El Lobo Mestizo — Restaurant in Catedral

Looking for a decent place for dinner is very hard in San José for its a ugly city where you don't feel safe after dark.

The Lobo restaurant looks very nice with bright colors and a nice presentation of the food on the menu. The staff was very friendly as well.

However there are two mayor problems: The restaurant is located at the main raid through the city with extremely loud traffic. The owner decided not to install windows to protect the customers from noise and stinky exhaust fumes. You simply couldn't have a conversation with the buses and trucks just 3 meters away.

The food was disappointing as well. My dish was missing two key ingredients all together, making it boring and less tasty.

Not...

Came here to get lunch on my birthday after reading good reviews. The host did speak English so that was a plus. The place is decorated nicely, however the food and service were very disappointing. The margarita I ordered was below average. It didn’t give me classic margarita at all and actually had bare minimal tequila in it. Also, we waited 30 minutes for our food, (We were the only ones in the restaurant when we placed our food order) just for the steak and the chicken to still be cold. Tortillas were cold & the elote was over cooked. All the kernels were nearly dry. I don’t normally leave reviews but the service was highly disappointing. There wasn’t even an apology for serving...

In all candor I didn't even eat here...the guy at the front door acted like Iike he was doing me a favor leading me to a table, in a completely empty restaurant! Then, I had to wait for him to decide to come visit me again so I could order a beer as I perused the menu. The only thing that appealed to me was a 4 taco platter and when I asked if I could get 2 of carnitas and 2 of pibil...I was told, "NO". No, yes but I need to charge a bit more...just "No". SO, I paid for my beer and fled the scene. No hospitality or customer...