the mojo grill & catering co

ho hum.... tried this place last weekend for the first time. over the past few months i had several people touting their food so we had to give it a try.
i was not as impressed with the food as i had hoped to be. they brought out my gumbo first and mine was tasty and spicy ( though thick and on the dry side ) but the added rice was either undercooked ( crunchy ) or possibly too overcooked and crispy, not sure which. could not eat it and sent itbackwith the waitress. i had the cuban with a side of onion rings and it was ok. have had better cubans even here in ocala. the onion rings were just so-so, nothing to crow about either.i did have the mojo sauce for dipping and that is wonderful. would recommend that to everyone...
as far as service was concerned - no complaints at all. we had a real efficient and super pleasant female server.
i will give mojo's another shot as i know sometimes things just go wrong and it can happen even in the best establishments...the beer was cold!
in closing i will say that everyone else in my party seemend pleased with their food and their service too.

meh. i use to love this place...when they were small and in a tiny plaza. now they are trying to become chili's and they are way over their head. since trying to step into the franchise business, they have swapped quality for quantity. the food has gone down hill. their empanadas are frozen and their crawfish is frozen. i had a simple sandwich with soup and my sandwich was cold. i sent itbackand they brought itbackout all soggy and torn apart. they didn't even remake it. use to be good, not so much anymore.

do your mouth a favor and eat here! the burger with the blue cheese on was a mouth-gasm!! expertly cooked burger over an open flame with amazing seasoning!! i will definitely beback;)

awesome cuban!. visited mojo grill for the first time yesterday and sat at the bar. it was a little dark and couldn't read the tiny menu, but fortunately i had my ipad in the car and was able to view the menu from the website. (i was told that larger menus are coming soon). there were many choices on the menu so i ordered the ceviche that i saw on the blackboard outside, just to keep me busy while i decided. it came in large bowl surrounded by salt-less(which was a nice change to the over-salted served at some chain restaurants) tortilla chips. i had to squeeze more lime on it but it was good. i then ordered the cuban sandwich with mojo sauce per bartenders recommendation. it was really fantastic! the bartenders name was ashley and she was very personable and provided great service. i will gobackagain.

omg ,the chicken fajitas are amazing. make sure to ask for cilantro to add on top. unfortunately there is a small charge for it. before discovering this fajitas i ate them exclusively at chilis. i haven't gonebackto chilis since.

mojo repeat. i didn't realize it was a year ago that i tried mojo's until i went to write this review, wasn't very impressed last time but was ready to see how things have changed and suffice to say not much difference this time either. i ordered an appetizer and it came from one server while my entrée came from anotherbackto back. ended up bringing itbackto the hotel. the mojo burger was ok, plenty of it and could barely finish it, but the soggy waffle fries were greasy and took away from the burger. the service however was very friendly and courteous. the crowd noise was very loud and made the entire experience something that i don't need, don't get me wrong i like atmosphere but patrons were literally screaming to be heard at their table guest. this acoustics needs to be addressed and took away from the experience also. sorry mojo, i wanted - was hoping for some good to review about, maybe next year?


-----04 oct, 2011-----

mojo hohum. i read the reviews on here yesterday and since it was on the top of the list, thought i would give it a try. monday was all the wings you could eat special so i took the challenge. ordered a side of waffle fries. fries came out first - warm; soon turned cold before the wings came out. the wings were ok at best, but i was hungry and went for a second order trying to get some hot wings, neither order was hot in flavor, they were hot from the oven. on a scale of 1 - 10 = solid 5; had some trivia dude, screaming on the over-loud pa system, no one wanted to play.
much better wings at publix, spice them they way you want when you get them home.

mojo is a go go!. i wasbackvisiting ocala again. thsi time i tried mojo's for dinner. ok! say what! slap yo mama! kind of good! service spot on. atmosphere perfect. food off da chain! i had the cuban. this thing was stupid good! so flavorful. the pulled seasoned pork was perfect cooked, the cheese and the cilantro were done perfectly and the mojo (pronounced mo-ho) is so good. just made the sandwich explode in your mouth. the waffle fries were cooked prefectly. this place has got it goin on. welcome to flavortown everybody! check em out!

17 st location rocks. good to have rondo's foodbackin my diet.

bad memories of a special night. we went there on 3/9/13 for my son's wedding rehersal dinner. he had made the reservation more than a week before. we had a party of 18 including 2 children and 2 infants. when we got there (on time),we were told we would be waiting a while as the seats that were supposed to be for us would be needed for a large party of friends of the owners that was coming in later. we finally were seated after 45 minutes waiting for a table. we were given one waitress and the bartender finally took our drink orders. after 20 more minutes they finally took our order which was about the time the large party of the owners friends and family came in. they were seated and served immediately and their orders were taken. the other large party was done with their appetizers and starting on their dinners when they brought out our appetizers and dinner at the same time, almost an hour and a half after we got there, needless to say the children were going crazy and my son was embarassed and furious. they also brought us a bucket of beer that was labeled as the "sanitizer" bucket. definately a food service no no. i had ordered an appetizer of potato skins and they were cold in the middle and a cheeseburger medium and it came medium rare at best. needless to say neither i or any of the wedding party will be goingbackto mojo's. the food and service were unimpressive. it is unfortunate that my son and his fiance will have such a poor memory of his wedding rehersal dinner.

if you have never been to mojo's you need to stop reading these reviews right now and go get you some. they have so many great dishes you'll have to gobackagain and again. a+a+a+