La Cocina De Ricardo - Lake Forest

Click your heels and your home, and you'll smell the aroma of a Mexican kitchen the chef in the house family owned. Great hidden gem

A lot of reviews said that service was lacking and it must have been a different staff. We sat outside and got menus and drinks and chips and salsa right away. I loved the chips and salsa we also got gauc! The portion size for my burrito was massive and I got it wet with red sauce and it wasnt bad.

Horrific service. Food was decent. I can't complain there. The service, HORRIBLE. Our own server didn't even know that he NEVER took our order and then he came up and asked how our meal was. We HADN'T EVEN ORDERED BECAUSE HE NEVER CAME TO TAKE IT. And no, the place wasn't busy at all. 2 tables inside were occupied and 2 outside including mine. He had no clue. I had to flag down a woman who kept catering to the only other table outside that had people so someone would take our order. The guy server shows up and asks how it was. ? He never took our order so he had no idea what he was doing. We hadn't even been served at that point. He never once came to ask if we needed anything else or refill our drinks. This guy was useless. Couldn't even bring us the check because he came up missing again. We had to go inside the empty place and chase down the check. Do not go here. They can't hire a decent staff.

Amazing! Great chips and salsa. Our food was delicious and so reasonably priced for the quality and quantity. We each got the 2 item combo and all of our items were amazing! The shredded beef flauta was one of the best flautas I?ve ever had! The plates are served with beans, rice, sour cream and guacamole. The rice was to die for. So delicious.

This restaurant is a must... if you're craving authentic Mexican food. The plate sizes are unreal, and the taste flavours are out of this world. The staff are all so friendly and very helpful. We went for dinner on a Sunday night and the restaurant was packed.