Chiltepin Mexican Grill — Restaurant in City of Elmira

After 3 years of trying to find some actual quality Mexican food and not just Tex-Mex in the Southern Tier, we found it in Chiltepin. The tacos, tortas, quesadilla, all delicious. The lengua tacos are something I've been searching for since moving to the area, and they deliver. The tacos come bare minimum with your chosen protein on 2 corn tortillas. They have a "do it yourself" topping bar where you can make it how you want. You can choose from 3 types of salsa, pickled vegs, onions, cilantro, all the appropriate fixings needed. Super friendly staff, laid back and simple atmosphere, coupled with hands down the best Mexican food in the area. We look forward to going back and working our way...

I tried this place once with friends, their suggestion. I could not believe how small my taco was. My quesadilla only had a thin amount of content in the middle and at least 2-3 inches of the edge were nothing but the shell folded together. When the waitress came to our table and asked how everything was, I gave her the opportunity to do something, anything, as this were my first impression of them. She blew it by doing nothing and I won't be back again. Fortunately we have some really great Mexican restaurants like Los Pancho's, Garcia's, and Salsa's. I suggest any one of those places over this. I don't think they'll last long in this...

Not exactly what I expected considering the other reviews. I got the Burrito Tepin and it was mediocre at best. The rice was very dry; the beef had very little flavor but was cooked well. When I got it, it was already lukewarm, so the cheese never came close to melting. It’s marketed as authentic Mexican, which made it enticing given the lack of options around here. The service was great; the guy at the counter was very kind and seemed happy to be there, but that’s just not something that can make up for the food sadly. The other reviews belong to people who have never had authentic mexican...