El Jeffe Reviews Summary

Category: Mexican restaurant New York

Address: 1483 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA

Phone: +13473658919

Rating: 4.5
based on 142 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The chicken nachos at El Jeffe are bomb!!!"
  • "Whenever I'm in Bed Stuy I stop in and have fried shrimp tacos and fish tacos and a margarita."
  • "The food was delicious and the ice tea."
  • "The food is consistently delicious."
  • "Without a doubt the best Mexican food in the area."
  • "The food is great especially the shrimp and fish taco."
  • "Food is delicious. Fresh ingredients made when ordered."

Cons:

  • "$4 for 1 small taco is too much."
  • "Fish tacos were awesome I'd order that again but I wasted my money on a shrimp quesadilla that had slimy peppers and mushroom on it ...."
  • "Honestly, the food is good but the portions are ridiculously small."
  • "The most expensive, ridiculous and borderline insulting Veggie taco I've ever had the pleasure of being 'robbed' to eat."
  • "The burritos were horrid."
  • "The tacos were not Jerk. The burrito was dry and flavorless."
  • "The food was horrible 😫 I spent $60.00 I should have went home and cooked."

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Customer service is wonderful."
  • "Service was good even though busy."
  • "Staff is always friendly, welcoming, and ready to offer helpful suggestions."
  • "The customer service was very good and I would definitely return!"
  • "Excellent customer service. The Food was tasty and right on time!"
  • "The service was awesome and the cashier was exceptional."
  • "Staff is friendly and inviting, making sure you get what you want."

Cons:

  • "They had poor business practice."
  • "They never answer the phone and i can’t find where to order online."
  • "The employees here have been rude on many, many occasions."
  • "Worst experience ever. Took over an hour to get our food after ordering. Staff was unprofessional and didn’t seem to care."
  • "Employees have such bad attitudes and take way longer than they say or need to to finish your orders."
  • "The customer service here is trash. I waited over 50 minutes for a small order."
  • "Horrible service !😣 The food comes cold tables dirty !way too many people in the kitchen cashier blowing nose around food pre area!"

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "What a wonderful place! Great service, pleasant atmosphere, delicious food!"
  • "It’s a neighborhood hang so it will inevitably be crowded when you go."
  • "Fun atmosphere with hip hop music, friendly staff and some board games."
  • "It's a fun atmosphere and fun bar."
  • "GREAT Experience - Awesome Ambiance .. and of course WONDERFUL FOOD."
  • "I love the ambiance and music."
  • "OH THIS FOOD WAS OFF THE CHAIN. AMAZING FLAVORS GALORE GREAT SERVICE GOOD VIBES."

Cons:

  • "The area being so busy, parking is a pain. Not to mention it’s all paid street parking."
  • "The atmosphere is annoying turn down the music. Is it a club or restaurant."
  • "Very small and crampy space..ppl had to wait on line leading out the door."
  • "Only took one point off for atmosphere since they’re redoing the outdoor seating and the inside doesn’t have much seating."
  • "It’s small on the inside, bar styled table where you’d be beside other people so I opted not to stay."
  • "Food and atmosphere is cool. But very small and cramped."
  • "Here I am, standing in front El Jeffe on Sunday October 22nd at 6pm, and they are closed."

Value

Pros:

  • "Great Tacos, even better Taco Tuesday special."
  • "The portions were unexpectedly very large. Food was delicious."
  • "They give great size portions, and never skimp on food."
  • "That’s the most shrimp I’ve ever had on a salad in nyc for that price, and it was cooked to perfection."
  • "Great spot for tacos & its affordable."

Cons:

  • "Drinks are over priced also."
  • "I think everything could stand to be cheaper for what you’re getting - tacos are very small."
  • "A lil pricey for the size your paying for, and then for it not to have enough liquor."

Drinks

Pros:

  • "Their drinks are very good too. I recommend the frozen margarita."
  • "Food is great, drinks is excellent, hospitality and customer service is exceptional."
  • "Ordered drinks on my last run there. Drinks are on point."
  • "The frozen patron margaritas are a must when you dine in or while you wait."
  • "Had the patron margarita and its delicious."

Cons:

  • "Straight trash!!! ... Sangria??? Please 😷😷😷💩💩💩💩"
  • "I'm not big into tequila so it's a turnoff when most of their drinks are tequila based."
  • "Unfortunately they changed their frozen margarita and it doesn't taste the same."

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