We came here for tacos and they had a large selection of tacos, meats, veggies, trimming, etc. I loved the steak tacos and my husband was partial to the 007 (soft and crunchy tacos together wrapping a protein). The staff was super nice and friendly. The food tasted fresh and nicely marinated. A winner ! read more

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Not very polite . Wont elaborate but I won't be a patron because of it. Good luck but maybe common courtesy should be part of your delivery van drivers training. read more

We are weekly customers of Caliente! They are so much better than chipotle. The food is always fresh & the portions are generous - especially the burritos. The service is excellent! I can't say enough good things about this establishment. Some of my favorite menu items: birrria tacos or quesadillas, Tijuana salad, burrito bowls read more

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I've tried a number of items on their menu but their fish taco is amazing. from the type of fish and how its prepared to the fillings. good size portion, flavors blend well with each other. just a solid meal. read more

First time trying the food here. They were part of the RIfoodfights tacos mania. The tacos were amazing. Tried the 007 and loved it. Staff were friendly. #rifoodfights #besttacosri read more

Caliente Mexican - Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Kingston, Rhode Island

Delicious food. Great combinations of flavors. Always fresh and made with care. Incredible portions for the price. Service is excellent.

Always great food and we Love the salsa, just wish the side was bigger for the amount of chips. Quick service also. read more

We loved this restaurant! Fresh food, incredibly tastey, friendly service, great price with large portions.

This place was very small but cute. There wasn't a lot of seating. I decided to build my own bowl and it was kind of like Chipotle style. The service was quick in and out. The bowl was delicious and really filled me up. I would say this place is just as good as Chipotle and everything tasted very fresh. I would recommend!!! read more

Caliente Mexican - Build your own bowl - Mexican Near Me - Kingston, Rhode Island

Amazing food, great service and great prices. The fish tacos are so good! Highly recommend read more

Caliente Mexican - Fish tacos and street tacos - Mexican Near Me - Kingston, Rhode Island

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Probably the best food option on campus. Prices are good and they give you a lot of meat!! Grilled veggies are amazing and have a lot of topping options. Burritos, tacos, and quesadillas are done so amazing that I haven't gone to a Chipotle for over a year because it just doesn't measure up to Caliente read more

Caliente Mexican - two tacos in a styrofoam container - Mexican Near Me - Kingston, Rhode Island

I have been to Calientes many times before, this time i got the steak quesadillas they were delicious.it was ten dollars.the service is quick if you get a burrito. the ambience was filled with mexican music. read more

Caliente Mexican - steak Quesadillas - Mexican Near Me - Kingston, Rhode Island

This restaurant is GREAT. The service is amazing, the food comes out very quick, and everyone is extremely sweet and accommodating. The menu is amazingly extensive, so tons of different Mexican foods are served. I had went with my family after charging our electric vehicle, and we had gone for the birria on their menu. I have tried so many different birria tacos from all over the country and this stands as the best one. My siblings shared the ground beef tacos, and they also enjoyed it as much as I did. I have gone to so many different restaurants and only reviewed a couple, but this one is just amazing. We had been on a road trip to another state, and 2 hours in we remembered we had left a bag at Caliente grill. We drove back and called multiple times, but they were busy at the moment. After calling one last time, they awnsered sweetly and we explained how we forgot our bag. They told us they kept it for if we came back and were super nice about it! Picking up the bag, we also ordered 6 more birria tacos- 3 orders! Anyways, this restaurant is amazing, even though some reviews were very negative, I gave it a chance, and look where I am. Thank you so much Caliente Dartmouth!!! read more

Caliente's does not disappointment! We go to the Dartmouth location and everyone there is so friendly and make you feel welcomed. Not to mention the food is authentic and delicious! We love it and my kids love it here also! A must try if you haven't done so, like I said, you won't be disappointed! read more

