Yatzil Mexican Restaurant

"Had a craving for chili relleno so we headed to Yatzil. Been going to this restaurant for about seven years and it's always been good and delicious. This was the first time trying the chili relleno and we were very satisfied. The chili relleno wasn't heavy, but was extremely flavorful with the cheese and ground beef. Great beans and rice, as always. The staff was very friendly and the food came out pretty quickly."

"In the not so distant shadow of the Church of the Little Flower bell towers sits a simple little westside Mexican restaurant that goes by the mayan language girl's name Yatzil. Don't worry. Even the Onstar folks had trouble finding and pronouncing this one. A very busy parking lot at 1:30 pm yielded only a couple of empty spaces and a down on his fortune beggar soliciting spare change. I had anticipated the likelihood that Spanish would be the conversational mode here and was once again grateful to Senorita Barrera of PBS channel 9 for piquing my interest in learning Spanish in grade school. The rather spartan duo chromatic interior resonated with a no nonsense comedor demeanor and service that did not quite match this unarticulated tenet via redundant requests and long absences of service. Undaunted we enjoyed our somewhat bland b&c nachos especially considering that the chips and salsa sampled as a preamble to our nachos were store bought and insipid. Their green salsa casera was a much better bet as were the dilatory plastic cup of twice requested jalapenos. Yes. We know the "be cool" rule on Covid impacted service. However, that only goes so far when it appears that other tables, particularly parties that came in after us, are receiving twice as many service follow up visits. And I swear there was no untoward expulsion of gastric wind occurring at our table either. Honest! I enjoyed my yellow cheese, tex-mex enchiladas that I integrated with the very tender carne guisada hunks for a tasty enchilasada. Engorged with picadillo puffy, rice that would make Gilroy residents smile, and too hot to handle fresh flour and corn tortillas were notable plate occupants. I am assuming that the cook is just looking out for our health, but 3 of the plate's comestible components were in dire need of salt if not other seasonings as well. I should probably have requested the ubiquitous seasoning response to so many foods of Mexico with some juicy lime wedges for a mega spritz. Yatzil supposedly means a "loved one". A sentiment I wanted to apply to my visit here. Coming close, but the proximal, Fabuloso floor mopping with its cloyingly sweet smell during our lunch obviated any chance of a Yahtzee for Yatzil. Moderate service, respectable portions, inexpensive prices. Wonderful potential."

"The food is always delicious. I pay the same price as other places, but the portions are larger. The flour tortillas are made fresh, not the pre made dough.The weekend’s are very busy. The only drawback is parking, there is limited parking. I am there every week end hoping for parking and enjoying delicious food and great tea! Great in heart of the west!"