Cocina Poblana
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: (510) 923-0497
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 10am-9:30pm, Fri 10am-10pm, Sat 8am-10pm, Sun 8am-9:30pm
Message from Cocina Poblana
The Art Of Mexican Cooking
- Large capacity
- Tequila Bar
- Lunch and Dinner
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Editorial Description for Cocina Poblana
Enjoy refined Mexican cuisine that combines the refined delicate flavors of Puebla with the rustic and robust style of Jalisco at this Mexican restaurant in Emeryville.
Insider Tips
The ExtrasCocina Poblana will deliver and provide you with excellent serving personnel according to your needs. Their professional serving staff will set up and serve for 2 hours. Cocina Poblana will provide all the necessary serving utensils for all catering orders. You do not have to worry about the small wares, they provided that as well!
User Reviews for Cocina Poblana
05/05/2008 Posted by krutter
I've been here a few times, and overall, it was pretty good. The wait staff was prompt in bringing menus, water, chips...less prompt on bringing drinks and the bill. I like the huaracha...similar to a sope, with good flavor. Be advised that the menu here is "family recipies" so many of the classic dishes taste different than expected. For example, the mole is very subtle...not the strong flavor I'm used to. The cactus nopales have great texture, but are low on flavor. But their beans and rice are really, really good. I think they need some more time to settle in. I've enjoyed going here, but for the price and the trickiness in ordering something that tastes like you want it to, it seems uneven overall.
Pros: Easy location, great margaritas by the pitcher
Cons: Food doesn't meet expectations
08/27/2007 Posted by cricketfeet
A friend and I had lunch at this restaurant a few months ago. I enjoyed it enough that I got a take out menu and we order lunch from them at my office once every couple weeks. I love their carnitas and get carnitas nachos or carnitas huarachitas. I'm trying to make my way through the rest of the menu, but it's hard when these are so good. My family and I had dinner there last night and the restaurant transforms from lunch to dinner. The black tablecloths come out and the menu magically becomes way overpriced. My 8 year old son had the crab enchiladas, which were actually a good value for $12. They were FILLED with crab and came with rice and beans, which you would expect in a mexican restaurant. I stole a taste and the flavor was mild, but good. My 12 year old son got a chicken salad for $7. This was a good value for the price and a meal sized portion. My husband got the chicken mole for $14. This is where we started having a problem. His plate had a chicken leg and thigh quarter, covered in mole sauce, with a small scoop of rice. He likes the strong flavor of mole and this just didn't cut it for him. He had me taste it, and although I'm not a mole fan (because of this strong flavor coincidentally), I thought that the flavor was great. It was subtle enough that you could taste the chicken through it. I got the chicken pipian ($13), a grilled chicken breast covered in sauce, also on a plate with a small scoop of rice. The flavor was different than anything I'd had before and I really enjoyed it, but coming from an hour and a half long martial arts workout, my husband and I both were left hungry. Our dishes looked like a second or third course from a three to four course meal. I think they'd do much better if they acted a little more like a mexican restaurant and less like a stuffy dining establishment. I'll definitely be going back for lunch (they have a chicken pipian burrito that I'm dying to try now), but definitely not for dinner.
