El Rincón Criollo Cuba Los Angeles

Good food. Definitely not fancy. Has some outside seating but traffic is loud on a very busy street. Good service.

Horrendous service. Hostess was not personable. I came in with my girlfriend and her parents which happened to be Cuban. We arrived at the front and no one greeted us. We came in excited and eager to try their Cuban food. I literally chased someone down to seat us. They asked if we had reservations, which in my mind this is a small business family feel restaurant, not a 5 star fine dining restaurant. We said No . Then they made us wait to see if they could find a table for us and we could clearly see they had tables available. After a few minutes they seated us at the back of the restaurant next to the bathrooms and in main hallway to the back of this building. The waitress gave us 4 waters and left. We never saw her again. A family came after us, was seated and was giving a basket of bread. We never got any bread. We waited 25 minutes and no one checked on us. They simply forgot us. I tried to get the others staff 's attention but we where just told that they will be with us. I am assuming because none of these other waiters and waitress didn 't seat us they didn 't want to serve us. Thats my assumption, but clearly this is bad customer service. So at this point I turned to my father in law and asked should we go and he said let 's go . We got up and walked towards to front and no staff nor manger stopped us to ask why we are leaving. We never had an opportunity to try the food but after seeing other customer 's reviews, we definitely saved our taste buds. We ended up going a couple blocks down the street to Tito 's tacos and had amazing experience and food. We were finally fed.

Ordered the chicken and pork combo and it was delicious!

Lechon asado is a must try!! One of the best things I’ve ever eaten. The staff here is always so nice! I’d take this over Versailles any day

Our favorite lunch spot for my sister and I. Had Ropa vieja.