Guadalupana - South Sarasota

Authentic food! Had a shrimp soup, AMAZING, wife had Fajita Pollo, AMAZING! Many choices for meals and portions are more than enough. Also have beer, wine, Jarritos etc.

This place was packed when we walked in, and I knew right away it was going to be a good meal, the auroma from the open kitchen was divine. My friend and I neither spoke much Spanish so we had to wait a little longer as the first person who attempted to help us during their rush didn 't seem to speak English or at the very least she started in Spanish and the confused look on my friends face as he grabbed the menu to point might have lead her to believe we weren 't ready yet. Either way it was well worth the wait. I was not patient enough to grab a photo of my pork chops with onions before I started eating so hopefully my empty plate tells you enough about how enjoyable this meal was. One of the staff from the kitchen area saw us using hot sauce and brought us a house made sauce.. possibly diablo based on my previous experiences in life lol I couldn 't stop eating well past the point of 'full ' will return for sure.

Not sure how this place was in the first few pages of Google suggestions. Took over 15 minutes to order after attempting to order near a sign that said order here and being shooed back to our table by exclusively Spanish-speaking staff. We attempted to split a combination fajitas dish. Asking for extra plates, tortillas, and salsa that wasn 't literally marinara sauce was all extremely difficult. Even paying the bill took multiple minutes just conveying that we were trying to leave. All of that would have been understandable if the food was worth it, but it was not. Maybe I 'm used to authentic places in Michigan being less authentic, but all I know is I wouldn 't go back

I went because they had told me how rich his Mofongo was, but that disappointment the bananas were ripe and had no salt, we didn't eat it and we paid 66 dollars, the cold and hard chicharrones, I told the waitress but he just said so they are and did nothing to fix it, a lot of food but it wasn't good,

Another top 10 in the country!! They have self serve salsa and vegetables as well, so that always makes a higher rank!