La Calentana Restaurant

1003 W Main St, Graham
(336) 578-3030

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Janine Cox King

April 2025 - a new manager has taken over. We’ve being going to this La Cocina weekly for years. We voiced a concern and this new manager told us to go somewhere else. It’s such a shame because we love the food and the waiters, but we’ll never go back!

Carlos Garcia

(El menudo no tiene sabor!)
Very disappointed! Menudo was not what the pictures portrayed. There's a picture from 3 years ago that shows a good menudo. You can tell by the color and the rim of the bowl. I don't think the same people are making the food. I travel a good bit, and it's rare to find a great menudo. The picture is what I go by, and it's typically accurate. I believe they have changed how they cook the food or the cooks. Just extremely dissatisfied. Lady at counter was super nice.

FERNANDO SANCHEZ

Absolutely Authentic Mexican ? Tacos the Ramen soup ? is Amazing ?

Parking: Arrive early they close 4pm on Weekends

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

jay nixon

Authentic Mexican food. I enjoyed it. Nice break from chain Mexican restaurants. The waitress was very sweet and helpful. Will certainly return

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

J Sha

AuthenticTastes ofhome cooking

Cathy Evans

Love this

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amanda Embry Perry

Amazing service and food! They really set themselves apart from the countless Mexican restaurants in Alamance county. They have a more authentic take on their dishes and it’s so refreshing. Their drinks are beautifully presented. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amanda Perry

Amazing service and food! They really set themselves apart from the countless Mexican restaurants in Alamance county. They have a more authentic take on their dishes and it’s so refreshing. Their drinks are beautifully presented. Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Man in Green

Local great food and customer service

Jaime Perez

I'm your hermano

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Karen Goodwin

Food didn’t taste well at all. I ordered steak fajitas and shrimp.

Shelby Moody

Never go here! The manager and staff are beyond rude. We visited here last night for my brother’s birthday dinner with a party of 6 people. To start things off we arrive and put our name on the list after being told it would be a 50 minute wait. We were very understanding being that it was a Friday night. We asked to wait in our car since it was such a long wait and there were a lot of customers. The host said only if we could park right out front (there wasn’t any parking right out front due to how busy they were). She offered some wooden chairs which I said no that we would sit on the bench with some cushioning. It was right behind a short wall divider which separated us from the host stand. After waiting an hour with no end in sight I went to the host stand to just let her know where we were sitting because I was afraid she couldn’t see us. I looked on the seating arrangement chart and where I noticed her write my name before, was blank. She had erased our name thinking we left. She went into panic mode to find us some seating. We finally were seated after an hour and fifteen minutes. The waitress took our drink order and brought chips. We got our drinks and let her know the other two guests in the group would be arriving soon. We ended up giving her our order which did arrive quickly and fresh thank goodness. But one member of our party received his with a very long hair in his food. We told our waitress and she said okay and walked away. She spoke very little English so I don’t think she even understood what we said. About ten minutes later the bartender came over to our booth and asked what was wrong. We told him and he said okay and walked away. The guest never got to eat his meal because it was in his first bite that he pulled this giant hair from his mouth. No one ever offered to bring him a fresh meal or offered any solution to the problem. We only got one refill during our entire three hour eventful night which we had to ask for to begin with. When it was time to pay the waitress couldn’t get our tickets correct and had the wrong things on each others tickets. They also tried to charge him for his meal. When the wife of said guest talked to the waitress she stated that she wouldn’t be paying for the meal because her husband didn’t even get to eat it due to the hair in his first bite. She walked away. Then the bartender came back over and asked what was going on. We told him that she didn’t want to pay because of the hair in the food and no one brought him a fresh meal. They got very upset with us and finally brought the manager over. She was extremely rude from the minute she arrived. She rolled her eyes and thought we were lying and told us she has cameras. We told her to run them and watch the husband pull the hair from his mouth. She went back and forth with us for over 15 minutes before finally coming up to the wife with a new ticket where she removed the meal. When we went to pay everyone gave us awful looks and they were cussing about us behind the register. Needless to say NEVER GO HERE!!!!!

Jason Dallas

I was surprised to find that this place has great breakfast. Good omelets and pancakes... I look forward to exploring the menu further.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

ARTURO HERNANDEZ

The worst place ever been.. the staff was really bad service.. bad attitude..order some chilaquiles,they was gas station chips covered with some salsa and cheese.. that was and insulting of what Mexican food will be..they just ruin the name of the previous business LA CALENTANAnow they are LOS 3 HERMANOS but they are terrible.. hope they can improve their business…

Mi Lindo Vallecitos

The worst place ever been.. the staff was really bad service.. bad attitude..order some chilaquiles,they was gas station chips covered with some salsa and cheese.. that was and insulting of what Mexican food will be..they just ruin the name of the previous business LA CALENTANAnow they are LOS 3 HERMANOS but they are terrible.. hope they can improve their business…

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