Great food, awesome margaritas and excellent service. Definitely would come back here if we are ever in the area again.

Not sure what to say. The food is pretty good, and the hostess seemed fairly nice when speaking on the phone. The problem is the 2 hours it took to get the food. I understand we're in a pandemic and staffing is short, but we actually ordered and paid for the food yesterday and had a set pickup time. I feel bad giving so few stars because you can tell the restaurant was really trying to provide a good amount of food with their family deal and I know times are tough on the restaurant industry. I will try the restaurant once more, but they have to do better than a 2 hour wait for ore-ordered food. On the upside, the tacos are delicious and the pico de gallo is amazingly good. The three star rating is an average of five for food and a one for service. read more

I grew up eating at Chepo's and now live in California. I have eaten at numerous taquerias as well as high-end Mexican restaurants. No one compares to Chepo's. Every time I come to Eagle River to visit I always have to stop by and see Lucia and Claudia at Chepo's. The food, drinks, and service are always top notch! I specifically love their margaritas and chips and salsa. The Chicken Chipotle has the best creamy and spicy chipotle sauce that I have ever had. No other chipotle sauce compares. read more

Had a change of lunch plans yesterday and ordered some carne asada tacos for lunch. The steak was good but really needed more lime..it was lacking the real flavor of traditional carne asada but it was good all the same. Wasn't spicy enough for me so I jazzed it up with some hot pepper. The beans and rice were good. Everything was just a tad bit bland and lacking in flavor for my palate. It was however very fresh. I'd try them again but maybe at a different location. read more

Chepo's Mexican Restaurant - They were meaty. Couldn't complain there. - Mexican Near Me - Eagle River, Alaska

This is a great little spot in Eagle River for Mexican food. The service is fast and helful, the drinks from the bar are great. The food portions are quite large so you deff get your moneys worth! Its hidden off the main road a little but a very cute and clean restaurant :) read more

Chepo's Mexican Restaurant - Steak Fajita Quesadilla - Mexican Near Me - Eagle River, Alaska

My "go to" meal when I visit Chepos is thBurrito Asada. Great Margaritas, authentic food, and a relaxing environment. And it's alway a plus to be able to catch the game out of the corner of my eye. read more

Chepo's Mexican Restaurant - Burrito Asada - Mexican Near Me - Eagle River, Alaska

Favorite place for Mexican food in Eagle River. Great food, drinks, service, and prices!

For a Mexican restaurant in Alaska this place is pretty good! The salsa isn't bad if you get the spicy (a little watery), the enchiladas rice&beans were amazing and the service was nice and fast giving COVID19. It's an easy place to miss if you aren't used to the area like myself but would recommend this place to friends for a quick bite for lunch or dinner. read more

We eat here regularly. The service is always friendly and fast! The food is good with large portions.

Yikes? I gotta be honest, I really wanted to like this place. It's the first place I have eaten up here with queso and I was stoked to stumble upon it. So, I went here on a date night ordered myself a strawberry Margarita, some white queso (Cause they give you a couple options!), and some chicken taquitos. I was set to be the happiest girl for the night with delicious food in front of me. First came out the chips and salsa which were amazing. Then came out my drink and I was all about it. Next was our queso with some chips and it was a large portion of cheese with few chips, off balanced but that's okay cause we had some leftovers from the first round of chips. Finally our food came out, the refined beans, rice and chicken taquitos nice and hot from the kitchen. I wasn't impressed with how soggy the middle of my taquitos were with all the toppings placed on top of them. I ended up just making it into a topping soup and eating them with a fork and knife but it wasn't how I originally thought tonight's dinner was going to be eaten. Overall though, I would go back for the queso and drinks. I might even try another meal out but that's for the future to decide! read more

Chepo's Mexican Restaurant - Chicken Taquitos with beans and rice. - Mexican Near Me - Eagle River, Alaska

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Great food and a friendly staff. Very large portions stuffed to the max which make for great leftovers the next day at a relatively small price. Staff is very attentive to its customers making sure you're satisfied with your vist and meal. read more

Chepo's Mexican Restaurant - Chicken and cheese enchilada with spanish rice and beans. - Mexican Near Me - Eagle River, Alaska

This is our favorite Mexican food spot in Eagle River. The salsa is so good and the spicy salsa is actually spicy! My husband loves the Burrito Asada, he gets it every time. I enjoy their a la carte chicken burrito, it's a smaller burrito but I find it's the perfect size after eating the chips and salsa. Their margaritas are fantastic as well! read more

