Kachina Cantina
Kachina Cantina
Open Faced Quesadillas w/ grilled chicken
The Quesabirria was made with birria quesadillas, asadero, avocado salsa, & pickled onions. The flavorful stewed birria beef was bold.
The Roasted Chicken Enchilada is made with stacked, Christmas style tortillas, aged cheddar, & dry jack cheese.
Wagyu taco on fry bread
The chile relleno had a crispy, fried exterior that was slightly sweet in flavor with a subtle smoky aftertaste.
Nachos
Chicken tinga taco
The Shrimp Tostada is made with shrimp, corn tostada, guacamole, cotija, & slaw.
The Vegetable Relleno is made with poblano pepper, asadero, rice, avocado salsa, & cotija cheese.
We arrived at Kachina and were seated in the main dining room.
Birria
The Beef Birria is made with chili braised, arroz, onion+cilantro, avocado, & tortillas.
It was our first time dining at Kachina Cantina for dinner and we had a great meal at this lively Southwestern eatery & bar.
Inside seating and bar
The Queso Fundido is made with asadero, cheddar, chorizo, pico de gallo, & tortilla chips.
Taco trio w/ Navajo bread
The Beef Birria was tender beef in a flavorful broth that we spooned into the side of warm tortillas along with the rice & avocado.
Fry bread taco and marg
Birria
Restaurant
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Denver Restaurant Week Dessert - Churros
Gemini U.
Sep 29, 2024
We stopped by to sample the Wagyu Beef Tacos and enjoy a Margarita. While the tacos were flavorful, their small size requires ordering multiple servings for a satisfying meal. Unfortunately, the margarita was underwhelming, possibly due to the liquor used; reconsidering their brand selection may improve the drink. As part of the Maven Hotel at Dairy Block, the establishment benefits from the hotel's open-air layout and lively decor.Highlighted promotions include Margarita Mondays and 'Bottomless Brunch' on Fridays through Sundays, which necessitate reservations. The restaurant also offers weekday lunch specials and Taco Tuesday. Proximity to the ballpark makes parking challenging; alternative transportation or an overnight stay is advisable.
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Ali W.
Sep 4, 2024
Food: we were super impressed with the food here!(1) Grilled skirt steak: so delicious! It has a spicy chocolate mole sauce, rice, beans, and fresh avocado. The steak was charred but still pink (which I like) and seasoned well. They gave you fresh tortillas on the side to make your own tacos and it was soo good!(2) Tacos: 1 carnita, 1 al pastor, and 1 fish. My partner said all three were fantastic. He said the fish was his favorite.(3) Queso Fundido: it was my least favorite thing. It was a little light on flavor.(4) Frozen margs: these barely tasted like they had alcohol in them. Recommend getting an extra shot to add in You do not get chips/salsa for free but it's very cheap on happy hour. Service: they were pretty packed in there but service was still great. Nothing to complain about.Ambience: they have a huge bar for potential walk-ins and big patio. It's a fairly large place so in theory walk-ins could happen but we had a reservation and had to wait 10 minutes for a table.Overall the food was above our expectations which is why I'm rating so high. Would go back
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Joshua H.
Aug 16, 2024
This was the last place we stopped at...we walked all over by union station and near our hotel but finally decided on this spot.The decor was so my style and the pride flag in the entry was a nice touch too! We started with the Double Dip (Queso + pico de gallo, charro beans + cojita) YUM!!!Next we had a Chicken Tinga Taco also delish!Both of those items were on the happy hour! Daily from 3 to 6 pm! Definitely worth checking out.Lastly we split the open faced quesadilla with grilled chicken. It was so so good!Mindy was so nice, and helped us lock down some cool places to check out while in town!I'll definitely be back!
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Monica S.
Sep 29, 2024
This was hands down the best place we dined in Denver. First off the location is very convenient if you're staying close by. We had a reservation for 6pm on a Sunday but it wasn't too crowded. The ambiance is great, they were playing some killer 80's music. They sat us at an awesome table right by the window. Then our server Luis was just the best. So sweet and very attentive. We started with a passion fruit margarita and passion fruit agua de Fresca. I have a passionfruit vine in my backyard and the aqua Fresca tasted like I just cut open a fresh passionfruit it was amazing. For dinner we had the breezed short rib and a Carne Asada taco and a brisket taco both on for a bread. Let me just start with the short rib. This is the most delicious thing that I've eaten. I love a bit short rib, the spices on this were so pleasant and warming. It was unlike any short rib I've ever tasted, and it paired perfectly with the polenta and the pickled onions that they had on top. Then the tacos the meat is excellent, but the substitution of fry bread brings it up to the next notch and I'm picky about tacos so for me to say that these tacos were excellent means a lot. Finally, we finished off with the stuff sopapillas. This was such an incredibly unique dessert, and even if you've had sopapillas, these aren't the sopapillas like you make it home. What I appreciated about this dessert is it wasn't overly sweet, it had a perfect balance of sweetness.
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Jacqueline D.
Oct 9, 2024
The tacos on fry bread are to die for! Even my very picky 14 year old loves them. The margaritas are some of the best I've had. Very very smooth! I always get tacos to go when I'm in the area.
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Aundya A.
May 7, 2024
Came for the bottomless mimosas and chicken enchiladas for brunch! We had a blast, and our service was really well done for having a table of 11. Great for large groups. The 2 hour duration for bottomless mimosas was plenty of time!
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Danielle H.
Feb 7, 2024
I came here for a friend's birthday on a Friday night. We had a reservation as the group was rather large celebrating a birthday (16 people). The food was all pretty decent. I wouldn't say that it is traditional Mexican food, but I loved the spin that that they took. My favorite was the corn which would be a great add to any meal that you order! Unfortunately, the service was not great. We made this reservation over a month in advanced so it is assumed that management would have it well covered. There was only one waitress who was supporting us, and I felt horrible you could see how overwhelmed she was not just handling our table but the bar tops above. In turn the food and drinks took over 30 minutes to come out. Some of the drinks came out after the food. It was kind of a mess. Management definitely need to put two people on such a large party. I would give it another try at the margarita flight was amazing and so was the corn. Overall 3.5/5 stars
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Annette M.
Jan 27, 2024
While this location is surrounded by yummy eats, I was disappointed we wasted our meal here. Service was good and friendly however the meal was pretty mediocre. The queso fundido was watery and tiny. See the photo. Not a share with a table of 4 dish. It came in a dish about half the length of the spoon with Pace picante tasting toppings and was VERY watery. I ordered the Beef Birria. Mistake. It came as a piece of very fatty beef in thick overly smoky sauce in a bowl with rice, a slice of avocado, a lime slice, a half teaspoon of onion & cilantro, accompanied with a side of 4 street taco size corn tortillas. It's missing ALL the great aspects of traditional Birria tacos. No cheese, no crunch, no consume deliciousness to dip in. Im not sure the point of the rice because it is not edible covered in the thick sauce that had the texture of thick bbq sauce. Tbh we regret coming here.
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Deborah M.
Jun 15, 2024
We had a delicious brunch here- shared the frozen margaritas flight and all were delish! Head the breakfast taco on fry bread and the tamales were tender and flavor packed!
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Savanna R.
May 27, 2024
WOW!! Margaritas - perfect, tacos - out of the park! Absolutely delicious and we will be back!!!!
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