Chilangos Seafood Restaurant

Went today for the first time and will definitely be back! The service was exceptional--friendly, attentive, fun. And the food was delicious. We got the grilled shrimp tacos and shrimp quesadilla. Yum. The margarita is homemade and strong like we like them!

Chilango’s Seafood is a small, locally owned spot tucked into a very small group of businesses on Williams Boulevard. Parking isn’t huge, so I could see that being an issue on a very busy day, but it wasn’t a problem for us when we went for lunch on Saturday. We knew it was a local Latino restaurant and were genuinely looking forward to it. The food lived up to that expectation. One of us ordered the shrimp quesadilla, which was huge and packed with shrimp and cheese. It felt like a great value. It came with two salsas on the side. The green one was very hot, likely habanero, and excellent. The other salsa was good as well, just less intense. The other dish was a grilled shrimp taco on corn flour tortillas. Simple, well done, and flavorful. It came with their Chilango salsa, which is slightly sweet and reminded me of the tropical sauce at Poncho’s restaurants originating in West Memphis, Arkansas. I also had a house margarita, which was very good and a little dangerous. Smooth, but definitely stronger than it tasted. Overall, the prices were great, the service was good, and I’d absolutely go back. If you like supporting local, Latina-owned businesses and want solid seafood and Mexican-style dishes, this place is worth a visit. EDIT: Went for a second time and got the Aquachile - huge portions full of shrimp, cucumber, spicy green salsa. The picture should make you hungry!

Did I write a review of Chilango?!! Well guess what, I'm back like you'll be back to this Mexican Joint in Kenner off Williams (Pontratrain side)! They have done well! Numerous repeat customers, $1.50 tacos and more, authentic atmosphere with a DJ featured in the later hours. You can eat drink and laugh all day!

Atmosphere was great! Food was amazing! Very big portions on the combination menu! Waiters were very nice and friendly and made you feel cozy. Definitely a big recommend!

This is a mom and pops place. Not a chain gourmet restaurant. Come for some delicious tacos plus a michelada with your favorite beer or a yummy mango margarita! Enjoy the music on Tuesdays and karaoke on Fridays and Saturdays. They also have delicious seafood. This isn’t a place for a quiet dinner. This is a happy spot to enjoy real Mexican food. If you’re from Texas you will understand, the vibe is very much like Houston taqueria restaurants.

The food is really good. The ambiance is more like a cantina. Feels like you are in a small town in Mexico. Margarita was good. Free valet parking on Taco Tuesday

Great food, music and atmosphere, customer service not bad but it could improve. The only bad thing is the small parking lot. And you can park in any of the surroundings without getting a $90 boot in your car.LOL

Great food for a great price. Go on Tuesday for live music, eating contest, and food and drink specials! I just tried the steak quesadilla meal, it was only 8.99 for all that food and was one of the best I have had in a long time!

This is one my top mexican restaurants in the area! I loved this little hole in teh wall. We came here because we were on our to drop off people at the airport in Kenner and I had read some good things about it from Ian McNulty. Anyway, it was around that in between lunch and dinner time and it wasn't too busy. It started to get busy quickly though the closert to dinner it got so be aware of that, this place is small. This place is also very loud. I noticed the speaker was right above us and the more the girls behind the bar did shots, the louder the music went. It made for a fun atmosphere so just be aware of that when you go too. We had the best, freshest guacamole. I don't know what made it so good, but it was good. I could have ordered 3 of those. The chips were just ok. The salsa was decent, but not the best. I ordered the molcajetes and those are always so delious. My hubby ordered the chimichunga which is the best in the city. It was plenty of food and so very good. I can't wait to go back!

