Xicohtencatl

This is our most favorite authentic Mexican restaurant in the Berkshires. We tried another Mexican restaurant last night to check it out and it just didn’t even compare to their delicious food. If you check them out, you won’t be disappointed! Best guacamole ever:)

Want to like it more than I did. Food is tasty and fresh, but portions are small, so that both my friend and I left hungry! Not hungry like we hadn’t eaten, just hungry like we weren’t satiated.
The Sangria was very watered down, barely had much taste.
And it’s expensive.

Stopped in for lunch over the weekend. The selections were interesting, I had the chiles rellanos and it was delicious.

I have been here many times and have never had a bad experience. I usually come for lunch as the lunch menu is great and reasonably priced. The food always tastes fresh and I have not had bad service yet. It usually isn’t overly crowded during lunch, so I cannot say how it is during the dinner rush. The agua frescas are delicious and very refreshing. The margaritas are fantastic too. They might be the best margaritas I have had in the Berkshires. I have tried several different items on the lunch menu including the avocado salad, burrito, and enchiladas. All delicious and I have no complaints.

Supremely Disappointing. Haven’t been here in many years so we were looking forward to our return visit. Same nice décor and strong but pricey margaritas. The special winter pozole soup was a tasty appetizer but not the traditional thick stew I have had other places. When their signature mole came to the table, it was cold and I had to send it and rice back for heating. When it returned the chicken was rubbery and tough and the sauce was spicy but lacked all the subtle chocolate and chili flavors in a better version. My husband had enchiladas Rojas and felt he had had better Mexican at Chipotle. Will not be rushing back.

This is a nice little restaurant. It seems to lack a lot of the mexican food that I’m used to, such as lengua and tripa, but it does have a decent selection. The tacos are quite lovely, and are filled with generous portions of meat, guac, etc… They have mole sauce, which is generally tough to find the US. The also have a good selection of tequilas, both straight, and in mixed drinks. The vegetarian selection is quite impressive for a Mexican restaurant, and the menu seems to contain high quality ingredients. The price is a bit on the higher side, but that’s what happens when higher quality ingredients are involved.

Everything that everyone else had looked and smelled delicious. Our simple lunch was perfect.

Loved this place — as previous reviews note chips/​salsa are rationed or you are charged & drinks — while delic — are too pricey — 12 $ for normal sized margarita! That being said I got the 3 diff flavored of enchiladas and they were the best I have ever had but for 15 $ portions are small. It’s a ramekin size of rice on the side. My cat eats more! The mole sauce in particular was tdf! My bf got the carnitas and loved it. Flan was a huge disappointment — tasted burnt :(

I have been here a few times now and every time I am so satisfied. The food is always amazing and very fresh. I always get the guacamole to start which is so fresh and delicious. I have tried several things on the menu and everything always surpasses my expectations. The atmosphere, especially outside in the summer is so quaint. All the staff is very friendly and has get service. I will definitely continue to go here and bring new guests with me!

I’ve always enjoyed the food here. Never had a bad meal. And I’ve always found the service to be very attentive. I’m in the Berkshires once a year for a week and always have one meal there. Going tonight, as a matter of fact!

Great food, great drinks, good service and good location.
We will return and will recommend this to our family friends.

The restaurant seems great from the outside. Nice outdoor seating. My family of 2 kids, 2 parents and a baby arrived at 7:30 on a Monday night in the summer. The hostess asked me if I preferred indoor or outdoor seating. I said outdoor seating. Get this — she then said, «well we only have one table outside — can I seat you inside?» Um, why ask me which I prefer if there was no outdoor seating for us?
I said yes to being seated inside because I figured the one outdoor table was too small for us. Not so! The party RIGHT BEHIND US which was the same size got seated outside. And the large party after them! I know it seems like a small thing but it was a beautiful summer night and it just seemed odd.
The food was okay — not great — too oily and over salted. We waited a LONG time before anyone came to our table.
To give credit where it is due, our young waiter was very nice and sweet to the kids. But I’m not planning a return trip.

