José's Torta Mexicana

Reviews

• WF

  Wendy Festerling

  May 6, 2026
  2.0
  We went there for Cinco de Mayo, and although they had decorated like they expected a crowd, they apparently hadn't staffed for one because the food took a really long time. And also...it wasn't extremely crowded when we were there at 6pm so all of these issues make no sense. I ordered a diablo margarita which tasted like straight tequila so I asked them to add a little lime or triple sec (which was already supposed to be in there). My drink came back without the tajin rim, but tasted much better. Partial win. The chips were good, but the salsa was a watery pico de gallo. But that was free so no real complaints yet. Then we ordered queso fundido as a starter, and instead of being melty cheesy goodness it was an oily clumpy mess. I didn't time how long our entrees took to come out, but it was long enough that they were apologizing. Just to be clear, we didn't complain to the servers, we were chatting and having a fine time, and they were walking up to us awkwardly apologizing. The servers were really trying, but when they brought us dessert as an apology, I did feel the need to say "you realize we haven't eaten our meals, yet, right?" When the meals finally came out...I had ordered tinga enchiladas with chipotle and tomatillo sauce on top. It came with chipotle and mole sauce which I don't like. Also with black beans instead of refried beans. My boyfriend ordered pinto beans and his also came with black beans. All the meals came with rice that had hard uncooked/overcooked pieces in it. My boyfriend ordered the chile relleno and it had scrambled egg in it. Possibly intentional, but if so, weird. Also, for the price, the portions were small.
• JJ

  Jasmine

  May 5, 2026
  1.0
  I understand José just got their liquor license and may have some growing pains, but my service experience tonight was unacceptable. I made a 7 PM reservation for 2 and arrived right on time. It took 10 minutes for them to even acknowledge us - no “give us a few minutes” etc. - seriously, NO acknowledgement. We were seated outside and for 15+ minutes we were not acknowledged again. Servers came to visit the tables around us (behind table asked for check, received check, and table got cleared - 3 visits) and we were again not acknowledged once. Even a simple apology that they needed some time would have helped. During this time we saw two tables inside seated after us that put in their orders, received waters, and got chips. We are super understanding when restaurants are busy as long as they communicate. It felt like everyone working here was extremely ignorant.
• WV

  Wilfredo Villeda

  Apr 12, 2026
  4.0
  Tast was good. But the meet was to hard
• VB

  V B

  Mar 29, 2026
  5.0
  Ni siquiera tengo que estar ahí para saber lo magnífico que es porque Carlos es el mejor en su trabajo. De verdad son muy contento de que abrieran de nuevo….!!!! Att Víctor Colombiano.
• BM

  Bridget Manning

  Mar 11, 2026
  5.0
  I thought my torta milanesa was great, the crispy chicken was great.