Oh my! We've been looking for a go-to Mexican spot for a while now. Although we've found some good…read moreones, nothing that hits it out of the park consistently, in an environment where you want to sit and eat at comfortably like Chelino's.
This place is a cross between a taqueria and restaurant. They have all the taqueria goodies that you can get order dine-in or take-out at the register, but also restaurant quality... well, everything.
We've gotten quite a few things here now. The highlights:
-Wet Burritos are bomb. I generally prefer green sauce, and their green sauce is some of the best I've ever had. And they give you tons of it. Which is nice when you're paying extra. And if they say wet, you want that thing sopping. And it is! ...And yes, the burrito is huge.
-Their chile verde - drooooool. I got it in the burrito, wet, so you've got that delicious green sauce inside and out. Pork is super tender enrobed in that sauce. Oh my god! So good.
-Enchiladas... again, green sauce. Drool central! Their plates are huge, and comes classic Mexican style with rice, beans, salad, pico de gallo and guacamole. And lots of it. Sadly, it's hard to find generous portions like that. If you're craving Mexican, you're craving something hearty, so you want those big portions.
-Chile Rellenos - it is exactly how I want it to taste. And they stuff lots of cheese in it. Great batter, great sauce, everything tastes homemade. Again, the plate has rice, beans, pico, guac. It is HUGE.
-Bean and Cheese burrito - my husband loves bean and cheese burritos. I joke that he is 80% beans, and so this fills his necessary bean quotient by a lot by eating here. He gets the large and it is huge. It is all just bean and cheese, as advertised. He loves it... once again wet with the green sauce.
We did try the mole, and it is good! Mole is one of those tastes I have to be in the mood for. But the time we tried it, it was dang good.
Just about everything we've had here is good. And there's so much more to try. The pozole! I haven't tried their al pastor yet. And I think they have menudo...
I'm so glad we found Chelino's. My husband heard about it from one of his hospice patients, a Mexican woman name Maria who loves it. She can't really eat her favorite meal from there, chicken enchiladas, but I'm glad she passed on the joy of Chelino's onto us.
Service has always been friendly, and they come around to check on you and give you more chips if you ask for it. There's kind of a diner feel to it. It's clean and comfortable, unlike some of the more taqueria type places. We love this place and will be back... very often.