Such a delicious meal! Popped in for dinner with a friend, we were seated immediately and didn't have to wait long for a server. Drinks and food came out FAST! The margarita was so good, not too spicy and not overly powered by cucumber, a perfect balance of the two flavors. My feel was soo good, I wish it had been bigger because I didn't want to stop eating! Cannot wait to come back! read more

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Been coming to Cilantro for YEARS. I've written school papers here, taken actual finals here, emotionally spiraled here, spiritually healed here, gotten a little too lit here, and consumed an illegal amount of tacos, quesadillas, and fajitas. I've lost count. My GPA probably improved because of this place. Today I also ran into my future wife here. Did I say hi? No. Did I panic internally and replay it for the rest of my life? Yes. Character development. Staff is lovely and kind, food slaps every single time, and the alcohol is dangerously good. At this point, this isn't a restaurant, it's a life chapter. I don't just want to eat here. I want to get married here. Someone call the priest and the bartender. read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

LOVEE this place. The vibe feels authentic and so is the service. The Mexican food is top tier for Nashville. SOO many margs to choose from and they are all so 10/10. Quesabirras are okay, could be marinated longer. The chori pollo and the queso are so good, we didn't leave a drop behind. 9.5/10 read more

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Came here recently with a friend and had a good time. The service was extremely quick and very nice. The interior felt like a local, cozy Mexican restaurant which I appreciated on a rainy night. My friend and I got the large queso to share and it was great! A little runny but good flavor and the chips were yummy. I got the strawberry daiquiri and it was my first daiquiri ever, tasted like there was no alcohol in it. My friend got the pink panther and it tasted like a spiked Shirley temple. We also got margaritas we drank before I remembered to take a pic. Very solid drinks and prices ($8 for first round each, $15 for jumbo margs). Overall: good place to hang out, get drinks, and eat decent Mexican food for a good price. read more

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We popped in early on a Friday evening to grab a casual bite to eat with a group of 6. The host sat us promptly, our waiter got to us quickly and was attentive. The food is your classic southern home town white cheese dip place. The food is consistent and the environment is always happy! We personally loved the gringo chicken, margaronas (you read that correct), "cheese dip", and tacos. read more

Ordered a nacho bar for a catered event for 14 people. We were told the food would be ready by 12:30 but when we arrived service wasn't helpful- they asked if we wanted a table but when we said we were here for pick up they said oh ok. We ended up having to wait for 20-25 minutes to get the food. They gave us plenty of chips and toppings. Except for the queso which made the nachos cheeseless for most of our guests. read more

One of my favorite Mexican restaurants. Great for groups or solo dining. Excellent food and service. The Monterrey Chicken quesadilla is my favorite. The chips and salsa are great and plentiful. Love they offer an array of cocktails to match the season. The blackberry margarita was the best. Service is excellent and free parking if you are lucky enough to get a space. read more

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Really fabulous meal!!! We sat on the patio, it was perfect vibes! I loved my frozen watermelon margarita! It wasn't too sweet, it was perfect! I also had the Baja shrimp tacos!! What a lovely, easy place to go to! read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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Let me preface with there is no hate here, I just historically have not cared for their food and that's ok, I'm a vegetarian and not their target. Their chips and salsa were made for someone else as well. They do very interesting margaritas, and that's what I was there for the last time I went. My wife decided we should share what appeared to be a birdbath of margaritas with dehydrated fruit floating in a seal of tequila and it was pretty tasty and probably clocked in at a significant ounce count. Seemed mostly flavor and less tequila. Perhaps I was just not in a place to appreciate it. Parking was easy, the place was not crowded, the place is best enjoyed on a crisp fall night if you're on the patio and that just wasn't the last night I was there. Great place, glad it exists, good to meet friends at for a drink or take kids for the best cheese quesadilla ever (according to my youngest who claims that everywhere). My oldest claims to have finished her plate in 2 minutes and I'm not sure it was that fast but it was close. Think she's past the kids menu now. It's good, just not for me. I also was a bit weirded out the last time I was there by people taking my photograph and attempting to sell it to me for $15. Made it feel like a theme park from the 80's and not in a good way. read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Good hearty Tequila Soup - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Pretty disappointing experience. There's a reason people don't talk about this place... I was really excited to try it especially with how clean and updated it looked on the inside. The menu is also full of apparently very photoshopped pictures so everything looks delicious. I informed the waiter of my bean allergy, and was still brought a plate of beans. This was frustrating because I told our waiter I was allergic to beans and asked if I could sub the means for more rice or corn or something and he said yes we can do corn. I couldn't find the corn on the menu and he didn't give me a price. Our waiter was the one who brought out the food which is why I was more disappointed because we had just had this whole conversation about no beans due to allergy. The corn is terrible. It is so mushy and has a weird sour taste?? And then, I was charged $8 FOR REALLY BAD CORN!! I was shocked the waiter didn't tell me that replacing the beans would cost $8. That is just bad service. Also, my chimichangas, which famously should be crunchy, were soggy and very lackluster. I would not return. read more

