Laka laka & El Pastorcito Restaurant Bar — Restaurant in Sonora

Monday. New Year's Day. January 1, 2024. Drink time.

I had noticed this restaurant/bar driving by it since our arrival to Puerto Penasco on Saturday. It appeared to be packed every time we drove by. Locals seemed to be teaming here in droves. By Monday, my wife was Jonesing to drink a Michelada. I convinced her to stop here for a drink.

This restaurant sits higher than the street, you have to either walk up the wheelchair accessible ramp or climb the stairs. It is an open-air establishment with a view of the street through the large, glass-less, "windows". A strong day of the dead theme encapsulates this establishment, but they did have some Christmas decorations up. I liked that they had Our Lady of Guadalupe hanging on a wall as well. Their menu features a black background with super colorful photos of their food and drink. The front cover had a Day of the Dead skull wearing a sombrero. It's a fun menu to look at.

We both ordered Micheladas. Hers had Dos Equis beer and mine Tecate Rojo (as opposed to the Blue, which is Tecate light and has a watered-down taste for me). These Micheladas featured a goblet rimmed with salt and a straw surrounded by what appeared to be dried Chamoy sauce, see attached photo. This dried Chamoy looked like it had Tajin spices embedded in it. The goblet was full of hot sauce, ice, and beer. A sign by the beer refrigerator stated that their ice came from purified water. They brought out the 3/4 full bottles of beer with the goblet. They use a lot of hot sauce in the Micheladas. I liked this because they had a nice kick. As you drink the Michelada down, you add more beer and mix it with the straw. The dried mixture on the straw slowly dissolves into the drink.

We tried Micheladas at three different establishments in Puerto Penasco. They were all made the same way. So, I deduce that is the standard Michelada recipe in Puerto Penasco. I liked this Puerto Penasco Michelada, although it differed immensely from the ones we drank in Ensenada, Mexico. The ones made in Ensenda had a liquid version of Chamoy sauce on the glass, along with Jugo (a dark Mexican sauce similar to soy sauce), lime, hot sauce, beer and ice. These Micheladas were much darker in color and more complex in flavor. I truly preferred the Ensenada (Baja version) of the Michelada. Although the Puerto Penasco version was good too.

We paid 165 pesos for each Michelada, which equates to $9.77 each. Not a bad price. I wish we had had time to try the food and some other cocktails. We will re-visit this establishment next time we visit...

If I could give zero stars for this restaurant I would. The food was not worth the terrible service that we received. In the time it took the server just to come and take our order they had already taken the order from AND SERVED another party that showed up AFTER ours. Majority of the what we needed, for example our drinks and silverware, we had to get up and asking the bartender for. The food came out at different times majority of our party had no food while others had finished, we ended up cancelling a person's order entirely because by the time it got to the table everyone had finished eating. I Do not Recommende this place. Don't waste your money, there are very nice people in other restaurants. They couldn't even do the bare minimum here. The waitress was rude, rolling her eyes at any request we made, only asking for salt got us an ugly look. Less...

Absolutely disgusting place for dining. The place is infested with flies, the service is slow beyond slow. When you're plates is out the waitress will deliveratly wait to go get it and bring it to you. The seafood comes out hot when it's taken to you instead of fresh. For example, if you ordered two things and both come out, the waitress will only go get one item ready and will later take you the other one. There's a space where if you are looking into the kitchen you can see when it's ready. The place looks nice, and I'll give them this, the plates looks picture perfect, but not only did my family and I have a bad experience but I could hear and see that everyone else that was dining there was miserable, and it wasn't even busy enough to have taken that long and bad of service.

If you are a tourist here I do not recommend eating on any restaurant on the...