LOS JEFES SMITHVILLE MS — Restaurant in Smithville

We ordered the Chori Pollo, a steak fajita, a small bowl of cheese dip, and a side of Pico de Gallo for $36 and some change.

Our food was ready in 10 minutes but that's the only outstanding feature of the order. The chorizo in the chori Pollo was very bland, the steak in the fajita didn't taste like it was seasoned at all, and the cheese dip was plain white cheese with no other additional flavor. The Pico and complementary salsa were very bland as well. The chips were spectacularly bad though; they had a very strange taste that I con only describe as "processed," I don't know how else to describe it. If you told me that they grabbed these off of a factory conveyer belt, I'd believe you, they certainly taste like it.

Overall, the food was distinctly lacking in the flavors you'd expect from a Mexican restaurant,...

First time here and I am impressed. Small-town with a great Mexican restaurant. It was not busy at 2 pm on Sunday. I had a Taco salad (a standard I use the first time at a Mexican restaurant) and this place passed with flying colors. The chips were the thin type, the ones I like. The only thing that did not get 5 stars was the atmosphere, the walls are white with no decorations, unless you count the table number on the wall. Victor brought me my food and was friendly and knowledgeable....

The service was good, food average. Prices ok.

I went there with a mindset that foods was going to be exceptional. I went with high expectations since it is advertised as authentic Mexican Food. But waitress was very honest to let us know that that certain dishes are not what I was hoping for. Most of the dishes are different from what authentic Mexican dishes are.

I guess it is more of a...