Our server, Stephanie, was really great; very friendly, funny, and attentive. My parents come here…read morea lot and really enjoy it. I've been a couple times with them and always like my food and the service. This time, I was torn between the Arroz con Camarones and the Enchiladas de Mole. Stephanie recommended the Enchiladas and they were awesome! My dad had the Machaca con Huevo and he really liked it, too. The other servers that helped us a couple of times were very friendly. Also, the place was poppin. One or two tables were empty the whole time and everyone seemed to be having a great time and enjoying their meal. The only two things I gotta say I was bummed about were that my mom's Caldo de Pescado was a little bland in flavor. I suggested we ask to switch it for something else, but she really doesn't like to that person. Of course, I get that, but I've worked in restaurants and I know that as long as the person is polite about it and has only take a bite or two of the meal, it's no problem. Anyway, she ended up added some of their homemade salsa, limes, and rice, which she said made it much better. The other thing is that they had a friendly singer/guitarist there to entertain everyone, but the entire time we were there they had music playing over speakers. I was bummed not hear live music and felt a little bad for the guy. As he was leaving, I tipped him and told him I hope we get to hear him next time my family and I come to La Cecina. Overall, we enjoyed our visit, will be back, and definitely recommend you dine at La Cecina! p.s. I forgot to mention that their homemade tortillas are OUTSTANDING!

Horrible! There were hairs!!! in my sisters food. The food was extremely oily my sister gave her…read morebaby eggs and she threw it all up since it was oily and when my sister asked for paper to clean it they told us to use napkins from the table. Horrible experience not coming back

Best authentic Mexican food across the board I've had anywhere in United States. Chile rellonos and…read moreshrimp cocktail are amazing. Thanks

I came here to grab some tacos. This restaurant was recommended by coworkers from my job. I got…read moresome to go, Tacos. I must say they are phenomenal. I will definitely be coming back. The beans are a bit bland. However, I do like the rice the waitress was very pleasant, very kind and was very helpful. The price for the taco dinner was not bad. It was only $9.99. I also got a margarita to go, which was an additional $5.50 and I must say the margarita was surprisingly stronger than what I expected.

Wow wow wow!!! New to the area and this is my 6th Mexican spot I've hit and tonight we struck…read moreGOLD!!! What cute little place! I felt like I was in my Mexican Cousins kitchen having dinner with the family! Such a cool vibe and you tell that this family takes PRIDE in their business :) our waitress was a real sweetheart! Thank you for great service and hospitality! It was taco Tuesday night for me and my Husband agreed as part of the marriage that I get tacos on Tuesdays! I had the taco platter, steak tacos, beans and rice. He got cheese enchiladas with beans and rice. WOWZA! EVERYTHING was delicious! Steak was good and seasoned well! Hearty tacos and the beans were seriously THE BEST I'VE EVER HAD! I eat ALOT of Mexican food and I grew up on the west coast and these were absolutely amazing! The best! The cheese enchiladas were yummy too! My husband added dried peppers to his (inside the enchiladas) and it was yummy! I had an horchata and he had hibiscus and both were fantastic! Nice bonus is you can BYOB! Nice! They have tamales, pozole and menudo on the weekends so we will be back for that! They have been there for 18 years and I can see why! I LOVE supporting local businesses and I'm glad we found Los Cantaritos!

The BEST Mexican food in Chicago! Their pozole always hits the spot, has the perfect amount of…read moreflavor and since I've been getting Los Cantaritos pozole, I haven't ordered from another spot since. Tacos are packed with meat, flautas are always fried to perfection. Tortas are always super fresh too. The tacos dorados (fried tacos) are always so good, especially the potato ones. They have a great menu. And they offer both Coke and Pepsi (if your family is like mine and there's always a fight lol) The staff is super friendly and you can tell they take pride in their restaurant. My only cons are the rice is hit or miss and I wish they were open just a bit later during the week and/or on Monday's. Not taking a star off for this because their food and service is SO GOOD it deserves 5 stars and they deserve a day off !

Passing through on our way home. Ordered 2 tacos and 1 torta. Sat with our drinks. After almost…read morean hour, and no explanation, we asked about our order. Come to find out that they hadn't even started making it yet. It was Father's Day, and we had to hit the road. Seeing how our order was not even started yet, and it was nearing the one hour mark, (again, for only 2 tacos and a torta), we told them to cancel our order because we had to leave. No effort from staff during the long wait. Still got charged over five bucks for our drinks.

Horrible food and service was even worst than the burnt ass hard as rock sopes. Even my dog…read morecouldn't chew through that crap my family and were fed. Do yourselves a favor there are many fine Mexican restaurants in the area. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM .AVOID THIS DUMP AT ALL COSTS. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!

