Chalateco

We've passed by Chalateco a handful of times and decided to stop by this past weekend and it was a wise decision! When we first walked in at 2pm on a Saturday it was pretty empty, maybe only 2 tables taken. We walked to the register and the hostess handed us a fairly extensive menu. Honestly, everything sounded great and I didn't know what I wanted, but eventually had to pick.What was ordered:+ Carne asada taco - This wasn't too bad, but I think my entree really blew me away so I wasn't drawn to the taco as much.+ Al pastor taco - There wasn't a lot of flavor to the al pastor. The meat was a bit on the dry side but decent overall. I really enjoy the tortillas they use for their tacos and their sauces were great as well. + Chicken enchilada - I LOVED THIS! I haven't had a whole bunch of enchiladas in my life but these were amazing. The chicken was cooked well and didn't taste dry and the green sauce was a perfect balance with the enchilada. The beans and rice, which simple, were great complements to the enchiladas. + Agua fresca - I opted for a guava flavor, which was super refreshing. The hostess was excellent, she was very patient with us as we perused the menu and brought over some complimentary chips and salsa! Their salsa was really good, we basically finished 2/3 of the chips before our food came because it was that addicting. The place started to fill up a bit more as we were heading out - seems like a great local place!Overall, I'd say their plates are the best items here. I probably wouldn't pick to come for the tacos again but I would definitely come back for their enchiladas and other plates!

Sorry but if you're open until 10pm and you start saying to go only at 9:30pm, you get a one star review.

No prices on the Menu, $92 for the two of us. If you can get past that, then here is what you need to know before visiting here: This is a legit true Mexican Food restaurant, no "Americanized Mexican", which in my eyes is a good thing. Service was substandard, had to track down waitress to ask for napkins, and more chips and second beer. I don't get this, but when I asked for a lime for my Corona was told they don't have any, and was then brought an oversized (mostly rind) lemon that wouldn't fit in the bottle.

FIRE! I'm picky with my Mexican food and this place gives amazing portions (my hand in a pic for comparison) and food is delicious!! Recommend you won't regret it and service is fast and amazing!

hmmmm i'm a bit conflicted about this place....i wouldnt say i really liked the food but i am open to trying other stuff again. we ordered a mega quesadilla with tripas, 2 asada tacos and 2 suadero tacos as well as 1 reveulta (pork, cheese and bean) pupusa. here are my list of likes and dislikes:Likes-clean restaurant -food taste clean and not greasy at all-corn tortillasDislikes -corn chips taste like store bought -had to ask sauce and cabbage for pupusa-pupusa was good but the filling was sad, i couldn't even taste any pork, just saw very few sad strands -felt a bit rip off with my megaquesadilla, i should have taken a picture. but it was barely any tripas and cheese in there and felt like it wasn't really a "mega" quesadilla, what would be different from regular quesadilla size wise but it literally was jus a bunch of lettuce and sprinkles of cojita cheese with tripas...n add the green salsa in. i don'tknow if i'm missing something??

Food is really good, and comes quickly. The service is great! Environment seems bloated back and great for dine in. I typically take out, and order the papusas! Fire.

One of the better Mexican joints I've tried. I came in and asked what time they closed and the worker didn't respond he just said they're ere open and then said we close at 9pm tonight. Odd it seemed like he didn't know. I ordered guacamole and chips the guacamole was super delicious! The chips were not and came from a bag, mass produced and one of those salty brands from the store. I ordered huevos rancheros and this was also good and cooked fresh but not exactly what I ordered. They fried an egg, placed it on a tostada and then put red salsa on it. I'm not a stickler for interpretation but golly the pic definitely did not have this image. The food was good, customer service a bit odd.

Overall I really like this place in regards to food, but today the service at this location was awful to say the least. I ordered enchiladas Suiza but wanted to substitute for shrimp. The waiter was like nope we don't do that they only come with chicken but he was willing to add cheese Inside the enchiladas. Huh? Why can you add cheese Inside but not shrimp? I was willing to pay extra. Then he took forever to place our order because he was talking with some people, dancing and just taking his sweet time. The food came out quick so kudos to the cooks but then the waiter didn't bring us the utensils nor napkins. We Asked for salsa and well that came later later. All in all bad service which ruins the experience of eating great food. Won't come to this location again if we have the distracted waiter.

Super good food! Ordered the mole and green sauce enchiladas and it was a huge plate, super yummy and well priced. We got that plus a shrimp cocktail and both got drinks plus the chips and salsa and our total was $50 which seems ok since both of our servings were pretty big! Great service, attentive and nice. Place smelled like cleaning products at first but probably because we came late so they were likely closing up. Overall tho, come by the food is delicious. My partner loves the breaded shrimp and I liked the fried fish last time too.

food was amazing. service was good too. place was clean. food was fresh, gracias a los cocineros.