My mother recommended this place and I must say I was not let down. The food was great, the drinks were made well, and the staff was quite friendly. To me that makes it a great place in the end. There were outside factors that they had no control over but they made up for it with everything else. Texas is filled with Mexican or Tex-Mex places so you need something to get your customers to come back. I will say the food will definitely have me coming back from now on when I'm in that area. read more

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Fabulous! Food, service and ambiance! We had just left another nearby restaurant because we were being ignored. Despite it being the end of a First Monday weekend and Cinco de Mayo, our server was fast and pleasant. The food was great. read more

Excellent food and the waitress was absolutely fantastic. Cold beer and ambiance was outstanding ! We are visiting from South Dakota and the wonderful meal and generous and delicious salsa made this trip even more special. I had the fajita salad. The presentation , portion and flavor were fabulous. read more

The Jalapeno Tree - Mexican Near Me - Canton, Texas

The chips are made on site and were quite addicting for our hungry group. Well priced food and drinks, and fairly expected/average taste for a chain restaurant. I really enjoyed the addition of bacon to my chicken taco... something I do at home but rarely find at restaurants. French fries at a Mexican restaurant might be taboo, but I like it :) read more

The Jalapeno Tree - Plain grilled chicken and bacon tacos with fries. - Mexican Near Me - Canton, Texas

The ONLY reason this isn't a 5 star review is because David. Hannah at the bar is a true angel! We decided to sit at the bar and sat ourselves at a high top table (which typically is considered the bar.) We were unaware that the only 2 tall tables in the bar section were not the bar to which David ignored us for 15 minutes. When we finally got his attention he told us "y'all sat yourselves, I'm busy"... We are big customer service people and this was clearly a mistake on our part. Kindly let us know and let us know how to correct it instead of disregarding and disrespecting us. Hannah came over and asked if we were okay and said she would take care of us. She also explained that to David when he was on the other side of the bar talking to another waitress about how we sat ourselves and we can wait until he has time. We love Jalapeño Tree and this was the only time we have met a bad egg. Typically their food and service is top tier! Boo David. read more

The food and service have always been good but they changed up their margaritas and they are garbage now.

I've been going to the jalapeño tree in Canton Texas about once a month since they opened. I'm sorry to say they have gone downhill went Thursday night order to build your own two chicken enchiladas the enchiladas only had about a tablespoon of chicken in them I complained to the very nice waitress she went to the kitchen the kitchen manager said that's what you get. you would think that for 12 $13 for two chicken enchiladas You would get more than a tablespoon of chicken read more

Jalapeño Tree is very good, a little on the expensive side, but we think they are good. For my husband and I it usually costs about $50. That is with a bowl of queso. read more

Don't know how to love this place more. We used to eat at the Mineola location often when we lived out here before. Missed it sorely when we went back to WA state (booo!). Tried this one as the first time back in 5 years, it was as if we never left. Everything was great and we left feeling ridiculous for eating so much at once. Of course we are coming back until we can't fit in the car anymore. We love this place!! read more

The food was good. Fast and friendly service! Very nice and clean restaurant! Spacious RV/truck parking. Easy in and out for rvs. Prices comparable. read more

It wasn't incredibly busy when we got there, but that didn't stop the service from being pretty non-existent. We were waiting on a couple of people, but no exaggeration it took 10-15 minutes before our we flagged someone down to take our drink orders. In fact, the table that was seated next to us at the exact same time we were had placed drink orders and appetizers and a food runner tried to bring us their appetizers before we even saw a waitress. We finally flagged down the waitress assigned to that table (after 3 others walked by us) and she took our drink orders and said she would find our server. Having just gotten over a recent stomach bug, I opted to play it safe and get bean and cheese nachos as to not upset my stomach. As a whole I've always been a fan of the Jalapeño Tree brand and their foods, but I wasn't up to getting too gutsy yet. Again, no exaggeration I received exactly 8 chips with a paltry splattering of beans and cheese. At the bargain basement price of only $7.99! I've included a photo, lest you think I'm just trying to be mean! There was setup on the side, which I guess is generally used to fill the middle of the plate? Most places the garnishes are sprinkled over which was why I requested it on the side. It was a typical melon scoop of sour cream, guacamole, some pico and some jalapeños. Still nowhere near worthy of the $7.99 price tag. The guacamole, while fresh, also utilized under-ripened avocados and was inedible. When our waitress finally materialized she was incredibly friendly. I can understand a mixup, that might not have been her fault at all. But there were so many people walking around that could have fixed this. A solid apology. Comping a non-alcoholic drink we had to wait 15 minutes on. Something. The food tasted pretty good. That was the only thing that saved this from a 1 Star. read more

