Chili’s

Yeap 2 stars!
Located on Dale Mabry, just few blocks away from the stadium. We sat at the bar tonite, few booths were available. The menus were sticky which is such a weird feeling. You always wonder why it’s so sticky lol. Few drops of hand sanitizer and I was ready to eat.
We opted for the 2 for $ 20. Panko onion rings for app and Cajun pasta and fajita for entrees. I really wished they offered a heathy non-​fried option for apps. Side salad or hummus and veggies would’ve been perfect. Onion rings were good, didn’t taste any spice.
The entrees were ok. Chicken fajita was just thrown in with onions and peppers in their steaming skillet (wished onions had more charred flavor). Not much flavor even with all the fixings.
Pasta was horrible, the cheese sauce tasted like it came from a can. I was so surprised that’s what they served here. I had a bite and I was done.
This place used to be my goto place for burgers and fajitas but seems like the quality isn’t quite there anymore.

Can’t go wrong with the 2 for $ 20! Love the bottomless chips at lunch too!

Love the food here. Even though it’s a chain restaurant, it’s still a great place to eat at. Fast service, and a versatile menu. They have a wonderful deal, the $ 20 dinner for two. You can get an appetizer and two entrees. They also have the 35 $ dinner for two, which includes two margaritas, two entrees, an appetizer, and a dessert. My waiter was very nice, and super quick with delivering the food, and was constantly checking in. Overall, I had a delicious dinner.

I have been to this location several times and have not yet been disappointed. The staff is friendly and I’ve never had an incorrect order. It is located by the recently close Kmart on Dale Mabry, across from Ray Jay Stadium. I have never been here at an uncomfortably busy time and there is usually room at the bar. I enjoy sitting in the bar area and have never had bad service. If you sit at the tables, you can basically serve and pay solo with the tablet style table top kiosks. Plenty of TVs if you want to watch sports.
The food has always been consistent here. I recently ordered the nachos (with beef) as my meal on a Sunday night. These nachos are individually topped and are soooo filling! The ribs, burgers and salads have never done me wrong. The servers are friendly and attentive. If you’re looking for a late night nosh spot, I would recommend this Chili’s location.
Parking isn’t difficult and the location is convenient. Overall restaurant and bathrooms are clean and up to date. I will definitely be back here. Even better, 2−4−1 beers, wines, wells, Long Island Iced Teas and Margaritas all day every day!

Shocked that Chili’s doesn’t have a higher overall rating. This restaurant is spectacular, and a welcomed surprise to my palate. Phenomenal food with exceptional service. You really can’t go wrong here.
The setting is quite charming — they really hit the nail on the head with the whole southwest-​mexican feel.
The menu is dynamic and diverse — we had a hard time narrowing down our favorites (spoiler alert: we couldn’t narrow down dessert and ordered two! ha!), but ultimately, we enjoyed the following:
Appetizers:
We got the skillet queso. The beef in the queso was cooked to perfection and the tostada chips reminded me of summers in Mexico in my Abuela’s kitchen. You can order a bottomless portion of the chips for $ 3.
Entrée:
I ordered the chicken fajitas and was thrilled when our server brought out a sizzling skillet with freshly sliced peppers, carmelized onions, warm tortillas and typical fajita topping fare (sour cream, cheese, salsa etc). The fajitas are of the «make-​your-​own» craze that has taken the world by storm. I felt quite trendy as I constructed the perfect meat and veggie filled fajita.
It paired well with the Arnold Palmer, and I definitely recommend this beverage.
My dining partner ordered the Old Timer burger — pretty standard, but grilled to perfection.
For dessert we ordered the Molten Chocolate cake (I swear it’s the best lava cake on earth), and the Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie — can you tell I’m a chocoholic??? They both were wonderful but the molten cake was so moist and indulgent, and the whole dish is the perfect ratio of cake to ice cream to melted chocolate.
I can’t wait to go back again — looking forward to celebrating my next birthday here!

Our waitress was cheerful and informative. We received our drinks promptly and our food arrived piping hot. My husband tried the grapefruit margarita and said it was great. My daughter and I shared the pick-​two, one appetizer and two entrees. It was more than enough food and we brought home enough for another meal. Great choice for lunch or dinner!

