Orale Mexican Kitchen

Food: Always love the food at Orale. Their ambience is also better than the one on grove street. Their taco is one of the best in jersey city. 5 out of 5. Drinks: Given I tried their entire drinks menu (almost) by now I would give their drinks a 4 out of 5. Some disappointments there but generally all drinks are good. Ambience: I felt that music was a bit loud multiple times I have been here, as it was difficult to have conversation with my SO given such loud music in the background. They tried to make it hip and lounge like but rather prefer them to stick to restaurant theme. 4 out of 5 (1 point for too loud music) I'll still visit the restaurant again for their food and drinks but this time I'll get some ear plugs 😁

This place was amazing, my favorite part had to just be the look. This place is great to come with a group and there is a great staff and service. There however was not many options for vegetarians but for most people the options were amazing so you should definitely give this place a visit. They may be on the more expensive side but that is okay because portions are great as well. One more thing is you should ask for the sauces and they give you three sauces with varying levels of spice and those are literally to die for the sauce is so good that I would literally put that on a bite of everything I took. In fact needing two bottles of it to quench my hunger. But in conclusion it was a great place, tons of options, and generally a fun place.

A little spendy for sure, buuuuut the food is great and the service is just as good. If we want a meal we know we’re going to really enjoy and servers who are warm, fast and good at their jobs we go here. I love this place, never too crowded, you NEVER wonder where your food or server is, they take great care of you and the food comes out quickly. The drinks are great, the guac is delish and the little sauce trio you get is so so good.

My wife and I went here for dinner the week Omicron cases decreased and it was a little safer to dine out. The inside decor and ambience was 100% on point but the menu needed a little more work. As a request, they need to add fresh, hot, and spicy chicken and shrimp fajitas. Many Mexican locations serve fajitas and with enough flavor. It can make customers happy. We missed that experience at this location. Our favorite were the nachos and the chicken enchilada. Service and attention to detail was punctual and good by our waiter. I am 50/50 on recommending this location for anyone who is a diehard foodie or returning because there were no fajitas. Hopefully things will change.

We used to love to come here until we saw that they are imposing 18% gratuity on you AND they tax you over the gratuity (which is ilegal). My boyfriend always leaves 18%-25% tip everywhere but he gets very upset when restaurants want to impose how we evaluate the service. And taxing over the gratuity? Wow. When we requested to talk to the manager, he responded that they do this because of the pandemic. We understand times are hard, but if you want to pay more to your employees just increase prices. Customers will decide if they are willing to pay for your new prices and if they received a great service, get a nice tip. Being "sneaky" in the bill is not the right thing to do. Also, when questioning about taxing the gratuity, he just responded that is the way they do it and that's it. The manager also said "you don't have to leave 18% of gratuity" if you don't want to...so, why to put it int he bill then? And then tax the gratuity. When we called him, he already had a "revised" bill without the gratuity and the taxing over the gratuity. We didn't like how he handled the situation and his attitude so unfortunately, we won't come back. Check your bill before paying here.