We have eaten here a few times over our month stay in the area. The food is well prepared and very tasty. Service is friendly and swift. The restaurant is clean and decorated nicely. The only drawback is that chips and salsa are not complementary. We have rarely experienced this and it was a letdown. Part of the experience at a good Mexican restaurant is the chips and salsa. read more

excellent food and service. my husband said his burrito was the best he had ever eaten. read more

Cafe Silvestre - cheese enchiladas with mole - Mexican Near Me - Gunnison, Colorado

Best Mexican food in the Gunnison area. Very tasty. Burittos, tacos, combintation plates are all very good.

Authentic shouldn't even be advertised anywhere near this place. My chicken quesadilla tasted like store bought rotisserie chicken with Colby jack shredded cheese. My husbands burger was very bland. Only seasoning they believe in is salt with more salt. My dad's tacos looked like something that came out of a box from a frozen food aisle. I'm an absolute lover of Mexican food and this was by far the worst I have ever had. I'm extremely grateful that I live 20 hours away and will never be back. read more

Great meal today at lunch! Chile Relleno, guacamole tostada and cheese and onion enchilada were very good. Also the margarita hit the spot.

Several gluten free options for my celiac son. The service was very helpful on this topics very nice laid back vibes in the restaurant. A bit pricey. read more

Pretty solid meal. They need additional local beers. Salsa could use some help. Yeah. read more

Cafe Silvestre - Beef something - Mexican Near Me - Gunnison, Colorado

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I wouldn't go back. Buyer beware. Had to pay for chips and salsa...but that was on top of cheap decor and high prices and an additional cost for using a debit card. No....my fault. I didn't trust my initial response. Next time? Go around the corner to the pizza place. read more

This place is soooo good! The food is all made from scratch... even the tortillas are hand rolled! The chile rellenos are the best I've ever had, smothered in green or red chile, and the desebrado (shredded beef) dinner is delicious! Never had a bad meal! The service is great, as it's a family run place. If the parking lot looks full, stop in anyway because it's a really beautiful, spacious building and it's probably not as busy as the parking lot makes it look! read more

Nice restaurant. Pricey for lunch. No lunch portions. Chips and salsa good but we were charged for them. Staff friendly and attentive. Lawnmower & garden plastic plant pots in patio room a BIG turnoff. Should use Mexican colorful pots for plants. Chili R was excellent and homemade. Green sauce was really good just a bit spicy for me. Taco shells a bit over done. read more

Update: 8/27/21 Finally made another trip in for lunch after 4 years - Salsa, much better than last time. Spicy but a little on the sauce side vs chunky. No complaints. Got a bean and cheese burrito with green chili and a beef taco, add guac and sour cream. My hubby and I were both satisfied! And the green Chile was spicy! Ordered a couple drinks, were not able to finish, so to-go cups were awesome! Price was a bit shocking still... but would return... when we get paid LOL read more

Cafe Silvestre - Blue margarita, reg marg, 2 shots of hornitos - Mexican Near Me - Gunnison, Colorado

Service was great and fast delivery. Recommend for those who are looking for something quick.

We ordered a burrito & four chicken tacos. The bill came to $35 before tip. It seems like they've raised pricing since covid - as many restaurants have - which in this case really isn't worth it. The quality of food was very poor: cheap cheddar cheese & salsa that tasted like nothing even though I doused it on. Both burrito and tacos were pretty flavorless. We were treating ourselves and really wanted to support local businesses but it was a disappointing experience unfortunately. read more

Home made tortillas and new mexican style red and green chili. Food is delicious, and the service is always fast and friendly a little on the pricey side for simple mexican food but nothing like it in the area. As my tio Nick would say , it's delisiosio! read more

Really good food and super friendly staff. The prickly pear margarita is awesome and we really love the salsa!

