The food is good the fajitas have a good flavor. We'll done the veggies were oily but perfect. I would come here again the food is nice delicious Everything was good I enjoyed my time there.. I got lunch fajitas well done with double veggies The meat was well done and perfect. The cheese sauce buttery cream flavor .. It was good. read more

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Very good service, comfortable seating, and good food. It was a little loud and crazy in there but it was lunch hour when we went. The queso was super hot and plentiful and they bring out warm tortillas. I would come here again! read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - Can't remember what this was called but it was fried masa - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chelino's had started using reheated sopapilla that are tough and really ruin the rest of the meal.

I went to Chelino's for a meeting. I was the first one there and they were fairly crowded. I asked if we could use the back room. They opened it just for us and were so nice. The service was amazing and they were so friendly. They worked around our meeting schedule. I ordered sour cream chicken enchiladas. They were really good. I've had them at other restaurants and they weren't this good. It's close to our house so I will be taking my husband here soon. read more

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Outstanding lunch!! Yet another birthday celebration - join the C-VIP Club and they allow you to get a free entree for your birthday! Service was great and lunch was just as good as always! The Lunch Fajita's were spot on!! My wife also said the Taco Salad was delicious & very fresh! Can't leave without having a sopapilla!! Great restaurant - if you haven't tried Chelino's give them a try there are several throughout the metro area! read more

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The food has been hit/miss here lately. Two different times, two different menu items and they have both been lukewarm- like microwaved from cold but not quite enough. Very disappointing. read more

The BEST chicken tortilla soup and sopapillas in the country! We never miss a dinner at Chelino's whenever we're in OKC! June L read more

This was my favorite location. I spent decades of my life growing up going to Nino's as a child. I have always been pleased with the service at this location until yesterday. I walked in then stood for 5 minutes before someone came to seat me. We had 4 people at our table, one of them mentioned that one of us was celebrating a Birthday and told the waiter who's Birthday it was. I ordered the Chileno's Special Mex and Pedro said ok and then went on to the next person at our table. I was not asked if the sauces that come with the meal were acceptable, if I wanted chicken or beef for my tamale, if I wanted crispy or soft for my chicken or beef taco. I wasnt even asked what I wanted for my sides. I waited till the next person had ordered and quickly spoke up saying double rice please. Food was delicious as always, drink refills were very sparse. No one came to the table to sing Happy Birthday as I had seen and participated in many times. After we got our receipts to pay up front, half the party went up front to pay and the other half was still at the table waiting for Pedro to come back so they could get a drink refill or one to go. The waiter never came back so they gave up and joined the rest of the party at the counter to pay for their meals. read more

We had a very-small, impromtu family reunion here. We originally thought we'd have six people, but wound up with seven, and they acccomodated us easily and quickly. The menu had a lot of options and was easy to read. Although they have a weekday lunch section, they allow you to order from it for dinner and on the weekends, too, but they add $2 per order. We each ordered something different, and the staff and kitchen managed our orders well. They kept water, tea and soda glasses full without being asked. My chicken enchilada were great, and everyone enjoyed their food. I was visiting from NC, but my cousins and aunt are all local and come here quite often. read more

This Chelino's is so good that my dad and I go weekly (no exaggeration) . The servers, hostesses, and manager are always attentive and treat us like friends. The chips and queso are always great, and they are free along with the tortillas. The food is filling and always gives us enough for leftovers. I always love the atmosphere and the staff. I will continue to come back to my favorite restaurant every week because I have never found anything that can compare. read more

Colleague wanted to chat about prospective employment opportunities in the future over lunch. I had been before (different location) so we embarked on the journey of Chelinos They definitely have speed and customer service skills on another level at this place! I had the chicken soft taco and chicken enchilada lunch. They fixed my hunger! The food came out hot. The staff got our order out fast and accurate. The chips and salsa/cheese - delicious! The price was just right. I was very pleased with this visit. When in the area again I will stop in as they definitely can fix hunger and cravings. Thank you for being in the right place at the right time! Respectfully, Bryan Yukon, Oklahoma read more

