La Cocina del Café — Restaurant in Philadelphia

If you’re Muslim— DO NOT EAT HERE. I ordered take out and asked for shrimp dumplings and explicitly stated shrimp twice, and they gave me pork which I don’t eat for religious reasons. I called back to say so and when they offered a refund I just asked if they could make the shrimp dumplings. When I went to pick it up, the lady at the register and the cook both actually started yelling at me for not bringing back the pork dumplings which they never asked me to do and accused me of lying to get more food and that I ate the pork dumplings. The whole time I’m literally wearing a shirt that says “pigs are haram” in big bold text too!! I literally couldn’t believe that not only were they unapologetic about giving me pork (a type of meat that literally billions of people do not eat) but that they got mad at me for their own mistake. I literally never write reviews but this was so absolutely horrible, unprofessional, and culturally insensitive- will never...

I recently started eating here because it's close to my new house. Usually get steak or chicken based items like flautas or quesadilla, and it was good. Last week I ordered via GrubHub, and ordered a carnitas burrito. On my second bite, I got something rubbery, and not chewable. I opened the burrito up, and, I couldn't identify exactly what was inside. There were three or four chunks of slow cooked pork, but the rest of the contents looked like offal. There were huge chunks of fat, chunks of what looked like bumpy or scaly skin...maybe tripe, cartilage, sinew, etc. It's like they used all the inedible parts of the pig reserved for making broth, and instead used it as their main ingredients. I repressed my urge to be sick to my stomach, and threw the burrito in the trash. Don't think I'll be eating here again...

Okay so I'm not going to lie, I was a little impatient about waiting for this sandwich. I just popped in this cute, unassuming corner joint to get my husband something quick for lunch. Or so I thought. It felt like I was sitting there, the only customer, on a wobbly stool, waiting for this takeout for an eternity. I've had a fair number of tortas in my time, and it seems like they always take like 5 or less mins to slap together before I'm on my way. This torta took a full TWENTY minutes to make. However, after walking home (somewhat grumpy) and trying a bite of this thing I immediately determined that I am not at all mad about waiting for this. It was fully 100% well worth it, and I will be back — I'll just call ahead next time.

5 stars. Compliments...