La Fonda Latina
(404) 607-0665
923 Ponce De Leon Ave NE
Atlanta,
GA
30306
33.7737
-84.357
Neighborhoods: Northeast, Northeast, St. Charles/ Greenwood
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The Scene
La Fonda's five intown restaurants evoke a carnival mood with brightly painted furniture and walls. Spanish tunes are suitably bouncy and loud, but you needn't shout to be heard. At the Ponce location, industrial chic meets tilt-a-whirl: Brushed aluminum tables dot the patio, while inside the staff bustles around a room the color of circus peanuts, decorated with turquoise shutters and framed Diego Rivera posters.
The Food
Toned-down American takes on popular Mexican, Latin American and Caribbean dishes are what's on the table at these reliable intown cantinas. Don't miss the sopa de pollo, a bracing soup loaded with white-meat chicken, yellow rice and a dice of green onions, jalapenos and tomatoes. Use that lime wedge to add some tang. The arroz con pollo, a moist half-chicken spiked with paprika, comes nestled in yellow rice with onions and peppers. It pairs nicely with a side of smoky black beans. Fresh cilantro gives the fire-engine red salsa a nice kick, but the chunky guacamole is under spiced.
User Reviews
CSMobileUser
June 15, 2009
Good evening, I frequent your restaurant regularly when I am in town. I am usually happy with the service as well as the food work with CBS television out of New York and was excited to take my sister to your establishment for a relaxing Friday afternoon. We ordered drinks as well as a pitcher of margarita and guacamole . We then asked the server which chicken dish was better and which one came with the rice and beans. We decided to get the dish with the rice and black beans . The dish came in a timely fashion, we fixed our respective plates and started to eat. I went up to the waiter to ask where our black beans were. He stated I ordered the wrong meal and came over to take our plates. Well I do realize mistakes happen since it was his and not ours you do not remove the plate from in front of us. You remove the serving dish , which still had a large remainder of food since we split the thigh. Then a man comes up and says that is not right to eat the food if it is a mistake it goes to the waiters to eat. The proper thing would have been for him to introduce himself as the manager and what seemed to be the problem , I proceed to inform him of the mistake the server made .He informed me it was my word (and sister) against his server?!! I ask him for the manager and he says yes he is the manger, no name , nothing. I am surprised at the level of service because for the last couple of years when I was in town I was happy with the food. I asked another server for the manger again who now has brought us the correct dish we ordered and proceed to berate me that this was not right to have eaten the food, well this was not our mistake and on an already 40 dollar tab including the tip it would have behoved the manager to have had better etiquette. After requesting that this "manager" Alonzo give me the corporate phone number I explained the incident to Gerry. He as courteous, listened and emphasized. I give you kudos for having him on your management team. What a lot of people do not realize that one and now two people tell a friend about the bad service that friend tells a friend,etc. By that time 20 people are now expressing their negative opinions to possible customers or future customers of yours. I say this to perhaps keep your "manager" Alonzo from being rude and abrasive to someone else. Things may be lost in translation , but is up to the individual whose native language is not english to be more sensitive in how they word things. Thank you for allowing me the platform to express myself since I do Public Relations in television I am very patient in how I express myself to people.
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Anonymous
November 24, 2008
For a quick, always good, inexpensive Mexican meal, you can't beat La Fonda Latina. Salsa is perfectly spicy, not too much of anything, and the quesadillas can't be beat.
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November 06, 2008
The food was what I expected. There was nothing wrong with it, but it was just average. I guess from what everyone said I thought it would be great. You do have your choice of many types of Latin American food. There is outdoor setting. I would go back but it wouldn't be my first choice.
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What to Drink:
A sangria full of fresh chopped fruit outshines the maragritas.
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Payment Methods:
American Express, Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard
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Smoking Permitted:
Yes
