cyntornelas Posted March 4, 2017 Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 There is a new place to eat outside of Ajijic! Try La Guadalupana in El Chante. Going toward Joco, it's on the right side of the carretera before you get to the Farmacia Guadalajara. I've been there twice and our food was delicious and the service great! The building is absolutely beautiful! It also serves as an eventos. They are now service breakfast too. CLOSED ON MONDAYS. I hope you'll try it and enjoy it as much as we did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted March 4, 2017 Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 If you are with that restaurant, there is a section here specifically for restaurant owners to post information in. If you are really a customer, encourage the owners to use that resource. I am told it really does generate business for the restaurants and bars that use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bournemouth Posted March 4, 2017 Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 MC - the OP really is a customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepez Posted March 4, 2017 Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 Five of us went to La Guadalupana on Wednesday, 1 March, and we all loved it, just as Cynthia (the OP) said. Great food (mostly seafood and meat), great service. Yes, it's in El Chante, Jocotepec, and i know you folks from Ajijic don't like to come this far, but for us who are westenders, this is a GREAT place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBearII Posted March 4, 2017 Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 Anyone know the days and hours? If this place is where I think it is, it's a lovely site. I'd just hate to drive out there and find it's closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepez Posted March 4, 2017 Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 According to their Facebook page, they are open daily from 9am to 11pm. However, Cynthia (the OP) says they are closed on Monday, so that may be so. Google Restaurante La Guadalupana "My Friend" and you will see photos, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyntornelas Posted March 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Yes, I am a customer -- I'm not associated with the restaurant at all. I'm sorry if I posted in the wrong place. I went again, and they told me they had just decided to close on Mondays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineyDay Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 Pepez ----- I cannot seem to find the one in El Chante? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepez Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 SunshineyDay, you can't find their Facebook page or you can't find the restaurant? Their Facebook page is restaurante la guadalupana "my friend". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 Does anyone know if they make mixed drinks like Pina Coladas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepez Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 Cedros, they have a bar and do serve cocktails, beer, and wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 Thanks pepez. It is essential for my lunch partner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metuchenmama Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 Visited la Guadalupana today. The good: great service and reasonable prices. The place is attractive. The bad: Watch out for VERY picante sauces. The restaurant had two people each at two tables. Since the restaurant is huge the sound reverberated very loudly from the musician. His voice was good and his playing good but we could barely hear each other to have a conversation and he was at least 20 feet from us. The couple at the other table were very happy with their meals. We however were not. We had very poor choices. There was no chicken available though it was on the menu so we both decided to order molcajete. One was mar and the other tierra. They were molcajete like we had never seen before. Molcajete is usually like a stew with bite sized pieces of meat, vegetables or seafood mixed into melted cheese. These pieces of meat, shrimp and onions were huge, The cheese was almost none existent. The sauce was so picante that my friend's ears actually turned red and she said she felt she was on fire. Would I visit the restaurant again? Maybe as it is a distance, but under no circumstance would I ever order the molcajete there again. I love molcajete, just not theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taltman711 Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 Two of us thought to try breakfast there yesterday. Arrived at restaurant at 9:20. Closed. Went on to Jocotepec to do errands. Went by the place at 10:20 and they were just opening. We ate at another restaurant. Apparently the opening time of 9 am is "soft". T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 A common failing of many restaurants in this area: "soft" hours, lol. Expats expect to see hours honoured. I cannot speak for tapatios or folks from other large Mexican cities, but I would suspect these days, that they do as well. Throughout the rest of the country, in the small towns and villages, it's not so important. There is no expectation that the regular grind will continue to pump funds into the kitty. (Like so many workers around here, they do a job, get paid, and disappear for a week, regardless of our desires.) The Californian restaurant in Riberas is a good example: never quite know when he will open, but you can be sure he will close early, sometimes way early, if the place isn't busy. I don't think most locals really care. The places that are important to them are the roadside stands that serve breakfast... those hours are always kept. Unless someone is sick, or there is a family matter to attend to... in which case, the use of a hand-scrawled sign indicating same would never cross their minds. That's just life. My favourite taco places open "sometime after dusk"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 We tried La Guadalupana today. A very nice looking place with good service and good food.They said they are open every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poncho11 Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 I went today (thursday) for lunch and ordered a sirloin. They brought me a thin cut small piece of some stiff and dry meat that looks like it was cooked on the microwave.... so disappointing! When I asked the waiter if it was really sirloin (250gr) or it was a mistake, they offered me to switch it for a t-bone instead and I agreed. This time the portion size was right, but it looked like they defrosted a pre cooked piece of meat (see picture attached). In conclusion, I wouldn't recommend anyone to go there for meat... at least not during the week. Beside that, the service and the place are excellent, but it was my worse experience in a Mexican restaurant ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Thanks for including the photo. Pretty nasty looking, especially when you add the globs of congealed fat the frost-burnt side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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