Fairly authentic Mexican food. The tortilla chips were great. Salsa was pretty saucy and spicy. But good. My hard shell tacos were more like you'd get from the box but filling ok. Hubby had enchiladas with green chili. He said they were ok. That's really the best description of this restaurant--ok. I will say there was only one waitress on a busy weekday lunch hour and she was bringing it! read more

So my wife and I like this restaurant - it has decent food and service and good enchiladas- it's a family run place. BUT they have been just randomly closed on weekends and weekdays. Just randomly. We talked to someone in charge that said they just can't find help. Every restaurant has a hard time finding help. The owners need to just be there to work. A restaurant that wants to stay going needs that core of hard working owners that are dedicated even when some of the help can't be there. We have made special trips to town to eat here and it's closed five times now. Weekends where other restaurants are raking in the dough these guys are takin time off. And when you can't count on a restaurant it's quickly makes its way off the list, sorry. The other Mexican place is open every day. Period. read more

Friendly staff and good food. The chips were fresh and crisp, the salsa and guacamole were delicious. The breakfast burrito was hot and tasty. I would return. read more

Good food, but a little overpriced. Portion are not big. That's okay with me, but be aware.

We like the food here, but time and time again they are closed randomly with no explanation, despite their hours online saying open. I'm talking peak times on the weekend. This has literally happened 6 or 7 times. The most recent, we walk in on a Friday night at 7:00 pm and there are people eating in there but we were greeted with an employees saying, "sorry, we are closed." As much as I want to eat there, I think we are done. read more

Really bad. Not just ok, just bad. Felt like I was eating cheap concession stand food. Excellent service though! The young people working there were flying back and forth doing a great job. read more

Best Mexican food in the entire world!! Everything is homemade from tortillas, to green chili and best chorizo tacos ever!!!! If you like good Mexican food then you will love this place. read more

One star is still rating this place way too high! I ordered 3 soft shell tacos and an order of refried beans to go last night ... I chose beef over the chicken....paid $25.45 ...to go. drove 8 miles back to the ranch and opened up box, and started laughing....no taste dried out hamburger, lettuce and a couple of pieces of tomato....no onion, shredded cheese or anything else...flat out nasty food, and the beans.....all liquid, and runny like gravy. They advertise it as "authentic ".... they need to eat at the other Mexican restaraunts in town sometime. do yourself a favor, eat someplace else!!! read more

I only write reviews when something is very noticeable- positive or negative. This place has really really good Mexican food and their service is incredible. I'll come back every time I'm in town! read more

Came in for lunch, ordered taco salad, a chicken quesadilla and mexi fries. Absolutely horrible this place needs help. I wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy. This is what a taco salad looks like here more like grease soup. read more

Cafe Silvestre - Taco Salad - Mexican Near Me - Gunnison, Colorado

Unfortunately, I did not check the ratings on this place before giving them a shot. First off the sign outside says authentic Mexican food. But, when you walk in they have Asian paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling...should have taken that as the first warning. No, regrettably I decided to sit down. Clue number two that it wasn't "authentic," was the absence of any Latinos either working or eating in this place. Instead the entire staff looked like they were in High School. Now too the food, the salsa had potential but was over salted and the heavily salted chips made it unpalatable. For dinner I selected the smothered shredded burrito and it was a major disappointment. The beef was moist but has almost no flavor and the green chili sauce was thin atop watery. So, in summation I suggest you find another "authentic" Mexican restaurant in town read more

Cafe Silvestre - Smothered Shredded Burrito - Mexican Near Me - Gunnison, Colorado

Excellent food, excellent service, immediate seating! I had the chimichanga smothered in red chile, HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!! Thought about ordering a second platter! read more

Love this place and the family that runs it. They were blessed with a new building after a fire devastated the old restaurant. Give them a try. You wont be disappointed, unless you like watered down Mexican food. read more

The ratings for Café Silvestre are tough. I had dinner here, shredded beef burrito, and it was AWESOME. If you're looking for white table cloths and fine dining go somewhere else. If you're looking for a fantastic Mexican meal, fast service and nice folks, this is it. I'll definitely be back. Btw- chips and salsa are awesome! Ignore the haters! I love this place! read more

