Cilantros Grill & Cantina

What a pleasant surprise as we drove thru town on a weekend trip. Cilanto's service was fantastic, the restaurant clean and welcoming, and the food was great. The kid's menu was perfect and our kids loved it. The fajitas was very large and easily shared with two adults. My 8yr old son said, "It's blazing good."

My husband and I love to go here just to relax and drink a couple margaritas, the food is really good. I suggest the chicken Nacho Reals or the chicken fajitas, my husband likes the spicy/shredded chicken burritos. I like the chicken over the beef. Had a lot of experiences here, they love our kids and us and on my birthday they even gave me a complementary shot of tequila. I would rather come here than the other Mexican restaurant in Van Wert. I would say we would be a regular here lol.

Walking in we were blown away by how big the place is. Lots of seating and spacious tables and booths, which is important when we bring in our children (it's no fun to be crammed into a booth). We were started off with tasty chips and probably the freshest tasting salsa I have had in a while. (and perfectly chunky!) I always have a hard time choosing what to order at similar restaurants with huge menus and combo plates that kind of all end up tasting the same. I went with the Special Plate because I wanted to try it all. I was not disappointed! Wow! First of all, the plate was hilariously huge - but also every single thing on that plate was delicious! My husband ordered the enchiladas reales and was impressed too. He especially loved the cheese sauce. Our server (Wilmer, I believe?) was great too. Overall, we were very pleased with our date night choice and will be back with the whole family.