La Fogata Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Reading

The food is okay. It is very cheap, which is nice, but the sanitary conditions are undoubtedly questionable. Having family who worked in the restaurant industry and having done so myself for almost thirteen years, you sort of pick-up what a clean, working kitchen and overall space is supposed to look like. This store looked like it had been hit by Katrina and never closed. Some of the cooking practices in the back are scary. I understand the efficiency in pre-cooking meat for when they are busy and somebody orders a dish with that specific meat, but the dishes they put it in are probably not washed or switched out regularly. I am almost one hundred percent sure that this is why someone in the reviews below said that the food is "overcooked", and "unseasoned". See, it's difficult to tell which meat is half cooked and which isn't when they are cooked in different batches, but go in the same container. Another observation I made was that I rarely ever saw people in the back wearing masks during covid. I can't say I'm surprised given the restaurants condition, but all I can say is dine at...

My family ordered food on 8/3/20 I went in the restaurant to pick up my order and I witnessed gross mishandling of food by the cook/ cashier. Cooking food with no gloves and touching everything in the process she took cash payments and opened doors with her handsand didn't even wash them. She then started to grab onions and cilantro with her hands and put onto the tacos all this within 5 minutes of me standing there who knows what else she touched or did with her hands. I had to walk out I was so disgusted by her handling of food. I would never again eat from here unfortunately what I seen can't be unseen. They really need a lesson on food handling. Please do not get food from here you'll end up sick or worse please don't do it...

I will never order from this place again. Almost 2 hrs waiting. I called and she put the phone on the counter and finally picked up the phone. Then she told me to hold on and finally a man came on. I told him how long it's been taking and will never order again. My door dash sat there tge whole time. I told him I will never order again and he just sat, "alright. " Guess they don't need...