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Chapala Mexican Restaurant

4.0 (147 reviews)
ModerateMexican
Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Excellent Service! Great Mexican food, queso is great! Limited on seating so be ware on Fridays or Saturdays. Great taste and quickly prepared. All tasted fresh. Great ambience especially for Cinco de Mayo!

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Good food, fast service, will go back again. Had 3 item combo with beans and rice. Had leftovers.

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Friendly service. Delicious steak chicken & shrimp fajitas. BF and I shared and had enough to take home for another meal for him.

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moy is the absolute best and the food always is amazing throw a dart at the menu and you'll be fine

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Great service! Great food! If we are ever in Idaho, I will definitely be back. We found this hidden gem just driving thru town.

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Good food and service. Kind greeters and servers. We have dined at various locals for years.

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Great Food & Service. We travel from Mountain Home to Boise just for this food! Everything on the menu is excellent.

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Coa De Jima

Coa De Jima

4.3
(246 reviews)
1.6 mi
$$$

I stopped in this place almost a year ago while visiting Boise. I didn't remember being at the…read morehotel nearby before but I remembered how to get here because of my great experience in the past. I showed up at Happy Hour and now that's 50% off drinks priced $15 and below. The old fashioned is perfect. I also ordered the bacon wrapped jalapeño shrimp. Delectable! Matthew provided excellent service at the bar. I invited some folks and we were in Olivia's section. Perfect service. Beautiful. Knowledgeable. Fun. We had the enquires and device. Delicious. Portions were huge. Many different options of plates that were on the Happy Hour Menu. We also had the Red Velvet Church's. So airy. So light. Compliments to the chef. The decor is authentic and had mood lighting. Enjoyed everything about it 5 star service and food.

I was excited to dine here (first visit), but was disappointed in the food and drinks…read more Walking in, the decor is beautiful and dramatic. Full bar, large booths. It's very inviting, if not decadent feeling. Unfortunately, the food and drinks were lacking. My mocktail was recommended by our server, but it was much too sweet, and had a weird aftertaste. We ordered chips, guac, and it came with two versions of salsa. One was incredibly bitter (tasted very vinegar-y), while the other just tasted strange. Neither me or my husband like it. The guac, however, was very good. We ordered the Seafood Ceviche, which is a dish we usually love, but not so much here! It was covered in an orange sauce that was overly acidic. It was so much and so acidic, we couldn't taste the seafood. It was lost in the sauce. It seems as though whoever's in the kitchen lacks some culinary intuition. The staff were good. It'a dimly lit, even during the day, for those with sight issues.

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The Matador

The Matador

3.8
(652 reviews)
1.7 mi
$$

Came in for happy hour with my co workers tonight. You can't go wrong with great happy hour drinks…read moreand nachos. With my new kidney, I had to get my own sides since I can't really share food with my friends. I got some chicken tortilla soup and some brussel sprouts. The nachos did look amazing but I knew it we going to be too much food for me. Soup was full of chicken, corn and tortillas. The broth was rich and savory. It could have been a tad warmer but it was still delicious. My brussel sprouts were crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. I love the sweet and savory glaze that we used! Every bite was delicious. Service was great tonight. Our server did a great job making sure our drinks were never dry. The atmosphere here is always on point. The food was fantastic as always. I look forward to coming back for another round of happy hour soon!

MATADOR DELETED MULTIPLE OF MY FRIENDS ONE STAR GOOGLE REVIEWS ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE THERE SO IM…read moreADDING MY REVIEW TO THEIR YELP AS WELL. Such weird and potentially homophobic behavior from the waitstaff here last night. (My best friend i was with and her fiance are lesbians so i am not sure whether or not the staff's behavior had to do with that or if they are just normally this rude) Walked in with a group of friends for one of their birthdays just trying to find a place for a nice dinner. According to the waitlist we were supposed to be seated fairly quickly (within 10 minutes we were told) but we ended up waiting for about a total of 30 minutes. We waited patiently outside for about 20 and then decided to step inside to see what was going on. Waitstaff had about 4 tables that they were dealing with but there was honestly probably more servers than active tables in the restaurant, there was a NUMBER of open tables while we stood at the front confused since we were the ONLY people waiting. Not a glance from any of the servers, not a "have you been helped yet?" nothing. We continued to stand there as 3 servers bussed ONE table together which was just so completely bizarre and they clearly were trying to avoid acknowledging our presence. As a server herself, one of my friends was just completely confused as to how multiple servers came up to where we were standing to use the POS system and then walk off without saying a word to us. When my friend inquired with the waitstaff about why we hadn't been seated yet, she rudely said "YOURE ON THE WAITLIST SO YOU NEED TO WAIT". We went to the funky taco next door, who had us greeted & seated immediately. The Matador will never have our business and we certainly wont be recommending them to anyone, ever. FYI Matador, this seems like an ongoing issue for you with your hosts and servers being miserable people after looking at your one star reviews so you might want to do the same and do something about it before you continue losing out on business.

