It's in a strip center and easy to miss or dismiss but the aroma from the food lures you in. It's a cute, quaint spot inside. Jessi, is the daughter of the owners, and was great with making bomb suggestions, sharing the history of the restaurant, and the Guatemalan culture. She hooked up the margaritas and checked in frequently. Such a warm, welcoming environment with great flavorful food. Will definitely be back again. You will NOT be disappointed. read more

NO STARS!!! terrible service! Didn't even say hello when I walked in. I purchased a Yelp deal and they didn't even accept my voucher. I tried ordering on phone and they put me on hold and never answered me back! Very very terrible wouldn't recommend read more

I think they have the best Guatemalan food in the Los Angeles area. I am a regular here and even after they moved, their quality is the same. read more

Amalia's Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I've been coming to Amalias for years. First time Nataly made the best mixed drinks in the neighborhood. Ask her for suggestions. She'll take good care of you. Blessed. read more

We celebrated my mom's birthday here. The food was excellent and the live marimba was great.

loved the carna asada plate, switched the rice for an avocado- 12 bucks total. cant go wrong. will be back! read more

Amalia's Restaurant - delicious Carne Asada plate - switch the rice for an avocado! - Latin American Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I drive past Amalia's all the time and I've been meaning to try it for a year. Finally went today with my dad and my nephew and it was so delicious! It was a rainy day and we all had soups. The Pepian was so good! Have to go back and eat it again. The Caldo de Cameron and the Caldo Mariscos also excellent. Really nice friendly service. Will definitely be back. read more

Amazing and authentic Guatemalan food! We tried the garnachas, enchiladas, and tamales. Everything was amazing and we will definitely go back the next time we go to LA. 100% recommend read more

Excellent food... Great friendly service... this is my new spot for my Guatemalan breakfast... Buen provecho read more

Amalia's Restaurant - Excellent Friendly service... the food is delicious... - Latin American Near Me - Los Angeles, California

So looking forward to visiting this place when we are in the area ! Love the food from here , arrived on Sunday around noon, place is packed with people, phone is non stop ringing and even thought they are busy the waiters are always so polite and friendly. Food is traditional and taste amazing , always enjoy coming here!! Waitress Jessica is so nice and friendly, can wait to suggest this place our family and friends.. read more

Amalia's Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - Los Angeles, California

FALSE ADVERTISEMENT: restaurant promotes specials and items on menu that are not yet "available." Better location but service was not the same nor the food. My experience at the new location was not the best. Previous location preferred. Food had same huge price yet small portions were given. Previous restaurant location bigger portions were served. I believe new Management has ruined this restaurant. At first I placed an order for a beer which was denied due to the restaurant not having their license for liquor. Yet the menu displayed happy hour specials etc. Being that it was denied I ordered a Coke. The waiter then proceed to notify me of can soda for the moment, which I did not mind being that the menu displayed "free re-fills" on Soda. That was FALSE the waiter charged me for ONE can soda $2.25. If I wanted a refill it will be another $2.25 for ONE can soda. We then received our 22$ sampler plate which was a very small portion compared to the original location. Again new management. Bottom line: OVER PRICED,FALSE ADVERTISEMENT, SMALL PORTIONS FOR HIGH PRICE. read more

Always delicious. I've loved everything I've ordered so far. I tried to eat their meat platter by myself (it's four different kinds of meat, a sausage, a Chile relleno, plus sides) and it was so much food for a good price. read more

Enjoyed a traditional Guatemalan breakfast with my family , very authentic. Staff was very accommodating and respectful. I enjoyed the steak and eggs . read more

I ate here for the first time recently and am a new fan. I ordered the carne asada plate which came with rice, black beans and platanos. Everything was gone in 5 minutes. The steak was very good: juicy, cooked perfectly and well seasoned, the beans were also well prepared and seasoned. The rice was excellent and I'm not really a rice eater but it had a very delicate flavor. The platanos were also very good. I will be eating here again for sure, even though I have no business on this side of town. read more

Came here on a Saturday night with some friends and had a blast. If I could give this restaurant a 1000 out of 100 I would. Service is amazing and the food is bomb. There was karaoke night which was amazing. Would totally come here and bring my family and friends. read more

Loved this place and was so sad when they moved, but found out they moved close to my work! Best black beans in town. I sometimes order breakfast for pickup on my way in to work - plantains, eggs, tortillas (those tortillas are amaaaazing), black beans for such a reasonable price. Lunch and dinner are equally great taste and value. read more

