Aaron E. The bartender was incredible! Food was hot and came out quick plus he knew his menu quite well and the drinks were bomb! Thanks Aaron! read more

First time ever at a Chilis. Parking was easy to find. Manager was great and very helpful navigating the menu. Staff were equally as nice and helpful. The food was really good. Can't wait to go back. read more

Amazing so yummy The soup was amazing. The dip the bread, the chicken and fries hamburger.

Food is solid Chili's food. You can't go wrong with the Pick 3 menu. It's a great deal. However, the bathrooms at this location are FILTHY and have a very strong sewage odor. read more

We had Lexi as a waitress today. The food was good. But Lexi gave us attitude !!!! We come here a lot & we have had Lexi before. Today she was very rude & gave my daughter attitude for getting her order wrong. She rolled her eyes several times and wasn't being very friendly or welcoming. She gave us attitude by not bringing a spoon so my grandchild couldn't eat his food I had to ask a second time and she said she was busy. I noticed she was only giving us attitude no one else in the restaurant. Because of this experience we will not be back. read more

You can't go wrong at Chili's! We walked in around 6:00 on a Tuesday, party of 3, and were seated right away, no line, even tho the restaurant was pretty full. Started with chips and salsa, Chili's chips are the best. So thin and crispy! Added a skillet queso because I can't go to chilis and not get skillet queso. Delish. I had the el presidente margarita and my friend had a Long Island. Shirley Temple for the little one per her request. The triple dipper was great. My usual Chili's go to. I ordered chicken crispers, southwestern egg rolls, and big mouth bites (mini burgers). We had a nice booth right by the window, and we all had a great meal with wonderful company. read more

The restaurant was not really busy, great fast service from Aaron. He was very nice, attentive and gave us great recommendations. We will be returning back to this Chili's! read more

This is my normal chilis I go to and it was a different experience. In a good way. Our server Donovan was friendly and courteous. Quick with our food and orders without being to pushy. Definitely will be returning hoping we recieve the same service. Food was great and service was above and beyond. read more

Slightly disappointed- food was okay and ambiance was boring. I've been to better chilis before. What threw me off was that when we went to pay our bill the tipping was WAYYY off. I'm unsure why but could definitely take advantage of a drunk person or someone who isn't paying attention. For example - my bill was $25.80 and I selected a %20 tip which should have been $5.16 NOT $12.33. Unsure if this was a mistake on my part but definitely sus. This place needs overall improvement. read more

Chili's - Incorrect tipping added to bill - Tex-Mex Near Me - La Mesa, California

Service was fast and courteous! We had the rib-eye steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli. The steak was cooked just right. We also had the wings with half sweet chili and salt and pepper. Recommend the sweet chili over the salt and pepper . We also had the mushroom burger that was very good. read more

CHECK YOUR TO GO ORDER I made the mistake of suggesting that my father in law go here to pickup a burger. I have never tried one, but in La Mesa, the burger offerings are lacking. I mean it isn't that hard to make a burger right? Anyway, when he got back, he was pissed. He said it was terrible. I offered to look at it and saw that it was way overcooked. I took a couple of bites and it actually was crunchy at the ends from being burned. In fact, there was so much crunch, it hurt my gums. I told him to take it back, but he did not want to make a fuss. I am not sure how this even happened. Usually burgers are undercooked, not over. Did they re-cook a previous burger? It was like a hockey puck. He told me they did not ask him how he wanted it cooked. So I guess unless you specifically say to not burn it, they might. So, if you order take out, please check your order before you go. I am only saying this now because the side of my mouth still hurts from being cut on the charred portion. I hope a manager will see this, I know the date and time of when it was made, so they can see who was cooking that day. They should apologize to him. read more

The house cab was excellent. Server Kelsey was also excellent and helpful providing extra marinara dip without being asked. The only downside to the experience was the QR code that I scanned with my iPhone 17 told me that I had to switch to a mobile device to pay. read more

