Mango Haus — Restaurant in Bakersfield

The Food: Small portions, overpriced, bland favor, not authentic. I got the chilaquiles for $18-$19 and it was a very small portion, the chips were hard and the flavor was a bit bland compared to other places. I've bought chilaquiles for $8 at another restaurant and the portion was much larger and more flavorful. They also give you an obsurdly small amount of beans on the side of your meal as well, with No rice. I also ordered a side of fries, a bowl of fruit(which is extremely small), and a coffee. My order came out to nearly $50🤦‍♀️ They add their own tip so you have no choice but to pay the service fee. My mom ordered the pancakes & let me try a bite, it was powdery, bitter, and doughy. It tasted like it was not finished. The menu is very limited & each 'hispanic' dish does not contain traditional ingredients. For example, the 'nachos' do not have beans, meat, shredded cheese or nacho cheese, guac or pico on them which is usually the main ingredient for nachos. Oh and none of their menu items have asada which is another thing that all Hispanic restaurants have.

The Service: It took a little more than 1.5 hours for our food to come out. We had a party of 13 and they told us they don't do separate checks on large parties but they could do separate payments which makes no sense. So one of us had to calculate our orders and tell the waitress to charge different cards per order.

The atmosphere: The decorations are cute and I enjoyed the interior design, I wish the food and service could be as good as how the place looks. The names of the foods were ridiculous, they try to make something simple sound fancy so they can charge more for it.

In a nutshell, each one of us that came to this place all said we're likely not going back to Mango Haus. If you want healthy Mexican food with larger portions for cheaper prices, try VMG a couple blocks down. This...

What a great place! Completely opposite of what was here before. The mango haus reminds me of trendy little places in the Bay area or LA. Great menu, amazing atmosphere, so bright and cheery. Background music by artists with a somewhat Latin flair such as the Buena Vista social club and Spanish Harlem orchestra, loud enough to mask the traffic noise from truxtun, but hard to hear because of the laughter and conversation in the place. Super happy vibes. On this day the weather was good and they had the double doors open to the parking lot just in front of Truxtun. Gentle breeze billows the sheer curtains in and out as if the place was breathing. I had such a great time here. Food? Oh my gosh yes! I had an amazing salad, but I can't tell you what it was called, because I didn't take a picture of the menu, and I can't find one online that matches what I had yesterday. Suffice to say, it was like a chef or Cobb salad with eggs, ham, bacon, chicken, tomatoes, (I had them add onions...), And even a little lettuce. I'm not sure what constitutes keto but this might be it. For dessert I had an exotic cake. Olive and lemon Bundt cake. Wonderfully dense, delightfully subtle flavors. With a big scoop of mango sorbet on top. To drink? I had a butterfly lemonade. Yeah I'm sure no butterflies were harmed in the making of it but it was dang pretty and tasty. I will definitely...

I appreciate how close this restaurant is to the Amtrak station! I had a 50 minute wait from when my bus arrived to when I'd need to board the train. I was STARVING, as I'd been up since 8am and only had a small salad for breakfast.

I arrived and smelled the refreshing scent of Rain from a nearby candle. It was burning on the table in the waiting area. The restaurant wasn't too busy, I could look in from where I was waiting and I saw three tables occupied.

I stood there waiting for a few minutes before a manager (I'm assuming) noticed me and motioned for a nearby waiter to approach me.

Once approached, I mentioned my time constraint and asked for the Chipotle Burrito to-go.

As I waited, the waiter gave me a water with a lemon in it. Once I received my food (which smelled great), I poured the remaining water into my 65 oz water canister. The waiter was kind, he offered to fill my canister fully for my travel.

We made some small talk and then I hurriedly left. I was so happy when I could eat my food on the train. I was FAMISHED.

The food was tasty. A few other passengers even commented on how good it looked.

The food was quite hot (not just temperature), so I'm thankful for the sauce it came with. It helped with the spice haha

Thank you for the food! This made my travel much more bearable with having a...