My cousin used to work here almost a decade ago. She was a server and loved working there. The food is superb and the drinks are perfectly made to pair with the perfection of the food. Who ever the chef is, god bless. Now I'm probably exaggerating but they make the food just how I like it. Next time I will take photos and update this review. read more

wao my family and i spent a few hours today saturday 10,2023 on valentine weekend...we had a wonderfull time at this place...the service exelent and very professional..beautifull place..good food..good music..ok am going to say no more..i will be back soon..i recomend it... read more

A sangria pitcher, a hookah and a refill.. $108 dollars on a sunday at 5 o'clock

I DO NOT recommend this place to anyone. I would go there all the time for their drinks, the food is not good at all. I have NEVER heard of a restaurant saying you cannot use your debit card unless you spend $20. As many times I have came to this restaurant usually just for drinks I was NEVER told I could not use my card unless I spend $20, corner stores usually have that policy not restaurants. The manager attitude is nasty. They DO NOT have signs posted either stating that policy either. Unless you want not so good food and poor service don't go here. read more

If u want to wait 2 hours just for appetizers this is your place for you!! Bad services and the owner it's the worst host

The place is horrible. You ask to be seated outside and you get attitude. Let's not talk about how they take their time to serve you. The food was horrible. Definitely would not return. read more

I'm really upset right now because I really do like this place but my friend and I just took the only L. Our food came 55 minutes late and we had to take it to go which to our surprise the food was still undercook. 55 MINUTESSS! On top of all that we ordered our food way before a whole crowd of people started to walk in and they got the pleasure to get their food first. ???? They need to get it together !!! read more

Service sucked. We asked for hookah twice and never came. Asked for the check 3 times and took 25 minutes to get it. The food was not the best. The shrimp was barely cooked and had no flavor. We had to stand by the door and pretend we were leaving so they could get our check to pay. For the cherry on top they charged us for the hookah we never got and. Big thumbs down. read more

Carro Cafe - Latin American Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Very disappointed with their service. Arrived at the restaurant at 9pm with my son to eat dinner, we sat there for over an hour after placing our order. The waitress was polite when I asked her for an update on our order but she never came back with one. I saw her going to every table in the section and taking orders but no update on our food. Finally my son started falling asleep and said he wanted to leave. We proceeded to walk out and no I did not pay for the beverages we had. The waitress watched us walk out as if it was a relief for her. I'm so upset because not there is nothing open!!! Never again. read more

As soon as you walk in the atmosphere is welcoming. At Carro they truly care about their customers and their business. Staff was professional and extremely accommodating to my family. As an appetizer we had the fried calamari and yuca. Mind you, you can taste the freshness of the food in every bite. For drinks be sure to get the Bujia Drink it's a flavored margarita with a corona. The Moët Mango Margarita tho . For dinner we had a pleather of Food at our table. Seafood pasta, pork chops, steaks and stuffed chicken. Almost everyone had a side of rice and beans as a side. They slow cook the rice and its amazeballs! Oh don't let me forget about the plantains - OMG! I didn't get a desert but my aunt ordered the flan and I had a taste of hers - to die for lol. The staff was more than accommodating to us taking pictures and engaging in conversation with us about what we should order and what's a favorite to the average customers. Not sure at first but it seemed like there was a birthday party going on and a live band was playing to celebrate life for someone's mom. How cool was that lol. All in all I give this place a 10/10. read more

Great food, great service, and cool environment. I would've given it five stars if AMEX was accepted. I just don't understand why such an establishment won't accept AMEX... read more

Carro Cafe a Brooklyn Staple the steaks are amazing and cooked to perfection, it goes hand in hand with a great atmosphere and super friendly staff. A side of rice and beans is like Grandmas home cooking a must try. read more

