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    El Pilon Criollo Restaurant

    4.5 (11 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Food was alright service wasn't bad not a terrible place. Not what I expected honestly.

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    2 years ago

    great food! I didn't expect it coming from a boardwalk restaurant. Service was great.

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    3 years ago

    Run. Don't walk. Best Latin restaurant in town. I cook Puerto Rican food and by far the best!!!

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    3 years ago

    i definitely recommend this place if you're craving good puerto rican/dominican food!

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    Came to the Firemen's convention and found this hidden gem on the boardwalk.

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    4.5(17 reviews)
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    This place is very trendy and I'm sure it's a lot of fun at night. We went for happy hour and…read moreshould have ordered something from the regular menu instead. I ordered the BBQ pork nachos and my date ordered the buffalo chicken fries. We also shared a 1/2 pound of peel and eat shrimp and then ordered another 1/2 later on. The nachos were okay but I thought that the pork would have been like pulled BBQ with a BBQ sauce mixed in it. It was more like just pulled pork and kind of dry except for the cheese giving it some sauce to it. The Buffalo fries were okay but we really should have passed on them and not eaten so poorly. The shrimp were great and why we ordered more. I kind of wished that our server was nice and rung them in as a full pound instead of the 2 halves we ordered. It would have saved us $2.00. Oh well, what can you do? We had lots of food leftover but not the kind of food you take back to the hotel for later.

    Super cute place with great views from pretty much wherever you sit. The hostess was super friendly…read moreupon entering. Our server was really nice and attentive getting us refills, napkins, etc without asking. We were there over happy hour, which is great by the way, and we ordered the loaded fries. The portion was huge for $10. They were delicious. The shrimp cocktail was decent but $19 for 5 smaller shrimp? The pulled chicken sandwich was good and I enjoyed the bbq sauce. However, I would have preferred it was already mixed into the chicken to prevent it from being on the dry side. I love that they had live music. Overall, we liked it here and glad we came for lunch.

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