We have been visiting this restaurant for over 10 years. Prices continue to rise and drink prices are ridiculous! Yandy our server failed to ask what Marguerite we wanted and brought us the premium for $14.00 in a smaller glass instead of the house one that we always got. Unbelievable......he really didn't take responsibility either, when we complained he made excuses and made it our fault. Food was good but also higher price for same as has been for years. We won't be back ! Really too bad, left very frustrated. read more

When in Sebring, FL stop by and enjoy nice Mexican food by the lake. Decor is very colorful and traditional Mexican style. Our server, Victor, was courteous and polite. Group of 6, team waiting was very efficient. My wife had the #9 chicken burritos with rice, beans, and mole. Temperature coming out of the kitchen was nice and hot, watch your hands on the plate. I had the #3 which was one taco, one enchilada, one burrito with rice, beans, and mole. Salsa was slightly spicy and chips were as usual. Prices were $14.95 and $15.95. Highly recommend if in the area. read more

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A group of 11 of us met for lunch recently My go to item on the menu is the salmon salad. It never disappoints. It was fresh and more than plenty. The other ladies in my group also enjoyed their dishes. Taco, wraps, quesadillas and chicken The decor is pleasing. Staff is friendly. Plenty of parking read more

Don Jose Mexican- Sebring - Salmon Salad & a regular margarita - Mexican Near Me - Sebring, Florida

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Don José in Sebring is our go to when we're in Sebring. The ambiance is fun and family oriented. The staff is great, they are also very helpful, and the food is delicious. The restaurant is very authentic. read more

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I was not impressed. I was recommended to come here to see a beautiful sunset and there's no way you could see a beautiful sunset when the screened in the patio faces east so that was the first -2nd I asked for chicken and meat fajitas. The meat was very hard and the chicken was very dry. I had to send back the Margarita. It was missing an ingredient in his tasteless. It came back the second time and it was much better. Would I recommend this restaurant for ambience? It has a cute indoor ambience of Mexican style chairs, and tables. I definitely would not recommend the fajitas. read more

Love this little Mexican spot in Sebring. Highly recommended by friends who lives and the area so definitely a spot loved by the locals. Place was pretty busy with large groups which is always a good sign if it's packed with locals. We sat on the patio and awesome view and a nice breeze. Service was great as the bartender/waitress was very kind and attentive. Food was good and flavorful as it was simple and basic. Not as authentic Mexican but common dishes that's tastes good and served in nice portions. Not pictured but we also tried the fried ice cream but it's not really fried... seems like just coated with cereal crumbs for the fried effect and crunchiness. read more

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The food the service and the ambience were exceptional . The place was beautifully decorated and the location is beautiful. Very nice screen porch and walked out to the dock. Highly recommend!! read more

It is a nice place. The decoration is so cool. We came as soon as they open and I think the bartender wasn't in her best mood. It is a Mexican place but most of the people speak English. We didn't eat but the food seems to be very good. read more

Don Jose Mexican- Sebring - Strawberry Margarita - Mexican Near Me - Sebring, Florida

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A near weekly date night for 17 years, I can't give it a better review than that. Food and Service is always terrific.

Saturday night was very busy! Had a few drinks out back while waiting to be seated. Overall food was tasty and service was nice considering how busy it was. If you are looking for a solid Mexican restaurant, you've found it. Portions are large & plenty to take for leftovers. read more

Don Jose Mexican- Sebring - Margarita - Mexican Near Me - Sebring, Florida

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Just very expensive Taco Bell actually Taco Bell would be better. What I don't get is extra charge for mild salsa from hot salsa. Crazy. Food is very salty and expensive. Drinks are outrageous price what you would pay at Disney world. read more

This place has an amazing spot on Lake Jackson. Great outdoor seating if it isn't too hot. Indoors things can be a bit chaotic with a lot of traffic. Food is just "okay". It reminded me of places that are trying to be Mexican but have chefs who are not. Chips are so-so and they have this really stupid policy of an upcharge for mild salsa. Three of four at our table thought the hot sauce was too hot so we had no choice here. My plate had the food thrown on it and then the fajita meat skillet stacked over the top of my food. This made some of my food unaccessible unless I removed the super-hot sizzling skillet. Not sure why they don't separate the meat skillet from the veggies, sour cream and guacamole. Overall the food is unremarkable. Only 2 of 4 finished their meals. My mahi, which was the daily special, was very dry. No refried beans, instead brown beans which don't go well in a fajita. Only three shells with no ask if I wanted more. The onions and green peppers were on the grill too long (which is probably why the fish was dry). No one came to ask how our food was during the prime period of eating. They were busy so we had to wait for a table to be cleared, about ten minutes at 6:45 on a Sunday night. Lot of boaters come in after a day on the water so the dress style reflects very casual. Good size parking lot. Cute fountain by the building. Great decorations inside. Very festive, which besides the lake view was the only other highlight. Service is not very good. My water sat on the outside of the table for almost ten minutes before someone came to refill and he just handed us the pitcher. They brought out one entree well before the other three. I wouldn't be excited to go back here... read more

