Taqueria Chilangos

This is a great little place. The food was excellent. The chips were very crunchy and the salsa was thin and spicy. There are bins with homemade hot salsas. The red kind of hot and the green hotter.
My daughter got the big flour burrito. It was a brick! I had the bistek and chille relleno. My other daughter got the chicken casadilla. The server, Jennifer, was excellent and very attentive.

DO NOT go here! My daughter had a bug in her taco. She literally was eating and spit it out! No management came to apologize! They need someone to inspect this place for pests!

Pulling into the parking lot, and especially walking through the door, is a complete cultural change. I’m glad my girlfriend speaks Spanish. Saturday nights are loud with a live broadcast (I think) and karaōke, so expect that. But the food was really, really good and our server was very pleasant.

Pretty authentic Mexican. There’s a chef outside grilling taco meats right in front of the window! I enjoyed the Street style taco de lengua minus the grilled veggies and big pepper laid atop –Would have preferred it on the side to minimize the sogging of my tortilla. It was a short distance from the grill to my table but my styrofoam plate had a little puddle of grease by the time it got to me! Lots of tv’s for your eyeballs & several booths for your tush. Not a fan of the parking lot. Would I go again… Maybe.

Nice ambiance. Colorful and cozy.
Our server was pleasant and accommodating.
Complementary chips and salsa. The salsa is served warm and is quite tasty. Great, freshly-​made guacamole.
I ordered huaraches from the lunch menu which is served on the weekends too. $ 8.00. Very impressed by the freshness of all the ingredients.
My partner ordered the chicken with mole. The sauce was delicious.
For those of you who lack confidence in overcoming a language barrier, fear not: the menu descriptions are printed in English.

Happened upon this place while in the area and was very pleased with the food. They are in a dingy strip mall but the food more than makes up for the location. I had the sopes which are served two to an order. The sopes are thick tortillas piled high with your choice of meats; I had the beef and chicken which were both well seasoned and tender. The sopes are also topped with fresh pico de gallo, lettuce, refried beans, cotija cheese and a large slice of fresh avocado. The portion was huge and I could not finish the second one.
The complimentary chips and salsa are very good. The chips are freshly made and the salsa is served warm with a rich tomato flavor.
The service was good and I didn’t have to wait very long for my meal to arrive at the table. I will be back to explore more of the menu.
Update:
Visited again for a quick lunch, ordered the shrimp fajitas which were delicious. The portion was large, the shrimp were big and the sautéed onions and peppers were well seasoned. All served with fresh scratch made tortillas to round out this incredibly delicious meal. Also tried the fresh salsa bar which was excellent.

Since my last post about 6 months ago, I have probably been here 30+ times (no joke)! One thing I noticed was that after my post about $ 7 lunch specials they raised the prices. I have tried several different menu items from the fajitas mixtas oaxaquenas (shrimp, chicken, and carne asada), burritos, huaraches, etc. and I have come to the conclusion that this may not be the best Mexican food in greater New Orleans.
However, I have yet to find a Mexican restaurant that has better Tacos Al Pastor! They are my go-​to at this place and it has become the only thing I order (never gets old)! I would highly recommend that you dine here on a Friday or Saturday night. I have learned that is when they have the taco guy outside and all of the meat is grilled by them. They have Al Pastor spit-​grilled and slow roasting… It is to die for when prepared like that! They set up tables to eat outside and all of the locals swarm this place late night until about 2am because there is no other place like it for late night tacos after drinking.
For the most part they are very consistent with their food. Sometimes there is a language barrier if you call in a to-​go order, so be sure to check your food before you leave because sometimes it’s completely wrong. I would stay away from the carne asada… It is consistently dry and lacking flavor unless it’s a taco man night. It is definitely one of the best overall Mexican food joints in the area… But perhaps my search for that perfect place will continue.

The service was terrible. No silverware even after food was served. My husband asked for flour tortillas when ordering and after they brought the food. We never received them. They were skimpy with salsa. We had to wave them down every time we need something. It seemed we were a bother and there was only one other table in there. The food was good but way over priced. I could have ate sushi for what we spent on bean and cheese. The music was so loud it was hard to swallow, night club loud.

$ 8 LUNCH SPECIALS INCLUDING A (5) TACO PLATE
and you can get a variety of fillings including steak, beef, chicken, tongue, pork and pastor. We tried the sopes: essentially 2 soft tacos with a ton of meat and the works (beans, avocado, sour cream, cheese, tomatoes) — almost two meals. The steak and chicken were particularly moist and tasty, each with its own smokey marinade flavor.
NOT REALLY WORTH THE TRIP TO KENNER THOUGH
The service wasn’t attentive and the tables sticky. If you’re looking for authentic Mexican/​Hispanic food in New Orleans proper, I prefer Taqueria Guerrero in Mid City.

The food was very authentic. Our waiters barely spoke English. I ordered the fajitas and it was delicious. My daughter ordered a soup which she said was very tasty!

My family and I went here to eat after visiting Unilocal and reading the reviews and we were blown away with the relaxed family atmosphere, music, and the food was very delicious.

