La Simpatia 827 California 1, Guadalupe, CA 93434

"I’ve been driving by this place for years and finally stopped for Sunday lunch. It has a nice, historic, neighborhood atmosphere with some locals enjoying lunch. Perhaps we hit it on a bad day, but sadly our food was mediocre at best. My chili verde only had perhaps 5 or so small bite-sized chunks of pork, with the rest comprised of a watery sauce. No tomatillo or chili flavor. My wife only ate a bite of her taco because she said it tasted funny and I agreed. Service was inattentive but I didn’t expect much . Really a 2.5 stars experience."

"I make it a priority to go to La Simpatia whenever I'm in town. The tamales are awesome, the beans are the best anywhere and the tacos are the same as I've been eating my whole life. This is the best authentic Mexican food. Can't wait to go back next time I visit."

"Excellent food and service during a late lunch with my parents. I got the number 3 combo with the chille relleno, crispy taco cheese enchilada, tamales, beans and rice . Everything was super tasty and saucy tender. Couldn't eat it all so I took it to go and had a great supper. For me this is definately a classic California Mexican cuisine experience for sure, loved it."

"This place is the most amazing home made mexican food you can get.the tamales are so moist and best flavor ever.beans are the best."

"This was our first and last experience here. The food was good. Although I didn’t expect breakfast potatoes to be French fries. Unfortunately the waitress Rosa provided terrible customer service. I brought my own creamer because it seemed like a small restaurant and I didn’t expect it to have vanilla creamer. She said bringing in outside drinks was against the rules (there are rules everywhere about every little thing including how you need to make children behave in a restaurant). She took my creamer placed it in a brown bag and said I could have it when I left. I use about 6 creamer in each cup and she brought 1-2 creamers. She became visibly upset when I kept asking for more and finally emptied my creamer into a metal canister. We asked for a straw and she paused asking what we needed it for and waited for the answer before she would give us straws. We are adults and don’t need to give a reason for needing straws. When the food was served we asked for silverware and she said what do you need. We had to ask individually for a spoon, fork and knife when it was needed. I understand trying to cut costs to save money but restaurants are in the business of hospitality not frugality. We were completely displeased with Rosa’s service and do not recommend anyone trying to eat here."