So just passby here the other night with few of my friends since we all fans of the mexican food. Was a mistake! The food was yuck: the rice was tasteless while the burritos are soggy, fries were drenched in oil. When we were still eating the cooks in the kitchen started cleaning the floor and the bleach smell made everyone choke. all in all this place is a waste of money.

A Mexican buddy and I hang out a lot. We are really choosy about food, and he very much so in regards to Mexican (well, yeah.)
He says, "Hey, there's this place I heard about on Commercial that's supposedly Mexican. Wanna give it a try?" I agree, we hit it.

The service is good, at least this night - friendly, fast, and professional. No complaints.

After getting over the sticker shock of $16 tacos (um, Mexican street food? hello?), we go for the lower-priced taquitos and queso fundido.

The presentation is very Food Network - a fancy swirl of sauce on a plate here, a ramequin of corn salsa there, but not imaginative. I'm sure the chef's mom is impressed.

Under the taquitos is this swirl of brown sauce - same colour as mole - which I love. So I swipe a taquito in the sauce, put it my mouth, and...

...AARGH!!! It's Heinz BBQ sauce from a bottle. YUCK!!! And the meat has no flavour otherwise.

The cheese is very watery, and the tortilla chips (deep fried from flour tortillas in house, presumably) have been sprinkled with cayenne pepper powder.

My Mexican friend says it reminds him of Mickey Mouse food - you know, what they might serve at Disney under the Mexican banner for fun, but doesn't really have any relation to Mexican cuisine 'cuz it might scare the gringo kids.

The chef doesn't know Mexican cuisine, and doesn't know the complexity of flavours, or the fundamental methods that underlie the cuisine.

With the bill comes two pieces of Dubble Bubble.

My buddy laughs - it just confirms what he has said - that it's Mickey Mouse.

First off let me start by saying this place has two things going for it the reggae music which could be lowered slightly so people can talk... 2nd the decor. I will give this place that much credit as the owner clearly spent time decorating nicely.

*Service veryyyy poor
*Food oh my god for real this is what you call mexican food? Um nooooo... how about the chef needs to slow down on the butter yukkkk! Not hot but actually room temperature oh how do they stay in business? These people don't know the first thing about mexican food. Not even close!!!! Fusion gulash maybe.

May I add I caught a glimps of the kitchen while sitting at the bar waiting forever for an over priced drink,the kitchen was clearly too cramped and dirty!! I then heard the main chef who appears to be loud and very abrasive talking down to one staff member I was in shock. She then proceeds to gossip for the next 20 min about mindless dribble. If you have ever been to Julio's you know she would have to be talking louddd in order to be heard over the music. Again loud and abrasive. I was so turned off by this point alone! to make matters worse the food clearly didn't help or compensate. Very very very poor in every way.

If this place wants to stay open I suggest they get a new chef one who can cook and has a little class in public...

Overall I wasn't too impressed with this restaurant. I have ordered quite a few dishes there and the only one that has been enjoyable was the turkey tostada. Unfortunately every time I have gone the service has been poor and the food has been sub-par. Its expensive and not worth the price. We have also had the chicken quesedilla and when we cut into it was cold! Don't go!

This place has become a regular for my SO and I. We characterize the food as 'elegant mexican'.

The guac is top-quality fresh and tasty, and the house-made dusted chips are outstanding.

The sangria is nothing special, but the margaritas are consistently good.

Portions are very large; the salads are meal-sized.

My favourite entree is the halibut tacos, but I've enjoyed everything at this place!

I note that other reviewers have commented on the beans and also the cabbage.
- I always order the back beans and have received them exactly the way I like them.
- My experience is that cabbage is typical on tacos and many entrees in Baja. The fact that M&J serve it red & pickled is perhaps their take on 'modern mexican' - I don't know. The flavors don't seem out of place; and I usually just fork it off to the side anyway and eat a little bit.
- The mind boggles that some reviewers want more salt on their plates. Correct mexican food is refreshing in that it traditionally has little salt, and I'm grateful that M&J follows this tradition.

Servers are (IMHO) typical for the Drive; pleasant & efficient. The kitchen gets the plates out quite promptly.

An excellent fresh & tasty meal with good booze for under $75 satisfies this couple.

We went here for dinner a few weeks back in the middle of the week. The restaurant was relatively quiet. The service was great; drinks were refilled quickly, food came out fast and the server came back to check on us frequently without being too intrusive. The lime margaritas were excellent.