The Jalapeno Tree - Saddest $8 nachos that ever lived. - Mexican Near Me - Canton, Texas

My favorite TexMex in Tex! This place never disappoints... the salsa alone is worth the trip here. It literally bursts with flavor, i can't even compare it to others I've had anywhere else! Their fajitas are amazing and if you want to go an extra mile, make them the El Dorado Jack Fajitas and they are slathered with cheese, bacon and it adds about 10 scale on the taste meter! The reason i rate it 4 Stars is because service can sometimes be lackluster... a lot of young kids work there, which is great, but if the supervisor is awol they have a tendency to congregate and chat in a corner rather than servicing the customers. I've been here many times when traveling in Texas and this has been a constant issues I've seen there. Outside of that though, the food is on point and does not disappoint! read more

Oh my. Well. Here's the deal. On a few occasions we have arrived late to eat. Normally I wont go anywhere that closes in 30 minutes from when I arrive. We arrived at 9:15 pm. Late but still. The wait staff looked as if a space ship landed. We should have taken this as a clue. The food came out in I swear 5 minutes. I had read a review of the food coming out cold so that was in the back of my head. The waiter who somehow replaced the waitress had several times said the plate was hot and don't touch and they were but when I cut my enchilada the chicken it was like warm. Also I ask to not put tomatoes and there the were. When I asked him about it he said, I shit you not, hey I'm the janitor. So then for the next twenty minutes we were watched. During the meal the hostess came over and asked if we wanted complimentary ice cream. I felt I needed to stop eating and go get my ice cream. The food and sauces were very good. I'll go back. Just not after 7 pm. Lol read more

The Jalapeno Tree - Mexican Near Me - Canton, Texas

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Just want to start by saying our waitress was absolutely wonderful but the lady bartender that worked Sunday afternoon should be fired or demoted she was awful rude and inefficient. If I were the owner I would not want her to be the face of the fun part of the restaurant like the bar. Thank goodness for the waitress she made our $123 dollar bill worth paying. The one star is for the bartender only. The food was great also read more

We passed this restaurant on our way to Dallas, Tx and decided that we were going to eat there. When we walked in the young lady asked if we would like a table or a booth. I say table and she says back "we don't have a table open" so I said I guess a booth it is and she replies "I can put you at a table except we don't have one open". I'm thinking to myself why in the world would you offer something that wasn't available. Anyway we get seated and the chips are hot and the salsa is good. They have some signature dinners so I get the Elvis Presley. The beans and rice were fine and the cheese enchiladas were good but the steak fajita meat wasn't so good. Overall take is a 3 star because of the greeting alone and food to me was average. They did have some good ole southern sweet tea though. read more

Update: 2 of our party of 6 ended up in the bathroom all night. The quality of product being served at this place needs to be looked into. We will never eat here again. (Took it back down to 1 star) Highly disappointed. For starters, after waiting almost an hour for our food, it came out cold. While the flavor was good, you get the feeling you're being cheated. I ordered the Ixtapa. Literally they took a frozen chicken breast & cut both sides off to make it a rectangle. The only reason I'm giving more than one star is because the tortillas were fantastic & hot! read more

The food was great! Our server was Mattie and she was wonderful! My husband got the ribeye and shrimp and thoroughly enjoyed it. I got the Bob Hope combo. One of the best chicken enchiladas I've had to date! And I also loved the taquito. Will definitely be back!! read more

The wait to be seated seemed awfully long even as busy as they were. Our waitress kept forgetting things, especially for one of the girls in our group. The food was typical "Mexican-ish" food. Not great, not horrible. Also... A puffed taco is just a tortilla with air in it sitting on lettuce in a bowl of cheese dip. read more

The Jalapeno Tree - "Puff taco" - Mexican Near Me - Canton, Texas

Refuse Kristina as your waitress very very very poor service she forgets the tortillas for the fajitas and says I'll go get them and runs off and never returns so you have to flag down another employee to get them for you then you ask for check when done and it takes her 20-25min to get it and to top it off she only checks on you 1 time when you have Finnish your meal. read more

My husband and I were coming from Van, which is about 15 minutes away. We called in a small order to go late afternoon on a Sunday. We were told that it would take 15 minutes. The bartender took 10 minutes to even acknowledge my husband and then gave him attitude when he asked if they would add a few tortillas to the order. He waited an additional 30 minutes for the order. This seems to happen often at this particular location. The food may be good, but bad customer service loses my business quickly. read more

