Café Cultura — Restaurant in Santa Ana

The staff was great let's start off with that 👏🏽 they were all really friendly and accommodating, from the host to the cashier to the bus boy; all were fantastic!

The wait was over an hour (from the time we got in line to order to the time we received our food) but we were informed that upon entering; this was our first time in this establishment so we were happy to wait.

I loved the interior decor from the colorful chairs, to the quotes on the wall, the choice of tables, to the choice of music, it helped create such a fun atmosphere.

I did not enjoy the food as much as I wanted to😔 the pancakes had a grainy taste to them with really no flavor at all, the green salsa chilaquiles were alright but had hardly any sauce to constitute calling them chilaquiles, they were, at best, nachos 🤷🏽‍♀️. The chilaquiles burrito in red sauce were surprisingly better although a tortilla with stuffed tortillas is a bit too much in my opinion. The torta was just a basic torta with again no flavor or anything to help it stand out. When you go to a Mexican restaurant you expect your food to be flavorful, full of spices, not bland and boring. The tres leached pancakes had potential but because the pancakes itself were so grainy and bland they were just as big of a disappointment as everything else.

We did enjoy the orange juice and the hot chocolate though so that's something 🤷🏽‍♀️

This place has potential to be better, just focus on the quality of your ingredients and adding more flavor and spices to your food instead of just the aesthetics of it. I absolutely want to go back and try the rest of their menu but I'm not desperate to rush back 😅

Again, the staff was incredible I cannot stress that enough, y'all just need to hire...

The first time I paid Cafe Cultura a visit was with my sister and our food, drinks, and experience were merely okay. This second time was most recent which was on, March 10, 2023, and the young lady at the register was nice, patient, and provided excellent customer service, and that's why I have two stars instead of 1. However, that was not the case with the rest of the staff. The lady that brought our food out to us only gave us one napkin (we didn't notice until after she left), and my sister didn't get one. We were patiently waiting to see if someone would stop by so we could inquire of them for a napkin. Nobody stopped by, and when I walked over to the bar area, the lady gave me a napkin, but she didn't look too delighted when I asked. I felt that she was rude, especially with the facial expression she had when I asked if I may please have a napkin. Nobody stopped to ask if everything was okay or if we needed anything. The staff was not friendly(only the one at the register), and they looked like they just didn't want to be there. The decorations and ambiance are pretty lively, especially since there were a lot of people dining when we were there. My food was nothing special, and my sister's red chilaquiles were not good and were leaving flavor. My sister's drink was not to her liking( she was looking forward to the drink and food), and my horchata iced latte was not good at all, and I was hoping that drink would be delicious since I love horchata(we decided to go to Cafe Cito since we were let down by both or drinks). This place is too hyped for what it provided, and I was hoping my second experience would be better. Hopefully, you'll have...

First of alI I need to credit the waiter/cashiers because they were very sweet & tried to help fix our food. That being said: the food was AWFUL! It looks FANTASTIC but I’d rather have ugly amazing food than dressed up inedible food. The “Chilaquiles” were canned beans, canned sauce which was not even cooked just warmed up and sloshed together. I had to send them back to get reheated and they STILL came back half cold! The pancakes were nothing special just plain pancakes with chocolate sauce & whipped cream with chocolate chips. Again they looked amazing but tasted subpar & NOT like “abuelita” pancakes. (False advertising) If you’re going to NOT use Mexican chocolate, at LEAST use dark chocolate so you can pass off the taste as such. The coffee abuelita latte was actually as advertised. It looked pretty & tasted good, however the “café de olla” was simply black Nescafé at best. I could of taken all these canned foods and made them taste like they were homemade myself at home! If they at least spent as much time decorating their food for instagram as they should on their culinary cooking they’d be okay. That Nescafé could of been fixed with a dash of cinnamon added. That red sauce could of been fixed simmered on a pan with some spices to bring back it’s flavor. NOT ZAPPED IN SOME MICROWAVE! Those beans are the easiest fix! Splash some oil in a pot with onions and toss the can beans in to be heated with natural flavors. Magic! The tin can taste is gone! Im sorry but if I can make this “Mexican” food better my darn self at home… why pay an arm & a leg...