Eva's Lechon — Restaurant in Los Angeles

First of all, when you glance at the bad reviews for Eva's you'll see that the complaints had nothing to do with the food. Yes, it isn't your average deli: they only do lechon, and splendidly... and I had no trouble understanding anyone there even though I have no idea what my Filipina wife is saying half the time. Some people just like to gripe.

In the 15 years this Glowingly White Boy has been married, I have eaten enough lechon to fill the trunk of my old Dodge Intrepid--and that sucker had a 7-corpse trunk! Naturally, my girth has expanded in direct proportion. Of all the lechon I've had here (in Los Angeles and Chicago) and in the Philippines, none was better than Eva's, and none I've had on this continent could compare.

I haven't had lechon de leche yet; I'm a little afraid to try it, because everyone tells me it's far better than the adult lechon, and if it's THAT good my brain won't be able to handle it, they'll find me convulsing and I'll wind up in a mental hospital with wires up my kazoo and mad doctors performing unthinkable experiments on me.

I could do...

I have never ordered a roasted pig before. So this place was the closest one to me. I called the number to order a small roasted pig and the transaction was painless. They answered right away and gave me directions to put a small deposit. The prices are tax included so there's no secret fees. They had my order ready at the time that I requested and the place has a loading spot to park in to load the pig. The restaurant itself was beautifully decorated. Mandatory pay the rest of the pig in cash at the restaurant. The pig looked so beautifully cooked and it tasted delicious. The skin was so crunchy. My family loved the food. We have some leftover so for sure the price sheet suggesting how many people it fed is accurate. I would definitely order...

The lechon was delicious and the price is fair, HOWEVER the customer service is so horrible I will never be coming back here. The dingy restaurant is run by a nice old lady whose English is incredibly hard to understand, opening and closing times are unclear, and they basically ruined our thanksgiving dinner by having the food ready ALMOST 2 HOURS after they told us to come and pick it up. We literally stood in the shop like idiots with no information whatsoever while our entire family was waiting and starving. You’d think that being lechon the ONLY food they cook over there they would know the cooking time?? Well think again. Bad bad bad experience. They didn’t even apologize or...