Fonda Don Chon is an authentic Mexican restaurant located in Shopper Ln. In Covina near the…read moredowntown. Parking lot across the restaurant. You can park in the additional parking spots all around Shopper Ln. I have been a customer for many years and tried many delicious dishes. They serve a traditional Mexican open buffet at certain times. The waiting line is expected, but don't feel discouraged because it moves fast. The decor is vibrant enriched with colorful murals. The staff are very welcoming and genuinely warm. The restaurant has cozy and inviting ambience. Outdoor and indoor seating are available. I placed an online order for pickup. It was fast and convenient since I had friends coming for dinner. I ordered the following: - Burrito Panchon 5/5 Stuffed with carnita, beans and rice, served with cream, beans and guacamole. Huge portion! You can choose your protein. - Fajitas Cielo Mar Y Tierra 5/5 Marinated beef, shrimp, chicken. It served with sauteed bell peppers tomatoes and onions, rice, guacamole, beans and pico de gallo. It was smoky, savory and flavorful. - Vegetarian Enchiladas 5/5 Corn tortillas stuffed with bell pepper, corn, onion, carrot, cilantro, squash, and topped with a combination of cream and jack cheese. The portion was enormous. It was a very flavorful and savory. - Carna Asada 5/5 Flap meat marinated with homemade adobo. It served with pico de gallo, rice & guacamole. The meat was juicy and tender. It was such a delicious dish. - Empanadas 5/5 I chose chicken empanadas. It served with salad. The empanadas was crispy from outside and very flavorful. - Ensalada de Nopales 5/5 Diced cactus mixed with tomatoes, onion, lime, and cilantro. - Taquitos 5/5 It was crispy from outside with savory and juicy filling. - Taco de Cameron , taco de Pescado & taco de Birria 5/5 They were savory, juicy and delicious. - Beans 5/5 Topped with melted cheese, really delicious - Large Bionico Bowl 5/5 Fresh fruits like topped strawberries, mango, cantaloupe, banana, papaya, blueberries, apples, pineapple topped with granola and shaved coconut. It was rich, creamy. The fruits were fresh and sweet. It was heavenly! Every box was wrapped with layers of plastic wrap perfectly. I got a bag full of different types of salsa with my order and another bag with tortilla chips. The food portions were very generous. Every dish reflected authenticity and deliciousness. Fonda Don Chon has high quality, flavorful and delicious food. It is my FAVORITE MEXICAN RESTAURANT.

Amazing and fast service…read more The food here is some of the best Mexican food I've had. Amazing horchata too. Ambience is amazing, all the signs are in Spanish and just feels very local and like a hole-in-the-wall.

Such great food !! The combination fajita plate is my favorite !…read more And with a Michelada to go with it, perfection! Excellent customer service ! Quick with the orders Love this place

I'm not an expert on Mexican food, but I did enjoy my experience at El Camichin in Covina. I was…read moredebating between this one and Casa Moreno down the street, but this one looked less brunchy. I'm glad I made the right decision. On a Sunday afternoon, there was a short wait for a party of two. They were certainly busy with all the outdoor tables full too. When we got seated, they gave us some of the best tortilla chips and salsa I've ever had. I would go back just to eat this again. The menu is very extensive, but ultimately I decided to share the Supremo molcajete $31. There was so much food that we couldn't finish all of it. It came with guacamole, rice, and beans on the side. They also brought out warm tortillas. The best part of the meal was the singer. He would choose songs from his phone and then just sing casually into the mic. He didn't even go around asking for tips, like they do in Mexico City! Street parking (free) Bathroom in the back Outdoor seating available Big groups are ok, but space is tight

Stopped in on a Friday night against my better judgement, my guy said lets try it. Well, haven't…read morebeen here in years and back then the food/service wasn't great. Well, nothings changed. Just over priced wanna be mexican food. The place wasn't packed, but there were a few booths open and tables. I requested a booth, but those were reserved. Hmm, why?? Anyways, my guy and I waited to order a beer, nothing exciting but the waitress finally came. She took our drink order, sometime passed when she returned to tell us the bar was backed up. Really? One bartender on a Friday night? She finally brought the beers but no chips and salsa. Like I said wasn't busy. Then she took our food order.. Here is how it went. I ordered the (4) taquitos ala cart. My guy ordered the combo hard taco with enchilada. The chips came but they were stale, salsa was good, but I was hungry so I sacrificed. My taquitos came out with a small spoonful of guac and strands of lettuce on the side, so they were dry. I bit into one and that had no fresh crunch, like they were already made and just reheated. My guys combo.. The enchilada was drenched in red sauce, no flavor he said and the taco was hard and stale too. He ordered just beans because the rice look like red sauce on rice, uggh! Needless to say, we won't be going back. Over rated for a so called "Mexican Cuisine" restaurant.. Oh, the waitress had a few tables, but didn't come to check in us, I had to ask for water, what a shame!! Did NOT order another drink, check please!!

