La Abuelita — Restaurant in Puebla

Great local food! This is right outside the Rosewood Hotel alongside 4-5 other restaurants. I came here for lunch in a group of 12.

There’s no air conditioning but the breeze comes through. We got the typical traditional Puebla dishes -

chile en nogada (stuffed poblano pepper in nut sauce and pomegranate) cecina (thin, marinated salted beef) green enchiladas caldo (soup) with chili mole with pork (cerdo) chalupas combinadas (chalupas with red salsa, green salsa, mole)

The bread with avocado and cheese is not complimentary - I think it was like 60 pesos per order, and they brought out 2 orders without asking. Deducting a star for that and the ambiance, or lack thereof.

75 pesos for 2 Palomas (citrus juice with alcohol and salt rim) or 2 sangrias during happy hour. Yes to the Palomas, even though it was made with lemon and not grapefruit juice. The agua fresca of lemon and chia seeds was refreshing too.

Now the food is excellent. I don’t think I had a favorite. They’re all very different. The only thing I wouldn’t get again are the chalupas. Fried dough doesn’t appeal too much to me. The cecina was too salty for me, but I still enjoyed the flavor. The sweetness of the Chile en Nogada threw off my friends, but I liked it. Reminded me of Persian dishes like fesenjan. The mole was sweeter than I’m used to but was delicious, and the soup and enchiladas were great, too.

The service is slow but the grandpa owner is the third generation owner whose grandma established the restaurant - and his grandchildren currently work at the restaurant, so 5 generations have been pouring into this establishment. Hearing the story makes it a part of the experience.

So yeah! Recommended for food - perhaps even more so at dinner time when it’s not so...

The very best mole poblano en el MUNDO! If you are in Puebla, this is a must! Even better than the food is Abuelita! She gave me the warmest welcome I have ever experienced at a restaurant. Her goal, is simply for you to enjoy your food and your experience. If you go here, it will be impossible not to! The bread ( torta de agua) with avacado and cheese is delicious. She is the 4th generation providing this amazing family food and you feel the history while you are there with the flavors, the pictures, the atmosphere, and abuelita. This is the highest reccommendation I have ever given for a...

Conozco este lugar desde hace más de 24 años y siempre me había encantado este lugar. Siempre había sido uno de mis favoritos en Puebla, pero ahora que fui en mi última visita solo puedo calificar mi experiencia con una sola palabra: TERRIBLE. Así en mayúsculas. Ha Sido una de mis peores experiencias en este restaurante. Para empezar te atiende un mesero muy joven pero con un genio de los mil demonios. Le pedimos el menú poblano y parece como si le hubiéramos dicho una grosería ya que se enojo. Posteriormente nos sirvió el consomé frío y de mala gana, se le pidió pan y nunca llegó, el menú incluía una pieza de pollo en mole y nunca nos dijo que pieza deseábamos y nos llevó la que le dió su gana. Le solicitamos que nos la cambiará y no quiso. Se le dijo al encargado y tampoco quiso cambiarnos el menú a pesar que no habiamos pedido esa pieza de pollo. Y ni que decir de los platillos: Fríos, sin sabor y el mole no estaba bien cocido. Lastima, cuando vivía la abuelita era un excelente lugar en el cual te trataban como en casa, con un excelente sabor de los platillos y un ambiente agradable que te dejaba un grato sabor de boca. Ahora solo son malos modos, pésimo trato y un sabor insípido de los platillos. Ojalá y cambien su forma de ser ya que mucha gente va a dejar de visitarlos, entre ellos yo incluído ya no vuelvo nunca más a este...