I was really disappointed here. I went last a few years ago and it was great- this time was gross. There was a hair in my margarita, (I didn’t even take 1 sip the hair came out of the drink when I took the mixing straw out) and when I asked the waitress for a new one she said “oh… okay”, took it to the bartender who looked very confused. No one ever apologized.Both of our water glasses were cracked at the bottom, and leaking. The chefs in the kitchen weren’t wearing any hair nets. One was wearing a beanie but he had a long beard with no cover. The other male had no net, and rubber gloves on which I saw him run his nose with the back of his hand many times.The food was way expensive for small portions.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Bernadette S.
I was really disappointed here. I went last a few years ago and it was great- this time was gross. There was a hair in my margarita, (I didn't even take 1 sip the hair came out of the drink when I took the mixing straw out) and when I asked the waitress for a new one she said "oh... okay", took it to the bartender who looked very confused. No one ever apologized. Both of our water glasses were cracked at the bottom, and leaking. The chefs in the kitchen weren't wearing any hair nets. One was wearing a beanie but he had a long beard with no cover. The other male had no net, and rubber gloves on which I saw him run his nose with the back of his hand many times. The food was way expensive for small portions.
Janine Jones
Nathaniel did a great job!! The food was beyond our expectations! We will definitely be back!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lori Karasek
Eclipse Day and Crave has one bartender, while a bunch of other staff just stood around. The bartender said she was the manager and did her best. This was an opportunity for Crave to pull in a ton of new customers, but poor planning did the opposite. The manager seemed apathetic. They lost a lot of business.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Kim G.
My husband and I had a date night here recently after not having visited in a few years. We sat at their beautiful bar area. The service from our bartender was very good. She was extremely friendly and attentive. She made the smallest error with our order and fixed it immediately once she was notified. My husband was pleased with the beer selection and I enjoyed my wine. Out of my husband's taco order, his favorite was the barbecue brisket taco, which I sampled and also thought was delicious. I thoroughly enjoyed my walleye taco. While these aren't incredible tacos, they are very good and didn't sit too heavy at all. We also loved the variety of creative tacos listed on the menu. While we like the idea of the trio of salsa, we didn't think it was that good and would not order it again. Overall, very good experience and planning a trip back soon!
Jeffery Brooks
First time checking out this establishment and I would recommend it. The food was very good and the service good. They have a full bar and they have table seating. The food and drink menu has many options to choose from. There is also plenty of parking options with the downtown parking decks. The food pictured is the chicken tacos.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Megan Bobula
This place has my favorite taco ever. I really appreciate that they offer vegetarian meat substitutes like the veggie chorizo and the impossible meat...thank you! This is why I keep coming back! Also love the fried plantains and yucca fries. Great place to stop for a snack and a drink or a full meal. Good atmosphere and love the open garage door in the bar area in nice weather so you get that indoor/outdoor feel.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegan Impossible Burger Taco
Katie Weiss
Service was okay, just slow. Our waitress was very kind though.Food was terribly bland. Chimichuri steak skewers tasted bland and did not have chimichuri and piri piri sauce. Came with 3 small slices of potato and unseasoned skewered peppers/onions. Eating the steak was just eating a lot of chili crisp.Chilequiles tasted okay. Just soaked with an undercooked egg on top.Burrito was lackluster. All you could really taste was cheese sauce because it was smothered.It’s kind of a dark restaurant. And loud. Hard to even have a conversation with the person at your table.Bathrooms are sticky and dark.Can’t say we’d recommend going to Crave Cantina to anyone. It’s gone down since they opened.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Sonya Porter
I order the jerk duck fat fried wings togo and got hime and the chicken just smelled like cinnamon it was not jerk and just nasty I would not recommend.
Food: 1
Laura Y.
