The Jalapeno Tree

2300 TX-256 Loop, Palestine
(430) 800-9990

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Pat Lacasse

My hubby & I ate there today, we both had sautéed shrimp, beef taco, Spanish rice & cheese queso. it was wonderful & the chips served with salsa was thin & not hard like ALL of the other Mexican restaurants in this area serve. Other Mexican restaurants serve hard recycled chips with the salsa dips, that are tooo hard to eat.. The service was perfect & fast & the atmosphere was wonderful & clean I recommend Jalapeno Tree to my friends on FB

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jennifer Leah Boykin - Hughes

Almost 2pm on Saturday afternoon, mostly empty parking lot, lots of empty tables.... No one employee even offered to seat us or asked if we needed help. Girls at the bar just stared at us..... Not sure we will try it again sometime. Do better Palestine Jalapeno Tree. we will gift our anniversary gift card to someone else, I don't go out to eat often and definitely don't want this kind of experience when I do.

Ray Dody

The service was a little slower than most of us are used to, and the server brought the wrong drinks, but I wasn't gonna complain cause her t-shirt said she knows the owner. Great tex-mex, great salsa, bland chips.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Roberta McKenna

Waitress was great along with the food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

BJ HANSON

Excellent texmex...good vibe...fast service. 2 thumbs up

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gabrielle Velie

Best chips ever!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

ronnie kessler

The food is great as is the service. The restrooms are clean, the parking is plentiful. No steps getting in so it is easy if you use a wheelchair or walking aid.
I am not extremely fond of their salsa but I do eat it so who am I to complain?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ruben Moctezuma

What a disappointment. Terrible food. Terrible service. 1 hour and 30 minutes that we can’t get back. Asked for the manager, Ron. Waited 20+ minutes but Ron never bothered to come. Our waitress was very pleasant.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kelcey McClendon

Worst service I’ve ever experienced in this town and that says ALOT we had a new waiter which isn’t the issue the issue was she was poorly trained and it was only her second day she should still be TRAINING AND NOT ALONE she couldn’t even answer simple questions about the menu I’m sorry but that’s not her fault she’s new and clearly they need to do more training I seen a lot of red flags and walked out during chips and salsa and the tea was bad even the four year old complained about the tea

gloria rodgers

Just visited on a whim! Server was fantastic! Food was great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cheryl Dillon

The food is very nasty and overpriced. Drinks we ordered from the bar took FOREVER! Could hardly flag down a worker to actually pay some mind to my table to even ask about the drinks. You’re better off going to El toro or Rancho Grande.

Nevaeh Mcelyea

I worked at Jalapeño Tree and had no issues until a new front-of-house manager was hired. From the moment she arrived, things changed drastically. She was extremely inexperienced, and instead of supporting the staff, she started targeting me and other staff over minor uniform issues that had never been enforced before (like a tucked-in hem and slightly altered work uniform to fit better). Despite correcting everything she asked, she continued to pick at me with the support of another manager. Eventually, my hours were drastically cut without warning. When I asked why, I was lied to—first they claimed someone was out of town, then they admitted it was because I “couldn’t follow the dress code,” The manager later openly admitted that I was being cut because the FOH manager “didn’t like me”—no disciplinary warnings, no HR process, just pure favoritism and personal bias. I was cornered into a meeting they knew would upset me, recorded, and then that footage was used to make me look unstable in front of the owner. When I tried to apologize and explain my side to the owner, Paul Bramby, he was dismissive and rude right away—he told me he had “nothing to say” to me. I was left with no hours, no support, and no income, despite being an employee who genuinely wanted to work and dedicate myself to this job. i pay rent on my own at just 18 years old. This experience left me feeling used and deeply hurt. No one deserves to be treated this way—especially someone young who’s working hard to stay afloat. I have nothing else to say other than it really disappoints me that what could’ve been such a great restaurant business for our community—has absolutely no interest or care in the world for anything but YOUR MONEY, not your 16 year old daughter just trying to save up for her first car and college, not the single mother desperately trying to make as much cash as she can in one night just to feed her baby, and certainly not the elderly man that is still waiting on tables and putting all this effort just to support his wife and children.

Timmy Marberry

This establishment has never failed me. Food, service and atmosphere is always 5 stars to me!! Highly recommend this place. Ps shrimp bowl is great!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Melissa Brooks

Worst service. Waitresses are rude and don’t want to do their job.

Uriah Rand (Birdmilk)

Some of the beat services possible. Food was good for the area.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

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