Â Unless they make the sour cream fresh for every side of it I can see no excuse as to the slowness. Â I also hope you dont like chips and salsa, because you will have to hunt someone down to get your hands on this complimentary appetizer.
All of our dinners were a one star out of five except for one person in our group of six. Â The food was cold, not seasoned properly, and generally just not tasty. Â Mexican food is generally good if you put enough sour cream and cheese on it, I could have slathered our entire meal in sour cream and still hated it.
We went here because it was outdoor seating, but there has to be at least a thousand better places in the area. Â By far the worst mexican meal Ive had since i moved here two months ago, actually make that the worst meal I've had. Â The Coldstone's after is the only thing that could cleanse our tastebuds of the awful food.
Went here back on Cinco de Mayo for a friends birthday and it was not a good experience. Â
You would think that a Mexican Restaurant would be prepared for a day like that, but no. Â They were seriously understaffed. Â I think it took us 45 minutes to get menus. Â We did have a large group and we were trying to be understanding, but all in all the food was mediocre at best and the service was lacking. Â It took us a total of 3 hours to finish and we ran the hell out of there and will never look back.
The one good thing about it is that it has a wonderful patio.
One and a half stars.
Everything that could go wrong-- WENT WRONG. Okay, I lied. The waiter didn't spill an entire tray of drinks on us but that would probably be favorable considering it took for. e. ver. to get a drink and it would've cooled us off because we were all feisty, hot and heated (as in ANGRY, ANGRY DINERS) due to the terrible service.
We were really impressed at the beginning. And by beginning, I am referring to the first 5 minutes we were there. We were greeted immediately and seated at a nice table outdoors. They get a full star for that. Oh but just wait, Â sh*t went down! We ordered guacamole and queso vendido as appetizers. We sat and waited and waited and waited. The apps didn't come for some time-- considering guac and queso is really hard to prepare. (Sense my sarcasm?) We didn't see them until 45 minutes later. During that time our waiter didn't check on us once. We caught a couple bus boys who were able to refill our waters and refill us on chips/salsa. Did I mention that our meals came out 5 minutes after our apps? I hate that. I get apps to hold me over til my meal makes it to the table.
Okay, okay I'll calm down about the service and move on to the actual food. The food was decent, nothing special. Insanely over-priced for the quality. One of our fellow diners, Katie, ordered quesadillas and theu came out freezing cold! Not even room temperature-- it was as if they had been chilled in the refrigerator beforehand. UMM OKAY. She (very politely) informed our server and he was not apologetic at all. She asked him to just bring out a new dish for her. "Something that would be fast and easy for your kitchen." He brought out a beef taco 10 minutes later. Not too shabby but nothing she couldn't have enjoyed at the neighborhood Taco Bell. Did I mention that we didn't receive sour cream with our meals at this MEXICAN restaurant and had to request it-- sat there while our food got cold and it FINALLY came. We were about to run to the kitchen to fetch it ourselves.
We asked for our bill and managed to get out of there STAT. We proceeded to Coldstone for frozen custard knowing it would comfort us after a terrible dining experience. Following Coldstone, heavy, Â heavy drinks.
One word, two rr's. Roll 'em. Borrrrrrrrrrrego.
Try the borrego. Seriously awesome lamb chops in dark oaxacan mole. It will put a smile on your face (be careful, you will have sesame seeds stuck in the middle).
Behena's mom works Sol de Mexico about 6 miles west and both have mole's that would knock your socks off. Stick with the Moles and you will be happy.
Uncle Julio's it ain't however, so set your expectations accordingly. There won't be a margarita machine, there won't be flour tortillas straight from the bag, and there won't be chips and salsa.
On the downside, it isn't cheap and the service is a little slow, but sit back and relax.
Maybe I'm just not suited for fine Mexican dining, but I did not like this place. I was first very turned off with the idea of no salsa and chips, but maybe that's just part of the art of fine Mexican dining that I don't get.
