Located at 2108 North Centennial Street in High Point, Habanero Mexican Grill offers Mexican cuisine from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Specials change regularly. Limited outdoor seating is available. Online ordering is offered through Grubhub.
High Point lost an underrated sleeper hit of a Mexican restaurant when Crazy Mexico decamped for Greensboro. Thankfully, the location didn’t remain empty for long. Habanero is still new – they don’t have their liquor license yet – but early indications suggest that they are a more than worthy successor.
As with the previous tenant, the nondescript shopping plaza location is bigger than it looks from the outside. My wife and I arrived on a Saturday night and had no problem finding a table. Staff were friendly and welcoming, and service here was excellent: attentive servers and a surprisingly fast kitchen.
Habanero boasts a large menu boasting everything you’d expect to find and then some: tacos, burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas, chimichangas, and more. We were in the mood for something different, so we started with an order of pepinos (cucumbers with salt, lime, and chili powder) to go with a steak quesadilla and a tropical (chicken, bacon, shrimp, pineapple, red and yellow peppers).
Nearly everything was tasty. The cucumbers were refreshing, the meat in the quesadilla was tender, and the shrimp were flavorful (and paired well with the pineapple). About the worst that can be said is that the salsa (smooth and oddly sweet) was unimpressive, but that’s a relatively small bone to pick.
High Point does not lack for Mexican options, and Habanero may not displace an existing favorite. But much like its predecessor in this location, it has the potential to be one of the city’s IYKYK spots: unheralded, reliable, and worthy of wider exposure.
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