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| - I've been to Fiesta Jalapenos (same owner) before and was told that El Jalapenos exists MUCH closer to home than Fiesta- so when a friend and I had a craving for mexican, I suggested this place. I'm pretty conflicted when writing this review... positives and negatives... and don't know which outweighs the other... which is why I'm giving this place 3 stars- smack dab in the middle.
Positives:
- The food WAS good. The chips and salsa are addicting and we ordered the Queso- YUM! I had the Vegetarian Fajitas, which were good- but (you'll see in my Negatives) didn't come out on a sizzler like my friends' Fajitas did... Confused.... :-\
- The strawberry margarita was DELICIOUS! strong and delicious!!! One of my friends had a plain marg and hers was good too. My other friend had the peach daiquiri and loved it, too!
- Food comes out quick- there was a big party, and that didn't affect the speed of our food and I noticed shortly after the big party ordered, their food came rolling out. Not sure how they do it, but the food still seems pretty fresh.
Negatives:
- It was LITERALLY a SAUNA in the restaurant- it was insanely hot. It was hot and sticky- Granted it was the one 50 degree night in January, but still- turn down your heat....??
- The service was pretty bad- I know there was a big party, but it seemed like there were a few people standing around the front while our waiter took the big party's orders and catered to everyone else in the room. My friends water was empty and we placed her empty glass at the end of the table, must have been over 10 minutes before it was refilled... Our waiter was the one that asked if we wanted more margaritas, we said sure, then 10 minutes later he walked by and a look of recognition went over his face and he rushed to put those marg orders in... My friends fajitas came on a skillet sizzling, while mine came on a plate, which was fine- they still tasted fine, but I didn't get the lettuce, guac, sour cream, cheese toppings plate . So I requested it.
-it didn't help that the waiter barely spoke english and would just stare at us and laugh until he realized what we wanted... :-
- There was a fruit fly that died in my margarita...
Overall- it was okay- the service and sauna sucked... but the food and drinks may be more than enough to bring me back!
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