First time eating here and my husband and I are very satisfied. Our waitress Ellie was very friendly and attentive. I ordered the mofongo con pollo en salsa. It came with a generous portion of cut chicken breast in a delicious sauce. The mofongo was tasty and not dry at all. My husband had mofongo con pulpo and he thoroughly enjoyed his plate. They have arroz chino for a weekend special which we took to-go. It came with deboned ribs and French fries. Super tasty! We'll definitely go back. read more

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I've ordered here prior and I've enjoyed the food. But I ordered the PR Chinese Rice, and it wasn't worth the hype a food reviewer set it out to be. The main disappointment was the shrimp wasn't deveined, and it didn't look appealing. read more

Nothing positive about this place. The food, the loud obnoxious music, and the service. We ordered the Chinese PR food because a food content creator highly recommended it. It is obvious that the person recomending and the people cooking here have never had the real Chinese PR food cause this was not it. The rice was not appetizing and the meat was so cold that I had to send it back. The waitress is literally all over the place. I understand that she's all alone but her multitasking needs work. This place it the perfect example of why people don't like PR restauranta, they start off great and turn into trash where the food isn't even good. PR restaurants have a bad rep and this is why. read more

Went to El gustazo boriqua . What a great experience. Food was amazing chuleta Kan Kan was tender flavorful we had also the steak jibarito with arroz con gandules fresh and tasty .bebo was our server what a great guy. Was very attentive .priced right a hidden gem in the neighborhood. Definitely will come again ellie was wonderful they make you feel like you are at home read more

Food was really good. I had a mofongo with pulpo and Puerto Rican Chinese fried rice with ribs. The server Eli was very nice and attentive. The music was classic salsa. read more

The staff were awesome and the food was delicious its a must try !!! I recommend if you're looking for a spot this is it guys!!

We waited a good 35 minutes for the food to be ready, the waitress did make us aware that there was a wait but if it wasn't because I got up and asked about our order it would have been longer. The cooks are more focus on the take out orders that the dinning in. The carne frita was over cooked and extremely dry, the stuff empanadas are not really worth it. Definitely not going again. read more

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Today is friday 03/28/25 7:30 pm I tried calling this place several times and phone just rings and they do not pick up the last time I called. They picked up the phone and they hung up on me. I was just trying to place a order for pick up very unprofessional might be a different story when you go there but as far as calling to place an order, they do not pick up the phone read more

El Gustazo Boricua - Puerto Rican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Terrible experience. The "PR-Chinese" food they promote is nothing like the one in PR. It tasted like it was made by people who have never had chino-boricua, saw a picture, tried to recreate it, but the flavors weren't there at all. The rice tasted like they didn't add any soy sauce, the ribs were bone in (the classic ones in chino-boricua cuisine are boneless) & they used a little bit of a questionable red sauce instead of the Cantonese bbq pork sauce. Ribs were dry & flavorless. The tostones barely had any garlic. The chino-boricua tostones are know to be garlic heavy. These had no salt & barely any garlic. Everything was so disappointing. I have second hand-embarrassment & hope no one thinks this is a representation of chino-boricua cuisine. Mind you, we also waited 30 minutes to get drinks we ordered & almost another hour for the food. At one point a cook asked if we had gotten our food because he noticed we had been sitting there for so long. Why is he on it & not the server? We had to ask for the menu like 30 minutes in because it was never brought out & when the server finally came to take our order she just stood there with a blank stare, no explanation of anything on the menu. When we asked a question about the food she acted like we should know the answer but it was our first time there & it's your job to explain certain things. Anyway, if you don't want to waste your time & money, don't come here. You've been warned! read more

El Gustazo Boricua - The supposed "chino-boricua" food. - Puerto Rican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Pretty busy spot - definitely could have used another server as ours got a little frustrated with having to split our check and serve all the tables. A couple things we ordered came out wrong also. The food itself was good, the jibarito was flavorful and the special mofongo was filling and tasty. The piña colada was really good but just know it doesn't come with alcohol. read more

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La mejor comida en Chicago rico todo y te tratan como familia zo. Vayan y coman en el gustazo boricua read more

Always great food. I've been eating here since they oped and always had a good experience.

