Review: Chili Pepper Mexican Grill

Written by Mark

Chili Pepper is a new Mexican restaurant that recently opened up by the same guys behind the shawerma place Slice. My friends and I headed there on Thursday night thinking it was a proper dine-in Mexican restaurant but once we got there we realized it was actually a fast food place.

The entrance to Chili Pepper is on the ground floor but as soon as you enter you need to go down a flight of stairs since the actual restaurant is located in the basement. The place had a bunch of tables downstairs as well as the ones located outside the main entrance so finding a place to sit should never be a problem. Ordering is simple with the process is split into three steps:



Red Chili

Guacamole KD0.600

Step 1 – Choose a Type

Burrito

Burrito Bowl

Salad

Hard Tacos (2pcs)

Soft Tacos (2pcs)

Quesadilla

Step 2 – Choose a Protein

Chicken KD3.150

Steak KD3.350

Barbacoa KD3.350

Shrimp KD3.500

Vegetarian KD2.750

Step 3 – Choose the Salsa

Sour Cream KD0.200

Pico de Gallo

Corn Salsa

Green Chili

 

The three steps

I ended up going with the soft tacos which come as two small pieces so I had one of them chicken and the other barbacoa (lamb). Between the two I preferred the chicken but the soft tacos were just too small and not very filling at all. When I passed by the second time today for lunch I chose the burrito and really thats the way to go, you get a lot more for the same price.

Speaking of price, I don’t understand why a fast food Mexican grill has to be so pricy. I had the chicken burrito today which is KD3.150 and that’s fine but then I added sour cream and guacamole and ended up paying KD3.950. Both those toppings should really be factored into the price. Still though the food is pretty good which is why I went back again. One cool thing they have is the nutritional information for all their items. This means you can know exactly how many calories you’re having which is great for calorie counters. If you’re interested in trying them out, they’re located in Kuwait City in the corner of the building right behind where Ubon and Rio are [Map].