Chivos

New Mexican restaurant in the Heights that must have replaced another previous Mexican restaurant. Parking is valet only and the location is near a neighborhood that did not have street parking available. The ambiance was beautiful, and the patio was large and spacious. The service was slow, and the server tried too hard to up sell expensive items, it seemed disingenuous.

Food:
Ceviche mixto tostada - 3/5 - seemed like they tried to throw every ingredient possible into a bowl and drizzle a ton of white sauce on top of it. Tostada was not crispy.

Pork belly taco - 3.5/5 - pork belly was tender, sauce was spicy, but the taco is missing a texture, like cabbage or lettuce.

Crispy potatoes - 3/5 - not crispy and lacking flavor.

Uva y burrata - 2/5 - flavor profile is not good. Burrata did not taste fresh. The bread was stale, it was not crispy nor soft, but too chewy.

Overall, I would not recommend for food. It's too bad, I really love the patio seating and the decor inside is beautiful.

Tried their Houston restaurant weeks menu and I like that they serve it on Saturdays. Had the ceviche tostada and the burrata toast and they were both very delicious. The burrata felt more like a dessert with the peaches and nuts but still yummy. Second course was the pork belly and the steak and they were good. The tortillas were amazing! Thick corn tortillas are the move. I’m kind of a baby tbh because the sauces were super spicy 🥵 but they constantly have people filling water so I survived. The dessert was my favorite part. I love tres leeches and the chocolate tamal is something I had never experienced before. It wasn’t my favorite but it was nice to try something I had never tried before. It paired well with the ice cream. Overall enjoyed myself and had great service too!

My party of two came on Friday evening I'm the latter time of the happy hour which lasts til 6:30. We made reservations for 5:45 pm and it wasn't packed, but by the time we left at 8 ish, they were busy, so I'd recommend reservations to ensure you get seats. Take note, the food we had was spicy (pork belly tacos and grilled shrimp entree). The description didn't say they would be spicy, but bareable. The street corn and Buffalo cauliflower were a great small plate option. No food here lacked any flavor. The service was great. The staff offered recommendations and worked together to ensure the customer had a great experience.

Everything was wonderful.
Highlight of the night were: mezcal frozen cocktail, mixto (?) Ceciche 5/5, uves y burrata small dish 5/5, beet dish 5/5.
Not a fan of the steak (cooked very well-done) and the bone marrow tacos (too oily for our liking)
Overall, great place to enjoy the gorgeous patio and have a few bites and drinks

Small restaurant but had a very nice time.

Ordered only the bone marrow tacos but they were REALLY tasty! The spicy mango margarita was also nice to try out!

Paid $6 valet parking, had no problems with finding our group inside to sit down. I would recommend calling for a reservation since there’s not too many tables indoors. There are two areas outdoors, one area is heated inside a clear tent while one area beside isn’t.

Had a nice server, polite and always kept attending to our table for refills and to ask if everything was doing okay.