Santiago's Mexican Restaurant

We came to Denver for a concert and were looking for some Mexican food. We saw Santiago’s and it looked good so we went in. The food here was pretty good but the service made everything taste bad. We should have known when we waked in the door and the two girls behind the counter just chatted with each other and didn’t acknowledge us. They acted put out when we ordered. It was a hot day so we wanted to sit inside and we sat as soon as we ordered. I got up to get straws, etc. and Kristina who checked us out, thought I was going to pick up our food and said I didn’t need to, she would bring it to us, which was nice. However a few minutes later when the restaurant was pretty full, she yelled to us if our number was 97. I looked at the receipt and said yes. She then said “Your food is up there. It’s been sitting there a while.” The guys sitting next to us were even taken aback and said that was rude and why didn’t they bring it to us like everyone else. We had to go back and ask for silverware, etc. They never apologized or said anything else. I never leave reviews but they “earned” this one!

This place never fails to mess up my order I ordered 2 bacon breakfast burritos. With hot chili neither of them were hot nor did they have any bacon on them and for some reason they only put chili at the ends of the burrito

I ordered 2 smothered burritos and 3 street tacos. My burritos were wrapped in foil, and they gave me a small cup of chili that wasn't enough for both burritos. I'm used to my burritos coming already smothered with lettuce and tomatoes. I didn't get any topping. My steak street tacos were dry. They didn't offer or give me any salsa, onion, or cilantro. This was my first time to this specific Santiagos in years. I'll never go back. My favorite Santiagos is at 5701 Leetsdale Dr. I eat there at least once a week. Never any food issues. The food there is always amazing. The Santiagos at 10400 E 6th Ave has dry breakfast burritos. I'll never go there again either. I wish I had taken a pic of my burritos.

It was not very clean. Very hard to get in and out of the staff was not friendly. They were not very helpful. And the meat was a couple of different colors as you can see. It still tasted OK but not my favorite location by far.

DO NOT ORDER TACO's unless you like paying for only a taco shell with no cheese - if you're lucky you'll get at least 3 slivers of shredded cheese. So horrible how people keep this place in business, and they are so cheap - a person needs to order a side of chili or extra cheese just to get what you actually paid for. Ordered some enchilada's as well and OMG that sauce was gross, you can taste nothing but flour so thick, it was such a disappointment. We will not be ordering from here either. I thought Taco Star / Taco Rapido's was bad all these Mexican places are so horrible anymore. Check your order if you order Taco's I will guarantee no cheese.

I would say Santiago‘s has some of the best chips and salsa in Colorado which I love. However, if you’ve ever been to one, you understand that it’s not really the type of place you’re going to go sit down and have dinner. It’s more of a pick up place which I totally understand But it’s terms of atmosphere. That’s why I had to give it two stars. It’s just not that type of place. The food is always above average and especially the breakfast burritos with green chili in them which I’m sure so many of you already know about and love. I got dinner there the other night and it was pretty good the chili relleno and fajitas were above average but nothing that really blows your mind. I would definitely recommend this place for a quick easy meal that you won’t be disappointed ordering from.

Always stop here on the way out of the city to the mountains for skiing. Cheap, delicious, super fast service. Best breakfast burritos in the city! Grab one to eat in the car and one for your pocket on the mountain, they’re good cold too.

I come here quite often right next to my work food's always good. Reasonably quick. Not too expensive..? My orders have always been accurate. walk"-in is okay can get a little packed around lunch there sometimes and try to rush you in and out a little bit but that's pretty typical of any busy restaurant. Service is always decent it's never like over the top good but it's never terrible either very casual laid back blue collar type of place. The food used to be better though I'm not sure exactly when but it changed. how they are preparing the ingredients just a little different and it's not for the better. Probably trying to cut costs but it seems like the beans and green chili are a little watered down just not quite The quality it once was. Not sure why they were change anything he was really good the way it was . I've been to other Santiago's that are Not very good at all. I plac.this one at the top two or three I've ever been to. Edit 1-16-25. past 3 or 4 weeks I've been there quite often it looks like they fixed whatever the problem with the food was tastes really good again thank you and as always never cease to disappoint.

amazing breakfast burritos, freshly made and the perfect size! they're cheap too... the service is very fast, so i think this is a great place for a quick, to-go meal. the interior is fairly clean, with plenty of seating.

