La Cabana

We eat here every so often. Today was the worst and we won't be back. My wife ordered two cheese enchiladas with rice and beans. I ordered the El Sol which is one beef, one chicken, and one cheese enchiladas with rice and beans. We were given chips and salsa shortly after we sat down. That was good however the chips were not whole but were in pieces like you get in the bottom of a bag. The wait for our waitress to take our order was okay but I was beginning to wonder. We ordered and also asked for some queso. It came fairly quickly. The queso was very thin and runny. It was hard to eat it with chip pieces! We asked for another order of chips. It came and it was also chip pieces! Unbelievable. Our meals came. We requested more salsa. We were warned that the plates were hot. They were warm at best . The enchiladas on our plates were barely warm almost room temperature. Everything tasted bland. The salsa, the queso, the enchiladas all had little taste, bland. It was kind of discussing. Our waitress was sitting down in the booth next to us chatting with friends. She did that for a good ten minutes if not longer. We never got the salsa that we requested. We were never asked how was everything. We had empty beverage glasses and were never asked for a refill. We informed the manager as we were leaving. All he said was, "I understand." It could be a staffing issue like everywhere nowadays, but why allow your waitress to sit and chat while your paying customers are out of beverages and requested salsa? We won't be back.

Great Mexican restaurant for an authentic take on some of the more popular Mexican dishes. La Cabaña offers an extensive menu with a variety of choices. They have a vegetarian menu as well, although small, but still offers great choices. Friendly staff, clean environment, and GREAT DRINKS! You can't go wrong trying this Valparaiso favorite located right downtown.

Food is great, staff is friendly, but it seems near impossible to place a takeout order. I'm still not comfortable eating in restaurants, especially with covid numbers going back up, and the phone either rings endlessly (most common) or they answer and say they aren't taking takeout orders. I'm assuming it's due to a staffing shortage and they're usually busy with people dining in, so I understand, but it's disappointing.