06/13/02

PLease, do not ever go here

by firasg

This was the worst Mexican food I have ever eaten. It seems that in Indianapolis this place passes for authentic, but in any other city this place would be burned down. Went with a large group of people, and everyone was ill after the meal. We are still talking about how bad the food is two days later. If you want Mexican food in Indianapolis, I suggest you drive to Chicago

P.S. Biscuits and gravy are not considered Mexican fare.

• Pros: It is downtown
• Cons: Food, Service, Restaurant

10/16/09

Have always Loved Acapulco Joe's

by Gma

There is NO better REAL mexican food in this city that can compare to Acapulco Joe's. A lot of us remember Joe visting with us when he had the Diner across the street. His mexican food is totally best. I have been going to this place for 34 years. We usually go when there is something to celebrate. (or we think of something to celebrate and go to Joe's) It's the queso to the Joe style tacos that make it. Anyone that disagrees needs to live with the new black tacos at Taco Bell and has never visited Mexico. Because this place is ROCKS. Long live Joe and Kate Smith!!!

• Pros: Best darn mexican food in Indy
• Cons: Not any on the westside of town

08/12/09

Don't know how this place remains in business

by JazzGrrl

This restaurant was chosen by a friend who I arranged to meet after work. I had my doubts because it had been quite some time since I had been there, and I didn't recall being that impressed even then.

When I walked in the door, and toward the counter, I was rudely cut off by a waiter who practically stepped on my toes in order to walk past me....and it was all downhill from there. The chips were stale, the salsa sucked, and the entree was even worse. I ordered the tamale dinner, and ALL of it; tamales, rice and beans were just terrible. I didn't know that it was even possible to mess up rice and beans, but apparently it is. If A.J.'s wants to take a crucial first step toward improving their cooking they should start by losing the &%$#* sugar bowl!

• Pros: Location
• Cons: Let's see...Food, Service, Atmosphere...

08/10/09

They call this Mexican food?

by felkman

I have been to at least 50 Mexican restaurants in my life if not more, most good, some bad and this was hands down the worst Mexican food I have ever had. The greeting was good when I walked in but it went down hill from there. I looked around at the dirty restaurant and decided to sit outside and take my chance on the sidewalk. The chips were warm but had been fried in oil that must not have been changed in weeks. I go to use the strange squirt bottle of salsa only to find it is some sweet barbecue sauce / ketchup with pepper seeds in it instead of salsa, and no, it was not good. I did like my cold beer that was used to wash down the gross chips, to bad it was gone just before I got my meal and the waitress never came around until I was finished eating to bring me another one. I don't even know how to explain the food. The taco had a crispy shell, I will give it that but the meat was like hamburger and beans mixed together and tasted like it had an Ortega seasoning packet thrown in. This same meat was also used for the other 2 items which I can't tell you what they even were as they were covered in nasty canned cheese sauce. The mushy rice tasted like it came from a can and I think the cook spilled a container of garlic or onion powder in the beans and just sent it out today, or maybe that is how they serve them. I gave this place a 1 star only because my beer was cold, other than that, there was nothing good about my Acapulco Joe's experience.

• Pros: Beer was cold
• Cons: OMG Where do I begin?

08/04/09

Great Great Great

by MAL

Food and staff are great. Salsa and chips very fresh. Apparently the reviewers who don;t like it are used to Taco Bell.

• Pros: Fun
• Cons: none

07/14/09

This place should be shut down

by indylunch

This place used to be decent. Now, it is absolutely terrible. The food was expensive and foul. The chips had to be weeks old and were horribly stale. The service was the worst I have ever had. The restaurant was dirty. I hate this place and will never go back. Ever.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Vile, expensive, and terrible

04/20/09

Cold chips, No Service!

by CSMobileUser

Expected better of a prominent downtown indy mexican restaurant but no dice. Wait was long but servers could've cared less to do their job. Sat downt to hold a sticky menu and to have placed before us cold, stale chips. After a quick glance at the over-priced dishes, we made quick exit. Our serve probably didn't even notice we cut out. Thanks Joe but no mo.

03/28/09

sorry excuse for cashier/hostess

by MissR

3/27/09 2:15pm visit....cashier/hotess sat us in area with no waitress. Help from Kitchen area notified us and moved us to area with waitress coverage. When we went to pay, hostess/cashier would not put down her personal cell and/or stop talking on it to cash us out. She actually stopped more than once, and concentrated on call during transaction. Won't bother to go back and spend my $$ to help pay the salary of rude help like that........!!

• Pros: food was good and hot/fast service
• Cons: hostess/ cashier rude rude rude

03/04/09

This is not Mexican food

by omgpleez

I don't know what everyone raves about. This place is dirtly, the service is horrible and the food, well I don't even consider it Mexican food. I definitely won't be recommending this place to anyone.

• Pros: none
• Cons: everything

02/26/09

Worst "Mexican" Restaurant EVER

by goodspeeder

This was, by far, the very worst "mexican" restaurant I've ever been to. The "three nacho" meal consists of literally three small nachos, with a spoonfull of meat and cheese on each. It averages to $2 a nacho. The service is awful, rude, and worth not tipping. I went with a party of four and each person had terrible food. I am appauld a place like this can stay in business.

• Pros: The service is so awful you save money by not tipping.
• Cons: This will create the worst eating experience

02/11/09

NASTY NASTY NASTY

by marcit1980

WOW

That was terrible!!

I never wrote a review in my life until now.

I went there because I was told it's fast and I was on my lunchbreak at work.

I met my boyfriend there just today for lunch and I'm sitting here miserable from the crud I ate

He is home sick ..throwing his guts up.

We both ordered 3 taco lunch meal. I ordered mine with beans in lieu of meat.

The "meat" on his taco resembled groudn coffee beans and according to him tasted nasty.

THe beans on mine were laced so heavily with onions it made me gag.

The chips were stale. The bbq flavored hot sauce was disgusting.

He ordered a mt dew, and got a pepsi.

It wasn't fast either. It took 25 min for them to shovel slop on to a plate.

I'm sick

He's sick

Gross Gross Gross

Never never never never going back.

My stomach is chruning. I'm sick.

THe place is dirty as hell too.

UGH.. gross nasty nasty food!!!!

• Pros: nothing