Monte Alban Restaurant
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Top Sentiments among Monte Alban Restaurant Reviewers
Good green mole
Fresh flour tortillas
Love taco durados
Best fish taco
Great chocolate chicken
Like rib eye steak
Tasty veggie burrito
Best sushi restaurants
Authentic Japanese menu
Best pita bread
Customer Reviews (12 reviews)
DinerShane27
on Citysearch Jul 17, 2008There is nothing ordinary about the food at Monte Alban, especially compared to the generic boring over greased Mexican restaurants that Southern California is filled with. All tortillas and other griddled corn... (more)
RobinSolo
on Citysearch Mar 08, 2008Based on previous reviews, I was excited to try this place. Sadly both my dining partner and myself found the food extremely ordinary. (more)
buchef
on Citysearch Feb 10, 2008Monte Alban restaurant is verry good, the chicken soup is exellent, molcajete too. very good Mexican food. les recomendamos el restaurant Monte Alban tienen muy buena comida (more)
h2o86
on Citysearch Jun 16, 2007I like the mole negra (black mole) with chicken so much I don't really order much else, but everyone I've brought has been very pleased with his or her meal. The spices are just right and the chicken is perfectly cooked... (more)
rybreadmed
on Citysearch May 25, 2007We had high expectations because of the excessive hype. We ordered coffee; I got the Higadito and my girlfriend got the Huevos de la Mexicana. The coffee was unexpectedly flavored with cinammon and sugar; it was... (more)
alanandnas
on Citysearch Apr 17, 2007I don't really like Oaxacan food, but I came here with some friends and they said it was good. I had the soup--AMAZING. really really good, but pricey for soup. if you're on a diet and want to go on a safe date. Go here and... (more)
museum_flavor
on Citysearch Nov 11, 2006A vegetarian can run into problems trying to find good, authentic Oaxacan food that fits her dietary habits, but Monte Alban handles that problem with ease. Though, in all honesty, when all is said and done, it's all... (more)
lafoodie27
on Citysearch Aug 19, 2006Great authentic Oaxacan food. I love El Cholo and Baja Fresh too, but this is a unique place to try real mexican cuisine. The moles are all amazing, and the chicken is moist chicken breasts. The quality of the food is... (more)
a Yahoo! Local User
on Yahoo Aug 16, 2004oaxaca where have you been all my life?: Monte Alban is a casual but delicious Oaxacan restaurant tucked into a corner in one of Santa Monica Blvd's legion of strip malls (just east of Bundy). The food is much better... (more)
foodcritic2004
on Citysearch Jul 27, 2004This place has the best mole in town. The black mole is as good as the one in Oaxaca or better. The cecina meat is very tasty. The portions are big and the prices are very reasonable. The service is not that good.... (more)