Chili’s

This is by far the worst Chili’s I have ever been to. All of wanted was a beer and something for dinner. I was in Orlando for business and chose this place because it was close to the hotel. First, every beer that I ordered, they were out of. I gave them four chances before I told them to forget it. I gave my order and asked that they not put Pico de Gallo on it, and guess what… it was all over the place, inside and out. I sat next to the kitchen and the waitstaff was loud and obnoxious, not to mention the people a few tables down we were clearly drunk and so loud I could barely hear anything. I like chili’s, but not this one… there are several places to eat around here, go there… not here.

If i could give them 0 stars i would. We unfortunately were sat in the booth closest to the kitchen. The servers were screaming and singing loudly in the kitchen being completely disrespectful. We waited forever to get our food and we could not complain to a manager because the manager was involved. Never again will I come here and waste my time

I like this Chili’s pretty well. I would give this a 3, but I’ll bump it up because they have one of those dohickeys where you can pay at your table. That comes in handy for lunch breaks. I do like seeing what new specials they have each time I come here. Recently I had some really good wings. Hopefully they’ll make them part of the regular menu.

Quick and friendly service. We did the 2 for 35 $ deal. I had the strawberry margarita n my husband had the regular margarita, we shared TX fries for the app., he had the ribs with mac n cheese and I had the 6oz steak with broccoli and loaded potatoes, we shared a hot brownie n ice cream desert. Meat was tended n well seasoned.

There was a long black hair in my margarita mixer. It literally dangled out while I was pouring it into the glass. The guacamole wasn’t mashed up or seasoned. The manager came by and asked if we were ok. -.- that’s all he did! I sent the drink back and the waitress brought me another shaker. I had to ask her to bring me a new glass too I told her I’m not drinking that !! Did she think I just wanted a free refill! No! The plates were dirty and the waitress never checked on us. I stopped eating chilis in lake Mary for dirty plates and flatware and now I am never eating here again either! Chilis’ standards for cleanliness doesn’t exist. This is the dirtiest chain of restaurants I have ever eaten at. Every time I come here it’s something.

I’m not sure why this Chili’s has such bad reviews. We are locals and every time we come here we have an amazing experience. The service and food is always on point.

I would rather dine at a retirement community buffet. So terrible from start to finish. Poor service and overpriced microwaved food.
My family and I kept hoping that we were on a terrible reality prank show because that’s the only way we thought this experience could possibly be this bad… Sadly, Ashton never showed up.

Excellent service: I had the Ribeye which was perfectly seasoned and cooked exactly as i like it. Kudos to the chef.
Only negative was the cold coffee, (I am a coffee junkie and I just hate lukewarm coffee)
Overall a good experience, going option for dinner.

Worst service at any chilis I’ve been to, my party and I got up and left before we even ordered and never returned. And I love chilis.

Service was good, but here’s the lowdown on the food…
Appetizers: The triple combo which included fried buffalo chicken wings, fried cheese chunks (not sure of the official name, because they were just fried cheese chunks). The fried pickles were a greasy, soggy mess. They were not crunchy at all, even after removing the skin off the pickles, it didn’t even have a crunch and we passed on those. The buffalo style chicken was your typical bar style buffalo chicken wings and the cheese chunks was decent. But I must warn you that the Chef must be obsessed with All spice AKA season salt aka Lawry’s seasoning, because all three were garnished with it.
Next, main dish: I got your everyday run of the mill bacon cheeseburger, with thick hearty bacon, overall I liked it. It came with french fries and you guessed it, all spice garnishing, plain and simple, it was good. In this case the seasoning was greatly appreciated. The wife got the Pick two mexican combo, substitute the rice and beans for house salad and french fries with chicken tostado and a chicken soft taco. I was told that the salad was a little wilted and a little bit too soft for her liking. She only ate the chicken taco, because the chicken tostado was overly garnished with the all spice so much, that it has the possibility of shooting up your blood pressure. The french fries was very good though with the ranch dressing.
Drinks: I’m usually a piña colada type guy, but they didn’t have any, so I had to settle for a strawberry daiquiri, which was comped because it didn’t taste good at all, it was very tart and that was even without the alcohol.
Overall: Probably wont be in the Top 15, but if we don’t have anything to do, we will be back…

Were generally happy with Chilis and know what to expect. Unfortunately this location is an embarrassment to the chain. Service is slow and inattentive, the restaurant is badly in need of an update and somehow the kitchen managed to ruin some of our regular favorites. I would not recommend this particular location.

Ordered the new «Fresh Mex Pairings» where you can choose a 2 item or three item plate with two sides. It comes with rice and beans buy you can substitute them. I happened to choose a chicken taco, beef tostada, and chicken enchilada in green sauce. Out of the 3, the green enchilada was awesome, the chicken taco was good, but the beef tostada was a little salty. Great plate!

Another perfect example of a place that’s really better than 3-​stars, but not quite four. I sure would like to give it 3.5 — are you listening Unilocal?
Anyway, the fam and I visited here recently for my middle son’s «Going Away Luncheon.» He’s back to work from leave in the Army and returning to his next duty station in CA. We all like Chili’s and it was near the airport, so why not?
As far as Chili’s goes, it much like anyone one I’ve been too. The service is good, if not spectacular, and the food is plentiful if not memorable. The atmosphere during lunch is super relaxed, the place was very clean, and we had a great time, eating together as a family (all four grown kids and the wife) one last time. No one was disappointed in their meal and it was so much some of the bigger eaters left stuff on the plate.
So why not four-​stars? Well… it’s a Chili’s, it’s a big box that delivers decent food at a decent price, but there’s no «Wow Factor» as I call it. I’m not knocking them, I will return again and again. It’s just that the place doesn’t tingle my toes, even though they do a really decent job.

