La Chapina Restaurant

2022 update. Food is delicious like the first day!! 2021 Small restaurant & bakery, a hidden diamond in the wall. Food was delicious. Milanesa 5/5 Caldo de res 5/5 Pacaya 5/5 Carne asada plate 5/5 Rellenitos 5/5

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.

Malísimo We 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…

I wanted to try and authentic restaurant and I chose great! The people were friendly the place was clean the food was excellent I would say the portions were just the right size great tortillas the bakery is excellent I said there was no pun Dulce I forgot that I had ordered two of them myself. Yummy for sure enjoy wear your mask be safe

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 hilacha