Chonitos Mexican Restaurant

2505 W Valley Blvd, Alhambra - 91803
343 reviews
Mexican Cocktail Bar
(626) 284-8601

Went near their closing hours on a Friday, thinking it was gonna be packed but there was still some space. They have an outside eating area which was very nice and well lit. Inside you got this club atmosphere going, dark with club lights and Bad Bunny loudly playing over the speakers. Good ambiance. Food is bomb especially the shrimp tacos I got. Service is great and pretty attentive even with many customers to check on. Overall a nice spot with great service, bomb food, and a party atmosphere. Would hella recommend. ?

Bad service the coffee was no good and the pozole wasn’t hot

Nice place. We sat down right away. Went to get my first plate. Presentation of food set up was not impressive. Some items needed to be refilled. Took a while for that to happen. Available food was tasty though. I also experienced poor communication/service with waiter. He took over 40 min to come around and refill my coffee. Overall my experience was good. Didn't feel rushed or anything. However, it kinda fell a little short of my expectations.

Our waitress came to our table twice. And one of those times was to argue with us. We had to ask other employees to go find her for us. The food wasn’t good and the drinks were worse. Once I got the bill I notice they charged me 20 dollars extra so I asked what was it for. Her response was “because you got Tajín on top of our glass” she got upset and got the manager. He was super nice and fixed the problem. She then came back and said “next time tell me before don’t wait till you get the bill” (with attitude). They also charged 20 dollars it taxes so I paid for bad service and to get yelled at. My first and last time going.

It was our second time there, first time I ordered a shrimp cocktail, it was ok. This time my friends wanted to return to gather for dinner and hang out.We tried to order guacamole with chips, however we were told they did not have it available, which was odd being a Mexican restaurant you would think they would have that readily available, also my friend was told “this is your last refill” lol as he was handed his soda, that was odd as well.I asked for a mangoniada virgin, in hopes of getting the Chile straw as they picture it but those weren’t available either, sorry I like my spicy stuff? My ceaser salad was good though, had to order light but all my friends plates looked awesome!They do need to upgrade the bathrooms as there is only one stall working and it was pretty gross in there. Parking is plenty and there’s also parking on the streets.

The food and drinks were good. Service was okay, but much to be desired.Most people are drawn to restaurants based on reviews and food presentation. With that said, the food tasted better than how it was presented. When I received the Chonitos Platter I literally forgot what I ordered. Everything was kind of piled one on top of the other so it basically looked like one large platter of nachos.Overall I would eat here again.

good service from the moment you get there to sign in with the host waitres n waiters are really friendly my first time going I will come back I highly recommended ? ?

Great food and drinks . Thank you Adriana for the Food recommendations.. Definitely will be back ?

The tacos are fire! They also play legit Spanish music so that was nice. Adriana was very sweet. Loved this spot

Great service. Good food. Friendly environment.