Good food, just beware if trying to use a groupon! The staff and management were unwilling to accept my groupon because 2 drink specials were purchased at my table of 5. Although enough regularly priced food was purchased, I was denied my groupon. That was too bad, but this really did ruin my experience!
Review Source:Went for lunch, had 3 item combo. Received tortilla soup which looked like clear broth chicken soup with tortillas added, tasted exactly what it looked like, and I threw it to the side. Tamale was dry and boring. Beef hard shell taco was good as well as the little tostada. Service was very GOOD I must say.
Review Source:Jalapenos had a groupon so I purchased it to give the place a try. We went on a Saturday night around 5:15 and were seated right away. The waitress was very nice and always checked if we needed anything.  The chips and salsa were excellent. We ordered the chicken fajita quesadillas which were hot and full of flavor. I ordered the spinach enchiladas for my dinner and it was a huge portion and delicious. I love having a doggy bag to take home. I will definitely go back to Jalapeños and try the drinks next time. Great food and fast, excellent service.
Review Source:Atmosphere ok service ok ... Shrimp enchiladas were the bomb!!! That was off the new menu, took them all day to bring it out ,we went threw 3baskets of chips... WTF are they making the dish in Mexico.
Finally it arrives at the table and let me say phenomenal!!! Flavors tap dancing on my tounge.
I highly recommend this dish. Enjoy
Although chainy, I can honestly say that the food and the service were good. My family walked in on a Friday afternoon for lunch during the Christmas season and were seated immediately. Sure, the decor is overkill but it is attempting to wisk you away and gives you plently to look at similar to Bennigans or Applebees.
One thing though. This restaurant needs a facelift curtosey of Robert Irvine of restaurant impossible. Have you seen the menu? The menu needs to be simplified. Not more that two pages. Also, I was incredible disappointed and thrown off by the fact that it has no key! There are random highlighted dishes but no designation of vegetarian or gluten-free dishes. Add another layer of confusion by lack of organization. Help Robert Irvine Help!! Also, the music is awful! It is loud and techno-annoying! Totally kills the Mexican interior vibe!
The food was good and portion sizes kept us satiated with leftovers. But I surprised to see how costly the meals are. $10-12 per person! For the revenue they get from selling meals and some decor on ebay they should be able to put together a new more streamline menu (with special dietary options highlighted in green or with a little chili pepper). Â All in all, I don't know if I'll be back unless my parents make me.
My good luck with Groupon continues.
I was staying the night with The Sibling, who is a NW Indiana resident. We were hungry. And thirsty. Especially thirsty. Sibling said, wait a minute, i think I have a groupon or two! And she did.
We first looked at Yelp to see if we even wanted to use the groupon to Jalapeno's. Your reviews, fellow Yelpers, were all over the place. We pondered. We looked at the calendar - yep, it was Sunday; most restaurants aren't slammed on Sundays. We looked at the weather report; cloudy, warm, but no rain in the forecast. Sibling said, you know, i think Jalapeno's has an outdoor patio. We decided - it would be Mexican food and drinks.
Jalapeno's is located in a shopping mall area - quelle surprise, this is NW indiana. Parking is definitely not an issue here. Though the lot looked very full when we first approached, there were plenty of spots close to the front door.
Jalapeno's has a diverse audience in terms of age, but not so much in terms of race. Maybe it was only during our single visit, but it was a very white clientele. No Hispanic people. In NW Indiana, and at a Mexican restaurant, that's odd. That can be a bad sign. But having a Groupon means you throw caution and your better instincts in the toilet.
The restaurant was about half full. We asked if there were tables available outside, and we were promptly escorted to a two-top around a corner, which actually gave us some privacy for our conversation.
We had a waitress named Naomi, who was prompt and efficient throughout our entire visit. A busboy came quickly and gave us chips and salsa, and he kept our water glasses full. Other people may have had issues with service, but we did not.
The Sibling had a glass of sangria, and I ordered a laguna Margarita. This means that it was made with blue curacao. We each had the mid-size, which was as big as my head. The Sibling was driving, so she was conservative with her drinking. Me, I sucked that baby down, and even ordered a smaller, second laguna Margarita. We both liked our drinks.
The Sibling and I were going vegetarian. She ordered vegetarian enchiladas with spinach, and I ordered enchiladas stuffed with cheese, covered in a green sauce. Both entrees came with refried beans and rice. We both enjoyed our meals very much, and took half of them home for the next day. Mine still tasted good Monday evening. The portions are very large.
The menu is huge and kind of disorganized. I found it a little hard to read, and that was before I had dived into my margarita.
I don't think Jalapeno's has outstanding food - it has satisfactory food. This is not a gourmet experience, but I don't believe it is intended to be. It is shopping-mall Mexican food, made for a white audience who has probably dulled its taste buds with ginormous alcoholic beverages before eating.