Traditional Guatemala food decent flavor a little pricy but affordable, I recommended once in a while

This place is really friendly. My wife and I live close by so we can walk here. The food is little greasy but it's really good. My wife recommends the chille rellono. Their tamales are pretty good too. All in all definitely good. read more

Amalia's Restaurant - Yum - Latin American Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Great staff very friendly and I have to say I love the atmosphere of the place. I've only been In there twice but in those 2 times I liked it a lot. Food wise I haven't tried everything, but what I have tried I liked it a lot. Great tasting arroz en leche and rellenitos, price is very fair. read more

Trip Advisor indicates that the servers wear gloves and masks. Not true. I was in there on August 4th and they weren't. Nor, do they request customers wear them. That's my last time eating there. read more

This place is a hidden gem and I will be coming back for brunch. They have happy hour until 10 p.m. and the serving portions are large. Can't beat that! I ordered the tostadas, chicken tamales and fried shrimp. The flavors tasted very authentic to Guatemala. read more

Amalia's Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I wanted to update my review. The last two times my sever Jessi (who I've known since their last location ) was my server and she has renewed my faith in this place. People like her make this restaurant the experience it should be- great food, and great people. True to the Guatemalan way. :) read more

This restaurant came highly recommended. I was extremely disappointed. The food was OK. The service was terrible. If you go there with children the waitresses will not acknowledge the children. They act as if children don't eat or you cannot afford to buy them a meal. Even though they don't acknowledge children they still want to add a 15% tip to your bill just because you have a baby with you and a 12-year-old with you. They added stuff to our bill that we didn't even order and items that we did order and never received. I was still eating there was plenty of food left on my plate and the waitress started to put trash on top of my food and remove the plate from the table; very unprofessional. Oh and by the way one of the people in our party got food poisoning. Don't even bother with this place. read more

My brother suggested this restaurant and I was impressed by the quality of it! The food is amazing I had yuca con chicharrón, salpicón, ceviche de concha and the Amalias plate which had carne asada chorizo and chile relleno! Service was good very attentive! I totally recommend this restaurant if you are up for some chapin flavor! read more

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Wow! Every single item on our plate was delicious! & Breakfast is served all day!! And that's exactly what we came for a "Desayuno Chaplin" Mom ordered Huevos Rancheros and I ordered Carne Asada con Huevos, the carne Asada was so juicy and tender, the Chirmol was a little watery for my taste but the flavor was spot on! We are sitting here just enjoying the Marimba playing on their speakers while we make room in our tummies for Plántanos Fritos read more

I loved the old place on Virgil but this one under delivered. The food was different and not as tasty. The chorizos had no flavor. My Carne asada plate was meh. The highlight was my orchata. The service was spotty. I won't be going back.... read more

The food at this place is amazing! Very tasty and truly authentic. We ordered the Paches (tamales with potato unsteady of corn dough), tostadas and Amelia's Antojitos and where very pleased at how tasty it all was! The drinks where also very delicious and refreshing and you could truly taste the freshness of the ingredients! So now to the reason as to why I am only rating this place 3 stars.. The service we received while eating lunch at this location was extremely bad. Our server never introduced herself (I later found out her name on the receipt.. It's Claudia F.) and came to the table to ask if we wanted drinks after about 5minutes of us just sitting there (the store wasn't busy, so we couldn't understand why it was taking so long). Then we waited for 20mins to get our appetizers and I was wondering what was going on, when I noticed that Claudia was eating at the bar area! She never came to let us know she was going on break and someone else would be taking care of us or anything of the sort!! When she noticed me looking at her, she turned away and signaled someone behind the counter. About 5mins after that a nice lady came over with our appetizers and said the entree's where on their way. As we finished our food I called the original Claudia over (she was done with her break at this point) and asked for a box. She came back and just tossed it on the table and continued walking by. Not once asking if we where interested in anything else or if we where ready for the bill as well. She disappeared for about 10mins and when I saw her I asked for the bill while letting her know that I had a 15% off coupon from Yelp. She said ok and came back with the bill, which obviously didn't have a discount.. So I went over to a different waitress (a male with a bald head, who was really nice, and had greeted us when we entered the restaurant) and informed him about the discount and he made sure it was taken out. We paid, gathered our stuff and as we left Claudia just walked on by without even smiling or any kind of goodbye. I was born and raised in Guatemala and the one thing I take pride on is on how nice, sociable, humble and respectful we are. But none of that was expressed in the service that we received today by Claudia. I understand that we all have bad days and there are times when we just aren't having it. But as someone who worked in the customer service department for years, I also know that no matter how your day is going, you put your best smile on and remain friendly and respectful to your customer. I honestly hope that the manager or owner take this as a learning experience and help some of the staff better their customer service. The food is spot on, but the service needs a lot of work. I hope to come back in a couple of weeks or months and see that the service is just as exceptional as the food, so I can update my review and give this place the praise I know it can achieve! read more

