“I have been so excited for this restaurant to open and it did not disappoint. The Grand opening took place while I was away. The day I made it home I didn't want to cook and I remembered they had just opened. I was so excited when they were still open on a Monday, not knowing their hours.
There is a generous size parking lot with picnic tables along the back and bistro tables with umbrellas in front of the building. Upon opening the door you are transformed to Old San Juan. I loved the colors and especially the Puerto Rican flag mosaic. I am interested to see what gets added to some shelves in the future. They accept cash and credit.
They will have a rotating menu with 3 types of rice (always white and 2 yellow but different styles), beans, roast pork and 3 or 4 other entrees (tonight was jerk chicken quarter, sweet and sour chicken w/pineapple, stewed chicken, and pastelon. I just missed the last serving but look forward to trying that soon. It is basically PR lasagna using plantains and ground beef layers. There are 3 sides to select from. I ordered the stewed chicken with arroz con gandules (rice with pigeon peas) and sweet plantains as 1 meal and roast pork with yellow rice and cabbage as the other. I also got 1 of each chicken, beef, and shrimp empanadas and a guava pastry.
The roast pork was EXCELLENT. It was so juicy and full of flavor. It was better than the place we usually go to which is also excellent! I thought the arroz con gandules was delicious, the rice was perfectly cooked. We loved the stewed chicken but we hardly got any chicken for the $15.99. The pork portion was more appropriate for the price than the stewed chicken. it was delicious and we wanted to keep eating it. The sweet plantains were delicious as well. All of the empanadas were great. My husband's favorite was the beef followed by shrimp and chicken. My favorite was the shrimp, chicken, then beef. We did agree they were all delicious! I really am looking forward to trying more meals here. Even with a rotating menu, I wouldn't mind seeing a price list of options. can I order just a side of plantains or just the entree without rice? The owner did say they might get a website or something eventually.
I really hope they do well here. They are the nicest people serving delicious food. This is certainly not fast food. Actually, much of the recipes need to be cooked for a long time and therefore if they run out, they run out. I'll keep that in mind on my way home from work when I don't feel like cooking.“
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“I have been so excited for this restaurant to open and it did not disappoint. The Grand opening took place while I was away. The day I made it home I didn't want to cook and I remembered they had just opened. I was so excited when they were still open on a Monday, not knowing their hours. There is a generous size parking lot with picnic tables along the back and bistro tables with umbrellas in front of the building. Upon opening the door you are transformed to Old San Juan. I loved the colors and especially the Puerto Rican flag mosaic. I am interested to see what gets added to some shelves in the future. They accept cash and credit. They will have a rotating menu with 3 types of rice (always white and 2 yellow but different styles), beans, roast pork and 3 or 4 other entrees (tonight was jerk chicken quarter, sweet and sour chicken w/pineapple, stewed chicken, and pastelon. I just missed the last serving but look forward to trying that soon. It is basically PR lasagna using plantains and ground beef layers. There are 3 sides to select from. I ordered the stewed chicken with arroz con gandules (rice with pigeon peas) and sweet plantains as 1 meal and roast pork with yellow rice and cabbage as the other. I also got 1 of each chicken, beef, and shrimp empanadas and a guava pastry. The roast pork was EXCELLENT. It was so juicy and full of flavor. It was better than the place we usually go to which is also excellent! I thought the arroz con gandules was delicious, the rice was perfectly cooked. We loved the stewed chicken but we hardly got any chicken for the $15.99. The pork portion was more appropriate for the price than the stewed chicken. it was delicious and we wanted to keep eating it. The sweet plantains were delicious as well. All of the empanadas were great. My husband's favorite was the beef followed by shrimp and chicken. My favorite was the shrimp, chicken, then beef. We did agree they were all delicious! I really am looking forward to trying more meals here. Even with a rotating menu, I wouldn't mind seeing a price list of options. can I order just a side of plantains or just the entree without rice? The owner did say they might get a website or something eventually. I really hope they do well here. They are the nicest people serving delicious food. This is certainly not fast food. Actually, much of the recipes need to be cooked for a long time and therefore if they run out, they run out. I'll keep that in mind on my way home from work when I don't feel like cooking.“