La Choza

What can I say. Three times I went to try this place, three times the staff was rude. So rude. I’ve worked in the service industry plenty and it just isn’t hard to be friendly, even when it’s really busy.

A tricky one. I’ve had three good visits here but my last one was disappointing. Having looooooved the fish tacos here I had to order them on my latest visit.
The soft taco shells had been changed and disintegrated so you could not pick them up to eat. The order came incomplete and the whole dish was like it had come from a completely different restaurant from previous visits. Bland and quite uninteresting.
Very disappointed– I thought this was going to be one of my faves.

The chicken and chorizo burrito had to be sent back twice as it was cold. The chicken had been precooked and so it was a bit dangerous to be only warmed rather than cooked all the way through. When I did get a hot burrito I found that the flavours had been muddled together and I was eating a bland mushy mix of food. There was no chorizo inside that I could taste or find.
We had a better desert with Nutella stuffed Mexican doughnuts. The doughnuts were dry and overcooked but the orange ice cream that went with it was great.
The star here is for the staff who were really lovely and apologetic. They also gave us 20% off the bill as we sent back the burrito twice.
I’m not feeling very well this morning too.
Maybe this was a bit of an off day, as other reviews are quite good. I was looking forward to eating here so feel a bit disappointed with the experience. Don’t think I will go back.

I was a tourist on a lovely summer day in Brighton, wandering the Laines looking to stop for something to eat. The delicious smell from this restaurant and the lively décor caught my eye so I decided to check it out. I come from a neighborhood in New York with a lot of authentic Mexican and Colombian street food and while this wasn’t exactly that, it was very tasty nonetheless. I got three chicken tacos with a habanero salsa that was the perfect amount of spicy. I was a little more than «three tacos”-hungry but I knew what I was getting into with the portion size. Would really like to try the sweet potato and feta if I ever get back down to Brighton on my next London adventure. Affordability, friendly staff, and beautiful décor with optional outside dining make this place a win!

I’m going to go back here when I’m less hungover and do another review.
Another Pride purchase, I went here with a couple of friends for some sustenance to get us through the Sunday evening.
My friend ordered the calamari to start (I don’t usually eat it, not being a fan of seafood) — all I can say is WOW! I could have just eaten that for starter and main!
I ordered the Chicken and Chorizo Burrito with a medium spicy salsa. After hearing all the good reviews from friends, I was so excited to eat it, but so gutted that I just wasn’t that blown away. To be honest it tasted pretty bland and generic, and for a medium hot salsa it tasted very mild indeed. I was disappointed.
The staff were friendly, although the table next to us were kicking off about having to wait over an hour for their starters (ours came out before theirs!) so that made the atmosphere a bit awkward.
I’d still go there again just to give it another try… everyone has off days right?

If I could give half stars this would be an absolute 3 and a half. I think I’m being very kind giving it 4. Had a tasty meal with friends here. Got nachos which were good, and a chicken and chorizo quesadilla which was very yum.
I’ll be back again for sure and the next time I will definitely be getting a bowl, they look amazing. Busy spot, had to sit outside as there was a 45 minute wait for an inside table. The food took a while to come which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Quite pricey for
A lunch though and for what you get, Dublin has millions of burrito places and none of them are this expensive. I will be back
For round two.

The décor in here is great! So much going on, loads of colours and quirky little things everywhere. The staff were really good and the food was good too– not amazing, but good basic mexican. It’s hard to get a table and gets busy as it;s so popular so I would book ahead for sure– definitely worth a visit or two.

La choza has fast become Brighton’s hot spot for mexican street food. It’s a nightmare trying to get a table (so book ahead) but they do take out which is even better (especially as it’s round the corner from my house!).
Whatever you order will be tasty and full of flavour and theres a tonne of different variations you can pick from so the choice is yours! My top tip is the prawn tacos.delicious.
Its buzzing inside lots of bright colours and the staff are good fun so make sure you head down for a mexican feast asap!

They should do horchata. As for everything else I don’t like it much it’s quite bland

Colourful place to sit and enjoy some Mexican food, especially Taco Tuesdays. The staff are very friendly but if you are looking for a genuine Mexican food fix then it will leave you disappointed.

