Maria Sabina Oaxacan Restaurant — Restaurant in Whittier

Ordered the nopal zapoteco and the way the nopal was cooked kept all the slime, which was a troubling texture, especially when it got on the meat and bell peppers. I was really looking forward to the handmade tortillas, but they tasted like they were made a day ago and left out on the counter. They were so hard to tear apart and impossible to bite. The meal came with black beans and white rice. Beans were great (sans cheese), but the rice also tasted like it was a day old and left out. Hard. I included a note in my order to leave out the cheese, but it was overlooked. Luckily, I was able to peel it off of everything like a layer of dried glue. Dunno why...

I was very disappointed. The menu was limited because they had "run out of" certain foods. I ordered the basic mole plate....big regret. The chicken was not thoroughly cooked and it was obviouse that it had been dipped in mole. As opposed to allowing it to simmer in its sauce. The rice had a strong flavor of garlic and the tortillas a mano were not fresh. I can tell la masa haf gone arry due to the overall chuckiyo smell. I really was hopeful this could be the next quetzal....

I've been here multiple times before the name change. I went in to check it out hoping I would have another great experience like other times but I was wrong.

My order was wrong when I opened it. On top of that, the last was taking our order went into the kitchen to cough WITHOUT covering her mouth. She didn't even have a mask. She seemed to be one in charge which was very disappointing to see. I don't know if I'll come back knowing someone coughed...