Virgil’s Cocktails and Cocina

  4.2 – 565 reviews  $$ • Restaurant

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Contemporary joint doling out traditional tacos with a twist, plus beer, wine & cocktails.

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Mary Kate
This location now has brunch on Sundays. They haven’t updated their Google or website yet, but it looks like a really tasty brunch menu. I came for tacos and one of my favorite desserts, tres leches. My first time at this location. First impression, great for vegans, vegetarians, and gluten free friends. I got the Carne Asada with rice side, an extra side of plantains, and Tres Leches Cake. Anything came out warm. The tacos were good. 3 per meal. The rice was yummy and had pieces of plantains mixed in. That was a really lovely surprise! The plantains with the vinegar sauce was really tasty! The bitter vinegar flavor complemented the sweetness of the fruit. Loved. Finally the cake was nice. The berries had a sour punch that was tasty with the thicker sweet cream on top of a obviously soaked in milk but still dense cake. Good food, intimate space, and good service.
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Susan Campbell
The chips were so unique and delicious. A decent selection. The menu online does not reflect what they have in store. The music was a little loud so hard to ha e a conversation. The ambiance was nice.
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Muniba Khan
The food was alright but we had to wait about 50 minutes for our paella. If you’re going to have a wait that long, you should offer some chips and salsa on the house because that’s super unprofessional. I liked the paella but it had like 3 small bites of chicken throughout the whole dish. The margaritas were good though.
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Daschund Lover
Cute little place but that’s about it EAT BEFORE YOU GO. July 30- Had the chips and queso and that was good. We both had the “chicken” paella. Two bite sizes pieces of chicken and some plantains and a very small serving of rice with onions $15 total ripoff. If you want good paella head to Bahama Breeze. It’s excellent and you can’t eat the whole thing. The server looked like she would rather be anywhere else than Virgil’s. No redeeming qualities about this place other than it’s cute but not that cute
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Eve B
Unfortunately almost had a tragic accident. Multiple bones in chicken tinga tacos. One larger than a quarter. Feels like either negligence or as if it was left there on purpose. There’s already barely any meat, couldn’t take a second to see a huge completely different colored object in the taco?!

Bar staff super kind, quick service. Very clean and gorgeous atmosphere. Watch what your bites here!
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Zoe Lawry
Everytime I visit this place they never disappoint! The food is tasty and the drinks are fantastic! On my last visit it was me and my fiancé 6th anniversary. We got there maybe an hour after they opened and it was quiet, which I loved. Our waitress was amazing, very helpful with drink selections and keeping our water glasses full. We order so much but the highlight was definitely the short rib tacos, elotes and margaritas! I’m not usually a margarita drinker but I could actually drink this one and enjoy it! Definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area!
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Juanita M
Went in with a group of 4 for an 8:30 pm reservation on a Tuesday evening. The restaurant is narrow with dim lighting but aesthetically pleasing. We were the only ones there and the environment was awkward to say the least. I understand the frustration of patrons coming in near closing time, but if that is a problem and the attitudes are going to reflect that, don’t offer an 8:30 pm reservation slot in my opinion. However, we were aware that the restaurant would be closing soon so we had looked ahead and were prepared to order right away.

Personally, I loved my meal. Ordered chili con queso for the table… delicious. One would think it isn’t hard to get queso wrong but so many places do. I usually head to Torchy’s if i’m craving queso but Virgil’s puts up a worthy reconsideration.

Maduros, my favorite food, were delicious. $6 for 6 plantains is a little steep though. The chicken quesadilla had great flavor and the margarita did what it needed to do. All together it came to $35.

I agree with a lot of the other reviews that the service could be better but the food I ordered was delicious, so I’d be willing to go again.
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Duane Harper
Tried out Virgil’s for a light dinner before a comedy show. Overall, it was disappointing. The chips and guacamole were decent and the chicken quesadilla was good. The drinks however were all poorly made. Not sure if the bartender was new or just inexperienced. One drink used agave as a garnish but it overpowered the taste. My wife ordered different drinks than I did and they were sub par as well.
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Hilary Jordan
Go for the drinks, avoid the food.
Visiting from out of town and hotel recommended Virgil’s. The atmosphere was great and the drink was good but the food was bad. Good in concept, poor execution. My flautas were burnt and soggy at the same time. Chips that came with the salsa were incredibly salty.
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Michelle Kranz
Very nice staff. Cool atmosphere. Music was a at a good level to still have conversation.
Food came out pretty quickly. Waitress was attentive and friendly. I liked that there was a raleigh cocktail. Lots of GF, Vegan and vegetarian options.
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