La Pina - Chadds Ford

Eating was very good, nice atmosphere, casual and fun. the service was disappointing.

I was very disappointed by the service. it took a very long time for someone to come to our table. we had to go to the host twice and ask why we hadn't been served yet. Once the waitress came, she was not so friendly and it took a long time to get our drinks to us. we had to ask them what the specials were. Once we got our appetizers, it took a very long time to get our dinner. that's not my first time in this restaurant. our service at previous visit was very good. the service we received on Friday night was very bad. hopefully it was an anomaly. I doubt my friends will go back. That was great, the couple of times I was here. I will try it again from this reason, but if we experience the same service again, we will not go back

We had chicken enchiladas....the chicken had no flavor and both of our meals were lukewarm at best. We did not send it back. I guess we should have complained.

Went for the drink advertised happy hours specials. When seated was told it was only available at the bar. Our waitress was able to get Management to honor the prices at the table—good job on her part. The frozen margarita I ordered was piled about 2-3” high with ice and the liquid part of the drink tasted like water—too much ice and not enough flavorings. Again the waitress worked her magic and excahanged it for a drink on the rocks. It was much better as you could taste the ingredients. The chips and salsa served before the meal were very good. We ordered two types of tacos neither of which was very tasty. The carnitas in the taco was not browned and tasted porky. We also ordered a stuffed pepper—Chile relleno— which was not crispy and didn’t have much taste. All in all we won’t be going back. Tolteca up the street has very good carnitas served with 3 tortillas and rice and retried beans.

Wild crowd at the bar. Noise level was that of a sports bar. Children running around unsupervised. You would think employee's or management would have stepped in. The food was OK at best. The kicker was the bill. It was that of a 5 Star restaurent. Never again.....