A GEM in my own neighborhood! My brother suggested Carro Cafe, after saying he'd been a few times but, couldn't remember the name! I was very reluctant. My family and i had dinner here and enjoyed the experience from start to finish! For appetizer we ordered the calamari and the yuca. It's not many places that have fresh calamari. For dinner the entrees varied from ; seafood pasta, pork-chops, steak and baked chicken. The rice was amazing, as simple as rice is, it's a very hard dish to perfect. It was fluffy and had great flavor! And of course Flan as a treat. The waitress were very nice and accommodated all of our request and took pictures for us. Their even was a band playing music on a Wednesday evening which gave the place more energy. The only thing i would change is the alcoholic beverages, i go out often and am aware of what and how much alcohol should be in a drink, we had to request more alcohol because, the drinks just did not have enough. read more

This place drives me crazy. Sometimes i go the food is good, other times its so-so. But what is consistent is the aweful poor service. Others i've recommend to go there come back with the same complaint. The service is unfriendly, stand-off-ish, treats non-latinos different, etc. Well I'm black, i will let you know im latina if i want to but I shouldn't have to in order to get respectable service. This the ruddest wait staff ever. Me and my boyfriend trying to have a conversation while eating and next thing with no warning the waitress's hands are reaching across the table grabbing and picking up stuff. Wtf? Thats rude. She even grabbed my sides that i haven't finished yet, i had to say "whoa, what are you doing?" Your supposee to clear the table when everyone is done, not while someone is still eating. What kind of ettique is that? I was so turned off, i just asked for a container to take the rest of my food and go. I didn't even want to order another drink or stay and enjoy the live band that had just started to play. This service deserved no tip. Train your staff on ettique if you want to be considered a high end restaurant with high end prices. Bad enough all your reviews complain about the wait for food. You add bad service on top of that, its not a good look. read more

Yelp, this place needs ZERO stars! Where do I start? Four of us arrived at Carro Cafe for night out on the town. We arrived a little before 7pm on the day after Valentines Day. First waitress was nice, took our order, and seemed attentive. But the next thing we see, is her with her coat on, walking out of the place (we assumed her shift was over). But she didn't tell us anything and the 4 different waitresses that took "care of us" afterwards, didn't mention anything either. We waited more than 30 minutes for 2 appetizers (mind you there were only 2 other tables with customers at that point). We randomly noticed it was Happy Hour ($5 Mojitos, $5 Margaritas & $5 Sangrias), though it was never mentioned by our servers. We decided to order a couple of Margaritas and the amount of sugar in each, would be enough to send anyone into diabetic shock. We called a waitress over to change the drink, she refused, because "that's how the drink comes". Our main courses arrived (after a long wait) and still no water had been served. We requested water, and of course they bought over sparkling water, which we knew would be added to the bill. Halfway into our meals, the waitresses were quick to take away our plates if we even dared take our hands off of our plates. My brother ordered a Johnny Walker Gold drink, that ended up looking like a shot, and was charged $19 for it. I ordered a second Piña Colada and it sat at the bar (I kid you not) for 5 minutes, while waitress after waitress just kept passing by it. I was inclined to get up and get it myself. Just as I was about to though, my brother signaled that the Piña Colada was for our table, and they bought it over. We requested a dessert menu, and after a couple of minutes deciding on which dessert to order, we were ready to order. Waitress came by and picked up the dessert menu, and left without taking our dessert order (my brother had his mouth open ready to say the order, but she left!). We decided we had had enough and requested the bill. $302. I said let's review the bill to make sure it's correct. And sure enough they charged $75 for 6 drinks that were supposed to be part of the $5 Happy Hour. I complained and the waitress took the bill back to "review it". After a while we got a new bill. $247. So if we hadn't reviewed the bill, they would have stiffed us for $55! The review of the bill also allowed us to notice they added a gratuity (tip) charge. Too bad because it would've been $0.00! Anyways, after we paid with a credit card, they made you sign the last receipt and they still requested a tip!?! AFTER they had already charged the gratuity! So if you don't review the bill, you'd probably add a tip. Epic fail Carro Cafe! Never again! And I hope many people read my review and are turned away from your horrible service. read more

