Chuy’s

The original Chuy’s was the best place to end our Austin trip. I was really craving some nachos before we left town and Chuy’s delivered! Not the huge stack of chips I’m used to, but far superior. We got the Panchos with chicken and a side of creamy jalapeño, as well as a couple margaritas. My partner went classic, and I opted for the frozen strawberry. Both great.
My only small complaint was that my water tasted weird, and my partner noticed the distinctive taste of soap. What? I am tempted to remove a star but I’ll call it a fluke since they fixed it right away and over all seems like a great joint. We really liked our server A.P. I think we’ll be back next time we’re in town!

This hit the spot! I was craving Mexican. I had the con queso — soo Delish with a but of spice. Their chips are thin and fantastic. They make their own fluffy flour tortillas. Try them if you want something authentic and homemade. The tortilla soup was sooo good. Great chicken with just the right amount. Corn and tomatoes and a kick of spice. Definitely awesome! No wonder they are «known» for it!!!

If you like chicken enchiladas get the chicka chicka boom boom, you will not be disappointed. Creamy and spicy. Also highly recommend the macho burrito and the queso compuesto. The side of rice is extremely flavorful, but the borracho beans not so much… Service here is fast and friendly, nice casual place to get your quick Tex mex fix!

My best friend is obsessed with the Chuy’s in VA so when I came to Austin for the first time I was pretty surprised to discover the OG Chuy’s in Austin.
I’ve been told multiple times by multiple Austin natives that Chuy’s is a must for tex mex in this city.
After ordering the famous/​infamous Chicka Chicka boom boom back in VA and being incredibly disappointed I was hesitant to give Chuy’s another shot however I can strongly say that I am so glad I did.
I came to this Chuy’s for the first time last night and ordered the relleno & enchilada combo (#4) with the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom enchilada and the ground sirloin relleno. Despite coming here on a pretty full stomach I cleaned the plate pretty quick.
The chicka chicka boom boom sauce is as good as they say– a spicy, creamy and cheesy compliment to the tender chicken enchilada.
The relleno were pretty good but nothing too crazy compared to the enchilada, we ordered a side of the creamy jalapeño dip w the complimentary chips and I poured some onto the relleno which was the perfect addition.
I will definitely revisit the Chuy’s back in VA to see if I just caught them on a bad day and if their Chicka Chicka boom boom sauce is anything compared to this one.

I love you Chuys, but I don’t want to eat GMO corn anymore. pLease with to non GMO corn products.

What an incredible tradition in Austin. Introduced my father in law to Chuy’s about three months ago and he loves it. Today we had Staci B as our waitress for lunch and bless her heart, she treated my father in law with kid gloves. He has hearing and memory issues and she wasn’t rude or short with him when he didn’t have answers to questions of «re-​fried beans and rice okay?». I winked and she got it.
A note to the owners of this great place: When hiring waiters, please consider the less shapely ones. The guys with butts that sag, have no shape, and pants that don’t fit. The guys you have working there now are complete distractions and make it almost impossible to eat and enjoy margaritas.
On a more serious note, you have created a great place to enjoy a great meal and a great drink. I have been coming to this location since ’85, never disappointed and always happy to be here. The food is always amazing and always have «to go» plates. Thanks for the many years of great food and service.

Best Mexican food place ever. Tortillas are amazing, the salsas, the creamy jalapeño sauce ahhh so good!!! I usually get the beef fajitas. Margaritas are worth it.

Our friends from Texas recommended Chuy’s for our first real Tex-​Mex experience.
They served us complimentary chips + salsa — at first I thought the serving size was kind of small (I should have known there is no «small» in Texas!) but we actually ended up not finishing it! We also got guacamole to go with the chips — it was very fresh & had lots of goodness to it.
My husband and I shared the tortilla soup (my first time trying this dish) and pork tacos — both were very delicious and had more than enough to fill us both up! Service was great and everyone was very friendly — definitely would come back again!

Ambience: divvy diner style Tex mex restaurant
Service: excellent! The staff was friendly and helpful and the food was made fresh to order.
Food: I ordered the guacamole app and it came out looking pretty decently sized but pricey for what it was… Then I realized they piled lettuce and onions on the bottom of the small bowl to make the portion look bigger… Not worth $ 6 – 7
The Chuychanga was underwhelming to say the least.
I probably would not come here again and wouldn’t order the same stuff although these items were recommended to me by the staff and friends.
Save your money go elsewhere!

