La Cocina Authentic Mexican Kitchen — Restaurant in Ukiah

The ONLY good thing about this town. There are so few things to do in Ukiah and even fewer quality food options. The diners are all mediocre and even the fast food/ chain restaurants options seem dull in comparison to other towns. I read a review for the Applebees across the street from La Cocina that read “great place if you want to call out of work the next day”, my experience was that that was true! But not for LA COCINA! My husband order the fajitas and the steak was incredible! We ordered the taquitos to share which were the most similar to my mother in law’s potato tacos (most people don’t like their in laws, fortunately that’s not the case for me)! My personal favorite menu item was the enmoladas. La Cocina is legit and pretty freaking authentic! For the service, also fabulous! The servers even acknowledge my 11 month old son with a few high fives and friendly waves. I think my son actually experienced his first “crush” since he couldn’t take his eyes off our primary server, he was obsessed with waving to her. If I ever have to spend any time in this town again I will be certain that I eat all of my meals from La Cocina. Thank you for your awesomeness and...

Heard great reviews about this restaurant and visited with my Father this week. In a strip mall, this restaurant succeeded in providing a friendly, welcoming vibe right upon entry. We were greeted by a sweet young girl who waited on us, probably still in high school. Ordering the Taco Salad with tasty seasoned small chunks of beef and the Fish taco platter, we absolutely loved the food. Dinner menu had a great variety, and service was excellent, Manager also checked on us, everything was thumbs up. Kudos to the chefs, the presentation and quality of the dishes was above my expectation. Growing up in Ukiah but living in LA for the past 30 years, I can say this place would fit right in the big city and do very well. Very glad Ukiah has this place, looking forward to my next visit and wishing the owners...

BE AWARE OF ADDED FEES!!

When the bill came at the end of the meal, there was the normal line for a "Tip". Since the food and service were both excellent, we wrote in a generous tip. In looking at our bill later, we noticed that they had charged us 18% "Auto Gratuity" automatically (and no, we didn't have 8 people) and $3 for using a credit card. Since a "tip or gratuity" is based on the customer's desire to thank the restaurant for their quality of food and customer service, we didn't feel that it is right for the restaurant to automatically charge us for a tip/gratuity and then ask for an additional tip at the end of the meal - especially since there was no mention of the added fees at anytime we were there (either verbally or written down somewhere noticeable). We ended up paying a gratuity of...