El Chile Habanero Restaurante - Mérida

The service here was only soso. The food, while plenty, was not so good, the decor was cheap and uninteresting.

Authentic and very high quality restaurant in Merida. Friendly service, not. too touristic and reasonably priced. Habanero serves mostly traditional Yacatan dishes. The Yucatas Especial platter is great, and the fresh made quacamole is definately the best we have had so far in Mexico!

We 've had dinner here on previous trips to Mérida and always enjoyed it. See our earlier review. On this occasion, Tawie ordered the Fajita de Pollo but was soon told they had no chicken. She went with the Fajita de Res which was flavorful but tough. I went with the (forgot the actual name but it was) the Yucatecan sampler. My meal was really enjoyable with the exception of the fairly rotten lemon as a garnish in the center of the plate. Top it off with an AC/DC live video being played through the entire meal as we sat under under the loud TV, and we left irritated. Don 't get me wrong; we like rock 'n roll but we couldn 't hear each other. When asked to turn it down, they did......for a minute or two.

We decided to eat at this restaurant after waiting for another restaurant that was packed. We are glad we did. The food was delicious and the margaritas were poured with a heavy hand. Prices were good, around $20 for two with 2 plates and 2 good margaritas. The salsa with the chips was spicy and good!!!

First they brought out tortilla chips but they were very stale, incredibly greasy and had no flavor...then I ordered panuchos de cochinita, and the tortillas they served them on were also incredibly stale and just covered in grease, again with no flavor but grease! Just overall the food was far from fresh and just tasted bad. The prices are not cheap compared to other restaurants compared to regular ones anyway, not the touristy types) so I expected much better. Will not be going back :