El Chivo Birrieria & Taqueria

This is a small, no frills family owned Mexican restaurant with a few tables, good variety of tacos, birria and a few other Mexican dishes. They also have plenty of on-site parking for your convenience. The service is phenomenal and they definitely take pride in everything they do, their efforts to make you feel like you're at home, definitely show. They always start you off with a complementary basket of chips and salsa. I tried a few tacos, lengua, chile relleno and carné asada. They were all very fresh and delicious. I'm definitely coming back to try the birria.

FOOD AND SERVICE IS TERRIBLE. NOPE, friends stay away. I don't know how in the world this place has 4.4 stars but it is a LIE. We ordered a tables worth of food and no one could finish anything because the texture was wrong, there was no salt or it just tasted bland. Th nachos was all store bought items put together on a plate. Nothing was made there. Tortillas are purchased not hand made. Tacos terrible, we had tripe, carne asada, chicken and chorizo tacos. All had no flavor. Our friend had a burrito that was majority lettuce, no meat. Another friend had the quesadilla and he said the cheese was mozzarella not Mexican cheese. Nothing had salt and the salsas were sour. The bill was 94.00. WHAT??? They wouldn't itemize either so we could see exactly what they were charging. Stay away friends, you can find much better Mexican Eats in the Chicagoland area than this place. Btw, the service is horrendous, the waitress must be cooking the food because everytime we asked for something she was deeply offended and became visibly angry and would ask us loudly, why? Is everything ok? I'm sorry, I hate leaving bad reviews but this establishment must do better.

This is a small, no frills family owned Mexican restaurant with a few tables, good variety of tacos, birria and a few other Mexican dishes. They also have plenty of on-site parking for your convenience. The service is phenomenal and they definitely take pride in everything they do, their efforts to make you feel like you're at home, definitely show. They always start you off with a complementary basket of chips and salsa. I tried a few tacos, lengua, chile relleno and carné asada. They were all very fresh and delicious. I'm definitely coming back to try the birria.