La Cocina de Maria — Restaurant in Parsippany-Troy Hills

From the moment I walked in, the smell was unwelcoming. The table service was just as bad. I already had low expectations for the food, but it still managed to be worse. • The white rice tasted like old pasta. • The chicken in the taquitos was dry, in big chunks, and tasted old. • Guacamole was passable but slightly off, and the chips were stale. • The pozole rojo had absolutely no flavor—just watered down with bay leaves, no seasoning, not even salt. • The sopes were soggy, greasy, and tasted like old fryer oil. • The red salsa was tasteless, like food coloring in water, and the green salsa tasted old with zero spice.

The worst part isn’t just the bad cooking—it’s the dishonesty. Serving old, flavorless food while pretending it’s authentic Mexican cuisine is nothing but false advertising. Nothing was fresh, nothing was seasoned, and nothing was worth the money. Customers deserve honesty and respect, not this kind of...

My friend and I went there for lunch because she saw that it had fairly good ratings online. However, neither one of us was very impressed. She ordered a quesadilla and I got the fish tacos. There was hardly anything on the tacos aside from a few chopped up pieces of fish. I don't know that they were even really seasoned. They tasted okay when I added a cilantro sauce that they brought to the table. My friend felt the same way about her quesadilla. It was just okay but not terribly flavorful. We wanted to get the chorizo nachos but they didn't have any chorizo. We asked for just plain nacho chips with a little cheese on top and we got that. They charge us $8 for it which I thought was a little exorbitant. Between the two entrees, nachos and a side of plantains and two beverages, it was $46 including tax. We both felt it was expensive and very mediocre and we will not...

This is a small business that makes you feel at home even from different ethnicity. We are a fmaily of 7 and accomodated us very well. My kids are extremely picky and 3 of them chose the chicken tacos and loved them! One had the quesadilla and he is the most picky he ate some and took the rest for the next day. I am very picky with Mexican authentic food but this surpass all the restaurants I have been to in PA (I live in PA)! Al Azar plate was awesome and my baby is not one to eat much and she was eating the rice. My husband had the Caldo beef. To my surprise that was the most tasty soup I have tasted and the 1st Mexican soup I have tasted! The horchata was out of this world good! Will definitely go back again! I told the server that my son had a shellfish allergy and respected that! I bet the rest of the dishes are...