El Puesto Cocina y Cantina

No taco Tuesday on a Tuesday

I've been to El Puesto on California and on White Ln. plenty of times. The ambiance is fabulous, but every time I visit I get frustrated by the wait time. It is ridiculous and they have the reputation for taking so long to be served/helped. Expect over an hour wait to get your food.

The food was very delicious and flavorful! I really liked the environment! It was pretty and picturesque. The service was interesting, we had a table of 7 and the waiter probably came 4 times in total. Didnt check up on us. Brought water once. But they did bring us some more chips when we finally were able to make Eye contact with someone. I did like it. I would come back. But I will need to make sure I have plenty of time because the food took a long time.

Service was great!
Chilaquiles were good.
Menudo smelled and tasted nasty.

enjoyed the shrimp appetizer and a large modelo

This place is bad. service is bad. im willing to bet most of the 5 star reviews this place gets are either friends and family or people who worth there.

The service was poor rude looked bothered when you asked and absolutely not kid friendly

What are you eating? Quesabirria was delicious!
Ok Bakersfield- the food was on point! Guava margarita and the ambiance was perfect. The only drawback is the service is extremely slow. Very nice people but 1 server /bartender to manage all the tables. #whatareyoueating #bakersfieldca #mexicanfood #whereisamandaleora #travel #restaurantstotry

We were recommended to eat at El Puesto so my wife and I decided to try the business. The atmosphere was pretty good especially with the music playing in the background. We got seated right away but then had to wait before anyone even came to ask us what we wanted to drink. After the waiter arrived at our table he did apologize for us waiting too long. The food was good but not what we expected. Definitely not worth the $60 we paid. I am not sure if they are understaffed on a Wednesday night but the customer service was not good. I left a $5 tip and my wife said I think you overtipped. Maybe we went there on a bad night but my wife and I would not recommend.

Wow wow wow
Everything about this place is absolutely awesome, from the music to the decor, the service and food is absolutely amazing, I came here for lunch and am extremely super happy. My server is Jackie , she is awesome
What a great experience

They created a beautiful restaurant with the worst service and food imaginable! Waited 10minutes to be seated, there were only 3 other tables eating. Another 10 minutes to be offered water or anything to drink. When the food finally came, cold, tasteless and not as ordered. Dry dark meat chicken instead of breast, cold - thin dry carne asada instead of juicy flank steak and the beans were like chocolate milk. A Molcajetè that had little flavor, literally no sizzle or heat coming out of the kitchen, No flour tortillas available or made, although offered by waitress, if she was one. But then just tossed corn and told after repeatedly asking they didn’t have any. And don’t get me started with their cheap ass pinwheel with chili offering form the dollar store. Offer some real home made chicharrones or chips and salsa, but like I wrote, everything but the decor was cheap and underwhelming… First and last time here, what a wasted experience and a good amount of money, they charge a lot for their lackluster service and poor food quality. Such a let down, but not to worry, Never again…

Very good chilaquiles in mole

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Theres a MANDATORY 18% tip included in the bill with 6+ people, food was pretty good but a mandatory $40+ tip is robbery. Will not come again.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Food is really good and the music is great good vibes very cute place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food is really good the service always the best one of my favorite place to eat.
The aguachiles el puesto y las enfrijoladas are my favorite. The new aguachiles el puesto are way better

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5