El Jinete Mexican Grill and Bar

1023 E Pickard Rd, Mount Pleasant - 48858
18 reviews
Mexican
(989) 317-0348

The staff was very kind greeting Us in the door and also leaving. The food was absolutely spectacular. It's very flavorful. They also have on each table a selection of hot sauces available if you like spicy. The menu is packed full of amazing things to try as well as favorite traditional items.

Very good lunch today. Had a Burrito Supreme. Lots of toppings and tasty! I'll be back!

Really good food!! Good location with easy parking lot. The slushy machines are actually Margarita machines... with giant glasses

Rice and beans and chips/salsa are absolutely yummy! The atmosphere is nice, clean, and relaxing. The staff is super nice, helpful and efficient. We will be back soon!

good food, lots of it, pleasant atmosphere, attentive wait staff.

We love the service and the food! Definitely will be back. Great service and our meals were just excellent. Big portions! Enough for lunch/dinner the next day:)

My daughter and myself walked into the restaurant, one staff walked past us without acknowledging us and there were three staff sitting nearby chatting with each other who also did not acknowledge us. Finally a staff came by greeted us and another staff got up from the group sitting and sat us.Our waiter was nice enough, we ordered our dinners. Mine was a chicken meal that was supposed to include pineapple and cherry on top of my chicken it also was supposed to include pico de gallo. When I ask the waiter where my cherries where and why I only had tomato on my plate and not Pico, he asked if I wanted them and I said yes that's why I ordered it and he begrudgingly went and retrieved them from the kitchen. The food tasted good and then we ordered dessert. While the desserts looked good and tasted good they did not look anything like the menu photos and again no cherries.Between the unenthusiastic employees and lack of kitchen staff to be able to prepare the meals as shown and described in the menu I won't be back.

Definitely do NOT recommend eating here! I figured I'd have lunch here since they are a newer restaurant that just opened up in town, plus I love me some good Mexican food.....but I was seriously disappointed! The place looked beautiful inside and the seating was comfy but looks can be deceiving! To start off with, the staff that I happened to interact with shouldn't be working in a customer service setting. My party was shown to my table and she set the menus down and walked away. No letting us know that our server would be with us shortly or an "Enjoy your meal." Not a word! Then the server was nice enough but he didn't seem to care to much about his guests. I had to ask him 3 times for my drink and then 2 more times for a straw. That's just a couple of things that went wrong...but you get the point! I'm not even going to go into detail about the food.....but it was NOT good! This isn't just a case of me being petty. I work in a restaurant! I've been a server/hostess for years! I'm as understanding & non-judgmental as you can get when it comes to being a guest in a restaurant! This place just wasn't good! Plain & Simple. Moral of the story..... pick a different place to eat! Don't even waste your time!

Food for thought: I know this is supposed to be the American family Mexican restaurant, but most people want a little spice in their salsa. That was the kids version of salsa, no kick nothing. And if the chips were served warm it would’ve tasted better and possibly a thinner chip. You should redo your entire menu if you’re not going to offer something that is written in the menu. I got the chicken fajita and if I would’ve got the tomato with it; it would have made it tasted less dry. I want and hope this restaurant succeeds but if you do not take input of your customers I’m not sure it will. Best of luck.

I was greeted at the door, sat in a timely manner and had my order in with in 15 minutes of arriving. Food came out nice and hot about 20 minutes later. The food was just so delicious it’s hard to explain and the drinks were on point. Would recommend this place above all the other Mexican restaurants in Mount Pleasant. I’ll be back for more.