It's unfortunate to say that we had a bad experience at Crave Cantina. We went in, were seated after a short wait, and then waited for what felt like a while before we were brought some waters. The waitress kind of just put the water down and said I'll be back. No worries. We looked through the menu and opted for the queso, salsa, and chips. Another while goes by and our waitress is nowhere in sight. She then walks by a few times and doesn't acknowledge us. At this point we had already been sitting there for about 15-20 minutes. The person I was dining with asked what a drink on the menu was and she said "it's that. It's like all of that. I don't know they make it at the bar it's like a mocktail." We finally put our order in and our waitress just wrote it down and walked away. Didn't confirm our order, didn't ask if we needed anything else, didn't let us know she was going to put our order in, nothing. At some point she sees us without waters and she brings us our own bottle which was very nice, but then disappeared again. Our chips, queso, and salsa come out maybe 45 minutes after we had sat down. They were great and our waitress refilled our chips while we waited for our food. And waited. And waited... other tables who were seated after us got their food and we continued to wait. Another 45 minutes later we got our food and our order was wrong. We ordered a shrimp burrito, a couple of tacos, and a chimichurri steak skewers, which oddly enough didn't actually have chimichurri, seems a little misleading. The steak was tough and lacking flavor, even with the curry sauce that was drizzled on top. Overall between the poor service and the subpar food, I can't say Crave was my cup of tea or that I would recommend it to anyone.
Friendly service, seated on a Friday night with no reservation. Traditional guacamole was bland. Fountain Coke tasted off. Chorizo taco and Bahn Mi taco were great!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
C C
Atmosphere was good. Brisket tacos were too tough. Burritos were
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Leslie Cowen
I’m wowed.. we came here for an “adventure date”. So we only did apps and a drink. But I’m so ready to come back!! The server was amazing:: she made fabulous drinks andWas Carismatic and helpful and made our time so fun!! She recommended that we try the macaroni and cheese with some grilled chicken on it and this was by far the most amazing macaroni and cheese I’ve ever had. We also had these plantains that were served with a sweet syrup that was spicy cloves and cinnamon. It was so satisfying and interesting.. This is a total masterpiece and big win. I can’t wait to come back and have a full meal and enjoy their entire menu.Vegetarian options: So many and vegan options too!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jim Cowen
Are you kidding!?!?!? For a couple years I’ve been meaning to stop here. Tonight my wife and I stopped in for date night and all we both can say is WOW!!! The drinks…excellent. The service…best in class. The food…well let’s just say we WE WILL BE BACK!Vegetarian options: Vegan selections but I’m a Midwest meat and potato guy. If you are vegan, you’ll find options for your pallet and the best part, tequila is vegan!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alexis Jackson
Fantastic selection of proteins for Tacos (I like the alligator!), good prices, beautiful interior that feels cozy and warm. Unique dining experience compared to most taco places.
I was really disappointed here. I went last a few years ago and it was great- this time was gross. There was a hair in my margarita, (I didn’t even take 1 sip the hair came out of the drink when I took the mixing straw out) and when I asked the waitress for a new one she said “oh… okay”, took it to the bartender who looked very confused. No one ever apologized.Both of our water glasses were cracked at the bottom, and leaking. The chefs in the kitchen weren’t wearing any hair nets. One was wearing a beanie but he had a long beard with no cover. The other male had no net, and rubber gloves on which I saw him run his nose with the back of his hand many times.The food was way expensive for small portions.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
I was really disappointed here. I went last a few years ago and it was great- this time was gross. There was a hair in my margarita, (I didn't even take 1 sip the hair came out of the drink when I took the mixing straw out) and when I asked the waitress for a new one she said "oh... okay", took it to the bartender who looked very confused. No one ever apologized. Both of our water glasses were cracked at the bottom, and leaking. The chefs in the kitchen weren't wearing any hair nets. One was wearing a beanie but he had a long beard with no cover. The other male had no net, and rubber gloves on which I saw him run his nose with the back of his hand many times. The food was way expensive for small portions.
Nathaniel did a great job!! The food was beyond our expectations! We will definitely be back!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eclipse Day and Crave has one bartender, while a bunch of other staff just stood around. The bartender said she was the manager and did her best. This was an opportunity for Crave to pull in a ton of new customers, but poor planning did the opposite. The manager seemed apathetic. They lost a lot of business.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
My husband and I had a date night here recently after not having visited in a few years. We sat at their beautiful bar area. The service from our bartender was very good. She was extremely friendly and attentive. She made the smallest error with our order and fixed it immediately once she was notified. My husband was pleased with the beer selection and I enjoyed my wine. Out of my husband's taco order, his favorite was the barbecue brisket taco, which I sampled and also thought was delicious. I thoroughly enjoyed my walleye taco. While these aren't incredible tacos, they are very good and didn't sit too heavy at all. We also loved the variety of creative tacos listed on the menu. While we like the idea of the trio of salsa, we didn't think it was that good and would not order it again. Overall, very good experience and planning a trip back soon!