So happy I stopped in this cute little Mexican restaurant!!…read more Decided to stop in for lunch on a Friday right after they opened. I was sat quickly and I informed them I was in a rush but would love to eat quickly. The accommodated and my food was out in under 10 minutes. I ordered the bierra dinner with rice and beans and boy it was so good!! The beans and rice were incredible some of the best I've had at a Mexican restaurant. My main gripe is the music! Almost took a star off for it. It's incredibly loud. Needs to come down by 50% at least. Overall would definitely come back here and recommend it!

This is my third time going to chelas. This time I only ordered the lamb tacos. No sides. I ordered…read morefive. And eat them all at once. That was not a good decision. The lamb did not taste like how it usually did and the tacos were pretty dry. The service was good. They predominantly speak Spanish be sure they are transparent with you about what it is that you were paying for. My order was correct. The ambience of the place was clean. There were a lot of pick up orders in there along with me during lunchtime hour. This is definitely my sign to try something else on the menu. You can't go wrong with your order here. Just communicate to them if you like your meat more juicy let them know if you like it more dry let them know. The next time I go I'll be sure to communicate that to them.

We loved this place. This is basically an interesting spin on things, 1950s American pop culture,…read moreAmerican breakfasts and Mexican food. The prices are fantastic. The decor is really cool with a lot of 1950s and 1960s style antiques. There's an old jukebox that they are in the process of getting repaired. There are tons of old pictures on the walls and vintage newspaper advertisements. It has two dining rooms and the decorating all sticks with that 1950s and 1960s themes. The booths are in perfect repair and if you like you stepped into the 1950s, even the tables are the old style 1950s tables. It's a very charming place! All of the food was cooked perfectly. The service was impeccable and they are very nice. It's not a fancy place like you were downtown Chicago. It's a cute place that is arguably the best on the strip of 119th Street in Whiting..... At least when you're talking about this sort of style. There's plenty of street parking but they also have parking behind the place. They pay a lot of attention to detail to make the place feel comfortable, even live plants. When you Walk in the door, you notice that the room is painted robin's egg blue. The place is just so cheery it will make you happy.

I just love this restaurant. I usually get the amazing American breakfast and they also have…read moreauthentic Mexican food. While eating you can enjoy a beer or even a margarita!

Great food, generous very nice people authentic Mexican food!…read moreI have ordered out and I've eaten in very clean and very service family oriented

The manager is rude. Well the man who takes orders. The kitchen is not clean. I definitely report3d…read moreto health code.

I made the mistake of ordering El Salto catering for a lunch gathering for 25 people. I chose the…read morehighest tier catering package for $16 a person and ordered Chicken fajitas, carnitas, and tamales. The order was supposed to be ready at 11:40 AM and it wasn't ready until closer to 12 PM. When we unpackaged the contents, we realized that there were no tortillas included in the order. There was a small tray of Mexican rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, carnitas and the chicken fajitas. The chips came in a large ziplock bag with 1 quart of salsa. Order came with serving spoons, but did not include 25 plates OR 25 napkins and we were short. When I called the restaurant to inquire about the missing tortillas, I was transferred to a manager who did not believe us that we were shorted the tortillas. She put us on a brief hold and returned to the line to state that the staff packaging the order is "90% certain" they included the tortillas in one of the aluminum trays. She asked us a few times to check the cardboard box. We informed her multiple times that the box is empty and that there are no tortillas in this order. It is very hard to enjoy a fajita bar without tortillas. She then decided to inform us that if we wanted, we can come back to the restaurant to pick up "MORE" Tortillas. I explained again that we do not have ANY tortillas and picking up MORE tortillas at this point in the lunch was not worth it since the order was already late and people had already started eating. The part that bothered me the most is that there was no acknowledgement or apology for the missing item in the order and an unbelieving attitude as if I was lying. I told her that there is no reason for me to lie and say I am missing tortillas. There's no value in me trying to secretly get extra tortillas if there are not even enough proteins to supplement those tortillas. All in all, we paid $500 for this catering order and the amount of food that we received felt like closer to a $200 order. The trays for the rice, beans, and proteins were mini trays and I found it very hard to believe that they expected that to feed 25 people. Additionally 1 quart of salsa is NOT enough for such a large number of people. And if I'm paying for a catering order that is supposed to be 25 people why wouldn't you double check there's enough plates and napkins??? As for the taste of food, my colleagues remarked that the food lacked flavor and tasted very bland. The tamales were very stringy inside and not able to cut through the inside without using a knife. If we had had enough salsa, that may have helped. All in all we will NOT be ordering from El Salto ever again. If you want decent Mexican food for a large crowd, honestly QDOBA is better and cheaper.

El Salto is a great place to get food and drinks with friends to catch up. The queso is bomb!…read moreDrinks are always good.