The service was fast, but it wasn't very friendly. The food was decent, but it didn't stand out as the best Santiago cuisine, and it seemed like the portion sizes had been reduced. The atmosphere felt more like a fast-food restaurant. Our meals appeared to be microwaved, and it was clear that everything was pre-frozen. Overall, I won't be returning. The food was bland and tasteless.

Love the breakfast burritos but the lunch was so greasy. So gross. Do breakfast! Then stop! I give 4 stars for breakfast. No stars for lunch

I think I timed my spontaneous visit perfectly. I hadn't been to Santiago's in years. This was my first time at this specific location and WOW. This is the best green chile I have had in recent memory and the best I have had at a Santiago's. My breakfast burrito was almost perfect as the potatoes were crisp. I had egg, potatoes, cheese & green chile. The burrito was the perfect size for $3.81. They made my burrito to order which made all of the difference in the world. My only suggestion is for them to close their burritos at the bottom as the fillings kept on coming out. Otherwise, a pretty flawless breakfast burrito overall. The service was expedient and friendly.

Very good. Nice staff. Their smothered burrito is a winner and one of the best in the city.

Breakfast burritos are cheap and delicious, and always served hot up until like 11 am. The vibe inside is laid back Mexican restaurant with walk up counter and area to sit and eat if you want, although I prefer to grab my burritos and run. The servers are kind and mostly bilingual in Spanish and English and do a dang good job at taking a large amount of orders and running the front of house. Always a 100% go to for a burrito fix.

I have such a positive association with Santiago's because of all my friends that hyped it up for months before I finally got to try one of their burritos. I've gotten it plain, filled, and smothered. My favorite is the carne asada burrito filled with green chile. Made the mistake of getting plain once, and it was one of the driest things I've ever tasted. Customer service is decent. There's usually seating (and always parking) that's open, but I'll often take my food to-go. I always seem to miss the window for breakfast burritos (before 11am) which is notoriously one of the best items on the menu. Their horchata is average but commonly paired with whatever meal I get. So far, I love being a regular here!

Always love this place for a breakfast burrito. By far the best breakfast burrito in the Denver Metro area, and probably Colorado for that matter.

Don't order the tamales. They aren't even filled with anything yet they charge $3.00 per tamale. total ripoff!!!!

Great burritos omg! We are feeding the whole office today so we ordered ahead awesome . Quick service and they have vegetarian options

The breakfast burritos are legendary within Denver. But be advised if you have a picky eater, your trip might require a little more planning as certain burritos fillings are only available on a set schedule.

Cheap and yummy burritos. Get the half and half chili! Friendly service too and pretty fast even at lunch time

Breakfast burritos are simple, no fuss, with mild, half and half or hot spicy options. Each day is a different meat option, so don't be picky and enjoy a quick yummy meal! Line is long at times but breakfast burrito orders come out very quickly once you order. Keep it simple and you won't be disappointed. Very casual atmosphere.

If you want good, decently priced, quick breakfast burritos this is your spot! Staff always friendly.

this place has their sh*t together. their green chile is awesome. choose mild, hot, or half and half. ask for extra chile, you're going to crave it. my next suggestion would be to try the stuffed sopapilla. chicken and beans are my favorite stuffings. then don't forget the dessert sopapillas - plain with honey, or cinnamon sugar. no alcohol. they have horchata, soft drinks, bottled teas, lemonades. excellent food and service. it's a family owned enterprise with different cousins working at different locations. their breakfast burritos are solid! fresh tortilla, excellent texture and moisture, nice balance of egg, cheese, and chile. we've been supporting this location and the north federal location for years. enjoy!!!