The food was probably the most disappointing portion of the dining experience. The ceviche was mediocre at best and tasted rather bland. The tacos were completely covered in pink coloured cabbage (perhaps it was slightly pickled?) and 90% of it needed to be removed so I could taste the other ingredients. Based on the quality and tastiness of the food, I would say the value was a little less than desirable. Maybe I just ordered the wrong dishes or they had an off night, but I probably won't return anytime soon.

I've eaten at Me and Julio about half a dozen times. Regardless of how busy it is, the service has always been terrible. Personally, I like the food enough to come back anyway. However, I know some people that went with me swore they would not go back because of how bad the service was.

The food is not a traditional mexican style, but more of a fusion. I usually get the tacos with shrimp and fish (they let you mix and match). The enchiladas are also pretty good. I was dissapointed that they cheap out on the guacamole (the bottom half of the bowl is black beans) but a lot of restraunts do that.

I usually don't drink cocktails, but I tried one there with coconut milk and strawberry puree (can't remember the name) and it was great.

The Good: Great, tasty food. Nice atmosphere. Good cocktails. Pleasant staff.

The Bad: Long wait, sent our appetizers to the wrong table (eventually sorted out, didn't have to pay for them).

Overall: Not worth a 45 minute wait, but a nice change from the usual mexican/tex-mex restaurants in town. Would go back if I was in the neighborhood and there was no line-up.

Sorry but there must be better mexican restaurants in Vancouver. I will have to try their original restaurant on Davie. This place sucked. We couldn't see our menus and had to use tea lights to try to read it. Service was slow. We waited way over an hour for our food. The server finally brought us chips and salsa for free and I must say they were the tastiest thing on the menu. It didn't help that a large group sitting next to us who came in after us were served their food before us!!! Food was cold when it did finally arrive. Then to top it off they kept opening up doors so there was a freezing draft coming at us. It was warmer outside when we left.

My girlfriend and I just came here tonight after decided attempts to try Mexican-style.

It was busy but not a full house. We scampered in and stood for a minute or so before someone finally asked us if we needed to be seated. Several servers had already walked by us at that point. It was nice they were able to let us choose a more desirable 4 seater table over a cramped 2 seater.

The decor is interesting. There was Hawaiian influence with the tiki-styled bar it mostly resembled a mix of various canteens. The seemingly mandatory dim lighting and loud music in restaurants these days set of the ambience for the night. The slippery floor was rather unflattering, but not as much as the paper on the front door warning dining patrons to beware of it.

Menus were already on the table so we sifted through the drinks menu. Both of us decided on the Rosehip and Hibiscus Ice Tea, her's sweetened and mine not. We had another server wait on us and she took our drinks. By the time our drinks came we were almost ready to order, but she disappeared and didn't bother to check up. We waited a good 10-15 minutes before she finally came back to ask if we were ready to order. We started with the Guacamole Classico, which was guacamole and black bean dip with tortilla chips. My companion ordered the Guacho Steak (flat iron steak with corn, mashed potatoes, and onion rings) and I the Enchiladas with rice and organic greens.

My companion's entree was generously portioned but wrought with inconsistency. The steak was ordered medium but was clearly done medium rare. The steak knife provided was inadequate to cut through the fibers like butter but she managed anyways. After wrangling a piece on the fork it was tasty. The mashed potatoes were nicely done and I quite liked the roughed mash which I don't see too often anymore. The corn and grilled peppers were on par however the onion rings were mostly garnish. They used red onions and a buttermilk batter but was cooked poorly with some parts uncooked but mostly an oily mess.

My entree was rather disappointing. The enchiladas had a nice filling of various cheeses, eggplant, zucchini, peppers and tomatoes. It was fresh tasting but they were very meager in size. The rice and organic greens were very ordinary, the rice was Greek style while the few leaves of greens were soaked with vinagrette.

Both of us really liked the tortilla chips from our appetizer. The chips came in a heaping mound over a basket and were made to order. They were crispy, light and was a little thicker than other tortilla chips and was delicately seasoned with salt and pepper. It was disappointing the guacamole was bland as was the black bean dip. Welcoming size and good to share between 4 people easily.

The other highlight was the Rosehip and Hibiscus Ice Tea. The parasol stuck to a wedge of lemon on the rim was cheeky but was refreshing to start. The difference between the unsweetened and sweetened variety was negligible.

Service is slow and too casual (like many other Commercial Dr. eateries). The vibe I got from a couple of the servers (including ours) left me thinking they felt forcibly confined and seemed to lack some interaction skills with patrons. Considering the small space we felt invisible from entering to leaving. Not a welcome or goodbye.

Prices are a little steep in my opinion since I'm not too sure what I'm paying for. I won't mind coming back and checking out some of the other menu items but alas I would've liked a good first impression.