Now under new ownership and the name El Rincon Restaurant and Cafe, they brought quite a delicious meal for their Lancaster City Restaurant Week. First off LOVE the domino's setup inside the restaurant. Great cultural references to Puerto Rican and Dominican Culture. Menu is pretty extensive with tons of traditional dishes such as mofongo, tostones, pernil, rice and beans, pollo guisada, carne guisada, etc. We did the Lancaster Restaurant Meal Deal. 3 course for $29 dollars. Now don't get me wrong food was EXCELLENT. But 29 dollars was a little steep compared to other Puerto Rican and Dominican Cuisine restaurants in the Lancaster, York, Lebanon Areas! We got Tostones (garlic sauce was AMAZING!) typically tostones are served with mayoketchup (they have their own version of mayoketchup which was good as well!). The second course was their Pernil, Yellow Rice and side of beans. Also a fantastic dish. The Pernil was not fatty at all and had a great marinated flavor! The smoothie was the 3rd course. Morir Soñando. Think of an Orange juice smoothie/milkshake. Not orange creamsicle. I could drink one of these everyday! Very good would like to go back for the mofongo! read more

El Rincon Ponceno - Puerto Rican Near Me - Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Esta comida para nada es de Ponce,yo nací hay, El mofongo es hecho en una masa o le pone harina Pero no tiene textura,Bueno no voy a tirar la mala por que mi esposa me esta peliando que no escriba negativamente Perooooo No gasten su dinero aquí esto no es para nada Bóricua y menos de Ponce read more

El Rincon Ponceno - De la comida la bote la mitad - Puerto Rican Near Me - Lancaster, Pennsylvania

I was in town for Shore Leave Convention. I was craving Puerto Rican food, not realizing that Lancaster has a respectable boricua population. My wife and I rounded up some friends to come with us and introduced some of them to some comida rica. The service was a little slow, but to be fair, the staff was cooking up a huge catering order. Once the food came out...oh, yes! I liked the chill atmosphere too, nice and simple, properly decorated and as I expected. I'll be back. ¡Wepa! read more

El Rincon Ponceno - There was mofongo with pernil on my plate. The portions were large so I took the rest back to my hotel. - Puerto Rican Near Me - Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Incredible & great quality food everything they made was perfect!!! We had a large group and with such short notice they accommodated us wonderfully and the food took a little bit to come out but it was all made to perfection. So fantastic I'd absolutely would come back. The atmosphere and decor was so cute too!! read more

El Rincon Ponceno - Beef and Cheese (Empanadilla) & Tostones y pernil - Puerto Rican Near Me - Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Found this place for my husband to try. You are greeted as soon as you enter. You order at the counter and food is delivered to your table. You bus your own. Had I known this I would have never tipped 25%! It's what happens as you have to pay before you sit, eat and enjoy the atmosphere. We ordered empanadilla de carne y queso, a Plato completo which had peigion pea rice, plantains, shrimp, deep fried pork chops and salad. Another two plates but instead of pork and shrimp it came with beef and another with deep fried chicken. Due to my stupid corn allergy I have to ask what cooking oil is used and unfortunately for me it's corn oil. So I ordered a pastrami sandwich. Everyone said the food was ok. My husband makes better empanadillas! The plantains needed seasoning, they give you mayochup to dip but if you don't like mayochup then you eat plain plantains. I love to sprinkle Adobo or garlic salt over my plantains as soon I I get them out of frying, yummmy! My pastrami sandwich was good except that the pastrami seemed to have been cooked! (Corn oil allergy! Got rashes that evening!) But I suppose for the average person who doesn't know how to cook Puerto Rican food this place will be a super delight! I wasn't impressed! The small restaurant appears to look clean except for the windows. I would suggest investing in a squigie and some strong Windex. The atmosphere here was not as cheery as other Puerto Rican locations we have visited. There are a few funny Puerto Rican frames but nothing else. As an artist I could see that plain wall turned into la plaza de Ponce Federico Degatou or the Ponce coastal region! As for parking, it's street parking. We found a spot on Walnut st right off the corner. As far as I saw there were no meters but on N Queen there are meters. Parking there was scarce. Try it, I'm sure you'll enjoy it more than we did. It's tough finding a place that cooks food better than you can cook yourself, therefore this review is from a mageircophile indeed. read more

