My wife and I go to this Chili's often because of the proximity to our home and I'm happy to report that it's one of the best I've been too. We're both on an Atkins style diet so we tend to order something and then ask for modifications to the way it's prepared. Everything has always been correct and still tasty. It can be a little crowded on Friday or Saturday, but there is open seating in the bar area which still has good service. read more

Lot better! The hostess was nice and friendly when guiding us to her table. She was open to conversation even though she seemed a little busy. We felt very welcomed here. I ordered the flatbread pizza, and it was absolutely fantastic! At first I thought it was pricey, but the flavor and quantity left me completely full and satisfied. My friends with me were happy too with what they got, and we all were fulfilled by everything. The food took a while, but it was all understandable for it being so busy. The service was great as well. Our server Tyler was very friendly like the hostess, and patient with our questions about the drinks and food at Chilis. The only downside to this place now was the crowd and seating. I know it's something hard to change on account for the restaurant, but there were people literally blocking the pathway to the restaurant entrance and exit. The hosts and hostesses don't open doors for guests so it's hard to regulate the strange loitering. It'd be pretty pandemic if a fire broke loose. read more

Had a good night out with my girl and got here just in time for happy hour. The service was more attentive than I had expected for a chillis and the food was good. This isn't exactly fine dinning or healthy eating, but that's to be expected. We shall return! read more

Well all I have to say is they need more employees.. We went in and I informed to hostess that there will be 8 people and a baby. She gave me a wait time of 10 to 15 mins. Then I had to help the hostess figure out how to seat us. We sat and waited for the waiter 5 mins, ordered drinks and apps at the same time and apps came first. Before dinner was ordered we had ordered two beers a vodka and grapefruit and a house margarita. It took quite a while for our food to come out but we were still waiting on our drinks. We had finished eating our dinner and finally we had gotten our drinks. After about 10 - 15 mins later the waiter comes up and asks what we would want for our desert. Then a girl comes up and asked us again what we would like. Then the waiter comes back up one more time to asks again what we had ordered. Then 20-25 mins the manager came over and informed us later that they had run out of ice cream and had to go to the store to get more.. 20 mins later they serve our desert. We asked for a to go container for our desert the waiter forgot 3 times had get it ourselves. So disappointed. We were not a difficult group and tried to give the waiter the benefit of the doubt but this is inexcusable. Not one apology for the disorganization or lack of service. Doesn't help that I had family visiting from out of state and we had such a poor experience, I literally felt embarrassed to represent San Diego. read more

Have to give 5 stars b/c the waitress was slammed and she was so sweet and cheerful while working her butt off. Try the chicken and waffles.. OMG. She had great red-hair! read more

My steak came out perfect but my friends steak not so much. We both ordered the 10oz sirloin medium. His was very thick and way undercooked. So he sent it back. It came back 10 mins later still rare. At that point he was done and changed his order to fajita. 20 mins later he had his food. The kitchen needs to get its act together. read more

If you want to wait around for 15 minutes without any service, this is the place to come too. Waited 5min to be seated while the servers past by without asking any questions.. waited another 10 seated to finally made up my mind to leave because not one server stop by to ask for our drink order. This chili's is by far the worst in service!! Good job guys !! read more

Customer service was awesome. However, the smokehouse combo is slightly false advertising. I ordered the two combo meal. It was the brisket and chicken fingers. While the presentation and the customer service was 5 star, the brisket was a let down. They serve the brisket sliced like little bacon pieces, and it's placed on toast. I was shocked. However the lady from the kitchen was kind of enough to get me extras. However the meal made it look like it was designed for someone on a diet or someone over 50 with digestive problems, or someone on portion control. This is a downfall of restaurant franchises...trying to precisely pinch pennies and meat in this case. I feel corporate control in these cases, create a terrible atmosphere and dining experience. If you have had brisket before, you would know that it is a thick piece of meat like steak. And that's how it is served. Maybe it's a California thing. Being from Texas, I feel Chili's is doing a disservice selling these items as it appears on the menu. I never buy steak at a resturant because meat is over priced and you get little what you pay for. That's why I though brisket would be different. I would not recommend this combo if you are hungry. Chili's needs to reevaluate its servings where brisket is concerned. read more