Anyway, the atmosphere was nice and so was the service, but I just couldn't appreciate the chicken enchiladas that I ordered. It had some red sauce that reminded me of bbq sauce. I just didn't care for the dish. The guacamole was good, but a little pricey for the size.
This just isn't the taste for me.
My wife and I stopped to eat in Lincoln Park on "St. Pat's Saturday" for a nice dinner at Tepatulco.
For an appetizer I got four Corn Masa "boats" each with a different filling. Â
For the main dish: Â My wife ordered a green chille Enchilada, I ordered a chicken Mole dish.
Overall - It is better than your average "mexican" joint. Â I would put it "around' Adobo Grill in quality, but not decor. Â The inside of this place looked like your average Mexican restaurant - and that means it isn't that romantic.
For a Mexican place though, this one wasn't cheap. Â It set us back 60 bucks for 2 beers, appetizer, and 2 main entrees.
Though I liked the place, I'm not 100% sure it is worth the money. Â I think next time I might pay the extra and hit Frontera Grill. Â But if the urge grabs you and you can't get a reservation at Frontera - try this one.
Parking is tough, but hey its Lincoln Park right? Â I suppose parking is always an issue.
Truly some of the best margaritas I've ever had. I was just going to have one--ended up have 2 over lunch they were so incredible! I was a bit funny at work for the rest of the day...but I digress.
This is a bright and lovely restaurant. The owner (I think) waited on us and was delightful. Great food. The guac lacked in flavor for my taste, but other than that, all delicious. We ordered the appetizer platter as our meal and everything was tasty. The flan we had for dessert was like heaven on a platter--a cross between flan and cheesecake with a lime "dressing" on top.
My friends and I are already planning a return trip.
Allow me to preface this review by saying that I certainly went into this restaurant with high expectations due to Tepatulco being touted as one of Chicago's best new restaurants. Â Compound that with the fact that Geno Bahena comes from the Frontiera Grill camp, and I will admit, I was certainly expecting a lot.
We went to dinner this past Saturday around 7:30pm, and the place was empty when we walked in. Â All four of us had the 5 course tasting menue, and quite honestly, the marlin ceviche appetizer, and the shrimp with poblano cream sauce were the only two courses worth mentioning. Â I DID think it was a nice touch that we all received something different for each course, as it WAS the tasting menu, I was hoping to take some time, and try and enjoy the food. Â We were rushed through every course, and even the soup was taken away before we finished. Â I SOOO wanted to love it, I just couldn't, and left a bit disappointed.
To me, this place is definitely better than your good neighborhood mexican restaurant such as Lalo's, and certainly more gourmet. Â But, it just doesn't deserve the accolades in my honest opinion.
Although the decor would be best suited in a 3 star restaraunt. Tepatulco's food belongs in a five star. We started off with the quac, although it was not my favorite it was damn good and a nice start to a meal that I can still taste (over a month later). For my entree I ordered the Carne Asada. This was the winner of the evening. It was absolutely phenomenal. Tender beef served with homemade tortillas, plantanes, rice and yummy beans. The boy ordered the grilled Salmon in green mole which was out of this world. He doesn't even like Salmon and ate every bit including the leftovers on my plate.
For desert we were talked into the chocolate lava cake, and like every chocolate lava cake this one was better then the last. yummy dark chocolate with gooeyness inside...yummm!
Oh and that Margarita was soooo good!
My husband and I ate here the other night and were pleasantly surprised. A friend had recommended it and based on her description, I was expecting an upscale environment. Walking in, it looks more like a cleaned up taqueria than a place that would serve the food she described.
We decided on the Chef's 5 Course Tasting menu and both of us were blown away by the fare we were presented with. Rather than having a menu to choose selections from, the courses are dictated by the whim of the chef. The presentation of the food was 100 times more sophisticated than the decor and the flavors complemented each other so well that I wanted to jump up and down. My husband was most impressed by the ceviche or his flank steak with plantains (which he normally hates), but I have to say that the potato soup and the flan, which was more like cheesecake than gelatin were what stood out in my mind.
