I bet it is the best place for me lol I just saw it on my side of my room and it looks okay but I'm still working on my home now read more

El Katracho Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - Sherman Oaks, California

This spot used to be my favorite and they have just gone done hill from the years and not getting better it sucks I have to let this place go and see less business there. They are cheaper with their materials and product like look at the tortillas. read more

El Katracho Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - Sherman Oaks, California

Small Honduran restaurant at a location where you'd least expect, next to Supercuts and METRO hair salon. It seems to be the local Honduran people's favorite. I admit, I've never been to Honduras, met anyone (maybe the waiters were) or had the food from there before, but I'm a fan of some of their dishes. Plus, it must be THAT good if all these locals are visiting. AND, this place started small but after 8 months or so, they doubled their square-footage. That's 'nuff said. I only have 2 recommendations so far from the stuff I've tried on the menu: "Egg and Cheese and Fried Beans and Avocado Baleatas" - SO GOOOD. JUST EAT IT. DO IT. JUST DO IT. I hate avocados AND fried beans, but this stuff is bomb. "3 CHICKEN TACOS"- yeah, I'm not a huge taco fan. Don't expect a round shell taco, it actually looks like a taquito. SO good. I don't like chicken much or tacos, but it's awesome. Conch Soup - Haven't tried it yet, but apparently it's one of their most popular dish. It's their AUTHENTIC soup. I will try next...if i have balls. This place isn't BIG TIME yet but I think it will be. JUST: DO IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT like NIKE DOES IIIIIIIIIIIIT! I found some review on LA TIMES calendar live: http://www.calendarlive.com/dining/find/cl-fo-find24jan24,0,6492573.story No, I do not work for this place, nor do I get any commission for promoting. read more

The food is very delicious, definitely worth the wait! Freshly cooked food is always going to take a bit longer to be served. So you just have to be mindful of that when you come here.The prices are affordable, and the service is welcoming. I would definitely go back again. read more

They have improved. Still slow with no parking. The food is good, which is the point.

A lovely family-owned Honduran restaurant filled with local Hondurans. Inside is spacious, clean, and lively with music and several flat screens. I really liked... - Baleadas: Thick homemade flour tortilla folded in half with refried beans and grated queso duro (a hard salty white cheese), and mantequilla (a white sauce much like sour cream). I also liked... - Chicken Tacos: Although they are very much like Mexican taquitos. - Port Royal Export Beer: Honruan pilsener beer with very light crisp taste. Though our waitress did just fine, I do NOT recommend going in a large group, especially if you do not speak Spanish. Most of the staff speak limited English and service can get slow. I think it's part of the charm, though. I highly recommend this place. I will be going back for lunch on Tuesdays when Baleadas are 99 cent each! read more

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This restaurant never fails me!! I'm half Honduran and it makes me feel like Great to actually feel the full culture. The wonderful lady's work really hard , much respect ! Perfect place to do karokee and dance punta ! I just LOVEEE coming here! My cousins have come down from South LA just to eat their famous baliadas ! read more

El Katracho Restaurant - They never fail to get my order when I call and have it made to go! And thanks for not forgetting about my allergy to avocados - Latin American Near Me - Sherman Oaks, California

I was doing laundry across the street and decided to grab a quick bite being specifically curious about the baleadas since that's what most reviews mention. The dish was not too bad, if anything it was a bit bland but flavor wise it was good. What really ruined the experience was the service, since it was not only slow, but made me feel like they didn't even care I was there. Sorry, next time I'm doing laundry I'll be going to the pizza place right next door. read more

BEST quality Honduran food in LA county. Coming from Honduran natives, this means a lot. The food always taste fresh and delicious. Very accommodating to Vegans and Vegetarians. Price is great, mostly everything is under $14. Photos do no justice. Definitely a must try. Plus, I believe it turns into a lounge with live music at night. read more

El Katracho Restaurant - Carne Pinchos, beans look a bit dry, but really good. Again photos serve no justice. - Latin American Near Me - Sherman Oaks, California

