Location: Super convenient location off of the G line at the Nostrand stop. The place gets packed during lunch and after work hours but that's the best to go to guarantee the food is fresh. Food: They switch up some of the offerings every day so whenever you go you'll see something a little different! Everything I've tried so far has been delicious from the arroz, maduros, pescado, chuleta etc. Service: The people can be very short with you when your ordering, but this isn't the type of place you'd expect pleasant bedside manners- they're keeping it moving. Overall: AMAZING authentic food to go read more

Espinal Deli - Food choices - Delis Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Food is bad. No real cook. She quit... They raised the prices and made the plates smaller... Loosing customers fast.

Great food . Everyday. Yum yum. So many menu choices daily you can't go wrong. Food is fresh daily and made with love

Bread was molded just wanna make sure they don't sell to anyone else. Otherwise food is delicious. read more

Espinal Deli - Bread No Good - Delis Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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I have walked by this deli every morning for 6 months and finally made my way in because I was curious and didn't know what to have for dinner. I am so happy I did! They had a buffet of Dominican food and the wonderful lady at the counter gave me a sample of the pernil which was moist and so flavorful! I paid $11 for rice, beans, and pernil enough for two people, a super steal! She also gave me some free pico de gallo and jalapeños to take home. Amazing hospitality, incredible food and a hard to beat price !!! read more

Good simple food, not that expensive either. They fill the container to the top so you're really getting your moneys worth. read more

Espinal Deli - already ate half of it! rice and beans with pork and plantains - Delis Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Both of the cooks are rude! Will never step foot in here again. MANY other Spanish speaking people were greeted with smiles and good customer service. Me and my friend who are BLACK were not greeted nor did we receive the same customer service Both cooks were upset that we asked them to put on gloves to serve us. ABSOLUTELY THE WORST EXPERIENCE. read more

Rude & Food isn't that great either .... It's only convenient for people in the area.. they never answer the phone and when they do they put you on hold forever... read more

I am so grateful that my boyfriend and I randomly stumbled here because I suddenly got hungry. This is such a find! For a deli, the variety is crazy... hot food, sandwiches, Latin food, American, etc. I was pretty skeptical of the food's temperature, but both the temp and the flavor really impressed me! The guac was a little too sour though. They also have a little store in the back with some pretty unique stuff -- Dominican soda, health drinks, and exotic beers. Overall, you can try a bit of many dishes (especially if you share with others), and everything is priced well. Espinal also seems to be a popular spot to hang out. They only have a few tables and a few bar stools, but almost a crowd in here on a random Saturday afternoon socializing and laughing it up! read more

DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY nightmare - Im gonna start off saying very good food but when it comes to delivery these ppl have failed miserably quite a few times i use to be a regular until i started placing orders AND NO ONE SHOWS UP id call an hr later asking where is my order a different person would pick up and has no clue about my delivery try to make a new order then said forget it ..that may not show up either... this has happnd a number of times bcuz i tried to give them a chance til i just found another spanish spot. Just pick up and save yourself the stress food is very good. read more

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One of my favorite delis! Fresh & hot food served daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I love coming here for their Dominican oatmeal, pernil, sancocho, pork ribs, fried chicken, etc. It's hard to go wrong with anything here and the prices cannot be beat. Very welcoming and friendly employees. read more

Part II of me looking for a new breakfast place in Brooklyn and failing (See other review for prior fail.) First off let me say this place has a lot of "flavor", when I came in there was a verbal fight in progress with a lady threatening another and inviting her outside to "crack her ass." When I left another incident was occurring while the police were removing a drunken lady who was loitering there, and asking customers for a free lunch. (Must say it was peacefully handled, and this customer and cop were-literally-dancing together at one point). This kind of human drama does not bother me, especially since this place has so much seating, so I can be a spectator rather than a participant. I also like that you pick up your own food instead of having a wait "person" bring it to you. Many Food items are warming up and are visible to you as you wait in line and they gave me a gigantor amount of home fries with my order. The minus was the food. My eggs were EGGceptable but the home fries seemed EGGcessively spiced, with I don't know what. They claimed it was only onions and peppers, but it was something else, like oil and vinegar. Perhaps this is the Puerto Rican style, so if that's what your looking for you'll love this place, especially since they were playing bachata/merengue/salsa the whole time. The other minus is there was no breakfast special. They had to figure out the price there. As others have noted this can be annoying, EGGspecially if the price is different each time you come in. I could not finish the potatoes, no matter how much ketchup and hot sauce I added the extra taste came through. I even tried to give it away before I added the condiments, but there were no takers (I admit I might not take second hand food, but even the lady begging for money for food wouldn't take it). I am now at a Dunkin Donuts trying to kill the home fries taste with donuts. I still haven't found an ideal cheap breakfast place, it's a shame this couldn't be it, it's so near to a train, and I got the unlimited metrocard and I'm willing to travel. Also it seems a neighborhood old style staple in a gentrifying (or gentrifuct) Brooklyn, so good luck. read more

The atitude not the best,but hey the food is good. Clean place,little pricey but good.

