Jalisco Mexican Restaurant

This place has been CLOSED for more then 2 years but it had wonderful food

This has closed and has become «el trebol».
Eek, methinks not about its successor.

Driving by on 104^th, I saw Jalisco and a tinge of excitement pulsed through me as I hoped that a real Mexican restaurant might have made it all the way up to the Westminster/​Northglen/​almost-​Wyoming suburbs. And since I base all my dining decisions on tinges of excitement, I of course had to give Jalisco a shot.
Unfortunately, Jalisco brings that central Denver feel to the burbs without bringing any central Denver taste. While sometimes spicy, the food is fundamentally unexciting and is only marginally better than the nearest chain. While there are some seafood options, in general the menu items all look about the same. Like Micheal Bay movies, every item on the menu reminds you of every other item. You can vary the tortilla-​bean-​meat-​cheese combination, but you’re basically eating the same thing no matter what.
You might be into it. I wasn’t. The food was as lacking in soul as it was in flavor. But maybe you like bland food, or maybe you want to just get a drink and have some chips and salsa. If so, this is the place for you. Otherwise, head south to Denver where the Mexican joints don’t disappoint.

We’d eaten at Wingman next door a bunch of times and saw a lot of people in Jalisco almost everytime. Don’t know what happened. I always check Unilocal before checking a place out. No reviews? Cool. I’ll be the first. Mixed reviews? Lot’s of cars in the lot, I’ll check it out. I didn’t check Unilocal first. You stupid, stupid boy.
We should have walked right back out the door at the sighting of the first hard shell taco. Gringo mex. But they have a whole window ledge of mexican sodas on display too. What the hell, we’re here, I’m hungry, let’s eat. Now, I’ve grown to be a snob as far as mex goes but I stil appreciate good food, regardless of the style. Good gringo mex can be great. This wasn’t great but it was… not bad. My sig-​other had a green chile plate and I went with the carnitas plate. My carnitas were pretty good. They were covered in more of a gravy than a green chile but it was decent. The rice and beans sides were flavored okay but the rice was obviously too long in the steam table without being stirred or having extra liquid added. I F’ing hate crunchy hard rice! The wife’s green chile had large chunks of tender pork in that same gravy green chile. We prefer more green chile and more heat from chiles than this stuff could provide. I would pass on this spot unless anything described appeals to your lighter taste sensibilities? De nalgas.

This place is a decent Mexican restaurant on 104^th, a few miles south of the house, so it’s close. Located in the same indistinct shopping center as the place that makes the best breakfast burritos in Denver, Santiago’s, it might be easily passed by. Honestly, not that it matters, but every time we’ve been there, we’ve been about the only non-​hispanic people there.
The waitstaff could stand to be a little more attentive and friendly, the food that’s not spicy enough can easily be remedied with a little hot sauce. The salsa every time we’ve been there has varied — the mild is always pureed and mild. The hot salsa is chunky and sometimes more medium than hot and sometimes hotter than desirable.
The food itself is fresh and well prepared. I agree certain things are a bit bland. The chicharrones are an unhealthy addition to any burrito. The lady is a chile relleno connoisseur and seems to fancy the way they make theirs here. The décor is a little cheesy, with fake flowers on the table (which I think are a recent unnecessary upgrade). Why not spring for real flowers?
All in all, the food is not bad here. But, don’t EVER try the $ 1 margaritas unless you want a glass of mix with no tequila. I guess for a dollar you can’t really expect too much…

I have driven past this place a hundred times and because there are never any cars in the lot and the previous restaurant in this same location was not good I never stopped. About six months ago I finally gave in and tried this place. I honestly do not remember what exactly I ordered, but I do remember it lacked flavor, taste and spice. It was a very bland, toned down version of Mexican food. In addition, I felt like we were bothering the wait staff just being there. They were all young, inattentive and hanging out like a teenage click in the hallway entrance to the kitchen chatting, maybe they are not use to customers! I will never dine here again and I would much rather recommended Lagunas which is great and just a half a mile up the road. This restaurant won’t be around much longer!

Goodbye lunch for me with the people from work. The Dr. and Nurse chose this place which I had never heard of. My philosophy for this general area? Anything’s better than going to Red Lobster for lunch again. Anything…
I had a combo plate with a bean burrito, chile relleno, and cheese enchilada. Although I did not like the way they do their chile rellenos here, that is just my preference, and other people might like them.
I’m sure if I had said something about the relleno they would have brought me something different, but I didn’t.
They do have a full bar here, too.
All in all, it was a decent goodbye lunch.