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Andrade's Restaurante Mexicano

Andrade's Restaurante Mexicano

3.9
(356 reviews)
1.3 mi
$$

We are working in Boise so trying lots of places. We crave Mexican food so tried this. It's a big…read moreopen restaurant which is odd but hey it works I guess. The salsa isn't my cup of tea it reminds me of Pace picante mild. I had fajitas and the tortillas were basically street tacos size which makes sense because there was not a lot of steak in the fajitas it was mostly veggies. For $23 I expect at least 1/4 lb. Others got the chimichangas and they liked theirs.

My friend listed off a few differnt joints as ideas for lunch today. Andrade's was one of them. I'm…read morealways down for Mexican food for lunch so Andradre's was today's pick. Walking in, this place is so colorful and vibrant! I love the pretty water fountain as soon as you walk in and the pretty art piece that was hanging above it. The whole venue looks like a fiesta so you know you're about to have a great time! We got sat. A sweet gal dropped off a couple waters, chips and salsa. Nothing like starting your afternoon with chips and salsa! Adri came shortly after and grabbed drink orders. I got a virgin mango margarita today. She asked if I wanted the rim salted or tajined. I totally would have but I have to watch my salt intake. Without the salt and tajin, that mango margarita was money! It was so good! It was perfectly blended! It had a good amount of mango to it. It was absolutely delicious! For lunch I got a shredded beef taco and shredded beef enchilada for lunch. It also came out with a side of rice and beans. The plate looked fabulous! I appreciate the peas and carrots in the rice! It added another texture to it. The rice and beans were nice and hot! Super tasty! The beef in my enchilada was tenders and flavorful. The sauce was rich in color and flavor. I like that there was a slight heat to everything. It wasn't overwhelming. I didn't get a chance to eat much of the taco. I did take a bite and it was good! I do wish that the tortilla didn't get all soggy. One side of the taco was great but the other was drenched in fluid. I also did find hard pieces of rice in the side of rice i got. Kind like it's been sitting too long and it dried out. It wasn't the best the chew. I'm happy I got to try this joint out today! Adri was fantastic and did a great job taking care of us! My margarita was top notch! The food was good and the venue was so much fun. Looking forward to coming back and trying other goodies of their menu with another bomb ass margarita!

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My food when I got it home.
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Garibaldis

Garibaldis

4.0
(203 reviews)
5.5 mi
$$

The food, service, and ambiance is top tier every time we visit. The moment you walk in you're…read moregreeted by a beautiful hacienda style atmosphere full of character. No cap it feels like we're in MX The service is just as impressive. The staff is always friendly, attentive, and makes us feel right at home from start to finish. And the food... absolutely amazing. Everything tastes so fresh, flavorful, and authentic. We love the agua de horchata it smacks every single time. You can really tell they put care into every dish. Overall this place checks all the boxes! Thank you amazing team

