Reviews of Ay! Jalisco Restaurant (Restaurant)

Daniella Fernandez Linck

We love coming here with the family!! They are wonderful and very thoughtful with children. Always delicious! The margaritas are amazing, too!

Brendan Lynch

One of my main places to grab some food. convenient location, well organised, and good service. Keep it up!

Beth Barker

So tasty and always friendly customer service. I have gone with recommendations from different waiters and never been disappointed. The drinks are good as well. Just in the middle of weak and too strong. I like the Mojito and they have a variety of Margarita options I go for originals. Go there for a yummy time and sometimes live music.

Juan Rondon

A nice place with great food and good old music, the dishes had a nice presentation and the margaritas are well balanced (big too) will definitely return there.

Tony D

There is nothing that I don't like about this restaurant. From the sangria to the food to the atmosphere to little kids singing karaoke in Spanish. And I don't know Spanish. This place is great.

MOE Saadi

The food was good yet the service is not that good and the menu does not have full pricing and the prices on some items are not the same. We had the Juan special and the kids cheeseburger, please be aware that they will charge you for tortillas separately (not clearly indicated on the menu)

Louie Lopez

The atmosphere is friendly. It felt as the staff knew me already.

miguel santana

Good service

Gina Petrovitch

Love this place. There isn't always a bartender that can make a margarita, but the grilled steak is perfect. Everytime. Usually get the nachos with grilled steak, or just the steak itself. Kid friendly and great wait staff. Nice hole in the wall to visit and relax at.

* Emily* Ortiz

Yummy

Steve Grenier

Just went in for happy hour. I like to see house made tortilla chips at Mexican restaurants and while they were good, I think they were pre-packaged. Salsa was good. The Margaritas were great but at $7 didn't seem like a "happy hour" price to me. Regular price is $9.50 for a standard (small) margarita. They did give my daughter's sprite for free so that was nice. Good small family owned style neighborhood Mexican place...

vincent perella

I stopped here for lunch amd i didnt care for the tacos.

Jayson King

Excellent service and food came out relatively quickly

GL Thompson

They have great pairing suggestions for food and drink... And the fajitas are to die for!

CAROLINE Margaret

Loved the authentic chicken tamales and horchata drink. We will be back during lunchtime! Yummy food.

charlie park

Good but they didn't have luch menu

Karmen_ Karmen

Great Place & Great Service

Candi Hitchcock

Very attentive waiter. Dinner served quickly. The menu is extensive and reasonably priced. Portions are generous. Enjoyed every bite!

Stacy Gomez

Love this place! It's kinda a local dive. Nice though. Great food. Loud and lively. Nice staff!

Evelyn Rios

Terrible service,dirty atmosphere,table glass windows, booths etc, Burnt food(frijoles) and no discount offered. Our waitress got an attitude when we brought this to her attention. Very dissatisfied.

Ivonne Magdaleno

The food and the service is always great. My personal favorite: the sangria. They make the best one around. Jorge is the best server there. If you visit more than once, he will remember what you like and bring it to you before you ask for it. I don't know how he does it.

Herbert Alfaro

Food is really good and the customer service is great

Teri Pool

My favorite Tex Mex in Gaithersburg. We are regulars. Great margaritas, awesome fajitas, love the combo taco salad. Great menu. The wait staff is fun, I have known them for years.

Lucero Navarro

Super friendly attention. Great and fresh food.

Lance Dodd

Fun atmosphere!Great food! Great Service! Welcoming

Ligia Velasquez

Family friendly and food is good. I have it a four star, because I have not eaten enough there to know about their other food selections.

Kimberly Garnett

Awesome authentic Mexican/ El Salvador food!!!

Karina Diaz

Food is ok. But the service is the worst! I been here two times and both time I had a horrible experience

Jason Beharry

They have very good food and margaritas. Very cozy place.

Natasha K

Authentic great food

kelly Brown

Excellent food! Excellent service! My family and I have been going to Ay Jalisco for more than 10 years and have always had a great experience. Last weekend, we had Ay Jalisco cater my son's graduation party and everything was absolutely delicious and perfect! Plan to do it again for our other kid's graduations.

Soli Hinds

Love the Staff, owner and the Gentleman that has been there since I was young! Food and drinks are good as well.

David Brown

Awesome, authentic.... great friendly place.

Victor Sarmiento

The food is awesome. They always give chips and salsa. HAppy hour TILL 6PM.

Jose Mendez

Really nice place. Staff and food. Is great for a family

Michael Fitzpatrick

Authentic delicious food!

Bryan Gerner

Great atmosphere, authentic Mexican style, and great wait staff

Sherrie Strickland

Outstanding!! Unless you want Equal, or a sugar substitute for your drink. They don't have it. Get the Chimichanga- steak with Ranchera sauce. Double yum. Not a quiet place, just a place for good eats.

Richard Posner

Food excellent. Service very good. Very friendly and welcoming.

