El Jalisco Mexican Grill Somerville — Restaurant in Somerville

Went out of my way to leave this review. We were there for the grand opening. We live at the end of the street, about a five minute walk away. We have been DYING for a place like this. I’ve been in the service industry since 1996. I work at a fancy place but I’m not fancy, I care about food quality and service. Everyone there is so incredibly nice, and the food was excellent. Way beyond my expectations. Guac was fresh and so was the salsa and the enchiladas were amazing. Drinks were strong and well made. My literally one and only complaint is that they don’t have a list of their tequilas to make ordering margaritas easier, and they made my margs with salt after I asked not to. But they were so nice I hardly cared. What a...

I came to try out this new place but I would not come back. It’s a Mexican restaurant but the only thing that is Mexican is the decor. They had only Colombian music playing the entire time I was there. The tonic was gross, you could taste the tap water. The salsa they served with the chips was very watery and it tasted like tap water too. The tacos were just meat in a tortilla, nothing special about the seasoning. The service was excellent, the waitress was very nice and attentive. But, she didn’t know a couple of items in the menu. There are so many restaurants near this one, and there is nothing that really stands out that will help have returning customers. I was very surprised since there are so many...

Server took a while to greet us, once she did that’s where it all started. We asked for a marg tower in mango flavor. Brings us lime margarita tower. Then we placed our food, we ordered nachos with jalapeños on the side, brings us tacos. So we waited for almost 30 minutes for the nachos, then it ended up coming with jalapeños, extra if that. Then when it came down to paying we requested to split the bill in half. She ended up putting it all on one card. To add insult to injury we tipped 10% and it included 18% already. She didn’t deserve a penny in tip after...