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fui a pasar un buen tiempo con mi familia y solo recibí una mala experiencia con la persona que nos dejaron para empezar nos atendió de mala manera y con mala gana nos dejos esperando por vario tiempo para hacerse a preguntar si necesitamos algo cuando no nos pregunto si vamos a tomar o algo como se acostumbra esperamos y nos dejo la cómoda no volvió y cuando me da mi recibo me está diciendo que tengo que dejar tip obligatoriamente que por que así dice y que si no leii el menu me hablo de mala manera y me cobro 18 de tip cuando lo único que hizo fue dejar la comida y irse no pregunta estan bien o necesita algo pero si me cobro más tip que taxes 8 de taxes y el doble de tip no es justo eso el tip es algo que. uno decide dejar por cómo te atienden y ella lo exigio más que eso lo cubro que mala experiencia read more

The food was great, the service was so bad I don't want to set foot in here again. They talked shit the moment I said my order.

The food it's ok, the prices are too expensive, the services is bad. This place should be more nice and clean, the tables and chairs are so uncomfortable they are old and dirt. I will Never go back to this place. read more

Delicious. Authentic. I don't feel like I'm in LA when I eat here. Which I love! I recommend coming here and trying the beleadas. Really good. read more

Great food. Kinda expensive. Service was okay. 5 stars.

They are dirty and they don't even wear their masks at all!! Tuve que esperar por mi comida y la mesera fue bien ruda y nos ignoraba.. aparte de que nunca recibimos nuestro plato. Worst customer service ever. read more

You have to work around how ghetto it is to eat here. Whatever you do, DONT THE USE BATHROOM, you will see the kitchen ! It's a rap after that. Food looks and taste like the kitchen, no AC. They treat you terrible if you don't speak Spanish and make you feel un welcomed. read more

Service was horrible, wait time was horrible, food was horrible. My husband is from Honduras and he said it was the worst food he has ever had. So dissatisfied with everything about this place. read more

Chicken with tajadas mixed is the best!!! I also recommend the boliadas with beans cheese egg sour cream and avocado. The seafood soup is also bomb, I mean whatever you decide to eat here you won't regret. Delicioso read more

Very bad service the wait are very rude always giving bad attitude and on top of that they don't even have a name tag. I wish I can give them a negative star read more

Horrible service not only was she rude from the start she spent 10minutes gossiping with a client while we waited for our check after waiting 40 minutes for our food. To top it off she came to stop us to say we owed her an extra $10 dollars after showing her the receipt she provided. How ridiculous if that's the only waitress this place has I feel sorry for the owners. read more

I like to eat pinchos d carne & pollo con tajadas and they have pretty nice people in service

I've never had Honduran cuisine before so when I read a review awhile back about a Honduran restaurant, called El Katracho located in Sherman Oaks, I decided to check it out for myself. One thing to mention right away is that if you're bringing a large group who will be ordering a la carte off the menu, expect slower service. Although I made reservations for 14 ahead of time, having to wait on so many people did result in a service that while friendly and gracious, was also a little spotty. You may want to go with a smaller group or set up a pre-set menu with El Katracho to move things along a little quicker. As my group was settling in and looking over the menu, we were served baskets of tortilla chips that weren't your standard chips and salsa combo. Instead, a light tomato/chile sauce was poured over the chips and than topped with cotija cheese. Those chips were quite tasty and a great starter. Some people also went ahead ordered drinks while trying to decide what to order. A couple of mango margaritas, made with a fresh mango puree topped with little Honduran flags, soon came out and were enjoyed by the recipients who asked for them. Orders were finally placed and eventually food started coming out in spurts. Now when I was reading that review earlier, one thing caught my attention and it was in reference to a street food that Hondurans are known for called baleadas. Basically, a baleada is a flour tortilla, that is folded and filled with refried mashed beans, quesillo or Parmesan cheese and sour cream. This is basically a no-frills baleada. There are baleadas that can have any number of fillings depending on your preference from eggs to sausage to hot sauce to avocado and probably much more. I ordered a baleada as a side dish to my main entree which was a shrimp and conch soup. My baleada arrived first and I definitely enjoyed it. I enjoyed the thickness of the tortilla itself and I liked the earthiness of the beans mixed with the saltiness of the cheese and the slight sweetness of the sour cream. I could easily just have had a few of the baleadas, a margarita and called it night, but I still had a big bowl of soup coming my way. My soup soon arrived and after my first spoonful, I was happy that I stuck around. The broth itself was made up of coconut milk and was chock full of shrimp, conch, chayote and green plantains. I have to admit to being a bit surprised at the addition of the plantains because I've never had them in soup before, but I liked how they added a meatiness to the soup without the addition of actual meat. The broth was addicting. I loved its sweetness, which went well with the sweetness of the shrimp. My only real issue with the soup was the conch. They were a little chewy, which meant that they were probably canned, but sometimes you can only work with what you have. For me, dinner at El Katracho was a hit and I look forward to a return visit where I can check out even more of their dishes. I actually even foresee a Honduran breakfast in my near future. To see pics, go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_addict/sets/72157610556860458/ read more