Why cant i join the wait list from a phone call or app. Its really stupid that i have to wait in person to join the queue and wait 30 min

This review is for one menu item in particular. The fried mozzarella cheese sticks! Sometimes I try the same menu item a different places to see who does it the best and lately it's been fried mozzarella cheese sticks and much to my surprise Chillies does the the best!(so far) Kind of random I wouldn't have thought they would have been soo good but after having these most places for some reason are doing them wrong. Thea are so cheesy and stringy they always come out super hot! And they smell really Italian!! Haha Get you some! read more

Chili's - Fried Mozzarella - Tex-Mex Near Me - La Mesa, California

Great service and very clean; nice atmosphere as well. Plenty of good parking it's just that the food looks good but for some reason does not appeal to me. Perhaps I'm too picky. Their burger is like a fat Smash Burger without the taste in my opinion. You may like it. read more

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What a bad management,she won't listen to your complaint,and the food wasn't served the way you wanted to be .

Busy but reliable ! Great place to come when you know what you want and want it to taste good .

I am really not sure what drives people to dine at this restaurant on Fletcher Parkway at Jackson Drive, in the City of La Mesa. It times it can be very crowded, especially on a Sunday evening, if that is the day of your visit. There usually is someone to greet you at the front door. Some people like to sit in the bar room, which is more lively than the main dining room. It is a matter of choice. The menu is very broad and comprehensive. read more

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Great service from Nick! Amazing prices, amazing options and amazing tasting food. What more can you ask for??? Honey chipotle strips are the bomb! read more

The only reason the night brought me here was a gift card... and let's just say the next one I get I will be regifting. Joined the waitlist on Yelp, upon getting to the restaurant my party was seated promptly. We love that! Time stamp this at 6:20pm. We take a few minutes to look over the menu, a young man passes us and tells us he'll be with us shortly. 20 minutes later, still no server. We see the man again, flag him down and he comes to tell us he actually isn't our server and that ours will be with us shortly. Finally, our server comes by around 6:45pm. Comes and takes our pretty simple order, at least that's what I think.... Right. About 5-10 minutes later a pasta we did not order comes out and we look at the lady confused and let her know that's not our dish, she goes over and tells our server to correct it on his end. I wanna say about another 10ish or so minutes goes by our appetizer comes out. A little while later we finish our appetizer... still no entree to be found. At this point, I'm annoyed ready to walk out (as I probably should of at this point) our server was no where to be found. We flag down yet ANOTHER waitress/server I don't even know at this point she looks at us confused and flustered herself. When she walks away and we can hear her bickering with our server telling him he basically never fixed our order and he was basically doing that at that moment. He comes by the table and says he's sorry and will get a so called "rush" on our order. It's now about 7:30pm and our food FINALLY comes out, you would think we would be excited right? WRONG. Our food comes out pastas cold, shrimp is cold... just ridiculous. The server comes around again and asks if we want another slice of garlic bread I mean at this point sure why not... bread never came. I don't know what's going on with this place. Not sure who is to blame here. Staff? Management? Who knows. I won't be coming back. read more

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I had Jonathan as my server, he had great customer service. He treated me with respect and urgency. I Didn't have to wait too long and my triple dipper was delicious. Table and utensils were clean. Thank you Jonathan. read more

Haven't been here for quite a few months. My wife had a free bday dessert so we thought what the heck let's try it again. Very pleasantly surprised compared to our last dine in experience. Everything seemed well managed. Our server was excellent and the food was very good. We both ordered the bacon cheeseburger with fries it was really good. My wife always asks for extra crispy fries and they were perfect and good and hot. Our drinks were replenished right on cue which truthfully didn't always happen in the past. Finished with the molten chocolate cake which was delicious as always and a plus since it was free because dessert prices are getting out of hand - over $11.00! We were also impressed that they seem to be clearing dirty tables more quickly than during our past experiences. read more

Order for pick up and waited for over an hour and the worse service, they were so rude!

