La Choza

Menu is limited, but when you get your plate the food is so fresh and delicious, that you could really care less about them not having a ton of stuff on the menu.

Just want to start by saying that everything is microwaved, bad service, I’m Hispanic and the lady working was really rude, unprofessional, didn’t specify the extras… She just went and charged me for it, after tipping her $ 8 dollars (no service) she’s still have me an attitude because I wanted more water?

I got the cheese enchiladas, and they would have made better ravioli. Rice and beans were mediocre as well. Do not come here.

We often get take-​out from La Choza and order the roast chicken. They make the best roast chicken around. Period. Why only four stars? They only have roast chicken about half of the time. I know that a small restaurant has challenges predicting demand. But it makes it so that we cannot depend upon being able to get it from them.

Chicken only comes with rice and beans, and a little pricey.

First time here. Went with the seafood paella on my server’s recommendation. It was quite nice. Half a crab, mussels and clams, shrimp and scallops, and many rings of calamari mixed in. A good value. The service was good but the ambience was off. It was lunch time and they had the lights out in the bar. I was their second table and they suddenly cranked on some loud music after I ordered. Service is good, food so far was worth it. May be coming back for dinner to see the difference in crowd and atmosphere.

The menu is limited. Authentic Salvadorean, but average food.
The staff was extremely sweet, but the food was simply average.

Just ate lunch there with 3 well traveled Brazilians. We loved it!
Good variety of foods at reasonable prices and very patient server — agree with one reviewer nice eye candy there but I had 3 of my own. Anyway the server was attentive and patient while the gals went back and forth on Salvadorian or Mexican and whether to split dishes or not. I had the beef enchiladas platter — all the food tended toward Salvadoran with more sophisticated spicing than Mexican in homemade style dishes. One had the tilapia salad. The other two split a lunch order and the waitress said to do so they would make it supper size and price so the portions would be right. No problem and still a good deal. They had the Carne Asada. No leftovers anywhere from a bunch of picky women eaters!
The chips and spicy salsa usually bore me, but these were great and I emptied the bowl with my Dos Equis for safety. The interior is a nice comfortable layout with a regular bar up front. Definitely I will check it out again for late night with 0100 as well as the food.
The Mexican and El Salvador flags and sign on the door make me believe that is the focus of their cuisine. Great enjoyable lunch.

Do even think about it. We had been coming to this place for years, but it’s all changed. This place used to be packed and it was good. The last time that we recently went there they screwed up our order big time. Their burnt chips and salsa were alful. They don’t look you in the eye when you’re trying to converse with the staff and the place is really dirty. This place must have changed hands. I should have known that something was up when there were just a few people in there at 12:30pm.
The service is the pitts. It’s my prediction that they won’t be around for long at this point.

Come here for a Mexican beer, futbol and deer antlers on the wall — not the food.

Obviously only based on one visit, but my experience here did not seem to match that of others.
We were cruising around in the rain after 10pm looking for anything that might be open that wasn’t fast food and stumbled on this place. It was pretty empty except for the staff and a couple of others; we were certainly the only people speaking English in the place. The waitress was extremely friendly and nice, maybe because we addressed her in Spanish (though her English was good.) Apparently she made the couple of margaritas my girlfriend had, and those were pretty decent.
Other reviewer pretty much hit the mark:
«Not bad for a Salvadorean/​Mexican restaurant without driving to Arlington. The atmosphere seemed like a cool hangout if you’re into the Latin food and Karaōke (Saturday night). The waitress was very nice.»
We had some cheese papusas which were pretty tasty, and I had a carnitas dish (sorry forget the name of it) that was very tasty, which quite frankly surprised me being that it was like 10:30 pm. Girlfriend had steak fajitas. Both came with again surprisingly fresh tortillas, and also black beans and white rice. Overall seemed very fresh.
So take it FWIW, since it was a late night surprise stop, but I would definitely return to this place to see if there is a reason why it has poor reviews.

As you all know I like to keep reviews simple and right to the point.
Yikes, This place feels as if something is not right.
Bad vibe… Bad Feng Shui… Not so great food

Don’t bother. It was awful. I used to eat there once a week before it switched management I will never waste my money there again.

We asked for water and got 2 bottles of Deer Park brand water. They charged us $ 3.50 per water. My girlfriend ordered the lamb, which came to her hot. I ordered the baked pork, but that came to me barely warm. Food is ok, not great. Also, pay in cash or make sure to scribble out your credit or debit card account number on your receipt. The full number was on my receipt.

Some of the best rotisserie chicken you can find in the DC area. When you order the chicken get the meal (comes with rice and black beans). Also ask for the green sauce, it’s amazing! Get it while it lasts, they are usually out by 7−730pm, and you must resort to the rest of their mediocre menu.

Not bad for a Salvadorean/​Mexican restaurant without driving to Arlington. The atmosphere seemed like a cool hangout if you’re into the Latin food and Karaōke (Saturday night). The waitress was very nice.
We ordered take out:
Pupusa Revuelta — Pretty good… the cabbage and salsa had lots of flavor
Wings — eh… wasn’t impressed
Bistec entomatado — Yummy! The steak was soft and tender and the sauce was a perfect saucy consistency
Lomo Saltado — Delicious! One of my favorite dishes… although they could’ve added a little bit more steak than fries and a little bit more sauce.
I’d go back again when we are in a Latin mood. Prices for dinner weren’t so bad either.

Two Words: God. Awful.
The food tastes like it is fresh from the can, the air was heavy with cigarette smoke and everything, everything tasted like onions. Not the good kind of onions, either.
The «guacamole» was a powder mixed in with sour cream — and lots of onions. How do I know this? Ours wasn’t mixed very well.

2.5 stars– a precisely so-​so dinner
La Choza is under new management. I got to hear all about this as their staff beautifully dealt with an unpleasant couple demanding to know why they wouldn’t honor old coupons. The new management seems to have several issues including no liquor license, and myriad spelling errors on their menus.
Everything was OK. The food a bit below average, the service a bit above.
It wasn’t a bad experience, but we also see no reason to return. So-​so.