Came for dinner one night with the family. First time here. The service was on point . Love the decor. The waitress was attentive. Ambiance is nice. The passion car drink was slamming! The shrimp mofongo with garlic sauce was delicious! The yucca croquettes was nice and crisp. Will definitely be coming back to try the other items on menu! read more

Absolutely great. It was one of these times that everything comes together beautifully. The food was excellent, both in taste and in presentation. Add to that a friendly staff, very nice atmosphere and you've got yourself a fantastic evening with your family. read more

This is my favorite restaurant but I just feel like it's overpriced. Tonight the food was just HORRIBLE. I asked the waitress for two Fettucine Alfredo's. She only brought one. Never coming here again. Don't waste your time or money. read more

I've come to this place a second time now. The first time I was on a date with my bf and a homeless person came through the back ask for money. He got really upset when I took my purse. The waitress said he came often but could not lock the back entrance. She made no effort to take him out. The second time I was invited to a wedding. Worst experience. It was so small you are like sardine. I ask the waitress to do a father daughter song I requested so we can leave earlier... She requested no do to the fact a birthday party was being held at the restaurant side but it was ok to play "happy birthday twice" but a a wedding song wasn't fair because it was a birthday party "mean while the wedding side is reserve" the birthday side is first come first serve. If you don't mind being in a ghetto side of Brooklyn with homeless people coming in then this is the place for you. I litterly had to cover the side of the wedding so people walking on the streets and homeless people won't come out in the wedding pictures. read more

My husband brought me here this afternoon for my birthday and I got to see it was better than I thought. First off, we had passion fruit mojitos, very tasty. For appetizers we had : crab cakes, oysters "a la vinagreta" and mini shrimp mofonguitos. Everything was very tasty, the only thing is for the mofonguitos, we asked "a la ajillo" (garlic sauce", and instead we got thick yellow sauce. It wasn't bad but it wasn't what was asked for and not so garlicky. For entré we had oven cooked pargo and churrasco. Both were delicious and cooked to perfection! read more

Went here Saturday night for a big family dinner. The place is really beautiful on the inside and it stops there. The food was awful no flavor it took them over an hour to bring out our food and the place was empty I cant even imagine how long it would have taken them if they had a huge crowd. The drinks weren't too bad but the service was slow and bad as well. First and last time I will ever attend this place. My mom and I took our food home so that we can season it and cook it again. Horrible!!!!! read more

I was here with my families for Father's day. The food was good, but the service was awful. The food took more than a hour to come. the tables who came after us had their food and left and our foods still far from ready. when we ask why our foods still not ready, the server said we had a pretty big party and it took more time to get the food ready, but that made us more furious, my sister's steak got serve 45 minutes before everyone else even when there are 4 others people in our table ordered the same steak dishes. My dad was very very upser about the long wait and it was FATHER'S DAY. they really need to improve their service. read more

Have only ordered delivery and the service has been horrible. We live 2 blocks away and food always comes late and cold. Complained to the manager and he didn't have a response for us besides someone will call you back next thing I know the delivery guy came to pick up our food. No talk of a new order or refunding our money Smh. Last time I order from them. read more

I was in Brooklyn for a night and needed something to eat late and came across Carro Cafe. The bouncer at the door was pleasant and when we entered there was a DJ playing. The music was incredibly loud. Like club loud. Which is perfect if you're looking to dance, not so much when grabbing a meal with a friend. The decor was modern and sleek. We waited a while for our food, but it was decent. I ordered chicken alfredo. Depending on what you're looking for, this is a cool spot. read more

This place is a hidden treasure in the Queens-Brooklyn borderline; Service is great,,, and they have "FREE HOOKAH" on Tuesdays!!! Can't beat that!! Owner is appreciative of customers,,, coming to you personally and thanking you for support!! Will be back definitely!!! read more

After being welcomed to the restaurant walk on over to your left where you will find the bar ask the beautiful young lady for a coconut mojito, then proceed to your table. So far everything I've ordered has been delicious from their skirt steak with yuca fries to mini mofongo (which by the way is an appetizer but can be an entrée) no matter what you order you will not be disappointed. Now where you will be disappointed and this is why I gave this place 3 stars is the wait time!!! Be ready to wait over an hour for your food and just so you know appetizers come out with the main entree. The ambiance and decor are modern/young, flat screens throughout the restaurant pretty cool around playoff season. Seafood is the freshest I've ever had, the restaurant's supplier is Puerto Plata seafood so you may order it with no fear. I really wished the wait time wasn't so bad otherwise I would be a regular. read more

I love the food and place... but the service was terrible !! She didn't eve know the menu and she also had an ATTITUDE!!!

