Red Pepper Bar and Grill — Restaurant in Los Altos

I have been eating Red Pepper food from before I was even born. My mom would pick up food here from the original Cupertino location near the golf course. Red Pepper has always been a staple for my family and I passed it onto my own as well.

Things have changed over the years but mostly remains the same great food.

Love their way of doing chips and salsa. Chips from most Mexican food places are obviously from a bag. They have always been made in house at Red Pepper and their salsa is different than any other place I have ever eaten and I love it here and always have.

My goto dish has remained the same in my over 40 years of going here, Chile Verde plate. It has always satisfied and I love it. My wife loves the chicken here in either enchiladas or tacos. My kids love the food here as well.

Many Mexican food places could use a little more salt in the food in my opinion and Red Pepper does as well but a little dash and I'm happy.

My only gripe is a common one which is pricing is high but this is how it is nowadays especially when your establishment is in a high rent shopping center. Even the bike shop moved away and my other favorite here was China Shuttle. They couldn't afford the rent either and moved.

Don't ever change and I hope my grandkids enjoy the...

Funny story... working in the area, our first time here. Waiter or Owner gives my partner a $5 off when you spend $35. There are 3 of us, we start with the margarita special of the day, The Cadillac for only $11 each. Margaritas are good, not great, but good enough that we end up ordering 7 between the 3 of us. Our dinner was great. I had the enchilada Mazatlan, ah maze ING! It was $30, Nate had chicken fajitas $28, Con had a combo like $25. Quick math no tax a bout $83 for food and $77 for drinks... $160 no taxes yet or tip. Con busts out the company card and ask for the check. Dude brings the bill and Con hands him the card and before he leaves, Con says, "OH Yeah here's the coupon!" Dude says, "It's no good." Con says, "Why?" Dude says, "You had the special on the margaritas! As he gestures over the whole table, he says, "You want the $5 off then you can pay full price on the margaritas!" " No, that's fine" says Con. And now we know why the place was soo empty! Of course when he came back with the signature copy, Con just took the $5 off of the tip and we will never go back. Too bad because the food was really good! Real example of, "stepping over a dollar to...

Photos must be from a different restaurant. Quality was so bad I almost got upset.

They sell you 2 flautas + rice/beans for $20. I wouldn’t mind paying $20 for 2 flautas if they were of high quality. I 100% got ripped off. I ordered because I thought it would be 3-4 flautas but I was surprised.

Salsa is 100% from can. Flautas are also NOT fresh. I either got packaged flautas or they were made the night before. And the Buffalo wings I also ordered were still frozen.

I wasn’t checked in on until the end of my meal when I was ready to pay.

Cost for 6 wings, 2 flautas, and rude/beans? $38.

Aesthetics: 3 out of 10 Food quality: 1 out of 10 Customer service: 2 out of 10 Cost: 2 out of 10 Cleanliness: 4 out of 10

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