Bandido's Mexican Cafe

159 1/2 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill
(919) 967-5048

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Gillian A

Would not recommend……. hostess was incredibly rude and would not allow us to join a table of our friends despite open seats. Food is marginal and not enough to make up for incredibly rude hostess

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Francisco Palta

Initial service was subpar, while other tables had already gotten their chips we were still waiting for someone to even take our order. After what seemed like forever, someone took our order and we got our food. The service was incredibly delayed and the waitress got one of our orders wrong.

I started eating my nachos until I found a HAIR on my food and I asked for them to take it back. I asked for a simple quesadilla instead, which I couldn’t finish because of a weird taste, and once I paid they CHARGED me for the nachos. I tried to discuss with them that all I had eaten was a quesadilla, but they avoided any sense of responsibility and got defensive for no reason.

Terrible experience!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Chris

Visited on a business trip in Aug. 2024. Planned to eat in, but the moment I walked in and the smell of turpentine hit me like a brick, I immediately switched my order to take out. I got the San Antonio Burrito. I wish I could say it got better, but it didn't. Now, I love onions and peppers, but this burrito was chuck full of barely cooked, huge chunks of both. Along with just a little chicken, and no cheese that I could tell. Couple it with just a tiny pouch of chips. It was disappointing on many levels.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Chuck Witte

Fantastic Thank you

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cassandra

Bandido’s is delicious! Our favorite Mexican spot in town. Antoni is so nice! The food is fresh and authentic.

Al Kaholiq

Nice folks. Great food. Never dissapoints.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mohan Ram

Love the chicken rice bowl and the chicken chimichangas..?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Josh Henson

Very underwhelming. Quality has gone down since they moved locations.

Sara N

Employees were friendly but food was terrible. Absolutely the worst food I've had in a very long time. Mostly inedible. Also, there was a strong odor or fumes that were really offensive. Not a good experience.

Christian Smedberg

Antonio was awesome, nice guy. Excellent service! I got the fried ice cream and my brother got the Oreo one. They both tasted great! Will definitely come back here to try the other food! Good prices, tasty food. Comes with complementary chips and salsa.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

God of poop

Food was amazing and the waiter was very attentive! shout-out to antonio! The place also had deep fried ice cream which is a very rare sight nowadays, will be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cassandra Serre

Bandido’s is delicious! Our favorite Mexican spot in town. Antoni is so nice! The food is fresh and authentic.

Lily g

They like to scam drunk college students. Ask for an itemized bill and price conveniently goes down— also they ask for a tip when they auto grat parties of 6 or more. SCAMMY

David Doughten

Met some friends before the Heels game, my Burrito Supreme was the ? !!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

kim gerstner

Quick service, fresh food and great staff. So much food for the price!!!

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