La Cocinita Mexican Cafe - New Haven

Here's legit! the margaritas are so delicious that I want to cry with joy. shrimp ala diabla is my jam. this restaurant is as unpretentious as it gets and I love it. go here and support these nice people!

This is a hidden gem in the heart of new Haven! If you want authentic Mexican food I 100% recommend coming here! The food here is so good!

The food was tasty and it had been made to appeal to the local taste. You quickly realize that you are far away from Mexico, Texas or California

Too dark inside the restaurant. Was offered chips and salsa while waiting and it seemed it was courtesy of the house since it was a really small basket only to see it charged on our ticket. The menu prices on some items were crossed out in marker and handwritten more expensive. When I asked if the plate had all the ingredients listed they told me they're not like that anymore, so description on menu is inaccurate. Servings were small and took too long to receive considering there were only 2 customers at the restaurant. The 2 stars is because my cocktail was delicious.

The food here was just ok. My daughter got enchiladas with green sauce, she's asked for the red sauce but was told it's really spicy so she went with the green. The green sauce ended up being so spicy she couldn't eat it, ended up scrapping off the sauce. She's not good with spicy food, but I have a better tolerance and I even thought it was too much. My tacos were ok but nothing great. The server rarely checked on us and wasn't friendly at all. We definitely won't be going back.