Jalapeno Mexican Kitchen

Went here on a Friday for lunch. $250 for a group of 5 for the location seemed to be average. The owner was nice and came and talked to us, even gave our entire table free shots. Food was good, nothing to rave about and nothing to complain about. I also dislike when places automatically add a 20% gratuity to the bill, good service deserves more and poor service deserves less 20 is the standard. Our server was actually great and paying with a card I couldn’t even add anything to try and give her more.

Not exactly a great way to kick off our Miami vacation. Food was okay at best and overly overpriced. I’d say you pay for the ambiance and experience of eating on Ocean Drive. The mango margarita was bland same with the fettuccine alfredo pasta. The chicken was rough and dry, I will say the burger was probably the best thing here. Service was nice for the most part but they did seem to really push us to get the XL Margarita size which ran $40+. We just wanted some lunch but when we constantly kept getting asked if we’d like to try the larger Margarita it was a negative for us. For the price point I’d say there are plenty of better options to eat at other than Jalapeño Mexican Kitchen.

Food was okay but way overpriced. We were super hungry and sat down at the first place we saw that had an open table. We were a party of five but there is always a 20 percent tip included no matter the size of your party. We had shrimp tacos, they were okay, beef tacos and chicken tacos had little flavor, jalapeño burger was good but not spicy at alll. The beer come in lots of sizes but you pay for the cool big plastic cup not for the quality. We won’t be back but it was nice to sit on the Main Street and eat

I wish we had look through reviews first. They are accurate. Food was okay. We got 3 fish tacos and 3 shrimp tacos. The fish taco had no real flavor chucks of chewy mahi and shredded iceberg lettuce a teaspoon of tomato and green-can parmigiana on top. The shrimp tacos had a little more flavor with lots of shrimp. After looking at the reviews I’m glad I didn’t get a cocktail. Over the service and food were okay but we left disappointed in our pick.

The reason this restaurant gets to much business is because it is on the strip of south beach. You go for the ambiance. However, I ordered a breakfast sandwich that was actually very tasty, as was the mojito. The thing that sucks about this place is the slow service and the 20% service charge. They definitely don’t deserve that much of a tip. No wonder my breakfast was only $7!

Okay food, Decent drinks. Horrible service. They don’t deserve a 20% tip which they make sure to add in as a service charge then also expect an extra tip! They forgot to bring us our appetizer but made sure to charge for it. When we brought it up to the server, he was nonchalant about it. - sorry but this place needs a huge makeover top to bottom. Don’t even bother trying to use the bathroom here either 🤮

Delicious, perfectly flavored and cooked lobster, crab and salmon grill. I stopped by Jalapeño Mexican Kitchen for a mojito and small appetizer, after seeing the waiter deliver this to another table…my nephew said we want one of those although we had a paid meal in the next hour with a tour package. We ordered one to share and it was the best meal we had in Miami!! The beef nachos, guacamole and salsa were also fresh and flavorful…oh yeah…the mojito was great too!