El Quetzal Guatemalan Restaurant
Rowshon Jahan · 280 Google reviewsEl Quetzal Guatemalan Restaurant — latin american in Albany Park. Flavors stay true to the source. Service that's warm without being over the top. "The salsa was a little spicy but tasted very good with the chips" — Evelyn Menzel [$$]
What 416 diners keep saying
What 416 diners keep saying
verbatim, from Google
“Muy buena experiencia culinaria excelente atención servicio y el sazón de la comida”
“Excellent!!! ¡Excelente buffet dominical! Muy buena variedad de platillos. Muy rico todo. Las meseras muy serviciales. Mucha gente pasando un buen rato en familia. Me gustó mucho la música. De verdad que fue una muy buena y agradable experiencia. Marzo 1, 26.”
“Great food and service. We were kind of in a hurry but everything was ready quick and delicious. Had pupusas, empanadas, garnachas, and a margarita. Will definitely come back to try more.”
“Went on a whim, and a great choice was made! The food was delicious! Our waitress was busy, but she did an awesome job. I also enjoyed the music.”
“We ordered that big plate that serves 4 people. The caldo. Some tacos. Some popusas. I thought everything was good until we saw a roach walking across our table. I was done after that. I could not wait to get out of there. They get 1 star because of the roaches. Where there’s one, there’s more.”
“Orden por Uber Eats - Una decepción tremenda. Recomendación a los dueños: No pongan en su menu comida que NO saben hacer sus cocineros o y/o practiquen antes de ponerlo a la venta. Ordene un mole, me entregaron plátanos fritos con algo que parecía avena de chocolate. El atol de elote sin sabor, ahumado solo con ver el color del atole uno se da cuenta que no es el sabor ni la consistencia. El taco estilo guatemalteco, esperaba taco frito (flautas), pero es una tortilla con carne para desherbar, repollo/curtido y salsa. El sabor no esta mal, este estaba rico. Las pupusas - flacas y sin relleno. Pura masa. Y el curtido, pues muy seco para mi gusto. NO RECOMIENDO ESTE RESTAURANTE. English: Sure! Here's a casual English translation: --- **Ordered through Uber Eats – Super disappointing.** Advice for the owners: Don’t put food on the menu that your cooks clearly don’t know how to make—or at least practice before selling it. I ordered mole, but what I got was fried plantains with something that looked like chocolate oatmeal. The corn atol had no flavor and was smoky just from the color alone—you could tell it wasn’t right in taste or texture. As for the Guatemalan-style taco, I was expecting a fried taco (like flautas), but it was just a tortilla with shredded meat, some cabbage/pickled slaw, and salsa. The flavor wasn’t bad though—this one was actually pretty good. The pupusas were thin and had no filling—just dough. And the slaw was way too dry for my taste. **Would NOT recommend this restaurant.**”
“El servicio es muy malo, tardan bastante en atender solo hay una mesera y es muy muy muy tardado no lo recomiendo”
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