El Jardin

Went there last weekend and ordered the 4 taquito's appetizer apparently the four taquito is in reality 2 cut in half. Only one bathroom was open and functioning not sure if the 2 for the price of 4 is at the other location or if I just got lucky. SMH

Visited it for dinner on weekday , it was quite full restaurant. Chips was complimentary but chips was very oily and lack the taste. We ordered supreme taco and veggie fajitas . Veggie fajita was decent taste with flavors of vegetables but the taco was very bland neither had any spicy nor the taste that we had to ask for homemade spicy sauce.
Good part was I felt servers were very nice and looked happy such that they really enjoy their work which was commendable .

We love El Jardin when we pass through Columbia. The service is excellent and menu is authentic Mexican food. The Caldo de Pollo soup is amazing! Highly recommend. The broth is delicious served with rice, Pico de gallo, purple cabbage, sliced Avocado. My husband ordered Combination Chili Relleno plate. He said it was excellent!

We decided to eat at El Jardin another location. We ordered the Fish tacos special.
Margarita is little sweet so I ordered Skinny Margarita if you want to skip the sugary mix.

When the waitress brought our food to the table she threw it dawn and practically ran away. We ate our nachos we ordered to share with a side of rice and beans... we were never offered refills or asked how our food was or able to ask for extra napkins or salsa.... When the girl brought us our check I told her we had also ordered a burrito to go, she leaned in and very rudely said "WHAT?" I repeated my self and she walked away without saying a word. We sat there waiting for a good 10 minutes waiting for the burrito, a different girl walked it over to us and handed it to me without saying a single word... even after I thanked her. I would like to say I won't be back but that's probably not true... but it appears to me the staff isn't too keen on tips for service.

Stopped by this cute Mexican restaurant on our way out of Columbia. Nice out door (pet friendly) seating, good ambiance. Staff were really friendly.
I ordered a combination plate, 1 chicken enchilada (salsa verde) and 1 steak taco. Plate also came with rice and beans. Everything had really good flavor, beans were a little on the runny side but mixed with my rice was tasty. My boyfriend got the carne asada plate which he really enjoyed. When we are back in the area we will definitely come back to this spot.

For card payments they accept visa/Mastercard/American Express. Unfortunately no Apple Pay. But also didn't completely expect this small historic town to be completely up to date with that.

All In all we had a good experience here and recommend to others :)

We came here hoping for a better experience than we had in Twain Harte. The food was good and service was alright, but the place is dirty. Pads on the seats are shredded, our table had something on top that made it look like it was peeling, and just not comfortable. A coat of paint, some cleaning, and washing windows could spiff the place up. My melamine plate was warped, so I had to hold it still from moving while I ate.
We're done trying to find Mexican food in Tuolumne County.

We have always loved coming here and it's been a while.
Honestly the food was really good but the service takes away from the enjoyment of the food. You have to get up to ask for more napkins and salsa because nobody checks on you so so frustrating. Then the girl that brings the salsa doesn't look at you and pretty much keeps her back to you horrible service when you feel like an inconvenience ‍ too bad! Also when you put your empty salsa at the end of the table as a hint (because they run past you) and they actually look at it and keep going ‍ This experience is also based on more than one or two visits
This place had great service under Zeke but things change sadly.

We keep trying to give this restaurant a chance but it seems like the cook doesn't care or isn't good at his job. We ordered a couple of chimichangas a few months ago and they were soft like burritos. They gave us 2 free "chimichangas" because we complained about the 1st ones. They still didn't get it right. They were still soft. As far as I know, a chimichanga is supposed to be fried. We complained a 2nd time and on the 3rd time, they finally got the order right but the manager said you have to order chimichangas "extra extra extra crispy". Today we ordered 2 burritos and they were dripping orange-hued grease. My girlfriend was grossed out by it and didn't want to eat it. She called El Jardin and talked to the cook explaining that the burritos were too greasy but the cook denied that they were greasy. He didn't offer to make it right or anything. Just hung up.

This El Jardin treats you like family. We used to go to the El J in Murphys, but we have decided we like the one in Columbia better. Generous portions cozy atmosphere and great Mexican food. Brave El J Columbia.

We had dinner there last night and food was good, no complaints. Service was not the best but our server was very nice.
My complaint..... NO MASKS worn by any of the staff. We eat out often and this is the first restaurant we have eaten where no masks worn by any staff AND when when a table of four left as we were sitting waiting for our meal they cleared the table and wiped down the table and benches with a rag.... NO sanitizer sprayed, nothing but a rag.
Not good in these times and probably will never return.... Unacceptable!!!