Incredible place to watch the World Cup. Super friendly service. Fajitas were excellent. The…read morehabanero salsa is incredible. $12 margaritas. Lots of TVs with World Cup audio and a wonderfully friendly, warm community feel. Plus, if you are gluten free, they have a dedicated GF fryer. Staff was knowledgeable and cool about it keeping my plate safe. All around great experience.

The flavors will blow your mind! We saw a social media post on this and decided to give it a try-…read moresince it's local and we want to support our local business. This restaurant is in a strip mall with: DD's, Yoshinoya and Smart and Final on Azusa. We ordered these quesobirria tacos x4 $5 each,1 consome to share $1.50, and their surf & turf burrito $16. Did we expect the tacos to be better than the ones at Disney's DCA at a 10 rating? Especially since these were soft not fried like DCA's. No, but tell you what, these were an 8 since we are comparing. NOW, the next day, I heated up the leftover 2 tacos in my air fryer at 425 for 6 min. Guess what? They are a 10 out of 10, just like DCA's!!!! Fuego can you fry these up? I My husband and I shared the surf and turf burrito. It was large enough to share! Heavy, packed with moist rice, melted cheese, birria and shrimp. Only modification we ask for was no pico and no chipotle crema. The shrimp was freshly cooked on the plancha and to perfection (had a snap). I was worried at first, no one wants rubbery shrimp. This was by far our most favorite item, and probably the best burrito i've ever had!!!! My husband said he'll buy me my own next time. Sorry, I don't have a photo. We gobbled that up so quick. So now I'm thinking we should order burritos to eat now and order the tacos to take home for next day air fryer meals. Now we can skip on them at DCA and enjoy other things we love to eat at Disney .

Saw a bogo deal on the delivery apps so I decided to grab an asada burrito here. Ordered it first…read moreand picked it up at around 8:00 pm. Needed to wait slightly before the order was ready. The store itself was small and accommodates parties of 4 or less well. They have a kiosk for ordering. This was a classic burrito so it came with beans, rices, onions, cilantro, cheese. Everything was seasoned well and I enjoyed it! I'd be interested to try their other items in the next visit.

This place is just top tier! The food was amazingly hot, fresh and delicious. They were so…read moreattentive to us and got our order right, the service was 10/10. I definitely recommend this place and definitely will be coming back.

Them chilaquiles and huaraches are so gooodddd!!!! The service was impeccable, and specially the…read morecashier in the front, Liz, was so nice and friendly. I go there often and she is an excellent waiter/ server as well!! She has a funny joke that kills me every time... she serves two plates and states "careful this one is hot, but no worries this one has personality!!" LMAOOO CUSTOMER FOR LIFE!!

After living in the area for almost 30 years, I recently discovered this place. I'm here at least…read moreonce a week for breakfast and lunch. The super burrito is definitely one of my go two items along with the Agra Fresca's.

Awesome local Mexican fast food joint! I come here whenever I'm craving burritos. So far I have…read moretried the super breakfast, carnitas, California, and Carne Asada burritos. I'll usually ask them for them to extra toast the outside tortilla so it has a bit of a crispy crunch to it. My favorite so far is the California. Has a good mix of meat, fries, and guacamole which makes each bite feel balanced. Order comes complimentary with red or green salsa. Sometimes they'll add some tortilla chips in the bag although it seems I only get this sometimes. Parking lot is small. They do have a drive through which is nice. There are some outside tables to sit around if you want to eat there.

Amazing authentic Mexican food! Service is great!…read moreOrdered potato tacos and mole cheese enchiladas. Always amazing taste. L8ve this place.

The food delicious and the service is amazing , the server Maria is very polite and attentive, I…read moredefinitely recommend this place , i was-told they would soon serve micheladas and margaritas!

My family and I absolutely LOVE this restaurant!!! The food is amazing, and the service is…read morewonderful as well!!!! We love Denise, David, and all the other servers!

