Amigos Cantina

Who would have expected such a great spot for Mexican food in the «Middle of Nowhere». As good of a Mexican restaurant that you can find in the Saratoga area!

I stopped here one rainy afternoon and had a couple of beers chatting with the hostess. It’s a really cozy spot. I don’t think the Mexican grub is ever going to hold a candle to anything west of El Paso, but as a meeting spot with friends, it’s a really warm place. Schuylerville is sort of an oasis to what is 10 miles west. They’ve made Amigo one of the centerpieces of that concept. My crtiteria for a good spot is the ability to talk with strangers. Amigos fits the bill.

Went to Amigos with my wife the Saturday afternoon of Travis. Made reservations for 5:00 PM. Bob, the owner had the outside patio table ready for us when we arrived and was able to park right at the front door. It being Travis day, I was glad to have that convenience. Anyway, my wife had the Margarita (no salt) and I had the DOS XX on tap. We both started with the nacho platter. By the way, they start you off with a complimentary homemade salsa & chips which can be very addicting. My wife, not being a very big eater ordered from the children’s menu the beef taco with a side of re-​fried beans and I ordered the Arroz Con Camarones with the red sauce. Delicious! It was a beautiful evening, the weather was great and we will be back!

Good food but $ 9.95 for one tamale is ridiculous. The owner comes off as a prick, I can find this food elsewhere for better prices and support better people…

Outside patio was nice atmosphere for dinner. Always get the chimichanga (chicken) — consistently yummy. K got the steak dish. Good house margaritas, excellent sunset martiniritas! Serviced was consistently good.

Soooo good… But soooo slow! We have been to Amigos many times and every single time our food takes forever. Takes a while to get drinks, takes a while for food, takes a while for the check. The owner plays host but I always wonder why he never lifts a finger to run food or bus or help really at all. They really need to hire another server.
However when the food arrives, it’s out of this world. Huge portions, nice sides like guacamole and salads actually included in the price, fresh and authentic. We joke Amigos is way better than El Mexicano, in Saratoga. The burrito is HUGE. Try the shrimp fajitas (they let you substitute). We’ll be back but not when we’re starving because the wait can be interminable.

This is my favorite Mexican restaurant in the area. The food is good for East Coast Mexican. The fish tacos are quite good. The place has a great atmosphere, a very good beer selection, good margaritas, and very nice outdoor patio for summer nights.
Get a reservation for parties of more than two, or even two if you aren’t willing to eat at the bar.

Local resident, been there several times and will be back. Food is excellent, great atmosphere. Waitresses are reliable. Recommended.

My girlfriend and I saw the other Unilocal reviews and decided to give this place a shot. We walked in and were seated at a table right next to the door, every time it opened we were blasted with cold wind. (16 °F tonight) We waited 15 minutes before someone even talked to us and easily 20 before I had a water and my girlfriend had a margarita in front of us. The margarita was a frozen margarita made with store-​bought flavoring. The chips were decent, the salsa however was another story. It was clearly store bought Pace salsa and was freezing cold when brought out to us. You aren’t a Mexican restaurant if you don’t make your own salsa. Ridiculous. I ordered Steak Fajitas MEDIUM-​RARE. When we received our food LITERALLY 45 MINUTES LATER (Been sitting for more than an hour now with no food) my steak was completely brown/​black and past well-​done, zero pink to speak of. It was so tough I had to cut it into small pieces to eat in my tortillas otherwise every bite would just pull the whole strip out because I couldn’t cut it with my teeth. It was so tough that cutting it with the fork/​knife was a challenge. My girlfriend ordered the beef enchilada and asked for rice as the side. They messed this up too and gave her a salad instead. We were too polite to say anything and at this point didn’t even really care anymore. Oh, also they never brought my girlfriend water and never refilled mine during the entire 90 minute dining experience. Finally the price; for a small margarita, steak fajitas, and a single beef enchilada we paid $ 47. (Including a 15% tip) Ludicrous price for the quality of service/​food.
TL;DR — Wait staff needs lots of training, they use Pace salsa rather than making their own, and the cook needs to be fired. Who the hell cooks steak like that?! Don’t waste your time.

I’m not sure about these here amigos running this here cantina, but they are now amigos of mine.

I wanted to love this place. The dining room is pleasant, if a bit cliché. There is outdoor seating. Friendly, and competent bartender. And certainly this part of the world could use more restaurant diversity.
For what it was, the food is perhaps a tad overpriced. But it came nicely prepared. Dinner was almost an hour coming out, but every place has off nights in the kitchen. So I didn’t mind the wait. It’s just nothing was seasoned with much more than salt and pepper. I could have tossed the carne asada with pasta and sold it as pasta con carne di manzo e fagioli.
So its a fine place if you are happy with a place that appears to be Mexican, with technically good food preparation, but almost devoid of any Mexican seasoning.

