La Casona de Laly • Alameda — Restaurant in Mercedes

My wife and I stopped here for lunch following a recommendation from our tour guide. My wife ordered chalupas and I ordered the chyle rellenos. Both dishes were different than we are accustomed to, but OK we are in a foreign country. Every place has their own twist on things. What’s the price my wife was the fact that her plate was filled with lettuce. She did not want lettuce, so we asked the waitress to return the meal and remove the lettuce. Well, that’s where we ran into problems. My wife does not speak Spanish, and although I do, it was so noisy inside the restaurant I had a hard time understanding. Finally the manager came out. He told her in Spanish right in her face that she had ordered the dish and, regardless, she was going to have to pay for it. We could take it home or throw it away. My Chile rellenos came stuffed with hamburger as well as cheese, and the rice that was served with them was dry. I really didn’t...

We went with a big group, 12 people. The food was very tasty and their guanábana juice was too. The soccer game was on so the place was packed. It seems very popular with the locals. They actually got us seated pretty quickly for our group size and the full restaurant. The only thing is that the waiters were rushing to clear the table, and as I was eating my last piece of plantain the waiter took my plate out from under me, haha. I'm sure it was due to the very full restaurant they were moving so quickly. Over all it's a decent typical Costa Rican...

Our last stop of our trip in Costa Rica was in San Jose. We decided on based off of the high amount of reviews to eat at Las Casona de Laly.

I think they were lying about the reviews..Our food was basic. Roughly a 3 out of 5. The churros were hard as a rock.

The only good thing about this place was the live music and our server.

I'll attach a video of our rock hard churros and a copy of the bill

We would not return to this...