The Original Empanada Factory

602 A Ridge Rd, Lyndhurst
(201) 355-8155

Recent Reviews

Ronald Hernandez

Great place to grab a quick bite. Many different options. My fav was the buffalo chicken and the Cuban sandwich empanada. They have a great hit sauce to put on top. Staff was friendly and very helpful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mixed Cuban Empanadas, Buffalo Chicken

Chris R.

Friendly, clean & for a small venue, they offer a lot of choices.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mixed Cuban Empanadas, Chicken Empanadas, Spinach and Feta Empanadas

Charlie G.

Good place for baked empanadas. The service was quick and the lady up front friendly. Definitely going back there.

Patricia W.

Buyer beware... these people should be ashamed of themselves to create beef empanadas and sell them for$4 a piece and taste like cardboard box. I mean no kind of seasoning for the filling or the pastry which was dry like the Sahara desert. Will never, ever, recommended this place. I feel that the cook is depressed.

Chuck E.

Not cheap but tasty. I recon nothing is cheap anymore. Nice selection of fresh empanadas. We would go back

Michael D.

Everyone knows that the empanadas should be fried and have crispy outside and inside the meat should be season well I tried the chicken, cheese and the Philly cheese steak smh. All was straight Trash never coming back

Hannah Lee

I ordered catering dessert empanadas to the office and not only were the empanadas delicious and a HUGE hit at the office, the way they labeled the flavors according to how they were placed inside the box (i think there was 4blueberry and 1 mango and they even labelled 1 mango because there was one on the right, anyway) made it so easy for me!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Yamile Oviedo

Delicious empanadas! Me and family love it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bagel I.

Incredibly dissatisfied with the service and presentation. We called and asked how many empanadas come with an order. We were told two. That seemed reasonable for 4 dollar charge but we only received one for each order. Product came in crappy packaging with no way of know what our LARGE order for a group of coworkers had inside. Some people don't eat meat some do and we had no idea what was what. They put it all in the same box with no labeling or anything. Immediately you can taste the lack of effort in this famous and easy dish. 100% made by a white man with no culinary skill. The dough is not true empanada dough and you can tell by now it's not flakey and is too soft. The filling has no method they just cook food and throw it in side. The spinach and feta had extra ingredients not listed so we just threw them out because they tasted sour. Eggplant was disgusting. Philly cheese stake, the filling was only okay. Chorizo and potato was good but nothing special and the spice pallet is lacking big time. Will never come back here and I wish I could give Zero stars

Jessenia Bodkin

Extremely short staffed. But the young lady that helped us was so quick and nice. Empanadas tasted delicious. Spinach and feta was amazing!Updated 7/14/23I'm not sure what's happened to this place but it's going downhill. The service sucks. The young lady with the long lashes isn't friendly. The empanadas are dry af. Went in today and wasn't even acknowledged so we walked out. Won't be back.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Pete M.

My go to for empanadas.Been eating for empanadas for many years and this place is top notch. It's my go to meal for when a party calls for some uniqueness.Anyone of my guests who has eaten these empanadas always raves about them.The traditional beef is a staple, their cheesesteak and Buffalo chicken empanadas are some of my favorites.Keep up the great work and great taste.

Gabriel Walsh

Great concept which could use a little help with execution. The idea of tons of different types of empanadas sold in boxes like donuts is brilliant. Every town should have a store like this. That said there is room for improvement. First, lay off the salt on the chicken and beef empanadas, and consider adding other flavorful condiments. Second,recreating jersey and Italian staples in empanada form is interesting once, but not something I'd build half my menu around. Consider exploring flavors like curry or spicy BBQ, spiciness, and other meats, like pork. Lastly, their dough is pretty great, but I would serve the empanadas a bit hotter in temperature.Overall this place could be amazing if it tweaked things a little.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

Carmen S

I went here with my dad. And we enjpy the Empanadas plus a Mango drink. I truly recommend them. Stop by.

Krystle Parisi

I like going here to sit in the front of the building with my son. It’s nice to sit on a busy road and people watch sometimes, while being able to get my son out of the house at the same time. I’ve only ordered a drink and empanada here and they were decent. I’m mostly writing the review because of the owner. He’s such a nice guy was very friendly and kind to me and my son. The sons owner also works here and he’s a nice person as well.

Recommended dishes: Guava Cheese Empanada

Vanessa V-S

Edit : This was my family go-to place when it was brand new . The owner was a very nice and friendly lady.The new owner or whoever manages it now has a bad attitude and has often mixed up my order. To make things worst , yesterday I took my daughter there to try to sell ads for the Lyndhurst Middle School Choir concert playbill , the lady didn't even let my daughter explain , just said No, No, No. Very rude way to treat a kid and a customer, as I also wanted to buy empanadas . However I'll take my business elsewhere, a friendlier place .

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The Original Empanada Factory

602 A Ridge Rd, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
(201) 355-8155