El candelero — Restaurant in Cicero

Food had very good presentation but very bad flavor. A lot of work and money has gone into the atmosphere. If you want to go somewhere with a genuine Mexican feeling, this is the place. However, if you're looking for traditional Mexican food, don't expect this to be the place.

It seems to be very focused on a specific Spanish niche. Not the typical and expected experience.

It's also rather expensive. But you need to help them pay for the atmosphere, which may be well worth it for most of the target audience.

As I paid I saw a service fee of $2. This is an added tax, by the establishment, for using my credit card.

This is 2023 - most people use a CC. This practice is, in my experience, mainly a Hispanic practice which should not be practiced. It is a punishment for using their service.

I did talk to the owner to express my opinion and she was very kind and very receptive and extremely sweet. Her response turned a n over all 2 star experience into a 4 star experience.

SIX DOLLAR...

If I could give this restaurant a zero I would I went with my family last week and the food was cold after an hour of waiting for the food. The service was horrible the lady didn’t even know what she was doing. We had asked the lady for tortillas and it took her 20 min to get us tortillas. We also asked her for chips and it took her long. The food was good but it was cold. Over all I am not coming back and giving this restaurant my time. And it was expensive for cold food. They also have no place to...

I would genuinely rate this place a 0 if possible. No one sat us upon entering, instead they yelled from the other side of the restaurant to ask if it was for pickup. I had to change my drink order 3 times since they didn’t have any of the drink selections besides sodas. My husbands tortillas came once he had already finished his meal. Food was not great and cold. I ordered the chilaquiles rojos with carne and I recieved them with taco meat sprinkled on top. Please do not waste...