Jalapenos Downtown

To start I will cover the chips and salsa. Chips were just normal chips but the salsa was on point. My wife got the ribeye tacos. They were good but the meat lacked seasoning so the corn tortillas over powered the meat. I had the beef Chipotle enchiladas. They were also really good and the plate was packed. We couldn't finish our plates. We will be going back.

Owner's Special & Arroz con Camerones is some of the best Mexican we've had in awhile. The chips & salsa is fantastic!!! Took a little while before our order was taken but the great food & friendly service, & attentiveness afterwards made up for it. In all fairness though we just got done with a hike over 10 miles so maybe it wasn't really that long it just seemed like it at the moment. 😁

I ordered two items and your staff go them both wrong. A $6 margarita during happy hour turned into a larger $9. That I can live with, as it was good. But when I order an $8 bean and cheese burrito to go and get a $15 meal that I can't possibly finish ( I'm in my 70's) then I speak out to the management.

Over the years, we have eaten here several times. Lately, it hasn't been good. Today, at 2:20 on Sunday, it took a while to get seated; when we did sit down, we thought after a while that they had forgotten about us. After finally getting our drinks ordered, we wait again, then they are out of the ice tea I had ordered, so just water was fine, and that was another long wait. My wife had ordered a soda, and the bottle was brought without glass or straw. After asking for a glass of ice for the drink, 3 more waitress passes before reminding her. Then our order was taken. Our food was brought to the table by another server, my order was wrong but at that point I didn't say anything about it, and we asked for silverware, and watched our food in front of us for over 5 minutes, until I walked to a pile of prepped napkins and silverware and grabbed some. After that, my $17 lunch enchiladas were lukewarm, and the service had been so bad. I took my food to go, as who wants top dollar for cold food? What a mess. It may be a while before trying again, and they were only moderately busy. The owner is nice, and hopefully will shake things up there as it used to be a favorite. This is a painful review, as I so want to write a good one for this place.

I have loved visiting Jalapeños since I was old enough to drink attending Western. If you have some time, and a driver, do yourself a favor and get the big mama, you will not regret it! What’s the big mama you ask? Oh, it’s just a margarita the size of a punch bowl (size slightly exaggerated for affect). It’s got plenty of booze and they do an amazing job of making taste incredible. Their food is great as well, especially their chips and salsa. I highly recommend their fajitas and their bacon wrapped shrimp.