If you are expecting Topolobampo in Schererville, you will be sadly disappointed. If you want to have some strong drinks, fill up with decent food, and relax away the evening, then this may be the place for you.
For me, I got what i expected. That's good enough for me.
We had been here a while back and wrote it off. We gave it another chance because of a Groupon (they can be pretty good deals!). That was a mistake! We were totally underwhelmed.
Even with the Groupon, the prices (for what the place is) are a bit insane. Mexican food from your neighborhood restaurant is not that expensive, and this place is not innovating with any new dishes, the food isn't at all mind-blowing, and you aren't paying for an incredible atmosphere...
But the service was the worst part. It was not packed when we were there, but the server showed such little interest in us, and only checked on us once after the food came (and we were eating for a good 45 minute span of time, mind you).
The area has too many other choices to make this one a priority.
I'm from the Dallas/Fort  Worth area and was in town to celebrate a family event.  My group of eleven went to Jalapenos on Monday, June 6 around 7pm.  It was slow, we were seated immediately.  As with any large group it took a while to peruse the vast menu and make a decision.  The wait staff was courteous but I couldn't say they were outstanding.  However each person at the table ordered a different item from the menu and each person was very satisfied. I ordered the Sonora Chicken and loved it.
Review Source:Wow. All these negative reviews are ridiculous. Unless something changed in the past 3 or 4 months since my last visit, this place has always been great. No, the staff usually isn't out-of-their-way perky, and you shouldn't expect to find an amazing Mexican atmosphere... But the food is AH-MAZING. As long as my waiter or waitress isn't being an ass, I could care less about their role in my social experience. I'm here to DINE. And when I have my rare restaurant and calorie-laden splurges, I couldn't care less about anything other than the food.
The only time I was ever disappointed in anything of theirs was when I tried their crab patties (an appetizer I made into a dinner)... Those were definitely a bust, but everything else I have had was super! The seafood enchiladas are YUMMY!!!! Probably my favorite thing there.
Having been born and raised in Texas, I was very upset to leave my favorite Tex Mex restaurants behind when I moved up north. I tried a couple of local places around me, but apparently most of you yankees think MORE GREASE = Mexican, and I have been served way too many of these BLAND, greasy Mexican dishes around here.
They have an awesome selection and variety outside the norm, too, which is good when you're a pescatarian like me and don't want everything stuffed with beef and chicken. So I can't give you a review of anything containing the latter two, but my experiences with their seafood entrees have been fabulous.
Also, ignore the previous reviewer on the spinach dip, too. You don't skip that at all. Aside from their guacamole, which is absolutely STELLAR during avocado season, I live for this as an appetizer. It isn't the BEST spinach dip I have ever had, but it's worth a taste for the traveling spinach dip lover like myself.
Their margaritas are great, though definitely not perfect. I love their variety of mixes, but I think their house is the best that I have had so far. They have a Margarita night where they are discounted, but I can't remember what night of the week it is. They often have awesome local musicians come through, too, which is great as well.
It seems some of these bad reviews are commenting on their nightlife, but last time I checked this place had 'Restaurant' in its name, and nothing resembling 'club'. Get your punk asses off my Mexican Restaurant's lawn and go review something off Weed Street.
One of my boiz hits me up! and asked me if I had plans for that one Friday night, I replayed and said no I'm free.
He was o.k. you're partying with us, so I asked him "where we are going, what's the name of the place and the address". He replayed "I'll give you details later" "I was like hmm".
It was about 10p.m when my friends and I met up at one of my other boi'z crib, to ride off to the place. So he finally tells us that we are going to party at this one place in Indiana, I was like wait! There isn't much of Nightlife in Indiana, but, it's all good.
We finally arrive to the highly anticipated hot-spot! Known as Jalapeno's, aka "Wood hallows"... A couple of friends and I was like wtf! Is this place even popping? We approached the front entrance, all of my friends had been carded and most of them had paid the cover fee.
I on the other hand, rushed back to one of the cars to drop off some stuff; therefore I was the last one to go in. When I was carded, I was informed by one of the bouncers that my I.D wasn't valid. To make matters worse this other bouncer tells me "Yup! And by the way your jeans are too long/sagging."
I was like dude wtf! Are you freaking serious, I'm like wearing skinny ass jeans with some DC* skateboarding shoes; he replays "Nope! I'm Sorry." (They were also denying entrance to other people for stupid-ass reasons) I was like Aite! Man whatever.
After the whole bogus incident, most of my friends stood in the place. A couple of them asked for their money back and went back to Chicago with me even thought they didn't have to.
