07/01/09

crappy food.. overpriced,

by mwatson1

overall very pooor ingredients and poor food... hate to say this as the restaurant is right in my neighborhood... not going back ever again!!!!

• Pros: mediocre food
• Cons: bad food

06/22/09

Great margaritas and enchilada plates

by satlunch

This is a good place to come after work when I am needing my mexican food fix. My favorite here is the chicken enchiladas (2) with tomatillo sauce and I always ask for the charro beans, which I think are the best I have had in Austin. For 7.99 in the evening in central Austin, that is a bargain, and I leave stuffed. I like their salsa, too. I have found that if a place has good salsa and good beans, everything else is pretty good in my experience. Lots of young couples, singles, families, oldsters, this place has them all - love the mix. Another big plus is that they don't try to blast you out of your chair with their music. It's just right. You can actually talk to your date without shouting. Sorry it took me so long to find this place.

• Pros: Homemade tortillas; charro beans; great salsa
• Cons: Can't think of any.

11/15/08

Read the review online - and saw the high star rating. What a mistake.

by chet2you

My fiancee and I go onto Austin City Search to find great reco's for Friday night dinners or Saturday evening lunch. We were both in the mood for some good mexican food and ran across the recommendation saying Jorge's is in the top 3 places to eat mexican food in Austin. Well it wasn't today. We both were extremely disapointed with the food quality and quantity. Both of us got the Jorge Combo plate which had a little bit of everything - unfortunately none of it was impressive. Out of all the hundreds of mexican food restaurants I have eaten over the 32 years of being a Texan - this is definitely in the bottom 10%. Loved the atmosphere when i walked in, but the food quality was not good and the taste was very bland. Plus - very pricey for the small serving sizes of the plates.

• Pros: Great atmosphere for a tex mex restaurant
• Cons: Food is bland, sauces were not good, and over priced for the small portions.

05/27/08

Great Mexican Martinis!

by Jacko3

I generally go on a Thursday for the discounted Mexican Martinis, which are great! The drinks are always good, the service is very quick, and the food is fresh and inexpensive. For a casual, cheap, relaxing meal - I definitely recommend Jorge's. So many Austin Mexican restaurants are hard to get into without a long wait and even then you feel like your server is juggling a million things at once - but this is never the case with Jorge's. I rarely have to wait to be seated, the food is very hot and fresh and well seasoned and the drinks are the best.

• Pros: mexican martinis, good service, prompt seating
• Cons: none really

03/06/08

Yum!

by skyavlos

I really like Jorges. The food is super yummy and decently priced. My favorite thing is the colorful decorations and overall atmosphere. It's a funplace to go! Their Margaritas are great and on Thursdays they have half price Mexican martinis. Nice bathrooms too....

• Pros: great atmoshere, great margaritas and food
• Cons: service can be a little on the slow side, but not awful

02/23/08

WAAAYYY TO EXPENSIVE FOR THE QUALITY...I would rather have had Jack n the Box tacos @ 2 for $.99!!!

by chefvj

I read some of the other reviews prior, but decided to give it a try anyway - YES it's too expensive for the type & quality of the food; however I don't mind the price IF the food is good. I had the barbarcoa (?) tacos & could barely swallow the one bite! Now, I may have made a mistake with this choice, BUT I do expect a good waiter/place to notice a completely uneaten plate and make an inquiry (at the least)...the waiter ignored the uneaten dish & then commented that "it's un unusual meat, but his favorite!" - I paid the $8.00 for the small portion of refried beans & boring rice! My friend had the chicken fajita tacos and said they were "very good" - another friend had the beef tacos & I tasted them (they were "ok" at best - but too expensive for ground beef tacos! The pepsi was good...but I would rather have gone through the drive-thru at Jack n the Box for the 2 tacos for $.99!!!!!!!!!!!

But, despite the price & my really bad dish the place was packed!! - oh well I won't go back...sorry Jorge!

• Pros: big parking lot
• Cons: prices - way to expensive for casual Mexican food, barbarcoa tacos were BADDD tasting...

06/30/07

Talk about pricey!!!

by native_austinite

Ok, native Austinite that grew up with the original. The new owners keep jacking up the prices. This is tex-mex people. 12.99 for a salad aint gonna fly. There is better, cheaper t-mex around the area. LOWER YOUR PRICES JORGES!

• Pros: Fresh food. Good Salsa.
• Cons: PRICES- OUCH!

06/25/07

good mexican

by bonetech

Great fajitas. Great salsa. Service has always been good. Good prices for happy hours. Great bar. I wish they were open on Sundays.

02/07/07

Great food, prices, and margaritas

by rsenor

I tried Castillo Jorges a few years ago and was disappointed with both food and service. Recently though, I moved to the neighborhood and decided to re-try it in search of great tex mex. I coulnd't have been more pleasantly surprised.

First, the margaritas. Excellent. *Very* potent. Be careful too, the frozen have an extra dash of tequila, so they are even more intense than the rocks. This is definitely a one margarita will make ya happy kinda place.

Next, the food: Almost everything we've had has been great. The chile rellenos (with cheese) are large and their sauce well-spiced. The pollo avacado is also extremely good; the chicken is tender and juicy, as are the fajitas. Their guacamole is very fresh and good. Avoid the large combo plate though, (can't recal the name) with the $15 tag. All it's items are about half-size (enchiladas, tacos, and rellenos. boo).

The service can be a little spotty at times, but I usually notice its because the place is just slammed. We've found the staff more than accomodating if we have requests or complaints. All in all, a heckuva deal for the best Tex Mex in North Austin.

• Pros: Great margs and food, easygoing place
• Cons: Busy nights= less parking, slower service

12/14/06

Killer Margaritas

by burnetdurnit

This is the place to go in Austin for super strong and tasty Margaritas. The food is par for the course when it comes to Austin Tex-Mex: It's very good, but not phenenomenal, and not the reason to come here. The Margaritas are. There's also a crazy waitress here who is always dropping plates (after they have been used by customers-- not people's meals). This provides some good comic relief when you're drunk off of 2 Margs. I hope she hasn't been fired.