My wife and I moved to Crested Butte three years ago. As far as we're concerned this is the best Mexican food in the area. It's the only place we'll eat Mexican food between Gunnison and Crested Butte. It may be a little pricey, but try to find any restaurant in the area that isn't. Gunnison is a college town and Crested Butte is ski area. The people that run the restaurant are super friendly and fast. We ate there the first time 15 years when we first started coming thru the area on vacations. And I signed up to yelp using facebook. I've noted that yelp said I was from Arvada, Colorado. While I have been in Arvada on occasion, I have never lived there. So one star for yelp. read more

Stumbled upon this restaurant and so happy that we did. We tried a chicken and a cheese enchilada with very good green Chile, and a beef enchilada with mole, shredded steak tostado and a beef taco. All choices were very good and hot! Waiters were very nice and personable! Great evening meal experience that did not break the bank! read more

This was our first time here, and we enjoyed the food! The salsa had a bit of a kick to it, but had excellent flavor. Our waiter was awesome--he brought my wife a side of beans for the chips since she wasn't able to eat the salsa. Yes, some of the prices are high, but it was worth it. Whenever we come back through town, we'll definitely stop! read more

Cafe Silvestre - Smothered pork burrito with Mexican fries. - Mexican Near Me - Gunnison, Colorado

I guess I'll start off by saying that Mexican food is extremely hard to mess up, or so I thought. First, we waited close to 45 minutes just for our food to arrive finishing 2 large margaritas in the process. My wife's 2 chicken tacos were ice cold with chicken that looked and tasted like it was microwaved. The burrito I ordered was also cold and when it was brought out to our table with oven mits with the words "the plate is hot" it looked tasty. As I was careful to move the plate in front of me, the plate felt as if it was left out in the snow. My son ordered a cheese burger, yes that's what I said, and it came out with a raw bun and charred all over. The environment felt like I was in a small warehouse. Go somewhere else. read more

Visited this awesome place last night with a couple of friends. The service was great, and the food was wonderful! We especially loved the chips and salsa, so tasty! We were so thankful for the space they provided, and that they were operating so well during this time. If you're wanting to go out and still social distance, and be safe, this was the place to do it. It was an accommodating and warm atmosphere. We'll definitely be back! read more

We ate here last night for dinner, party of 9. We started our dinner looking at the resort place in Almont (sp?) and it was a bust! We ended up at Cafe Silvestre and the service was great, fast, food was wonderful (not normal Tex-Mex) that we are use to (we are from Houston, TX) but it was great...not a single complaint from any of the 9 in our party! Price was great too! We will be back for sure! Thanks for taking care of our large family! Job well done! read more

Stopped in for lunch and was seated right away. I ordered the beef chimichanga and my husband ordered the tamales. Both dishes were excellent. I tried some of the tamales and found the flavor very deep and rich. The chimichanga was very good but next time I will order the tamales read more

We really like this place, the new building (old one burned down) is really nice and the food is clean and healthy and service is always pretty quick and friendly, definitely recommend. read more

I love Mexican food. I have a standard I've set in my stomach every time I walk into a Mexican restaurant. The food must be authentic, homemade and, of course, delicious. Cafe Silvestre hits on all points. In addition, the atmosphere and staff are excellent. I would have liked Mexican music playing, but the quality of food and staff are more important. The recent remodel is a huge improvement, though I liked the coziness of the smaller original restaurant. Bottom line: Cafe Silvestre is the place in the Gunnison area for excellent Mexican food. Your soft drink glass will never be empty, your menu questions will always be answered politely and knowledgeably and you'll be full in the most satisfying way when you leave. Oh - reasonable prices, too! read more

Food was ok but the prices were crazy high! People were nice, but sadly we were very disappointed in our meal :(

We ate here last night, a party of 9!! We were welcomed with a smile, with kindness and with great food! We moved here from Texas and this by far has been the best Mexican food we have had! We highly recommend them! We def will make a drive from Cripple Creek to dine here!! read more