El Portal de Jalisco 810 Old Highway 90, Castroville, TX 78009

"Wanted to love this place, but the food let it down. Beautiful building, nice and clean, lovely decor. Friendly folks, great service. Starting off the chips and salsa was a let down. Salsa ok, but chips were not homemade, stale, and not pleasant. When leaving we saw a stack of chips in a corner in baskets. Wonder how many hours they sat there. For dinner, enchiladas (beef and chicken) ok. Nothing stood out, nothing sucked. Rice and beans just bland. Under seasoned. Cook good, but no flavor. The bright spot was the carne guisada. Wonderful! Great flavor and excellent fall-apart tender cook. But not impressed by the tortillas. Hard, thick, not nice to eat. Tasted like the flour used to cook them was old, past fresh, so the tortillas cooked wrong. If you know, you know. Cannot recommend, unless you go get a tub of carne guisada."

"I like the place however the waitresses could be more attentive to their customers and why you can't order a half an order of nachos and or the grilled chicken salad I'm not sure, but sometimes a full order is just too much. Alot of seniors eat their that's on a fixed income. But other than that it's OK. And the food is good."

"Plenty of chicken …. Not enough salad. Ordered salad with chicken. Would have preferred better salad (no iceberg) half , or less, chicken. I’ll come back and try something else."

"Delicious food! We had the chicken fajitas with flour tortillas. The server was prompt, attentive, and kind. The food was hot, flavorful, and fresh. It looked busy from the parking lot, but there were plenty of open seats."

"Beautifully remodeled. Great service and the food is delicious. So glad yall are open again. The Parrillada is one of our favorites."