My boyfriend and I were told that this was the best place for breakfast burritos in Denver, and they did not disappoint. They have a great selection of tacos, burritos, and other breakfast/lunch items. Everyday they have a burrito of the day, with different meat options depending on the day of the week. They also have vegetarian and gluten free options! The staff were very friendly and happy to help. Will definitely go back!

I consistently choose their stuffed sopapilla, but since the Covid pandemic, its price has increased, portion size has decreased, and there's less cheese. As a result, I rated them 4 stars instead of 5. The taste has slightly shifted to a more vegetarian-like flavor rather than a meaty one, possibly due to the use of a more generic chili recipe to cater to vegan and vegetarian customers.

Will always be obsessed with Santiago's! This location didn't have seating but that's okay! This is my favorite burrito (smothered chicken burrito) and I get it every time. Beware the half mild/half spicy chile is HOT. If you like it on the less spicy side- get mild!! The chicken is perfectly shredded and not in weird cubes like some burritos.

This location in particular is just the absolute worst at order accuracy. I'm tired of paying for extras and not getting them with my meal - or items that are part of the meal just not there. No salsa for my hard tacos, no guacamole with my street tacos meal, sour cream in my breakfast burrito (that I did not ask for) are just a few of the latest mishaps. I ordered an egg, potato, and cheese burrito one time and the cashier rang it up as a complete special burrito and even charged me $2.00+ for the cheese. A $4 menu item burrito came out to about $7. WTH??? The fact that it happens so often to my orders is just laughable. And when I call to explain, I am talked back to with rudeness after being put on hold for 3-5 minutes. This location was amazing about 5-6 years ago... now it's just a place where the employees have no passion at all. I'm absolutely done with this location and probably all Santiagos locations.

The BEST breakfast burritos!!!!! Soo good I wish this was a 24 hour business! Great service and fast! Enjoy!

It's the summer of Covid-19 and so sadly a part of each review will have to take that into account. And in that department this location of Santiago's loses out because their take-out system's not what it should be. You can order on-line, but when and if they're busy they won't let you pay on-line and they use common pens where they make you sign the receipt after they take your card and swipe it themselves. Then you stand in a snaking line and run face-to-face into other customers who are waiting for their order or are leaving the restaurant. Not a good or safe system. As importantly their breakfast burrito (deluxe / smothered) wasn't anywhere near as substantial as the version they serve at their Leetsdale location. Searched long and hard for any egg and or pork in the dish. Spice level was fine as was the green chile but the lack of a decent stuffing made it "good" but in no way special. Sorry Santiago's but given your poor health protocol what would have been a three star review magically transformed itself into a 2 star review. Stay safe out there, David

Ever since I moved to Denver a year and a half ago, I've heard people go crazy over the breakfast burritos here, and after giving it two fair chances, I can honestly say it is not at all worth the hype, not even close. Both their quality and customer service are awful. I do not recommend and will not be going back.

Cheap, tasty, and fast. Seriously, it's great. The breakfast burritos are really good.

I've had these breakfast burritos before and couldn't get enough. So dang good. This one was not. It was like runny or soupy. Not enough eggs and it was like it had gravy on it. Very odd. Do the same people not own it?

I have been a regular here for years, it's convenient and close to work. Lately the service has been less than ideal and my order consistently wrong. Sometimes I am provided a quick resolution with a replacement order and other times told too bad it's right because we say so. I understand being a busy, fast paced To go restaurant but it's becoming sloppy and rushed causing continuous errors.

It really doesn't have the greatest appeal out nor inside the establishment but the food is pretty good. I had some doubts just for the simple reason I'm particularly picky when it come to Mexican food. Needed something quick and spicy so my friend recommended this place considering it was in the area (Santa Fe Art) we were in. Walking in they have their menu printed on the top of the right hand side large format I didn't see any hand held ones so if you have never been there carful and move aside because it right next to the ordering/registering and during lunch it moves pretty quickly. I went ahead and ordered the burrito beef and bean smothered in Chile(hot) while my buddy ordered 2 Chile Renos with mild Chile. Orders dine in and probably waited maybe 5-6mins till our food arrived. My plate was really flavorful and the right amount of heat but careful I eat jalapeños like apples for those who are curious how hot I'd give it a 7 out of 10. I liked it not loved but it definitely better than a lot of other places in the area when it comes to delicious, affordable, fast Mexican food.

