La Fabrica — Restaurant in Cambridge

Service was excellent our waiter was kind and attentive. The atmosphere was cool my hubby liked the music. Theres a live band on Saturday nights. I ordered a cab and it was nice, my hubby ordered a margarita and he did not even drink it. Now lets get to the food part. We ordered the steak and cheese empanada. It was edible because we were trying to find the flavors. The steak felt gummy and we dont know what cheese it was because it tastes like nothing just goo. Then we ordered the tuna tartare, which I usually order in many places now that it’s popular anywhere. This was the absolutely worst tuna tartare ever had. It was dry and did not seem fresh and 0 flavor we sent that back, out waiter was very nice about it. He understood. Maybe he knows something. Anyway my hubby said lets stick to a Spanish dish cuz they cant get rice and beans with steak and onions wrong. He was sooo wrong. The rice was either basmati or jasmine rice and very old prob prepared a few days ago. the beans were ok i would maybe eat just that. And the steak :( it was soo sad and had 0 flavor. The onions were alright with some flavor! The maduros were good and fried cheese was pretty good but they added a dipping sauce that was not good molasses i think, not necessary. This is definitely not Dominican nor Puerto Rican owned. If so, then they are not catering to Caribbean people. Bodega food is way better and fresher. Also the portions were rather small for an entree but i would prefer smalller plate with better quality food. The people next to us had chicharrom and mofongo they looked like they enjoyed it. A The girls on the opposite site ordered tostones with guac and they didn’t really eat it. I should have asked them. Anyway for us to go back they would need to step up their flavors and food game. That was a frustrating experience as we drove from far and sat in alot of traffic anticipating this place and their food. We paid the bill and ran out. We would have liked to stay and enjoy the band but this food experience was not it. Hope they can turn things around. Heres a picture after we...

Appalling Experience with Power-Hungry Bouncers at La Fabrica in Boston..

Much like most of the other reviews mentioning the bouncers- My recent visit to La Fabrica in Boston was marred by an appalling encounter with the bouncers at the entrance. What should have been a fun night out turned into a distressing incident that I feel compelled to share.

Upon arriving at the club, I was met with unwarranted accusations of intoxication by the bouncers, despite being completely sober. Their invasive and humiliating behavior left me shaken and embarrassed. It's worth noting that the police were called to the scene, and they promptly confirmed my sobriety.

What made this experience even more troubling was the apparent discrimination based on my attire. I strongly believe that I was unfairly targeted simply because of how I was dressed. Discrimination should have no place in any establishment.

It is regrettable that the bouncers at La Fabrica seemed to be on a power trip, using their position to exert control and belittle patrons. It's disheartening to think that individuals who cannot find alternative employment resort to such behavior, causing distress to innocent customers.

I sincerely hope that La Fabrica takes immediate action to address this issue, reevaluate its entrance policies, and provide proper training to its staff. Discrimination and power trips have no room in any reputable establishment, and all customers should be treated with respect and fairness.

My friends and I chose to spend our evening elsewhere, where we were treated as valued patrons rather than unfairly accused individuals. I hope my review serves as a wake-up call to La Fabrica to prioritize customer respect and inclusivity over the unprofessional behavior of a few individuals. At least be honest about why you’re not allowing individuals in, there's no need for false accusations.

Editing this to ask: what can we do about the situation all of us are having with the bouncers besides not giving them our money?? This is horrible. Call management? Civil suit...

I’ve been coming here for years & had a lot of good experiences before, we even got a table for my birthday at the night club in the past & celebrated my bachelorette here, but yesterday I had such a terrible experience with a manager who was talking down to me while in the line to get in.

We’ve never had issues with a dress code & as a new mom to a 6 month old, I had to work hard to find a babysitter so we could have a night out with cousins visiting from Canada. My cousin had a hoodie on & before that they let others in with hoodies but decided to stop at us. The security said we had to talk to the manager who just decided no one else with hoodies could come in. I’m an easy going person who doesn’t disagree with people I get along with everyone & I was trying to explain the situation to the manager & he kept saying he hears 400 excuses every night. For me it was the lack of understanding as a long time customer & as a parent knowing how hard it can be to be able to have a night out. The manager then told me after me trying to reason with him for 5 minutes that “if I let him speak” he might try and help us all I was doing before was trying to calmly explain to him the situation. That’s where I felt very disrespected and talked down too. I was completely sober & decided to stand up for myself which I don’t usually do in these scenarios & told him he was being disrespectful & he told us to leave which we did & had a wonderful night dancing someplace else. Maybe no one from the establishment will read this or care but we won’t be going back after this. I know working in night life must be hard but I hope in the future customers can be treated with respect & understanding, especially a sober woman who was just trying to problem solve...