While it is too bright to be a great first date, it's a wonderful place to go with someone you don't mind sharing forks with as you try each other's food from course to course!
I'd been wanting to try this restaurant since I read about it in Chicago magazine, but had never made it. Â Last night I was determined. Â They have an online reservations utility (not open table) that said all they didn't have any availability, so I called. Â The hostess said they had tables available so we were set. Â
We arrived early in the evening (6:30) and there were only 3 other tables occupied on the enormous patio. Â The host was so nice and made some recommendations before leaving the table and our waiter promptly followed. Â We ordered margaritas. Â I, the famed Passion Fruit and Brian the house. Â My margarita was good, but I don't understand why it was fuschia. Â Passion fruit aren't fuschia.
On to appetizers. Â Brian and I ordered the ceviche (marlin, tomatoes, olives and avocado) on tortilla chips and it was delicious. Â Very fresh, very cold. Â
I had the Sopa Azteca next. Â This was very good as well, with really nice white-meat chicken, avocados, and cheese. Â The broth itself was a little thinner than similar soups I've had with delicious onions adn tortilla strips. Â
For our entrees, I had the enchiladas verdes and Brian had the mocaljete. Â The enchiladas were made with fresh tortillas that were soft and thick like pillows and white meat chicken. Â The salsa verde was really good and tangy. Â The mocaljete is chicken, steak, cactus, and cheese cooked in a 500 degree mocaljete and served in a red sauce with chorizo. Â It comes with tortillas so you can make your tacos. Â There was enough food there for 3 people!! Â But, it was so good. Â
So, here's the story about the three stars. Â The food was very good, and obviously very fresh, however, it isn't as polished as competitors Frontera Grill or either of the Adobo Grills. Â The food is the same price, maybe a little less expensive, but the atmosphere is a little different (read: LOTS of babies), and I don't like dining with babies. Â
So, to sum it up, I think this restaurant has potential and I'm looking forward to returning.
Even after visiting this upscale Mexican restaurant, I'm a little confused. The food, which was quite tasty, Â and prices don't really match the decor and ambiance. Though we were there at 8 pm on a Saturday, there were only a few tables that were filled. Something about the place was a little off, either the cheap tile floor, the sparse wall hangings, or the cheesy, trying-to-be-elegant sconces.
But the service is great (take our grinning, thinks-he's-more-charming-than-he-really-is waiter Carlos who sent over a complimentary appetizer), and the food can't be beat. I loved the Molcajete Surtido, a spicy mix of sirloin, chicken, cactus leaves topped with chorizo and cheese. And my dinnermates had nothing but good things to say about their dishes (salmon and carnitas)
I went there for a friend's birthday. Â We were seated at 8:30 on a saturday night for a table of 10 or 12. Â The waiter had to be grabbed for us to order drinks, and then again to order our meal. Â The appetizers came out immediately, but no one came by to see if we needed more drinks. Â Either our waiter forgot to put our order in or the kitchen lost our orders as our dinners didn't come out until an hour after the appetizers, t still before the waiter asked if we wanted a second round of drinks. Â Â Half our meals were cold, and they didn't come out near the same time either. Â The flavors were bland. Â We tried to speak to the manager but no one would bring him to our table. Â It was the worst dining experience I ever had.
FOUR YEARS LATER: Â It's still the worst dining experience I've ever had.
This place was rated one of the Best New Restaurants by Chicago Magazine, so I went for dinner this past weekend and everything was great! The service was attentive, helpful and prompt, the patio is really nice with a large lit fountain in the center, and both the food and drinks were excelent. Enchicladas in mole were perfect, and I got something that was served in a big lava-rock bowl with martinated steak, chicken, chorizo, cheese, and cactus paddles, served with tortillas that was so good. Passionfruit margaritas are not to be missed. An all around great experience. This is not run-of-the-mill Mexican cooking, so be prepared to spend a little cash.
