Chiquito

In my trip to London I have been trying different restaurants! I’m here at the CHIQUITO RESTAURANT. I found the place quite cozy and well distributed and beautifully decorated. The food was decent. It needed more spice since I ordered the spicy chicken nachos, yet I enjoyed eating it. The reason for the low rate must be due to the alcoholic drinks. when you think of a Mexican restaurant you immediately think of a big hug of margarita those you see basically well in any Mexican restaurant. But this one. The margarita was blend and needed more of a kick. I had to add salt to the drink to give it some flavor. My brother had a passion fruit Mojito and it lacked of both passion and fruit. Alcohol was barely there and he couldn’t taste the passion fruit. They did add a lot of lemons which made the drink more sour than sweet and refreshing. All in all, pretty restaurant, decent food, bad drinks.

Absolutely the worst chain restaurant I have been to. Took half an hour to make a drink and put most of the drink on the floor. 3 prawns and feta cheese, tiny in proportion. What a joke. I won’t be eating here ever again. The manager was also a little ignorant and rude.

My cousin and I debated whether to give this place a rating of two stars or not rate it at all. I don’t like giving low ratings as every business deserves a chance but this time, it wasn’t just me.
Situated before the entrance of the O2, next to café rouge, is this Mexican/​Cuban restaurant. Now, I’ve had plenty of South American food as I have South American relatives. What I know and what is served here is nowhere close. There is a wait, luckily we had only a five minutes wait as people seemed to prefer other restaurants nearby. What if it was busier than it was?
I love it when food comes in no time but here, I wanted to send the food back. We ordered the ‘Sweet chilli jam burger’ and as per every advertisement, I expect the food to come out looking like the picture. This one somehow did but I cannot comprehend why the jam looked like gelatine, the bread too soft that is crumbles as one takes a bite and the chips slightly cold and not crispy enough. To top it all, the drinks came within 10 minutes as the food came within 5 minutes of ordering and the drinks (cocktails which are meant to contain alcohol), tasted of juice.
I am not an alcoholic and don’t like too much vodka or rum in my drink but I can definitely tell when there is too little! I didn’t pay £8 for that…
I wanted to rate this place due to the service. The staff were friendly and attentive-​I guess that really matters?
Sometimes a quick fix becomes a quick hole to the pocket. Not my cup of tea, or shall I say ‘tasteless alcohol’.
Taco Bell in the USA might be a better choice…

The UK needs more Mexican and Cuban food, it’s the one thing we’re missing as a nation.
Despite being a chain, Chiquitos offers great food which is quick, tasty and reasonable priced. Friendly service too.

I love this place. On walking in everything cries MEXICO! Form the beer, food, and décor. I’ve been here lots and never walking away not feeling full after having a great mean.
Staff are friendly and helpful. I wouldn’t wxpect great service on a busy night with a concert on; though besides that I can’t fault the place.

This is near the O2 arena and a convenient place to have dinner before a concert. However, the food was average and I wouldn’t visit here again. The service was good at the start, but we found it hard to get anyone’s attention at the end, when we were seeking to settle the bill.
We had nachos as a starter. This was mostly dry nacho chips and hardly any topping. My wife had the BBQ Pork Enchiladas and I had the BBQ Pulled Pork Fajita. For sure, these were filling dishes but the pork and sauce was very sweet. I couldn’t finish it all. We had a couple of drinks too. The overall cost was just under £40 which is really a lot for what we got.

Dinner here worked in a pinch, but I wouldn’t go back.
We ate during the Friday night rush, and it was busy. Understandably, service was slow.
Overall, the food and drink were just not good.
We ordered a plate of sharing nachos and the vegetarian jambalaya, and were completely underwhelmed by each dish. The portion of nachos is indeed meant to be shared, but unfortunately was almost all chips (which had a weird Dorito-​like powder dusted on them, unlike the complimentary chips we received when we sat down. Plain chips would have been much more palatable.) and only the tiniest smattering of cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole, chili, and sour cream. Good nachos require balanced proportions. and these were very unbalanced. The jambalaya was okay, definitely edible but nothing particularly appealing about it.
The mojito we ordered was mostly just crushed ice — like a mound of it heaping out of the glass. If I wanted a sno-​cone, I would have ordered one. Very weak drink, made annoying by the huge mound of ice.
The interior of the restaurant is very cute, and the bathroom (the ladies’ room, anyway) was bright, colorful and clean. But because I become a repeat customer based more on the food than the atmosphere, I won’t be coming back.

Used bookatable to do lunch. Vibrant outdoor settings easy access to the O2. They had a very resonable priced lunch menu for adults and children. The children were offer colouring stuff to do. So yes very family freindly plus ballons.
While you wait for your starters you are given nachos and salsa dips, although the the wait is about 15 – 20 mins. Meals served fresh and hot. Good food, good portion sizes and very freindly staff.
Inside resrurant clean, the wash facilities are up stairs.
Overall recommended for it vibrant style of food choices, comforable setting pleasant atmosphere, during lunch time.