Chiquito

No stars… Totally poor service. Hottest day of year, ordered a salad off lunch menu for £7.45, when it came I thought it was a started, I’m not a big eater, but this wouldn’t of fed a sparrow! In future I will boycott this place.

We went to Chiquitos when we visited xscape and I enjoyed my meal. I had to have hotdog and chips as there was loads on the menu I didn’t like the sound of. But the hotdog was really big and yummy and i would go back again for one. Nice staff too and probably going to try another branch next.

If I could give it no stars, I would.
The staff were lovely but the food was appalling. The food we were presented with was nice enough but really nothing exciting. I had a veggie enchilada and my boyfriend a chicken enchilada. We finished eating and left at around 4pm and 10 minutes later, on the drive home, my boyfriend pulled over and vomited the entire meal. Some 20 minutes later, I had a similar experience. Such a shame because the waitress really was lovely.

so far, waited 10 minutes before anyone came to take a drinks order. that waiter went past three times in that time. no apology for the delay. and they are not that busy. about half the tables occupied so no excuse with 6 floor staff.
it appears if you want service get a seat in the central area of the restaurant (parties of 2 or less not allowed!!), mainly families.
food not bad though

My GF and I went about half nine on a Tuesday evening. There were about twenty other people in. We took advantage of the starter and main course for 9.99 offer. For our starters we had cheese stuffed chili poppers and chicken wings in a hot sauce. They were both quite nice.
For our mains I had beef Tacos and GF had chicken enchiladas. The beef came with a dish each of sour cream, salsa and Guacamole. I also had a bowl of salad leaves and grated cheese. However I did not have a spoon for anything and the waitress just disappeared. I was given three undercooked tacos and some rice. The beef was like crispy dried brown seaweed. Everything was utterly tasteless and bland. My gf chicken was similar too. Advertised as hot it was not at all and also bland and tasteless. Drinks expensive here at £5 ish for a standard cocktail. They have what they call premium tequilas on the menu but they didn’t have either of the ones I wanted in stock.
In short, bland tasteless and will not be back again

Not a bad little place at all, this one. Its a regular stopping point for lunch if I’m ever driving by on business.
Having never been in at evening time, I cant comment on how busy it gets then — the lunchtime trade always seems to be steady, but never too busy. Its a place with a decent atmosphere, but I have noticed that its a little dark in there if you’re not close to a window.
Thats a minor point though — the food is good, a little ordinary perhaps, but fine for a quick meal. Service has always been perfectly adequate too, and the drinks menu is pretty extensive. They have a pretty competitively priced lunch menu too, which works out as pretty good value if there are two of you.
Recommended — not spectacular, but a solid little place.

I agree with both of the previous reviews — this Chiquitos is fine for a lunch or a quick meal but I don’t think it’s quite up to scratch for a serious night out or celebration.
The lunch menu is excellent value for money but sometimes the quality isn’t there.
They do a kids menu, which costs almost the same as the adult lunch menu, but the portions are measly. They recently changed the pizza so it’s now just like a lump of cardboard with sauce on it — a bit like a Tesco Value pizza but much more expensive!
The early bird menu has a lot more variety than the lunchtime one and includes their best dish — fajitas. It’s about £10 and starts at 4pm (I think — it may have changed to 5pm).
It’s really handy as it’s located in the Xscape complex and just across the road from the shopping outlet. There’s plenty of free parking and it generally isn’t too busy.

I came here for my leaving do in July this year. It has a nice atmosphere and a great location with free parking. There were 8 of us, our table were decorated with balloons and sequins which gave it a nice touch.
We went with two platters for starters which whet my appetite, and it was great for sharing. For the main, I opted for one of the burritos. It was my first time as I’d usually go for the sizzling fajitas.
The dish wasn’t very presentable, the rice was a bit dry and the burrito wasn’t very crispy as there was lots of sauce draped over it.
A great start but ended in disappointment. I would recommend it if you come here just to eat the starters!