The food is ok . I'm Dominican & I love Dominican food but I feel like carros cafe is trying too much to be fancy with small portions && decorating the plates with greens and over priced meals when all I want is a good meal. Don't even do their hookah, it's way too pricy & it sucks plus you're trying to eat && the people next to you are blowing hookah smoke all over. Over all the food is just ok would much rather go to gran mal de plata down a few blocks for good food but carros is more for a nice date or something . read more

The worst experience ever! By far wayyyy to expensive. The service is better at the local Chinese restaurant. Almost ruined a beautiful night out with the family. read more

I like that retaurant because you have a lot of barriedades in everything they are very desente I demand it. I recommend eating in a car coffee is the best thing is everything fresh and rich the coker is a wick one of the best aki in brooklyn I hope that when Balla likes a lot a pleasure read more

Ok. Came here for the first time. We came by 7:50 - 7:55 pm. The waitress came immediately to take the order. We order 2 appetizers. They took 30 minutes to make them. The Crab Cakes and Yuca Coquetas were delish. But, we still waiting for our main courses which we ordered by 8:15 pm. It's 9 pm and there's no sign of food yet. So disappointed. No choice. Still waiting and they don't even come to the table to let us know how long they will take to finish the main courses. They need to improve the time they take to cook and try not to make the customers wait almost a hour. How many chefs are in the kitchen? Maybe 1. Also, when we reordered our drinks, we ordered just 1 because I still had beer in my bottle. They brought 2. It seems they don't care if a customer just orders 1 item they bring 2 to make sure. Lol. Ridiculous. I asked for my food. I told them I ve been waiting for 50 minutes for our main courses. They finally brought the Lamb Chops but didn't bring the Caesar Salad. Please. They take forever even to pick up the credit card. We paid and started a new tab, they are taking forever to bring 2 cups of sangria and 1 whisky on the rocks. The situation with Dominican restaurants is that they wanna sell you drinks no matter what, and forget that there are customers just like me who doesn't care about hooka and champagne. I just wanna get my food in a aceptable period of time. Carro café, train your staff. All the waitresses look lost on the floor. Make a floor plan. Divide the tables correctly. I had 3 different waitresses. read more

The place look great, and the abiance is not bad.. but please if the gratuity is included return back the change.. When you ask for your change the waitress give you attidue to the point that you fell like s.%& .. I love the place back coming back, NEVER.. sorry.. one star for the exit door. read more

Please do not go there for food, I'm sick. Their food is undercook. I went there sept 27.... it is now sept 30th and I think I'm gonna have to go to the hospital. I order cesar salad with chicken, and fried calamari rings. They took more that an hour to prepare these simple dishes yet the chicken was undercook and burned on the outside. It seems they don't clean the grill properly, or probably they cook the food over and over in the same grill without clean it. Since they took so long to bring the dishes I ingest two pieces of chicken that just draw the line. PLEASE IF YOU GO THERE GO ONLY FOR DRINKS AND FOR THE MUSIC. read more

Good drinks....if you're looking to die order a hookah. Worst hookah ever. Food is pretty good. But doesnt make up for the bad hookah. Now im just writing more so yelp can post my review. Bad hookah once again. read more