Chili's - Disappointment :( Brisket is served as tiny slices on a piece of bread. - American Near Me - Vista, California

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Not really a fan of this place anymore I used to like it but it taste like microwaved food to me now-can't say there's anything really wrong with their service just the food which is really out of their hands but still wouldn't recommend there are better places to eat read more

Don't ever order takeout from this location. I've kept track and they forget at about 80 percent of the time. No coupon, no free anything to say hey sorry for the screwup. I only go to this place because my roommate likes Chilis and its the closest location. After this last experience I won't ever order anything from this place ever again. PS if you order using grubhub, doordash, etc. DO NOT PICK THIS LOCATION. read more

Served us raw chicken. We had the Chipotle chicken tenders. When they brought the second one it actually looked a bit raw in some of the pieces. They did give it to us on the house. But not worth it. read more

Great little place for dinners with my kiddos. Fast, friendly, and very convenient. Usually pretty clean. (but can smell the bar - always, where ever you are in the restaurant.) Staff is usually helpful and in a good mood, but may be just due to the fact I have my 5 year old with me. Food is always hot, predictably fast, and 9.5 out of 10 times they get the order right the first time. There is always a slight air of confusion among the hostess and seating staff, I think because I am usually there at rush hour and turnover. It doesn't last throughout the meal though...but the confused glances and hushed conversations about what table is open or not is just about 100% of the time. Will recommend this restaurant to my friends/family. Thanks! - RTJ read more

It was a Friday night, so needless to say it was a busy night. I almost decided to walk out and go somewhere else. I ask about the wait, they said it would be about 10 to 15 minutes. So we decided to wait it out. I was pleasantly surprised to be called within 10 minutes. Food was good, service was good. All in all, not bad, but not great. Tgif read more

My husband and I meet for lunch today at Chili's. (which included our 1 year old). We all know the chips and salsa are the best ever! (which we got for free because we are chili club members) We were amazingly surprise at the awesome prices on the lunch menu. 7 bucks! To top it off the food was delicious...the baby gobbled it up to. I see more lunch dates there in our future! read more

Horrible service! The bartender girl was rude! Drink had more ice than liquor. Rush, rush service. They are all to busy socializing than working. Asked for xtra sauce never got it until I had to ask again. The guy that brought our water threw the straw on the table. Yeah no thanks won't be back. read more

We are here with 11 people. Been here for an hour and still waiting for our food. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would say it is a negative 10 as far as the service. I hope the food is better. We shall see. read more

Annoyed is all I can say about my experience!!! Ordered a beer went in to take a drink, my glass stunk like dirty rags .... Waited forever to get helped never received my Lemon for my water. So I get up gran my own glass to pour my beer into, manager came over annoyed at me even after I told her why. The same manager brought our food and I again apologized for making a mess when I grabbed the glass and she was so rude didn't bother to say don't worry about it or I apologize for not having staff available to help you, nope instead she snapped at me and said yeah next time let us take care of it. REALLY!!! read more

Didn't even get to order my wife, daughter and I sat at a table for 20 mins and no even came and asked for drinks or anything and we got passed at least 10 times by waiters and they all just looked at us it wasn't even busy there were plenty of empty tables so we just got up and left. Won't be going back anytime soon read more

Horrible service! I was told it would take 25 minute for a table. I waited exactly 30 minutes and then approached the hostess. I asked for an update and she said there was 2 parties ahead of me. I asked what that meant? Are you denying me service? She smiled and shrugged her shoulders. Really that's how you treat you customer? Horrible read more

Again.....this place is only good for a decent happy hour.....no more no less...the food is not that great, plus they got rid of one of my favorite salads in order to make room for another bad salad...but the stars are for their dive-restaurant bar and the interesting people who seem to go there. The best experience I had there was over 4th of July weekend when my sister and I were bought 3 or 4 free tequila shots of patron from some random guy eaves dropping on our private conversation, but whatever we were talking about obviously sparked his interest and offered us these amazing drinks....for this I say thank you Chilis for always giving creepers a place to hangout. read more

