Restaurante Chapín — Restaurant in Covington

I stopped in for Sunday lunch and margaritas. At first, I sat at the bar. I got this god awful smell of rotten urin. I turned and notice the restrooms were right behind me so I moved to a table as far away as I could. Needless to say, the smell was restaurant wide. Very gross.

The service was just ok. I think there is definitely a language barrier. The place is run by Guatemalans and they didn’t speak English well. I know some Spanish so we made it work. I ordered a jumbo margarita with reposado tequila but that’s not want I got. I got a watered down, nasty tasting drink, no salt on the rim. After that, I just ordered a shot and some water. When I got the bill, the single shot costs more than the jumbo margarita!!! The food was ok. I order chicken fajitas with pineapple and corn tortillas. The homemade tortillas were fell a part when I picked them up and had very little flavor. The salsa was “just ok”. Nothing to write home about that’s for sure. I do not recommend and will not be back. I still have a hard time getting...

I had such a wonderful lunch at Restaurante Chapin this afternoon! There is ample parking, a good sized dining room and lively music playing over the speakers. The decorations were so pretty and I loved the murals. Their chips and salsa were tasty. I loved the pocket of air in their chips. I think they were double layered tortillas. It was so satisfying! The talent of the folks at Restaurante Chapin didn't stop at their paintings; I ate tacos and they were amazing! I got shrimp, chicken and barbacoa for my proteins. The barbacoa was so juicy and the chicken was also juicy with the most flavorful spices or marinade? Idk! I feel the chicken taco is the best way to gauge the cook of a place and theirs blew me away. I think it was my favorite. The shrimp taco was delightfully light with its lettuce and tomato. Their on plate sauce is so spicy, please be ready if you're trying it on its own. With a dab on my taco or tortilla chip, though? Pure, fiery...

It was interesting. I ordered a diet coke, but was informed the diet coke was not working. I was told to try the empanadas or tacos. I ordered a ground beef & a chicken empanadas. Shortly later was informed they were out of ground beef so I switched to the pork. I ordered a fish taco to be informed they were out of fish tacos. The pork empanadas was actually BBQ shredded pork. It was very good. The chicken was ok. My grandson ordered the shredded beef empanadas & it came with a garlic sauce that really complimented the shredded beef empanadas. My granddaughter ordered the enchiladas & she sad they were just ok. She said she probably wouldn't order it again. Over all I would recommend this place. The reason I only gave it 4 stars is because of no diet coke, ground beef, & fish tacos available. I will return to try what I...