Fantastic food, brilliant service!!! Family run with that personal service not found many places. My son and I kept going back because it was just so damn good. We took everyone who came to visit us in CR to Jalapenos simply because it was the best restaurant in the area. It dosnt get any better than this. And if you... More

I grew up in southern California, lived for years in Oregon and LOVE Mexican food. My favorite is usually off of trailers because of the authentic flavors. Since moving to Costa Rica I had pretty much given up on good Tex Mex as a regular thing. But NOW, each trip to San Jose/Alajuela is an excuse to go to Jalapenos... More

Close to home and nice local feel. Menu is great. Have tried their ceviche, margaritas, bloody mary (spicy) and lobster. Everything was quite nice. My only recommendation is to improve on their music selection. It was electronica (is that the name of it?). Consistent , repeating beat, and was a little bit loud. Service was good.

My husband and I eat at Jalapenos often and we have never had reason to complain. The food is good and the waitress is a sweetheart.

We stopped here for our first meal in Costa Rica. After a horrible rental car experience (DO NOT RENT FROM EUROPCAR!!) we wanted to get out of San Jose as quickly as possible and get to Manuel Antonio before dark. We stopped here out of the blue, and I ordered Casado Vegetariano. Even though it was not on the menu,... More

We loved the food here. Simple but absolutely delicious. The service was good unfortunately our Spanish is terrible and the waitress did not know much English. We did fine except for the wine, which we always like good wine. We asked about bottles and she could only tells she had red and white. Found out when we went up to... More