Ok my niece told me about this place and I like Spanish food. We got there wasn't sure about this place . When we sat down we still was unsure. But we stood we ordered drinks and appetizer and it was good. Then the waitress asked us how we were paying because their card machine was broken . At this point I was kinda stunned . Then I asked how else are we to pay because who really walks with cash . She then proceeded to tell me there was an ATM six blocks down. I told her I'm not walking six blocks that they should have a sign on the door or the waitress should have disclosed this before sitting us down. I still couldn't believe they kept insisting we go to the ATM stating it's not far. Even speaking to the manager finding out the machine was broken for two days but yet not one employee mentioned this until we had eaten and drank. My boyfriend at this point got pissed and said look let's get outta here . As we leaving one of the waitress said we'll take the $20 you have. I told my boyfriend to give it and now reflecting we shouldn't have given anything because they were wrong and couldn't see that . I'm sorry I strive on customer service and this place the waitresses have no customer service and little English how do you run establishment when little English is spoken regardless of the area. All kinds of different people come into restaurants . And as for the managers he didn't even care what was going on spoke to us and left us and the waitresses felt with us. The professionalism was horrible the staff was atrocious , I don't think I can visit this establishment again die to there poor customer service . Anita Mangal read more

The food was really good. Our food took a little long to come out but they made it all better with giving a round of drinks on the house for the inconvenience. The drinks are great, the food is great. Staff does doesn't speak English well which most reviewers did write but hey, we were able to communicate. Late at night it becomes a bit club like so if you're looking for that type of scene this is the spot for you. My only issue is they play only spanish music. Good thing i was there with fun people who know how to have a convo. read more

The service was good but The food took 40 mins to come out , the food wasn't good , im assuming they changed the cook because i always come here to eat and it has never been so bad . read more

If you like hearing Spanish music and eating great food then this is the place to be. You won't regret it. Waitstaff are all friendly.

I am extremely disappointed in the way the staff and the manager manage a complain from a costumer. I can honestly say, I have never experienced such embarrassment as I did tonight. We were a party of six and when asked what we wanted to drink one of the guys said he wanted Hennessy and cranberry; nevertheless, the waitress neglected to ask the rest of the groups or the individual for that mater whether or not they wanted anything else or it was just a bottle of Hennessy. To my understanding as a regular customer if I as for Hennessy and I'm "assuming" is a bottle I will not bring one of the most expensive bottles of Hennessy to try to up sell. Instead I would ask the customer if they want a bottle of Hennessy and indeed which kind. No just bring whichever bottle I presume to want to sell. Of course we were asking for the special that cost $100.00 for bottles before 12:00 pm. When the check arrived the price was above the $100.00 expected and when asked the waitress her respond was " that's the price of Hennessy" "hennesy is not in the special". She nevertheless, without asking the manager reduced the total of the bill by $60.00 acknowledging her mistake without us having to ask. However $60.00 was not the amount that was supposed to requite. When asked the manager he acknowledged the issue yet did nothing about it. At last the owner very dismissively fixed the remaining amount and continue to dispute the reasons to why we the "customers" were at fault after the original staff's mistake. I only write this with the upmost indignation to say that not only will we never return to Carro Cafe but also to encourage people to check their bill and make sure that what they ordered is priced correctly. I am shocked to see that an owner was capable of agreeing with the customer yet blaming the customer at the same time for such incident. read more

The place is not all that bad, I used to go once in a while, but the last time I was there I had a terrible experience. I went with a cousin who was visiting from DR and some otherS friends, we order some appetizer and a few Moët as always. Then I ask for the check and it was about $700 dollars, I took out my debit card and at that point the waitress told me that their credit card machine was broken, I told her that I was not walking with that kind of cash, then she told me in hemlock and Fulton there is a chase bank about 15 min walk, They kept insisting we go to the ATM and I agree, the problem was that they didn't want my friends to go with me specially the one visiting me from DR I got pissed since they never told us ,before sitting us down we find out when I ask for the check . I ask to speak with the owner who knows who I am and he acted like it wasn't his business, the waitress the acted like we were the ones who didn't want to pay the bill and I told them they were wrong that they should have let us know upfront. We left and two weeks later mail them a check because I know they need the money more than I do. Very poor customer service not business oriented read more