Was around 11pm nothing is really open at that time but we found CHILANGOS!!! What a cool place and the food was excellent .. they had karaoke which was entertaining we had margaritas ..whole tilapia ..dozen oysters .. octopus cocktail EVERYTHING WAS 100% def going back

The varied ethnic cuisine of the Greater New Orleans area remains incredibly impressive. From small Honduran establishments to the best Vietnamese cuisine in the nation, the suburbia of Kenner, Metairie, and the Westbank usually always dazzle and rarely disappoint. These restaurants usually present as unassuming with excellent cuisine that clearly entices local populations to visit and create a sense of community around the eatery. As a result, a fantastic experience with fantastic people come to bare, anchored by great food. Unfortunately, Chilango's Seafood Restaurant grants a disappointing time that, while boasting fine cuisine, doesn't stand up-to-par when it comes to the sense of hospitality that other similar eateries can boast. From the moment we walked in, we knew the dinner might fail to live up to standards. We hadn't been greeted and we had to flag down one of the many employees who had been sitting behind the bar to be seated. We found our waitress the entire night to be cold and a bit rude and a musical act had been performing the entire time that no one engaged with or seemed to care for. The food, though, helped to boost this place quite a bit, with quality nachos, salsa, quest, and chicken fajitas. Had our service been more friendly and the ambience more welcoming, Chilango's surely would have been far more than the mediocrity I consider it of now.

Great food, good service and they makes you feel like you're in Mexico . Chilaquiles are my favorites

I have been here 7 times. Every time the service has been worse. The food has always been good tho so you deal with it. Servers will have a full on conversation with the table next to you in English and then tell you they don't speak English. I'm not sure what the motivation for that is..well... Today the food sucked as well. Will not return.

The tacos were good and the salsa is pretty tasty but the service during the day is trash. We were rushed to order drinks and food. Our margaritas were only half full and the server was not only cleaning while we ate but mopped my daughter's feet in the process. She was rude and made us wait until we asked for our bill. She was rude and I'll never spend my money here again! Even management was disrespectful. The food is great but I'd rather have mediocre food and great service.

Horrible service to black people. Me my mom and a friend came to chilangos for taco Tuesday and when we came in they acted like they didn't want to serve us. I asked for the $5 frozen margarita and received this watery half filled plastic cup. Then as we were eating our meal, the server came up by our table mopping. She first hit my feet with the mop and didn't say anything. Then she started sweeping the trash under our table. I asked her if she could wait until we were done and she said no and continued mopping. She was very disrespectful and had an attitude. She went and told other employees who stood there staring at us the whole time and she kept trying to argue back and forth with me . No apology, no compensation, the whole staff were rude and racist!

I got food poisoning from the Ceviche. Chilangos was the only thing I ate that day. My family ate w me. I was the only one who ate the ceviche. I was the only one to get sick ...about 3 hrs after eating there....threw my guts up. When I called to complain ..they didn't give 2shits (no pun) hence the bad review. Fuck em

Food was okay Whoever our server was gave us regular priced margaritas instead of the $3 ones she brought us 2 candy shots when we only wanted one and when we said we didnt order the second she told us we had to keep it b/c of the manager wouldnt let her throw it out. Not to mention the scam they have going on with parking. Car almost got towed so $200 for food that didnt fill me or drinks i didnt want. WILL NOT BE RETURNING

I order from here regularly. I always get the taco salad with chicken. It's delicious and great portion. The shell is consistently cooked properly. Avacado tomato cucumber yum. I have also tried the chimichanga. I order it sans the red sauce the second time I ordered it because I don't want a soggy one and the sauce isn't my favorite. Have also tried the fajitas chicken. I have not gotten asada or any other protein from here. Try it once if you haven't. It's so good.

Carne asada y todo lo que tenga que ver con carne de res muy mal . El sazon y sabor esta bien pero la carne usualmente muy dura o muy mal cosida

If you like Bloody Mary's do yourself a favor and order a Shrimp & Cucumber Michelada!! It was HEAVEN if Margaritas are your thing, ask for a cucumber jalapeño margarita it's to die for! And if you don't like the heat from the pepper ask you have the seeds taken out so you just get the flavor. So glad I stumbled upon this place!!! Y'all have to checkout this lil piece of Mexico. The service / servers are wonderful. My advice would be to go early in the evening. By the time I left the parking lot was packed. I'm already ready to go back.

