Jaliscos

Very good breakast omelet. Fresh and generous portion. Homemade tortillas. Our waitress Tereza was great.

This place is pretty good. I grew up mostly in El Paso and it’s the closest food to what I am use to eating. The only reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5 is because they allow smoking and I do not like people smoking around me when I’m eating.

Being a meat loving, red blooded South Texan gringo, I knew this restaurant deserved more than 1 star. If you want vegan Mexican food, you are delusional. Furthermore, if you expect vegan Mexican food in Texas, it just shows how delusional and how much of left winged liberal you truly are. If you want Tex-​Mex Mexican food, this place will not disappoint. I ordered 6 breakfast tacos for the family and they were amazing. The tortillas are homemade and the beans had a rich smokey flavor to them. I can’t wait to return for dinner and try the dinner items.

En éste caso, Jalisco se rajó.
To be fair, this place is just as bad as any Mexican restaurant I have ever been to in Odessa. Ok, maybe a little worse but they are all pretty sucky. Don’t let the large Mexican population fool you. Having lived in Mexico I know this is not what Mexican food is about (notwithstanding claims in the menu)
Being a vegetarian (and pseudo-​vegan) before ordering anything I asked if there was any animal ingredient in the rice or beans. I was assured there was not. after having both I know for a fact there wasn’t because they both tasted as what I imagine eating cardboard would taste like. I would’ve added salt but the side of guac I ordered was so incredibly salty I was afraid I might get a coronary on the spot. I did eat all out of desperation. Every time I go to Odessa I feel like my weight goes down precipitously. Too bad I’m not trying to lose any. My Mother-​in-​Law ordered one beef taco. Somehow she heroically ate it but it lookEd so disgusting I don’t know how she managed. With every bite she took you could see WATER falling out the other end. WTH??? Nasty. My Father-​in-​Law could not really eat the taco he ordered but managed to put away the cheese «enchilada» which was a small tortilla wrapped around some orange colored gooey substance. The coup de grâce was the Tacos al Pastor ordered by my husband. Traditionally, these are supposed to be pork. They were no meat we could identify. He tried one bite and simply could not eat it which is pretty amazing as I have seen him eat some pretty unpalatable dishes (I confess, some have been cooked by yours truly). He got a to go container to take it to my in-​laws’ dogs as canines are known to perform cannibalism.
I think this was the last drop for me. Never again will I try Mexican in Odessa.