Mezcal Kitchen Jersey City

I'm usually a fan of this place but I was not pleased with how much grease was in my chicken fajita.Below is how much grease I poured from my dish. That cannot happen again or shouldn't to anyone.

Great drink options, food was very decent, and they had live acoustic music. All around a great night out in the area.

We went here a couple years ago before it changed it and it was wonderful. we were excited to bring some of our friends there so we made a reservation for yesterday, cinco de mayo. my sister and brother-in-law recently had a baby and they got a baby sitter to come out for the evening for one of their first nights out and drive the 30+ minutes to come meet us. we arrive early for our 730 reservation and the restaurant was absolutely packed, of course cause it's cinco, so glad i made a reservation, right?! we get rudely approached by a man who asked me what i was doing. i let him know we had a reservation and he cut me off and said, nope you don't. i said excuse me? he said, there's no reservations tonight. i let him know i made one and got a confirmation text and email. he said, doesn't matter, no reservations tonight. he then dismissed us, not caring one bit. we gathered around the bar area to try to figure out what to do next, since it would be impossible to get into anywhere now with 6 people on cinco de mayo. my brother in law was so upset, as he left his child for this. he asked someone for a manager and they guy said, i don't know who the manager is. ya right. the j from earlier then came over and said you guys can't stay here. i told him we're trying to figure out where to go because they didn't have the decency to alert their customers that reservations had been cancelled. he walked away from us AGAIN. worst experience i've ever had with someone at a restaurant. i understand if you don't want to take reservations for a specific day or if there was a mistake on the website that allowed it, but be kind and apologetic. instead we got a nasty, greasy, entitled douche telling me we couldn't stay there after THEY messed up. go to taqueria or gringos for better service, great food and good people, not to these scumbags.

The first few times we ordered from here the food was decent. We placed an order today and the way the food was delivered was unacceptable. The boxes were open and the food had been damaged by the boxes stacked on top. The food was poorly cooked and looked like everything was just thrown on top. The beans were beyond watery. Overall horrible experience and unfortunately will not be ordering from here again.

I LOVE mezcal kitchen. Period. The food is amazing (fish taco is a fav of mine), Julie makes incredible the Palomas (pro tip- add a tajin rim), and the music is a vibe. Not to mention the space is beautiful, it’s such a gem in JSQParking: Street parking