El Jaripeo

Terrible! I'm normally pretty forgiving, but this place was bad, and I was expecting so much more based on the reviews. For starters, it is a bad sign when the place is less than 1/2 full at 7:30 on a Saturday evening. The ambiance is lacking, with closely placed tables and ugly brown walls. The restaurant was loud despite how few customers were actually there. The chips and salsa came and the salsa was inedible!! When I looked around, everyone had cheese sauce (obviously because of how bad their salty, watery salsa was), and I ordered some for our table. Our waitress was inattentive at best. We were essentially ignored the whole time. My meal was ok, but I paid about $11 for one burrito and some flavorless pink-colored rice. It took our waitress almost 15 min. after she had cleared our plates to even bring us a check. This was the worst restaurant experience I've had in a long time and I will not go back. I agree with Brenton A., El Messon is a much better choice if you're looking for mexican food in Plainfield.

Gah. Seriously? This was terrible. Terrible! The salsa was tepid cilantro water, and my "pollo diablo" was chicken covered in spicy ketchup, apparently. This is some of the WORST Mexican food I've ever had, and at twice the regular price. $25 for two people! Ridiculous. I'm kicking myself for not going down the street to El Meson.

I'll start off by saying that I am a Mexican food addict and I'm pretty picky. I love El Jaripeo! They have great specials all the time and the staff is super friendly.