El Jimador #9 — Restaurant in Texas

If a place has good food and quality service, you bet your bippy everybody's gonna know. The opposite is true here. Food was terrible.. with an emphasis on "terrible". Service wasn't too bad. Bar tender was decent. There was this light panel under the bar that nearly made me have seize while sipping a Margarita.. so painful. why did I stop here. I had the nachos. everything on the plate, save the guac, sour cream and chips tasted as though they'd been dumped fresh out of a can.

The Margarita tasted of sickly sweet, low grade industrial margarita mix. There was not a hint of class or finesse or mixpertise in this drink. Sorry El Jimador.. I wanted you to have it going on but you didn't and I don't think I can visit again. I hope whatever internal issues your are having get sorted out in the not too distant future. The second Star was solely on account of the bartender who deem to do his best despite the tools he'd been given. Good job Sir and thanks for the warmth you gave with your service.. aside from you it was pretty damned frigid up in there. Keep Driving

update.. if it wasn't mentioned in the review the food tasted canned. Another reviewer alluded to the same grossness. And just wanted to reiterate how cloyingly sweet and disgusting the margarita was. Very poorly done. I'm someone who believes that even your "house/well drinks" should reflect your passion for cooking and mixology. Evidently they did here.. $20 dollars for lunch.. nah.....

So we've only ordered food online from here a few times, 2 to be exact. Not usually something I would feel the need to write a review over. But man this recent experience was WILDLY disappointing! Made all the more disappointing because our first experience was really good, hence the 2nd attempt and the 2 stars. Again I try not to write a place off after so few encounters, but the food could only be described as repugnant. Like prison food bad. We got fajitas which I feel are pretty straightforward, these were, however...gray at best. Gray, tasteless, fibrous, almost rubbery on a bed of slimy onions? The refried beans were orange. The rice looked like oatmeal. The queso was mealy..? But I think the most offensive and confusing were, what appeared to be store bought tortillas. I don't know why this one put me over the edge and into writing the review, but I feel like even at the most mediocre Mexican restaurants, they at least make their own tortillas! To add insult to injury, we spent over $40 on a half order of queso and combo fajitas for 2. Id say it's almost laughable except for the fact that I still had to cook dinner for my toddler because I genuinely felt uncomfortable serving this food to her. Also spending $40 on a meal in this economy isn't a joke! Not sure what purpose this information will serve, if any, but ya know, you've been...

I never leave 1 star reviews, but this really was that bad. There were only 3 other tables of customers in the whole restaurant when we got there, which should have been my first clue. It was in The middle of the day on Saturday. The waiter was rushing us from the moment we sat down. After we ordered, it took only 3 minutes for them to deliver the some of the food, and my order was completely wrong. I ordered the enchilada combo, and they brought me a crispy taco plate. Waiter couldn't be bothered with it, so I ended up eating some of what would turn out to be the worst tacos I've ever had in my life. Then the rest of my friends order finally arrived, and it was wrong, they later brought out his correct order of a chicken enchilada, which was also horrible. The rice was ok. The beans were not good at all. My taco meat tasted and felt raw. I would not recommend this place to anyone. With food this bad, I'm not sure how they are still...