While I usually go to non-chain restaurants, I enjoy Chili's. It started with a southwestern egg roll obsession in high school.
On this trip, the hostess was strange. We told her how many and that we wanted a booth. She said something about sitting us in the bar area because service would be faster or something. The booths there were small, so we asked for a different section which seemed to bother her. Eventually we were seated in a wide booth.
Our server was much better and friendlier than the hostess. We opted for the two for $35 deal which is pretty great: an app to share, two entrees, a dessert to share and two presidente margaritas.
The food was good. It wasn't anything groundbreaking but we'll cooked comfort food. We had Texas cheese fries which were hot and loaded with cheese and bacon. I got the chicken fajitas. The chicken was juicy and came out sizzling with peppers and onions. I also appreciate that guacamole is one of the toppings you can use. I love the flavor of the black beans and mixing that with the rice. Dessert was a berry cobbler with ice cream. The cobbler was sweet and balanced with cinnamon. All around a pleasing meal.
For a late meal, it was noisy. One table in particular was really noisy so the environment was not the best.
On our way out, the hostess was sitting down with her shoes off and looking at her phone. She didn't acknowledge us walking out. Not a "bye" or "thank you".
So overall a good meal at a decent price. Customer service could use a little work.