Picaditas Latin Foods — Restaurant in Calgary

The server needs to learn about hygiene. She was sitting outside when we arrived, and didn't come in until after we went inside and sat down. The place was pretty dirty but we still decided to place an order against our better judgement. While waiting for our pickup, the server did not wash her hands once - not when she came in from sitting outside, not from taking trash and recycling out, playing on her phone or combing her fingers through her hair or preparing a drink. It was pretty disgusting. This paired with her long nail extensions made me want to gag. We ordered our food to go so she wouldn't handle it. Thankfully the cook was wearing gloves. The server's overall attitude was as if we were bothering her by being there. Very unwelcoming feeling and heavy energy.

As for the food, it was okay. Nothing special. The order took very long which was surprising as we were the only people there. The portions were small compared to the pricing and the empanadas were lacking meat and the cheese ones were just empty air pockets.

We were very excited to try this place but unfortunately were left very disappointed. It was not worth the drive or the money.

Edit: this review was posted the day after we visited the restaurant. Perhaps Google reviewed it and reposted it. The reply from the owner is quite unprofessional and definitely not true. There were no hair nets and the server had a gross sense of hygiene and very long acrylic nails. There would be no reason to make this up as others have pointed hygiene and bad attitude as well. I wish I had read reviews carefully before I wasted money over here. The price of 100+ was what we spent on the visit as that's what was asked upon writing the review. We spent about 140$. Best of luck. Perhaps a deep clean would be a better way to spend your time than respying to people this way. Lastly, we were there just last month. Not months ago. And we had to add up our own bill to send an email transfer because your server was refusing interact payments. It was either cash or...

I have been in this place many times. I think they changed management and that is why I am writing this review. Before, the service was excellent and the food amazing. However, I was there a week ago and my experience was not as it used to be. First, we got there and were waiting at the entrance for someone to let us know where to sit which was ok eve if the restaurant wasn't full. After we sat down, we were waiting for the menu and minutes later when the server came, he asked if we were ready to order but he never gave us the menu. Which it is also fine because we understood maybe they were too busy. We ordered appetizers (3 empanadas) that supposed to be served first as "appetizers". Then we got our main dishes and we were almost done with the food and we told the gentlemen that we didn't wanted the empanadas anymore because we were almost done with the food and we wanted them as aperizers and by that time the empanadas weren't ready. Then he just told us "they are already being fried". I replied that we didn't wanted them but he insisted that we have to get them. My main point is that the service now is awful. He could have been more respectful, his actitude is very rude and has zero interest on offering a good service. I have heard from friends and relatives the same story about the restaurant and that is very sad because it used to be a nice place for Latin community. I am disappointed and definitely I...

I went with a group of people and we were excited to have a bit to eat as the reviews were great. As we walked in, we quickly noticed how tiny and crowed the place was. Once we sat down we had a short amount of time to order as the waiter appeared to be in a rush. He got annoyed as one of my friend was taking too long to decide. The waiter at this point became gittery and had a straight face which I found rude. Our first orders arrived quickly, but we soon were disappointed at the quality of the food. The picada we ordered had "papas crollas"which tasted like they had been in the freeezer for too long, the "chorizo" tasted like it was pre-fried and stale. We also ordered "empanadas" which was also disappinting. The chicken one's were fillled with potatoes and like 3 strands of chicken. The beef ones were way too crispy and over cooked. We also orded "ajiaco", but it was too salty. After about an hour of getting our first meals, we still were waiting for our "arrepas." At this point I just wanted to get up and leave as people before us were already on their way out, but it wasnt fair that my two friends still hadnt eaten. We reminded our waiter, and he appeared to have forgotten. The "arrepas" were okay. The place was also very hot as the kitchen and the eating area is all in joined together. We will not be...