Absolutely terrible unprofessional service by the waiter couldn't even cash us out simply since we were just having drinks. There goes that tip read more

Tried this restaurant on a date night with the wife. Service was good but the food was bland and uninteresting. It really don't think it was worth the money. The wife said the fajitas were decent but nothing to write home about. I had one of their specials which included Spanish sausage, chicken and beef tenderloin "kabob" style with a Peruvian sauce. Beef was overcooked (probably because they're all being cooked together and you can't undercook the chicken). Meh, probably was my fault for ordering but that dish didn't work. Presentation was messy. I don't think I'd try this place again. read more

I only got one word to describe there food "YUCK!!!!". The food is tasteless, stale and boring. McDonald's Big Mac taste better than this crappy food. Don't waste your time or money. read more

One of our favorite restaurants. Took my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter for lunch. The service was good, as always. They check back frequently. The food is consistently good. You can ask for the habanero sauce if you prefer it spicy. My daughter and son-in-law always order the beef fajitas and there are never leftovers. read more

Sat for 10 minutes with no menus and small children to include a newborn and one year old. Then sat 10 more minutes before we were greeted. Then sat 30 while we waited for our food. Sucked. read more

-Used dirty napkin found in chips- If no stars were possible that is what I would rate this place. I waited months to write this review after my girlfriend and I went out to eat here. The reason we were waiting was we were hoping for a response to the email and Facebook messages we wrote to management about their restaurant. When we went to Casique we sat down ordered our drinks and received chips and salsa, everything looked great on the menu and we were looking forward to the meal to come. As we were munching on chips and before we got a chance to order our food my girlfriend picks a chip out of the basket and finds a dirty used napkin underneath... We immediately lost our appetites and decided to go elsewhere. The worst part is we ate about half of the chips before discovering the stained napkin laying at the bottom of the basket. We tried to alert the management but they never responded... Highly recommend you avoid this restaurant at all costs! read more

Service is hit and miss Mixed drink quality varies GREATLY outdoor seating cramped and noisy read more

This place is so blah. I don't know why all of my friends think it's the greatest mexican in the world but obviously their next choice of great Mexican would probably be taco bell. I can't count how many birthday celebrations I've had to go here for. The salsa is watery and isn't great, and neither are the chips. The only ok menu items are the drinks. I just wish Frederick would step their game up! Unfortunately I had to move back here and now I have to drive all the way to Lauriol Plaza and El Tamarindo for good food. Back to Cacique, the service is really slow. I've gotten better service at El Tamarindo on a sat night at 3am. Every vegetarian dish aside from fajitas, is loaded with gooey cheese. Who is making this menu??? Make vegetable enchiladas, make a vegetable taco or a guacamole taco not all veggie dishes need to be loaded with queso blanco... gosh throw some freakin goya on it! Gimmie some flava! Make a veggie empanada! Need I go on? This place and it's sister restaurant get two thumbs down, although the cantina does have better service and their spinach enchilada is good but not enough to keep me from driving to DC. read more

Terrific Spanish restaurant; we go there every New Year's eve. My sons love the sizzling fajitas; my favorite is the stuffed lobster with seafood sauce. Cacique also has more varieties of margaritas than I can count; we always get a pitcher. read more

Sorry, they dont let you choose no stars. Went here last weekend for a family birthday event. Where do I start...drinks, their margaritas are good per two others in the party. I ordered an old fashioned. Our best guess was it was jaegermeister and amarreto. Calamari app was sent back. Fried plantains had no flavor. Surf and Turf was overcooked. Sailors clams were scarce on the plate but "ok". Seafood combo dish was overcooked and not much flavor. Service was poor but not the waiters fault, he had too many tables. We were told the bartender was overtaxed but we later found out there was no bartender. Servers were winging it making the drinks themselves. Will Never Go Back. read more

NEVER AGAIN. Can I give it a -5?! Had reservations for a table of 7 and never got seated after waiting an hour. The owner and staff were extremely rude and couldn't have cared less about the situation. We were late to our show and two pregnant ladies in our group were very hungry. I had a bus girl bump into me on my way to use the restroom and she got dirty dish water all over my coat--not a big deal, but NO apology. Not recommending this place to anyone! read more

Food is very blah and definitely not quality Mexican/Spanish food! And don't expect a good margarita either... they are made with a bad tasting bottled mixer and a lot of it, very poor quality. The worse part though, the manager was extremely rude to us when we arrived and simply asked if we could use a coupon in the bar area for food. The bathrooms are in bad shape too. We won't go back to this place. read more

