Latin Cafe

What have you done to our beloved Doña Emilia's?. We used to love going to Doña Emilia's to enjoy their Mojitos and the wonderful ajiaco (a Colombian 3-potato soup; I am from Colombia and their Ajiaco was the closest I've ever found in the U.S. to the real thing). We went back last week to find it had been "rebranded" as Latin Cafe. The ambiance went from a nice restaurant to a glorified Taco Bell: tex-mex food, paper tablecloths, blinking neon, lousy service and worst of all: No ajiaco! How about a nice 10 Cane Mojito? "Sorry, we don't got that anymore." I will never be going back. Doña Emilia's consistently ranked in my top-10 for best restaurants in Austin. I truly believe we've lost the only authentic Latin American restaurant in town.…

Best Mojitos and Caipirinhas. I went there for my luch break the other day and I really enjoyed the food, the blackened salmon was outstanding. Then I went back for dinner and drinks with my girl, and the food was delicious and their drinks even better, the mojitos were the best I have ever had in my life and the caipirinhas were really tasty! The server was checking on us every five minutes making sure that we were ok. I am definitely going back again.…

MOJITOS ARE #1. 2 weeks ago my girlfriend and I went to Latin cafe because it was an hour wait down the street. We had never seen it before and were a little skeptical. But the food and service was great. I have worked in restaurants my entire life and know that this can be deceiving. Sometimes you win the lotto at a terrible place. Well I have gone back 4 times since then. 1 time with my girl and 3 times by myself for lunch and this place is a winner. I already feel like a regular the staff remembers you and make you feel at home. I highly recommend the beef skewers on the appetizer menu they are my favorite. LATIN POWER!!!!…

Terrible. Just Terrible. Dona Emilia's changed its name to the Latin Cafe. Same prices. Taco Bell quality. Actually, that's insulting to Taco Bell. This was some of the worst food I've ever had in my 10 years living in Austin. We used to really like Dona Emilia's. But don't be fooled this place is NOT Dona Emilia's! The shrimp I had tasted like it was frozen 15 minutes earlier. It was tough and served on a bed of rice that for some reason had a quart of cream poured all over it. The calamari was served with catchup. Not kidding, catchup. The service was lousy. Oh and the valet guy just disappeared at the end and we had to go get the manager to get our keys. You couldn't pay us to eat here again.…