El Jimador Mexican Restaurant

3200 Penn Terrace #101, Columbia
Phone: +1 573-474-7300

Categories: Establishment  Food  Restaurant 

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Sep 08, 2018

JoeyBloey Zellerundo

3 stars overall, but 5 stars for food quality and taste. I've eaten here probably over 30 times, maybe closer to 50, so many I can't keep track. I love the food here, and have actually burned myself out a little bit by going too much! I usually get lunch specials, or sometimes a la carte nachos or tacos. Everything I've had is good and the prices seem reasonable. The ground beef is the finely ground style, and I like the shredded beef and steak too. Both the soft and crunchy tacos are great. You get a little more filling in the soft tacos, but the hard tacos are homemade shells and are really tasty. I really like the rice here. I don't know what to call the flavor, but it is very mild with a yellow tint to it. I could eat this rice all day. The beans are also what I would call the typical smooth style and very tasty. Each order comes with complementary chips and salsa. The chips are the thick style and the salsa is kind of a plain, tomatoey type salsa. I'm not a big fan of it, but I do eat it. They also have a hot salsa that you ask for instead, but be warned, it is hot! I like to take a little bit of it and mix it with my rice sometimes. So, I really like the place and will continue eating there, but it does have some issues. Probably the biggest issue I've seen, and many times, is they have trouble monitoring when people come in the front door and when people are standing in line at the counter. Many times I have had to wait around too long for someone to come around. I have also watched many others experience the same issue, including watching lines of people standing at the register, all looking around, wondering if someone is coming and getting irritated That is something they definitely need to work on. If you get carryout orders, always check your bag for the silverware, as sometimes they leave it out. If you're taking it home, it's probably not a big deal, but if you're eating on the road, then you're stuck using the chips as dipping tools. Earlier on, many months ago when I first started eating there, I had some portion issues where I sometimes got very skimpy portions, and also some issues with the water tasting bad, but I haven't had those issues in a long time. So, I give it 3 stars because the food quality is good and tasty and the prices are decent, but they also have some issues. Hopefully they will improve over time.


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