Honestly surprised with the horrible service later night. Waiter acted like I didn't order a sprite... after he had brought everyone their drink but me. salsa was watered down more than normal. Took 20 just to get our food. read more

I've always been hot and cold with Mexican food. But, Chepo's is definitely on my hot scale. Anyways...there are a couple haunts I have visited, which never wowed my senses. Namely Garcia's. First off, Garcia's, which is worth a tongue-lashing of a review in itself, is for shit. If you hail Garcia's as the finest Mexican restaurant in Alaska then you need your head examined. By a real medical doctor. An M.D. Garcia's is worse than Taco Bell, which is now on my BAN list, after another terrible experience in the hometown of Eagle River. I'll get to that. Patience. Garcia's is like that place a friend suggests, saying it is "so freakin' great" and builds it up as if they have happy endings as you leave. So, you decide to give it a go and find that it's like a greasy spoon joint, only Mexican, and you sit around the table wondering if you should pretend that it's great because everyone says such great things about it. But, there's no denying it. It sucks. It's like they took Mexican TV dinners, warm them up, and serve them on a hot plate. It's almost a snobby local hang out, seeing as the frequenters take such prideful ownership of the slophouse. They can freakin' HAVE it! Taco Bell. Now, I know some of you are saying, "Well, I actually like Taco Bell...it's great for hangovers, late night excursions, or whatever," and about a month ago I might agree with you. Until I went to the one in Eagle River. Once again, the local teens seeking employment in order to buy drugs, condoms, and slurpees are behind the counter and the drive thru, obviously not giving a shit if your food even comes close to resembling the taco on the menu screen. I have a picture and I'd upload it here if I had the energy, but it's of said taco...It looks as if one of the workers was holding it open faced while another took a scoop of meat and flung it through the air to see how much the shell would catch. Y'know, like a game. Sometimes, I feel like a grumpy old vet, and I'm not even that old...or grumpy...but the truth is, I simply expect, AT THE MINIMUM, to get DECENT service. I don't expect 'above and beyond' from Taco Bell, but putting my taco together in a somewhat orderly fashion so it doesn't look like it was made by a junior high lunch lady would be a nice start. Actually, the lunch lady did a much better job. My wife and I had decided that Jalapeno's was our new favorite (which is also in Eagle River), because the food really did taste authentic and they make fresh, kick ass margaritas. The place is also clean and has a cool, authentic Spanish feel. I'd recommend it, but only if Chepo's is packed. So, what the hell makes Chepo's so great? A couple things. First off, consistency. They are prompt on service. In fact, you can probably get your food and drinks faster than you would in a Taco Bell drive through. I have been there three times now and each time I was seated immediately and had my sweet, delicious Alaskan Amber within five minutes or less. There is nothing more annoying that waiting for your drink past five minutes. The next great thing about Chepo's is price and selection. There is way more to choose from than I will ever order. I got the shredded beef burro and it is the BOMB. Now, I'm sure someone will go there and try and pull some shit saying that it's not as good as the other places. Well, to that I can only say...they are wrong. And I am right. The burro rocks. My wife has had the fajitas and the loaded burrito, which is a regulation size football. One of the coolest, and fiscally great things about Chepo's is that they don't charge you for sour cream or additional sauce. There is a special sauce called "the green sauce" which is like a blended guacamole and is served free if you ask for it with your complimentary chips. It is hot, so make sure you have water, but it is awesome. I've never had anything like it anywhere and it's worth the trip alone. Make sure to ask for it. Lastly, is the desert. Check it out. It doesn't look like much, but it is freakin' awesome. Fried cinnamon cakes with chocolate sauce on top. A la mode if you want. It is like junkfood crack. You will be addicted instantly and want more of the food high when it's all gone. I assure you. There is also another version that has a cream cheese feeling and it rocks as well. All of this at a VERY reasonable price. Less than a night at Red Robin, which is usually on the more affordable night out scale for a quick fix. So, there it is. Get your Mexican on at Chepo's. Or don't and keep going to Garcia's. In fact, the more people that DON'T take my advice is good for me. This way I'll still get quick seating at Chepo's and not contribute to an overpopulated Garcia's reject crowd. Side note: I've gotten some very nice compliments and requests for me to write more reviews. Thanks! If you enjoy my writing be sure to check out my blogsite at: www.wayoftheshirey.blogspot.com read more

