Tecalitlan Restaurant — Restaurant in Aurora Township

I grew up eating at Tecalitlan for over 30 years when they were located in West Town before they moved to this location. They used to be known for there famous giant burritos and top notch margaritas. Oh how they are just simple and sloppy now a days. Although I go a few times a year is only for the margaritas. No more giant size burritos. Their carne asada has gotten so different that you can't even taste the meat due to the excessive grease and how they cut up the steak. Yes literally chopped so small and over cooked. The burrito used to be packed with love everything was portion inside where every bite you got to taste all the ingredients. Now it just looks good to the eyes! The vibes have disappeared and the prices have shot up. If they lowered the prices in sure more people would fill up this giant spacious location. It's so sad to see awesome restaurants focus more on the money than keeping the customers. I know a business needs to run but robbing pockets for crappy food and arrogant services is not the way to do it. I'm thinking their best time is probably during a lunch or happy hour rush to get the specials. But that's how restaurants flow where they lose what really matters when greed to fill the pockets comes first. Don't expect free nachos when you come in, didn't expect top notch attention from your waitstaff and didn't expect quality food in your plate. Dont get me wrong its not horrible but it's definitely not great. Stick with the margaritas it's the only thing you'll probably come back for and with their prices they should be generous in their house tequila. What used to be nostalgia is now just another Chicago Mexican restaurant. Expect to pay a high price before walking out. You may consider googling another Mexican restaurant where your going to get a bang for your buck! Ps don't order their Tequila old fashion the presence of the smoke is the only good thing we had to send ours back twice because it's tasted like brown water down tequila. Go during happy hour because margaritas are 10.00 oppose to 22.00. One more thing they will validate your parking ticket up to 2 hours anything after will be garage cost of 14.00 so if your their to celebrate or hang out you'll know you will not be paying...

We were looking for a casual mexican restaurant close to Oswego. We've tried a few but haven't found one we really liked until now. We arrived around 6p on a Friday night. The restaurant was busy, but there were a few tables open and we didn't have to wait. Service was quick, chips and pico de gallo immediately came. The chips were ok but the pico de gallo was fresh and delicious, not your the typical crushed tomato you get at some other mexican restaurants.

I ordered pollo ranchero, a fried chicken dish that comes with ranchero sauce and corn tortillas. It took a other longer than I expected but when it came I understood why. This was a homemade dish and not something that was waiting on a warmer. The ranchero sauce was the best I've had and the chicken was crispy and flavorful.

My wife got carne asada and birria (goat) tacos. Both were large and very flavorful. The salsas were delicious. Corn tortillas were flavorful with a great texture.

We'll be back and glad we...

The service here is really good and all the servers are bilingual which is really nice since my family speaks more English than Mexican even though I'm Mexican, Food; I order Birria and its is the best one I had so far here in aurora, all the other places cooked their meet aside the broth of the dish and then they added together this place does it all together and it chafes the flavor to be delicious authentic dish and the meat its a lot more tender, their size of this dish is smaller than the other restaurants but definitely worth to try it they also have homemade corn tortillas but they make them with yellow corn that usually has a stronger smell than the regular white corn( if you are Mexican or know something about cooking Mexican food you'll understand what I'm talking about) I do not particularly care for them but they also have flour tortillas that are better than the corn, overall it's a really nice small place with good food and great service, I recommend...