I'm visiting from California and was really craving Mexican food. We ordered several items off the menu. The 7 mares soup with coconut was amazing! Also, you have to try the ceviche mixta and the quesabirria. We finished off the meal the best way we can, dessert. The flan was really really good! And the service was polite and friendly. Overall, a great experience!

Food is amazing. I got tacos Al pastor and my mom got a shrimp cocktail. We both really enjoyed our meals. Service is on point, very attentive, and nice. I'm Mexican and these tacos really hit the spot, the only issue is the size of the tortilla. I got corn tortillas for my tacos and they were tinier than ur usual taco but still good and I got full with 4. They have taco Tuesday Dine one only which are $1 tacos . Ambiance is nice the music is a little loud but I could still conversate comfortably. Rhett have two locations on the same street so just be aware of that.

The best authentic Mexican food I have had here in New Orleans. The staff is friendly and on point with drinks and service. The chili relleno reminds me of home!!! So glad I found it!

I loved this place. When looking for a place with friends to go for Cinco de Mayo naturally we looked everywhere and everywhere was pack when we found this place. It was honestly the best discovery we could've made in my opinion. The staff was friendly. The atmosphere was great for me personally feeling like a dive place just for the locals. Finally the food was fantastic I had the Bistek con Chile Relleno. Now being brought up in New Orleans I have no idea how authentic of Mexican food it actually is but it definitely felt more authentic than some other places I've been. I definitely will be returning for more.

I went to Chilango's a a few weeks ago for the first time and it did not disappoint! Their food was authentic and very decently priced for the amount of food they give you. Some places I have been to give you half the amount of food Chilango's gives you for two times the amount Chilango's charges you, so I was definitely happy with this place. I absolutely loved their carne asada and their chicken fajitas were delicious as well. I would have given this place 5 stars, but I was not entirely satisfied with the atmosphere. It was incredibly loud because of the DJ so there was not much room for conversation and the tables were extremely close to each other, which made it hard to sit comfortably. I recommend take out or going during a non busy time of the day. Parking was also a hassle because we could not find a spot and the lot was very small. I would not let these things stop you from trying Chilango's though because it is definitely worth a try!

Nasty. Truly horrible service, and terrible food. The indifferent server brought out warm salsa and half a handful of chips. The diet cokes were cans (no refills). The fried tilapia came out whole, and overdone, Lying on old cold French fries. The Mexican sampler was thrown together from old food lying in the kitchen. The place was empty and we had to keep going to look for the server, including when we wanted to get our check so we could get the hell out.

Came to chilango's with a few friends today and the service was horrible along with the weak margaritas we had. Margaritas were in these small plastic cups which tasted like just juice Then, as we was eating, the waitress was mopping by our table. But mopping the dust under our feet hitting our feet with the mop. When asked, if she could wait till we were done or left, she straight said no that it had to be done now and was very rude about it. And kinda laughed in our face about it. As she walked away, she went and told her to co-workers about it. And everybody kept looking at us laughing at us. Then we had to wait so long for the check. Because the waitress never came back. And when she said the check on our table, she told us she wasn't our server anymore and rolled her eyes and laughed. When we were ready to pay, we still had to wait even longer. Because the waitress never came back to get the check. And neither did anybody else. Everyone here was very rude and unprofessional will not be returning to this location.

