Visited last Friday night 4-February in the evening.

Very disappointed with service and quality of food. Our server was not friendly, inattentive, and pushed us constantly for us to order. As soon as we sat down at our table he wanted our order and we hadn't even looked at the menu. And then again within 30 seconds - 1 minute, he pushes again for us to order.. over and over until we were ready. He wasn't helpful with any menu suggestions or checking on our satisfaction with any of the food ordered and delivered at our table.

The server spent more time at kitchen window located across from the front door just standing like a hawk waiting for customers to come inside... maybe first server that writes a menu ticket for any table gets assigned that table and the tips so he was more concerned about quantity of tables (turns) assigned to him than actual service (we don't know if that's policy, it just appeared that way).

As for the food the Tostones was good with garlic dipping sauce (hard to mess up fried plantains), Queso was cold (maybe had a 1/2 teaspoon or less of chopped Jalapeños... disappointing), Cuban sandwich was all bread with minimal pork and ham (not pressed long, cheese barely melted, served lukewarm), and the paella was probably the worst local Latin dish I've had in years. We ordered the "Original Paella" entrée for 2... it lacked any seasoning, had no saffron, no caramelized Socarrat... you know there's an issue when a paella dish that should take 30-45 minutes only takes 10 minutes to be served (fast food style).

$30 Paella had two roasted chicken thighs that tasted like it had been cooked days ago and was cold & super dry (no one could eat it), a few shrimp and calamari, and a couple tablespoons of veggies... we also paid upcharge for Chorizo and there was hardly ANY added (seriously like 4 thin little slices).

We wouldn't recommend any of their Paella dishes since you can find better options within ATLanta. Overall if you don't mind their speed of service which (1) may reduce quality of food with kitchen rushing to get food out ASAP and (2) your server pushing you constantly to order and out the door at restaurant and (3) enjoy bland mild seasoned food (Americanized), than La Fonda could be a good choice for you.

They do have other locations so perhaps our experience is representative of just this location and not the others.