Well I will start off with the food. I love their baleadas! I have been coming to this restaurant for about 5 years and everything I have ordered has been delicious! Now in regards to the service, tonight I had the worst experience ever! My server was this girl Anita. She did not even greet us or asked what we wanted to drink! She just went to the table and dropped off the menu. 10 minutes later she came and asked if we were ready but with a very bad attitude. I had to get up to ask for extra sour cream and had to ask the other server to bring my family and I the chips they give when you first sit down. Anita is not a girl I want as a server! Another thing, this Anita girl was wearing a mini skirt that i saw her ass!! It was disgusting! But aside from her the other servers have been great in the past!! read more

I went again to try the non-breakfast dishes and was not as impressed. Everything except the soup was oversauced and overcomplicated, most notably the whole, split plantain topped with beef. Even the fried chicken was topped with sauce! Not good. But the shrimp and conch soup was delicious. read more

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Excellent home style cooking! The Baleadas are great! Must have - Caldo de Jaiba (Crab soup with coconut milk)!!! service is slow and waitress have an attitude. But food is good... read more

Had the most delicious sopa de frijol, total comfort food. Great service annndd there was also dj playing fresh music. Will def be going back. read more

I had some baleadas here. The dough was fluffy. Not bad. The beans inside tasted a'ight. It's more of a snack than an entree, but they do sell a three baleada plate. I ordered the grilled steak kebabs. The meat tasted great, but the entire entree was skimpy and wasn't worth the $13 I paid. They haven't done too much to jazz up the interior. There's a stage where karaoke takes place. One of the waitresses was cleaning the tables with Pledge. That explained why my arms were sticky. The service was meh. The waitress was inattentive. We were never offered water refills or asked if we wanted another bottled soda. After a long lapse, the waitress brought the check, then disappeared. I had to take my check to the register. The waitress didn't bring me back my change, so I had to find her and ask for it. Weird place. read more

Horrible horrible horrible service in this place!! The only reason why I give them one star is because I have to in order to post my review but they don't even deserve one star, went by this evening and my family and I walked out of this place, the waitress took for ever to come out from the kitchen and when she did she didn't even bother to offer us menus or anything she just walked by like if we were not there,, I have never experienced anything like this before,,never ever going back to this shitty place again, they give Hondurans a really bad reputation.. read more

Great Place Reminds you so much of your country. The food is great here, right now is about 10 am and there is 5 groups of people here. The service is great. read more

El Katracho Restaurant - Delicious Tajadas Con Carne Molida. These remind of my grandmothers cooking. - Latin American Near Me - Sherman Oaks, California

I was lured in by the colorful Honduran flags outside. I tried the baleada plate, which was delicious. Apparently baleadas are a signature Honduran dish. I also highly recommend the Salvavidas Honduran beer. The only reason I gave only four stars is because the waitress forgot one of the orders in my group. It may have been partially due to the language barrier however. The place has giant flat screen TVs on the wall playing great music videos of reggaeton and similar, even one wild video of Angolan street kids breakdancing + of course soccer games. Next I'll have to try the 2 for 1 beers @ happy hour. read more

