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Don Jose Mexican Grill

Don Jose Mexican Grill

7505 Tazewell Pike, Corryton, 37721, United States Of America

Cafés • Lunch • Cheese • Mexican


"Sun Sept 2024 My husband has been wanting to come back here and I didn't look at my review otherwise... Not much has changed. Tonight I had the Pollo Fundido. The chicken was well done. It had cheese on it. I asked for no green peppers but I found a few (not a lot though). The salsa was more tasty than last time. By the rice was still bland as always. They had guacamole which they didn't have last time. The portion of chicken was big enough that I brought some home. I hope it be will be good when heated up. It did lack salt though. While the waitress was not always available she was smiling and friendly. Best to go elsewhere if you want a real Mexican. There is a new Mexican restaurant called Taco Madres. A bit expensive but worth it. I don't think the owners look at the reviews otherwise they would see that they need improvement. Maybe they don't care about their customers. New and last update: Friday Oct 21, 2022. It has been a year since I last came here. I was hoping things got better. This is my third and last time I come here. I'm disappointed. I had the Quesidilla Rellena (chicken). The rice was bland, as usual. At first the lettuce and guacamole (on top of salad) tasted good but the more I ate it it tasted stale. I even took out some rotten pieces. The Quesidilla tasted off. The chicken was dry and it was a good thing that there was refried beans and melted cheese in it to make it more palatable. I had to add salsa to it to make it tasty. Oh, the salsa was good though. The sweet tea almost had no taste except for the lemon. Like I said, this was my 3rd time coming here but my last time. Don Jose used to be my 1 Mexican restaurant but it has went down hill over the years. I think they may have gotten too lax in their cooking since they have 4 stars rating. If you want real good Mexican food, there is Tacolandia in Maynardville 1, and Plaza Mexico 2 (corner Maynardville Pike and Emory Rd). Review from one year ago: Update: Rating has went down from a 5 star to a 3 star. I came today in Sunday Aug 29 2021. The service was slow. I ordered a chicken fajita and it took 7 minutes to get to me. It usually is not long to serve it. The food tasted good but I found a hair under the lettuce. I called the waiter and he in turn called the manager. While he did get me a new plate of salad, he said that no one in the kitchen had long hair and looked at me as if I had planted it there. I told him that if the hair was in top of the salad I could maybe consider it mine but it was under the salad. He did give me a new plate but I kinda lost my appetite. The service was slow when I ordered and other people were served before me. My husband and I came here 2 years ago. He just updated his review. He had the Huevos Con Chorizo. He loved it. And an unsweet tea. I had the Chicken Fajita. It was better than I remembered 2 years ago and back then I would have given it a 5 star. The rice was flavorful. Some other Mexican restaurants the rice is tasteless. The salsa was delicious. I couldn't get enough of it. They didn't give a lot of salad with the side plate but when I asked for more they did not charge me other places would of. I had a sweet tea. It was perfect, not too sweet. It cost us a a total of $22.40 so about $11.20 each. It's a good price, better that what we paid at Ruby Tuesday 2 days ago. This place has moved up to 1.a in the category of favorite Mexican restaurants."

Don Pablo's

Don Pablo's

600 Center Blvd, 19702, Newark, United States

Pub • Texmex • Family • Mexican


"I called about 6 weeks ago and spoke with a manager. I wanted to host a graduation party there of between 40 and 50 people there. I asked if we could have the bar area to ensure that we would not take up too much seating from the main area. I also stated that we did not need the tables put together that I just wanted to possibly have an area. I have requested large parties of between 30 and 50 people before on a weekend which has been granted twice. It seemed to be bothersome with two/three sections of tables put together like this so I was attempting to be accommodating because I love the atmosphere, I love the food, and the staff is amazing. I was told that this was doable and that I just needed to call 2 weeks in advance to solidify the plans. Therefore, I called two weeks in advance and was immediately told that it was not possible and that there was no way to accommodate that many people and that they do not even take call-ahead seating for weekends which seemed odd because again... I have done this before on two different occasions. Being that I had everything set for this and was counting on having this , I am now forced to scramble and find means to have a party within two weeks time. Counting on this, and having the rug ripped under me with no venue, no food, no anything I am very disappointed in a restaurant that I frequent and have recommended on numerous occasions. With this negative experience I do not plan on visiting your restaurant again and will definitely no longer recommend this. Understandably, this will probably do nothing and I am more than likely just a number in a sea of countless customers you have had and continued to have but I wanted to put my extremely negative experience to your customer service team and thank your restaurant for losing a loyal customer and large amount of business."