My husband and I went to the La Mina for the first time a few years ago. And we loved it. Loved how they served the drinks in little glass jars and we fell in love with their little corn cakes....

My husband and I went to the La Mina for the first time a few years ago. And we loved it. Loved how they served the drinks in little glass jars and we fell in love with their little corn cakes. We hadn't been there in awhile and decided we would go back.

We decided to go back there on our anniversary.  Well the first mistake was that our waitress made the mistake of acting like she knew Spanish. My husband is Hispanic and speaks fluently in English and Spanish. He ordered the Shrimp Cocktail in Spanish, and the waitress went and put the order in like it was no problem. So when our food comes he gets his HUGE bowl of soup. He calls the waitress over and asks her what this was, and she said that they didn't have shrimp "soup" on the menu but the cook made it since that is what he ordered.  He said he thought she knew Spanish since she didn't say anything, in which she admitted she didn't. He corrected her and she gladly went back to the kitchen to get his order in for the shrimp cocktail. No big deal, kind of inconvenient as i was already eating my dinner and we had other plans that night. As my husband is eating the cocktail he realizes he is having a hard time swallowing. He thought it was maybe a cilantro stem. Come to find out it was a rubber band they didn't take off the cilantro bunch. After that our dinner was ruined. The manager gladly paid for my husband's meal but after almost choking on a rubber band well that kind of ruined his appetite.

We ha vent been back to La Mina since.

Sorry but this place doesn't deliver. The food isn't very good, the service seems lacking. With so many Mexican choices in Bakersfield, you should probably look elsewhere. Last time I had the...

Sorry but this place doesn't deliver. The food isn't very good, the service seems lacking. With so many Mexican choices in Bakersfield, you should probably look elsewhere. Last time I had the sizzling enchiladas. They came to the table soaked in grease.