Chilli King is a tiny postage stamp sized family ran Asian Take out restaurant located in Glendale a couple miles from Old Town Glendale. This restaurant is mainly for take out but does have four small tables inside that are for dining in. They offer a mostly American – Chinese Take Out menu with some other Asian additions like Thai coconut curry, Korea spicy chicken, Singapore rice noodles, fried eggs and tomato, and spicy boiled beef or chicken. Soft bottled and canned beverages are available. There is also a children’s menu of orange chicken and honey sesame chicken.

We ordered and I was told that I can upgrade my steamed rice to fried rice or chow mein. So. we picked one of each so we could try them…….Latter I read on the menu that steamed vegetables are an upgrade too! We paid at the front desk and sat ourselves at one of the tables.

Shortly our food arrived safely packed.

We tried the crispy chicken dumplings.

They were tasty and didn’t seem greasy at all and came with dumpling sauce for dipping.

My husband tried Szechuan beef.

The beef is tender and is developed with flavors…..It is a little spicy but not nearly as spicy as the Korea spicy chicken.

This is very spicy and delicious…..(also an ultra large portion………)

Here is the fried rice and chow mein.

The chow mein is extra mild so it can go with everything. The fried rice has a good amount of egg in it and is accented with a few peas here and there…..it’s a little different…..maybe a little tomato-ee?

We went back and ordered some take out.

Take out has some rules here that might not be explained to you………..They don’t start making your order till you pay……That means if you are are doing take out you need to pay by credit card…..Or you will have to wait a half hour or so if you pay by cash when you get there.

For Take out we tried the…..

Sautéed vegetables with added chicken and steamed rice.

Coconut curry chicken with steamed vegetables

Spicy water boiled chicken with chow mein.

Everything was very flavorful and delicious!….The portions were extra-super large…….You. get two thru more servings…………The spicy boiled chicken was very spicy and really great! It was far better and far more spicy than the last one I had at Mekong Plaza somewhere. (But I think the owner at Mekong mellowed it down when he looked at me……IDW that happens… but that kind of thing has happened to me several times)……I guess I just look like a person that can’t handle spice and heat…..Or maybe the type of person that would complain about spice and heat???????????

I have to say Chilli King Asian Food is Worth a Fork! Everything was very flavorful and they offer the Ultra Spicy! Prices are low and portions run extra large.

www.ChilliKing.US

4721 W Olive Ave Glendale AZ

623-440-1900

I do note that hours on their website and hours on menu do differ both are different and do differ from actual hours….It seems that they did change their hours a few times. I recommend to call them for their hours. At the time of my visit they open at 1:00 every day.

Everything is subject to change.

Bonita’s is a small casual Mexican Restaurant located in Glendale Arizona. They are open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They offer a varied menu of breakfast burros, combos that include rice and beans (priced $7.50-$11. subject to change), assorted appetizers like miniature chimis, soups, all kinds of different tacos (street sized priced at only $1.50 subject to change), burros, birria ramen, children’s menu, desserts, limited alcohol, and more!

Bonita’s is on the end of a strip mall.

There are two menus to order from. One is on the side wall.

They also have a menu on the wall behind the counter that you order from and pay at.

You get a beverage or order a margarita, pick a table to sit at and they run your food to you when it is ready.

Today we ordered street sized tacos of carne asada, pollo asada (chicken), carnitas (pork), adobada (pork) and a birria taco (beef).

Everything was at least good. Today we liked the carnitas, adobada, and the birria tacos best of the tacos we tried on this day.

Mexican style rice and refried beans.

The other stand out was the Birria Ramen. We actually liked this better than the birria taco because it seemed more flavorful than the taco….We think the cheese mellowed the flavors in the taco.

You should know that birria is a spicy Mexican stew that is painstakingly made and is considered to be a special dish. Often Birria is served at special occasions and holidays….This is really flavorful and delicious…The beef is infused with flavors and is falling apart tender…This is really good. The noodles are just ramen style…I do note that I don’t know if other Mexican Restaurants take the birria ramen further with the noodles or add a marinated egg but this is pretty cool for North Phoenix.

Gotta go back and try fish tacos, chili relleno and maybe fried ice cream next time.

Went back!

This time tried a fish taco.

The tortilla is warm and the fish is extra crispy and this does have good flavors with the chipotle cream sauce.

Tried a chili relleno.

The chili relleno is not a beauty here but was made with a fresh poblano pepper and is stuffed with melty mild white cheese. The relleno is very lightly battered and you do have the choice of red or green sauce.

My husband had a carnitas fajita burrito. He said the carnitas wasn’t as fatty today but was still good. The guacamole is nice fresh and chunky like it should be.

It sure didn’t cost much to have dinner here. Our two tacos, relleno, burrito and two margaritas were only around $35.

On both visits service was efficient and welcoming.

The dishes that we are most likely to come back for (so far) are –

birria ramen, carnitas, adobada, fish tacos, chili relleno, guacamole, and $5.00 margaritas

Bonita’s is worth a try if you find yourself in the area. It sure doesn’t cost much to dine here either.

WWW.BonitasPHX.com

Everything is subject to change.