El Jinete Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Woodstock

37 on a 4.2021 health inspection??? Basically, if you want food poisoning, eat here.

1-2A PIC present, demonstrates knowledge, performs duties 1 2-2B Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use 1 4-1A Food separated and protected 1 4-2A Food stored covered 1 4-2B Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized 1 5-1B Proper reheating procedures for hot holding 1 6-1A Proper cold holding temperatures 1 6-2 Proper date marking and disposition 1 8-2B Toxic substances properly identified, stored, used 1 10D Food properly labeled; original container 1 11C Approved thawing methods used 1 12A Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display 1 12A Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display 1 14A In-use utensils: properly stored 1 14A In-use utensils: properly stored 1 15A Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used 1 15B Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips 1 17C Physical facilities installed,...

This isn't my #1 Mexican restaurant in Woodstock, but it's probably my #2. Most of their food that I've tried is kinda average, but their burrito loco is out of this world. They have two different types... The chicken or steak. My wife loves it too, so we split one order (it's a lot of food), and ask them to make it 1/2 chicken and 1/2 streak b/c we can never decide which one is better. The prices are very reasonable, the staff is great, the chips/salsa/cheese dip is really good and their margaritas are some of the best I've ever had. I won't speak to the other items on the menu, but if you order the burrito loco, I feel pretty confident that you'll come back and...

I've been wanting to try this place for months. It did not quite meet my (high) expectation. Started off with a bowl of the cheese dip with beef in it. Although the flavors were present, it was quite runny. Kids both order cheese quesadilla and fries. A quesadilla is a quesadilla. The fries, however, were super greasy. Normally, it's not a big deal, but these seemed like the bottom fries. Like they had been just sitting in grease. I ordered the steak burrito, and I was very happy with what I got. My side order was wrong but quickly fixed. I will definitely give this place another try, and if the experience changes, so...