Comalapa Family - Charlotte

So glad I stumbled upon this restaurant! The super-friendly owner greeted me immediately and walked me through the menu, explaining how they serve more than just Mexican food. I ordered guacamole to start and it was great! The owner explained how they make each order fresh, and you can really tell! For my meal, I had the Mole Enchiladas. Mole sauce was great, but I was more impressed with the chicken. I will definitely be back with some friends to try some tamales and Pupusas!

Best chicken tamale I've ever had! They've got great ceviche too, not very spicy tho... I'm thinking they toned it down for me. I don't speak Spanish so I had slight difficulty ordering, but after having worked in a place like this in CA, that's a good sign! Will definitely be back, often.

Comalapa tries for every south of the border flavor in our hemisphere they have a huuuuge menu but for us, nothing stood out. At all. Like eating shadows of the favorites we ordered, things were pretty blah. Papusas eh mild in corn and cheese flavors, a little tough. Got the cheese and veggie ones, they came with some interesting orange slaw I 'd never seen that had an odd black pepper thing happening. Most interesting part of the meal. Rancheros skip chopped peppers, bland tomato sauce. Rice something chinese fried about it. Unexpected and unwelcome. Salsa, chips watery, bland and fried waaay earlier, consecutively (to be fair, we hit them 10 minutes after they opened). Our waitress was sweet, and brought me some hot salsa. Not bad. All garlic. Owner guy greeted us loudly and enthusiastically, but if the food 's meh... I 'd estimate 90 percent of the menu is meat, and I hope that 's where they excel, because for veggies, this ain 't a stop to make.

We arrived at 12pm on a Saturday. the restaurant was empty, except for 2 people who had finished and were leaving. The manager greeted us and was exceptionally nice. We placed our order at 12:10 which consisted of shrimp tacos and chimichangas. We noticed a few tables had come in, ordered, eaten their food, and left during our wait. Part of our order came out at 1:10pm, the shrimp tacos came out (cold) several minutes later. We finished eating in about 15 minutes and waited for our checks which were never brought to us. When asked (politely) why it took so long, the manager stated that the rice wasn 't ready and he had to wait for the majority of people, implying that he didn 't want to make rice for just us. He then stated that he had said his apologies without actually ever apologizing for anything. We paid $39 for very little food that took an hour to arrive. the food was OK, but not nearly good enough for an experience in an empty restaurant that lasted nearly two hours (12pm to 1:49pm) in total. We will not be back.

Outstanding customer service and food, I don't go here often but I should definitely start. The quality of their food screams authenticity. I recommend compalas to anyone and the great thing is, they're open in the morning so you can have breakfast. Then turn around come back and have lunch. The staff will hold good conversations with you like your best friends. I get the Chimichanga with Rice and Beans! Try them for yourself