Mexican restaurant, Latin American restaurant
Located on Roosevelt Avenue, El Jaral Mexican Restaurant offers a casual setting perfect for quick bites or leisurely meals. With a focus on breakfast and lunch, this budget-friendly spot provides a variety of comfort food and small plates, appealing to kids and families alike. Although the decor celebrates Frida Kahlo with vibrant touches, some diners have expressed concerns about the service and food authenticity. Still, it's a comfortable place for those seeking familiar Latin flavors in a relaxed atmosphere.
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Eggs over cooked I ordered pork chop didn’t have any and potato’s were boiled I think it was gonna be potato salad.No register on mobile phone.Overall terrible
7/10 for cleanliness The tables have a sticky/greasy residue feel.Coffee mug got stuck on it several times, the napkins too.(See pictures) Coffee 3/10 - tastes watered down, like they didn’t add enough coffee to the maker. Our waitress was extremely clueless about the menu.She knew absolutely nothing about it.She had to run back and forth 4-5 times to answer questions we had.According to her she just started yesterday. As a restaurant owner, when you hire a waitress you should train them on the menu and somewhat explain how items are prepared.At least a brief overview. I’m not sure where the people who own the restaurant and the ones who came up with the menu are from but this isn’t “Mexican food” Similar to Mexican food but definitely isn’t, so if you’re looking for real authentic Mexican food this isn’t it. The art on the walls is Frida Kahlo. ONLY Frida Kahlo.Simple decor also includes paper flowers and paper garland. After waiting over 40 minutes for our food here’s what we ordered: (by the way each plate had something wrong with it and was not fixed. Huevos Rancheros - Ordered : over medium, refried beans, salsa on the side, flour tortillas. Received : hard and not refried beans.The eggs and plate smothered in salsa.Asked for the refried beans and the waitress said they were in the blender and would be out in two minutes.20 minutes later and reminding her a few times they never came but other people had refried beans on their plates coming out.Oh and the salsa had a sweet something to it.Not salsa ranchera. Machacado Plate - Ordered : without Pico De Gallo Received : cold, hard and dry eggs.Either it was over cooked or it sat there for a while because it was also cold. Enchiladas Rojas - Ordered : there’s a image on the first page inside underneath the apps.According to the waitress they call those enchiladas.(They look like entomatadas) Received : red tortillas rolled up with a Mexican blend of cheese (white and yellow shredded) and then more of the same cheese on top.Two random pieces of meat in the rice that definitely didn’t belong there. Chicharrón en Salsa - Ordered : originally asked if this was real chicharrones, the meaty, meat market kind or if it was chicharrones from a bag that are crunchy like chips.Waitress said it was the real “meaty” ones. Received : chicharrones in salsa but it was the crunchy chip kind.Definitely dissatisfied. Also, there was a thin older Hispanic man that either works there or is one of those customers who is way too comfortable there.Was not helping the ladies and was interrupting customers.He kept on interrupting this one man sitting alone with headphones in.He invited himself to sit there and poor guy ended up taking his headphones out to not be rude.
I will never go to this place again, they took my order, had me sit there for 20 minutes, they were out of tortillas.But surprisingly the family that owns the restaurant was sitting there eating up all the food.Stop eating up your inventory.
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