This is my second time going to this restaurant. I love their food. Very authentic. Everyone from work came to have lunch here. When we arrived at 12 there was only a few people in the restaurant and our food came out quick. The seafood platters and tacos are delish!!! That is their speciality. Downside is that the music is so loud you cant have conversation and might leave with a headache. But I guess the way to solve that is to order it as take-out. I might do that next time. No need to have that loud music at noon, felt like I was in a club. ;( About the delish food.... So, word of advice....don't order french fries at Mexican restaurant, not their specialty. Another observation is that most taquerias in Mexico serve warm salsa, it means its fresh. They serve cold salsa after its been in the fridge or room temperature when its been sitting out. A warm salsa means tomatoes have been boiled or roasted with chiles, onions, garlic and blended. This is not Taco Bell. In this visit I had the shrimp cocktail and it did not disappoint. I lived near Baja California for 6 years and I tasted authentic Mexican shrimp cocktails monthly. This place got it right! Thank You. The spices in the sauce, size of the shrimp and vegetables were on point. Check out the picture. Soooo good! My boss and co-workers ordered the beef and chicken fajitas. The sizzling pan, well seasoned meat, vegetables and tortillas hit the spot for them. Very flavorful and lots of it!! They couldn't finish the entire serving and took some home for dinner. As others have commented the food is amazing and authentic but the service is not great. They might need to change or retrain personnel. The furniture is also cracking and in need of repair. The furniture reminds me of seafood places in Mexico but its way to crowed for this small spot. They need to clean it up a bit. Again...The music was way to loud!!!! We couldn't have a conversation. But because the ladies were so rude I was afraid to ask them to turn it down. Ja ja ja... my charming boss started casual conversation with our waitress and she became more pleasant. Next time I am craving Mexican seafood I might order from them and just bring it home. This place can be so much better and have 5 stars from me if they apply some maintenance and customer service techniques.

I've never actually eaten here in person, but I've ordered tacos several times from them through Uber Eats. The tacos are amazing! Authentic and super fresh tasting. The queso is good too.

Plenty of locals and for a good reason. The food was very good, the price was right and the service was excellent. We definitely will revisit the restaurant again.

The food here was fantastic! The atmosphere was great. Mana music blaring the whole time. We ordered the choriqueso for appetizer and it was filled with chorizo. For dinner I had the chicken Gordita with a side of rice and beans; delicious. The only thing that was lacking was the service. Our server had an attitude and didn't check on us once. She stayed behind the bar the entire time. That being said, the food more than made up for her crappy service. The other servers were all very friendly and attentive. Would return again for sure.

Ordered off of door dash and waited an hour and 15 mins to get an email saying they cancelled my order. I'd gladly order from somewhere else if it wasn't 9:30 at night on a Sunday and everything is closed now! So annoying. I won't bother with this place again

Food was good and fresh. The service was fast and the drink was brought quickly which was good..! I only come to this place for the Michelada but the food is not bad at all..

Good food and atmosphere inside. We got ours to go. Was not very covid compliant, no masks or table spacing. Will return after covid.

The "vuelve a la vida" (seafood cocktail) is amazing! We go to this place just for this dish! All the seafood dishes I have tried are very good. I cannot say the same for the chicken or meat plates (the time I tried the chiken flautas, they were lacking flavor or salt or something...) I have to say that the music could be better... Don't leave before trying the Coconut Flan - very creamy very flavorful flan.

The food was good. Although I've read that the service is horrible we had an ok experience because we were the last ones there. However the music which was extremely loud latino music when we arrived turned into the most vulgar rap I've ever heard once it got close to closing time. Totally inappropriate while there were still customers in the restaurant.

Salsa? Great. Tacos? Great. $1 Tacos on Tuesday? Even better! I haven't ordered anything other than the tacos, because at $1, why order anything else? They are small, but delicious and authentic. The service is sometimes amazing, sometimes not-so-great, but again, delicious cheap tacos, and very worthy of a 4 star rating.

Unflavorful Event After reading the many good reviews about this place, I had to try it. The parking lot is small and on my visit they weren't busy. I ordered the chalupas: one chicken, one pork. Presentation looked wonderful. The chips and dip were mediocre. While the chalupas looked better than they tasted- they were very weak on flavor. I might have ordered the wrong thing, but one review gave it a good review. Service was slow for not having many people there.

