This place has the best Mexican food in the entire state, and the friendliest people. We eat there at least once a week and it's always the best. It's our favorite place to bring visitors from other states. Jalapeno's Rocks!
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Best Mexican food in Alaska!!! We drive from Fairbanks to eat here! Great ambiance and awesome staff! Love this place!
Jalapenos serves mexican dishes as you would get in MEXICO. The owners are direct mexican decent that with their mother brought their recipes and dish preparation with them. Truly authentic mexican dishes. The best mexican food in Alaska. They have decorated the interior beautifully to make you as though you are in
Mexico. They make their salsa and chips. Beer
and wine is available. Excellent for families and parties
Our favorite place to go in Eagle River for Mexican. We are always treated as family when we walk in the door. The food is always served hot and taste wonderful. I love the decor and the care they take in decorating shows!
Hands down best chilireano I've ever had traveld all over the USA nothing compares that I've found love this place worth the wait great envrrionment
Hard to Beat. We were greeted at the door by a super friendly and enthusiastic staff member for a Saturday late lunch and it got better from there. The decor is bright, cheerful, and friendly, although I tend not to like the number of flat screen televisons on every wall of the bar area they were not too intrusive. The server took our orders and we had our food very quickly-a good assorment at our table -from GIANT burrito, HUGE chimichanga, large order of chili relleno(appeared to be hand made) and nicely made tamale and enchilada. Everything was fresh, hot and very tasty-the complementary salsa and chips were good too, but I would like the hot salsa to be a lot hotter-this is just mild. This was our second visit here and it easily makes it to the top of our picks for good Mexican style food. Highly recommended. Worth the drive from Anchorage anytime.
Yummy Mexican!. The food is very flavorful and fresh tasting, not like most Mexican food that taste like its been sitting under a heat lamp for days. Good portions for the money.
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Great food, Great atmosphere and wonderful staff. Jalapenos isn't just good Mexican food for Eagle River, it's good food all-around. We're locals that eat at Jalapenos a few times a week and we just love this place!
FOOD
-A la carte items from ~$3-$7, combos dishes $9-$14 and higher end dishes $15-$19
The burritos are HUGE and the fajitas arrive sizzling hot. They have great combination meals that come with some really tasty rice and beans of your choosing (refried, black or whole pinto). Not that hungry and want to skip the rice and beans? They offer just about everything A la carte.
Although I usually stick to the regular menu items I've occasionally strayed to one of their daily specials which are always spot on. We just wish they'd add FISH TACOS to the regular menu or at least serve them more often as specials. Imagine being the only place in town that offered AUTHENTIC ALASKAN FISH TACOS made with either halibut or salmon (hint, hint!). Now that would be a true Alaskan taco!
Camarones Calientes is probably my favorite dish on the menu. Huge prawns simmered in spicy sauce (or not so spicy if that's your thing) with peppers and onions. And did I mention they offer it "spicy"? That's something we haven't found at many other Mexican eateries and that's the ability to get things spiced up a bit. Jalapenos definitely isn't afraid to turn up the heat and best of all you can get just about any dish spicier if you ask. Try a fresh roasted jalapeno or two on the side of just about any dish to add some serious heat.
Not in the mood for Mexican? Believe it or not they have great burgers which they'll prepare to your specifications. Bacon, cheddar and 'fresh' sauteed jalapeno peppers is my favorite.
ATMOSPHERE & DRINKS (adult beverages)
-beer ~$5 and margaritas ~$9-$13
We love the atmosphere and prefer to sit in the cantina area at the bar. You will usually find a very social crowd in the cantina area, especially if you sit at the bar. Jerry is the usual night bartender with Claudio filling in occasionally, both make a mean scratch margarita. Try one on the rocks and you'll probably never go back to house margaritas again.
They offer all the usual and not so usual suspects in the way of Mexican beers: Dos Equis draft, Tecate, Pacifico, Corona, Modelo, Negro Modelo and Carte Blanc. They also offer some Alaska micros (Glacier Brewhouse IPA at the time of this review) as well as a seasonal offering and the usual macros (Bud, Miller, Coors, etc...) in draft and/or bottle form.
Also, as you'd expect from a reputable Mexican restaurant, they offer a vast array of Tequila offerings from Hornitos to Don Jose to Cabo, blanco, Reposado and Anejo. Best of all even their house margaritas are made with a quality 100% de agave tequila (I believe it's Hornitos) and of course you can have your margarita made to specification: on the rocks, blended, flash blended, salt, no salt, cadillac, flavored, or scratch.