Update... The food tastes better on the weekdays than the weekend and when the man is there. Came in today (Saturday) arroz con dules was not fresh, the chicken was dry and the huge alcapurrias was microwaved and served lukewarm. It barely had any ingredients inside just meat. Customer service was nice, but we were charge for a bottle of water that supposed to be free with the lunch special. Disappointed & felt money was wasted. read more

Comida puertorriqueña con sabor boricua. Unas habichuelas exquisitas. Biftec y Pollo frito en pedacito y arroz blanco. Amarillos fritos y chuleta kan can. Adicional encuentra bebidas como Malta Cocorico También compramos arroz chino puertorriqueño. Quesitos y pastelillos de guayaba. Aquí te antojas y lo tienen. Gracias ... read more

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Food was amazingly delicious. Service was on point and very bubbly. Music was hitting so good. Passion fruit juice is beyond great. Came in hungry left overfilled with joy. read more

Famous for his food truck in Rosemont, people are flocking to the newly open establishment in Humboldt Park, everything is made fresh to order so you will definitely be waiting for your meal. You'll see items on the menu emulating typical Puerto Rican fare, yet, pinchomofongo unlike anything you've ever seen. The portions are incredibly generous, and bursting with flavor. Service is slower than what you would anticipate but the staff is super friendly and it seems as if a lot of people that come in are regulars. The plaintain on the Jibarito sandwich is said to be the crispiest crunch, and no one can yet figure out how he does it! They definitely need to staff up with their help, decor is simple yet clean. No frills at this joint! Side note, even though the wait time on the food was long and they need more personnel, I am giving a 5 star review as the owner personally came up to us and asked what could be done to make things better. That just shows that this crew is willing to do whatever it takes to listen, modify, and make things successful. Shout out to Manny, their head of operations! read more

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F- for Fantastic Failure. We ordered 3 types of mofongo and all three were tasteless. Service was horrible and then the kicker they were tried charging market price for the meal. The server told us that the prices on the menu were codes not prices. We argued with the owner to be charged correctly. WTH what kind of restaurant charges MP without notifying their customers or having it on the menu as MP. Totally absurd. There are plenty of better restaurants out there serving PR food. read more

Horrible waitress. She did not know how to serve a table. Hovering over from one side and being rude. She took really long to bring the food and after the long wait only brought one of the orders and waited 20 minutes longer to bring the other plate after my husband was served. It was ridiculous. Ruined our appetite and experience. The salad was nasty and the chicken was chewy and dry. I will never return to this place. I hope they hire a better waitress or train her better. read more

Pete and I had a great experience eating at this boricua restaurant. I had el jibarito de pernil and Pete had bistec encebollado. We will definitely be back. read more

What a dump! Where do I start? First of all, we waited two hours for our food only (Read reviews this is common here) to have raw chicken/food delivered. I asked for yellow rice with pigeon peas and they bring me white rice. The Amarijo were disgusting they were raw plantains. The waiter wanted to give me the food for free but this is not me. The music is so load you can't have a conversation/much less get the food you ordered. You can't have a conversation with your date that's why we go out. This is a restaurant not a disco.. Anyway you have been WARNED save a trip and your money. This place is chaotic not a restaurant where you can go have a nice quiet meal. The managers or owners need to get it together. read more

El Gustazo Boricua - Under cooked Amarijo/ plantains - Puerto Rican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Went in no tables so stand in line with 1 person in front of us 20 minutes later get to the counter ask a question about a item on menu has to refer me to someone else didn't know answer then they didn't speak English. Now that we been in line so long a table opens up so I go sit at the table and my husband starts to order at the counter the lady states have a sit in take your order at the table....NOW 30 minutes in she comes to the table and realized the people behind us haven't had there order taken and asks us to wait again. Seems like the workers have NO CLUE WHATS GOING ON. such a disappointment went there because of the rave reviews, but walked out because they couldn't figure out how to attend customers. Need better management or how to operate. Trying to support the small business and Puerto Rican restaurant and can get service within a half and hour UNACCEPTABLE!!! DISAPPOINTED read more

The best Puerto Rican food with the taste of the Island ,Friendly waitress ,nice music and very nice atmosphere .My favorite food is Las Papas Locas and the Mofongopleta there fired and love there piña colada. read more

The worst service I have ever received from a restaurant. I ordered food and Waited over an hour to ask what happened to my order. The waiter stated they are making it now. I saw her rushing to the system to put the food in. instead of apologizing and explaining that there was a mistake she chose to lie. When I made the chose to cancel the Order the owner came up to me yell that I was wrong for that. She didn't even let me talk. A few minutes later she can apologize. She told me that she never put the ticket in and it was the waiters Mistake. Un top of everything the give the food to an other table for free. Like be more humble and nice to your customers. read more

Ordered today 07/02/23 a big order for my family. The food was average. The sancocho was horrible. They use beef instead of pork feet. The steak sandwich and monfongo was dry and had no favor. The arroz con gandules was not taste. Will not order from them again. Food had no favor read more

The service is a little slow but the food is ok. The place is clean no parking the prices are a little high but I just eat a alcapuria and a pastelillo tripleta they were okay. read more

I've been to this place three times each time the food tasted different this last time I got the empanadas de pizza no lettuce no potato strings just 3 half full empanadas food is good but def need to work on consistency. read more