Cilantro Fresh Mexican Grill

1158 Whalley Ave, New Haven
(203) 389-1212

Recent Reviews

Michael Garcia

I arrived at the place at 8:25 pm and when I'm waiting I have to order, the girl tells me it's closed and they close at 9:00 pm ☹️☹️☹️

Janice D.

Love the 2-taco dinner with healthy options like tofu & sweet potatoes! The rice & black beans & cabbage slaw are also yummy!

Lauren Perrone

I need to recipe for the spicy slaw….I crave it daily. So good!

Food: 5

Tamara Arocho

They don't have a variety of food, sauces and drinks ahhhh ☹️they don't have good customer service...the atmosphere is not comfortable because they never went to the table to ask if we had anything else, glasses of ice for drinks or appetizers, extra sauces...The menu in English only and it is not defined well.. in short I will not eat more AhyPositive the food is not bad ? but it could be betterThe place is clean And the price is not high $ if you are very hungry I do not recommend it because the quantity is not enough to supply ??

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

Fil M.

Went there today. Had a shrimp bowl that was excellent! The flavor was smoky and on point. Then owner was very nice and helped us with the menu. The restaurant is clean and inviting. Will definitely return.

Brittany A.

Fantastic carnitas! I absolutely love them. Can not forget the Mexican Coca Cola with it!

Amanda Weires

Pretty good tacos, I had steak and cheese and carnitas, my friends got ground beef and queso and my boyfriend got the longanizas taco combo. This steak and cheese one is very American flavor profile, carnitas is very traditional Mexican flavor profile and the longaniza was not that spicy. The chips are really good, super thin, crispy and a little bit greasy but really good. The salsas are good, the queso was good but not spicy at all. They have Mexican sodas, Coca-Cola and jaritos. The restaurant is really small, there were two other groups of two in there and we could all hear each other's conversations. It's very tiny, but the staff is nice and the tacos are good.Vegetarian options: There's decent vegetarian options, and you can ask them to modify most things. We get things modified there all the time. Most of the time it's done correctly, but if you stress that you have an allergy or that you're vegetarian they will make an effort.Dietary restrictions: My boyfriend has an onion allergy and we have ordered from there bunch of times, most of the time it's correct and when I have had to ask them to remake something because there was onion in his dish, it was not a problem.Parking: There's a small handful of spots in a free parking lot, you can also park on the street, but it's a little ways down and you'd have to walk because the side street has a family dollar right next door so you have to park on the other side of that if there's no spots in that tiny lot.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Carnitas, Queso, Steak, Beef Tacos

DF MIX

Everything is very good here. Beef burritos, chicken enchiladas, the tacos. And the burrito bowls were very good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Enchiladas

Sally Toledo

Before they closed for 2 months, this place had the best salad a bit expensive but worth it. When they reopen I went back I was outrage of how easy they ripped me off of $18.00. Salad was served in a small bowl, steak was cut into tiny squares some of the ingredients where missing like pico de gallo and avocado and cilantro or whatever...never going back, NEVER! PRICES ARE HIGHER FOR LESS FOOD! AND QUALITY BAD BAD. 5 THUMBS DOWN.

Paden Hicks

Great food. Highly recommend. Great local restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jacob E.

Some of the best vegetarian/vegan friendly Mexican food options in the area. Humbly located inside of a train station.

Brian Murphy

Went here for lunch. Service was good. Food was good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chips, Guacamole, Quesadillas, Traditional Bowl with Chicken

Victor Mckane

Ambian (i think is his name) and the girl that works in front Day time they are incredible with customer service and food was perfectly cooked. The girl in front is nothing short of fantastic. I apologize for not remembering their names. She’s excellent they are great team

Isabella Miglietta

Unfortunately part of my order was missing. Not the first time this has happened either. They are super nice and the food is delicious, if you get it.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Robert F.

Chicken Tortilla Soup and Garden Salad were both good, but the staff preparing orders need to pay better attention to what they are doing. I ordered through UberEats. Each item supposedly comes with complimentary chips and salsa, so I made my selections of chips with green salsa... I've received no chips and no salsa at all. Also, I paid $1.50 for "extra dressing" for the salad and I received "one dressing" only. Like I said earlier, the soup was good but good thing I ordered the "large", because I couldn't imagine what size the small soup is. The so-called "large" soup came in a 16 ounce pint container. Usually "large" is a 32 ounce quart container. I don't know if I will order again since there was multiple items missing from my order.

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