This location is a joke. They completely messed up my to go order. The beans and rice are from King Soopers.

I love Santiago's but this location is not quite ready for comfortable service compared to the other locations I've visited. The exterior and interior of the building were in bad shape. Bathroom was kind of nasty and the doorknob was falling off, lots of graffiti inside. We ate out of plastic clamshell containers, they really didn't have a legit place to sit inside but they said they are opening the dining area soon. Food was decent but the food quality takes a drop off for me when it's put into a to-go container. I'm not a "to-go" kind of customer, like to eat my food fresh. Maybe it will improve.

Who doesn't love their $2 flavorful roll up of pure joy breakfast burritos? I'm writing this at 5:12am Sunday morning wishing they where open today Best green chilli from a restaurant in Colorado "mild, hot, 1/2 $ 1/2". Come on!! Only wish they delivered for hungover mornings.

I love this place. The green chili seems to be extra spicy here, which I love. One of my favorite places.

Chile rellano was great! I ordered crispy and smothered and it was super delicious. I also ordered a regular burrito and put it in the green chili sauce - it was amazing. It does not matter how busy they are, they will crank your order out in 5 minutes. Super fast and easy for breakfast!

Below average burrito and you very well may need to wait 20 minutes. I get it's $3 but you'd be far better off at Chipotle. Fresher and quicker.

As the Santiago's duchess, I figure I should probably write a review. I come to Santiago's A LOT. I make it over there almost once a week and I've never had a bad meal. Most recently I've discovered their enchilada plate. 3 enchiladas for with rice and beans for $7. Need I say more? Best green chili in town. I've tried lots of others and Santiago's still reigns supreme. This location has a walk up and order counter or you can get table service. Everything here is quick and delicious.

We've always ordered a vegetarian breakfast burrito from various Santiago's. Stopped at this one and was told they don't do vegetarian green chili. I've never noticed pork in my burritos before so I'm confused if they changed or we've actually been eating non-vegetarian burritos this whole time? So instead they put salsa in it, which was gross. And the burritos are cold!

I have been going to Santiago's for a few years now. I usually stop by once a week. I am now going to stop going for breakfast burrito's. I am tried of paying for a burrito that just has egg and potato. They advertise days of the week for Monday its ham, Tuesday is Chorizo etc. Well you don't get the meat. It's just the flavor they say. I love the green chile and lunch or dinner but no more breakfast stops for me.

I'm running out of Mexican fast food places to eat at. First off, there's only one Taco Bell within a 5 mile radius with an open dining area. Now, this the 2nd Santiagos this morning that has PERMANENTLY CLOSED THEIR DINING AREA! I haven't eaten at the Viva Burrito near my house in over 2 years because, no dining area. I don't eat in my car, so Santiagos, Viva Burrito and Taco Bell are no longer options. I drove less than a mile north of Santiagos Santa Fe location to Tacos Los Campos. Tacos Los Campos is open 24/7! That have a large, warm dining room that apparently is always open. The food is awesome with huge portions (no need to order 2 burritos here). Forget Santiagos, try Tacos Los Campos.

Kat A. is right. Amazingly delicious breakfast burritos. I was in line today to get mine and started chatting with the guy behind me. He told me a story about how his wife went through withdrawls when another location was under renovations (because someone smashed their car into it). I thought to myself, "would I miss my Santiagos if someone smashed their car into it?" The answer is yes. *big shout out for the chicken soft tacos again too. So tender and flavorful. Yum.

This is the best green chili in Colorado hands down. I keep trying other places hoping to find better only to be disappointed. You can't beat their cheap breakfast burritos!!!!!!

