On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina - S. Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs

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  Jennifer Wenzell

  :: 21 April 2023 14:19:11

  Ordered On The Border catering for an office luncheon and it was FANTASTIC!! The ease of placing a large catering order on line was a total bonus!! Daniel arrived with our food right on time. He was super helpful and very friendly!! He explained each of the meals to us and was kind enough to lay the spread out for us. The food is extremely tasty and arrived at the appropriate temps (hot food was hot and cold food was cold) and the crunchy food was crunchy...not something you always see with delivered Mexican food. We ordered enchiladas, crunchy and soft tacos, empanadas, and tres leches cake. The bag of chips for the side was HUGE!!! Did not at all taste like a chain restaurant. I would highly recommend On The Border and I for sure will be eating at the restaurant as well. Look forward to sampling the margaritas.

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  Jaime Rodriguez (RamRod)

  :: 31 March 2023 15:33:06

  I felt very much at home! The food felt very authentic and heavenly. I honestly had trouble deciding what kinds of tacos to get cause they looked very appetizing. My drink (Red Sangria) also wasn’t too strong either which was really nice. Definitely coming back again!

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  TJ Rogers

  :: 17 March 2023 03:00:57

  We stopped in for lunch. Parking was odd as you had to walk halfway around the building but nice entryway once you get there. We were seated right away and greeted promptly by our server. The food was delicious 😋 and awesome service! The refried beans 🫘 are homemade and absolutely OUT OF THIS WORLD 🌎

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  Giulia Zanella

  :: 20 December 2022 20:04:02

  The cheese sauce was good but they don't give you the offer at checkout after saying they would. The quesadilla was good, everything else was ok. Would not come back.

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  Jen Rhodes

  :: 31 August 2022 09:23:46

  Good luck finding your way in if you go at night! Location & parking are easy. But lot is DARK. No lit sign! showing open and you have to walk in a dark narrow area to get to the backside 'front' to walk into a dark door that doesn't look open. Can't even see the handle! Once in it is bright, open, lots of seating as building is large. Hostess nonexistent and when she did arrive she was a snotty little thang. She offered us bar which we declined and then led us into one open area with teeny little 2 seat booths. We asked for bigger which she snooted about and then requested a normal size (mind you...2 tables busy in entire section...rest of establishment EMPTY!) So she told us to go wait back outside of the area while they wiped down a dirty table. (There were other tables open and clean lol!) We considered leaving but stayed....oops. We were finally seated soon after. Table was clean but crack where it meets wall....naaasty. (Pic included but really doesn't show the gross.) Entire floor dirty. Place pretty much empty and 2 waitresses, manager, hostess, a flex kitchen worker who came in and out....so no excuse. New to OTB, so requested specials info & discussed the email club proffered $1 queso club & free dessert code we had received. Queso club canceled but still showing on our offers so manager did override it & we got to try the queso. She was excellent. Knowledgeable, clear, quick...good stuff. We happened on taco Tues, which means single tacos are on special for either $2 or $4 each, & can add sides of beans/rice for $1.69. Got it. Meanwhile....our salsa sat empty... water gone because the salsa has some kick! Yikes! Even stacking empty bowls at table edge didn't help. Still no salsa.... bowl of chips sitting there waiting.... Order of queso arrived and we asked for salsa. Salsa arrived about 5 mins later. Now chips are gone and lots of queso just sitting... Completely out of water on my end now. Ugh! Order arrived and we requested chips....no one noticed water. Tacos delivered...no water.....ate...no water....I bet you get that we had to redirect our waitress and ask for water lol! (Still only 2 small tables plus us.) Empty salsa bowls, queso plates, and water glasses sat neatly stacked by me on end of table the entire meal.... My requested water finally came about 5 mins later Time for our free dessert offer. Yummy! We had the strawberry cheesecake chimis! Large! 4 fresh & hot thick pieces, smothered in real strawberry tasting sauce and sprinkled with sugar. Highly recommend sharing one! Bill time came and took awhile because it had to be reconstructed with our queso offer and the free desserts, but they honored our offers even though queso club is canceled. Overall...a 3/10. My description & pics really don't do justice to how dark, unwelcoming, and difficult to enter this place truly is. Our confusion over the club offerings and impossibility of signing in to it were stinky & as a result took way longer to deal with than necessary. Our dirty table crack gives an insight into how clean the place truly is....and the extreme wait for the basics was really something! The managers competence & the waitresses shy smile/friendly demeanor were nice additions, but not enough to interest me in trying that hard to enjoy dinner again. There are loads of Col Springs options to try next.