Wow. Blown away as I finally discovered Chicatana. Easily the best and most creative tacos in DC. And the mezcal drinks are on point too (I write this after a few).
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Guillermo Hernandez
Must visit spot! Food, service and ambience is outstanding. Bartender Hector makes really good drinks! Looking forward to visiting soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Summer E
Not too pricy, really tasty, great service
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anu Jagannathan
Amazing tacos and tons of variety - they have all the classics and some unique like lobster, octopus, lamb barbacoa, and lengua
Food: 5
Rachel Smarte
Incredible food, kind people, great vibes. ✨
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katy Hull
Beautiful restaurant - so much soul and the food was just perfect: bright, fresh, balanced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jaredd Buttler
Being at chicatana was the best experience I’ve ever had in a Mexican cuisine. my waiter that day recommended me a lot of options in the menu and I picked out some from his recommendations and it did not disappoint I tried the spicy passion fruit and the Al pastor margarita where the best margaritas I’ve ever tried in the DMV and for starters I was recommended the flautas de pollo and they were incredible and I definitely recommend it. And then the tacos where very good you have a good selection of protein for the taco I really loved the specialty Al pastor taco and the barbacoa where my favorites and if I were to eat taco in the DMV it would most definitely be chicatana 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pastor and Carnitas Tacos, T Pastor
Max Foote
The food was pretty good, but I was underwhelmed. The rice side with the enmoladas was not cooked well. The service was pretty good and the overall atmosphere was alright. I was very excited to try Chicatana, and I still think it was worth the try, despite my slight disappointment... Maybe I caught it on an off day. I think I will be back, but I am not rushing to be back.
We all loved our food and the service was excellent. Mostly, I would say the lighting needs to be improved to something that feels more ambient or warm. The lighting feels bright and cold.
Bronnie
The service was absolutely fantastic. The food was ok. The brussel sprouts and passion fruit flan were really good, but I did not care for my quesadilla. My friend liked her shrimp tacos, but she thought they were a little spicy.
Food: 3
JF Boudreau
Tasty tacos
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Caleb Holt
My girlfriend and I have now been twice and I don't know that we'll go anywhere else. The guacamole is the best- fresh with cilantro and chili oil and salsa matcha. We also had sopes de pulpo, al pastor taco, carne asada taco, camaron al diablo taco, duck hurrache, and langosta taco- every bite was absolutely delicious. The pulpo fresh and cooked perfectly, the steak perfect MR-M, the shrimp were the perfect texture, and as someone who eats a lot of duck I can honestly say it's up there with some of the best I've had.
Antonio one of the owners was kind and generous and a pleasure to meet. Makes a mean spicy mezcal margarita too. We look forward to many more nights at Chicatana.
-Caleb and Danielle
Food: 5
S MacGregor
I ordered online because i thought they would handle the delivery themselves, but much to my dismay it was delivered by doordash. I only learned this AFTER placing my order. If there was even the slightest indication that it would be fulfilled by one of those services I wouldn’t have ordered. I had the good fortune of paying an extra $10 in fees and having my food arrive 30 minutes past the stated delivery estimate, just to have to heat it up at home. The full delivery took an hour and I live a 30 minute walk away, add on the extra 15 minutes it took to heat things up. Super disappointed by the misleading website. Please make it clear next time. It sucks because the food is good but I probably wont be back after this abysmal experience
Everything we ordered was on point!
Wow. Blown away as I finally discovered Chicatana. Easily the best and most creative tacos in DC. And the mezcal drinks are on point too (I write this after a few).
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Must visit spot! Food, service and ambience is outstanding. Bartender Hector makes really good drinks!
Looking forward to visiting soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not too pricy, really tasty, great service
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing tacos and tons of variety - they have all the classics and some unique like lobster, octopus, lamb barbacoa, and lengua
Food: 5
Incredible food, kind people, great vibes. ✨
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Beautiful restaurant - so much soul and the food was just perfect: bright, fresh, balanced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Being at chicatana was the best experience I’ve ever had in a Mexican cuisine.
my waiter that day recommended me a lot of options in the menu and I picked out some from his recommendations and it did not disappoint I tried the spicy passion fruit and the Al pastor margarita where the best margaritas I’ve ever tried in the DMV and for starters I was recommended the flautas de pollo and they were incredible and I definitely recommend it. And then the tacos where very good you have a good selection of protein for the taco I really loved the specialty Al pastor taco and the barbacoa where my favorites and if I were to eat taco in the DMV it would most definitely be chicatana 10/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pastor and Carnitas Tacos, T Pastor
The food was pretty good, but I was underwhelmed. The rice side with the enmoladas was not cooked well. The service was pretty good and the overall atmosphere was alright. I was very excited to try Chicatana, and I still think it was worth the try, despite my slight disappointment... Maybe I caught it on an off day. I think I will be back, but I am not rushing to be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Best torta I've ever had
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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We all loved our food and the service was excellent. Mostly, I would say the lighting needs to be improved to something that feels more ambient or warm. The lighting feels bright and cold.
The service was absolutely fantastic. The food was ok. The brussel sprouts and passion fruit flan were really good, but I did not care for my quesadilla. My friend liked her shrimp tacos, but she thought they were a little spicy.
Food: 3
Tasty tacos
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
My girlfriend and I have now been twice and I don't know that we'll go anywhere else. The guacamole is the best- fresh with cilantro and chili oil and salsa matcha. We also had sopes de pulpo, al pastor taco, carne asada taco, camaron al diablo taco, duck hurrache, and langosta taco- every bite was absolutely delicious. The pulpo fresh and cooked perfectly, the steak perfect MR-M, the shrimp were the perfect texture, and as someone who eats a lot of duck I can honestly say it's up there with some of the best I've had.
Antonio one of the owners was kind and generous and a pleasure to meet. Makes a mean spicy mezcal margarita too. We look forward to many more nights at Chicatana.
-Caleb and Danielle
Food: 5
I ordered online because i thought they would handle the delivery themselves, but much to my dismay it was delivered by doordash. I only learned this AFTER placing my order. If there was even the slightest indication that it would be fulfilled by one of those services I wouldn’t have ordered. I had the good fortune of paying an extra $10 in fees and having my food arrive 30 minutes past the stated delivery estimate, just to have to heat it up at home. The full delivery took an hour and I live a 30 minute walk away, add on the extra 15 minutes it took to heat things up. Super disappointed by the misleading website. Please make it clear next time. It sucks because the food is good but I probably wont be back after this abysmal experience
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