Look I so wanted to give more stars. Especially since the cowboy chili is my favorite and I have never had a bad bowl. With that being said this was our first time being able to visit out of our last three tries. There is no call ahead seating so no way to put our names down. This means after a long drive and being hungry it's either wait or eat somewhere else. We chose to wait today. First my margarita I don't think it was the chipotle pineapple margarita I ordered. There was no chipotle flavor and just a hint of pineapple. Second my hubby's food was messed up. They did correct but not until my daughter and I had finished. Third drinks ran out twice. Fourth we asked for daughters rice and beans to just be in to go containers but they were on her plate. And finally the first basket of chips they brought were crumbs and the salsa was slammed down on the table in front of us. We have eaten here many times and will probably do so again but it might be awhile. read more

The Jalapeno Tree - Pineapple chipotle margarita or is it? - Mexican Near Me - Canton, Texas

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We went during the day to have a margarita. We were seated immediately and was super lucky that we got Crystal to wait on us at a table near the bar. Crystal was a joy to meet and she also makes a great margarita. The chips are very fresh and both salsa and creamy avocado were very good. Will definitely come back when in town again. read more

Very large place. They have done a great job of preparing the restaurant to keep everyone social distanced. The service was a little slow in the beginning. The chips and salsa were very good. The soup was delicious. Margarita was probably prepared and not the greatest. Overall I would recommend. read more

Went again after not being here for a while. They still can't get it right. Sad! Upon being seated, I asked the hostess to have the table wiped down again. Never happened. I ordered one taco, the waitress brought two. When the bill came I said I only ordered one, she took a dollar off, not the $1.50 that the extra taco cost. read more

It's Canton weekend, we know it's busy. The little short guy doing the hostess position was telling everyone 45 minutes to an hour when it was only 10 minutes. He is running your customers away! read more

The wait time was terrible. We sat in the restaurant for at least an hour. I watched my taco salad sit on the pass for 15 minutes getting cold. I should have sent it back, but I didn't want to wait another hour. We saw one family who only had chips and salsa and drinks finally give up and leave. Our server looked around for them. I have gone to the Jalapeño Tree in Canton, and it has been amazing. This time was extremely disappointing. read more

The big problem at this restaurant is not the food or even the prices (which I think are far too high, but that's corporate's deal so I won't ding the locals for it). The problem here is the service. Since this location opened it's never been great, and it's only getting worse. I've been twice in the last month or so and the service was sub-par both times. First of all, if they restaurant is only about 1/4 full, I shouldn't have to be put on a waiting list to be seated. Have enough staff on hand. Second, if there are 15 empty tables, why must the default for the hostess/host always be to go to the one nearest the restroom. Yes, I asked for a different table, and yes she obliged...with rolling eyes. Third, why can't we get any chips and sauce in this place anymore?! The last two times we've been here, the "chippers" seem to look right past us. Both times our server had to get the chips and sauce for us because the chippers were nowhere to be found. Fourth, STOP SPREADING YOUR SERVERS ALL OVER THE RESTAURANT!! This is seriously the most baffling thing about this place. We were seated in almost the same spot both times--the dining area nearest the door and our table was midway back. Our server had tables in our area, the middle dining area, and in the bar area. This is absurd! They cannot possibly provide good service having to run all over the building like this. Just stop it. Assign them tables in one area and then cover as needed, but not constant flux. Your prices are too high to have service this bad! The best assets in this location are the servers. They work their butts off and do the best they can with really lousy management. I won't be back anytime soon. read more

Wonderful and fast! The fajitas were a great snack to share! Always a hit with the family!

It's been 4 years since I've been there. It was good then. Place looked shabby, chairs gummy, cuts and edges of chairs looked really bad. Beans were old, taco meat greasy, greasy, greasy. Was disappointed. read more

If I could leave zero Stars I would. My husband and I came to eat tonight just getting him out of the house is hard enough but we are sitting here at the table they brought my fajitas out no plate no tortillas, the last time I ate a fajita I did so with a tortilla maybe I'm missing something. They completely messed up on my husband's order so they didn't even bring it out and then she yells across the room we will just comp you and that's supposed to make everything better? It's a shame that the service is so bad because the food is really good. We asked for a manager just to express what I wrote about above it's been 10 minutes and still no manager and still no food for my husband. read more

The Jalapeno Tree - The reason on the receipt for my husband sending his chimichanga back was that he didn't like... truth is he didn't get what he ordered. - Mexican Near Me - Canton, Texas

