La Fonda Bar & Grill — Restaurant in El Centro

The food was good, but not enough to ignore the bad treatment we received from the waitress, we were a group of 4 people, from the beginning they took a while to take our order and bring us the drinks, we asked for straws and they never brought them, we had to go For them, when ordering the food, I ordered 2 dishes for myself, and the waitress did not want to take my order because she insisted that it was too much food for me, even when I repeated that it was what I wanted to order, she continued to insist, After 1 hour of ordering the food we had to ask if the food was still far away, and in 5 minutes they brought us the food, I'm sure they had forgotten to deliver the food to us, the waitress at the time of delivering the food, angrily said Next time, if we wanted our food quickly, it would be better to call. Furthermore, they did not want to refill our drinks and when we filed a complaint, they did not pay attention to us, even when the waitress yelled at us in front of the cashier saying that we were liars, don't go to this place, save yourself the bad time of waiting hours for your food and being attacked...

If I didn't have to leave a star I wouldn't. I don't recommend the spot. I have to say I'm a person who can eat pretty much anything without being picky. The dishes on the menu all sound delicious, unfortunately you don't receive quality. Chicken and beef were unseasoned and dry. Two of my family members beef dishes were uncooked. Truthfully my party of 8 was overall extremely unsatisfied. The service was pretty horrible, server came 3 times in total to our table. First time to seat us and ask for drinks. Second time to take our order. Third to bring the food. Here's the thing on a small sign on the wall, they state that FOR PARTIES OVER 6 THEY AUTOMATICALLY CHARGE 18% TIP! Yet for the service we received and the meal. It was not deserved at all! To top it off, the cashier still wanted to fool us into giving us the option of PAYING MORE TIP! Yet we were never informed about the automatic tip. The restaurant itself is beautiful in decoration and detail but unfortunately we will not...

I've got to say, I don't know that I have ever given a place three stars across the board. I had eaten here months before, and didn't have a strong recollection of it. Perhaps this is why.

They were quick to bring out chips and salsa. The salsa was spicy but lacked flavor, and the chips, though seemingly made in-house, were made many, many hours before my arrival.

The pork in my chili verde was fork tender, but again, had no real flavor. It was a perfect match for the blah beans and rice. The margarita, on the other hand, was mostly sweet margarita mix.

When I asked for the check with food still on my plate, the server didn't even ask if I wanted a to-go container. Perhaps she got the sense that I would have said no.

This is why I started writing these reviews many years ago. So I could look at it at some future point to see if a place was worth revisiting. I have to say that I don't know that...