We loved Amalia's! It was clean with a friendly atmosphere. The food tasted homemade and delicious. The chicken tasted fresh and like it was good quality. We will definitely return to try out more menu items. I've already been back a couple times for tamales and chumpurrado. (How the heck do you spell that delicious drink?) read more

I went about 3 years ago to there old location. I didn't realized they had moved but luckily we found it! The food is by far great ! Reminds me of my grandmother's cooking (best feeling in the world) ! We ate a lot ! Got tamales (de elote and a chicken one) both very good ! Their atol de platano was perfect ! (Got doubles) and we had breakfast plates! We did a check in and got a 15% off which was surprisingly awesome ! Over all great experience , would highly recommend it ! :) definitely coming back! read more

Amalia's Restaurant - They do 15% off when you check in ! Very nice of them ! :) - Latin American Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Omg!! The hubby is only picky when judging Guatemalan food because his mother is such an amazing cook. This restaurant did not miss a beat from there service, plantanes, frijoles, arroz and everything else. Everything tasted so good. The flavors were well balanced and the serving sizes were PERFECT! I would definatley would come back and try something different. read more

No les recomiendo los tamales son de arroz nada que ver con un tamal chapin de masa ,, dejen saber que los hacen así , obviamente no los disfrute , no me gustaron para nada ‍ read more

Great food! Coming from a Guatemalan family, I can say this is genuine Guatemalan food. The place looks a bit misleading from the outside, but once you step in it is much nicer. Delicious authentic Guatemalan food and great service, can't beat that. read more

It was good, this was basically the service I had this day I went with my family. Parking was easy to get, they are located inside a plaza where a parking space was easy to find. Food was delicious, if you are craving Guatemalan delicacies this is the place to go. We got the Amelia's platter which had a variety of dishes and this other one with different meats. Taste wise I like it, atmosphere was fun until the mariachi which was the entertainment left. The reason why I left unsatisfied was because they had ran out of soda, c'mon soda which is free refills basically it was coming out flat so they werent serving any. We were force to get 'agua frescas' which cost 3 dollars everytime you wanted a refill. Also our server wasnt really attentive or helpful, tortillas were brought cold and rarely if any he came around our table to check if we needed anything. To finish it off Food was good, atmosphere ok, but service was a fail. read more

This was my first time here and I loved the food, very authentic and delicious. I just wanted to order everything on the menu! The place is nice and has this happy atmosphere, the service was great and the waitresses were very friendly and attentive, and the price was very reasonable. If you want to experience authentic Guatemalan food, I would really recommend for you to come to this place! For sure I will be returning here. read more

Amalia's Restaurant - Yummy - Latin American Near Me - Los Angeles, California

So yummy! Guatemalan appetizers and so much more. The place it's very cozy. Everyone is so friendly. Give this place a try. You won't regret it. Breakfast are probably the best. read more

UH-mazing food! I love their marinated pork! It was so tender and delicious! Their carne asada was tender and juicy too! I tried their hot sweet corn drink (don't know the name, my friend ordered it for me) and it was soooo good! Love this restaurant! read more

Love this place! Whenever my boyfriend and I are craving Guatemalan food this is the place to go! We even have our own spot that we sit at every time we go! I always get the Carne Asada plate and it is amazing! The meat was juicy and the rice and beans are to die for! Customer service is always amazing, they really make me feel at home! I always buy the yelp deal they have going on and they always honor it. I will without a doubt be returning, I always do! read more

This Guatemalan restaurant is the best one I have tried so far so if you are ready to try Guatemalan food or if you are looking for real authentic Guatemalan flavors, Amalia's is the spot. it's amazing! Around the holidays they have the traditional caliente or punch and the traditional holiday tamales. But remember no mutter what you order you are not going to be disappointed. Customer service is excellent! read more

Amalia's Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Longest wait ever. Took forever to clean tables and sit us down. Took our order fast but took forever to have the food ready. Other food orders came out before ours. Really bad service. read more

Just had breakfast here with my mom, the waitress (forgot her name) but she was so sweet and attentive. Her customer service was great! The food was also delicious. I highly recommend this restaurant! read more