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Don't be misled by the bartender Belinda, who clearly saw me looking at the happy hour menu when I ordered, the menu advertising that margaritas are $6 from 3pm to close, and said nothing about an up-charge when my husband and I ordered skinny margaritas at 4 p.m. We spent $74 on two rounds of margaritas and an order of taquitos. As a veteran of the industry, I find this type of sneaky behavior to drive the check price up dishonest and shady. Shame on you Belinda. Hope the 20% tip we still left you goes far. :) read more

Food was fast and with a good taste almost immediately we had chips and salsa. Seating in the patio area with the lake view was great. Friendly services. read more

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The food was delicious. Recommend their ceviche and nachos. The service was quick. Restaurant has nice views if you want to sit outside. Server was nice and attentive. read more

Good food and service, also great view of lake. The restaurant was well kept and clean as well staffed. We definitely come back!

Food was terrible. Salsa was like tomato juice no flavor. Wife had a marquirita small glass. Second was even smaller for $9 are you kidding me? Her fajitas were nasty like chicken strips no flavor. My chimichanga they put some weird tasting spice on the beef made it saucy, just wrong. No reason to ever go back . Oh yeah waiter just disappeared on us took our order and never saw him again. This place has gone down the drain read more

Good food. Great decorations. Good service. Its always good except the last time i went. The fajita meat was too thick and chewy. Besides that great views. Also the Amazing Beautiful Blessed Mother art work. Godbless this restaurant. read more

We arrived at around 4pm and were greeted immediately. The server approached our table very quickly and was attentive the entire time. Our food arrived very quickly as well. In total there were 3 meals and two margaritas ordered and it was about $75 total (w/o tip). We had a birthday and they sang and gave the birthday girl a hat and free dessert which was really nice. My chimichanga was delicious but you have to ask for the queso to be put on top, it doesnt come with it. The rice and beans were meh. Not pictured was a steak chimichanga w/o queso and steak fajitas. Both were good. Not too many people there when we arrived but it slowly started getting full throughout our dinner. The atmosphere and theme were really fun. Very colorful all around and there was inside and outside seating available and bars for both options. Even though the tables were quite spaced from each other, you can hear other people's forks clanking and conversations if there's enough people around. read more

Table for 22 please on a Friday night. We sat outside on the patio with a cool breeze, a sick lightning show and some 2000's Reggaetón. Overall everyone seemed to have enjoyed their meals and drinks. Service was quite well giving the size of our party mostly adult so we ordered drinks as well I had some feedback on their steaks and to include mine were kind of overkilled and dry. I did not finish more than half of my meal as I just did not enjoy it at all. On the other hand the Guava frozen margarita was nice chips and salsa were given to the table, we ordered a bunch of the nachos and they seemed to be a hit. I'd give it another try if in the area again. They handled our large table and separated everyone's bills properly. read more

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Two times now we have waited more than 15 minutes to have anyone speak to us once we were seated. Several times employees walked past us without even acknowledging our existence. The employees didn't even make eye contact as they passed by. When the chips and salsa arrived the male "server" didn't utter a word. We understand we were not the only people there but at least tell us that you knew we are there and would be with us in a few minutes. read more

Food, Service and Ambiance very nice and do recommend. Not to be petty, and I would give them a 5 Star rating but this establishment has a policy of up charging $1.00 if you request Mild Salsa. I suppose most people like spicy but there are those persons that want to enjoy the flavor of salsa yet for medial reasons cannot eat spicy. Sure we can deprive ourselves and not order it or pay the up charge. I find this something that leaves a bad taste (no pun intended). Have traveled the USA and abroad, and have never been charged for the distinction of mild versus hot. Some like it mild! read more

Great find in Sebring while I was in town for work. Very clean and nice place...exterior and interior. Sat at the bar and had great service from Belinda. Burritos were top notch and reasonably priced. The whiskey selection is LEGIT. Blantons, Eagle Rare, Col. Taylor. Wow. Didn't expect that at a Mexican restaurant in Sebring Florida. Next time I'm in Sebring, I'll be eating here. read more

Don Jose Mexican- Sebring - Bourbon. The good stuff - Mexican Near Me - Sebring, Florida

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Nice Mexican place! Food is good to excellent, and service was super fast and attentive. Nice view of the lake, and a big outdoor patio and bar, for days when it's not too hot. Clean and well run. We stop here frequently when driving across the state. Even has a boat dock! Recommended. read more

Exceptional! I have dined in many Mexican restaurants all over the country. Food and service excellent. I can't wait to come back. read more

Don Jose Mexican- Sebring - My Jim! - Mexican Near Me - Sebring, Florida

Great food and service for our family birthday celebration. Food was awesome. Thank you. read more

