El Jalapeño Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Greenville

Residing in the shell of an ex-Burger King, El Jalapeño is a solid Mexican joint with some quirky charm. Is it mildly surreal to sit at the bar and peruse a wide array of tequila sitting on shelves where menus once offered Whoppers? Absolutely! But you come to this place for three things: tamales, tequila, and that sweet sweet horchata. The surreal ghost of business past is just something you should enjoy, because they've really made this castle their own - the interior design is doing the best with the bones it has to work with, and it really is a nice place to enjoy just an ungodly amount of food!

The portions are generous, and the dishes are classics. Wet burritos thicker than your forearm, guac for days, and such salsa! Also, I have to reiterate - the tamales. A good tamale is the key to mi corazón. I'd order them by the bucket if they'd let me! Speaking of things I want buckets of - get the horchata. If you don't know what horchata is, it's like if rice pudding were a light, refreshing, and utterly delightful non-dairy beverage. True, if you're lactose intolerant and eating here, you're already up to your eyeballs in lactaid, but it's just nice to know that I'm not tempting fate with this fantastic dessert-flavored beverage.

Also of note: margaritas! Who doesn't love a good margarita with their burrito? They come in sizes that may as well be called "large," "haha jk no this one is large," and "dear liver, I regret to inform you that it has been a week, so buckle up because you're working overtime tonight," and with all of your tequila options, you can put as many exclamation points as you want/need on that last one.

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So I can say is I was able to eat what I ordered the beer was cold and good cheap we're in a happy hour but let's go back to the food. I live in San Diego, 1989 January so, I think I know authentic when I taste it, but I'm sorry but it may be Americanized version of the thing but it is not Tijuana I think there was a Rita authentic or you know Mexican city I authentic, it was just all right. The atmosphere though, it was okay and familiar out cuz I also grew up in Greenville so I knew how what that building used to be back in the 80s, and until they left. Three stars is all I could muster up, which is not a bad score, it just gives the restaurant a challenge to go into, which is hopefully a more authentic boss race election and a much leaner menu. I must say though it is a Greenville and, people there have their tastes, it seems like everything comes wet from any restaurant these days but it's not well I'll just say that.. now let me say this my my family was in San Diego visiting me and I took him to a very nice fish restaurants on the bay two had ordered salmon but complained because they didn't smell the salmon which on my mind! So let that be a lesson to you about taste everybody's got a different ones I'm a nobody I can't even taste I go by text her right now however authentic it was not...

This is x 4 mistake that has not been made right , the last two times was completely dismissed . This time 4 tacos on wrong shells , no salsas x 3 different kinds . I either had to drive my food back into town for proof they were made wrong even if I sent a picture via the fb page or would have to pay for them again which I already paid for the tacos once and then was offered a % off but I would still have to pay again . Please get your customer service skills right and fix the issue on blaming the customer or that you are too busy to pay attention to orders going out . If you don’t want to and someone tries to make it right with the establishment dont disregard them , at least this time when bringing something to their attention they realized it , but was not hung up on without even a name taken like last two times , they acknowledged it was messed up but still expected the customer to pay twice for the same order then drive 15 minutes each way back into town in order to get them replaced . We really used to love the food and do order at least once a week from here but no more . As the last 2 months this is the 4th botched order , I have let some go and didn’t call but eventually they need to pay attention. Just save your money and gas and go to El Rancho , quality of food is also...