Jalapenos — Restaurant in Kolkata

Though the low "cost for two" seems quite appealing and it's long stay in the brimming competitive market makes this restaurant a numero uno choice to celebrate low budget occasion an apt choice but if you are willing to compensate that for the quality of food, then you are free to take the leap of faith.

Apparently this place says it is specialises in Mexican and and Italian cuisine but to be very candid the Mexican food was way too Indianised and in-digestible. We had placed an order for two of the Mexican dishes but at the end more than 60% was thrown to waste. The garlic bread is oil soaked but tastes good. Luckily the cheese balls were quite palatable and were made in a different style that had considerably less oil and the cheese did not overwhelmed on the overall dish.

Presentation was crude and the service is not up to the mark. It seemed that the servers were resistant in making any eye contact lest we would ask them for something. But the most amazing and embarrassing thing is that it lacks a washroom. So in case if you have are having abnormal bowel movements then it would do good to skip this place.

Overall the Mexican food is a total fail (I cannot understand why they still have those dishes) but the Italian dishes especially the fondue is worth trying especially at this price. But again I will reiterate that this place...

Excellent food, if I may say so.

We ordered (TL;DR):

Mexican Rice Fajitas Nachos Garlic Bread Baked Potato Avocado Toast

And in dessert we ordered a brownie.

Mexican Rice was good. It came with rice, vegetables and a sauce. Sauce didn’t detract, but added towards the overall flavor. A solid 4/5!

Fajitas. The actually fajita was of good quality. The filling, which had tofu, corn and other select veggies was a tad bit salty. Nonetheless, not bad! 3.5/5

The Nachos were made in restaurant and were high quality and amazing. Nachos were crunchy and a good selection of sauces and cheeses. 5/5

Amazing garlic bread. Creamy and filling sauce lathered on top of high quality bread. A classic! 5/5

Baked Potato. A tad bit salty. 3/5

Avocado. Yet the only disappointment if you could call it so. The way the avocado has been grinded had left no room for the creamy, uneven texture of avocado we all love. However, previous instances in which we ate this was great. 2.5/5

Brownie was good, but nothing out of the ordinary. 3.5/5

Overall I would say the food was 3.7/5, rounded up to a 4.

In terms of the kitchen, hygiene might have been a bit of a issue as chefs were without gloves. Everything else, including the atmosphere, was good! Atmosphere would be a 3/5, if you would count the hygiene.

Lovely...

One of the worst inhumane experience. Standing in queue for 25 mins (which was not a problem, but the condition was). After informing the manager to help with table of 6 as we were there for dinner with a pregnant lady who was full term, it was her birthday and wished to eat at this restaurant. We informed the person about everything in detail and requested him too.. This manager had the audacity to say you will have to follow the queue and wait till your turn comes (waiting for 25/30mins). So just before our turn came there was a waiting od 4 people and table of 6, we asked him again his reply to us was" even if we have 1 person on table of 6 I will give him first I have no exceptions for the concern of yours. When I asked for someone senior to him or a phone number that we can talk to, he said he is the only owner here. We have been visiting this restaurant for years but never asked for favour. We did not ask him to vacate the table but as a general practice if one of the table which got vacant could have been given to us as an exception. Everyone will understand such a situation for sure. Worst behaviour by the manager and the restaurant

For 6 people we were given a table of 4 and the one before us, 4 people were given table of 6. What a great...