Great food and good service. We literally choose these restaurants based off their cheese dip and this has been the only place in Alaska that we've found some type of cheese dip for the chips. Even though it's not the same as restaurants down in the south it's better than nothing. read more

Stopped here recently to meet up with our son's birth mom. She hasn't seen him since he was a baby and he's seven now. We thought there would just be 6 of us but turned out our party grew to 8. I had not made reservations. We had no problems. We were seated together at a big table and the waitress took care of us without cringing. I am also happy to say the waitress put no less than 4 baskets of chips on our table and didn't mess up the drink orders despite our musical chair chaos. Even through all the awkwardness of us all seeing each other again; the laughing too loud, the talking too loud, the trying too hard... I am pleased to say the food was all good -==from the enchiladas mole, shredded beef chimi, taco salad == all the way to the nachos. It was all good. This is a good place. Our cute little boy got to see his birth mom and neither the food nor the staff got in the way for this impromptu gathering. For that I give *5* stars! read more

I went to this restaurant a few weeks ago to meet up with some girlfriends, one of whom had just moved out to the valley and I am happy to report that I was very pleased. Our waiter was very diligent with everything. Our meals consisted of the shredded beef chimichanga, their combo platter, their taco salad and their enchiladas. All of our meals were great and honestly, I am not a huge guacamole fan. Ive had homemade guacamole that I loved, but ive had guacamole at other mexican restaurants and they dont taste all that great usually so I usually do without. Chepos however has delicious guacamole :) Yum! The chips and salsa on our table were constantly refilled before and after we got our food. We ordered their green sauce (avocado sauce) and it was tasty. Our drinks were great. I had a cadillac and it was so good. Since I frequent other local mexican restaurants like Gallos, Los Arcos, La Cabanas, Hacienda here in town I honestly expected the same ambiance but it was little different than what I was used to. It was a bit more open and I like the candles and decor. Im excited to see what its like during the summer. Needless to say Im definitely going back. Huge thumbs up and very nice website as well. http://www.cheposfiesta.com read more

Chepo's Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Eagle River, Alaska

$80 for Carne Asada Combo, Machaca, Floutas, a beer and a margarita. Steak was cold and fatty, Machaca was nothing I have experienced in any of the Americas. Floutas were limp. Just go to Taco Bell, you will get better food read more

Chepo's Mexican Restaurant - Machaca - Mexican Near Me - Eagle River, Alaska

Decent place to get some Mexican food. They had a lot to choose from on the menu. Customer service was really good too. However I ordered a carne asada burrito, but it turned out to be a wet burrito. read more

My favorite Mexican restaurant in Alaska. Family owned and operated business that provides a taste of Mexico in Eagle River. Food is wonderful and the service is the best. read more

Hey, this is Alaska, and it's Eagle River at that. This place has a liquor license and real margaritas (not made with wine like a competitor's in town), decent portions of chips and salsa, good service, no waiting, and Mexican/Tex-Mex that's sometimes even pleasurable to eat. Highlights include the fajitas, mole enchiladas, and salads. Add avocado or green sauce to anything for a delicious upgrade. Would Chepo's get 4 stars if it were located anywhere else on earth? No. But, as previously mentioned, this is Eagle River, Alaska, and you aren't going to find better Mexican food in town. You might not even find better food in town, period (depending on what else is open;). read more

Still happy with the food...as always! I must say, our experiences at this restaurant have been better when we sat closer to the bar. There is one particular Mexican waitress that is just phenomenal. She was so friendly and upbeat and definitely made our dinner experience an enjoyable one. Our friends that came with us the first time agreed that she was simply awesome. From now own we request to sit near the bar....and coronitas for all! Cheers. read more

What a great place. I make the drive to Eagle River just to get a taste of Chepo's. It may not be "shout from the rooftop" awesome but it's an easy home run for me, every time. Wait staff is always prompt, kind and coherent. The food comes quick and is delish! They never jip you on the chip and salsa refills and they have enough margarita options to please even the young adults. Someplace you can count on. This place feels like home. read more

If your waiter isn't wearing a mask, ask if they are vaccinated. More than likely, they aren't.