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My daughter-in-law and grandkids and I decided to stop at Chelinos before shopping. The restaurant is observing social distancing, every other table was open and staff wore masks. My grandson ordered the three meat fajita platter, The chicken and steak was tender and tasty, the shrimp over cooked, all in all he enjoyed his lunch. My grand daughter ordered the child beef fajitas and loved it. My daughter-in-law and I both ordered shredded beef chimichangas, they were not fried, they were grilled - very disappointing, it was a burrito. Needless to say I didn't eat it. The refried beans were good and Mexican corn very good. My margarita over the rocks was delicious! read more

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We were seated propley and were happy till the food was delivered. The steak and shrimp fajitas were delivered and still seeping blood. Asked the waitress to have them cooked more, to a point of being done and received them back charred!!!!!!!! ONIONS, PEPPERS, STEAK AND SHRIMP BURNT!!!!! The waitress come back and asked how the meal was, We advised the meal was not eatable due to being burnt and she started to not understanding what we were saying. The steak and shrimp fajitas sat there until we paid the bill and left. I do not recommended this restaurant for service or food quality.. read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Awesome food and service for a great price. We eat here EVERY time we are in. OKC! How many more characters are needed Jesssh!!!

We arrived at Chelino's at 6:30 on Saturday night and got seated immediately, the waitress came and took our drink orders and two different young people brought us chips, cheese sauce and salsa. Chips were crisp. Two of us ordered the chimichanga platter and two ordered the enchiladas. The chimichangas were not crisp at all. Hard to cut without a knife. Inside was not hot just look warm. I got the habanero sauce on mine and it looked like it was just painted on with a brush, not much at all. The meat was tender both beef and chicken, rice and beans good. The two who got the enchiladas both got ground beef with chili on top. Again not much chili on top at all. Ground beef had good flavor. We all got sopapillas. They came out hot and fresh, but not sure about that honey sauce, in our opinion not great. They did have live music which was a nice touch. The gentleman was waking around with a guitar playing and singing, very nice. Before tip it was $58 read more

Omigod Chelino's. For 30 years I've been eating here at least once each time I revisit my home state. I live in California where people sneer at Tex Mex. Fools. Mexican food has many varieties. Border cuisine like Tex Amex is simply another variety -- different than Cali-Mex or what migrants have brought from other parts of Mexico. Back to Chelino's. Their shredded beef is soooooo good. The chimichangas are something I dream about. And their queso is a unique recipe expressing Oklahoma Tex-Mex. each person gets their own bowl. None of this sharing. Wonderful service at every single location though the Bricktown One is still my favorite. You just can't go wrong with Chelino's. read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

I was absolutely craving chicken flautas and had a hard time finding some in OKC on corn tortillas until I found Chelino's! I ordered over the phone and it was super easy, and it came with chips, salsa, and queso as well. The flautas were large, and they came with rice and beans. Very standard TexMex fare, but it absolutely hits the spot if that's what you're looking for! read more

Ordered Salsa Lupe and 2 meals. Do you have a shortage on chips and setnup? Cause I sure do. read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - a table full of food - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

We eat here fairly often. We've always had great food and service. We love the fajitas, quesadillas, guiso especial (with bell pepper instead of jalapeno). They are very accommodating. We highly recommend this restaurant. We even bring out-of-town guests to enjoy a great meal. Me gusto mucho! We enjoy their Valentine's Day special every year! read more

This place has horrible service and food when we got there we waited and hour to get our food and over half of the meals had corn tortillas even though we said repeatedly flour tortillas everything was dry and cold almost everything was burnt I waited over 30 minutes to get a refill and I still didn't and had to walk up to the kitchen and get someone to refill it. One of the people in my party repeatedly asked for a drink and he didn't get one and there was another person who also didn't get their drink the waiter didn't even check on us she just gave us our food and that was it and after we complained to one of the workers they only took off $20 and there were 8 orders that we got and all of them has something wrong with it. read more