This was another random Unilocal recommendation we jumped at that turned out to be worthwhile. There have been a number of Mexican places in this space over the years, some good and some bad. Stepping into the restaurant you do not feel like you are in Louisiana anymore. It has a very authentic ethnic feel with most of its patrons being Spanish speaking. I would characterize this place as an upscale Mexican homestyle cooking restaurant. I recognize that is somewhat of a contradiction in terms because traditional Mexican food is usually unpretentious and substantive. So by upscale I mean a little fancier (for example their seafood soup has a much more diverse array of seafood in it than would be otherwise traditional), but still well within the realm of traditional Mexican comfort food. Prices are good, portions are good. The condiment bar is great quality.
If you want real traditional Mexican food, this is probably one of the best places in the city, and along those lines it appears to also have traditional Mexican style service which means maybe they’re attentive maybe they aren’t. At one point I began to wonder if I did something to piss off the waitress, the way I would get odd looks and rare attention from her. This seems to be one of those places where a lot of regulars go and when somebody shows up for the first time maybe they get weird looks? I don’t know, but I got that vibe. In any case I would definitely return and visit this place again, although note to self: I might want to being the waitress a small gift next time to encourage my drinks to be routinely refilled.

Good food very good tortillas very slow service. Most of the time I’m ok with slow service, but having to ask other servers for refills and ask 3 times for the check is a bit much.

Wow. So I totally judged at first and this definitely wouldn’t be a place I would choose to eat at looking outside. The restaurant outside is pretty grungy and intimidating. The inside is surprising, the leather on the booths isn’t ripped, clean seating. However, get ready to get your ears blasted with Mexican music. This place is as authentic as I can imagine.
But! The food! So good! The quesadillas were delicious. They weren’t super cheesy but it did have tons of flavor. My boyfriend got the tacos and he enjoyed those as well. The food is flavorful and the delicious. The complimentary chips and salsa were good as well. The chips seemed made in house — always a good thing. The salsa was spicy and not too watery. I’d come again, but hopefully the music won’t be as loud.

My dining partner, upon realizing that the person serving us spoke no English, flashed a nervous glance and quietly said «Let get out of here!».
«Fear not» I protested, «for I have 11 years of grade school Spanish and Google Translate right here on my phone».
We stayed and were glad we did. Our meal started with chips and guacamole, the chips hot, and the guacamole made with prominent proportion of chopped onion that yielded a satisfyingly chunky texture. As can happen in a good Mexican place, we were well on the way to being stuffed on these. Fortunately the entrees arrived before we reached the stage where we would wonder why we had ordered anything else.
Chicken enchiladas with verde mole was good, though on a return visit a different fellow diner pronounced it dry and mediocre. The pinto bean side was exactly right, as was a little salad of shredded lettuce (not my favorite way to present salad, but standard in this genre).. Black and refried beans are other options.
Let’s get back to that first visit with the more skeptical eater: She quietly accepted her fate to being surrounded by another language and multiple screens showing «futbol» in place of the NFL. Ultimately that didn’t matter. Once our main course arrived, the next thing she said was, «Best quesadilla I’ve ever had.»
My dish on the second visit was the «bifsteak», a delicious combination of grilled onions and thin steak with a strong black pepper flavor. The side of grilled plantains was a generous portion and simple, cooked perfectly with just enough brazing on the sides for that hint of caramelizing. For fans of genus Musa (why, thank you Wikipedia!), these rank with Bananas Foster as a worthwhile choice for diners in New Orleans.
On our visits, both Sunday afternoons, live mariachi musicians stroll among the tables and serenade.
From appearances, I would guess most of the clientele is intimately familiar with Mexican food. I noticed on the second visit and in other reviews that the soups are one of the most popular items ordered, and highly regarded by other reviewers. Next time out, soup will be one of my choices.

Came back after a couple years. Even better! Had seafood (mariscos) soup. Holly mother of GOD. Thats a real seafood soup right there. I hesitated a lil bit since its seafood and a lot of people get sopa de mariscos just wrong, but thank god i was brave enough to order it!
I also got a michelada wich they serve with clamato in it. And it was perfect, right ammount of hotness and fresh beer in it. Just perfect for a lazy sunday.
Also a change they did is that They added a salsa bar and it just blowed my freaking mind!
This is with no doubt the best mexican restaurant in new orleans! I give you the crown! And im sure all the other mexi people do too! Since its always crowded with my paisas :)

I gave this place 4 stars BC its the only REAL Mexican food in Kenner. Not that texmex crap being serve all over Kenner and Metairie.
Only place where they don’t flinch when you order a «guaracha».
Great menu! Keep up the good work!

I liked the lunch menu ($ 7.00 for each one), with pretty good corn chips and salsa. I ordered a carne asada tortas meal, with both of them heaped with lettuce, chopped onion, sliced avocado, diced tomatoes, and sour cream. It was delicious. I would go back, here and recommend it to others. RJT

Went there with two professional Chefs. They were both dying of pleasure with each bite. Asking questions like «how did they do this?!? It’s just sooo good»
Authentic & Amazing.
Mama in the back showing up every other Mexican restaurant in town by far!

The food is decent and pretty authentic. They don’t have iced tea and I tried to get a Topo Chico water but they just gave me a plastic bottled water instead. Sunday is a bad day to go here as they have VERY loud Mexican music blaring to the point you have to yell to understand the person right next to you. The loudness of the music makes this place intolerable and unbearable on Sunday or any other day they choose to do it. For just the food it is worth giving it a try but if you hear the loud music skip it.