El Jalapeno Mexican Restaurant

Great southside Mexican restaurant!

Inside the eatery has attractive decor. The booths feature art murals of old fashioned Mexican scenes in bright colors. Festive decorations like a Corona lime pinata on the ceiling are also seen.

In a recent visit, my server had a very kind and cheery demeanor. My meal selection was the Pollo Con Papas. The chicken was tender & flavorful, complimented with cheese sauce (queso I think), grilled onions & green pepper slices, rice & beans, and long, thin slices of potato. Although crispy potatoes are more preferred, they were delicious with everything else. When I ate the three included tortillas and still had a bit of chicken left, my server kindly offered more tortillas. Excellent service!

A tasty meal with plenty of festive, colorful decor, served with enthusiasm! Good dinner stop!

Dropped in to cure a case of crave for enchiladas, and was not disappointed!!! We had the shrimp enchiladas with white sauce that had a very rich flavor and the other dish had 5 enchiladas ranging from, cheese, chicken, bean, beef and shredded beef. The food was excellent and the Texas margaritas were very good as well. Can't wait to come back and try one of the other amazing dishes that they serve.

Always good, hot food served very fast. Service is hit or miss. Everyone is friendly but not always efficient.

Shrimp tasted old and freezer burnt. Corn tortillas old tasting and quality is poor. And had to wave down waitress a few times cause she was on her phone

A bunch of us from work decided to go out to lunch on "Black Friday", we decided to check out El Jalapeño. Our server who was a male was amazing! The food was great and the salsa at the table was really good! I will definitely bring my husband back here for dinner.

All I can say is skip the Fried Ice cream.. It was not fresh, not good and not at all what I expected...

The service was fast and but they should've taken more time to insure that the food was hot and fresh...

Good food and service. They do a great job of working with large parties to keep everyone together.

Best mexican restaurant in the city hands down. Miles over Margaritas and eons better than Fiesta ran Chera. Idk how people eat Fiesta, that place is trash and about double the price. Plus, all their servers are super creepy to my female friends. Not here.

Street tacos are amazing, everybody here has always been super nice. Great pricing. I go here like 3x a week.

Great food. Amazing portions! Fast service. Can't beat the prices! I highly recommend this place!

My first experience here and it was satisfactory. Fast friendly service. Decent prices, large portions, what more can you ask for? Easier access... this is a difficult place to get into and out of if you're coming from the other direction.

We enjoyed the chips and salsa. Ordered a small dish of the queso. Delicious. I looooove that stuff.

I had the Chimichanga Texas style, which apparently includes chicken, steak and shrimp. Wow. First time i had this and i will have it again. Usually you get one kind of meat to choose from, no need for decisions, you can have it all. I like that.

So did my guest. She ordered Nachos Texas style and it was the same deal here. Chicken, steak and shrimp on nacho chips, doused in queso. What a delicious mess that was.

If the rest of the extensive menu is this good, I'll come to be a regular soon.