La Fritanguera

This is your typical small Nicaraguan restaurant. We ordered the Nicaraguan sampler. Everything was delicious EXCEPT the fried taco you see on the edge. They seemed to have been made with chicken. The traditional Nicaraguan taco is with shredded beef. The meat tasted like shredded fried chicken which was weird. (Leftover taco 😢?) The Chia con Limón was watered down. Hmmm please don’t do this. This is a quick way to get a bad reputation. The buñuelos were hard. Tasted as if they were made out of flour and not Yucca. I hate to give a 2-star but the overall experience with bad drink and tough buñuelo were disappointing. I hope the owner reads this feedback. I’ll be happy to come back and give you a second chance if my review is acknowledged. ***Red Flag*** When owners take reviews as an attack instead of acknowledging there’s improvement to be made. How unfortunate.

This restaurant is small but cute. Not a lot of room inside but It looks like they took a little bit of their private parking lot to make it into an outside dining. What a brilliant idea. More seating means more people can be accommodated! I really love the outside dining it’s cool, comfy and feel the fresh air. The food is amazing! Very tasty you get a taste of sweet and savory in your plate. Most of the plates come with beans and rice, salad, fried plantains or plantain chips. We ordered Camarones a La Jalapeña, that shrimp had creamy sauce with onions and jalapeños. Wow! It’s so good, I can eat that sauce plain with just white rice. Also ordered Churrasco with Queso Frito on the side. The steak was cooked just right (medium rare) not dry all. The queso adds flavor to your bite. We also had Pollo Asado, Arroz con Leche, and Buńuelos. What a meal!!! The staff: Alanna our server was awesome. She was so patient with us. Whatever we asked for she brought it with a smile! Thank you Alanna! Last but not least the owner Jennifer was so down to earth. She came and had a chat with us and most of the guests that were seated outside! I’d say this was a great experience, great food, good service, and price is not bad at all!

I love this place and normally they do a great job! I wasn't going to write a bad review but the lady on the phone wouldn't listen to the issues I had with the dish and insisted I put out a complaint. So here we are, so I ordered LA Churasco con Maduro, Queso Frito, and the Rice, but when I got my order the steak was super dry and super thin, and there was no Maduro either. Oh and it was missing the Chmi Churri which I love. Also the steak was burnt and I ordered the Churasco Medium by the way. I think the cook is either new or just had a really bad day because I can tell there was no love put into the food at all. I am going to upload a picture for you guys to see this catastrophy..

If you aren't aware of Nicaraguan food then this a good place to start. It's got delicious traditional plates that are well priced. We happen to show up at an event where they had a DJ and it reminded me of parties my family used to have where that was dancing, good food, good drinks, and good vibes. Being Nicoya myself it makes me feel a little more at home. Even with the social distancing it was nice to be out and enjoying the good vibes.