I can't even explain my experience. What if I didn't speak Spanish?? Waitress refused to speak English. She was not friendly, if you don't like your job, quit!!! Service was horrendous. I had to explain everything. My regret, trying to convince myself to try a new place in kenner. Is there a zero star??

Really excellent food and service here. Authentic Mexican with a great menu variety and excellent ceviche. The tacos are very good as are their salsa. tostadas etc. (Taco Tuesdays rock!) Beware: Saturday night music can get extremely loud as it turns more towards a nightclub atmosphere!!

Chilangos is a great place to eat for an authentic and very flavorful lunch. The first time I visited, I had tacos which were so good I had to revisit. This time around I ordered the chicken chimichanga and it was divine! So much food for such a small cost! The staff is very friendly and the food just doesn't disappoint. Tender chicken, nice crispy tortilla and fresh crema. The rice and beans were cooked perfectly. Try Chilangos, you can't go wrong there!

Has a shrimp/fish ceviche cocktail and chicken/shrimp fajitas. The food was ok. The service was lacking. Had lots of waitresses there but not working very diligently at all. I'd give it another try but try the tacos next time. Has a coupon so was half price!

The food was really good for the most part. The Chips and Queso was really good, I really like the tomatoes and cilantro in the queso. The bean dip was good also. I order the Quesadilla, it wasn't as crunchy as i wanted it to be. It was really large portion. There tacos are a dollar on Tuesdays so if your looking for taco Tuesday place this would be a great spot

This is a hidden gem in Kenner. It's Mexican seafood. We had the Oisteronos Veracruz, a dozen oysters, raw, served with lime, avocado and pico. The oysters were large and fresh. We also had the guac, which was delicious. The guacamole was perfectly ripe. For main courses, I had the Shrimp Chilangueros, a dish with large, butterfly shrimp sautéed in a creamy chipotle sauce. My wife had the Shrimp Acapulco, shrimp grilled in a spicy tomato sauce. They have regular Mexican dishes here, but you can get those anywhere. They also have seafood soups and ceviches, which I will try next time. Price wise, it's middle of the road. The oysters were$12.99 and the entrees in the $10-12 range. Not bad considering the shrimp were large and fresh. The drinks were tasty. LARGE margaritas and authentic Cheladas. All this in very kitschy ocean decor. If you find yourself trapped in Kennah and you want something different, this is worth the stop. BTW, the kids will love the bright scenery.

This place has horrible service. They don't notice anyone else but their kind. We sat outside for 10 minutes without a waitress or waiter tending to us. However, the previous time we stopped by, service was long too and also there was customer sitting outside that were Spanish and they got tend to immediately. The previous time we stopped by, they gave us a used lime and didn't give us the correct order, being short one taco. Overall this place is below average on customer service and average at best on food.

This restaurant is one of the worst dining in experiences that I've been to, pre and post pandemic. From the time we walked in to the time we left the experience was awful. Starting with the name, nothing was authentic about the experience. The music was obnoxiously loud, and terrible quality as it was played from YouTube. The servers were not consistent, and once the check came to the table we noticed the drinks were over charged and over priced. The manager on duty tried to assure that everything was accurate and showed me a menu with different prices. And her excuse was the computer system wasn't properly updated and they actually couldn't do anything about the price. I'm leaving one star because this was a terrible experience with poor customer service and I felt sick after eating there. I will not be visiting this restaurant again.

I have been looking for great Mexican food and a couple of friends picked Chilango's. I was a little weary after reading some of the reviews, but I decided to give it a try. One thing I was excited about was that chips and salsa was dropped of at the table immediately. This doesn't happen at a lot of places anymore, so that is a bonus! The salsa was not my favorite... I think they gave us the gringo special salsa, because when we asked for hotter salsas they were much better! Anyhow, my husband wasn't sure what to order, given that the menu has a plethora of options, so he asked the waitress. I don't know if the waitress got the owner or the cook, perhaps both to come out, but he was really nice and gave us a lot of great suggestions. Really, this guy went above and beyond. The guacamole and margaritas were both tasty. I had the enchiladas (with red and green sauce), I preferred the green. We also had a chimichanga, a burrito and a sampler special at the tale, everything was delicious! The one star missing, was because the parking lot is tiny and we got locked in by other patrons.