Had a burrito Mexicano. It was a bit pricey ($ 14), but so good! Also, the $ 4 horchata is amazing!

Outstanding Mexican restaurant! Exquisitely and authentically prepared non Tex Mex fare. Don’t let the detractors prevent you from enyoying this fine restaurant. They are busy but staff is efficient and professional.
Amos Stoll
Ft Laudetdale, Florida

I usually enjoy this spot, but tonight was definitely not up to the standards I’ve had for the place. The chips and salsa portion was weak and we were a party of 7. My friend ordered a chicken and cheese quesadilla and it came without chicken and was two tiny pieces (think kid portion). She and another friend ordered sour cream and were charged for the small side.
Midway through the meal, the waitress spilled a drink on a friend of mine. I thought I ordered my usual enchilada entrée but must not have because it came in a crazy spicy sauce which I couldn’t eat. I realize this was 100% my fault as I clearly ordered the wrong dish, and they did fix it for me, but not worth the $ 18 price tag.
Drinks were great as was sitting outside on the porch but I’m very sad that I had to change my previous raving review.

The service here is mediocre, and certainly depends on the night. I’ve had fantastic service (Michelle, Katie) and I have had someone throw a check at me and lie about them closing so he could close out. The food is good, but the portions rarely justify the price. I will tell you that the drinks never fail to be awesome.
Tonight, I made a reservation for 7 so our table was ready when we got there. They had our table set with chips and salsa at each end. The baskets were empty. I counted the chips (because I’m crazy) in the bigger basket and there were 14. I posted a picture because I thought it was so pitiful. Thinking a mistake was made, I asked the server and she informed me that that’s how they serve it now. How expensive is a basket of chips? Two of us asked for sour cream and they charged us extra for a 2 ounce side.
There were more issues (issues with basic food requests), but I shouldn’t ramble on. I’ve had bad experiences here, but tonight takes the cake. They have lost our whole table.
*Edit* the server just spilled my new drink on me.

Pros: love the decoration, atmosphere is very traditional. Cocktails are amazing!
Cons: food is ok but pricey. I had the same rude and impatient waiter a few times.

Came here for lunch!
The pros: amazingly tasty and fresh guacamole and chips! Wonderful friendly service!
The cons: the food was fine but not amazing! I was a bit taken aback by my fajita order as I have always gotten fajitas meat brought out still sizzling in a frying pan. In this case it was more of a fajita platter with meat brought out on a plate alongside the rice, beans, guacamole and sour cream. It came with one large tortilla on the side which was kind of weird. Would have preferred numerous smaller tortillas.
They had an extensive and impressive drink list but unfortunately the strawberry margarita I had was not very good. That being said, everyone else’s margaritas were very good from what they said.

5 stars for the cocktails! My mojito was full of muddled fresh strawberries and mint. It was perfectly strong, not too much or too little.
3 stars for food. The guac was excellent but hardly enough for the 3 of us to share.
My dining companions got the quesadilla, which was only two thin, short triangles. It looked like something off a children’s menu.
I ordered the grande pork burrito, which while large, was relatively light on flavor. The pork is tender but bland. I wished we had some more of the delicious guac to smother all over it.
4 stars for service. Our server wasn’t very helpful with recommendations but she was always around when we needed her.
Overall, a nice experience. I like the sunny deck out front.

I was brought back to my January vacation to Mexico just by stepping into this restaurant. It’s like a vacation!
We were seated on the porch, which was perfect in the leftover evening heat (90 degree day, UGH). We ordered a carafe of Mango agua fresca, which I definitely suggest you order. It was so refreshing and delicious. As flavorful as mango juice, but not as sugary sweet.
We then decided to share the tilapia tacos, flautas de pollo, and the nachos. The tacos were delicious, with a green and red sauce, radishes, fried fish, avocado, and onions. The flautas were very good, so crispy! I really loved them. The nachos were good, but as soon as they weren’t hot, not as good. Could have used some more chips. The toppings on them are very delicious!
The staff was super friendly and accommodating. They had great recommendations. I can’t wait to go back.