Food is delicious here. We ordered 2 times from here in 2 days time while in Anchorage, tried all 3 of their vegetarian dishes, loved them all. Specially their spinach empanada was amazing ! Would definitely recommend my friends to order from here when in town. Food portion was big enough for 2 people (at least for us), hence price wise also it is good. read more

Third visit and always enjoy the atmosphere and food. Authentic mexican food. Chips, Salsa, and all entree's were pretty darn good. No complaints from any family members who always enjoy their various entree's. Drinks were on the strong side - that's not a complaint! Pricing was very reasonable compared to a Red Robin or steak house chain. Wait staff was always friendly and checked on us a few times. My only issue is the table on the upper level nearest the entrance, a little cold and drafty...in Alaska?! This will be on my keep it list. read more

Good restaurant!!! They need to clean it really good! friendly personal! Relax atmosphere!

I came here expecting subpar Mexican food since everyone that I know that has lived in Colorado/Arizona/California etc says you can't get good mexican food in Alaska. I wish they were wrong but I believe they were correct. I had carne asada and it just was so bland. My husband had an enchilada that was OK, but definitely not great. If I am super desperate we may be back....but I think I will try cooking mexican on my own for a bit. read more

Always big portions of warm dishes with friendly service. The restaurant is clean and comfortable. It is off the main roads in Eagle River but well worth it. read more

Chepo's Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Eagle River, Alaska

I live in Eagle River and am finally exploring all the food options. This is hands down one of my favorite places in ER. The place is clean, and that is nice to see. The service is quick, even for large groups. The food was great, the guacamole and green sauce both freshly made. The bar has TV's for game night and the drinks are great! It's kind of hard to find unless you are looking for it, hidden right off of Eagle River Road behind the Sleepy Dog. read more

Chepo's Mexican Restaurant - Burrito Asada - Mexican Near Me - Eagle River, Alaska

Hands down better Mexican food than anywhere I've had it in California, and I've lived in California for 38 years! Chepo himself came over to say hi! We loved everything about it! read more

Wish I would have tried this place out sooner. The food was great and service was even better. I ordered the carnitas which were amazing and my husband ordered the carne asada, which was also really good. We agreed that whenever we crave Mexican and don't feel like driving to anchorage, we'll come here. :) read more

Unfortunately, this might be the worst Mexican food I've ever had. To start things off, the chips were dry a stale and the salsa had no flavor. For dinner I got halibut tacos - the fish was tough, old, and tasted bad fishy mixed with maybe a gross hint of beef. Wife got the carnitas - also tasted old and had no flavor or seasoning. Sorry, but this meal was bad. Even worse - it cost $50 with one drink each. Worst meal I've had in Alaska. read more

I haven't been here in years due to the fact that the food is absolutely horrible. The service was good, but the food was the complete opposite. read more

This was our favorite Mexican food place in eagle River. But after about 40 visits we have had enough of there poor service, slow food, forgetful waiters. We are glad that they give a military discount, but to remind them every time, really. You would think that if you go there every week there would be a little higher awareness of what you drink. We found another Mexican place that takes more pride in there service and speed, and warmth. read more

You can always get a seat at chepo's. The service is great. The chips and salsa are very good. The green hot sauce is killer! Excellent margaritas and great food have kept me coming back for nearly 30 years. read more

Ahhh! Why can't I find a good Mexican Restaurant in Alaska!? Nothing. Nowhere. No place. Chepo's falls right in line with all the other "Mexican" restaurants. I'm not even from Arizona, Texas, SoCal or any other place that might (might!) offer authentic mexican food. I prefer the Tex-Mex anyways, but I've failed to find any restaurant in Alaska that comes close. Chepos is an OK restaurant in terms of seating, service, food portions, etc. Their food is a little off the mark in terms of taste, but I suppose its better than not having any form of Mexican food available. Just take that into consideration when/if you visit - don't have too high expectations and you won't be disappointed. read more

Good food! We had the vegetarian burrito. It was delicious and filling. Great service. Go there!

If you want a cheap meal go to Chepos-- a mexican restaurant in Eagle River, AK. Our family has been there a few times. The first time we went we got really poor service. The waitstaff took there time waiting on us. I am a big fan of servers giving us refills on our drinks before the drinks are empty. The second time we got better service as we were the only table in the joint. There salsas are okay. They offer a mild and a hot salsa. The food is okay. Not excellent, edible. The do give you a lot of food for your money. The restaurant also has coupons buy on get one 50% off in the Cache and the Fred Meyer reciept tape. Also they advertise in the Anchorage Daily news with coupons. So you can get a dinner for two for under $20 including tip. read more

Friendly and welcoming and the food is ok, but an additional $6.28 to add guacamole and sour cream?! What the actual f$@&???