The place looks like a popular lunch spot on weekdays too. The wait was 10 min on a Friday around 1pm.
The Friday special chicken enchilada was amazing and so was the beef relleno. The shrimp taco was meh for me personally. it wasn’t bad… it was just fried shrimp.
Otherwise the waiter was prompt about keeping the salsa bowl filled for the chips. Overall pretty great Tex-​mex

Bad idea to come here during ACL weekend. We were walking to the kayaking place and wanted to grab a bite to eat so decided to stop here randomly. Good thing the wait wasn’t too long. We were seated after about 10−15mins. Besides that, everything seemed to go wrong the moment we started ordering.
First of, probably due to the high number of customers this weekend, all cocktail drinks were served in plastic cups. We ordered 2 margaritas, they came in the tiny 8oz cups. One was $ 6 and the other was $ 9. It was a complete rip off!
Secondly, even though my food was good, it wasn’t exactly what I ordered, but I didn’t feel like complaining and having to wait longer for the food, so I ate it anyway.
Last but not least, it’s a very decent size restaurant, located in the middle of downtown, and yet, they have 2 stalls in the female restroom. It was a good 15mins wait just to use the bathroom.
With tons of other restaurants in the area, I would never come back here again!

Lat time I came here was 12 years ago, thankfully nothing really has changed, which is a rare thing.
Quality of food is still great!
Got my standard bluecorn tortilla chicken enchiladas with green chili hot sauce… couldn’t be more satisfied.
I’ll be back before I leave town again for sure!

The parking lot is right off the road. Can be a bit sudden when you come upon the location. The parking lot doesn’t seem that big but I’ve always been lucky and have found a spot.
The one downside to this place is that there is always a wait. On average I’ve had to wait 20 mins each time I’ve been here (varies depending on party size). The interior is pretty cool. Because of the amount of people, it can get pretty loud in there sometimes. They have booths and tables.
Service was solid. Servers were friendly and welcoming.
The food is pretty good if you like TexMex. I personally really like the fajitas. The tortillas were pretty awesome, definitely a job well done. The place also has all you can eat chips and salsa. A word of caution on the salsa, it’s a bit spicy.

I love Chuy’s… best tex mex everrrrrr
I was in town for one day visiting family and was lucky enough to have a brother-​in-​law intent on letting me eat my heart out. He brought my family here and, oh my goodness, it was the best decision ever made.
As an appetizer I had chips with jalapeño ranch (um, if you don’t you should). My meal was the fajita chicken salad with creamy jalapeño dressing. A very calorie filled, albeit delicious meal. I truly love their food.
Now, as for the waiting times/​wait staff/​and seating space. There could be improvements. It definitely stinks that I can’t get up to go to the bathroom without asking the person at the table behind me to scoot in a little so I can scoot my chair out. I know eliminating tables is probably a no-​no for them, so I can’t really comment anything more on it.
The waiter was a nice guy but incredibly busy and made a few errors on drinks (I’m guessing since he was running around like a crazy guy trying to get all tables settled).
This is a delicious restaurant and it’s the first one ever! So… there’s that quirk ;)

Chuy’s has always been one of my favorite tex-​mex joints, but bringing my boyfriend here for his first ‘real’ Tex-​Mex experience was a delight (think giving-​your-​kid-​his-​first-​taste-​of-​cake-​level delight), even if he kinda hates me now because I’ve ‘ruined Mexican food’ for him. To him, nothing we can get back home (Toronto) will ever compare to the Bacon-​Wrapped, deep-​fried Hatch Rellenos (a Hatch Chile Week Special) and Creamy Jalapeño Ranch. Almost two weeks later, and he still hasn’t stopped talking about how ‘next level’ the meal was. Sorry, not sorry, dude.
Also worth noting — great, moderately-​priced mexi-​marts and self-​serve all-​you-​can-​stuff-​in-​your-​face chips and salsa while you wait for a table!

