Aguamiel Restaurante
| Address: | 30 S Prospect Ave, Clarendon Hills, IL 60514, USA |
| Phone: | +1 630-537-1966 |
| Site: | aguamielrestaurante.com |
| Rating: | 4.1 |
| Working: | Closed 4–10PM 4–10PM 4–10PM 4–11PM 4–11PM 4–8PM |
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Edward McMurray
Aguamiel was a great experience. Im going to divide this review into food and everything else. Food: The food was a five-star excellent adventure. We started off with the special chile rellenos for the day (roasted jalapenos stuffed with chorizo and cheese) and an order of the guacamole. Both were outstanding. The only negative I could say is that the order of guacamole was slightly small considering the $7.75 price point, but it was still worth it. For the entrees, my girlfriend had the special carnitas for the day. She said they were excellent, and it was a very nice serving of food. I had the cochinita pibil. It was fantastic; it was super tender, moist, and came with pickled onions and super hot habanero salsa. Most entrees come with black beans, which I enjoy so much more than the canned re-fried beans you get at most Tex-Mex or sub-par Mexican restaurants. We each had a margarita, which was well worth the price; very fresh and very good! Front of House/Everything else: Here is why I cant get give Aguamiel a perfect 5-star rating. Ive been around the restaurant industry for a long time, so I am very understanding when it comes to issues that are out of anyones control. But there were a few things that I just cant ignore. We went on the Thursday following Christmas, and the restaurant was quite busy considering the calendar day, and I dont think they or even the diners were prepared for that. They had a small party going on and a few fairly large tables. When we walked in, we waited by the hosts stand for about 5 minutes, with no acknowledgement by any of the staff. No host or hostess seated us, but a bus captain. We got to our table and everything was smooth sailing from the waitstaff. After sitting for a few moments, I finally did see a hostess. She was wandering around like she had no clue what to do, and dressed in something that even I would consider "inappropriate" for a hostess. There was a back server who was running food out later in the evening, but wore jeans that looked like they were painted on him and he looked very lost as well. I did notice was the that waitstaff was not divided up in the "stations" plan for the dining room, but were given tables based on when they were seated. That is a fine practice in a smaller restaurant like Aguamiel, but I felt sorry for our service captain. He looked like he was running a marathon all over the dining room. Also, the restaurant was a little loud. Noise levels do not bother me in any restaurant, but it does bear mention. Overall, this was a great food experience and we will go back. I am hoping that the front of house concerns were fallout from unexpected crowds the day after Christmas, and not signs of under-qualified front of house staff. But it was worth the drive and the food was top notch.
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Nick Rojas
Food is excellent, and the cocktails are even better! My girlfriend and I frequent this place multiple times a month and have never been disappointed - its our go-to place for a nice dinner out. And the BEST thing is you never feel rushed! So many of the fine dining places out there now wanna get you in and out to turn the table over, not this place! Yes they do get crazy busy sometimes, but they are always attentive and try to get you comfortable while you wait as much as possible with their bar area. Side note: they had a little mishap with some construction crew down the street on a Saturday that knocked out the areas power, so they went ahead and called us having a reservation to inform us they wouldnt be opening that night, but if that changed would call us back and let us know; giving us a few hour window gave us time to find somewhere else to go that night (albeit nowhere near as great)......very professional and very very appreciated!!
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Debejyo Chakraborty
Got to have the habanero sauce. What a kick! Enjoyed the food. Sufficient portion and good taste. The icecream was probably re frozen. Had ice particles. Ethnic staff, great service. Good ambience. Recommend making a reservation. The tres leches is on a flan cake, as opposed to sponge cake. Tastes fine, but personally i prefer the sponge.
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Danielle McNally
Great authentic/upscale Mexican restaurant in a quaint town. Comfortable restaurant ideal for families or small groups. The bar is good if you are dining solo. I pretty much love everything Ive tried here. While it may sound boring the tacos are amazing. Decent margaritas.
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David Huckvale
Not authentic. Very over priced. Dont order the drink special if you dont want to be upset about spending 11.50 for flavored drink that doesnt taste like it has alcohol in it. Really look and taste the salsa and you know its not gonna be a good experience.
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Janet Pieper
Love this place!! The food is amazing and they offer Spanish wines! Nice bonus. We have been here multiple times and find the food to be consistently good and authentic to what we get in Mexico. Nice!
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Chet Everett
Really delicious food. Mostly things that are familiar as Mexican, but done with a little more flair. Huge bar with many great options for tequila and higher end mescal. Great for parties and big groups!
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Mary Veed
Excellent food (try anything with shrimp). A definite cut above generic Mexican. Really nice staff and beautiful room. Picturesque location easily findable with maps. Recommended.
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Joe Cassidy
Unique dishes not found in most Mexican restaurants. Former Rick Bayless chef is the difference. Staff very friendly. Interesting cocktails as well, especially if you like Mescal.
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Rich Centeno
Stong margaritas, so so atmosphere, poor food executions; old stale tortillas were used in our dishes. When we complained, they just brought out more of the same.
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Elieser De Jesus
Food was very nicely presented, tasted like I was have dinner with my Mom. And shes been gone two years. Kid friendly, even though I was on a date
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Morgan GusGus Levin
As I passed my last night I saw cockroaches running around their outside dining area and around their doors. Not healthy. And very gross...
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Daniel Goudzwaard
I come here at least once a month! The food is Delicious and I have NEVER received bad service!!
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Harley Pranger
The dishes were pretty authentic but not superb. Very expensive and not worth the price.
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Sam Winn
Awesome food, good margarita, we sat out on the patio, will definitely be returning .
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Grant Dixon
Great place. Food was phenomenal and service was great. All four of us loved it.
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Jeanne Kelly
A nice place and the service was amazing!! Kind of loud, and the food was fine.
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Tom Koziol
Great food, great margaritas, a great place to go.
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Rob Kozerski
Tacos werent anything special and expensive
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Anna Ferguson
Our waiter was awesome.
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francisco javier ortiz
Love this 0lace
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Zack H
Great mole!
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Bob Cook
Excellent
