Lala's Place — Restaurant in Cudahy

Please take the time to read this before you decide to eat at this disrespectful place. We came in and sat yourselves down we were greeted by a young lady she ask what we would like to drink and we ordered margaritas then she ask if we were ready to place our order and we told her that we would like their refried beans and cheese appetizer. When she brought it to the table we looked at each other in amazement that it was served in a soup cup. She asked what was wrong and we said we never seen this dish served in a soup cup. And the consistency was just like soup.So she walked away and told the guy who was there and he came over and said he would take it away and asked if we wanted something different, we said no thank you. Then we waited for awhile before he finally came back to take our food order. I ordered a Ala cart chimichanga with ground beef and then he ask me if I wanted cheese on the top and I said yes. While we waited for the food to come we were drinking our tasteless drinks. When the food came he placed it on the table and just walked away. I said to the person I was with it not a chimichanga deep fried? They said yes, so I motioned to the waiter to come to the table and he asked what was wrong and I told him that I ordered a chimichanga and he told me I ordered a burrito. The person I was with said no I heard her say chimichanga and he said no she said burrito and that he asked me if I wanted ground beef or beans.(That conversation never took place) Then he just walked away. So we just started eating. I only had a few bites and the other person with me ate most of their's. The other person I was with told me to get the bill and pay while they went outside to have a smoke. So the waiter came over and asked if we were done and I said yes and then he asked me if I wanted my burrito wrapped, and I said no. So then he came back with the check. I looked at the check and the price of the burrito was 7 bucks and the chimichanga would have been 3. So I flagged him back to the table and question him about the burrito I never ordered and he took the check and started ripping it in to pieces in front of all the other customers and yelling at me to get out and never to come Back! As I was leaving after being totally embarrassed all I said is that I never in all the years of going out to eat Mexican ever never have we been givinen refried beans and cheese in a soup Cup! That is exactly how...

I have driven passed Lala's Place frequently and finally remembered to schedule an outing here. Very happy I finally remembered.

Lala's is small but bright and open with a friendly atmosphere and staff. They were very busy at 5:45pm but we were lucky enough to get the last table to fit 5 people. It is casual and family friendly, and I must say I LOVE the motion activated skeletons at the entrance for Halloween.

We had two servers watching over us, Brooklyn and Anya (?). Oh geez, she was with us most and I STILL don't think I have her name right. Both were wonderful. Buzzing around with the packed house, but still attentive to the needs of all their customers. My food came out quite a bit earlier than the rest of the table, but I think it was because the kitchen didn't realize our separate checks were all for one table.

The food is just delicious. They do not have blended margaritas nor desserts, but it is because the owner likes "to keep everything fresh." And you can tell. The rocks 'ritas are very good: two had raspberry, one a traditional, and I had mango. We all loved them. The fruit flavors really come through. The only issue with keeping things THAT fresh is the possibility of running out of items. And one of our group who always orders chile relleno was disappointed to hear they just ran out about 15 minutes before we arrived. He was like a fish out of water with the rest of the menu. We had two people order Shrimp Fajitas, one ordered Chicken Tostadas, relleno-boy ordered the Combo #2, and I did my a la carte menu build-my-own-combo with a Chicken Quesadilla, Crunchy Ground Beef Taco, Cheese and Onion Enchilada, Beef Tostada, and a Shredded Beef Burrito. I failed to ask, but it sure tasted like they fry their own shells. They were SO thin, and SO crispy. Each protein I had was delicious - which is why I like to build my own from the a la carte, so I can try most of them without eating a week's worth of food. As it was I could not eat the burrito there because it is giNORmous. So I had it for lunch today. Still too big for one meal, but I finished it and won't be wanting or needing dinner tonight. Everyone raved about all their choices and the two said there was a LOT of shrimp in the fajitas.

We were very pleased and all said they would...

TRIGGER WARNING: RACISM

Placed a pick up order and when I came to get it, and checked the food I realized that one of my food items was incorrect (I ordered flautas, but the older woman over the phone gave me tostadas). When I came in, I kindly mentioned that I was given the wrong order and she proceeded to combat me and say that I had ordered tostada’s (mind you the order I was given was still only tacos so even what they claimed was what they gave me, it was still wrong lol). Anyways, she said she would just place another order for me; I thanked her, sat, and waited patiently for my food. To give a little preference for the portion of what will never have me back here again, I am a dark skin Mexican and Filipina woman. I can understand Spanish so as the cook was handing over my food, clear as day, I could hear him use the world “negarita” from across the restaurant. That term is a racist term used by latino’s when they’re referring to black people and when I mean racist, I mean, it’s basically the equivalent of saying the “n” word. As soon as I heard him say that, I shot my head right up and looked at him and they immediately stopped talking. It’s ashamed I have to even go on here and put this on blast because I simply received the wrong order and they gave me so much grief over it but I will not let any type of racist terms fly without speaking up. This was my first time trying this place too and I was really excited to have it too but I will not be returning to place that openly lets their employees refer to their customers as whatever they want simply because of miscommunication and inconvenience reasoning. The food I returned wasn’t even touched btw, I brought it right back as it was given to me and I simply just wanted the food I paid for, I would’ve even been willing to pay additionally but that’s a wrap for me. I ain’t supporting places like this especially as a latin woman, I am appalled by...