Review Source:I have been here twice and both times and eerie silence crept over the place as I consumed (then regretted) the boring yet tolerable dishes. Â The service wasn't even bad, it was weird. Â
After asking for a few things (cheese & Â the power switch of the fan in "on" position) I felt more like a burden than a customer. Â Given I may have been cranky and tired from class, but my dinner companion called the next day to tell me that he was praying to the porcelain god all night... and he only drank water with lemon... but he never got the lemon.
His plate arrived with 5 prawns (if not run-of-the-mill shrimp), mine with a mess of meat and gravy-style "red sauce", and we salt in balmy conditions and watched the cooks hang out... but nonetheless the bill was close to $60. Â
I'm annoyed. Â Check my review on the place (across the street) that I went to next to satisfy my craving... or so I thought.
This was a nice, average Mexican food experience. Â I ordered a dish that was too spicy for my taste, but that was definitely my own fault. Â My dinner companions both got the enchiladas and they felt that they were ok. Â The margaritas were tasty - though they only have two flavors: regular or passion fruit. Â I had the passion fruit, and it tasted like fruit juice but definitely had some tequila kick to it. Â Overall, I recommend Tepatulco for a good Mexican dinner, though it probably won't blow you away.
Review Source:I should have read the reviews prior to taking a date to Tepatulco. Â I thought the menu was very limited (only two chicken dishes, starting at $13.95), but quite good. Â The prices were extremely high in my opinion, but then again, I guess this place is "upscale" Mexican. Â I should have noticed by the white tablecloths when I walked in.
The passionfruit margaritas (though $8/pop) were very good although they would not put sugar on the glass instead of salt. Â They refused to make strawberry margaritas for us.
Again, the food was good, but the selection was extremely limited and expensive.
This was excellent high-end authentic Mexican food. The house margaritas were the best we've ever had.
For appetizers, we had the tostaditas de ceviche and corn boats with a variety of fillings. For dinner, chicken enchiladas and "molcajete surtido," a huge bowl filled with meat, cheese, cactus & sauce (very hard to describe, and excellent). Â For dessert a chocolate lava cake which isn't very Mexican but we loved it.
I'm already wanting to go back... this isn't tacos and burritos, it's the real stuff. Try it.
OK, I walked in here with very high expectations. I had read enough reviews on <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2FMetromix.com&s=9a95b3e17b9f15c27657f2f455ec47a612332a32e5108ed27279f3cf4fe25671" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://Metromix.com</a>, Chicago mag and had a personal recommendation from the owner of Sol De Mexico.
So the decor wasn't so great it kinda of reminded me of Lazo's on Western. Very spacious but with no separation. It use to be an old club and that's exactly the vibe I got when I walked in.
OK so we ordered the guacamole with chips..........ummm, if we got a small size scoop that was a lot for their standards I guess??!!
My brother got the baby lamb rack in Mole sauce, it was OK , but just a weird combination. I had the molcajete Surtido which was once again just OK. I've had that dish at La Palms and it was much better. Â I was sadly disappointed. I was expecting this fabulous dinner and I walked out thinking that I'm probably not coming back!! :(
On a side note: The service was great!!
Holy crap this place is so good I want to punch someone. I am a fan of cheap taquerias and don't usually go for upscale mexican, but this place is worth the price, since it puts a fresh spin on the usual mexican fare, and it's got the kind of snazzy decor that will impress your parents/date/business associates.
I had a passionfruit margarita (actually I had three of them) and they were uniformly excellent, with real fruit juices. I highly recommend them to those who may  normally steer clear of margaritas and similar nasty mixed drinks.
The ceviche appetizer is delicious. There's some other appetizer that has grasshoppers. Like real grasshoppers. I stayed away from it but if I have another three margarita evening I may give it a try.
The only reason this place doesn't get five stars is because I am all about having chips and salsa with my meal, I don't care how upscale you are.
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