Baracoa Cuban Cafe — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I was very disappointed in the place! Mind you I went early so I could take my time and enjoy myself . So I ordered ( only person in restaurant) great after that I thought maybe I will get appetizer, the waitress is sitting maybe 4 tables away on the phone talking so I say excuse me for maybe 10 minutes finally tired and I stop, 2 minutes later she gets up to kitchen and comes with salad and plantains. Great plantains . I was disappointed that when I ask for balsamic vinaigrette she says yes and I get plain vinegar?? Ok no problem , so I tell her that I was calling her for an appetizer she just looks at me blank not a word so I shut it off . I remind her that I want my dish mr she say yes I know walks away goes to kitchen and comes back with dish and it’s not mr but med to well done I don’t even say anything because apparently she doesn’t care… she walk away I taste the food bland I’m surprised this is Cuban food which is certainly not bland so I salt and pepper it and try again to get waitress to no avail, when I give up she gets up to back to kitchen and glances towards the front I wave my hands like I’m in a football stadium she rolls her eyes with a look of Annoyance I’m say please can I get salsa or hot sauce and since this is just vinegar can you bring me dressing she is like what I ask what kind do you have ok I will take that one mind you still the annoyed look…now the food rice and bean beans were so bland with over cooked rice meat well I told you already , so not a good experience , at the end I get how was everything I just look at her with food in my mouth and continue to eat I ask for check and leave . Only good thing was the plantains...

The food here is SOOO good! If you love good, authentic Cuban food, that's really flavorful, this is the place! Their black beans are to die for! We've had the chicken, the cod, the jerk chicken, all of which were amazing. The jerk chicken is actually spicy and has a really good flavor (and not too sweet). The chicken is tender & juicy (in all the chicken dishes). The cod was garlicky and buttery and amazing. My favorite dish! But honestly we love to just grab some beans & rice to go sometimes. Also, the tostones are good. The cassava/yuca is good, but the one downside is they don't remove all the hard fibers, so I tend not to order it b/c I don't enjoy accidentally biting down on them or picking them out myself, which is the whole reason I don't cook it at home, and prefer to order it out. So that one's a bit of a miss for me, but it's the only thing, and definitely not enough to deduct a star. And I should mention, I'm Cuban, so having a good Cuban place nearby is really awesome. I used to like El Cochinito in Silver Lake, but a few years back the menu and everything changed and I haven't liked it as much. There are a few other decent Cuban spots around, in the Burbank area, but none are anywhere near as good as Baracoa to me. In a lot of ways, just like some people judge a sushi restaurant by its rice, in this case, you could almost judge Baracoa by its beans. They're so amazingly flavorful, which is true about everything we've eaten here. And the food is not just garlicky, but they really do know how to balance all those other subtle flavors that give Cuban food its...

Do not eat here! They overcharge you and do not want to answer the phone because no one there speaks English! I purchased the codfish which was $26 and some change and after taxes it was $29. I look into my account and they overcharged me $20 when pending in my account and when they charge went through, they overcharge me $10 - when I didn’t order anything else! So instead of them fixing this, I’m leaving this review. And it’s sad because my sister and I dubbed this as a favorite place to eat as we’ve been there about four times already. Be careful because on the website on their menu, there are no pricesand look at your receipts because they will overcharge you! As of this current post, I called about five minutes ago and the guy hung up on me and I tried to call back again and he doesn’t want to answer. I think if they are going to assist the public and someone there needs to learn how to...