Date of service: Jan 19, 2015
Meal: Lunch, eat in
All Ratings out of 10:
Quality of food: 7
Food to Spend Value: 8
Quality of Service: 7
Overall Rating: 7+
Chuy’s is another example of an Austin original that spread out in Austin, branched out to other parts of Texas, and then exploded into other parts of the country. Locations haven’t made it out west (at least not to Seattle), and since I hadn’t eaten at one in quite some time, I decided to eat at the original location when I visited Austin.
They always start you off with chips and salsa, but you have to request the creamy jalapeño sauce, and believe me you want to. The best description I can think of is a jalapeño flavored ranch dip, but this doesn’t quite do it justice. What it is is delicious, and I love it on my chips even more than the tomatillo sauce. To go along with the chips we also ordered the Queso Compuesto, which is chile con queso with ground sirloin, guacamole and pico, and it is bursting with flavor and very tasty.
Since I hadn’t been in a while I had trouble deciding on what to order, but I finally went with the Chile Rellenos, which is one of their specialties. They have 4 different varieties, and I went with the shrimp and cheese. The plate is a huge amount of food, with 2 very large chile rellenos, rice and beans. The rellenos had a nice crispy outside and were stuffed inside. The peppers themselves were not very hot but did have a good flavor to them. The rice and beans were also quite good, and I was completely stuffed when I was done.
The original Chuy’s location has a pretty cool flair about it, though most of the locations try to imitate the wild look and feel of the décor. The prices are extremely reasonable (less than $ 10 for my rellenos plate), meaning you get a ton of value (and food!) for what you pay. The service was attentive, though we went late afternoon when it wasn’t quite so busy. They definitely can get very busy, particularly on the weekend. The overall result is a solid Tex Mex meal with Austin flair that should leave your appetite completely satiated, so if you are looking for good Tex Mex don’t hesitate to head over to Chuy’s.

Honestly, I wasn’t too impressed. We’ve got great Mexican food in California, so when my Texan friends were raving about this place I had high hopes (and expectations).
4 stars for service and a funky atmosphere. 2.5 stars for food.
I had a taco/​enchilada combo plate. Veggie enchilada which was very bland/​meh. Beef hatch taco which was actually quite tasty. Chips and salsa. Their chips are delicious — super light and crisp. Their salsa was also very good — lots of variety. The server brought me his two favorites, the Tomatillo and the Hatch, both of which were tasty. Everyone (including the friend I was with) seemed to rave about the jalapeño ranch salsa but I didn’t really see what the hype was about. Too ranchy for me, weird with chips IMO.
Anyways, overall it was ok but I wouldn’t rush back. I’m sure there are plenty of other awesome Mexican places to check out in Austin before circling back to Chuy’s.

Not much else to say that everyone else has not said already! Went here for lunch, got here a little before noon for a large table of 10 and we got seated fairly quickly.
Everyone was raving about this jalapeño ranch, so we tried some of that… it is quite addicting.
I got the chicka chicka boom boom enchiladas because I liked the name, and the waiter said it was his favorite sauce. I did enjoy it, very different spicy queso topping. The food came out very hot (temperature wise) and quickly!
I liked their refried beans, it was a little salty but at least it had flavor. I would go back again for happy hour, that prickly pear margarita sounded good.

Went here for dinner with coworkers and it was delicious! We were there on a Tuesday and it was busy. This place is pretty well known so there was a little bit of a wait.
The staff was very friendly and was very helpful. Being out of town, I wasn’t sure what was good. The spicy jalapeño dip and the queso were a great way to start. The jalapeño dip was basically ranch dressing with peppers, but man, was it tasty. I would def eat it again.
Someone I was with got the Fritos pie (Tuesday special). It looked incredible but also like a heart attack on a plate. If I didn’t care about my health I would definitely have gotten it. Everything that my party are was delicious. You really can’t go wrong with anything. The only thing we were sure about was that we definitely did not have room for dessert!

It was my first time trying Tex-​Mex when I visited Chuy’s last friday. It’s a Mexican chain restaurant located throughout Texas. Each location has unique decorations that reflect the character of the city its in. This one in Austin is filled with loud colors and bright designs, very Texas meets the artistic cowboy.
As far as the food goes, I ordered an enchilada and a chile rellano. Vegetarians please note the beans do not have lard in them and the rice is not cooked in chicken broth. The food was okay, nothing extraordinary but definitely filling. The thing that stands out about Chuy’s is their jalapeño sauce and boom boom sauce. You can dip anything in it and it’ll automatically add wonderful flavors to your meal. Get some on the side so you can also dip your chips in it.

Eine Freundin welche in Austin wohnt, hat uns Chuys empfohlen und wir wurden nicht enttäuscht. Die Nacho Chips mit Käse überbacken waren mein Favorite.

ich bin ein mal im jahr da und es gibt nichts nichts besseres wie chuys eine absolute marktlücke in deutschland immer volle becher chips und dips vorweg umsonst und das würde es in deutschland nie geben so frisch und lecker ich kann kaum beschreiben wie dieses erlebnis ist das fleich zischt noch auf der heissen planne und ist einfach nicht zu toppen