We were greeted and shown to a table quickly. Great service. Food was great quality. Margarita was tasy with enough alcohol read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Chelino's has never forgotten who they are or where they are from. Late on a frozen night in Oklahoma City, we dropped in and had sizzling fajitas and a mango margarita that was beautiful and fantastic. The fajita pan sizzled for 2-3 minutes. The food was great. The staff was attentive and they have refinished the dining room since our last visit. Thank you Chelino's. read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - Spivey Mango Frozen Margarita - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oh man! I hate to do this because this Chelinos used to be THE BEST ONE of all of them. I'm not sure what happened... We haven't been to this location in about 2ish years. We happened to see it and thought, "heck yeah, tacos!!" I mean, who doesn't say that when they think of tacos?? Anyway, we went in and we're sat immediately. I needed to wash my hands before I ate, so I went to the WC. It's really in need of some TLC. It's run down and dirty. I have a thing when it comes to restaurant bathrooms. If they are dirty, that's hard for me to look over. That should be a make place of concern for management when it comes to cleanliness. The doors needed to be cleaned, especially by the handle. I use a paper towel to open any public bathroom door because everybody doesn't wash their hands. But even if I wasn't so aware I would have done it anyway just by looking at it. when I left to go back to my seat my feet were sticking to the carpet, almost like it was really dirty tile. It really needs a good washing. When I sat down I looked at the walls and there was food smudged fingerprints all over the place. This place needs a huge deep cleaning! The food wasn't bad. I will say my taco had a crazy amount of grease in it from the ground beef, but other than that it was fine. If you are Not like me and can overlook such things as mentioned above, by all means go ahead and enjoy. If you are like me and that's all you can see once it's been seen, wear goggles when you go in... read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - Enchilada and soft taco - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Our family's favorite. Great Texmex, awesome servers. We eat here several times a month. I love their nachos, salsa, enchiladas, burritos, and of course tacos! read more

Really good food!!.... really good service!!...always look forward to eating here!..nice inside!

Where do I start ?? I wish I could give more than five stars for sure .. Our waiter was Javier he's definitely the chest master server .. He allowed us to enjoy our meal while being always attentive to our needs ...he asked if we needed more cheese sauce ,salsa or beverage when we got low .. not a big deal you say ?? Very big deal indeed . It was like he knew us and had the perfect timing. Our food was tasty and the picture was taken after I had a few bites .. most of it was taken home for later . While there a homeless person came in and sat down to watch the game .. Kudos for allowing him to stay and see the game . I'll have to workout extra hard next week for eating such a rich meal but it was well worth it . I'll definitely be back for more read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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Yum, Yum, Yum! Decor is cute and authentic. The fajitas are seasoned perfectly and supper tender. I loved the borracho beans and fluffy rice. Sevice on point and beer cold and crisp. read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

I usually don't care for Chelino's but my enchiladas were very good. The rest of my family likes It and I often eat something different. They have not been as busy lately. Maybe they're trying to make it more flavorful?!! Anyway, kudos to improvement! read more

Our take out was very disappointing. The queso was very runny and salsa bland. We ordered fajitas with shrimp, chicken and steak. The shrimp was undercooked and the one piece of steak was over cooked. The veggies were soggy and watery. I guess the tortillas were okay. The enchiladas were nothing to write home about either. We won't be returning. read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - Fajitas - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

This was one of the worst dining experiences in my life. Our waiter seemed as if he didn't want to be serving us. My husband ordered a margarita assuming it was on the rocks when it came and was frozen my husband tried it to see if he liked it. He didn't it tasted like straight margarita mix. He let the waiter know he wanted one on the rocks, he then said "well you drank this one" he corrected him and said he took one sip to try it but didn't like it. He continued to say he already drank it and he needed to speak with a manager to see if he could have another one. He then asked the manager and came back to swap out the drinks. If only this was the end of the terrible dinner I wouldn't have left a review. I ordered chicken nachos, the chicken was more hard than a rock, it wasn't edible, it was so dry and hard it didn't even look like chicken. Our waiter never came back to see how our dinner was, we paid and left. We let the "manager" know how terrible our experience was, he seemed to not care and said "oh wow that's not like us." It was truly a terrible restaurant, they shouldn't be open for business. I won't be back. read more