My favorite is the scratch which is made with 100% fresh squeezed orange, lime and lemon juices which are squeezed at the time you request your drink and I go with Don Jose Anejo teguila. A few bucks more than the house offering but worth it, in my opinion.
STAFF
Overall the staff is just wonderful. Since we typically sit at the bar in Cantina we've gotten to know the staff in that area very well and we're treated like family. Even when we sit at a table or booth we get treated absolutely wonderfully by our server. Everyone's going to have an off night from time-to-time but for the most part every server we've ever had at Jalapenos has done a superb job. If you go to Jalapenos with any amount of regularity you will see the same faces time and time again which tells me they have very little staff turnover which means a happy staff which of course equates to great service.
OVERALL
Jalapenos is a great place to eat. The great food & drinks, great atmosphere and wonderful staff make it a place worth going back to again and again.
Oh and if you have someone in your party celebrating a birthday, be sure to tell your server and get your camera ready!
Best Salsa. This place has the tastiest salsa I have ever tried! The place is so clean and you can tell that they consider every square inch of their restaurant. A lot of restaurants are half *** with their atmosphere. Every employee is soooo nice and thats why I believe they have very happy committed customers!
Okay. I've always had outstanding service at Jalepeno's, the food is just okay. It is hands down the best Mexican in Eagle River but far from being great Mexican food. If you really want good Mexican food try Taco King, Burrito King, or Serrano's in Anchorage. I'll still take it any day over Chepo's or Garcia's though.
We thought it was great and have traveled back out to ER from Anchorage to eat there again! They don't seem to handle special orders real well, such as a la carte orders or "all rice, no beans" and that sort of thing but once you can get the server to understand what you want, they do really well.
Good resturaunt. Sometimes the food seems a little unfresh, and the service leaves a bit to be desired (not rude, just lack thereof), but overall a pretty good restaurant.
The food and service was amazing as usual. I cannot wait for the new location in Eagle River to open in 2024.
Who knew the best Mexican Restaurant was hiding in Eagle River, AK? I stop here every time I’m in town for work and I’ve never had a bad experience. Everyone is friendly and helpful, the food is delicious and the colorful decor is truly a work of art!
🤩 Amazing place. Here is one of our fav places in our Alaska trip. Price and quality balance is perfect.
They bring nachos right after you arrived. I love these kind of small things in restaurants.
We got Fajitas. I highly recommend to taste it. Also comes with rice, beans, salad, sour cream and tortillas. You can ask for less not to waste them because there are 4 of them.
The lady was so welcoming and geniune.
Lovely place. 😍
You have to try the king crab enchiladas! Amazing! When in Alaska...
I went with my sister and brother and what an amazing dinner. The staff was awesome. We enjoyed our visit immensely!
Excellent customer service. Chips and salsa are delicious and the carne asada street tacos are right in 👍🏽. Love the cleanliness and atmosphere of the restaurant.
Food was absolutely amazing and the drinks were great. They have amazing white queso which is so hard to find up here that actually tastes delicious. 10/10 recommend. Will be back!
Service very slow. No water. No sense of urgency. Bar left unattended. Not even busy. Sadly prices up service down. Not on par with the past.
The owner made me a steak burrito for lunch today and it may have been THE BEST burrito that I have had up in Alaska. The rice in it was good and the meat was seasoned very nicely. I have had burritos other places and they were kind of flavorless compared to Jalepenos.
If you see him call him Mr. AMAZING
I have made it a point to head out there one night soon for dinner to try out some more of there items on the menu.
08/24/2021 lunch is served. Enjoy the photos
Ok just to set the facts I'm kind of a picky eater. I ordered the Amazing Tacos
Mini grilled asada tacos with chorizo! $17.50
There are 5 small tacos and I ordered rice on the side. The rice was fantastic probably the best I've had at a Mexican reasturant since I can't remember when. The chorizo was not my favorite at all I didn't like the flavor and was a little greasy for me. I ate them but I should stick with plain beef tacos. The service was great but thought the food took a little longer than it should have. Then again we do have a lot of people not wanting to work so good on the ones that do work there. The rest of the family had no complaints about their meals. I would give 41/2 stars if I could. Don't hesitate to eat here or the one in anchorage. Again the staff was really nice and stayed on top of everything.
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