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    Cilantro Mexican Grill 5 Points

    3.1 (61 reviews)
    Open • 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Happy hour specials
    Dogs allowed
    Outdoor seating

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    Consistently decent! Pretty typical southern Mexican restaurant catered towards locals that you can find in every town across the mid-south. Portions are solid, taste is decent, service is fine, and price point is reasonable. Not the spot for date night, but a place to get a quick, filling meal and know that it's going to be solid every time.

    Strawberry margarita and Pobkano enchiladas
    Coddy A.

    This place is great for any occasion the food is great and the service is good Margaritas are delish

    Pollo Fundido
    Christina B.

    Cilantro is our favorite Mexican restaurant in Nashville! The servers are quick and friendly, the chips and salsa never stop flowing. The outdoor patio is a great option if you'd like to enjoy the nice summer weather. Our margaritas were HUGE and so yummy! They definitely didn't make them weak either :) I ordered the Pollo Fundido, and it was just so cheesy and delicious, I never wanted it to end. Hopefully next time we have room for dessert!

    Chucky guacamole
    Melissa Z.

    Once again, Yelp reviews prove to be more accurate than the slutty-easy-to-please Google reviewers who ecstatically rate anything edible dumped from a can and heated in the microwave with 4+stars. Rant over. We were looking for Mexican food near our airbnb and this was the only one open for sit down dining on Sunday with a decent vegetarian menu so we checked it out. The vegetarian quesadilla looked good until we saw a picture with broccoli poking out of it like an unwelcomed unfortunate wardrobe malfunction at a drag brunch. No one wants to see broccoli in a quesadilla. Clearly not a traditional Mexican dish. So my veggie friend orders the taco salad, just assuming it would be - you know - a salad with lettuce. Oh but low and behold that broccoli shows up in that dish too. WHO. Puts. broccoli. In a TACO SALAD?!? Mios Dios. Our non-veg friend ordered the Texas burrito which comes with shrimp, destroy-the-planet beef and chicken but our dear eco-concious friend requested all chicken. Well they got her order wrong and it took a while to correct. Thank goodness we were still drunk from 3 days of Bachelorette partying and had our guacamole and salsa and chips so we were vibing. OMG- The chucky guacamole was the highlight of the meal for me! It was perfect. Def get the chunky guac. I ordered the hongos tacos which were filled with mushroom, sautéed onions, guacamole and corn and enough oil to moisturize the hair of at least one fried beach-blonde out there shuffling from bar-to-bar on Broadway. So the food is A-okay. It is aver Certainly not 4+ stars. It was also annoying that a place that advertises as a tequila bar was out of every flavor of margaritas except for mango, strawberry and kiwi (gag). FYI- the mango margaritas aren't from real fruit it's a mix so be careful what drink you order if you care about that stuff. This poor frazzled waitress who just needed to go home like hours ago took good care of us considering she appeared to be the only server on a very busy night. She perfectly split our bill too. Ashley, I think was her name and she deserves that Employee of the frggin month complete with a front door V-VIP parking space after that hellacious shift.

    John T.

    Welp, here we are. For all its hits and misses, Five Points Cocina was a Main Street staple and a familiar part of Edgefield. To replace it with... another Mexican restaurant??... is an interesting gambit and time will only tell how well this works for them -- especially given that the local/neighborhood food landscape has drastically changed from when FPC opened. If you've been to Cilantro's Melrose locale, you know what to expect: crowd-pleasing Tex-Mex that doesn't always please the crowd. I'm not such a purist that I can't get down with some good Tex-Mex (especially given that a lot of folks who scream for 'authenticity' can't name the various states of Mexico, much less the regional differences in cuisine; 'Mexican' food really isn't a thing) but I do need it to be good. I don't know whether this location is too new, I came on a bad night or too close to close but I don't think that best efforts were in play. One thing that stood out: all the waiters were very nice... and there were a lot of them. I sat outside (I think everyone was outside) and there were a swarm of waiters. What there wasn't, was light. And, when sitting outside, you need some. I used my cell phone to read the menu. I started with a watermelon margarita, frozen. It came back to the table relatively quickly. It was fine. It didn't make me dance like the pineapple margarita I had on my most recent Tex-Mex adventure. The watermelon flavor was faint (to be expected) and it melted quickly (we were outside). It was fine and when I finished it, I didn't bother to order another. I thought about it, though, considering I was never brought water. Again, new/bad night/close to close? I dunno. But, I needed free hydration. I didn't get it. I considered the tacos but I couldn't get myself to pay $10 for 3 tacos -- even if they came with a side of beans. So, I went with the Monterrey Chicken. It's exactly what you would expect: flat, pounded grilled chicken breast in some sort of semi-cheesy sauce and the rest of the white space of the plate filled with shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, guacamole, and rice. I'm not saying this to shade them. I'm saying that it's exactly the Tex-Mex plate you expect. Nothing more. Nothing less. It, too, was fine. I don't know that 'fine' pays the rent in Edgefield these days. We'll see. Cilantro has the advantage of muscle memory wrt location and food type. What people experience once they get there, though, is a different matter. Let's hope things improve with time.

    Chicken Fajita
    Garrett L.

    Decent Mexican spot if you're looking for a quick bit or drink. Friendly wait staff but honestly the food was a bit basic and bland. - Chips: deliciously crispy, and super fresh. Lite on salt. - Salsa: a little sweet and completely mild, not bad, but was starting to approach the realm of pizza sauce - Waitstaff: Super friendly and accommodating. Fast service. - Music: Good mix of chill and hype authentic Spanish music - Spacious: area with big bar and large outdoor patio seating - Fajitas: looked great but were fairly bland and chicken was a little dry. - Beans: a little watery and not particularly appetizing

    Cheese Quesadilla
    Lara S.

    I'm not sure why this place has such bad reviews because we had a great experience. We had no problems with the service at all. Our waiter asked us multiple times if everything was good and he was always fast to bring something. The food was good and the portions were huge. I got the burrito fajado, which was a huge burrito. I think I ate half of it. It was tasty. My friends liked their food too, and the cheese and salsa dips were great. I got the peach daiquiri, which was just okay. It was extremely sweet. My friends loved their margaritas though!

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    Zero stars paid 50 dollars and I regret every penny of it food is nasty and a lot of water

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