La Fonda Latina

(404) 607-0665

923 Ponce De Leon Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30306 33.77381 -84.35714

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Neighborhoods: St. Charles/ Greenwood, Northeast, Northeast

Price:

$

Last updated 8.03.11

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Check, American Express, Cash, Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Outdoor Dining, Lunch Spot

Cuisine:

Latin American, South American, Cuban, Mexican

Smoking Permitted:

Yes

What People Are Saying About La Fonda Latina

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Contributor

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…

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What to Drink:
A sangria full of fresh chopped fruit outshines the maragritas.
drinks
50.0% positive
  1. the drinks are ridiculously cheap and the food is outstanding.
  2. The salsa is also way above average, but everything else is mediocre at best--I was served stale iced tea the first time I ate there, and never ventured to order it again.
food quality
85.19000053405762% positive
  1. enjoy the fried plantains & the chicken cheese quesadilla.
  2. the veggie tacos are my favorite meal, hands down, but i have never had anything there that i didnt like.
  3. Great food at a great price
  4. yummy queso
  5. the drinks are ridiculously cheap and the food is outstanding.
  6. Chips are okay, salsa is good.
  7. La Fonda isn't going to win any major awards for their food, but it provides confort food for a reasonable price.
  8. The salsa was good, at least.
  9. Also the grilled chicken salad is amazing- so fresh!
  10. The food here is good - no denial there.
  11. their take out is also a great value, because along with your meal you get a very generous serving of chips along with a large container of their salsa which, by the way, is far superior to salsa at many other similar (and often more expensive) places lik
  12. good food - but not worth the rude staff and terrible service
  13. One of my favorite dishes, the fish tacos, always arrive hot, with crispy, crunchy fish nestled inside.
  14. The best steak quesadillas this side of the border!
  15. The salsa is also way above average, but everything else is mediocre at best--I was served stale iced tea the first time I ate there, and never ventured to order it again.
  16. The food was very good, yet when we went to the register to pay the, the staff rudely stated they don't split checks.
  17. might try again with a regular customer who could tell me exactly what to order, because I can't believe the food is usually that bad.
  18. My black beans were cold.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. outdoor patio is perfect for summer days and nights, great social place.
  2. This is a great place to eat if you are in a hurry.
service
36.6700005531311% positive
  1. 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.
  2. The service was decent, but it seemed as though the server absolutely hated his life.
  3. good food - but not worth the rude staff and terrible service
  4. The food was very good, yet when we went to the register to pay the, the staff rudely stated they don't split checks.
  5. Although the service wasn't exactly good, I've had much worse service.
value
90.4800033569336% positive
  1. the drinks are ridiculously cheap and the food is outstanding.
  2. their take out is also a great value, because along with your meal you get a very generous serving of chips along with a large container of their salsa which, by the way, is far superior to salsa at many other similar (and often more expensive) places lik
  3. good food - but not worth the rude staff and terrible service
  4. The rooftop patio was very cool, and the prices were very cheap!
  5. great paella at a reasonable price.
  6. La Fonda isn't going to win any major awards for their food, but it provides confort food for a reasonable price.
  7. Great food at a great price
2 Star Rating: Below Average

01/23/11

We felt like we were an inconvenience....

by ameeanjel

The food here was pretty good, but the staff here is not friendly at all. I kind of felt like we were inconveniencing them by being there. We are not demanding customers at all. I am always nice and appreciative to anyone who is waiting on me and I always tip at least 20% for just adequate service and I always tip more than that if I feel like the service is good. These people need to learn some people skills to be in this business. I felt so uncomfortable that I will never go back to that location.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

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4 Star Rating: Recommended

08/28/09

yummy queso

by haiku8

I love the queso dip here. Also the grilled chicken salad is amazing- so fresh!

the only down side is i always eat the entire bowl!

also- the restaurant can get noisy

  • Pros: queso!
  • Cons: queso...
2 Star Rating: Below Average

06/15/09

Extremely unhappy with service

Contributor

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.

4 Star Rating: Recommended

07/07/08

great paella

by PrinceDiana

great paella at a reasonable price. outdoor patio is perfect for summer days and nights, great social place.

  • Pros: great food, great ambience

The Details on La Fonda Latina

Place Categories:

  • good food
  • bad service
  • reasonable price
  • great paella
  • great social place
  • good lunch spot
  • good salsa
  • great value
  • favorite meal
  • great casita
  • rude staff
  • enjoy chicken cheese quesadilla
  • very cool rooftop patio
  • cold black beans
  • enjoy fried plantains
  • crispy crunchy fish
  • best steak
  • perfect outdoor patio
  • not like cilantro
  • amazing grilled chicken salad
  • stale iced tea
  • yummy queso
  • mediocre everything
  • favorite dishes
  • absolutely hated server
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