We went for dinner and ordered an extra to go Santa Fe chicken salad for my son. When we arrived home and he opened the box to start eating it, he found a big green bug crawling out of it! We had to throw the whole salad in the garbage! read more

Food is always good. We are here a few times a month. I would rate it 5 star but this is the second time we've come and Marissa was the hostess. She is just rude. Today we asked if we could sit in a booth there were tons open and she said they were short staffed so we couldn't. We had a baby so it would've been easier she said we could sit in this 1/2 booth which we chose to do then she said rudely said "so is that where you're sitting?" As we're literally already almost sitting down stuff on the table already. Then not to long after she sat people in the booth that we literally asked to sit in. Even snarklily watched for our reaction. I would love to say we were rude first but we weren't. She just seemed like she didn't want to be there. We almost left. Even when we asked her for things (napkins, bag) she was irritated that we asked it seemed. If you watch the cameras from our visit today you'll see the interaction. She wasn't wearing a name tag but her necklace said Marissa. As for our waiter he was so sweet and amazing. He was dealing with a hungover kitchen I think but it's new years so we made fun of the meals that didn't come out. And he was quick to remove the meal before paying. He was very kind, sweet, and I haven't had a crush in a long time his name was Brandon. read more

This is 100% for service at the bar during lunch, which I thought had long been forgotten at Chili's or pretty much any other restaurant. In past years, I've been there at off peak hours where bartender had hardly any biz, including service bar, and still took 5 minutes to come get order, never came back to check on it, and provided no refills. Once food arrives, you need to send up flares to ever get their attention again. Pretty common, actually. Tell a manager, and well, they couldn't give a s**t. 180 degree flip this time. Fun, pleasant, friendly bartender. Immediately took orders from me and other customers arriving. Ordered a drink, bam it's there. Ordered a salad, bam it's there (from supper servers). Came back to check how things were. Wow. And again. And again. And again. But pleasant and friendly. The chicken sandwich for the threefer meal was meh but big, but it's Chili's and you can't beat the threefer deal. So, haven't been there for a while and this was a different bartender from years past. Maybe mgmt changed, too. But this was like Chili's decades ago where my brother was fave bartender of franchise owners who went on to start Outback (and took him there). read more

Chili's is chili's. Nothing exciting to write home about. Customer service was good. Food was good. Haven't been here in some time. I typically get my usual which is the ribs. Surprised they had Elote available as a side for the rib combo. Highly recommend getting a double dose of the Elote versus getting the fries! It was DELISH! Ribs were a little scarce on the sauce but, still fall off bone tender. Burger patty was cooked to perfection, super juicy patty and not overcooked! Cheese fries app, I expected a nacho cheese version not a melted on cheese version. It was ok. read more

The food was fine, server was incredibly rude to both my mom and I. She kept cutting me off as I was ordering and was incredibly snarky for no reason, even though we didn't say anything negatively and tried to be polite. She was shorter and had black hair. Usually if I want to grab a quick bite out here, the servers are usually very nice, and we try to be quiet and not be a bother, but this particular one did not want anything to do with us. read more

FOOD: the food here is above average-very good in fact, last time I was here I had ordered chicken Cajun pasta and it was good, the chicken was well seasoned however the Alfredo sauce used was a bit to creamy for my liking but that is just my personal preference and the garlic bread that also accompanied the dish was average Service: the service I had received was THE most exceptional in any establishment I have visited in a while, our server Brandon made our dining experience welcoming and is well deserving of a raise for his service and some of the other staff members who served us did their job with care and professionalism Ambience: the ambience was that of typical restaurant nothing out of the ordinary NOTE: The fork that was given to me was dirty despite this hickup I will still be leaving five stars Well done to the staff of this location read more

