La Fiesta Square

parking ticket?! for what? fed my meter… goodbye la fiesta never ever again!

It seems like there is a very special person who likes to come around and put pieces of trash on your windshield when you forget to pay the parking meter.

When planning to meet a friend for lunch we discussed Roam and The Cooperage as options, but the parking meters caused us to go elsewhere. Won’t be back to La Fiesta Square until the parking meters are removed. $ 1.50/hour parking is ridiculous in Lafayette.

I used to live in lafayette and was proud of all the small local shops like nitro dogs, papillon, and all the friendly people there. I almost went there daily with my Goldie walking around. Since then u move and two months ago I deliberately went there on a SUNDAY morning to visit Starbucks there and some old friends. That was SUNDAY, lafayette, not san Francisco, not New York City. Guess what? After 60 mins later, I returned and realized I got slapped a $ 20 fine ticket for not feeding the meter. The parking lot was close to empty at that time.
That came in as a complete shock to me. Wow that was an expensive trip. The ticket also cheekily labeled that «hey it was the city council there that screwed u. It was me».
Management people love to profit on doing nothing for the small business people, because they can and they are greedy. That was the last trip. I will never ever visit that charming place and be robbed again. Sad.

Ever since the greedy management company put meters in this jam packed tiny spaced parking slots, everyone who is a few minutes late gets a $ 25 ticket. There are some great places here but these networked meters are causing long time patrons to go elsewhere and there are plenty of places along Mt. Diablo. So, adiós Fiesta!

Along with other reviewers who posted recently, I couldn’t be more shocked by the ridiculous metered parking in this pace. Thanks to the ticket I got last Sunday, I would never come back to this Square again.

Giving this place one star is kinda sad. There are some great stores and a small local coffee shop that is really fun… BUT Parking Meters??? What is the owner just a cheapskate??? Get a life this is Lafayette, are you just trying to make a profit from the people that visit the center? They even give these STUPID tickets to cars that display their Handicap signs in non handicap spaces. TOTALLY WRONG!!!
PROTEST THIS TOTAL CRAP!
The management of this center has just lost me as a customer!!!

The new Parking meters are ridiculous! I was not aware that they are enforced to 9 PM. I went into Roam to grab an order I placed online, and got a ticket in just a few minutes. It was at 8:25 PM too. As far as I am aware, these private parking companies have no recourse on collecting. Anyone know otherwise? I’m not paying!

We will not be going to any of the restaurants or other businesses until the parking meters are removed. This is ridiculous for the landlord to attempt to extract money from the patrons that are visiting this area. The landlord is already benefiting from the high rent that they charge their tenants. If I had a business, I would seriously consider relocating as it is too competitive out there to have to deal with a greedy landlord that is looking to be compensated 7 days a week.

This would be a nice place to go, but management has really screwed up with this metered parking. I’ve noticed that the parking lot is a desert. I know several people who work in the square, all who say that it’s affecting business. Also, each business is onLy allowing a few spaces for they’re employees, which is not enough for any of the companies employees. And evidently the property managers have voiced they’re opinions that they truly do not care about these problems AT ALL.
Nobody (including myself) wants to go down there and pay to park. It’s ridiculous! All this is going to do is take dollars away from Lafayette over to Broadway plaza. Furthermore, the meters are enforced on Sunday… SUNDAY? City parking doesn’t even do that, which truly tells me that this is nothing more than a money grab by the property owners. Well, I have no intention of giving these people my money, and It would seem in recent weeks everyone agrees with me, which is the only thing they care about. I hope they abandon this greedy money grab for the sake of the business owners.
P. s. — The review by Susy K, come on… Anti Semitic ranting by a lunatic isn’t going to get people to see your point of view.

Lafayette’s shopping area is pretty spread out, but La Fiesta square is probably the most dense part. The selection of botique stores here really defines the shopping experience here, lots of stuff you might peer at, but probably wouldn’t buy unless you, well, were into buying botuiqe stuff. Which perhaps Lafayette’s relatively rich, white, population is.
My office is here, so I’ve spent a lot of time peering at the shops here. The parking lot is always crowded, especially around lunch — they are currently in the process of installing parking meters for the 20 minute spots. Chow is possibly the most popular restuarant in Lafayette, and is always crowed (see my separate review).
My favorite stores here are probably Clocks etc, and Nitro dog, which are suitable eclectic. Still, if I’m coming to Lafayette for non-​work, it’s probably to the supermarkets, which are elsewhere. And in general, I prefer the Rockridge shopping experience. Still, nice place to come to walk around. But if you drive, choose your time carefully.