Old fashioned burritos. Simple, delicious, cheap. The service was friendly and the salsas were tasty. The burritos were not the giant ones everyone expects now, but the smaller ones that allow you to get multiples and are priced for that! I got two burritos and I was full and happy with my choices! The breakfast burrito was tasty, but the asada beef was the winner! Glad I tried this place.

This is not a fancy place. The food was real reasonable n good! Service was good and friendly.

Santiago's (don't know which location) made probably a thousand breakfast burritos for the 2018 Denver Startup Week for a Wednesday evening event sponsored by Dice. I'm a pescetarian, and got a couple of burritos during the night which were supposed to have been vegetarian, at different times from different servers. Except every single one of the three had chicken in it in addition to the potatoes and eggs that were supposed to be inside without the chicken. You'd think they'd be individually labelled for what's inside (I was told it's the box they're from that's labelled), but they're only individually labelled for spiciness, not for dietary restrictions. I don't know whether it was a labeling or the ordering/preparing issue, or both, but, regardless, not making any proper vegetarian burritos for an event with a thousand of people is a major fail in my book -- if only 5% of folks were vegetarian, that's 50 people who had to taste disgusting-to-them things in their mouths, as the chicken was very well hidden inside between the egg and potatoes. Besides, how difficult is it to make an item without one of the 3 ingredients?! Vegetarians still eat eggs and cheese (the burritos didn't have any cheese, though), so, it's a very easy diet to cater to.

Santiago's makes a fabulous breakfast burrito. The half and half green chili blends their fiery hot with their too mild mild to make the perfect sauce for potatoes, eggs and cheese. I also like that the burritos are on the smaller size and you can eat one without feeling sick afterwards. My preference is to order the non meat filled breakfast burritos so I'm not eating mystery meat but it is much faster to order the regular burrito in my experience.

I just had my first experience having a steak burrito here for breakfast. Note, not the breakfast burrito that so many talk about, maybe next time. First off, it's not authentic Mexican, rather some type of American Tex-Mex? My steak burrito was served with a "little" steak, maybe a thin spread of beans, then rolled and topped with a green chili sauce and cheese. It cost about $9 and wasn't impressive at all. The steak was chewy and a bit bland, no flavor. The green chili sauce was pretty good, but nothing over the top. I will come back to try the breakfast burrito, as it is popular and seems to be a good value. I'll follow after I get a chance to go back, but no rush...

Love this place - the burritos are delicious and I occasionally will call in ahead with a big order to take to work. The guys are always super friendly and they work their butts off to complete orders quickly.

I will support this business until the end. Perfect to grab before going skiing, after a night out in the town, or a casual meal with friends. The best salsa of all time and delicious, easy to grab bfast burritos. Great prices too.

Where's the meat? Never seems to have any proteins always just potatoes, eggs and what every chilli or gravy they put in them very skimp on there meat not the best of burritos wont be coming back for that nonsense.

I was so excited to finally try the $2 breakfast burrito. I came on a Saturday and I believe the meat of the day was bacon even though it said chef's choice. Eggs were cooked well and the green chile was tasty. I could barely taste or see the bacon. All the breakfast burritos are already premade, so you get your food quickly. Burritos are small so you'll need at least 2 to get full. Service was extremely friendly. Overall, it's a decent breakfast burrito but I don't think it's the best in Denver.

I come here to get burritos for work meetings. Everyone in Colorado knows Santiaggos has the best breakfast burritos. Wednesday's burrito of the day is bacon. You cant go wrong there. Otherwise I get the potato, egg, and cheese. I am a wimp so mild green chili is what I go for, but if you like hot get the hot of half and half. Let me warn you, it is spicy!!! They are always friendly and super fast here. Which makes it easy to pick stuff up on the go. of course I will be back!

Worst Santiago's of all........to be fair im a loyal customer of santiagos, i love their food and the family feel. This location is garbage, you never get your whole order, they argue with you about what should come on dishes from their own menu. Like guacamole for fajitas or rice on kids dish. You ask, they say no you'll have to order a side, you show them the menu, they argue behind grill until they finally give you the whatever begrudgingly. Its exhausting, steer clear, go to any other location.