There are tons of great places in this town but, this one definitely blows!! Yeah I have to admit that the place looked like it was popping, but what is there to expect from people who possibly can't make it out to Chicago's Nightlife, and from a town in Northwest Indiana that is basically lacking from a Nightlife. Â Â
Smh!!!...
When this place opened up years ago, I thought they had something good going. I think that they only tried serving good dishes the first year or two. Â After returning years later to catch up with some old friends, I thought I was going to puke! Â Disgustingly horrible dish and the rice wasn't even Mexican, it was a combination of bland carribean? flavor-like rice. Â I can't really explain it. Â
I have not had the interest to ever return here again.
I'm not much of a drinker, but I think most people go here for Margarita night. Â If not, I'm deeply disappointed in NWI. Â
I had the displeasure of eating here once, many moons ago, and I'm just astonished this place is still open. Â I got chicken tacos and it was swimming in some terrible sauce that completely ruined and overpowered the entire meal. Â To reuse my lowest of the low statements -- "to put it in perspective, I think I'd rather eat a vending machine taco from a gas station".
I'm changing the stars to 2 after having a mango marg on the patio. At $7, it was pricey but GOOOOOD. We shared two appetizers. Skip the spinach dip - kind of cheesy and mayo mix. But the cheese poppers were awesome. Too hot for me but really well done.
Service sucked. The waitress didn't seem to care if we ordered or not and we had to beg her to show up. But sitting on the patio with a Margarita is April was worth the extra star.
Haven't been to recently and visited about month ago. Â I can't believe the prices in this place! Â Mexican food is not supposed to be this expensive for G's sake! Â It was like $70 bucks for 2 adults/2kids. Â I'd rather get take-out from El-Amigo in Schererville for $25. Â Food is okay but defnitely not worth it in today's economy.
Review Source:Crowded, no real atmosphere that isn't pretty much Bennigan's or TGIFriday's but I can't complain about the food. A little more expensive than average but I don't mind going when I'm visiting my mother and she seems to have the itch to go.
The flautas are a little too crispy for my sensitive teeth, but everything else, especially the enchiladas, are quite enjoyable for me.
I'm not itching to get back, but it's certainly decent. 3.5 stars.
This place looks like it has seen better days. Â I have been here about five times, and I have never been all that wowed. Â The food is okay, but not particularly flavorful. Â I was just here for lunch with a friend, and they had a "Taco Bar" set up that just scared the bejeezus out of me. Â It looked like it had been sitting out for quite some time. Service is okay, not great. Â The prices are medium-range, but I wish the quality were better. Â Honestly, I'd rather go to Chili's...that's how NOT authentic this place is. Â It's not awful. Â I've had worse, but I think I've given this place its last chance. Â If you want much better food, much cheaper prices, and you don't care about ambiance, try El Amigo a few miles away!
Review Source:Wow, I'm shocked to see all of these negative reviews. Â I've dined here several times and the food has always been delicious, and the service above par. Â This isn't your average store front burrito joint, and the items on the menu reflect that. Â My only complaint really had nothing to do with the restaurant, but with the family at the table next to us who, during our last visit, Â let their kids run around the dining room like animals. Â It's not mom's cooking, but it's pretty darned good.
Review Source:Holy f, does this place blow.
The one star I'm giving it is for the entertainment/bar life that goes on on weekend nights.
But as for the food, all I'm saying is, '"that Taco Bell that got caught for serving cat meat better look out because you've got another contender for serving blatant sacks of crap".
Okay, some of the food isn't THAT bad. They have guacamole that tastes all-right, and their quesadillas are probably fine. But everything else looks/tastes like it's been popped out of a frozen package from GFS and deep-fried to a leathery brown.
I also have a personal vendetta against Jalapenos. The very first time I was there, about 10 years ago, the waiter spilled my entire plate of HOT food on my lap and arms. I think I seriously suffered 3rd degree burns. The manager came out and offered to pay the dry cleaning bill, but then left us a bill charging us for the plate of spilled food AND the new plate of half-assed Cosco crap that they brought me.
Thanks dude, that was super cool.
I'm not a fan of this place at all. The food is less than stellar--and with all the other Mexican restaurants in the Region, why settle for anything less than delicious? It's only saving grace is the outdoor patio and live music they feature throughout the summer. Also, their margaritas make up for crappy food.
Review Source:The bar area is awful, unless you enjoy overly crowded places where you can hardly move, then by all means, but it's not for me. The restaurant area is awesome though. I dined there for the first time last year and the food we had was delicious. It's Mexican food, but not really your usual, traditional kind, so if that's what you want go somewhere like "El Taco Real" or "El Ranchero" or "Burrito Mundo". This place is more geared towards wilder concoctions with a kick. Their portions are quite generous, you'll probably be needing a take home container for nice leftovers. They have good Margaritas and Pina Coladas as well.
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