First time checking out this establishment and I would recommend it. The food was very good and the service good. They have a full bar and they have table seating. The food and drink menu has many options to choose from. There is also plenty of parking options with the downtown parking decks. The food pictured is the chicken tacos.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
This place has my favorite taco ever. I really appreciate that they offer vegetarian meat substitutes like the veggie chorizo and the impossible meat...thank you! This is why I keep coming back! Also love the fried plantains and yucca fries. Great place to stop for a snack and a drink or a full meal. Good atmosphere and love the open garage door in the bar area in nice weather so you get that indoor/outdoor feel.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Vegan Impossible Burger Taco
Service was okay, just slow. Our waitress was very kind though.Food was terribly bland. Chimichuri steak skewers tasted bland and did not have chimichuri and piri piri sauce. Came with 3 small slices of potato and unseasoned skewered peppers/onions. Eating the steak was just eating a lot of chili crisp.Chilequiles tasted okay. Just soaked with an undercooked egg on top.Burrito was lackluster. All you could really taste was cheese sauce because it was smothered.It’s kind of a dark restaurant. And loud. Hard to even have a conversation with the person at your table.Bathrooms are sticky and dark.Can’t say we’d recommend going to Crave Cantina to anyone. It’s gone down since they opened.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
I order the jerk duck fat fried wings togo and got hime and the chicken just smelled like cinnamon it was not jerk and just nasty I would not recommend.
Food: 1
It's unfortunate to say that we had a bad experience at Crave Cantina. We went in, were seated after a short wait, and then waited for what felt like a while before we were brought some waters. The waitress kind of just put the water down and said I'll be back. No worries. We looked through the menu and opted for the queso, salsa, and chips. Another while goes by and our waitress is nowhere in sight. She then walks by a few times and doesn't acknowledge us. At this point we had already been sitting there for about 15-20 minutes. The person I was dining with asked what a drink on the menu was and she said "it's that. It's like all of that. I don't know they make it at the bar it's like a mocktail." We finally put our order in and our waitress just wrote it down and walked away. Didn't confirm our order, didn't ask if we needed anything else, didn't let us know she was going to put our order in, nothing. At some point she sees us without waters and she brings us our own bottle which was very nice, but then disappeared again. Our chips, queso, and salsa come out maybe 45 minutes after we had sat down. They were great and our waitress refilled our chips while we waited for our food. And waited. And waited... other tables who were seated after us got their food and we continued to wait. Another 45 minutes later we got our food and our order was wrong. We ordered a shrimp burrito, a couple of tacos, and a chimichurri steak skewers, which oddly enough didn't actually have chimichurri, seems a little misleading. The steak was tough and lacking flavor, even with the curry sauce that was drizzled on top. Overall between the poor service and the subpar food, I can't say Crave was my cup of tea or that I would recommend it to anyone.
Restaurantji Recommends
Friendly service, seated on a Friday night with no reservation. Traditional guacamole was bland. Fountain Coke tasted off. Chorizo taco and Bahn Mi taco were great!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Atmosphere was good. Brisket tacos were too tough. Burritos were
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
I’m wowed.. we came here for an “adventure date”. So we only did apps and a drink. But I’m so ready to come back!! The server was amazing:: she made fabulous drinks andWas Carismatic and helpful and made our time so fun!! She recommended that we try the macaroni and cheese with some grilled chicken on it and this was by far the most amazing macaroni and cheese I’ve ever had. We also had these plantains that were served with a sweet syrup that was spicy cloves and cinnamon. It was so satisfying and interesting.. This is a total masterpiece and big win. I can’t wait to come back and have a full meal and enjoy their entire menu.Vegetarian options: So many and vegan options too!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Are you kidding!?!?!? For a couple years I’ve been meaning to stop here. Tonight my wife and I stopped in for date night and all we both can say is WOW!!! The drinks…excellent. The service…best in class. The food…well let’s just say we WE WILL BE BACK!Vegetarian options: Vegan selections but I’m a Midwest meat and potato guy. If you are vegan, you’ll find options for your pallet and the best part, tequila is vegan!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic selection of proteins for Tacos (I like the alligator!), good prices, beautiful interior that feels cozy and warm. Unique dining experience compared to most taco places.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salsa