Jose McIntyre's

Came here for a second visit yesterday because we were looking for a fun restaurant in the neighborhood around Aquarium at a reasonable price. Our first visit would have been a 3.5 overall. This visit was in the middle of the afternoon (4pm).

Our first time at this restaurant was a long time ago - about a year. I remembered them having more Irish/Mexican fusion items like Irish Nachos. Seems like they have eliminated most of those items. Also, they have a huge menu for alcohol, but very little selection for non-alcoholic drinks. We were a table of 4 and had 2 burritos, 1 enchilada and 1 fish tacos. My item (fish tacos) were okay, especially considering the price ($9). Service was good - our waitress came by and would refresh our drinks, bring us more salsa, ect. Would be a good place to stop in for cheap alcoholic drinks and simple bar food, but I probably won't come for a full meal again.

After dinner nearby, my friend and I came here late Thursday night. We wanted a place where we could get seats, talk comfortably without being bothered much, and have some good drinks. This fit the bill!

We grabbed some stools in the bar and there were about 3 other people there. One of them was a DJ blasting rap music- it was almost too loud to talk at times, and I wish he had turned it down, especially since none of the 5 people there looked like they wanted to listen to it. We managed to talk anyway, though. We ordered the Original "Corona Mariella Rita". AMAZING. The margarita was strong, and the Corona was a suspiciously tasty addition. I would probably be back just to drink more of these. The male bartender was friendly and nice.

We ordered another drink, and a female bartender made it for us. I ordered one for me and one for my friend that was going to arrive any second. She told me, "I'll need to see her ID before I make it", even though there were literally like, 5 people in the bar, and my friend and I were very clearly nowhere near 21 years old. I didn't understand why she couldn't just make it, and then look at my friend's ID before my friend consumed the drink. If that's the policy, fine, but she was sort of obnoxious about it and then stormed off after saying that. The drink she made was full of sour mix and we couldn't taste any tequila. We had trouble swallowing it because it was so sour, and we passed it person-to-person over the next 30 minutes to try to finish it. The next time the male bartender was nearby, we ordered from him again- and the drinks were glorious again, and he was actually friendly (what a concept!).

The only other annoying thing was that the wait staff all congregated by the side of the bar. The restaurant was empty and there were probably 5-10 waitstaff and bartenders. As a group, they seemed somewhat douchey, and it was a bit distracting to have them there staring at us and gossiping about life.

Overall, I'd be back again on an off-night to consume more of these fabulous margarita Corona concoctions at the bar. If they turned down the rap music by about 25%, didn't let the waitstaff congregate at the bar, and only allowed friendly bartenders with a strong pour, this place would be heaven. However, I'm pretty sure, based off of the area and what I saw, that you do NOT want to go near here on weekends, cause it seems like the crowd and waitstaff would get beyond douchey.

The places isn't really bad that's why i gave 2 out five food was good and the the staff was nice and the dance floor on the second Floor is awesome the main issue there is sanitation the bathrooms got mold on the ceiling and the floor just not a clean place and the toilets are not bolted down right and i heard about mice there i haven't seen any but there are roaches we saw ten of them on 4/ 27/13