Lupe's Cocina & Cantina — Restaurant in Corona

Normally we really liked going to eat at this restaurant 2 to 3 times a week and on weekends we are very good consumers, the waiters, the manager and the cooks in general had a positive energy and the waiters were very friendly, they made you feel at home, very friendly, but since they changed the administration of manager, waiter and cooks we do not like to go much anymore, because the waiters are not very friendly, they do not have a positive attitude, the manager drinking beer during work hours, I understand that it is illegal to drink during work hours and apart from that it does not give a very good image of the entire working staff, my husband and I miss the previous administration, this does not give a good image, the food is not as good as before, without offending the cooks, but the truth is you can tell when the workers enjoy their work and they do not do it because of a work responsibility, but because they like their job, the truth is I hardly go to this restaurant since the work staff changed, we are going to start looking for...

Writing this review after coming a second time just because the food & service was great! Very attentive staff, food arrives within a decent time & the drinks are refreshing(some not pictured). The food is well seasoned, smells delicious & is so flavorful you can just see it by looking at the fajitas de pollo. Las carñitas(slow roasted pork) was a plate I never thought I’d be a fan of, but this is one of the very few restaurants that gets it right. Some places leave a lot of fatty meat, not crispy enough or just lack knowledge on how to make it, not Lupe’s though. Of course all the sides were great & the salsa with chips is a must. Alcoholic drinks we tried were part of the Margarita tour, wasn’t really too big on the blue one but besides that it’s an 8/10 for the drinks. I’m glad we found this spot because it’s a definite go-to when in the area, even to make the drive out being 35min away. The music was a good touch to the atmosphere as well as the baseball games being shown up above the bar. Thanks, we’ll be sure to come back...

Upon walking in , we were sat quickly. Atmosphere was good and seemed very clean. Now, we waited at least 10 min to be served. He got our drink order, and we chose an appetizer. The app came out before the drinks. Flavors were good and presentation better. Now, our waiter dropped off our drinks, but didn't take our food order. We almost finished the app, and then we flagged him down so we can put our dinner request in. Now, we have been here 30 minutes as our order was taken. Approximately 15 min later our food was in the kitchen window, but no one was bringing it to us. It sat under the warmer for another 8 minutes. Why do we know this, we seen it up there, and then our waiter delivered it first to a table next to us. The other customers said this is not ours. Waiter apologized and brought it to us. Wow. Food was actually good. Service needs alot of work. Servers making their own bar drinks. No manager helping out. Maybe we will be back for the food. Now we know, and thought you should know...