Reviews for Chivo Taqueria in Knoxville, TN
Great food, great service and normally great atmosphere; There's usually a wait during dinner hours and tables can be scarce due... to restaurant size. Fantastic value on the food - good price for the portion you get. Favorites are: Guacamole Starter, BlackBetty cocktail, Gangnam Style and Cluster Duck Tacos, Brisket Burrito, Street Corn side Read more
I am a 95% carnivore - but avocado tacos was my absolute favorite. I also liked ground beef one and barbacoa one. Had pretty... high hopes for pork belly one, but didn't like it (except the sauce). Read more
This place is industrial modern with some classical pieces thrown in. It is absolutely gorgeous. I ordered a Cease and... Delicious. It was fruity, but not too sweet. I liked that the alcohol wasn't overpowering. My husband ordered the Black Betty.His drink was stronger, but it still had a great taste - he kept stealing mine, though. We didn't get food, but plan on goingback for it. The place was amazing. Read more
Food was really inconsistent. The chicken thighs taco, party fowl I think, was excellent had good flavor and spice. By contrast... the pork belly was greasy and tough and flavorless. And it doesn't help that the tortillas are not grilled or heated at all.Same with appetizers guacamole and green salsa for excellent red salsa and the queso not so much. It's a cool place with a goodvibe and a good location, if only their food was a little bit better. That's it quite a bit of beers and a ton of tequilas tomake all kinds of delicious margaritas. Read more
Bounced around between 4 and 5 stars...but I like to reserve my 5 star reviews for special places. As I can't leave a 4.5 star... review. I rounded up out if respect for what we got going on. Anyways, high end Mexican food. Fresh homemade chips are amazing,queso amazing. My wife said the cocktails were really good, you could taste the alcohol. We sampled 10 tacos....bought the wholelot except for the fish ones as my wife hates fish. All were good and good size tacos,no dinky street taco type. Stand out wasthe deep fried avocado one, steak and the one with the Korean BBQ. Only reason fir not a full 5 star? No taco combo plates...ataverage of 4 bucks a taco dinner can ad up quick. Defently save room for the churos...SO worth it. Would defently go back 4buck a piece or not lol Read more
Amazing place!! Came here for the Modest Mouse concert from Johnson City (we come here often for my several kidney surgeries). ... This place had amazing tacos and amazing "black betty titos" $53 for 2 ppl (in addition to myself ordereing chips & salsa aswell as.. 2 drinks! The best DAMN corn on the cob I've ever had in my life! Our waitress, Grace was amazing & sweet. Thank uGrace, for our amazing dinner b4 the concert!! ;) Read more
Really nice aesthetic. Food was good to great. Chips were near perfect. We passed on drinks but they had a large selection of... tequilas available. Staff was friendly and courteous. A few notes from our experience: - Place was dirty. Heavy layer of duston the windows sills, spilled food all over the floor and unmaintained bathrooms. As mentioned the aesthetic was nice and tosome degree the grunge fits but should be better maintained and at least feel sanitary. - Some food for our table arrived likewarm to cold as if it had been sitting out. On our way out we noticed there was a large amount of food sitting out on thecounter waiting to be served. - Staff did not wear masks. - Was a 1.75 hour wait on a Friday evening (game weekend), worthnoting if on a strict schedule. Clean up the place and serve the food hot then it would be 4.5 to 5 star experience. Still anear place to go if looking for a unique spot in downtown Knoxville. I'd be willing to give Chivos another chance on a lesscrowded day. Read more
Braden was awesome! He made a great drink and great recommendations. Totally enjoyed every aspect of my visit here and would... definitely return! Read more