Rinconcito Chapin

Our first time here, not the greatest service or quality of food. We ordered Atol de elote to drink they brought it to us warm to cold when it should be served hot. My wife and I both had the Guatemalen breakfast which has over medium eggs with black beans and fried plantines. The eggs were plain but no problem just added some hot sauce and it was all good, there beans had no flavor and the plantines you can tell where not fresh they where re-​heated. We also ordered a tamala and just was not good at all flavorless. They also got our order wrong the girl forgot to bring us a bread with black beans we ordered for our son. Sorry, we do not recommend we know our countries food and flavors and this place FAILED! Oh and almost forgot the customer service was terrible they never came to check on us and see if we were okay. Boooo! Save your money.

The food and service were very good. My daughter and I came here for Christmas tamales to go and also had lunch there. I had the chile relleno which was very good. The frijoles negros and rice were delicious. The big hit for us were the homemade corn tortillas.

Lived in Guatemala for some time, many years ago, so occasionally I’ll look up a Guatemalteco restaurant that may be able to serve me up some memories. However, this time, I wanted to perhaps try some Chapin dishes I’d never had before.
Perusing the menu, I saw they served Pacaya! I was never brave enough to try it when I was younger, so I gave it a shot. It’s a bitter vegetable with octopus like tentacles, covered with a really good red sauce with just a bit of queso shaved on top. Served with rice and liquified black beans, it was something different and quite satisfying. Also, they provided a short stack of handmade corn tortillas, and they were just as I remembered them from Guatemala.
Rellenitos were my favorite thing, ever. So I ordered a couple as a dessert. They came back to me a minute or two after ordering, «Do you want it with beans or milk… leche.» I was confused, I’d never had them filled with ‘leche’, so I said why not. Oh man, glad I got to try these. It wasn’t just straight up milk, it was essentially a plantain rellenito filled with rice pudding! So good.
This was a late lunch/​early dinner visit. I’ll be back for breakfast soon, for sure.
The ambiance? Forget about it, doesn’t matter. There’s nothing impressive or special about it. Don’t plan to spend a special evening here.

Excellent breakfast — the fluffiest tamales I’ve had in the Bay Area, thick soft homemade tortillas, and a tasty homemade sausage.
Want to come back for dinner sometime, will update this review then.

I’ve learned that the secret ingredient to most Latino food that I’ve tasted is CHEESE and SALSA, lots and lots of artery clogging cheese and so much salsa it drowns out every other flavor. (Of course I’m exaggerating, please don’t bash this stereo type as it is a joke… mostly.) This place is different, they don’t rely on cheese and salsa alone, every piece of the meal adds to the over all experience of dinning. The appetizer chips are fresh, salsa home made, and entrees flavorful. Give it a whack, see if you like it too.

Authentic home style Guatemalan food doesn’t get any better;so says my Guatemalan wife and she’s picky! Homemade tortillas…