El Rinconcito Chapin 3330 Broadview Road, Cleveland, OH 44109

"Excellent dinner. Friendly staff. Worth the trip. I arrived hungry. I left satisfied."

"The food was good and it was a good portion. For 20 bucks i got steak chicken chorizo rice and beans with guac which i suspect they make in house because it was delicious. I highly recommend. Just watch out in the parking lot because there are many potholes."

"I was excited to find a Guatemalan restaurant nearby and was going to take a group of people there in the evening one night, but I am glad I decided to check it out first. The parking lot was spacious but was riddled with very large and deep potholes. There's no way I would want to have people navigate that in the dark, so I decided to just try it on my own. The restaurant was very cold like they barely had the heat on. The staff was very friendly and helpful in choosing things from the menu as I have a pepper allergy. I ended up ordering a couple a la carte items: a shrimp taco, a chicken taco, and a chicken and cheese pupusa. I thought the corn tortillas on the tacos were terrible, very dry and no flavor at all. The shrimp was good but skimpy there were only 3 pieces of it in the taco, and as mentioned the tortillas were terrible. The chicken was ok but it is processed chicken. I did like the pupusa and cabbage slaw, it was larger than I expected and had a good amount of chicken. The sauces weren't spicy at all so I didn't have any allergy problems, but my leftovers the next day tasted better doused in ranch sauce. I might give this place another try in the summer and try one of the other meals, if the potholes get fixed."

"Didn’t expect much when we drove up- honestly thought it was closed til I saw the open sign lit up. Once we got inside, it was clean- and smelled clean, someone just Fabuloso’d the place, but wasn’t overwhelming. Started with the sampler to start. Nothing was bad, but nothing stood out IMO either. It was a little small for the price, but you got to try a variety of things which was nice. My dad ordered the enchiladas- not at all what we expected being more familiar with Mexican style rolled tortillas. These were fried open faced tortillas topping with carnitas and a really good Guatemalan slaw. It didn’t have as much meat as we would have liked, but the slaw was generous and delicious- it had pickled cabbage, beets, carrots, and onions. Wasn’t expecting beets, but added a nice touch. I got the seared flank steak. It was nicely cooked and the guac and green onions were nice. The rice and beans were bland, but ordered some extra salsa and made them pretty good. Also added on a chorizo taco, and was a solid taco with a really good salsa verde on double tortillas- street style of course. My girlfriend ordered the ejotes dish (don’t remember the full name)- it was battered and fried green beans that she really enjoyed and said they were traditional (having spent months in Guatemala). She said the same thing about the rice and beans as I did, but did the same with some salsa. The cubano was the stand out of the meal- it was perfect. Pork was tender, ham was the right amount and tasty, with a good Swiss cheese and mustard and pickle. The bread was very far from traditional, and I’ve eaten a ton of Cubans over the years having spent many years in Florida, but the bread was perfect for the sandwich all the same. The restaurant itself is nothing fancy, but doesn’t need to be, and the parking lot could use a little love, but nothing that would keep me from coming back here. Not a perfect experience, but still 5 stars as I have to root for the small businesses that try so hard and do so many things right- give it a try and thank me later."

"Nice little 'hole in the wall' restaurant. It was our first time trying Guatemalan food, it's a bit like Mexican but different too. We had the sampler platter which was good, the guacamole was fresh but not too flavourful. My wife had the Paella which was decent. The pork tacos were great. Overall a nice place to definitely visit once and try!"