THEIR QUESO IS SO GOOD. It is one of the main reasons I chose to attend URI. If you are looking for quick and delicious Mexican food, Caliente is definitely a good option. There is usually a line though. read more

Best Mexican food I've ever had! Super delicious food, extremely friendly and smiling staff and overall a great atmosphere. Would recommend to anyone. read more

007 tacos were amazing!!!!! Every time we order from here the food is very hot and always well made for the price .

i asked for a mexicali burrito they ALWAYS ask me what i want on it. this dude didn't just slappped guac on my burrito i called him twice he didn't hear me i had to lean over the glass to call him to tell him i only want cheese and sour cream bc im allergic to guac. Homeboy then says "why didn't you say that" then proceeds to talk crap about me in spanish like as if i don't speak spanish. 2/10 rude as f*** read more

Best quick and fun Mexican American food in Kingston. Variety of veggie and meat items with homemade salsa. Fast cheap and tasty

Caliente catered my daughters graduation party and every single person at the party raved about the food. We had steak, chicken, rice, beans and all the fixings for burrito bowls and they even threw in soft shells for tacos. Everything tasted amazing, and we were so impressed with the amount of food we got for the $$. Would totally recommend using them if you need catering. read more

Possibly the Mexican food in Rhode Island. I've been coming here for years and have never once been disappointed. Their food is authentic and delicious, their prices are low, and all of their staff is so patient and welcoming. I've never gotten something here that I didn't like. It is one of the best restaurants in south county in terms of bang for your buck!!! read more

YUMMY better than chipotle in my opinion. Has many different options for whatever mood your in. Burrito bowl whatever you choose caliente will not have you dissatisfied or hungry. read more

Very good buisiness. I love the food and the tacos. I just wrote two very long negative reviews before this so I am going to keep it short and sweet. Very good service. And good menu. Everything tastes good and my favorite queso in town. (I like my queso alot) I love there chips aswell. I usally order 3 tacos & a order of chips and queso. God I want it so bad. My first 5 star review on this app. Im very tough about reviews aswell. Good drink selection if I did not mention it. They have a couple booths inside and some tables outside. 10/10 recommend. read more

Very good selections and great favor. I got a chicken burrito and chips. It was enough so next time I going to try the chicken wings.

Food is delicious! We had the burrito and the fajita quesadilla with chicken both were great!

Best mexican food in RI! Always happy with takeout from Caliente. Delicious tacos and burritos! Love the queso, too!

Best burritos in South Kingstown. I love the King Ranch; I will go there, buy 6-10 at a time, and bring them home, since I now live out of state. It's right in the emporium at URI, and the people working there are pretty young and very friendly. Burritos are usually $5-6 and they're pretty packed. I can't finish a whole one. There are maybe 15 different types of burritos to get, and they also have standard Mexican cuisine: quesadilla, rice and beans, etc. They're also really accomodating as to what they put in the burritos. It gets busy around lunch when school is in session, but there's not too much of a wait. read more

Yummy. I always get the same thing so can't talk about all the menu but the burrito bowl is so yummy and filling. Everything is super fresh. If the Lu e is long they move so quickly that its your time sooner than you think. read more

I paid almost 10 dollars for tacos and a coke. I ordered hard shell tacos but I only got one, it was a soft shell in a container filled to the top with all the stuff it didn't even look like a taco half of the taco toppings weren't even on it just all over the container so I called back and the dude on the phone cussed me out. I used to love this place but I'm not really feeling there food anymore for obvious reasons read more

Caliente Mexican - Supposed to be 3 hard shell tacos - Mexican Near Me - Kingston, Rhode Island

My wife and I had our first meal from this location. The quality of my meal was good, however we ordered online. I arrived at my appointed time to be told my order wasn't ready. Waited 15 minutes, meanwhile every order was filled ahead of mine. I inquired again was told it wasn't ready. Someone else intervened. My tacos had been ready that whole time. Brought them home cold and soggy but edible. read more

Caliente is BOMB. Their loaded quesadillas give me a reason to go to school everyday. The staff is always super friendly and their menu has things that similar chain restaurants don't (BBQ chicken, refried beans). Also, sometimes they have brownies and those are yummy too. Update: just had Caliente as a super senior and tears filled my eyes bc i forgot it was so delicious read more

Quick, simple, doesn't disappoint. Great burritos only $10 and they're pretty big, I barely finish it. Very worth it!

