El Chile Cafe Y Cantina

1816 S 1st St, 78704-4252 - Austin
€€ Mexican Southwestern
★★★★★ ★★★★★
83/100
986 recommendations

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83/100
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986 total reviews
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4.0/5
25 reviews
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4.3/5
961 reviews
🌳 Outdoor seating 🚚 Delivery 🥡 Takeout 🍽️ Dine-in 🍺 Alcohol 🍹 Cocktails 🍷 Wine 📅 Reservations Wheelchair accessible Accessible restroom 😊 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 👥 Good for groups

💬 What people say

Brunch 168 Margaritas 122 Mole 93 Patio 61 Happy hour 45 Mimosas 20 Poblano 11 Watermelon 10

Contact Information

📞 Phone: +1 512-401-3161
📍 Address: 1816 S 1st St, Austin

🕐 Opening Hours

Open now Closes at 09:00 PM
Monday1 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday2 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday3 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday4 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday5 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday6 10:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Sunday7 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Google Reviews (10)

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V. D.

4 days ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Always great food to be found here. The portions are always larger than I expected. Never had too much trouble parking. The menu is pretty robust too. Always something good to be had.
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Frank Schwartz

4 weeks ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Have been going to El Chile for almost 10 years. It is one of my favorite restaurants in Austin. Great food and solid service. Food always comes out fast! Love their new brunch menu!
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Scott Durst

3 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
So good as always! Hadn’t been to the new location until today! They haven’t skipped a beat! I think it’s even better than last time we went almost 2 years ago. Good job guys! We will be back again. :-)
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Marissa Resendez

3 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Great little spot. We popped in before a concert on a week night and had a great experience. The frozen top shelf & watermelon margaritas are delicious! We tried the flautas and the puffy taco plate. Both are solid choices. Hopefully we can go back to try more of the tacos!
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Kurt Ray

3 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Delicious entrées, friendly attentive service, great time had by all! Had flautas, fajitas, & Enchiladas. Highly recommend, when visiting Austin. Food came out quick and hot. Had mangonada margarita, top shelf frozen margarita, & spicy Sandia margarita. All were perfect! Note: drinks were delivered full, but we drank some before the photos were taken. ;)
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Virginia Stockwell

4 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Cute, colorful place with huge covered patio for people watching and it is action packed out front. Server recommendations the enchiladas as a house specialty and it was soooo good. I'm craving it again already. Plenty for two servings with the side of beans and rice. $4 Modelo to boot! Happy hour ends early, I think 530 but does offer $2 off most drinks. The two kinds of salsa with chips is unique and very flavorful. You can really judge a place by the salsa first impression!
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Juju Dessert

4 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Best brunch spot. The steak and eggs is top tier. Also frozen Marg 👌
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Matthew Crooker

5 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Absolutely the best place to go to while visiting Austin. The food here is delicious and everything starts with the chips and dip. Any entree is bound to make your day because of how great everything is. I cannot recommend this establishment enough!
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L Stanley

6 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Great food! Ashley S. Was our server and she was so sweet and so good!! We had a variety of food in our group and everything was delicious. I highly recommend this restaurant. Indoor tables and outside patio as well.
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Miss Zany (Zany)

6 months ago
★★★★★ 5/5
Even though my friend & I were there for the Chilaquiles, we found the rest of the Brunch menu to be enticing. We were grateful to our waitperson (I'm unable to recall their name for the review) as they paid attention to our order. My friend received her Chilaquiles order & the restaurant was able to accommodate her vegetarian requirements as I wanted to make sure I had sauce that had heat to where I could eat my meal with satisfaction. We appreciate the crunch down to every last bite. We enjoyed that there was a fruit variety of mimosas that we could have, and their Strawberry was delicious. Last, yet not least, we had to get their Lemon Curd Blueberry Crepes for dessert which filled us up for the road.
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