Sharon Dull

Everything was great. Food, atmosphere, staff.

CYCLEMAX Maryland

Excellent fajitas and many other great entree’s. I seek out good food highly recommend this place

Ryan Barron

Server was ok, food was great though. Really friendly atmosphere and the guy who sings here is actually pretty good. A very pleasant environment for a place with live music.

Ashay Padwal

Should definitely try Camarones ala diabla

T O'Connor

Great Food! Great Drinks! Great Service! We had taco salad, steak chimi, steak tacos, and grilled salmon. Golden Margi’s. Jorge and the rest of the staff were happy and attentive. Looking forward to the next visit. Thanks for an enjoyable evening.

Betty Speer

YUM!!! Fabulous food. Great staff. Feels like home.

Jo

Tried this place for the first time a couple weeks ago. Their margarita's on the rocks were insanely sweet and I could only take a couple sips. For $11 totally not worth it at all. However, their veggie fajitas made up for the yucky margs. I'll go back for those, but will stick with straight shots of tequila next time!

Ed Bustamante

Food was good but server was too slow

John D.

Food is always very good. My brother and I have lunch here whenever we're the mood Mexican/Salvadorian style food. Staff is always friendly and attentive. Menu is little high for casual lunch but still worth it.

Jeff Powell

The food is consistently good. The service is attentive. The setting leaves much to be desired.

Kevin Braga

They make a mean steak burrito.

ivan velez

Delicious pupusas and great customer service

Susan Shade

Was very busy, my dinner was great!

Juan Blanco

Great place to eat!

Roberto Fernandez Larsson

Excellent Mexican and Salvadoran restaurant. Great food and great service

Joshua Rose

Very attentive and helpful staff. Dinner served quickly. The menu is extensive and reasonably priced. Portions are generous. We enjoyed eating here!

Gloria Song

First time here, the food was amazing! I will definitely be returning to this establishment!!

Stephen Byers

Not the greatest atmosphere, but there is some outdoor seating, and I feel that the food can't get more authentic. Everything is consistent and delicious. The staff is very friendly and helpful.

Ann Castle

This is a restaurant that I take my long time friend from high school whenever he visits. We have had some outstanding meals and others that were not as good...I don't know if they changed chefs or what happened... However, the waitstaff always tries to please and the last time I ordered chicken quesadillas with a barely discernible amount of chicken, they readily brought me new ones. Other times the quesadillas have been stuffed with meat or chicken. Along with ice cold Coronas with lime, you can't go wrong!

Ashleigh Prendable

Delicious and authentic food and drink. Outdoor patio available. Very kind and personable owner. We've been many times and its always been a pleasant experience and he was very accommodating for a birthday we held there. "Dinging" Ay Jalisco one star down to four stars because prices (particularly cocktail) are a little high, even for a happy hour.

Amy Aldrich

LOVE this place! Juan and the staff are like family to us and the food is fantastic. ♥️

Michelle Kiser

The staff is Very nice. They use real beef in their dishes, not ground beef. I had the taco platter. Just was not what my expectations were hoping for.

Ayana Hunter

Delicious food and great service.

Paul Waldron

Good, not great, but would go back.

Hayris Gutierrez

Delicious authentic food. I personally love their chimichanga, guacamole and flan. Respectful and fun staff. My coworkers and I frequent this place often especially because its got space to celebrate events like birthdays and retirements.

grawlls ng

The food was very good

Carlos Mercedes

My favorite place to go with my friends or family on Sundays. These people have the best of the best in food and friendly customer service. I have compared the taste of food of several restaurants and Ay Jalisco has the best seasoning. You must give it a try.

Lewis Nordan

Excellent food! Fun atmosphere

Andrae Taggart

Love this restaurant been coming for more then 15 years! great location, always make you feel at home. Food is unbelievable. Recommend for family outing during the day or nice date during the evening.

Suzanne Meredith

Great food. Great service. Great prices.

Rebekah Shorb

Food is really good but chips are really bad.

William Lloyd

16 bucks for a mixed drink and not very good food. Seriously...chipotle is much much better and fresher. This is a Latin American hang out....they don't want families here and definitely not you if english is your first language.

scott greenlun

Very authentic delicious creative flavors love it

Hagop Aintabi

Not the best....not the worst

Kaytee Sullivan

All the food is well made and the margaritas are fresh. The only thing that anyone was unhappy about was the horchata that seemed to be made from a powder mix. The steak was tender and delicious, better than some steak houses around here.

Aldo Urbina

Great food great service great atmosphere

Sonia Lopez

Steak fajitas and steak salvadoreño are delicious!!

jazie mcg

Jorge is a great server

Amber Perry

My family and I had a nice dinner here. We ordered the Ay Jalisco fajita platter to share and it was a perfect portion. My two year old son was sitting underneath an elevated speaker when a band began setting up and we thought we would have move tables. Fortunately, the singer had a really soothing voice and it was really a nice experience.