Don Jose Mexican- Sebring - Birthday celebration - Mexican Near Me - Sebring, Florida

Food is excellent staff are really friendly would definitely recommend . I had the chicken fajitas and my wife had chicken tostadas read more

Don Jose Mexican- Sebring - Mexican Near Me - Sebring, Florida

Went there tonight had the chicken and steak fajitas, the worst I've ever had . Vegetables were over cooked sushy. The chicken cooked separately as was steak and placed on top of the vegetables! No sizzle on the cast iron pan . Meat was bland no flavor of the fajitas at all !! Was truly terrible. Waiter didn't give a rats ass either . I sent my meal back and the waiter never even offered a menu to order something different!! Horrible customer service!! Have eaten there before about a year ago and it was really good. This place really went down hill unfortunately!! Will never go there again!! Be careful!! read more

Excellent, attentive service. Food was just ok. We tried the guacamole, obviously freshly made: good but a bit bland. The chicken mole was interesting. Don Jose makes it with peanut butter. We tasted the guajillo chili and the peanut butter, lightly, but didn't get that chocolate richness. The chili relleno was full of chicken but perhaps not enough cheese? Served with a red sauce. Beans and rice are ok. We greatly enjoyed the salsa and the warm tortilla chips. Wait staff was great and kept refilling the salsa for us. Margaritas were ok but nothing special. The view is great! read more

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Didn't know where it was at first little hard to find no advertisement on the main drag even though it is off of route 27 behind the gas station but food was excellent atmosphere was good. The service was outstanding. I don't think we waited 15 minutes for all the food to be delivered to us And the price was very very reasonable. read more

Service was great. Over priced had super nacho greasy and watery chips were soaked and not flavorful. Definitely not worth it. Salsa was good. Won't be back. read more

Beautiful view for sure. Chips and salsa were very good but the chicken fajitas were not good. The chicken was precooked - maybe even frozen and heated up. The smallest amount of veggies I have ever seen in an order. Beans and rice were fine. Very disappointed with the food. Service was very good. read more

We were there on a Friday night. It looked packed but we were seated right away and quickly received chips and salsa then we waited and waited. After about 15 minutes of waiting a nice gentleman named Yandy asked if we needed anything we told him that no one had come to serve us. He indicated that we weren't in his area but he offered to take our food and drink order. He saved the evening and the food was great. read more

I really enjoyed this little gem in Sebring. The homemade chips and salsa were delicious. The Guac was pretty good. I orders the strip steak w black beans and rice. It was great and a large portion so I ended up w some leftovers. My friend had the shrimp enchiladas and loved them too. She had quite a bit leftover also read more

Delicious, hot and our server was ON IT! I ordered the steak quesadilla which was very good. The steak was not overcooked and was nice and tender. We had a party of 8 on a Saturday night and most of the restaurant had large groups. I can see why as they do a great job handling so many! Definitely a great place for Mexican! read more

Had a tamale dinner here a week ago they were very good, had the same thing today thought I must have ordered straight corn meal, no chicken filling at all, all corn meal read more

The food is always delicious . Beautiful decor, and love sitting on the screened patio overlooking the lake !

For atmosphere, Don Jose Mexican Restaurant is pretty hard to beat. It is large and has a great water view. The place us right on a lake, so, again, the view is significantly better than at a Mexican restaurant in a strip mall on some busy highway (just an example). The food is pretty good. Nothing extraordinary, but it is good. The menu does not stray too far from the norm of what you would find at countless other Mexican restaurants, but that us not necessarily a bad thing. There is something to be said about enjoying the familiar dishes that you come to expect from a type of restaurant. Don Jose Mexican Restaurant will not disappoint you. It has an impressive view and the food is good. Add to that some friendly service and you have a winning combination. I would definitely recommend a visit here. read more

I only write an update when I want to change my stars. Most of my original 4-year old review is still valid but here are a couple of changes that caused me to go from three to four. These folks have always been known for 2 for 1 Margs. They're cheap as hell premixed basic Marg is still around but they have added a new to me premixed Premium Marg in a full-sized class. It was $8.37 total for two and they were very very good especially at that price. See my pic. For food, I ordered the Chicken Mole. It came with the ubiquitous beans and rice and they were both just fine. The chicken portion was substantial but the Mole Sauce, OMG the Mole Sauce! This stuff was straight from heaven. In addition to Mexican spices and chocolate it even included peanut butter in it! I know that sounds crazy, but this stuff is incredible! Is it better than sex with a Victoria's Secret model? This sauce is so good I'd have to think about it! Lots of my fellow Yelpers average 3.5 stars but it's four for me! read more

Don Jose Mexican- Sebring - The Mole Sauce on the chicken had layers and layers of wonderful flavors! - Mexican Near Me - Sebring, Florida

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Not very accommodating to people with allergies to certain foods. And did nothing to try and make it better. Would not recommend this place because of that read more