Teolinda’s Bakery

It’s kind of hard for me to give Latin food bad ratings because Latin food is Latin food lol not much different you could do with rice and beans. And chicken lol. The place itself is small and gets busy, not much room to sit down and eat, much less host an organized waiting line. But they do their best and I’ve never had any issues with the staff, they’ve always been kind to me. Been here a few times, love the mom & pop feel, Their breakfast was good, had the Spanish omelette meal with chinola juice. Had their lunch special, rice & chicken etc. it’s good, nothing to complain about. Their dessert section always catches my eye, so this last go I finally took home a piece of strawberry cake and it was good too. I always say, if you can’t find atleast one good thing to say about a place you’ve been to, go take a nap, can’t take you serious. Might not be a five star place but def worth more than 1 star. I’d give this place a solid 3.5 stars.

As generous as I am with my reviews, going to the restaurant or location a few times before actually coming with a set of stars, I came to my conclusion rather quickly all the food was good. Again, the food is not great so that already knocks it down. As a Hispanic female, I typically get along fairly well with only Spanish-​speaking employees. That being said, the staff was extremely rude. Upon entering the establishment, I realized that there was definitely not enough space to bring a group and barely enough room for my wife and I to sit down and quickly grab a bite for lunch. I walked up to the counter to greet the staff, as I had not yet even had a chance to look at the menu, and immediately was asked to hold in a sort of rude manner without even greeting us. And Hispanic culture, anyone who does not greet you upon walking into a room is automatically seen as rude. This is the way we started off our lunch at this bakery. Once she came back to help us place our order, we were ready to place our order (grilled chicken, rice, beans and salad) and she only offered us to eat the food that was visible through the glass. Again, as I am Hispanic, I already know that the food sitting in/​behind the glass has been there for hours and is definitely not fresh. Being that we were looking for a fresh bite to eat, I explained to her that I did not want that. She tried to make it seem as if that was the only food available to us. I, Then, told her flat out that we wanted to grill chicken platter for us both. We then went outside to wait as it was extremely crowded inside. We came back about 10 to 15 minutes later to grab hour to go order and prepare to get it out as she brought the bag of food to us. Immediately as she walked up to me, I greeted her and received no greeting back. I, then, proceeded to pass for the card as she asked me if it was debit or credit. I clearly said debit as she swiped the card and told me she passed it as credit saying, «it’s practically the same thing». Obviously by this point I was a bit annoyed being that I was completely clear on what I asked for, to be processed as debit. I asked her to please try it again as debit because we did not want to pay with credit. She made sure to roll her eyes and sigh very loudly as she swiped the card again as debit, which I had initially asked her to do, acting as if it was so difficult to swipe the card through the machine. I made sure not to tip as this is not the way Hispanic establishment should run their business. All in all, the food was very good although greasy even so having been made fresh for us. I would return to try this place out again, as I typically like to try a place a few times before deciding to not come back. Hopefully, my review and service will be better next time.

Pretty bad experience. The service has not good and the food took twenty minutes. When it was finally ready the young lady didn’t even apologize and it was dry and old. We just ordered «humitas» to try this place out. Very disappointed.

This place, is a literal hole in the wall. I kinda was in doubt when I was brought here. It was real busy and I had to give my order to the guy at the counter a couple of times. Seating is limited, we had to wait for a table. After getting our orders, I was SURPRISED! For $ 7.99 I got some Mofongo (one of the best I’ve ever had), two fried fish filets, and a small salad! This place rocks! They also have milkshakes common from the countries of carribean background. VERY GOOD!