Caliente is delicious. Their salads are my absolute favorite, especially the Newport Tostada Salad. It comes with a mini-cheese quesadilla which is always a nice touch. The dressing for this salad is liquid heaven, seriously. It's some type of cilantro lime dressing. The salad portions are huge, and it's super hard to stop eating because everything tastes so good. I also love their salsa, it's incredibly fresh. Their buffalo chicken quesadilla is also something to order if you're not trying to be healthy. Their refried beans are some of my favorite around, they are a little chunky in texture which I love. The staff there are always nice and they do their best to get people their orders in a timely manner. It is a busy location so lunch rush can be tough. read more

The best Mexican take out my family has had in a long time and maybe even ever. In fact, I downloaded yelp JUST to review Caliente. It was ready right on time when we got there to pick it up. I got the salad and was very impressed with the price. It was so well put together with all fresh and tasty ingredients. My kids got cheese quesadillas and determined that we will never get Mexican food from anywhere else ever again. My husband got the Chimichanga and said the biggest disappointment was that we hadn't been sooner. We all raved about it though out our entire meal. 5 stars from my family! read more

So good and I'm not a student! I just moved to the area and was looking for a healthy burrito! I'm a vegan so they tailored it to what I could eat! Very big burrito- two meals! Affordable, clean and yummy. The service was ok- quiet and little joy in their eyes- but college students may be difficult to constantly deal with- I thanked them and smiled. Hopefully a change for them! I'll be back, highly recommend. read more

Very poor service. Came to pick up a takeout order right as a rush began. They opted to prioritize those who showed up and I waited 15mins before leaving, having been ignored until told my order was taking long because they were using "chicken wing" for the order...pretty obnoxious excuse when you see your exact order being made for others. Unless you're a college kid with no options, avoid this place. read more

terrible service over the phone and meals overpriced

like a chipotle for college kids on campus at uri, I would argue it's even better!!!!!

Being a former restaurant owner at the URI Emporium, I love checking out what new is going on and tried out Caliente Mexican Grill. I LLLOOOVVVEEE Mexican food, with that being said, this isn't Mexican, but an Americanized Facsimile of Mexican food... and I accept that, and expected it walking in the door.. as it is a college campus.. and the young huddled masses want what they want.. so.. I ordered the Kingston Fire (named after the student Fire Department on campus) and it was a whole wheat burrito (my choice) filled with steak, and ground beef, and rice and beans and a corn relish, cheese, bbq sauce, ranch and some smoking hot hot sauce... (what?! bbq and ranch not authentic mexican flavors) and it was good. The steak was tender, the rice could have used some help, but it was hot and tasty and filling, and got a side of chips and some decent salsa to go with it. I was happy. And I give them props, the open kitchen was spotless.. and being a restaurant guy thats big for me.. they were working clean, and fast, and efficiently. Went in at lunch time and ordered and had my food in about 5 minutes. And they were friendly, go figure. So if you get a craving for some pseudo mexi food for the cheap, in a hurry... Caliente is a good option... not too many other mexi choices in that area. Enjoy. read more

I have been eating here for a few years now. My go to burrito is the hot head. The size of the burrito has decreased over the last few years. The staff is always friendly, and they make your order quickly. They now have cilantro lime rice, which I find amazing. It just seems to me that the business was a great success at the beginning, but has been slowly neglected over the years. It is still a great place to eat and I will continue to do so, but it just doesn't have the same feel to it anymore. read more