Reviews for El Jinete Mexican Restaurant Roswell in Roswell, GA

Visiting with friends who suggested this place. We had a large table for 8. Good service and attentive. I ordered the Burrito... Loco, it had a red ???? besides it and I like spicy. Great choice. I cleaned my plate. Read more

Use to be a really good restaurant Last time we ordered a dinner plate They served frozen vegetables, not fresh. And the... shrimp had a bad odor. And not cook well. We showed the waitress She basically just said do you want another plate? We saidno. We couldn't eat that food. They charged full amount anyway Please be careful when you order your seafood and your uncookedvegetables at this location. Read more

NOT recommended. I call this place "El Nasty". Ordered a tostada and I couldn't even eat it. It was oily and stale as if it had... been back on a shelf for three weeks marinating. The place also stinks. It does not smell clean, whatever they're using ismasking. Read more

Have been here a few times. The food was never fantastic, but always decent. Today, I was very disappointed. Absolutely no... seasoning or flavor in the chicken tacos and chicken enchiladas. Totally bland. The refried beans were hard. I ate very littleof my food. I asked the server if they're using a new cook or recipe. He said no, and that he would notify the kitchen. Thereare lots of great choices for Mexican in the area, but this is certainly not one of them. Read more

Don't do it. There are way better options near by. If it's really average margaritas and marginal food, then check this place... out. For me, never again. I don't know if I have ever had a more tasteless margarita. The kicker was the carne asada thattastes like it was cooked yesterday and warmed up when I arrived. Blah, meh, not worth it. The service was pretty good. It'sjust the lack of flavor and quality that sits atop my experience. Read more

Take out order did not include what was ordered and was shown on the receipt - tacos and burritos don't even look similar. Some... attention to detail is needed. Also the salsa was watery. But the service was quick and otherwise the food was OK. Read more

Had to send the Chiles Poblanos back because they were cold in the middle. They just microwaved it with the steak on top. It was... disgusting. Nice people though. I ended up paying $21 for the microwaved mess, cheese dip, and a water. Read more

I?ve been coming here for 20+ years but I haven?t been in the last five years. I was craving tacos something simple late ... afternoon meal. Service was interesting where the hostess ask me how many and I said I?m just gonna sit at the bar. She thenbecame our bartender and waitress even though there was a person behind the bar talking to someone. I said hello to her and sheacknowledged me but never served us. The hostess that took our order went back to the hostess stand, when we needed somethingwe had to look around for her. She would see us looking for her and come right away. She did a great job serving us but justodd that the other person behind the bar never addressed us or asked if we needed anything. Maybe it was shift change timebecause it was late afternoon? The chips and salsa show up, the salsa was very good, glad to see that hasn?t changed. A smoothtomatoey base. You can taste the garlic and cilantro. But the chips have changed, a little thicker - which I don?t likebecause they tend to jab and pierce the roof of my mouth. Unfortunately the first batch was stale so I sent them back, nextbatch was fine. I ordered two beef hardshell tacos. I was a little disappointed with the chopped cheap lettuce, it was iceberg.The taco itself was delicious, crunchy shell good flavored meat and cheese, perfect. No problems there at all, totally satisfiedmy craving. My girlfriend ordered the chicken soup. If you?ve never had chicken soup in a Mexican restaurant try it. It?s thebest chicken soup I?ve ever had. I normally would never order things like chicken soup in a restaurant. To me it?s one of thosethings like meatloaf your mom makes on Sunday you don?t buy that from a restaurant. But I tried it once years ago and loved it,this place still rock ?n? roll?s their chicken soup is phenomenal! A really good chicken broth base and the chicken meat is notdry good flavor and tender. The cilantro flavors are there as well. Then the touch of fresh avocado Read more