El Jimador Restaurante

"Best Mexican meal we could find in the greater Columbia area. Fresh, tasty, and great service."

"This makes the second time I've been hear and I love it the chips are good and so is the food and atmosphere this reminds me of a old restaurant in Columbus Ohio called chi's chi's"

"Went on 1-8-2024 and had the absolute worst experience ever at a restaurant in my entire life. The way that my family and I were treated at this establishment should’ve honestly been recorded and blasted on social media for how poorly we were treated. The food wasn’t terrible but basic at best and for it come out of a “hot kitchen “ all of our dishes were lukewarm to cold. Only thing salvageable was the queso and drinks everything else you could’ve definitely made at home. The service was poor, every dish she brought out, she never came back to our table to check on us or to see if we were good. We only saw her when she was bringing out the next dish…and when we told her about it she blew us off and said that she was going to get the manager. He came to the table with a very defensive attitude towards us, very aggressive behavior. He even made antics that the server said we said about the food. She never came back to the table by the way. Typical throw the rock and hide your hand situation. I honestly feel like the staff here was racist and extremely disrespectful and unprofessional. I do NOT recommend if you’re a person of color and you can make this tasteless basic American Mexican food at home."

"Very rude manager and food was very cold. Instead of them listening to what we were saying they act like they were a gang sending different people to talk to us but each employee came back even more rude than the first. This little leprechaun was sizing up 3 women over cold food and then snatched a receipt out my hand they server never came back to the table after lying on us. Overall terrible experience 0/10. No substitutions cause they can’t make it right how they got it in the first place. We asked for fish tacos we got shrimp just terrible chicken wings cold elote cold everything was terrible"

"This is gonna be a full food review of this place. From chips, drinks, and food. I will be giving my full honest review of this food. Let’s start with the chips, the staple of a good Mexican restaurant. I give the chips a 4/10. No salt on the chips and they are on the thicker side. Once you add your own salt it goes up to a 6/10. The salsa. It was a hit for me. I love some cilantro in my salsa. Gives it that fresh taste that I love. I give it a 7.5/10. The bowls for the salsa are a bit small. I love big cups of this stuff. I could’ve drank it. Drinks. The waters were fresh and clean tasting which is always nice. The margaritas we had were the skinny margs. Very refreshing drink. Can tell they took their time to make it. Not too strong though so if you’re hoping to get lit, I’d request an extra shot. Margs 7/10 The food. Carnitas with tortillas on the side was awesome. The pork was a little under seasoned in my opinion but the onions had all of the flavor for me. The beans were perfect and the tortillas were warmed for us as well. The menu The menu needs an update and is a little update and is a bit worn. The bathroom. It was clean and it was a single bathroom with a diaper changing station. 6.5/10 Customer service. Very friendly staff and met all of our needs."