Las Segovias — Restaurant in California

Food is great! I found them by luck. I have a presentation for Spanish class, and want to share Nicaraguan food with my class. I was planning to go to a restaurant around the corner. I hit a speed bump when my boss simply expected me to cover another coworker's shift without speaking with me first. I didn't get off my 12 hour shift until 8. In OC. While they're in like South Gate. A 40 minute drive. I sped to get to the original restaurant that stated it closed at 9 pm. They were locked up and gone by the time I made it at 8:37. Freaking out because I really felt that Nicaraguan food would really be the icing to this presentation, I looked at Google maps again, and saw Las Segovias was right around the corner. They were closing for the night, and I literally begged for any food they had prepared and hadn't thrown out. Instead, they invited me in, and cooked me, what I hope was a simple dish of gallo pinto and these like, fried cheese blocks! I am SO grateful to them! I'm going to be sure to share the restaurant to my class when sharing their...

It's unfortunate, didn't want to write this but was forced to. Had great potential with unpleasant results all four times eating from Las Segovias. First and second time we all suffered from immediate stomach pains that resulted in multiple restrooms trips throughout the evening (embarrassing and painful to say the least). The following times were take out brought by a family member as a surprise so we decided to eat the food out of respect, bad decision! Two separate occasions months apart we discovered a woven black hair in the Nacatamal, on the most recent one was a piece of metal mesh fabric on the meat which was the straw that broke the camel's back. I understand mistakes happen, but it's just too much of a coincidence and thus the reason we avoided their stand on the Fiestas Agostinas Nicaraguence in Bell Gardens this year. Overall the restaurant itself is a bit grimy, definitely needs a welcoming update as well as staff training on food preparation and handling safety. A...

Terrible..!! Minus two stars. lousiest Buñuelos I've ever tasted. Since it's a traditional desert made of Yuca and a sweet concoction of brown sugar honey mixed with camela, clavos de olor and other ingredients sweetening the boiled Yucca patties in Nicaragua mostly during Holy Week celebrations it seemed an insult to see the delicate dessert to be overly refried as if they were simple Meat balls devoid of flavor, beauty and elegance. They served 3 devil black balls which were horrendous to look at and...