My first time eating here was such a disappointment. We had made a group reservation for dinner because there were 8 of us, but when we arrived we still had to wait a while before they could get a table for us. The service didn't get any better after that. First they gave us only 3 menus for the whole group, then we were ignored for a long time before someone finally came to take our order. We sat and watched at least two other large groups get seated after us, get their food, and leave before we even got our meal. When the food finally came, it was pretty average, and some dishes were overdone and dry; definitely not worth the wait. We spent 3 hours in that restaurant, and every time we wanted service it was a huge effort to find someone to help us. I finally had to get up and search the whole restaurant to find the manager just to get our bill, and when we paid they hassled us about using Downtown Frederick Gift Cards. I won't be trying this restaurant again any time soon and would not recommend it to anyone. read more

Amazing food and great service. Everything I have eaten here has been authentic and mouth watering. So far I have had their salsa, guac, steak taquitos, stuffed salmon, bistec, platano maduro and tomato and avocado salad. I can't say a bad thing about their food. The servers are also very accommodating and timely. My only complaint would be that they need a new bartender. Other than that I would definitely recommend this place! read more

There were 6 of us. We had a reservation. When we get there our table was not ready. And it was not busy. We were having a nice time. The service was a little slow but that was ok because we were catching up. However management thought we must have been there too long because the hostess asked if we needed anything because they were getting busy. Yeah we were asked to leave. When we came out to the hostess area, there was no one waiting. Needless to say the hostess knew I was not happy and will NEVER go back. So the morale of the story is....don't go to Cacique if you don't want to be rushed through dinner. read more

The "paella" was probably the worst thing I've ever eaten in a restaurant. The scallops just straight up tasted horrible and there was no flavor to it at all. I would be shocked to learn if there was even a speck of saffron or even some kind of imitation saffron in it. They didn't even use the right kind of rice. What a joke! Service was also slow, but not horrible. Food WAS horrible. read more

SLOWEST SERVICE EVER. Food wasn't great either. Took an hour to get my meal. Drinks took at least 25 minutes each time and restaurant wasn't even packed. read more

I am surprised this restaurant has such poor reviews. I've eaten here several times and each experience has been positive. The staff was friendly and attentive and the food has always been delicious. As others have mentioned, this place could use an upgrade but other than that, it's a great place to get steak fajitas. read more

Okay. Fajitas are pretty good. Ambiance was interesting. Small portions and expensive for what it is. Would go back, but won't be a favorite. We went for Mexican, but the Mexican section is pretty limited. read more

Where to start....We were greeted by a very nice enjoyable young man that informed us our server, Andy, would be with us after we were seated. The server showed up 5 minutes later. After ordering water to drink we were not acknowledge for another 15 minutes. We were the. Allowed to place an order. While waiting on our food, we were never asked if we needed anything, never had our drinks refilled, and our server only showed his face to seat another table. We had to get up to refill our own water and sat for over 30 minutes waiting our food as our server walked by as if we were not there. He did not get tipped and the only reason the place got a star is because you have to give at least one. I would not recommend this place anyone unless you like terrible service. Not to mention- there was a funny smell when you entered the establishment- almost urine like. read more

This is our favorite Spanish restaurant in Frederick. The chips and salsa are yummy, the fajitas and entrees are good-sized and delicious, and the ambience and service are wonderful. Prices are surprisingly reasonable. We usually recommend this place to people seeking finer dining at a good price in town. read more

We enjoyed our dinner here tonight. The service was fabulous...attentive but not overbearing. The food was great. We will definitely go back. read more

If you like really good chips and queso then this is your place. Happy hour specials in the bar are great and the beef fajitas delicious. Love. read more

I just cannot tell you which was worse -- the food or the service. We go out to eat in Frederick a lot and wondered why we hadn't been to Cacique for several years. So, even though there are several great restaurants in Frederick, we decided to eat there, since we could sit outside. It was a beautiful early Fall evening. To get right down to it . . . our waiter was unhelpful and we seemed to be bothering him when we ordered. In fact we seemed to bother him when we asked for anything. We waited 15 minutes for a beer to come out, and almost as long for the chips and dip. And this was when there were no more than 10 or 12 parties and several wait staff in this very large restaurant. Then the real problems started. The calamari was the worst I have ever had. And it smelled bad -- like fish that has been in the fridge too long. I ordered the shrimp tacos and did not even finish one of the two that were on the plate. The menu said the shrimp was "spiced" but I did not taste any spice at all. They were completely tasteless. Everything just smelled very fishy and not fresh at all. My husband had the seafood chowder (Zarzuela de Marisco). It was a big bowl of smelly water with about 7 small pieces of fish and a piece of lobster that was rubber -- for $18.99. Horrible, horrible, horrible!!! PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM HERE -- GO ACROSS THE STREET TO OLIVES OR ACACIA OR JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ELSE IN FREDERICK!! read more

Just like Mexicali Cantina, this restaurant feels much more like fine dining than your usual Mexican restaurant. The service is cheerful and efficient and the menu has other options than just the typical burrito-taco-enchilada places. They, too, serve the seafood omelet which is scrumptious. It is not quite as inviting as it's sister restaurant and you do have to deal with street parking. read more

A bit pricey for mediocre food. Avoid the tacos unless you like extremely soggy food. The bottom of the shell busted out of my tacos as soon as I picked each one up, from being so wet. Needless to say, they were gross. The service was decent but I won't be going back for the food. read more

I love this restaurant! The food is always amazing and the service is always great. I really enjoy the atmosphere and I recommend this as a place to go for dinner all the time. Also, their tres leches cake is to die for!! read more

It amuses me how people line up to wait and eat at LaPaz when they could come here and get food that is a cut above. The atmosphere is Aldo much, much nicer. That along with the wide variety of excellent dishes in their menu, make this the downtown Mexican/Latino choice. read more

LOVE Cacique!! Food is delicious, service is great. The biggest problem is that I eat far too much.

