My husband discovered this place and it's been on our monthly rotation since…read more Being Mexican I'm definitely picky about my Mexican food but this place is not just affordable its DELICIOUS! Portions are the perfect big size. Theres a chip bar where you can get chips, multiple salsas, picked jalapenos & carrots and pico de gallo. The Quesabirria's always leave me full and taking some home. Service is going up to a counter and they give you a little device that beeps when your food is ready. Plenty of seating although it was a bit hot in there. We brought in my family of 4 and we paid around $50 for all of us! This place is definitely one more people should be talking about.

It's funny, Yelp recommend this... My wife and I just had dinner here!…read more In another review I mentioned signs you are in for an authentic Mexican meal. 1. There are central and south american laborers there 2. They have a salsa bar that includes multiple salsas, pickled carrots and jalapenos. 3. The meat selection includes lengua (cow tongue) 4. Authentic Mexican drinks like horchata, Jarritos, Mexican Coke. This place checks all the boxes and is a personal favorite! Tonight I tried their nachos, as good as expected!

This place was amazing as always.. The service was spectacular.. thank you so much Tara for making…read moreour night the best

Our server Tara was amazing! Great service, very attentive and gave great recommendations. Food and…read moredrinks were great. We'll be back.

This place is truly exceptional! Service was quick and friendly! Really made you feel welcome and…read moreat home. The decor was fun and really set the mood. The highlight though was the food! I got the lengua tacos which were mouth watering delicious and actually had me craving more! My wife got the enchilada and said it was one of the best she'd ever had. Chips and salsa were also delicious! Will be back!

After going for dinner on our anniversary I now remember why we don't go there anymore. Used to…read morefrequent every week, EVERY WEEK. Between the price gouging like many other restaurants and the extra charge for another small basket of chips and salsa (seemed to start after Covid Show), the clincher was the "surcharge" for using a credit card. Food and service was good, just OK, nothing special at 3pm in the afternoon. Thanx for the reminder of why we stopped coming in, and they wonder why business is down, tuff business to be in anymore but there are places out there that are doing a killer business doing it right??? Bye-bye for good this time, it's the GOUGING!!

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.

Passing through town and stopped in. Wow, great experience! Totally great food and margaritas!…read more Had the Chili Verde and the Chimichanga (shredded beef). Superbly executed. Pork was moist and the sauce and shredded beef in the chimi really came together! Had the Cadillac margaritas (over the rocks) and they were excellent! We eat Mexican food across the country and what we had here was a "Top 5" meal! Our server was a hoot!

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.

Chapala! Chapala was a staple for my college years. They offer delicious Mexican food with solid…read moreportion sizes. Their fajita plates and carne asada are my go tos. I went to soak in the nostalgia this past year on a trip to Boise and can say it still has all the charm and great flavor I remember. The staff is always super friendly and have great senses of humor, often joking with and developing inside jokes with regulars. The dining area is always clean and well taken care of. You can tell they take a lot of pride in their restaurant and food.

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

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!

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..