Terrible Experience… steak was undercooked and over seasoned, service was slow… would likely would not return

The best Chili’s restaurant in Tampa, great server, perfect food and the best frozen margarita I drink before. I am from St Petersburg and I come here. I recommend this place.

It’s Chile! The food is good and the service is to. No long wait for lunch like dinner. The table top Ziosk is great for one child, but I can see how it can be a problem for multiple children.

Love the southwest egg rolls

Came by today with a friend between work breaks. We were seated in 10 minutes because the place was packed. However we were served in a very impressive time and friendly manner by a waiter whos name I hadn’t asked for. Great experience for a chilis. Oh and the drinks too

The food was great ! The server was very fast ! Amber made sure out food was just the way we wanted it !

Okay, when you think of Chillis, you don’t think «great service», but I’ve actually had great experiences at the bar. The bartenders have gone above and beyond for me and my coworkers and the drinks are always great.

This is your typical Chilli’s .their menu has gotten better over the past few years and they have alot more options i like to choose from but my favorite meal right now is buffalo chicken salad. its delicious! You get a salad so you feel like youre kind of eating something healthy but it has so many tasty ingredients! i was there on a saturday afternoon and the beer was 2 for 1 so i had two blue moons for $ 4. cant beat that! We sat at a high top in the bar area and theres a little computer device that allows you to pay your bill right there. you can swipe your credit card and all. Parking lots is a decent size and the service was good. I wouls recommend it to others.

Alway love chilis food is great, never can complain about the 2fers, however never care for there margaritas. Their only good one is the presidente, however it’s filled of Ice in the little canister and you paying more for more ice, and a tiny margarita glass which fools the mind into thinking it’s more, but it’s not.

So some co-​workers and I decided to go to the Stadium Chili’s for lunch. It is one of my co-​workers birthday and another co-​worker is leaving to join the police force. Well lets just say this was the worst experiance ever. It took 35 – 40 mins for our food to come out. Our drinks continued to become empty. Then once the waitress relized we were getting irratated she began to have an attitude with us. We actually had to grab a different girl to find out what was going on with our food. She came back and said the manager would be right out with our food and there was still another 10 mins before the food came out and the manager was not the one to bring out the food. Also once there became an issue the waitress never came back to appoligize for whatever the issue was. Her atleast aknowledging there was an issue would have made a big difference. Oh and the food we order was salads chicken and a sandwich, obviously nothing hard or that would have taken extra time. One of the guys actually got the wrong order, but at this point we had to get back to work.

Usually I pull up in the to go spot but today I had the time to eat in. My first impression was wow they have gotten an image makeover. It is still recognizable as Chili’s but it has a new sleekness to it. There is a cool faux see through wood panel dividing the dining room on the Kmart Side. The menu has been revamped and is heavy on TexMex. I’m having Fajita Nachos but will be back to try several of their new dishes including Sour Cream Enchiladas.

Eh, just another visit to Chili’s. This time wasn’t anything special.
What I did think was cool was that this Chili’s has a tablet at the table where you can reorder drinks after you have gotten your first round. Thought that was pretty nifty.
Our server was in such a hurry and he didn’t seem like he cared to put any effort in slowing down. It wasn’t even that crazy busy in the restaurant.
Food was decent. Everything I was expecting it to be.

Maybe it’s me but, I view Chili’s maybe a step above Applebee’s. Could be that I have been going there for more years or, it is better suited for my taste preferences.
Give me the old timer burger and I am a happy girl. It is moist, juicy and tastes fresh. As far as french fries go, theirs are the best, crunchy on the outside and flaky on the inside & never greasy!
Service always seems to run a bit slow, but it usually comes with a smile.
Chili’s offers many things that I enjoy, but it just seems like a burger type of place. It is also great for Happy Hour & people watching.
Not the best food in the World, but for a burger place, it’s pretty darn good and fulfilling food.
What’s a girl to do? Sometimes you just want the familiar burger.

Been here many times before Bucs games and they have had better service each time while completely packed than most restaurants have when they’re half-​filled.
Great servers, typical Chili’s food.