Our waitress, Kayla, and our food gets five stars. The restaurant management gets one. The servers have to bus their own tables - an impossible feat on a busy Friday night. Our poor waitress had a HUGE messy table right next to us. It took over 45 minutes before the tables were ready for more customers. Kayla was running herself ragged serving customers and she did an EXCELLENT job. I think it is a gigantic management failure (whether this is a Chili's corp decision or a franchisee decision I don't know). Get these poor servers some help - at least on the busy nights!!! Don't make customers wait longer to be seated, make the rest of us look at dirty tables, and make servers have to decide between wiping tables and serving customers. read more

Saw the 3 course for $10 advertised on TV and we just happened to have a $25 Chili's gift card so we decided to give it a try. Our waiter was very nice and had a great smile. I ordered the Tito's punch. It was tasty but a bit light on the alcohol. We ordered the cheeseburger 3 course. The salad was crisp and fresh and the burger and fries were served hot and they were tasty. I didn't care for the molten cake that came with the meal but it was a matter of personal taste not for any other reason. This is a great value, tasty, and filling, made even better by the happy, smiling, wait staff. Bathroom was very clean. The only problem I had was with the seat in our booth. The seat was hard, not much padding and the upholstery was torn in three places. Large tears too. Not what I would expect from a chain at all. It seems it has been torn for a while too. With everything else so good I don't know why management/owner wouldn't fix that seat immediately, especially with summer here. You don't want to sit on that bench seat in shorts. The torn vinyl is apt to scratch your bare legs. read more

Chili's - Torn vinyl booth seat - American Near Me - Vista, California

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I kinda wish this store had shut down instead of the Las Posas branch ...... Don't get me confused with a hater , I love Chilis and am an old school "Chilihead" , but this store flat out sucks ...... There has never been solid management in place , the staff can rarely get an order correct and you just have the feeling that they are trying their hardest to lose your business ! Oh well , there's always Oceanside and Escondido 15 minutes away on either side , at least they want my $$$$$$$$$ read more

All I can say is yum! Just kidding. I wanted to walk out but the wife said thats not nice, just eat the shitty salt drowned food and we'll never come back. The food was gross, no flavor but salt, the onion rings were nothing but bread. This place sucks. And by the way we saw our waiter twice. What better way to spend a family night out on a weekend. We were regulars for many years. This will be our last visit. I am shocked that they still get customers. They also had no interest in making it right. Thanks for a great night out. I wish chilis many years of not existing. read more

Service is not bad or the best. Food comes out wrong almost every time but when its right its delicious.

It's Chili, I sat at the bar and the bartender was friendly and attentive, the food was what you would expect from a chain.

I love this place. The service is great. The food always comes to us hot and delicious. When you sign up on their website you can accumulate points that earn you free food. Mind you it's only small free stuff nevertheless they always keep me happy and I just keep coming back. read more

Chili's - My babe's favorite place to chill - American Near Me - Vista, California

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First time at this location I have always enjoyed this restaurant chain but this location must have new cooks the Cajun chicken Alfredo was so bland it seems as if the sauce was out of a can and the chicken seemed as if it was pre-cut and cooked. I thought maybe for a restaurant everything would be made from scratch. read more

As someone who worked at chilis for over 4 years, I'm a little disappointed in the service I received tonight. I placed an order online and when I arrived there was no one in the Togo area. Understandably so- it was later and that person was probably cut earlier. After waiting a few seconds a server told me someone would be right with me. Then another server said the same. Then I was told to go to the bar and that the bartender would help me. She told me she'd be right with me. Then after a minute or so asked what the name of the order was. When she came back she said that someone would help me around the corner. When I walked back around there was a server hustling to put my order together. When I ordered online i was told my order would be ready at 9:28. By 940 I still don't have my order even put together. In fact the soup I ordered had ran out. Why even bother ordering ahead if when i come in my order isn't put together? Not to mention the kitchen chatter i could hear across the entire kitchen. While the sweet, very nice server who got stuck putting our order together was arranging everything, another server with glasses, a headband, and her hair in a bun came around and began to swear loudly about how "the to go people need to stock their ****ing station." A sign needs to go up in to go or someone needs to be assigned to that area. I understand there are off nights, it was just one thing after another. This is why I go to the chilis in Oceanside. I very much appreciate the server who stepped in. Also: just arrived home and there are no utensils in the bag. And my nachos are cold. read more

