La Encantada

This place is worth the trip. Very unique stuffed pepper dish with nuts fruit and a sweet sauce. Good service and reasonably priced beers. Food is pricey but high quality. Friendly service.

The place is excellent! Service is friendly, professional, and just superb!Ambiance feels simple yet enticing full of colors indoors and outdoors feels clean and fresh.Food flavors and visuals are five stars. My Quesadilla was excellent, mostly because of that flour tortilla.My Chile En Nogada, the reason for my visit was delicious, flawless. From the sauce to the pomegranate and the filling, everything was tasteful.Loved my experience there.

Delicious! Had this place saved for awhile and got a chance to try it out. We walked in and the restaurant was empty bc they were anticipating a big group dinner- so we grabbed a seat and got to ordering. It's a one woman show with a young kid helping out but the service was great and all the food was delicious. My partner ordered poblanos nogada she loved it, we thought the sauce was a little too sweet but with the mix on the inside it was delicious. I do not reccomend the Chips and salsa. The chips are baked which makes my healthy conscious happy but WAY too hard and it was difficult to eat. I had one enchilada with poblano sauce with a side of the calabicitas- which were good but the portion size was not worth the 7.95. Both soups were also tasty and would order again! There are other items I definitely would love to try and looking forward to going back!

I love La Encantada and their simple ambiance. Their food is really delicious. with a homemade feeling. The burrito was great and the tacos too. Simple made but the ingredients are great! Everything they do is flavor bomb in your mouth. Everything fits together and the balance is totally right! The place is quite tiny and there might be lines, but it all so worth it. The service was friendly and very quick. I definitely love and will go back again for their food. Go for it and give it a try! The experience is worth it! Big thanks to all the staff of La Encantada!

This is a story of one type of Mexican food, chile en nogada. It's a seasonal dish, usually served only in September. It's my favorite! I went to Mexico in February for my first vacation, after two years in my house. I spent four days with three friends in Mexico City, one of my favorite cities in the world. I kept telling them about the restaurant that has great chile en nogada all year. I checked to make sure that they were still open, but I never looked at the address. When I called the restaurant, they told me that they had moved to San Angel, which is 30 minutes outside of the city. We had been in San Angel the previous day. There was no way for us to get there before they closed, and we were leaving the next day. I was beyond disappointed! When I returned to Chicago, I Googled chile en nogada all year. I had eaten it at a downtown restaurant years ago, and it was not good. I found La Encantada, in Humboldt Park, less than 10 minutes from my house.I called and spoke to Irma, the owner. She was lovely. I told her my story and said that I would be there the following day when they opened at 5:00 to get one chile en nogada. I was quite pessimistic considering that in all of these years I had only had great chile en nogada in one restaurant and it's in Mexico. When I opened the container, it looked wonderful. When I tasted it, I was ecstatic. It was amazing! The rice and beans that accompanied the chile were great also. I called and told Irma that she's my new best friend. I am having my friends come for dinner in a few days, and they will be able to see what they missed. I look forward to eating in the restaurant so I can try other things, but I know that I will never go there without eating the wonderful chile en nogada!

We were in the mood for tacos and wanted to try something new. Since we were headed to Menards, we were hoping to find something in the relative vicinity and La Encantada popped in my search. I didn't really do any research, we just went of the high marks the place received.First impression: Holy shit, it's hot AF in here! I'm not sure if their AC was out of order or they simply didn't have any, but on a 90 degree day, it was warm to say the least. I'm guessing that explains why there were only two other couples dining.Second impression: This is not the taqueria I assumed it was, I probably shouldn't be here in gym clothes. Although, on the upside they really wicked all of the perspiration I was feeling off my body. Win.Once we glanced at the menu, we quickly deduced that this place isn't really the place for tacos. They have them, but they also have a lot of other interesting dishes and sides. I opted for the spinach enchiladas verdes and swapped my rice and beans for chipotle mashed sweet potatoes. Manfriend ordered the steak burrito suizo with the rice and beans. My dish was quite tasty with a nice zip in the verde sauce. Personally, I might mix the spinach with something, like cheese, but it is a dish I'd order again. The sweet potatoes weren't a smoky as I had expected from the chipotle. Manfriend's burritos were small, but he said everything was good. Service was a little hands off, but overall we never waited long for anything.Bottom line: I would come back. Next time dressed more appropriately and order a few cocktails. I just might wait until fall when it's not as steamy inside.

Just OUTSTANDING Mexican food. It's so refreshing to spend $100 for a family Mexican dinner and actually get delicious and fresh homemade food cooked with love and pride by the female owner and her staff. I hate spending that kind of money for average or below average food. Not here. My skirt steak fajitas were delicious and not dripping in vegetable oil like so many other places. It actually tasted healthy with fresh onions and peppers. Came with corn tortillas which is always a sign of authentic cooking. The rice and beans were great. My wife's salsa Verde chicken enchiladas were equally as fresh, with wonderful flavors. Beautifully decorated, classy interior. Exposed brick with artwork lending to a very elegant setting without the elegant prices. Perfect place when you want more than a basic taqueria setting but don't want a trendy, overly upscale spot either. 2 adults, 2 kids, $100, including steak fajitas, chicken Verde enchiladas, steak taco dinner, cheese enchiladas, 2 delicious guacamole apps and a half pitcher of homemade margaritas. The homemade chips were also killer.

Came here last night for the Quesadillas de Huitlacoche and Chilie en nogada and it was fantastic. Both so perfectly made and delicious. Would highly recommend.

Best enchiladas in Humboldt Park. I always get the enchiladas verde. So many protein options and a ton of veggie options as well. Service is amazing and it's a very clean, classy restaurant. I cannot recommend this place enough.

Beautiful atmosphere and AMAZING food!!!This was such a magical place to visit! The food was delicious and the margarita was great as well. I can't wait to visit again thank you!