I usually always come to this Chili's location and I always have a great experience! The hostess's are always sweet and open the doors which I think is so nice. Today I came with my niece and we had an even better experience with our server Brandon! He was the most genuine and fun server we could ask for! We both were in a funky mood but his energy was exactly what we needed to brighten our day. The whole environment felt comfortable and we left feeling full and happy. Thank you all! We will be there again very soon. read more

They sat us near the bar and my friend and I did the 3 for me deal, and got the chips, salad and two margaritas.. it took over thirty minutes to get our appetizers.... And then an hour and 30 min wait for our entrees, for only a steak and burger... I felt like our server was holding off putting in our order so we'd order more drinks... because tables that sat after us got their food and left way before we got our food.... We got a free soup but come on, 1 hour and 30 wait for a steak and burger...? This was last night and it wasn't that busy..... read more

So Arron was our server originally from Colorado. His steps of service were phenomenal as someone who works closely with the restaurant industry. I knew he couldn't have been from California lol. Great job and wish you the best in your career. Oh and the food I had the smash burger... great job Chilis 10 out of 10! read more

Had great attentive service, food was very filling and. Came out just right. Nothing too dry or over seasoned, or undercooked. Can't complain about my last visit. Went within the last hour of operations and they took care without feeling being held back from closing... cuz you'd be surprise how many places, more so, employees make a face or can be heard complaining that they have last minute customers coming in. Pretty well kept clean and great roomy bar area. Also a great HH menu and combos menu for courses and entree specials Oh forgot to take a pic but the chicken tortilla soup was amazing. read more

I just left there 15 minutes ago. I sat down at the bar, which only had four other guests there. I'm only giving two stars because the managers were trying to help their staff, busting their behinds around the restaurant. They were bussing tables for the whole 12 minutes I was there waiting to be taken care of. I was there for at least seven minutes before I received a menu. Which I was ready to order the whole time so I did not need it, I received a water around this time, at which point another customer sat next to me, and the customer instantly received a greeting along with getting his order taken. I had been there for at least 12 minutes before this guy. And still, she could've went from him and then took my order but no, I sat there at another three or four minutes before I decided to leave I feel bad for management, but the service lack staff lack a respectable urgency/compitence read more

Had the pleasure of dining in today. Our servers name I believe was Isa she was very attentive although seemed very busy. She checked on us multiple times we never had to ask for refils. My moms burger was undercooked and she fixed it right away with a very positive attitude. Very positive experience will come back ! read more

I expected a lil better. It's been a while since I've been here, but I just wanted to give them a try being that I was close and hungry. The food was not that great. Honestly we only ate about half of the food we ordered. I can say, that the service was good and super fast! As soon as we ordered, our appetizers came immediately. Before we could eat that , our food was being brought out. It was a little fast but, I didn't mind because we wanted to make this as quick of an experience as we could. read more

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My son decided to get dinner at chilis for his bday because he likes how they sing and clap for your birthday , long story short I mentioned it to the server and when it came down to it all my son got was ice cream and no song while other ppl with birthdays got the whole thing . My son is a kid he was a bit sad and asked why he didn't get a happy birthday song. I'm guessing because he was a kid they probably thought less of him , but if only they knew how great full he would've been , besides that food was okay and drinks had no gas. read more

Aaron was such an amazing server! If you are planning to go to Chili's you should go to this one and if you're lucky to get Aaron it will make the experience all the better! He was super knowledgeable about all the deals and drinks. He also anticipated all of our needs before we even needed to ask. This man deserves a raise/bonus! Best service we've had in a while! read more

The waitress Maria the La Mesa location is the best she's friendly she's nice she's fast she'll really take care of you manager if you see this she deserves a raise one of the best waitresses I've had in years ....amen. read more

Beware of this location. Credit card charge for double billing $200. was supposed to be reversed a month ago. Telephone call after telephone call after telephone call and this mess still hasn't been corrected. read more