La Esquina — Restaurant in Lausanne

We came for a Saturday dinner, upon recommendation from a Colombian friend who praised the place for its authenticity. We definitely only confirm, food was absolutely delicious, authentic tacos, quesadillas and. Plus: the guacamole is outstanding, the margaritas showstopping (!) and the tres leches dessert very yum as well. Great place to share food with friends, also for celebrations. Plenty of vegetarian options, and the staff is super friendly. It can get quite crowded and noisy though. Definitely need to book ahead (it's usually full few days in advance, especially on weekend nights). Plus there's a mariachi singing - fun but can also be challenging to keep up a conversation. But in sum: we'll for...

The food was mediocre. The combinations were not very inspired in the tacos... most of the time you chew the same monotonous poorly seasoned meat. The only satisfying dish was the nachos starter.

However, the worst thing was the service. Although we had a reservation they made us wait 15 minutes and the waiter cleaning was aggressive towards a member of our group that wanted to sit down. Then our drinks order was wrong and we were forced to wait for more than an hour for our tacos. Very...

We came a year ago and we ate 3 tacos and I was full! Like really full. Came tonight again and I ate their tiny tacos in literally 5 minutes. 21 francs for 5 minutes means they’re serving tiny portions. We had to order 3 more but I meant it was 45 per head for tacos. So we won’t be coming back (unless they go back to their routes and serve decent portions). Because the meat is incredible. Advice to a business - you only thrive through repeat business! And after tonight we...