Chiquito Restaurant & Bar

Ok, so this place has been a quick go to for me and my family for years, before a cinema trip to or just when we wanted something casual and quick. The food is good, not fantastic and cetainly not gourmet, but sometimes you just want decent food at a fair price, which we always got with their lunch menu and early evening menu, which was around £9.99 for two courses.
Now this has completely gone (the lunch menu stays but has become more expensive) and the main menu has been re-vamped. While that's nice and some of the dishes looked and sounded nice, the prices have gone up far too much. It's now between £14 to £16 per main meal of our usual choices, while before it was £10-£11. Another good example is their nachos for one where once £3.99 and are now £4.95, the garlic flatbread was £2.99 is now £4.99.
For me that is FAR too much for a place like this, when I can go to somewhere in the city and order a full, freshly made, home cooked, locally sourced meal for myself and my partner and not spend more than £23. At another big Mexican resturant I can order a full, filling, quality food meal for two with drinks for £21.00. My meal at Chiquitos yesterday, for two people, of a rib sizzler, a burger, two regular soft drinks and nothing else was £33.00!!!
My goodness, what a complete rip off that felt like. They were giving off 20% vouchers off future meals to all customers, but even that won't bring it back down to the price we were used to. The food hasn't changed, so why have the prices?
I'm afraid to say that I don't think I'll be back after being a customer for years, their greedy prices have lost them a whole family's custom.
I would suggest you look for your Mexican food elsewhere, this place has become an overpriced rip off.

Yummy food, perfect for a treat!

A pretty good mexican restaurant with friendly staff and a hndy location.

Excellent food! Authentic renditions, except re fried beans, try the churros, ribs and enchiladas!

I’m quite a fan of this restaurant in Salford Quays. It’s situated just off the main road, and is surrounded by another couple of well known restaurants, including a Frankie and Benny’s.

There is a car park for use by all the restaurants but I’ve never experienced it to be full, even when all of the restaurants are busy. The tram stop to Eccles is literally right outside so public transport is always an option!

The service has been quite good here in my past experiences; and the staff have always been pleasant.

The food is tasty and even on a busy night we didn’t have much of a wait. We felt sufficiently filled up by the end of our meal and would definitely recommend this place to anyone who fancied something a bit different.

This is a very quiet restaurant but the service is very slow. The food was nice but the portion size wasn’t very generous. The staff are friendly enough but slow to take your order & don’t check if you need refills or if food is ok which lets the service down a bit. Nice food but due to the amount we felt it was a bit overpriced.