The staff is always so accommodating and the service is amazing. love the margs! food is fresh and awesome!

Great food, great atmosphere. The fish tacos are amazing… get them with soft tacos and ask for lime.

I really like this place. I like coming to the sleepy little town, really like the atmosphere, and enjoy the food.

Fantastic food and enormous margaritas. Very friendly staff and great atmosphere. I don’t know what people are talking about who complained about the service — we were served quickly, and it was a Saturday night! In a town where the dining options are limited, Amigos stands out.

5-​stars for décor. This place looks like it was pulled straight out of some quaint little southwestern biker/​hiker destination town in New Mexico or Arizona. Excellent use of turquoise, adorable bar, all around the place looks great.
The service was good, everyone was super friendly and the margaritas were excellent. The food — not so much. My boyfriend got fajitas, which were decent. The steak was cooked perfectly when I normally expect that dried out Mexican overcooked beef shenanigan. He asked for jalapenos (just chop em up and sautee em. or not if that’s easier… and throw em in the mix, this is his «uje») but they only had canned jalapenos (ew), and the request would be dependent on the chef’s mood. Which we totally get, having worked in restaurants collectively for about 12 years, but jeez. So he didn’t want them, since they’re canned, but we wouldn’t have gotten them anyway because apparently the request was denied.
Anyway, that’s all fine and good, but I had chile rellenos, and they were terrible. Everything about that dish was terrible. We were actually making bets as to how long they had been frozen before they were reheated and put on my plate. I’m talking like, 3-​inch freezer burn on these suckers. We also bet on how many times the beans had been refried. and refried. and refried. I mean like rock-​hard, crusty & dark on the outside of the scoop o’ beans. I can’t tell you how many chile rellenos I’ve eaten in my life. but these were definitely the worst. I suppose I should have said something, at least to settle the bets we had made, but having already gotten the impression that the chef was an arrogant prick it seemed like it would have been a waste of time.
Chips & salsa were ok (the bf didn’t like them though, too salty). Also the bf got pico and it wasn’t pico at all, it was just salsa… which is fine but call it what it is. I believe this was a Saturday (if not it was pretty busy), so it’s not like this was an off night.
I will definitely be back for drinks, cuz I’m a fan of the ambiance, and it’s close to home. And kudos for opening a decent bar in schuylerville. I won’t likely be eating there again though. Maybe I’m spoiled from being out west for so long, but I’ve found some excellent Mexican places in Saratoga. If i want frozen/​canned food I’ll just eat at home.
EDIT: Very interesting response. What say you of the «chef’s mood» in whether to provide [canned] jalepenos? And the unbelievably inappropriate sexcapade story we got from a bartender, which I left out in order to represent the *restaurant* — not one employee — in the review (yes, I know how to review businesses appropriately…). And if not freezer burn (we almost always nail that one but you seem pretty insistent that we were wrong this time.) what exactly was wrong with the chile rellenos? I’d be happy to bring some good ones over and conduct a blind taste test with your own customers.
I have been back here multiple times (you *can* see my check-​in count, right?), and brought tables of 4−6+, almost always at my own recommendation, for the margaritas/​location/​atmosphere. Have tried other dishes, pretty consistently «meh». I did enjoy the shrimp enchiladas and was planning to edit the review with updates on other hits & misses. My review was mostly positive (by Unilocal standards, 3 stars means A-​Ok), so I’d say the owner’s response was very poor taste indeed. I have heard since from locals I showed this to that the attitude is not surprising at all. Also, interesting to see that there are almost as many filtered reviews as there are non-​filtered. Hmm. I guess when you have a monopoly on the Schuylerville Mexican scene, you just don’t need to isten to clients & respond appropriately. Really bummed about that because this place has tons of potential.

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Amigo’s has character. The food was good and the tequila kept coming.
I’ll be back.

In a town with so few choices for dining, here was a delightful and tasty spot with great beers, large drinks and comfortable, attractive settings; inside and out. The salsa was DELICIOUS! We sat outside until two couples decided to take over the entire outdoors by holding court with their obnoxious loud to the point of yelling, conversation. We finished our meals inside where the other thirty people were quiet in comparison.
Food was good to very good. The service was friendly and hospitable.
Worth eating at here in Schuylerville.

The place is solid. Good food, helpful staff, nice décor. The food is extremely generous (Gordon Ramsey would complain at the huge portions). The owner is at the door. The place is comfortable. It is a little loud but it is sort of Schuylerville’s Mexican Cheers — it is a place that everyone is welcoming and knows your name. The bar looks good.
If you like Mexican food it is a good place to stop. It is good solid food. It is not gourmet… the place never has specials. But the food is good, prices are fair, and servings are huge.

We were surprised by the friendliness of the staff and the beautiful décor. Food was plentiful fresh and amazing. It’s a great place to enjoy the scenic Hudson.