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| - Sometimes books should be judged by their cover. Mama Lupitas is in a ran down strip mall on the westside of Glendale. The inside is small and bleak as the outside is ran down and weak.
The chips are hard and stale and not worth human consumption which is unfortunate because the hot salsa (by request, not the one they serve you) is actually quite tasty.
I had a shrimp cocktail, a chicken flauta, and a pastor burro. The shrimp cocktail was plain-jane and rather boring. It consisted of flavorless shrimp and mostly cocktail juice. A good shrimp cocktail should have lots of cucumber, onion, jalapenos or serranos, cilantro, lots of lime, saltiness, spiciness...this had close to none of that. The chicken flauta needed to be cooked longer and the chicken was also bland. Finally, the highlight was the al pastor burro which had lots of flavor. Great heat, good meat, & a nice proportion. The only thing it was lacking was some vegetation. Again, onion, cilantro, lettuce, tomatoes, something...
My companions shared the same sentiments with their meals but they'll have to give their own reviews.
The other highlight was our waitress. Although we couldn't communicate very well she took good care of us. She filled up our drinks non stop and was very attentive.
Unfortunately, I would not come back nor recommend this place.
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