La Merenda

Perfect for any occasion and any group size. Food was delicious, service was excellent. I am gluten free and the menu had so many options and was easy to accommodate my allergy. We will be back.

Staff is always knowledgeable and helpful in explaining the menu, which is already clearly marked with allergens and accommodation options. We always over eat! The little empanadas are a must try & they keep the fryer gluten free.

I feel like we could have gone anywhere else and had a much better experience. I am so disappointed with our date. My wife and I came here for a Valentine’s Day lunch, as we have heard good things about the restaurant and wanted to avoid the hustle bustle of dinner on V-Day. When we walked in, the sweet male bartender is the only one who acknowledged us, until we were taken to our seats by the host who looked like he very clearly hated his job or life, not sure. We were very clearly dressed for a date, and were placed at a table that was right next to another that had a party of 6 people which would not have been a problem but their things were on our seats, and they were there to laugh and socialize as they should, but we wanted to have an experience with each other. I politely asked the host if he could move us over to a new table, and he seemed pretty annoyed by that. He asked us “and where would you like to move?” I was confused because I wasn’t sure if there was anything available as it was Valentine’s Day. So, I pointed to a table across the way and he rolled his eyes but did move us, and my wife and I again felt pretty optimistic. When our server came over, she seemed extremely frazzled and flighty. We asked for any recommendations off of the menu as both of us had a gluten allergy. She basically told us that everything gluten free is labeled gluten free. So, my wife and I chose 3 things off of the menu. The beef empanadas were really good. The special tostadas were good as well. The waitress came back to check on us, and I asked her for a dessert menu. When it came to the risotto we ordered, we tried it but that was as far as we got. It stated that it was dressed with gremolata. Dressed is an understatement. It was DRENCHED in garlic olive oil and I mean, it was swimming. My wife nor I could even swallow it as it was just so wet. And we absolutely love risotto. I figured maybe a chef got a little heavy handed with it and maybe they’d bring us a new one or offer to replace it with something of the same value. The waitress ended up not coming back for 30 minutes to bring the dessert menu. When she did, I spoke to her regarding the risotto and she acted super offended and annoyed and told us that it always looks like that. I told her that we did not like it, and she stated that she would “see if she can get them to take it off”. She removed the plate and came back 10 seconds later stating “Yeah that’s the gremolata so they aren’t taking it off sorry but I wish I could do more, they just said that is how it always looks and they aren’t going to do anything about it”. She went on and on before I said ok thank you we are going to skip dessert, can I please have the check? I really was going to order dessert because hello it’s Valentine’s Day but it left such a bad taste in my mouth (literally) that I really don’t think I’ll be back here.