Typical chilis. They have some new menu items with avocado which are pretty flavorful and decently priced.
Our server was lively and very attentive. Although, he never brought us our appetizer hence the three stars. On the bright side he never charged us for it so we figured we saved a few bucks.
Average Chilis = 3 Stars

They were really hitting on all cylinders for lunch today. Had spicy shrimp tacos with black beans and rice. The salsa is fantastic. Crazy fresh — this is a superior Chilis. Sat in the bar. Great service.

The food here was simply delicious. Service was better expected. They made a point to check-​in consistently without being overbearing. Much better than I expected for a long popular chain restaurant.

Came to this Chilis with a group of 4 for a going away party. The drink specials were 2 for 1, which was a great deal. For a starter ordered chips and guacamole, which was decent. Unfortunately, they do not offer the free chips and salsa anymore unless you are sitting in the «lounge area.» My friend ordered buffalo sauce, which was not supposed to contain meat in the sauce, and it did. We made the waitress aware, she brought her a new one and the manager took her entre off the bill. I ordered the California chicken flatbread. It wasn’t bad, but was overloaded with ranch sauce. I should have told them to leave the sauce on the side. It was an ok experience.

Always consistent so it gets 4 stars. The fajitas — sizzling goodness, the ribs — approved by my young man child, bacon burger– approved by the younger boy child, Top Shelf Margarita — mom approved!
Server Joanna, attentive even though it was chaotic in the Saturday night.
Not long if a wait either for a Saturday, only about 15 minutes.

Went here on a Sunday because Chili’s was participating in a «Project Wounded Warrior» donation event where a portion of profits go towards this effort.
You really can’t go wrong at Chili’s. I always enjoy their hamburgers, so good. BOGO margarita’s. Tell me what’s wrong with that. The only complaint I have is noise. Why does it have to be so noisy. Other than that, good experience.

So on the last day of my Orlando vacation my boyfriend and I had practically empty wallets but still wanted to enjoy the end of our trip… we needed to refuel with lunch because we overslept and missed our hotel’s complimentary breakfast and we had seen a commercial for Chili’s the night before as we randomly caught up with Dexter, drank wine and ate cheese (I know, we’re lushes).
Now this Chili’s commercial had said something about a $ 9.99 «Triple Dipper Meal» and my sweet prince decided that he needed that in his life sooner rather than later.
Surprise, there was a Chili’s only a short drive from our hotel so the next day it had to happen. Obviously.
Upon entering we were seated immediately and our waiter gave us menus, introduced himself and went on to make some recommendations and get us drinks. Service throughout the rest of the meal was pretty great and even the manager stopped by at one point to see how we were doing.
My boy went with his craving and went with the «Tripple Dipper» and I went for a lunch combo.
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The «Tripple Dipper» choices are pretty interesting and provide a variety of calorie-​filled deliciously ‘bad for you’ treats! The options include:
+ Original Chicken Crispers (really they’re fried/​battered chicken tenders)
+ Boneless Buffalo Wings
+ Boneless Honey-​Chipotle Wings
+ Southwestern Egg Rolls (they’re filled with pepper, corn & other stuff I don’t like)
+ Big Mouth Bites (burger sliders, YUM!!)
+ Hot Spinach & Artichoke Dip
+ Loaded Potato Skins
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The options my beau went with were the original Chicken Crispers, boneless Buffalo Wings and the Southwestern Egg Rolls… ohhhhh how I yearned for Spinach & Artichoke Dip, lol — next time.
He gave me a Chicken Cripser to try and it wasn’t bad, but the meat to batter ratio was more off than I generally prefer. The meat was juicy and tasty but the batter was super greasy and not crunchy — these were actually better when microwaved as leftovers the next day, haha!
I didn’t try his other two selections because I don’t handle spicy foods well. For my lunch I went with a lunch combo with comes with a soup and an entrée.
For the soup I chose the most ridiculous soup on their menu — the LOADED BAKED POTATO SOUP. It came topped with applewood smoked bacon, cheese, and fresh scallions. IT WAS AMAZING.
I’m also pretty sure it was the stuff heart attacks dream about and arteries have nightmares about — but it was an out of this world, delicious, buttery, creamy, potato laden, bacon lover’s dream… also in that «this must be awful for you but I want to eat this every single, DAMN DAY» — kinda way. Yeah.
My entrée was their Bacon Ranch Chicken Quesadilla. It came stuffed with applewood smoked bacon, a pretty generous amount of deliciously seasoned & juicy as f@#! chicken, cheese and served with their signature dressing… which to me was a cross between chipotle mayo, Russian dressing with a touch of sour cream. In other words, delicious — it also came with french fries… with the potato skins on em, just the way I like it.
As far as drinky poos go, Chili’s Happy Hour is 2-​for-​1 ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. The boy went with regular lime margaritas on the rocks with a salt rim and I went for raspberry margs with a sugary, red sugar rim. Both were refreshing, tasty and not too heavy on the sugary syrups — but neither packed a punch with the tequila content — BOOOOOOOOOO here.
In all we were pleased with what we got for what we paid for and we ended up taking some back to the hotel fridge and enjoying it the next day. Chili’s ended up being the gift that kept on giving, lol.