If you decide to try it, I'd say go for lunch. We arrived around 6:30 and the karaoke music was deafeningly loud. We had to yell and point at the menu when we ordered. We coudn't talk at all. To give you an idea of just how intrusive the music was, my husband, who doesn't care much for dining al fresco on the nicest day (unless we're in Paris) suggested we move outside! I think the food was good. The beef skewers were nicely seasoned, but ice cold within minutes of hitting the table. I really liked the conch soup, which had a coconut milk base and strips of conch--kind of like very tender calamari--and three things in the potato family that I couldn't identify, but enjoyed. My hubs carefully removed them from his bowl. The servers asked if we were okay, and didn't we like the music? We said it was just way too loud for us, we wanted to talk. They even offered to put on English language karoake if we wanted to sing, which was nice, but we were on our way to a concert. The mango margarita, made with fresh mango pulp and rimmed with sugar that had a little bit of salt in it was very good, but probably more appropriate for a warm afternoon or a table inside! read more

Great place to eat, I'm not only saying it just because I am Honduran. I recommend to try the Pinchos, and also Chicken with Plantains. The Baleadas are a great, then you can wash it down with a nice soda from Honduras Tropical preference banana. read more

Great food.. Amazing and friendly service nice quiet place to have Central American food. Dinner was so satisfying good thing we gave it a try. read more

El Katracho Restaurant - Latin American Near Me - Sherman Oaks, California

I really wanted to like this place... I came with a party of two at 7:00 in the evening. -Cash only sign should have been outside. And cash only suggests that they don't pay tax on the money. They don't give a receipt. -The fake smoke everywhere was disorienting and made the food taste musty. -The plastic cups smelled terrible, and the water was unfiltered. -Loud, loud music. It gave an air of authenticity, but it was just too loud for my liking. -They overcharged by about $5.00, as stated in a different review. It was almost $40.00 for two people, and the amount of food given did not reflect the exorbitant price. No tip. I ordered: -Grilled chicken/beef skewers: Simply awful. They gave extremely small portions of meat that weren't even worth $5.00 much less $14.00! THREE TINY, TASTELESS pieces of chicken, and the steak was like chewing gum. The salad on the side was simply disgusting. The refried beans were the only part of that dish -Conch soup: Interestingish... The conch soup was unexpectedly sweet. The conch itself was chewy and fishy and sparse within the soup. I paid for orange coconut milk... :( -Avocado, beans, egg, sour cream baleada: Not worth it. One measly piece of avocado. Not bad, just meh. Something easily recreate-able, so definitely not worth $2.50. read more

Did not think I would enjoy the food that much but wow so good. The chips in beginning had tomato sauce on it bomb !! I ordered chicken tacos and mf husband ordered enchiladas. We were both licking our fingers. Will be making this my weekend spot ! Nice service too and very clean read more

I've been looking for a Honduran restaurant for some time now, when I found El Katracho (on yelp :)), I couldn't wait to check it out. The place is petit, clean, and the waitresses were really sweet, even tho my Spanish was shot they were mad cool. I ordered two baleadas and two enchiladas. I was stuffed with the two baleadas so I took the e's home for my man to enjoy. I can't wait to go back again and try the soups... read more

My second time here and it was great again. I had the best baleadas and platanos Fritos! Waitress is always great. I will keep coming back!

Either they are open and don't work, or they just host selective people. I have tried twice to eat there and they always tell me they are closed while people are eating and the whole place seems to be active. Considering how limited the Honduran restaurants are in the area, they need to improve their hosting skills. Perhaps they could learn a thing or two from their Salvadoran or Guatemalan neighbors. read more

They serve alcohol here which is a plus. Nothing goes better with a piece of steak and a cold beverage. Micheladas are ok nothing to rave about. Seems like they have a dance floor next door so might be a good place to come later at night and have a good time. I had the pupusas which were really good and all hand made. Overall good place but to far and not enough BANG for me to come back towards this area. read more

I ordered the chicken with vegie salad and maduro. I liked the chicken. But the maduro sa super oily. I had to ask for plenty of napkins to squeeze and absorb oil the oil from the fried bananas. My wife ordered the enchilada with ground beef. It was not the best enchilada she have had. read more