We wanted to support this business during Covid. All the "to go" help are incompetent except one. Now, I don't See her there anymore. Surely you would not get rid of the one person who could fill the order correctly and not leave something out. Maybe she's just on vacation. I hope so. Cost the restaurant a lot of business when the "to go " orders are constantly wrong. read more

Average prices, pretty good food. Our waiter was kind of weird and messed up 3 of our orders. Took a long time for the food to come out and two people after us had eaten and left by the time our food came. I had two bean and cheese burritos smothered in cheese. It was good, they also have awesome sauces for your chips! I would return again in the future. read more

Being from Dallas we were talking to some friends that live in Wills Point that challenged us that they have some of the best margaritas ever. This is during the Corona lockdown. We ordered beef fajitas. Absolutely incredible. What a value for sure. If you haven't tried them here your missing out. We also ordered margaritas in the rocks. 1 gallon to be exact for $25.00 to go. They are done if the best margaritas that I we have ever had and the food was spot on. We come out to see our friends every weekend since which was over a month ago and we order food from them every weekend. And management of Jalapeños needs to recognize there waitress/ bartender Macy is a true asset. She's friendly and has always provided us with the best possible service. So if you haven't tried this place, do it. It rivals Javiers in Dallas for the best margarita fir sure! read more

Couldn't Make Me Some Fajitas To Go. Management Is Shockingly Inept. All I needed was some take-out fajitas (no sides) for a family birthday party of 12 to 14 people. Very simple request. But the staff and management at this place is so inept they simply could not fill my order. Here's the story: On my way into town I called to place my order so the food would be hot and ready when I arrived. After getting three different people on the phone, nobody could figure out how to do it, so I said I was almost at the restaurant and would just order in person. I spoke to the hostess, a server and finally the manager herself about my simple request. I was told that they could not fill my order because it wasn't specifically on the menu that way, and their register would not ring it up, but she would talk to the kitchen manager and see what could be worked out. In a couple of minutes the manager returned and told me they could indeed sell me some take-out fajitas...for $245. (This was their "catering" price.) I repeated that I only needed take-out fajitas, without sides, and I wasn't planning to set up service at a civic event. The manager recalculated the price without delivery, plastic utensils, or sides...and the new price came to $165. I told her that I often get the same take-out order--plus sides of beans, rice, chips and salsa--at On The Border for $70. Could she match it? Nope. How dumb could a manager be? I walked out, and although my birthday party was delayed, I got my take-out order at another restaurant down the street for around $70. I've dined at Jalapeno Tree before, and the food has always been wonderful. But be warned: If you go there, don't ask for anything that is not specifically on the menu and on their register touch screen because you won't get it. read more

The service & food are awful. Find another place to eat. We waited a long time for a table. After being seated, we waited for a very long time for a server to show up to even take our drink order. Service & food were both bad. read more

It took our party of 11 a good 2.5 hours from waiting to sit, to service to finishing. Food was ok, meals were not cooked as ordered, the only reason I left it at a 2* was because the wait service was doing what they could despite the kitchen being incredibly slow. Also the place was huge and only a quarter of the seating was full, I can't imagine how long the wait would have been had it not been mostly empty. read more

Called jalapeno tree to make an order got there to pick my order up everything was wrong had to go back to the store to get my order right look at it and they had it all wrong again. Today I called in my order the person on the phone was trying to rush me off the phone got to the store my order was wrong yet again my name wasn't on the receipt after I told the lady on the phone my name so how would they know the order is mine and yet my order was wrong had to wait an extra 10 minutes to get my order and when I got it they had to stop me cause they had given me the wrong order again who does that read more

This restaurant was RIDICULOUS. Who sells queso without chips? We ordered door dash and ordered a large queso and got our meal without chips and salsa. DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE!! Employees are so rude! read more

This place had a little bit of a wait but no complaints from me because we stopped in on our way back to Dallas and it was a nice little break. The hostess at the front seemed to hate their lives but that's none of my business, thankfully they weren't servers. Our server was a super friendly man. I ordered a combo with chicken tortilla soup and a chicken soft taco. I was pretty disappointed in the food. The tortilla soup didn't resemble anything Texmex or Mexican at all, it tasted like chicken soup. My chicken soft taco also resembled something I could have made at home but with less flavor. I did like the Mexican rice and the fact that they brought fresh warm salsa and everyone gets their own, that was pretty cool. I did like the decor and would probably go back for something simpler like nachos. read more

Robert was a outstanding waiter. We visited Canton and the hotel recommended the Jalapeño Tree. We were impressed by the service and the food was terrific. I got the John Wayne and loved the steak. The dip was addicting. Thanks, for the great meal. read more