The food was good but the service! The freaking service was horrible! if I could take a picture of this woman who is suppose to be waiting on us, but instead she's been looking at her phone for the past 20 min while we've just been staring waiting on her?!? Idk how management runs their company but I'm sure this is not professional, you wouldn't see this at los jefes, Baja Nola or even Don Jose's. It's sad to see my judgement of this place is poor based on my experience today, not on the good food.

Chips and watery salsa. Enchilada mole was okay, lengua sopa ok. I should have tried seafood! What was off putting for me was the peeling wallpaper/decal. Not a nice thing to look at while your eating.

Awesome tacos... service is not great, but they are good well worth it... $1 tacos on Tuesday

Ordered mixed fajitas for $14.99. They arrived at my table with 3 tortillas, beans and rice. I asked the server if sour cream or cheese came with the meal. She said that they did not. I asked for sour cream and got a small dish of it. She had also brought out a bowl Osaka's with chips . When I got my bill their wS a charge of$1.50 for the salsa. I thought that chips and salsa was complementary. The music was extremely loud for the time of day (11:30 am). The food was tasty but I will not be back. I will go to "Don Jose". Their food and service is much better.

I've heard so many people talk good over this place so I decided to finally give it a try . I wouldn't come back. Not the best food. I came in asking for pozole on a Sunday as it was on the weekend special and the server stated that they never have it. I then proceeded to ask for 2 gorditas . One of my favorite Mexican dishes . I was not impress at all. The Gordita was so hard I couldn't bite into it . I ended up removing all the meat and vegetables and just eating it with a fork. Who knows maybe it wasn't out lucky day.

Best Mexican food!! Authentic!!! Chilaquiles, Barbacoa. Also the ceviche is the best Mexican seafood!!

Waitress got our order wrong a couple of times. Was trying to charge us for water. Water she poured into a cup from the sink. Then, she said because we were 5 dining in we had to leave a mandatory $10 tip. This isn't much, but she never told us how much percentage that was and she only charged it in one ticket, instead of splitting it between the 5 of us. Very bad service.

So my friends and i have been going to this Chilangos for a long time every Saturday to have some fun. But lately the service has been horrible the food hasn't been great. Recently they started charging a NON-GOOD ITEM on the bill and we were confused the first time they told us it was an automatic tip when 4+ quests yesterday they told us that its a service charge bc of the karaoke and stuff and were very confused on why we get charged that and apparently its because it was slow. LONG STORY SHORT she will stop coming here it's ridiculous

First timers and overall it was great. The staff is really friendly and helpful. The menu had a lot of options. Something for everyone. The food was really good and we didn't have to wait long to be served. The atmosphere was also enjoyable. My 3 year old nephew even commented on how he liked the decor. The only reason I didn't give this place 5 stars was that the margarita was not good. It looked great but didn't taste good. The michiladas were perfect. I'll be going back soon.

Came for a Boxing PPV and for starters it was over priced to get in, drinks also were overpriced and food was mediocre, and the service was horrible. I came with friends to have a good time and only staying because we already paid $10 a head to watch the fight but, I promise I'm never coming back for a PPV even again!!!!

So we originally wanted to eat at the Harbor a popular sea food place but we didn't want to wait an hour for a table. We came across this place and all I can say is wow! I am so glad the other place was packed! My husband had the trout and I had the chilangos shrimp. The food were excellent! The service was great and the prices hard to beat! Next time we come back to visit NOLA we'll make sure to eat here again!