La Cocina

Good service, good Mexican music on screen, good coffee, good tacos, good menudo and good nachos!

Heard that this place has some of the best breakfast tacos in SA (which is an ongoing debate!). Took my kids here (1/13/18) to find out. The parking is limited and there is some additional parking in the rear. Walking in this southside establishment is a common theme for most restaurants with a bunch of tables and booths. Service - Waitress service was attentive and took drink orders while dropping off the menus. Thumbs up!Food - Chips were dropped off with some salsa. Chips were good, but salsa didn't have much kick or flavor, but thick chips (YUM). Kids got the usual bacon/eggs and bean/cheese. They devoured them down. I got the Huervos Rancheros with Pork Chop. The pork chop had some kick and was incredible with the sunny-side eggs. The potatoes had chirzo in it and was good. My recommendation is to get the hot sauce for that extra Mexican flavor.Overall - Recommend checking this place out as they serve breakfast until closing (2PM). Will have to come back for their numerous lunch specials.

Been around the block here in SA with these hole in the wall type family restaurants. It seems many out there are subpar and the food really doesn't knock your socks off. Any place might have one item or two that might be pretty good but this place reminds me of a favorite spot in Chicago. A few notable mentions1. Portion size2. I've always been a fan of huevos rancheros, and so many places fall short somewhere in their salsa, la cocina hits this dish out of the park3. Fresh beans and homemade tortillas, this is a must, any restaurant that serves canned beans or prepackaged tortillas, isn't worth their salt.

The barbacoa is to die for.I had it with corn tortillas, rice and beans. All of them were great. I can't wait to eat here again.The service was great too. After my waitress found out I speak Spanish and eating alone, she called her mom over to chat with me in Spanish before my food came, it's really nice of them.

This place is really inexpensive but so good breakfast is to die for. I will be posting the prices and the pictures of the outside so you can see what I mean by cheap. If you drive by here you will probably miss it so if I were you google it and program it on your phone because it's worth it. Homemade tortillas flour and corn. I had huevos rancheros with nopales and beans with corn tortillas delicious and my cup of coffee. My waitress came by several times to fill my cup up with coffee even though the cup was one of the big ones which is a good thing. When my sone ask for our ticket he said mom it's only $14.86 for both of us and I was like wow that's great we need to come here more often. We went to the register to pay and they asked us if we wanted our coffee or tea to go cups I of said yes since I wanted more coffee and like a good yelp elite left her a generous tip. This place I a must come back place.

The food here is very good but what I think needs vast improvement is the service. I've been living in this neighborhood for many years, and the only thing that keeps me coming back is the food. However I feel like the have a bias towards Caucasian people. I don't speak Spanish and some of the staff act disrespectful towards me because of that. Too bad because again the food is good.

I just needed a quick place to pick up me and my grandpa some breakfast. My grandpa LOVES oatmeal so as long as they had that, we were good. I picked up my order, came home so he could eat it and to my surprise they went above and beyond in give him a little extra oatmeal, two slices of bread, jam, and a side of raisin and cinnamon. He loved it (and I loved my tacos too)! Little things like that go a long way. It made my day. Definitely will be coming/ordering again.

Tacos are pretty good, but I really love their creamy green salsa. It's just the right amount of hot but can run too hot on occasion. They also offer the best chilaquiles taco in town according to my boyfriend. You should check out their breakfast specials.

Excellent food and service!!! If we come back to San Antonio we would go out of our way to go eat there again.

Great nopales and egg plate for breakfast served with refried beans and potatoes with chorizo