El Jefe Gordo

251 Rehoboth Ave, Rehoboth Beach
(302) 212-5631

Recent Reviews

Daniel Wood

Chips and salsa were good. Margaritas were good. Service was good. Chicken fajitas were average - pretty bland. Chicken enchilada was bad, very bland. I was sorry a chicken gave it's life to make that dish.

jasmine johnson

LOVE THIS place! Great food portions, great drinks, great service.

John Coleman

Great atmosphere, food and great service.

Olivia L.

Went with my friends today. The food was decent. Margaritas were excellent but pricey and in glasses overfilled with ice. Biggest turn off of this restaurant was the poor service. The waiter never came around. Forgot multiple drink orders repeatedly. Had to get up and find other servers or our server to get things we needed. It's like he would just avoid our table and when reminded of items we ordered and hadn't received he wasn't even apologetic. Probably won't go back.

Face Kicker

It was over indulging, but not bad. It was all very tasty. Service was ok, but the food is pretty good.

Maria Boichin

Great service, great deals, super drinks, in-house prepared delicious food, very good pricing! Highly recommend!

Megan K.

Came in for a late lunch around happy hour, which starts at 3:00pm. Happy hour specials include $8.00 House Margaritas and $3.50 pints of Oyster Bay. The table ordered chips and guacamole to share, this was enough for three people. I ordered the veggie bowl with rice, this was excellent and the portion size was enough to share. My friend ordered the rockfish tacos, which came with a side of chips and salsa. We sat on the outside patio, which was has a lot of seating, the restaurant is very open to the outside. Service was great, the wait staff were attentive and friendly. Great option for lunch or dinner and great drinks deal for happy hour.

Brad Wright

Good food and service. Quick. Lots of choices and good value, rather inexpensive.

Lex Sypinski

Very good food but the service was very very close. For Mexican food, you think you would get the food very quickly. The appetizer took 45 minutes to get. We only got enchiladas, tacos and quesadillas and the meals took forever. I would eat there again if the service improved.

Matt S.

I have been interested in this restuarant owing to its nice patio space, but dissuaded given its lackluster ratings on Yelp. Happily, forced to find child friendly eateries, we dropped in for tacos on a recent vacation and I'm glad we did. We ordered a variety of tacos, steak, pork, shrimp, etc and found them all to be quite good. The standout was easily the Cochinita Pibil (slow roasted pork), which came with a not-too-fiery habanero sauce. They complemented each other well and the result was delicious. The shrimp taco was more so-so as it came with mango, which could have used to some heat as a counterpunch to all the sweet. We ordered a trio of dips (guac, cheese and salsa) and were happy with each and the mound of chips accompanying them. To be honest, though, the real winner was the margaritas - they were amazing. I look forward to coming back (without kids) and sitting on the patio with a cold margarita and more tacos soon!

Dick P.

Really a 1 1/2 star rating but I'm rounding it up. Since going gluten free I have become somewhat of a taco freak, so I was excited to see this place when I visited Rehoboth Beach last week. The short review is - very good tacos, terrible service, dirty overall, small drinks, stale tortillas. Longer version here. Sat at an outdoor table that was dirty and wobbly. Waitress had sort of a f* it attitude. Long wait to order. Drinks took 15 minutes to arrive after ordering. The house margarita was good but very small. They don't give you a basket of tortillas here, you have to pay $10 for chips and salsa. We had to ask what happened to our order because it just didn't show up. When the chips arrive, we each grab one and then look at each other. Yuck!! They were nasty stale. How does a Mexican restaurant have such terrible tortillas? Especially when you're paying ten bucks?!! We looked at another table who also just received their chips and could tell they were having an identical experience. Waited and waited for our waitress to reappear and sent them back. The replacements were much better, but hardly worth the price. Long wait for the entrees. Tacos were good. I had carnitas and beef tacos and they were both nicely done. We weren't given any silverware and had to ask for it. No followup from waitress at all. Would not go back. The quality of the food was average at best. Service terrible. Place was dirty. Felt like I needed to shower after we left. Wish I obeyed the Yelp and went to the better rated taco place.

L D.

Thought it was average. Expected more from Fins/Big Oyster. Ordered taco salad, chips/salsa/guacamole / queso. Guacamole was solid. Salsa was bland. Queso was foul. Was coagulated and curdled by the time it got to the table. Kids chicken fingers are Sysco. Kids quesadilla was good but came with more chips. I will give it another try but I am not expecting much. Would rather go to Fins or Big Oyster.

Alex Mitchell

Staff was great and the beer selection wasn't half bad either, I just thought the food was a little unimpressive... The service bumps this to a 4.

Beth Miller

Had dinner here tonight shrimp tacos and he had a burrito. Food was excellent service was great! Well done!

Ben Byrne

The food was good, however the service was poor. Our drinks took over 15 minutes to arrive (after our meals had been delivered) and at that point our waiter told us that 1 of the 4 drinks was wrong on the menu. Our food also came out incorrectly. The restaurant wasn't busy and this should have been an easy process

Load More