Very slow service, however, it was the servers first week. Love the ambiance, food was ok. They did mess up on of the cocktails and didn't know what a gimlet was so our friend just ordered a beer. Worth trying again after they have been open longer. read more

Fantastic experience and food!!!!! Can't say enough about their fresh guacamole and super accommodating and friendly staff! Delicious food all around. Don't forget to get the tortilla soup, which is the single best I've ever seen! read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Tortilla soup - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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Walked in, sat at the bar. Got water and chips and salsa without asking while my michelada was being made. Took longer than expected it totally worth the wait. That first drink was perfect, exactly what I was hoping for taste wise. Music was good and perfect volume, tvs and cool art everywhere. The food was amazing. Filling ! Bigger portion than expected. Prices wise- menu stated 8$ for the item I ordered. The michelada was not on the menu and was specially prepared, so I didn't know what to expect. When the bill came I could not believe it was less than 20$ wellllll worth the price overall. read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Michelada - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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12/17/23: Cute, welcoming neighborhood spot. Staff friendly and accommodating. Food is delicious so that I ate it all and forgot to take a pic. One of the few times the camera didn't eat first. Had the shrimp enchiladas. Nice size portions and reasonable priced. Drinks yummy and strong. Definitely a spot will return when back in Nashville. Thanks to multiple visits earned my mexi-can badge. read more

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My favorite mexican place. Convenient location and friendly staff makes it a repeat location. Best selection of margs for a casual mexican place, and fair prices. Great atmosphere too! read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Cheese Dip, Chimichanga Especial, Cheese Rice and broccoli chicken - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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We stopped at Cilantro after an NSC game and were please to be seated right away. (It was a week day night). Being a pleasant evening we opted for the 'patio' seating which is covered and does have sides that drop but they had opened a few of them and it was perfect. Server was great. He admitted to being new but when asked something he didn't know, willingly offered to go track down the answer. That's how you learn to be a great server! They do serve draft beer, so always a plus. Chips arrived with small bowls of salsa but were refilled as needed. It's a fairly standard menu for a Mexican Grill. I ordered the Shrimp Taco Bowl. It was quite good, plenty of shrimp that were well cooked, not over cooked. The salad also actually contained some lettuce which I like in my taco SALAD. My fellow diners were also pleased with their meals, so overall a very good evening at Cilantro's. read more

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The best cheese dip of all time just before this then they bring this bad boy out Just moved to Nashville and this is legitimately the third time I've eaten here this week read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Birra tacos - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

I was a frequent diner at Cilantros in college and I still love to stop in for their classic Mexican menu and margaritas! The gringo chicken is my go to along with a queso to share! I've never had to wait to be seated, they have a patio, indoor dining area and bar. Service is inconsistent, sometimes it is great and other times I worry they have forgotten about me but that won't stop me from coming back because the food is good! read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Gringo Chicken - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Love coming here getting margs and choriqueso! Wish there was more spicy options and different salsas, but I still love coming once a month or so. read more

Food is very bland. Salsa had no spice, and in fact tasted sweet. No hot sauce on the table...just black pepper. Very Sub par service.

gold margarita is heavenly... 5 gold stars!! then the food, makes your mouth water and you're gushing with hunger. pollo gringo had this white boy saying "olé!" so delicious. read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Great Mexican food. The prices are solid for the portions. They have good deals on margaritas, but the street corn . Wow! I keep coming back for it. Good amount of parking read more

Food and service everything is excellent. I asked for my Torito's well done they delivered.

