Aaron Placencia

The food was amazing and the ambience was great. The live mariachi band on Friday nights was so good. Perfect place to unwind going into the weekend.

TheBayArea.831

Love eating here. We dont come as often as Id like. But the service and food are always the best in my opinion. Today my hubby brought me for lunch and I tried for the first time a small nacho plate with shredded beef. He ordered the menudo. Both were delicious. I took half of the nachos to go. I was stuffed halfway thru. Plenty of food. Staff was friendly and inviting. The interior decor is beautiful, they have a nice outdoor patio setting if you prefer to eat outdoor. Parking is tight behind restaraunt. They do have parking lot across the street or on Main St.

+2

Kris Iwamoto

The food, service and atmosphere was great! We hadn't been there in a few years, but it was just as delicious as we remembered it. Highly recommend the ceviche, guacamole, taco salad, and chile colorado!

Brendan

Three words that sets this restaurant apart: FLAME Broiled Meats! Absolutely recommended as one of the best Mexican restaurants in the area and possibly Northern California. Detailed review follows: We came here because of the good reviews and were very impressed with the vibe, the food quality, the service, and the price (amazing food for reasonable prices. The food options here are fantastic for a Mexican restaurant. They have almost every Mexican dish you can think of. No matter what you order, it comes out perfect. The meats here are char broiled and set this place apart from the competition. I ordered a Chimichanga and the flavor of the fried tortilla was accentuated by the fire flavor of the beef, mixed with the delicious beans and rice. They also have free chips and salsa. Even the chips were freshly fried and crispy. The restaurant setting is wonderful with outdoor covered patio seating and indoor seating. There is an indoor bar as well which serves cocktails, beer, and wine. The restaurant has lots of authentic Mexican decor throughout and really feels special for the area. Parking is nearby and free, we never have trouble finding some. The servers were incredibly friendly, they spoke English and Spanish, and were attentive throughout. If you are traveling by or visiting Watsonville, it’s worth coming here for an accurate Mexican restaurant experience prepared by people know who the cuisine intimately and use quality ingredients.

+7

Hillary G.

I’d give it 6 stars if I could. The.best.chile.relleno I have ever had! My husband got the seafood fajitas and said they were also the best fajitas he’s had. The staff was so attentive. They checked on us and filled our waters multiple times. Our server was amazing and answered all our tourist questions about the area. And when we ordered flan to go, he said he’d get us the biggest piece. The atmosphere is beautiful too. 150% would recommend!

Andy Salmon

Nice place downtown. The food is excellent. I asked for extra cheese and they didn't disappoint. Fun and clean atmosphere. We will be back 😀 Private parking lot for the restaurant across the street.

+1

I've been on a taqueria kick, but hubby wanted a sit down restaurant so we decided to try Jalisco. Jalisco is a large restaurant with a big patio. It looks like they can host large parties. I was surprised to see how seafood heavy the menu was. I got the scallops, shrimp, and snapper fajitas. The flour tortillas were the absolute best part! They were super hot, nice n' thin, and freshly made. I think they're the best tortillas I've ever had. The flour tortillas are the only reason why I'm giving this place 3 stars instead of 2. The seafood had a nice, mesquite flavor, but I thought it was mainly mediocre. And my husband's seafood molcajete was supposed to come with crab legs, but it didn't! It wasn't until later that the server told us that they were out of crab legs. They should have told us before when we were ordering it or before they made it to see if we wanted something else. The only upsides were that the octopus and the molcajete sauce were yummy. The margaritas were on the much smaller side and only okay. The horchata was better. The salsa that came with the chips was flavorless. I think that's what most of the meal was missing: flavor. Service was super slow, but friendly. Our water and chips were never refilled.

Anallely Franco

Food was good but the front desk lady is very rude. She wasn't polite didn't have the right attitude to make customers feel welcome. Also parking is hard to find. There's only one lane to go in and out so I don't know how it works. There's only like 10 parking spots at the most. Four stars for the food and 2 stars for the customer service so I give a three stars .

+2

Steven Kolb

Went there as the reviews were generally positive, but overall was very disappointed. The good: the staff was kind and attentive. The bad: honestly, the food was sub-par at best. My chile verde was way overcooked and served with little-to-no verde sauce. In our party of five only one liked the food (tacos). The cocktails- no discernable alcohol in any of them- margaritas or Palomas. We didn’t finish them. Lastly, we were seated near the kitchen and bussing station and throughout our meal they were dumping dishes and then dragging garbage cans past our table. It was a bit too much and generally I’m not a complainer, but this was beyond unpleasant. Won’t go back for sure.

Salvador Ferreira

$13 for a smaller burrito and the meat was not carne asada, some other type of steak. Tasted like I went to a regular BBQ. Meat was chewy and flavorless. The meat did not go with it at all kinda disappointed. My wife did not like the huevos rancheros neither. Bland food

Nancy Puhvel

Tonight, 1/15/25, we had horrible service at this restaurant. Our wait staff didn’t check in on us until 30 minutes after arrival. It was not busy. Several of our food items we ordered were either wrong or did not arrive at all. There were 7 of us. The waiter forgot about us. We had to ask for our check up front. When we let our waiter know about the mix up, he did not say anything, just looked at the bill. When we went to pay up front, the young woman up front just rolled her eyes and said, uh sorry, and was snarky and not kind or helpful at all. Not going back here!

S Agg

Un flavorful food, and salsa. Slow service, dirty bathroom, and weird parking at the back. Only one small way to enter and exit a tiny few spots. So good luck. Waste of my money and we had to come home and cook again.