The golden chicken has a shuco flavor and is cold. Very bad
Food: 1
Service: 2
Anaruth Rochin
The breads are so good
jim hite
Why do I always give five stars to my posts? Because I won't diss a place because it doesn't appeal to me. I enjoyed an early morning breakfast at La Chapina. This restaurant/ bakery is a working person's early morning fuel stop. No frills, but decent coffee, great central American pastries, hot breakfast and lunch menu, like traveling in Guatemala in the middle of the peninsula megalopolis. For me, La Chapina was a totally cool experience. It's open air, enclosed patio and warehouse style seating, be forewarned.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Platanos Fritos Con Frijoles
Kaz Yeghiazarian
Large selection of daily fresh baked Guatemalan sweets, pan dolce, etc.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 4
Mynor Andrade
MalísimoWe were craving from some flavor from my country. We found this place which fachade we thought was proper however, the service sucks, the bread was from yesterday, and the food was so expensive and bad quality. We have to walk out when they told us after a very long time that our order couldn’t be filled because they didn’t have some ingredients…
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Antonio Estrada
Guatemalans food is great foodGuatemalan food and Guatemalan breadRich, Good, and cheap
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brent S.
My wife is Guatemalan so we always come here when near San Mateo. Comfort food cooked as good as she grew up with in Guate; the tamals are as delicious as I've had anywhere in Guatemala (with the only exception being my wife's mother's tamals lol). If you want to try something different than the countless Mexican places in the area, try Juanita!
Isamar Mojica
This is the abuelita's cooking right here! I had never tried Guatemalan food we got there at 9 they close at 10 and they still took us in. Service was okay and food took a while to come out but it was so worth the wait. I order El caldo de Gallina to go and had it for breakfast it was just the perfect way to starty day!
Mar Ven
As a Guatemalan living in San Jose, I have no local spots to go to. Whenever I'm in San Mateo, for work or fun, I make it a point to visit one of the local spots. La Chapina feels like I'm back home, even hear people speaking dialects that are not Spanish. The service is good and staff is helpful, I do speak fluent Spanish so your mileage may vary. Be aware parking is very limited and you may have to walk from street parking. The food can't beat my mom's or aunt's cooking but feeds the need when the craving hits. Breakfast is good, I get the scrambled eggs with onions and tomatoes (sometimes sausage) and it comes with black beans, hand made tortillas, fried plantains and Guatemalan sour cream plus a coffee. I then get to-go bread, atole (different hot drinks), and another dish like hilachas or chicken soup.
They don't have a good costumer service very bad ?
Erikson Salazar
Food's helluh good ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sea Food Soup, Pollo Dorado, Fried Chicken, Fried Tilapia, Stew Chicken, Fried Plantains, Grill Meat Ribs, Sopa De Mariscos, Platanos Fritos Con Frijoles, Rellenitos, Caldo De Res, Milanesa De Pollo, Chile Relleno, Mojarra Frita, Tacos Chapines
Kcarol M.
Place is decent. Food flavor is good but I was not impressed. I have tried Guate food before in another place in San Mateo I do not remember where but it's was amazing.
Sunshine “Sunshine” K
Delicious tamales chapines
Thelma Ramirez-Andino
Food not too good and prices too high for the kind of food!
The golden chicken has a shuco flavor and is cold. Very bad
Food: 1
Service: 2
The breads are so good
Why do I always give five stars to my posts? Because I won't diss a place because it doesn't appeal to me. I enjoyed an early morning breakfast at La Chapina. This restaurant/ bakery is a working person's early morning fuel stop. No frills, but decent coffee, great central American pastries, hot breakfast and lunch menu, like traveling in Guatemala in the middle of the peninsula megalopolis. For me, La Chapina was a totally cool experience. It's open air, enclosed patio and warehouse style seating, be forewarned.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Platanos Fritos Con Frijoles
Large selection of daily fresh baked Guatemalan sweets, pan dolce, etc.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 4
MalísimoWe were craving from some flavor from my country. We found this place which fachade we thought was proper however, the service sucks, the bread was from yesterday, and the food was so expensive and bad quality. We have to walk out when they told us after a very long time that our order couldn’t be filled because they didn’t have some ingredients…
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Guatemalans food is great foodGuatemalan food and Guatemalan breadRich, Good, and cheap
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My wife is Guatemalan so we always come here when near San Mateo. Comfort food cooked as good as she grew up with in Guate; the tamals are as delicious as I've had anywhere in Guatemala (with the only exception being my wife's mother's tamals lol). If you want to try something different than the countless Mexican places in the area, try Juanita!
This is the abuelita's cooking right here! I had never tried Guatemalan food we got there at 9 they close at 10 and they still took us in. Service was okay and food took a while to come out but it was so worth the wait. I order El caldo de Gallina to go and had it for breakfast it was just the perfect way to starty day!
As a Guatemalan living in San Jose, I have no local spots to go to. Whenever I'm in San Mateo, for work or fun, I make it a point to visit one of the local spots. La Chapina feels like I'm back home, even hear people speaking dialects that are not Spanish. The service is good and staff is helpful, I do speak fluent Spanish so your mileage may vary. Be aware parking is very limited and you may have to walk from street parking. The food can't beat my mom's or aunt's cooking but feeds the need when the craving hits. Breakfast is good, I get the scrambled eggs with onions and tomatoes (sometimes sausage) and it comes with black beans, hand made tortillas, fried plantains and Guatemalan sour cream plus a coffee. I then get to-go bread, atole (different hot drinks), and another dish like hilachas or chicken soup.
Nice hearty Central American food.
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They don't have a good costumer service very bad ?
Food's helluh good ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sea Food Soup, Pollo Dorado, Fried Chicken, Fried Tilapia, Stew Chicken, Fried Plantains, Grill Meat Ribs, Sopa De Mariscos, Platanos Fritos Con Frijoles, Rellenitos, Caldo De Res, Milanesa De Pollo, Chile Relleno, Mojarra Frita, Tacos Chapines
Place is decent. Food flavor is good but I was not impressed. I have tried Guate food before in another place in San Mateo I do not remember where but it's was amazing.
Delicious tamales chapines
Food not too good and prices too high for the kind of food!