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    El Jibarito Takeout

    4.0 (12 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Kristea F.

    I was at a training in Meriden and we only got a 30 minute lunch break. I hopped on Yelp and El Jibarito popped up, so off I went! It's name is definitely accurate as being a takeout location. While there is a small bar by the window with two seats, it's really more of a to-go location. I decided to get the pernil with rice, alacapurria and a Coco Rico soda. If you like Puerto Rican food, DEFINITELY make sure you come here! The pernil was delicious - super flavorful and juicy. The rice was a little dry, but eating it with the pernil was perfect. The alcapurria was really flavorful and was stuffed with meat. Coco Rico is also tough to find here, so I was really excited to have that while I stopped in. It is quick, flavorful and the service was great as well. If you need a quick to-go lunch spot, definitely come here instead of any of the other fast food places on the road!

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    4 years ago

    Classic Puerto Rican food . Soooo good! Appetizers are everything their emapanadillas are very tasty and crunchy

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    6 years ago

    This is a great local puerto rican restaurant. I love it but would love if they where open 1 extra hour.

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    Thank you for your review. Hope to see you soon.

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    6 years ago

    Best puertorican food in meriden, the alcapurrias really good and empanadillas too. Very nice people working there and really clean

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    La Azogueñita

    La Azogueñita

    3.7
    (7 reviews)
    1.2 mi

    I will give them a zero stars for service if I could, but unfortunately I have to rate them 1…read morestar... we are regular customers who usually do take outs for lunch once in a while, I have noticed that my husband had been getting charged about $26 for a large meal with two meat choices but I never think anything about it until today that I went with him to pick something out for lunch, well the youngest lady gave us a good service when ordering the food, so we ask her for a large order with two choices of meat but we asked her to put the beans that came with our large order in a separate container as I don't like mine mixed with the rice so when we were ready to pay the amount of the order was $26.74 ?? I asked the older lady in the cashier why she was charging us extra when a large order with choice of rice, beans, salad and two meats was $18.72 + tax, so she gave me actitud right away and said that the extra charge was for the beans??? She was charging us more than $5 for beans???? So I explained that we didn't ordered an extra side of beans, that i just asked to put the beans that came with my order separately, so she started scalding the other young lady for giving us too "much" and grab the small beans container and went and dumped back in the big tray of food just leaving the very bottom, almost emptied the container and thrown it back to the bag of food saying there it's!! I look at her and I ask if she was joking??? It blew my mind what she just did... that was such an insult! To my surprise she said she wasn't joking and that's all we were getting with the order!! I took the almost empty container of beans and give back to her and I told her to keep it but I was very upset that she was so mean about a side of beans... well she never apologized, neither she changed her actitud she just proceeded to ring me out, to which my order now was only $18.72 + Tax = $20.10 then she make herself busy at the phone and didn't even look back when giving out my receipt... so awful, awful service... if you're Spanish then you know that beans & rice are NEVER an issue, if anything you have to tell them to put a little less, but in this place they have been charging us extra for beans that are part of a Large order, so be careful when ordering from this place. Food is decent, nothing out of the extraordinary but it's ok so I give them 3 stars.

    Who puts peas in yellow rice? Food isn't the best, more so the rice. Service is good. Decent…read moreambiance, probably won't return but appreciate being served.

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    El Sitio

    El Sitio

    4.3
    (29 reviews)
    13.9 mi

    I attended a lunch meeting with a sister company. When I showed up, I expected the standard pizza…read moreand salad, but to my surprise, they ordered from here and I have never been so full leaving a lunch meeting in my life. We had pork and rice and beans and empanadas and potato balls. I was so satisfied, I went to the restaurant again to pick up dinner for my family. When I went for pick up, it was clean, the soda selection was great, which my kids were excited about, and the staff was so friendly (and bilingual-which was a relief). I will definitely be back!

    My first time here over the summer was good overall! The food was hot and the staff was friendly,…read morewhich I appreciated. They have a good amount of seating available inside and great options to choose from. We did end up grabbing some made to order alcapurrias. All 3 tasted good but they needed hot sauce, lacking in flavor. I felt as the chicken one lacked the most flavor but was ok when hot sauce added & so did the pork one. I'll say that the ground beef alcapurria was my favorite out of the 3; although I still personally felt they all needed some hot sauce to add that kick missing. An alcapurria is a known Puerto Rican fritura/fried street food, growing up to even being an adult it's one of my favorite things if done right. We also had the bistec with rice, a side of beans, & a side of plantains. As well as the pernil with yellow rice. Both of these dishes lacked flavor, again needing hot sauce or missing something. The beans did have a good amount of flavor, which I enjoyed, & the plantains were slightly over fried. The visit itself was satisfying, I would return to give them another shot as well as hopefully try their carne guisada plate, which wasn't available at the time I went that day. I didn't give this business a 4 star rating simply because of the lack of flavor in mostly each item ordered. I would give it a solid 3.8 if I could.

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    La Borrinquena Restaurant

    La Borrinquena Restaurant

    4.5
    (22 reviews)
    13.3 mi

    This is a small restaurant near the Maloney Magnet school and near downtown in Waterbury, CT. The…read morerestaurant size may fool you, but bountiful delish food. Order catering at this restaurant and picked up food on a Saturday in August 2021. Wow, this restaurant is extremely busy with all walks of life customers from business, bikers, customers from afar, etc. Their presentation of the food displayed fresh, and so appealing. The scent of the food- wow- delish! The owner & staff prompt & attentive to their customers. As we briefly waited to pick up our cater order for a party of 15, customers kept coming and going. As more food was being brought out to be displayed and sold $$$. As soon as we placed our order in the vehicle with the assistance of the owner bringing the food out to us, the delish aroma that we continued to smell the food was mouth watering. Once back home with our guest and displayed our cater order bountiful of each yellow rice, beans, pork, chicken, pork chops, yucca, sweet banana, alcapuria of yuca, alcapuria of beef, stuff potato ball, corn fritters and shrimp salad. Our guest enjoyed every bite of it and by the end of the day all gone. We will definitely be coming back as a regular customer and order catering at this location more often. We give applauds to the owner and his staff for excellent fresh food and service!

    La Bouriquenna has a cozy atmosphere and friendly staff. The food had great authentic flavor, but…read morethe service was a bit slow and one dish wasn't as hot as expected. Overall, a good spot for Caribbean food, just a few small things to improve.

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