Well, as the previous Yelpers have given, I must give a 2 star. Everything started off good. We ordered drinks and ordered some chips and guac. Alyssa was our server and she was very cheery. However, the cooks "pushed" our order back, which tells me they forgot. It took over 35 minutes, after we ordered, to get our food. My son's macaroni and cheese was luke warm, like it was sitting under a lamp. Hmmmmm. Maybe it was just the holiday season..... read more

I had an awesome time, I sat at the bar since they DO have a full menu at the bar. They had plenty of TVs, and the Bar tender Tiffany was awesome, beautiful, intelligent, and I don't think I saw her stop moving the whole time. Even when she was chatting with patrons she was always up to something while holding a conversation. I had the Sweet and Smokey burger that Tiffany vouched for, and I was not disappointed. It held true to it's name, the French Fry's were very good as well. I Had a Blue Moon to wash it down, it was a perfect combination. I WILL be back 6 STARS from me. read more

Disclaimer: I only go to the bar, so I can't comment on the rest of the place. I enjoyed my last visit. The bartender was friendly but not pushy, and there were a lot of friendly patrons. At happy hour, the prices are reasonable (I don't go any other time). A good place to watch sports. read more

Amazing place. Fresh made soups... the steak was lean and perefectly cooked. Wife's shrimp dish was really FRESH tasting. Staff was EXCELLENT... from the cheerful hostess to the waiter who took our drink order to the waitress who never let our glasses get empty. We will enoy again and again. LOVE this downtown Vista Village area. Clean, friendly and we always have a great evening out. AND we drive from CARLSBAD!. read more

They put two servers on one table. Julia comes over and says myself and Dan will be taking care of you tonight. Takes the drink order and we say no to appetizers. Then Dan approaches a few mins later. Asks if drinks have been ordered and if we 'would like food for the table'. Well yes Dan, we came to a restaurant for food. However don't know what food it will be yet. Then before I am done eating, Julia takes our plates, without asking if we were done. Subpar service at best. Truthfully more like horribly unorganized and plain rude. read more

Service sucks. The only reason we come here is for the happy hour drinks. The food isn't that great but our dog enjoys the leftovers so at least someone is happy read more

How a once decent restaurant, chain that it is, could become so terrible on many levels is a testament to very bad management. Service is beyond bad, food is slow to appear and when it does is not worth the effort of ordering in the first place. Yuck read more

I contacted customer relations team as they requested they are trying to fix my problem. Will return to a Chili's maybe not this one.

sucked as always....never foud out the waitress' name....didnt bring us water....tortillas were cold...the steak was burnt, shrimp were too spicy when i asked for NO SPICE AT ALL....because i was sharing with my 11month. HORRIBLE.....the food wasnt even good....im seriously nver coming back again. read more

Uh yeah, nothing Cajun about their Creamy Cajun pasta which I got with shrimp instead of the chicken. Had to add tabasco to give it a kick. They had a white cream they used which made me suspicious that it wouldn't taste that great. I was right. It was pretty bland. I at least expected a red creamy sauce. The only tasty part was the shrimp which was haphazardly sprinkled with whatever they were passing off as their Cajun seasoning. Their other food is usually more decent. My blended mango margarita hit the spot though. The staff was friendly Those two things deserved a star each. read more

Swung through here for a bite to eat and avoid the Highway 78 and I-15 nightmare during rush hour. Our service was very good and the waitress amicable. Our dinners were brought out in a timely manner and the food was A-OK to us. Although it was the dinner hour and the place was filling up, we never felt pressured to hurry up and vacate our table for others. If we are ever in the same predicament, as we don't very often have a reason to be in VIsta, we would eat here again. read more