No words., the best drink that i have ever had. Hands down! The best. The food was cool but the drink was memorable read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Waiters are ere very disrespectful and lied about drinks prices. We later called and they hung up on us after charging over 120 dollars for 2 drinks and chips and queso. read more

Terrific food, service, value. Wife and I shared fajitas, awesome. Good vibe, fun place, happy customers. Great value too. Had decent sized beverages, very reasonable price. Will come again. read more

Everything. The service. The food. The service is horrible. No greeting when we get there. We have a service dog and they refused to sit us. Horrible horrible read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

I was leaving work to get some margaritas, but they never arrived. I waited 15 minutes and the waiter never arrived. They just kept passing by other waiters and just looked at me. The worst treatment I've ever received. read more

The food and drinks were amazing! Service was decent as well. The inside was clean and nice as well. read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - Jamaica Margaritas - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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Stopped there for lunch ate at the bar by myself Had to finally flag someone down to actually take my order then I had to flag someone down to go find my order then when I asked for the check, they just handed it to me and didn't say thank you sorry or anything. They were not busy at all so that's not an excuse. Phone was extremely average and apparently sat out for a while in the kitchen cause my plate was cold when they finally got it to me. No more. read more

We visited this restaurant while in town for a church/work event. Mexican is usually the last cuisine I choose because I've eaten it too much (is that a thing??) and this wasn't my choice. I'm glad that someone made this call because MEXICAN STREET CORN!!! We had a fairly large party, so it took forever to get our food. I'm not a big salsa with chips person but this was, hands down, the best restaurant salas I've ever tasted. Each dish was brought out as it was being made, but we were in a time crunch, so not everyone got to finish their meals. What I did get to eat was worth the wait, but I'd rather that everyone got to finish their lunch. So, yes, the food is really good but this isn't a place to eat if you're in a hurry. read more

Very much enjoyed our time here! Our server was excellent, the food was good. Queso is a little plain but still enjoyable. I had a shredded chicken quesadilla and it was enjoyable. Food is very affordable for large portions sizes and overall decent food. read more

I was excited when I entered the restaurant. It was crazy busy and smelled delicious! While the staff was friendly and attentive, the food itself just lacked flavor. The salsa was okay, nothing special. I got chicken fajitas and the portion was large which was great but the flavor was lacking. Nothing was bad, but nothing was super delicious either - it was all just okay. read more

Came in as a party for 4. Our server was amazing. She was on top of it. Present fast and patient. We ordered queso which was more just white melty cheese that was bland and that set the tone for the meal. We got 2 orders of enchiladas poblanos which were great. We got shrimp fajitas. Super oily. Bland flavor. Very over cooked. Those shrimp could of bounced. The rice served on the side was kinda mushy. We also got a steak quesadilla. Which they want to put peppers and onions and beans on it which is weird. But we just got a regular cheese and steak quesadilla. The steak was over cooked. Like sooo over cooked. Without a ton of sour cream and a side of more cheese. Over all the service was great. But the food was seriously lacking read more

I'm sorry but for a Mexican restaurant this place was very disappointing. I ordered authentic two tacos with steak and the amount of steak it had was sad. I ordered a margarita and it tasted like watered down juice. My friends also ordered food and didn't think it was any good either. Almost feels like I payed for the restaurants interior design instead of the food cause of how pricey it came out to be for only two tacos and a margarita. read more

best michelada i've ever had. perfect hangover food place with great prices. service was great too with a cute patio read more

Cilantro Mexican Grill - michelada Pina Colada and mango marg - Mexican Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Food was not good!!! Service sucked and waitress was rude! Do not recommend going here.

the manager was very rude ! I will never come back to this location . I asked if I could change my enchilada meat from shrimp to chicken because I didn't know shrimp came in one and I'm pregnant. He got really upset and said next time ask before my food come out . But I didn't know it came with shrimp because it said beef and chicken ! read more

Super good Mexican food. They have an extensive menu filled with just about every authentic dish you could think of. The service was spot on and even through the music was a tad bit too loud it added to the ambiance. read more

Their closing time is listed on their Google page as 10PM and twice they've closed significantly earlier. At least post your correct operating hours so people don't waste their time and gas. read more