Tacos al Pastor — Restaurant in San Jose

I was invited to this restaurant for a lunch I ordered a taco chicken salad ( a classic ) unfortunately the tortilla shell was to oily, The guacamole taste like frozen , no like fresh home made it ( it’s what I expected in a Mexican restaurant) The pico de gallo was a chunk of tomato and onion with a little cilantro with out any flavor. The size of the salad is good and the price very reasonable. The service take time and in the end we need to go to the counter to asked for to go boxes and pay the bill. After the waitress served our food we didn’t see her again and only 4 or 5 table was occupied in the entire restaurant. Maybe was a bad day I don’t know but is hard now for me to thinking in give to this restaurant an other chance. The dining looks clean but...

I ate at this place with my family recently after reading all 4+* reviews but we left the facility disappointed.

What worked? Joyous host and attended to us within 10 minutes of our arrival. Was cordial and appeared to be known by some patrons.

What didn't work? Despite half of restaurant being half empty, our table location was very close to cashier area and had direct view of the restroom. I think they gave us the table as they were short staffed.

Salsa lacked salt but had an overdose of chilli pepper. Refried beans and rice had almost no seasoning. The enchilada sauce had some seasoning but overall lacked the Mexican punch. The grilled chicken was dry and tough to chew.

It was way over priced for the low quality food. May...

I ordered the Pastor Super Burrito for $8.50 and was disappointed that there was more fat than meat. Waitress doesn't speak English very well so a bit hard to communicate if you don't speak Spanish. She was friendly though and service was pretty good. Was not crowded on a Wed. evening at 8:00pm. Atmosphere is better than most "authentic" Mexican food restaurants. Nice murals on the wall. Maybe another meat is better but I don't recommend the Pastor meat. Disappointing since the name of the place includes Pastor. If you like lots of fat and gristle in your food, you might like it...