There have been a flurry of burrito joints opening in Brighton in the last six months… La Choza was one of the earlier ones but still relatively new. The décor is fab… I had a strong urge to fill my home with Mexican trinkets, mini shrines and skulls when I was there (I did come to my senses thankfully).
I have had mixed dining experiences but mainly positive. My first time was amazing and i had a special which was a prawn dish and came recommended by the waitor. I dreamt about that dish for months after.
The staff are good at making recommendations, but a little lost when it comes to actually taking your order and delivering in good time. If you’re interested in a relaxed, fun dining experience then it’s fine and you just go with it. If you are expecting high class waiting and service, this is not your place. The food in my experience makes it worth the occassional bumps elsewhere.
My tip would be go for an early lunch and get there at opening time. This means you are guaranteed a seat, plus they won’t have run out of the specials. If you go in the evening you risk the seat waiting game. They don’t take bookings, but if you go in they take your number and will call you when a seat becomes available. Once it was only 15 minutes… another is was 1 hour 30 minutes… by which time we’d gone elsewhere. This is still a place I want to come so I’ll be back again and again I’m sure…

La Choza actually is something to see. It’s full of Mexican skull parerfanalia, candles, loud colours and almost disturbing collections of well… Mexican stuff.
Walking in you really feel quite excited as it offers great atmosphere for a little restaurant and you have that feeling that maybe just maybe you’ve found a hidden gem…
Wrong… To be honest, besides the brilliant decorating that has to be seen… Everything else falls flat.
I visited La Choza with one other person and we both found the service to be slow and when we finally received the menu we were disappointed that it read as uninspiring and didn’t match the funky feel of the restaurant… but potentially surprising…
After ordering the only two interesting entrees and being told they had sold out, we opted for some tortilla chips and dips… Awful… Out of a bottle… Bland… But cheap.
Main course we both went for a borritto, my girl friends was filled with prawn and mine was smoked pulled pork. I asked for the salsa on the side.
After say… 30mins… we received our borrittos and tucked in… One word… Terrible.
Firstly the salsa wasn’t on the side, secondly the borritto was barely warm and thirdly… Tasted like well… A bunch of mush…
We decided to avoid the last course and not to my surprise I could hear the couple next to me complaining about the very bland churros. So that was a good decision on our part.
The very not busy service staff took ages to bring the bill and take payment… A very drawn out experience…
I recommend visit La Choza and have a look at this place, go in the afternoon, eat minimal, have a Mexican beer, enjoy the crazy look of the place and split to somewhere that serves food worth eating.

Had a terrible time at this Mexican street food restaurant. It took the kitchen 25 minutes, on a Sunday lunchtime in October, to bring up a corn flour tortilla filed with some chopped onion and red cabbage, and some smoked pulled pork. Assuming that all the ingredients are pre prepped, this should have taken as long to bring up as writing this review. They got our order wrong, served up a disgusting chemical tasting concoction as fresh lime juice, and offered us a 20% discount for our trouble. Portions can be surprisingly variable. Go for a burrito, get a massive meal, the tortillas are tiny and cost just as much. Not recommended. Could be good if the chef woke up, and the wait staff listened to customers.

Absolutely delicious food. They use wonderfully cooked shredded beef which gives a really rich flavour and feels very authentic. Although it could get away with being a bit spicier.
The place is colourfully decorated and has a great atmosphere. But it’s a total nightmare to get a table though — There isn’t booking system and the place is always full at peak times. Order takeaway to avoid disappointment.

Hmmm. It’s very pretty, beautifully decorated, friendly and I like that people are starting to realise the viability of non tex-​mex Mexican cooking in the UK — but man, that was a disappointing burrito. too much rice which had green bits that promised a cilantro tang that wasn’t, in fact, there. Barely seasoned refried beans. Good Verde sauce, but nowhere near enough of it and pork, all in one end, that had as much unpalatable rind as meat. The good bits of the pork were almost lovely — you could tell from the smokey aftertaste that there had been love involved somewhere along the line but it had been left uncoaxed by salt or pepper and didn’t stand a chance against the stodginess of it’s bedfellows.
The whole thing was unseasoned and bland — all very well if you eat in and have access to their service area with it’s necessary salt and hot sauce, but no good as an in car takeaway — unless you have a full cruet set and a selection of aged pepper sauces in your car, in which case, well done: you rule.
I’d go back to try the tacos — usually a menu item with less places to hide and scrimp beneath piles of cheap stodge — and the tortillas and dips looked worth eating — but you can literally get a better burrito in Victoria Station and that can’t be right surely?