Cilantro Taco Grill

We have been here several times and have never had a bad meal! The steak burritos are excellent!

Food is OK. Did not want to eat after watching my order being prepared totally without gloves. So gross seeing a guy grab a fistful of sliced tomatoes with his bare hands and spread them on my order. How unappetizing and frankly disgusting.

This place is so wonderful. i have eaten at this location and Melrose Park. Their steak and carnitas are amazing. The torta bread is always so fresh. They have great prices, and good portions. There are plenty of mexican restaurants in Elgin, but this by far is my favorite.

Not an exaggeration here, this place has THE BEST steak in the area. Seasoned to perfection, it adds the right touch to any dish! Great guacamole as well!

I am impressed. Very tasty and authentic tasting. One of my top Mexican places. This place surprised me how good it was. Only reason not 4 stars is because portions too small. (A taco dinner with beans and rice was too little food for this gal),

We love cilantro !!! We lived a block away from the one in rosemont and we moved to this area and we’re both so excited we didn’t have to waste money finding a great taco spot. Love love love this place. Try them out. You won’t waste a penny.

Checked out this Cilantro Taco Grill for dinner one night. There were only a couple of other people eating in and one person waiting for their takeout.
We ordered the taco platter which contained three tacos, rice and beans. Those tacos were really small. The carne asada meat was OK, nothing to rave about and the tiny portions of beans and rice were edible.
For the price (of this particular meal), you don’t get much; and, the food is not really great.
I will not go there again.

Love the food here! My favorite are steak tacos with added avocado and cheese! I could eat these every day! The food is fresh and delicious and the service is fast and friendly! Clean and inviting restaurant, plenty of seats and carry out is also available. Foods have lots of flavor!

Food is delicious. Prices are average. Nicely decorated & clean location. Very friendly staff. One of the best Mexican restaurants in this area.

Eh. Not that great.

The steak burritos were excellent, they had lots of steak in them. I wasn’t that impressed with their tamale, the ones we had were a little dry. The stuffed rellano pepper was packed full of cheese. I will definitely put them on my list of places to frequent. Side note: I found it odd that they don’t play Mexican music in the restaurant, they were playing music that you would hear on the American top 10 stations.

The place is above average, good ambience, good for family and groups. Although i have had better mexican food, this place is not bad as well. You wont be super happy with the food but would surely wont be disappointed. Try the mexican coke/​tamarind drink.

This place is great! It is clean, inviting, awesome service. Don’t know his name, but they guy that is usually taking orders is exceptional. We had a bit of a problem with our take out order, but called and not only did they correct it, they delivered it!
It is hard to find mexican restaurants in Elgin that speak English and seem as clean as this one. I like that they feature vegetarian items and cook it on a different grill. I worry about that with other places that usually look at me like I have two heads when I ask for vegetarian tacos.

This place is great. Friendly service. Food is pretty cheap and their burritos are delicious. Only wish the parking lot was better.

First time here, I had the steak torta it was delicious. Compared to another taco place I’ve been to nearby its light, not heavily breaded and very flavorful. Will definitely come back for more.

This place is great! They have very good fish tacos and the horchata was not only yummy, but also huge. We will definitely be back!

Love this place! They have the best stuffed pepper tacos! The pepper is huge! If you like pepper tacos this is the place. I get the dinner and it’s only 1.00 $ extra! Most places charge about 2.00 $! It’s very worth it!
The rice and beans are excellent! They both are very flavorful! Most places the beans are blan with hardly to no flavor. Not theirs, they got a yummy flavor with cheese on em and are creamy texture not lumpy. Chips and salsa are good too they give you the red sauce with it.
I’ve never tried the breakfast but will in the future. Horchata is my drink of choice has a perfect amount of cinnamon! So good! I definitely recommend this place!
Also staff is always friendly. They have convenient delivery to which is nice! It’s 3.00 $ with a minimum order of $ 20! I usually call my order in if I’m just picking up and is always ready by the time I get there. They are really quick no waiting around!

Very clean place, slow service (not bad), ok food. They still need to figure the pay /​pick up your food routine. It sucks there’s a bunch of people around your food.

I have driven past the Stone Park location a few times but never had the chance to stop so when they opened a chain close to my house I had to try it out.
Everything was great. The interior is nice, plenty of tables, clear menu to read, laid out well.
The food is excellent. We got a burrito, a chicken and steak taco and a torta and everything was great.
They didn’t have any churros in when we went (noon on a Saturday) so that was devastating but it gives us reason to go back, not that we really needed a reason!

Now that this place has finally opened, I am excited to give the first review! I’m only sad that I forgot to take pictures. =(
They lost a star because the service while placing the order could’ve been a little more organized, but I am more than understanding that this place is new and still has to iron out all the wrinkles. Also when my sister and I couldn’t figure out where everyone got their salsas. There should be some kind of sign or maybe someone should’ve told us when they were handing us our food.
I order the Tripas taco with cilantro and onion and it was fire. They cooked it perfectly because I do not like mine overly crispy.
Taco number 2 wasn’t anything to write home about but it was still good. (Chorizo with cilantro and onion)
My last taco was the barbacoa taco and it was delish. It was soft and it pulled apart so easily.
The last thing I ate was the pork tamale. I thought it was bland and rather dry, but I still ate it because the avocado salsa is amazing.
I think I destroyed my tacos in less than a minute because of the avocado salsa. It definitely put the icing on the cake for me.
Next time I will be back to try more from their menu. Fyi it is a little more on the pricier side compared to Los comales, but the food is good and the owner is really nice!