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The food here is good. I will suggest adding more sazon to the ground beef empanada other than that I highly recommend. The staff are friendly read more

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WEPA!!!! I could smell the food a block away. We got here right as they were closing and still were treated like we came in the middle of the day. Super polite and accommodating a table of 4. I didn't get the gentleman's name but he was very friendly and spoke English so it shouldn't scare anyone away that doesn't speak Spanish. So about the meal... ordered Pernil and it came with rice a small salad and plantains. Nice sized plate and beautiful presentation. The meal was exceptional! My only gripe was personal preference to have some of the more crunchy pieces read more

El Rincon Ponceno - Very clean establishment - Puerto Rican Near Me - Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Loving Lancaster food!! This place is definitely authentic and so flavorful! Truly recommend.

I was so excited to see that Lancaster had authentic Puerto Rican cuisine. I recently moved from the PA/NJ boarder and most of the restaurants there had closed. I went in to pick up my order, the restaurant had fun upbeat music playing, I was greeted nicely by one of the women. Once I got my food home, I was in heaven. The empanadas were so flavorful and juicy (I ate one in the car ;) ). I enjoyed it allll. Plenty of rice served. I normally like my tostones with heavy adobo, but dipping them into the ketchup/mayo mix wasn't too bad! Made me feel at home as if my abuela was cooking. I will definitely be coming back and recommend everyone in the area stop by. read more

El Rincon Ponceno - Pernil w/ arroz con gandulees, tostones, empanada de carne - Puerto Rican Near Me - Lancaster, Pennsylvania

The food/quality is not compatible to the cost. I agree they have pre-made/frozen foods. And you have to clean your own tables.

First of all I waited 40 minutes for the food, after having to wait also sometime for them to get to the cashier to make an order. People who came about 10 minutes after me, were given their food before me. They have in very faint letters that all sandwiches contain mayo which I cannot eat and it was not in the description of the sandwich I ordered (other sandwiches specified in the description that they contained mayo). After I complained about my food having mayo and having to wait 40 minutes, the staff told me that I shouldn't complain because I only waited 30'minutes according to them (which is long wait for a couple of sandwiches). The people eating with me liked the food ok. Definitely not worth the wait. read more

Service is very friendly, the food however is not fresh / made to order. They charge $18+ for an entree, but it's microwaved/reheated food. We watched the cook in the kitchen just grab everything out of pots with foil on them. I went today with family and we ordered three different entrees and we all had the same experience. Everything but the rice and beans were dry, tough and barely warm. The tostones were stale and cold, and had been fried hours before. My pork chop was so tough that i had to rip it apart with my fingers. The plastic knife wouldn't even cut through. I would not recommend this restaurant due to reheated food and high prices. read more

The portions were small for the price. Ordered a mofongo for $20. It would fill a 2-3 inch bowl. Not much flavor to the food

Great place and food! Great service! Truly taste of the food from Puerto Rico! Prices are good.

Amazing! love the food and the staff. Authentic Puerto Rican. Great for take out food

Excellent food! You want to check this lil mom&pop restaurant out! I love the empanadas here!

Don't air conditioner, need do it better the services... to long. Brings the appetizers whit the food. Need change that little things

Called ahead they said it would be 30 minutes, which is fine. When I get there I say my name and when they went to check on my order the lady kitchen just started screaming is not just calling I have a lot of people here. So that is the last time I will go there. Canceled the order and left. Horrible customer service and experience!! They lost a customer and I would never recommend this place again!! read more

There sandwiches were real good reminds me of Puerto Rico definitely will be coming back