Cielito Lindo — Restaurant in Oakland Park

Ceilito Lindo first opened their doors at the Pompano Beach location on Dixie Hwy in 1985. It was followed by Dos in Lighthouse Point and Tres in Oakland Park. The Lighthouse Point location closed years ago but the Pompano Beach and Oakland Park locations are still going strong. I have been to the Pompano Beach location many times over the years I realized that I had never dined at the Oakland Park location so I headed on over for Cinco de Mayo.

This location is much more spacious than the Pompano restaurant. It is newly remodeled after a recent fire and I love the updated interior. It was very busy due to the holiday but i grabbed a Corona from the bar and no problem waiting outside until my table was called.

Through the years I have tried many things on the menu like the tacos, taco salad, enchiladas, and burritos but I have an all time favorite order. Sometimes I will start with a margarita when they have a special like tonight when they were offering them for $5 but I always enjoy the gratis chips and two salsa offerings, mild and spicy. Normally I am not a spice person but I prefer the spicy salsa here. I follow that with a cup of their soul restoring chicken soup. When I am sick all I want is an order of their chips and salsa and a bowl of their chicken soup. It is good for whatever ails you. For my main course I order the chicken fajitas. It is always large enough for two to share. if you run out of the tortillas just dig in with the chips. The fajitas always come out sizzling with caramelized meat and vegetables. I have had fajitas at many Mexican restaurants but Cielito Lindo's will always be my all time favorite. If I still have room for dessert you can never go wrong with their fried ice cream.

I have so many memories of eating at the Pompano Beach location. It was nice to discover that the Oakland Park location has the same delicious food and good value. Service was on point and I loved my meal. For me, Cielito Lindo never...

Okay Tuesday, all day Tacos for like 17 bucks pp! And don't forget to leave a good tip because they're very very nice people! Drinks I cannot come in because I'm not a drinker and I only bring my dad here because he loves this place, we came in once by accident because we were planning to go somewhere for Taco Tuesday, but this place takes a cake they have like steak ground beef chorizo shrimp chicken tacos and it comes with some rice cheese and beans they're amazing! I just eat at the top of my food and then the rest drop so I can just enjoy it! It's very very well made I don't know if the tacos are made of corn but they feel like corn. And the meat inside is plentiful and wonderful, the max amount of tacos I can in one sitting is like eight, but I tried doing 10 I was halfway there, I don't try to drink but they look pretty good you must try a couple like the margarita they look fabulous they have tequila if you want pretty good prices as well and if you don't like tacos all they have something for you the doorway out. Who doesn't like tacos come on. But yeah this place is amazing! Have to come here on Thursday maybe! And by the way Maria was our server! Amazing ! Dejen Buena propina ! Que es nuestra costumbre americana ! Si no vayan a su casa a comer ! UPDATE NO MORE TACO TUSDAY MY HEART DROP SO SAD 😓 not...

I have been coming here for years. Food has always been amazing BUT the server Sandra N Has no customer service skills and is very nasty. I placed a to go order. I ordered everything in Spanish. She still Struggled with an attitude and took forever to basically put in the order then when I get there I was standing in the entrance for a while until she finally came out from the kitchen. After taking a few minutes just to pull up the computer for me to pay I asked for a side of chimichurri because I ordered steak. She told me there is a charge. I said OK but I paused for a minute and also asked her is there really a charge for chimichurri if I order steak she Ignored me for a minute, and I Repeated myself, she turns to me with an attitude and says yes you have to pay Rolls her eyes and before I could answerthen takes. My change goes in the back for the chimichurri sauce takes about another five minutes, came out, slammed my receipt and my chimichurri sauce on the table. When My hands were out to receive it Then walks back into the back then I look at my receipt. She charged me for a side of cheddar cheese, If this is something you charge for why doesn’t my receipt say side of chimichurri sauce? I have never been treated so poorly & disgusting at this place and this is my place of...