Chilis

Always love me some Chilis. This location is not the quickest however. Never a wait to get in but always a wait on service.

We walked in with a group of 16 and they were incredible accommodating. They couldn’t seat us all together but they sat us at four booth table across from each other. Every person we came into with tonight was so sweet, would definitely come back!

Didn’t have high hopes but they even underwhelmed my low expectations. Food took almost 25 minutes and 3 of the 4 plates had cold food. We were running short of time so couldn’t redo the food. Reminds me why I don’t go to places like this. Only reason it’s two stars instead of one is because they discounted the food as an apology.

Service was great, food was great. Had the cajun pasta. Well worth the visit! It was cheap too and the service was excellent!

When you go to chilis you pretty much are expecting a mediocre meal, I mean they have a little of everything and don’t really have a specialty. However the meal I just attempted to have there was inedible. I order chicken and steak fajitas. The chicken looked and tasted like rubber. It had no grill marks or meat grain. My sister took one bite and said she wouldn’t even give it to a dog. There is no way that meat was actually cooked there. Seemed like precooked frozen meat that they ran under the water and then microwaved really quick. The beef tasted like it had been marinated in kitchen cleaners, like Lysol or something. They use to have pretty good fajitas but clearly their standards have changed. Tried their new spinach queso as well. You shouldn’t call it «spinach» queso if there’s one piece of spinach in it, and the cheese they use tastes like dirty feet have been soaking in it. Also, the air conditioning was out. It’s 100 outside. They didn’t even have a sign up informing of that or inform you as you enter. Thought it felt pretty good at first, but as I sat at the table I kept getting hotter and began sweating. That’s not acceptable conditions. Honestly I would choose not eating before eating at chilis every again. — giving it one star because it won’t let me post it without it.

Hope this is the right address, on the corner of Burnet and 183? Haven’t eaten in Chili’s in a long time though I used to. They had changed the menu, everything was «zesty» which I don’t do and I quit going. Today, we were going to Trudy’s for lunch, then found out they don’t serve until 2 so we wandered in to Chili’s as a last resort. Got served quickly, and usual, almost-​McDonalds atmosphere, with ten thousands kiddies in the place. Waiter was knowledgeable, helpful, and prompt. I very doubtfully ordered the $ 8 chicken fajitas w/​out much expectation. And was very! pleasantly surprised. The chicken meat was fork tender with a good flavor, the salad dressing on their otherwise plain greens salad was very tasty. The fajita fillings were perfectly grilled. The only failure was a dab of cheese and a double dab of sour cream – not near enough to fill out the taco, but I asked for more sour cream for the last of my 3 tacos I managed to stretch the filling into. (Could have been just 2 if you like the fight to get it in your mouth size.) I thought everything was yummy and will definitely go back soo. Though I could do w/​out those mini computers on the table. Very fast food gimmicky. And the waiter said they are the coming thing, but I do hope they keep right on going.

Bartenders are always awesome here. I really enjoy this place. It’s Chili’s, food is consistent and solid across the board.

Its chili’s great place for kids and family and to just hang out. We always have great service and this time we avoided a melt down because the waiter was able to find a red crayon. I like the honey chipotle chicken strips. They offer a tablet with games (you have to pay) and you can re-​order drinks from the bar. you are able to also pay using this, so now if you are in a rush you can pay without having to flag somebody down for the check. good to see they are embracing technology.

I mean, it’s a Chili’s what is there to read?
So as for this location? We’ll it’s totally fine, there is enough parking, the service has always been good, I’ve never had to wait. Expect a crying baby somewhere and or squirmy kid banging on something, it’s a I don’t want to cook so let’s go somewhere night, not date night kind of place.
If you haven’t been recently they did mix up the menu with these new fancy pants burgers. Don’t bother, they are slightly smaller, put something shiny on the bread to make it more bistroy and put fries in a little cup so you get less of them, it’s probably more expensive, but I don’t recall, it certainly doesn’t taste better, worse actually.

Sat at the bar tables for a quick lunch with co-​workers. Ordered simple soup and salad. Water glass arrives tasting like salt and has a gritty feel to the rim. Soup arrives… no spoon. Takes 10 minutes to get one. Salad arrives, is not the Caesar that I ordered but a garden salad with a side of Caesar dressing. because nothing goes better with cheddar, carrots, and tomatoes than a parmesan anchovy based dressing… Went ahead and switched to vinaigrette to save time and got this strange, gross, lime mixture dressing. Waited for the waitress to come back but she never did so, ended up not eating the now covered in lime sludge salad and finishing the underwhelmingly depressing excuse for loaded baked potato soup. Bleh food. Bleh service. I’m going to stick to the chili’s on I-​35 from now on.

I find it weird I haven’t reviewed this place, simply because I used to go here all the time. Since then, I’ve expanded my palate, but a decade ago, this was my JAM. Turkey sandwich combo with broccoli cheese soup. Heck yeah.
Well, they don’t have broccoli cheese soup anymore so I can’t tell if that was how I remembered it, but one thing I did order when I could pry myself away from that sandwich was Monterrey chicken, which I actually remake at home occasion.
I was super hungry, so I ordered a feast — fried pickles for the appetizer (since they are touting them as homemade and I am a sucker for pickles), a side salad, and the aforementioned chicken.
The pickles were ok. Half the basket were crumbs of batter, but what was actually pickle was decent. So far, so good. The salad was actually better than I remember. They have bottomless salad and soup, I’d consider getting that next time.
Then, the chicken came. The mashed potatoes and broccoli were decent, but this poor piece of chicken had the texture and color of meat from a can. The cheese, bacon, tomatoes, and bbq sauce couldn’t hide it. I had ordered too much food anyway, so I boxed it up and ate it later after cooking it in a pan, and the made the texture a *little* better, but it was still pretty nasty, and definitely low quality meat.
I mean, it’s chilis. You’re there for some reason, maybe to meet a friend who has mediocre food tastes, maybe you just want to check out an old haunt because you were that friend, but not the best food you’ve ever had in your life. Let’s be honest.
The one thing I will say is their menu got HUGE. So, maybe there are some gems in there. I just don’t know if I’m going to be frequenting this place to figure that out with so many other options.

Everyone knows this kinda joint, what’s to say? It’s the same food most of the time. There’s a great happy hour with average stuff.

Not impressed with my Chicken Enchiladas. Everything was cooked well and filling but I didn’t care much for the shredded chicken. The side portion of rice was almost non existent. Another member of our party ordered the chicken fajitas and received a depressingly low portion of chicken. Took around 30 minutes from the time we ordered to get our food. Wait staff was prompt with our drink refills. Too many screaming kids on a Friday night.

This place has a chill environment, awesome food, best happy hour drink specials. I always get good service! $ 3.25 for a large frosty mug of 2xx during happy hour?! Yes please! :)

Just like all the other Chili’s across the country, if a bit more impersonal where its décor is concerned.