Service makes me hesitant to return…read more Interior was nice, old-school restaurant vibes, but didn't look completely dated or anything like some places. We got served some good old fashioned chips and salsa, always a favorite. I think I saw a piece of mango floating in it but I could be wrong, as it did not taste sweet. Tasted quite peppery so maybe it was a bell pepper. I have no idea. Salsa did have a different taste than the usual onion, garlic, tomato, cilantro so I'm unsure what they do here. Chips were fine, not hot and fresh but had a nice crunch to them. Most Mexican restaurants I've been to have this similar combination option and I saw their menu had a combo with three items: one enchilada, one chile relleno and one crunchy taco. I thought, awesome, I get to try one of each and see how I like 'em. I normally get a taquito with my meal so I asked the waiter if it was ok to order this combo with a taquito or flauta in place of the crunchy taco. He said no. Not, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience but we don't allow substitutions, thank you for understanding, etc." Just, no. Ok...? Never been to a place that cared much about me subbing a taco for a taquito, unless the plates are preassembled with a crunchy taco, which doesn't make any sense. Thought that was a little off-putting but onward... We ordered the potato taquito appetizer that was listed on their menu. Plate arrives and it's huge - which made sense since it cost $18 - but they were all visibly beef taquitos. I happened to be dining with my vegetarian friend, hence the ordering of potato taquitos, so we kindly informed the waiter that we ordered potato and these were all beef taquitos. Waiter confusingly indicated that these were potato taquitos and we kind of glanced at each other like... uhhh, there's clearly shredded beef in there sticking out, so we pointed it out. Waiter looks again, points to one specific taquito on the plate and says, "Well, that one is potato." The waiter eventually clarified that the taquitos were actually beef with potato. I politely informed him that since my friend is vegetarian and the menu didn't specify beef in the taquitos, we couldn't accept or eat the dish. The waiter was pushy about it and suggested we just take them home and eat the leftovers. Dude no. I ordered potato taquitos and we're only two people, and this was a massive plate of around 15 taquitos. I don't have an air fryer or oven at home, either, so I really have no proper way of reheating and I'm just one person. Either way, none of this was something I felt was worth arguing over. Just take the friggin taquitos back. We sat there uncomfortably for a bit and waited for our main meals to arrive. Got my combo, and it was honestly pretty good. Flavors were fresh and vibrant, even the taco was good although I was bitter it was a half-moon fried piece of tortilla with beef instead of a rolled fried piece of tortilla with beef. :( It's a joke, chill. We finished and the waiter brought out the bill. We quickly left our cards for payment and in clear view for the waiter to pick up so we could leave and digest by walking at the mall or something, but he never came. He walked by a few times, cards were sticking out... still nothing. After 30 minutes, my friend says she thinks we have to pay at the front. Would've been nice to know about 30 minutes ago. Paid at the front, left, and I won't be coming back. Food was actually pretty good but it unfortunately did not outweigh the lack of service and overall experience of eating here. Parking was good, at least.

Absolutely phenomenal! The food was scrumptious, bursting with flavor, beautifully presented, and…read moreserved in generous portions. We enjoyed the ceviche tostadas, caldo de camarón, potato taquitos, café de olla, and Mexicafé. Every dish exceeded our expectations. The best part of our visit was Molly! She delivered exceptional customer service, friendly, attentive, charismatic, and genuinely caring. She made wonderful recommendations, anticipated our needs, and made us feel truly welcomed. Molly elevated an already amazing dining experience into an unforgettable one. If you visit Ola Restobar, ask for Molly. You'll be glad you did! We can't wait to come back with family and friends.

The experience at Ola was extremely disappointing, and the biggest reason was the poor management…read moreby Jorge. When we arrived, the line was already very long. Jorge came outside multiple times, clearly saw how many people were waiting, and even recorded the crowd on his phone three different times for social media. Knowing the capacity of the restaurant, he could have easily informed everyone that the remaining people in line would likely not get in. Instead, we waited over three hours with no communication. While we were waiting, I repeatedly watched people call Jorge. He would come outside, greet them, and bring them straight inside. I personally saw this happen at least six different times. When it was finally our turn to speak with the host, we were told there were no seats left, that we would have to stand, and that we wouldn't even be able to order food. I confronted Jorge about letting those other groups in ahead of everyone else. His response was that he knew them personally and that they were friends of the restaurant owners. That explanation only made the situation worse. My wife had just finished a 14-hour hospital shift, and we came here hoping to enjoy the game together. Instead, we spent three hours waiting only to be treated as though our time didn't matter. What was most shocking was Jorge's attitude. He literally told me, "They won't do anything to me if you post this. I'm friends with the owner." If that's the mindset of management, it's no surprise customers are treated this way. It truly felt like only friends and family received special treatment while everyone else was left waiting without honesty or respect. I have no issue waiting when things are busy, but I do expect transparency, fairness, and professionalism. Unfortunately, this experience showed none of those qualities.

Great service with a homey welcoming feel. The greeting inside is embracing. If you know then you…read moreknow! There's a special customer service greeting as you enter the door. It's enduring and hilarious at the same time. The food is amazing and savory down to the chips and salsa. They have special fresh strawberries if you order a strawberry cocktail. There's something about this restaurant that rents a space in your memory. I'll be back.

I liked coming here a lot. Not anymore…read more... Lately the quality of some of the food, specifically the "carnitas" and "lengua" tacos is poor. The meat is dry and hard. I also don't appreciate the poor attitude that two of the bartenders have been displaying lately. They have favorites and it shows a lot. I understand that when it's time to close it's time to close and go. But if you're serving other people and treating those same people nicer because they're your favorites, well that's not cool. In the end we're all patrons. We all support when consuming. But above all, it's the poor attitude that I will never pay for. I used to like coming here often. I probably will never again. I also know that occasionally in the bar they overcharge for cocktails thinking customers will not notice because they've been drinking and bartenders refuse to adjust the check. This is terrible and now you know.