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Mexican more like mexican't! Someone's abuella better throw their la chancla at the cook. Everything was flavorless and clearly out of a can. No pastor and no lenga ... Que asco! read more

We love Chelinos ! It's a regular go to for our family when we want real Mexican. The steak they use for the fajitas and quesadillas are so flavorful and guacamole is fresh!They always have our whole ordered correct. read more

Standard Texmex affair for when your party can't agree on anything more promising. One very massive bonus (though not unique to Chelino's) is the unlimited tortillas, chips, queso, salsa, and relish. read more

I'm putting one star bc I have too! Doesn't even deserve half a star. Attached are photos of the tortilla soup that instantly wreaked of sewer from downtown after Saturday night. And queso and salsa that was so runny I couldn't even do anything with it. $20 worth of food went straight in the trash...... read more

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Alway a great meal here with very attentive service. Food is always fresh & piping hot. Not fancy, but comfortable and clean. Good to eat in or to take it home with you. read more

This is the best place to have fresh food made for you on lunch and dinner and the waiters and waitresses are so kind that i feel like i am at home and I feel welcomed to the diner with a HUGE smile on their face read more

Chelino's Mexican Restaurant - The quesadilla dinner - Tex-Mex Near Me - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

In every single way 'Meh' -- service, condition of the dining room, restrooms, etc (clearly an aging not-too-well-cared-for building). The food was just the same. Nothing too tasty at all -- pretty bland -- absolutely nothing special. We've eaten at the Chilenos in Edmond and enjoyed it... We won't be back to this one. MJ read more

I would give zero stars if I could. Ridiculously bad service and poor food quality. We had to get up and find our own plates and silverware. Waiter took forever to bring our drinks and chips. Tortillas were cold and burned on the edges. Three out of four dinners were incorrect and all were lukewarm. Waiter did not come back to check on us so we all just ate what he brought us. Food was "meh" and overpriced for what we got. Restaurant was dingy and in dire need of a thorough scrubbing. If the bathrooms are filthy I don't have high hopes that the kitchen is clean. We will never go back. read more

This is my favorite homemade with fresh ingredients each day with the best original "Nino's Mexican recipes". I've been pleased with the original Nino & his restaurants & have eaten a lot of true Mexican restaurants in the past 50 years. This restaurant rivals that same true Mexican cooking. The price is reasonable for a large family or large group of people to afford. It isn't fast food mexican like the chains that surrounds us and spend their profits on bothersome commercials, coupons, etc. They spend their profits on the product which are your order. I've been eating here since they opened their doors and that's a long, long time. I'm never disappointed by the food served by very sweet, kind, thoughtful & attentive staff. As to cleanliness, building, furniture, & decorating it too is perfect and take you into Mexico when you arrive. You're greeted and seated quickly & the time you visit with your company flies by & suddenly your served fine, delicious, piping hot entree's you ordered. You will be pleased by your entire experience & you'll still have money in your pocket for another smile as you leave. They are a hidden gem. But, you'll remember & return & recommend to your friends & family. Now that is how you advertise and don't bother anyone. read more

This is the closest Mexican restaurant between my house and my parents, so we end up here with them once in a while after I've gone over there to pick up the baby and I'm not ready to stop hanging out with them yet. It's reminiscent of the Tex-Mex I grew up eating on the weekly, (sometimes at Nino's - which was the restaurant that used to be in this building) and there's something comforting about eating this food with my folks and now my own kiddo. I usually get the chicken fajitas, and they're always good with plenty of fresh fixins on the side, and they'll let me swap out the sour cream for more guac or for shredded cheese, both of which are a hit with the little one. The chips, salsa and queso are good, and plentiful. The past two times we've been in, the servers have been so nice to our little girl, despite the mess she makes the whole time and her inevitable meltdown around the time the check comes. I'll keep coming back here because it's easy, it's fast, it's fresh, it's friendly, and it's a little piece of my childhood. read more