I love going here for their happy hour at the bar. Their mojitos and beef nachos are delicious!

This place has decent Mexican food. It is more upscale than Mexicali even though they are owned by the same people. I have been there on good days and bad days in reference to the service, it's hit or miss. Although when I mentioned I thought they were slow, they did their best to make me happy. read more

We went there because we like Mexicali. Service was terrible, kept forgetting to come back to us. We had to stop other waiters to get drink refills and waiter was bugged by it. Food took forever to come out and the stuffed lobster was not good, sauce watery. We complained, not anything done about it. We won't go back. read more

Great food, so so service, great location and atmosphere. Love the chicken enchiladas.

Love it every time I go but was especially impressed this Valentine's day. Went outside the box there as I normally get there Seafood or Spinach Enchilada's. This time I got their stuffed Lobster and it was AMAZING!! It had jumbo scallops, shrimp, and crab inside with a seafood sauce. Sometimes when you go out on holiday's such as this you are rushed and the food is slacking but this was not the case. The service and food were expectational. Another perk was my meal came with a free Margarita and a beautiful rose when the bill was brought. I also want to add I noticed the hostess assist an elderly gentleman all the way out onto the street and into his waiting car which I thought was a lovely gesture. read more

We visited Cacique's late Sunday afternoon and found there were ample tables available for seating. It was nice to have both Spanish & Mexican fare to choose from. We ordered an appetizer the of guacamole dip, which was very tasty. I enjoyed the Zarzuela de Mariscos, which was tasty and they were quick to bring some baguette slices for sopping the flavorful soup base. The wife enjoyed one of the Mexican combination dishes (Aztec Platter), which was ample. Their menu can be accessed from their web page (http://www.caciquefrederick.com/). The place filled up as we were finishing the meal. Nearby garage (& street meter) parking was free for the holiday season. We would go back again. read more

One of the best places downtown Frederick. Good service and the price is right. Why any one would eat the slop at le paz over this place blows my mind. read more

Very pretty restaurant. Can do a casual lunch here, or a dress up dinner. There is metered parking on Market Street, and reasonable parking garages on E. Patrick Street. Our server was attentive and personable. Chips and salsa are brought before the meal, and they will bring more. The chips were thin and tasty. The salsa was not the runny variety, but more like a strong tomato base with a lot of black pepper. If you get passed the idea of your typical salsa, then it is good. They had Dos Equis Amber on tap, and the margaritas were good. The food was attractively presented and hot. Our group of 4 had the Vegetable Fajitas, Fish Tacos, Steak Tacos and Spinach Enchiladas. Everyone enjoyed their food. The Vegetable Fajitas included a large platter of varied veggies, including squash and broccoli with another large side dish of pica de gallo, sour cream, etc. The best thing about all of the dishes was that they weren't smothered in cheese, the sauces were good, and you could choose between refried and black beans. I didn't want rice, so they brought me a side of fresh carrots and haricots, which I appreciated. There was a large table of mostly Latino people who were having a party. I think that says a lot about an ethnic restaurant. Don't go expecting cheap Mexican food, but the food quality is very good and worth the price. read more

OMG, this place stinks! Food is absolutely horrible. We went to downtown Frederick today with my inlaws because a neighbor recommended this area, we end up eating here and every single item was horrible, it started with the Chips and salsa... we thought it would get better, my chicken quesadilla was awful, taco bells food is better than this place. My FIL ordered a burrito that was terrible, fish & shrimp tacos horrible, their corn tamale was like eating sweet corn out of a can. The only good thing about this place was the service, our waitress was nice and attentive. The place is actually nice (inside), but the food sucks.. I would say, go to Taco Bell or Anita's instead. At least you know what to expect there. Oh, their so called "hot habanero" sauce looked like my dogs throw up & it tasted like old bay spice and tomato paste. read more

We have always had great food and great service at Cacique. Hands down my favorite dish is Lomo Saltado -- I order that at least every other visit. The same people who own/run Mexicali Cantina also own/run Cacique and the food and service are consistent between the two restaurants. It's great to sit at a table on the sidewalk during warm weather and enjoy a few drinks and a meal. Never disappointed. read more

Absolutely, the best Latin food you will find in the area! EXCELLENT portions, variety and flavor! Very friendly service!