I love Mexican food (not the Tex Mex) almost as much as I love Korean food, however, trying to find…read morea "really good authentic" Mexican restaurant in the Boise area has been challenging to say the least. I've been here for almost 2 years and the BEST Mexican food I have found was in Twin Falls. NO I do not want to go to Twin Falls to get Mexican food, especially w/ the price of gas now. I was searching online for a new restaurant to go to for lunch and for some reason "Garibaldis Garden City" popped up. First, Garibaldis, does not really sound like a Mexican restaurant, but after reading the reviews and checking out their website, I am thinking why not...can't be any worse than Andrades, Chapala or Barrigas. Went in around noon, not crowded, but again its gorgeous outside, and I like a relaxed atmosphere. We sat at the bar, our server (bartender) Michael (who is from San Diego) was great. We really didn't need any recommendations because I already had set in my head what I was going to order. We started out with the "salsa flight", 3 different salsas, 1 smokey hot sauce, 1 more chunky and a mango habanero" which all 3 were very good. I loved that there was actually some spice and heat in all 3. Okay, the Mango it grows on you, the more you eat it the better it gets. We also ordered a maggie on the rocks w/ Casa Amigos Reposado and a ranch water with the Blanco. I also ordered the Coctel Garibaldis, which is shrimp & octopus and the shrimp was nice and large and the octopus was a nice size, NEITHER was mushy, THEY BOTH tasted so fresh (enough to share). For our main, Chicken Fajitas and Carne Asada....I normally do not like the refried beans here in Boise at the Mexican restaurants we have tried, but these beans tasted like HOME, LIKE MY MOTHER IN LAW MADE THEM~! The chicken fajitas ...there was actually MORE CHICKEN than peppers which is a 1st...and it was huge slices and chunks. My Carne Asada, OMG, huge amount and it was so flavorful, I doubt I could have done any better. NOW, I am a tortilla snob and I make my own flour tortillas, but THEY HAD SERIOUSLY LITERALLY the best DAMN corn tortillas I have tasted in YEARS! They almost look like flour, but once you taste them, incredible. We (he) ordered the Coco Flan for dessert, I don't do dessert so I ordered the Casa Azul Anejo....met 2 women drinking Maggies, we agreed, if we are going to do calories, we are drinking them and not eating them...but in all, the SERVICE, Food, the atmosphere, was all worth it. Will we go again, YOU BET, I may even have to sneak over for a few lunches by myself it was that good. Again, thanks Michael, you were on Point!

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Churro dipped in cajeta (special Mexican caramel).
El Chavo Taqueria

El Chavo Taqueria

4.4
(97 reviews)
0.4 mi
$

This restaurant has the best thing I've had in my life I recommend this restaurant to several…read morepeople Your food is delicious it is at a great price Their lingua Is the best I've ever had

Heard these were good tacos and being a Latina I had to give them a go being from LA. It's a food…read moretruck with a few benches to eat your tacos there. The menu has a few things you can order from burritos, tacos, tortas and other fun items. We ordered a Carne Asada Burrito and it has rice, beans, meat of choice & lettuce and avocado it was pretty good. We got some tacos as well and not sure if she mixed up another ordered but we were short 3 tacos on our order and that was a bummer.. I was really looking forward to them. Their asada, carnitas, el pastor were all really good and authentic flavor and loved that the pastor had the pineapple chunks as well. One thing I did dislike was I asked about chips order and it said $5 when I asked her if I can just have a couple, she was a bit confused and asked the lead there. Apparently they didn't have chips in their truck and had to go find them. That should have been my no thank you but I figured ohh let's give them a try. Once we got to our house and saw the $5 chips I was honestly a bit upset they were store bought nacho chips. Tacos are $2.50 I don't understand why chips are $5 and they aren't even like your traditional Mexican chips or something along those lines. That was my only downfall to this place but those are just chips. Their food was honestly good no doubt about it when we were ordering they had a few people eating there and a few to go orders. Maybe take them off the menu or make little baggies and purchase chips from a Mexican store or make your own tostadas..

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Tacos, rice, and beans
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Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant

Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant

3.9
(314 reviews)
7.0 mi
$$

We have been to this place several times now while visiting the area. We love the family atmosphere…read moreof this place and how friendly everyone is. The food is always good, great margaritas and what's most important and what I judge every Mexican restaurant on first and foremost is the chips and salsa. They nail it! Love the kick of the salsa and the warm chips are so delicious. Plus the food is always quick and hot! Always taste delicious and have never been disappointed on any visit. The staff is what makes this place that extra special and each time makes you feel like one of the family.

In the search for a good, stick to your ribs, comfort Mexican food restaurant in the Treasure…read moreValley, had to give this one a try. Festive decor with lots of TV's throughout the dining room. Tiny bar in the corner. Service was great. Caring and quick. Chips and salsa/bean dip were ok. Ordered a side of guacamole which was small and nothing special. Margarita was huge but didn't taste any tequila. Chicken tacos came in that ever so popular, but simple, processed hard shell. Dreaming of the days and places where hard shells are fried fresh and not out of a box..... ho hum. Standard rice and beans. My son had the carne asada burrito. It was huge and he said the carne was good quality. Thumbs up here. Prefer similar places closer to home.

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Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant
Chicken fajitas $23.99 huge price increase from just a couple years ago. Still delicious.
Chicken fajitas $23.99 huge price increase from just a couple years ago. Still delicious.
Side of rice and beans with fajitas

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Side of rice and beans with fajitas

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