Robert's Jalapenos — Restaurant in San Diego

This is the second location. The first location is in north county and has a great reputation for carne asada.

We got one fist taco, chicken flautas plate and carne asada chips.

The fish taco was big, had all the usual toppings except the white sauce was runny. Not creamy like what I’m used to but still delicious.

Flautas are my fav and not many places offer that. So when I see it, I must order. I was impressed by the presentation. It had sour cream, guacamole, olives, diced tomato, shredded cheese, no lettuce. But I was not impressed with the taste. It was one wide flauta which resembled two pieces. I took my first bite and I couldn’t take another. The shell was deep fried too long and the chicken had this smell like it was boiled not fresh. I’m sure it’s pretty good and we went on a bad day but I never give up on flautas and I did. It was also dark meat like chicken thighs which I love. Not sure if I’ll give this a second try. Maybe try beef.

The carne asada chips were good. I’m not into the chips but the meat was charred and flavorful. Had melted cheese, beans, sour cream and guacamole. It was a lot of food.

What’s cool about this place is that you get complimentary chips and salsa while you wait. Their salsa is amazing. The mild green sauce, red hot sauce, pico de gallo, and picante pico de gallo.

For drinks, they offer beer. You can sit at the bar and watch sports on tv. I have never gotten horchata in a bottle before. This brand is pretty good. It wasn’t...

First time trying. Let me start by saying that the staff was notably friendly and attentive. The establishment is new and kept clean. Indoor and outdoor seating options including a bar with some seating as well.

I only ordered one item which was the Chimichanga with Carne Asada. On the high notes, it was well fried and there had to have been an entire porterhouse of steak in it! That being said, that was all that was inside. The cheese, guacamole, sourcream, and olives are all cold toppings.

My biggest letdown was ordering it with "Diablo sauce" which says extra hot. Let me say for a place called Jalapeños, there was zero heat. They graciously give chips and have a salsa bar. I was chasing each bite with salsa to try to find heat, but of the four salsas, they are mild at best.

The menu is massive though, so there's plenty of other options. I'd say if you're in San Diego with so many options this would be very low on my list for Mexican. It's quite a generic chainlike establishment to me. I definitely left full though and it was not bad if your in the area for...

I live super close by and just happened to drive by, and they were open (after being under construction to open), so I had to give it a try! Upon entering, restaurant is very clean and the layout is neat and quaint; multiple tables for dine in and a small bar on the right side. Eric greeted me and was very helpful in making sure to ask any questions if I had any. I ended up getting a grilled fish taco and bean & cheese burrito, both of which were great! Fish taco came with loads of salsa (which I prefer) and taste was solid; I added some extra Pico on the side, super good. Bean and cheese surprised me as it had a combination of cheese I haven't had in a burrito for as long as I can remember; half melted and half unmelted cheese! I personally LOVE this, ever since Baja Fresh being popular back in the 90's. Beans tasted great and tortilla is exactly what you'd hope for.

Sorry for the long review, but I highly recommend giving this place a try! I will be back...