Jarochos Restaurant — Restaurant in Layton

This was a sponsored event so the food was laid out for us. I couldn't find the taquito or the pastry item on the menu but they do serve the tamales and tacos on the regular menu. The taco was a carne asada and was the very edge of too spicy for me but very flavorful. The tortilla was well made and the fillings inside perfectly complimented each other. Overall, a very tasty bite! The tamale was a chicken with green tomatillo in it and it was definitely too spicy so I asked for sour cream which helped tone it down to almost tolerable levels. The masa mixture was perfect and really housed the ingredients well. If you are spice averse like me, definitely ask for the ingredients inside or get something to kill the heat a little. The taquito was a perfect, crunchy, creamy treat that I super enjoyed. Everything complimented everything else and is definitely a try again. The final thing was the pastry dessert. It was crunchy with a little cinnamon on top. The only downside was that the pastry outdid...

Absolutely incredible joint with good food, good prices, and a very friendly atmosphere.

Jarocho's Restaurant is one of the hidden gems of truly authentic cuisine, with a comfortable home atmosphere that invites you in and offers you to join the family. Anytime I visit I feel like I'm eating with an aunt and cousins, but the food is far away from what you'd consider for a family gathering; Everything at Jarocho's is stunningly delicious and with food that looks just as good as it tastes.

A personal favorite of mine is an order of meat and cheese empanadas, the cheese in particular comes out so good every time it looks like a pizza from an early 90's cartoon, just absolutely tantalizing.

There's a lot of love and passion put into the food here at these folks deserve the business, I'm happy to visit any time I can.

Pictured: Chile verde burrito, meat & cheese...

We used to come to this restaurant all the time, and we loved it! Great food, great price, and great service. Since COVID, we hadn't come back, until today. Sadly, I was quite disappointed. The service was really bad, the server was quite rude. We had been waiting for our water for a while, and she was just sitting at the front while being on her phone. My husband had to get up and ask her for our water, and she gave him an attitude. In addition, the prices went up exponentially. I can understand that they would because everything has gone up, but $8 for 1 plantain with a quarter cup of black beans on the side is over the top. We were excited to start going back regularly, but unfortunately, that will not be happening. (I gave 2 stars because the food was...