Cool people there :) food was E-MAZING! I went to get breakfast and the other food that they had looks really good too. Price was just as good! Feel like I got a lot for a little :) read more

Espinal Deli - Don't be fooled by the small packaging! I struggled trying to finish it! It was soo delicious! - Delis Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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As a Dominican from miami I want to love this place and I've been here a bunch trying so hard to make this place my thing but It just doesn't do it for me. Large selection, always busy, friendly and prompt service, decent pricing, close by subway - so for all these reasons it's great but other than the rice being good, when I go the chicken is on the dry side, the Sancocho (served Thursday and sat) is too much plantain, not enough meat and broth is too watery. I wish I liked this place more. read more

Bad experience. A worker rudely walks away after I was trying to order something. He then comes back with his back turned to me. After I explained I was trying to get his attention and order, he abruptly mentioned he has 5 orders and felt it was appropriate to dismiss me. Rude. read more

The cook is very rude but he can cook really good. I expect a smile when you are making my food.

Espinal is a great local Bed Stuy eatery. The food is served deli style and almost always fresh. $7 for a giant plate of rice and a meat topping of choice, which changes daily. But my favorite is the beef stew. Knocking one star because some of the meat toppings are a bit weird for my taste, it can sometimes be a gamble so I stick to what I know. It's also just a typical NYC mini mart with beer, drinks and snacks. If you live in the area you owe yourself to try it, and show up early sometimes the good stuff runs out. read more

Espinal Deli - Beef stew on top of beans and rice. $7 - Delis Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Best Hispanic food around!! Let me just say sometimes Hispanic food is overrated or even not even worth reviewing... But let me just say this place has good food!! Great price! I had white rice, black beans (I don't like black beans but that's all they had and I don't regret it) and roasted pork (pernil) it is really good!!! The porn is tender and soft!! Yum read more

Espinal Deli - Delis Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Espinal never disappoints!!! The hot food buffet is alway fresh and delicious! read more

Espinal Deli - Chicken and Ribs with yellow rice - Delis Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

This is great for cheap, filling, tasty hot food. The menu changes from day to day (one day there was plantains, the next day eggplant in the tray instead). $5 for a meal of yellow rice, plantain, and hearty braised beef stew is just a fantastic lunch. It's a little confusing to order at first, but the nice thing is that nothing is too expensive (big plate is $10 max?) and there is a lot of variety. read more

Use to be a favorite place ... don't get me wrong food is good until they want to make up prices EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU GO. A piece of fish the size of my toddlers hand $3 a piece .. you might as well get a meal.. seriously I can not deal with whom they want to charge a certain price for. Over all over the whole this and that price . I guess the new building on the corner they want to be greedy.. read more

This was our first lunch in Brooklyn. We walked into this place while headed to the subway station, and we were so glad we did! They had a huge variety and everything was hot and fresh with trays of food being replenished with fresh food frequently. Not much seating, but there isn't seating anywhere around here. Everyone in my party loved what they ordered! We will be back if we get the chance. read more

Best food in BKLYN I go every Tuesday & Thursday for the goat. I recommend this place to anyone who is in the bedstuy area. The staff are great. read more

I live for places like this that serve hot and ready hispanic food. Best pernil in the area, great breakfast, lunch, and dinner. polite quick and friendly service. love Espinal!!! read more

Don't don't don't do it. I used to occasionally grab food here. Yes, the food is good sometimes. Its not always consistent. I always knew they had a cleanliness problem. Today i picked up some rice and beans and chicken. I tasted it and thought to myself " it doesn't taste good today" the rotisserie chicken needed to be cooked more so i popped in the oven for 15 minutes. Hungry, i prepared my food on a plate. As i'm eating, not really enjoying my food i'm looking at every fork full i'm taking. As i'm scopping up food on my fork. I notice a rat POOP! yes, a rat poop in my food. Im trying to examine it trying to see if it can possibly anything else. I'm Haitian and we use similar spices and herbs as Dominicans and this was no spice or seasoning it was rat shit. I just took a couple breaths threw my food away and now quietly writing this review. I stopped eating there two years ago for about a year, i don't remember why but i'm never eating there again. read more

Espinal Deli - Delis Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I really wish I could love this place. Everything's pretty cheap and the portions are substantial. However, you get what you pay for, and maybe sometimes less. By this, I mean that the food is really just okay. Avoid if you have high blood pressure, because the meats can be way too salty. The customer service is also a huge hit or miss, too. read more

Some great pepper steak and roasted chicken over some fresh yellow rice and beans ..$7 for a large plate, just can't beat that, and the taste is phenomenal!! read more

Quality and bang for your buck. Best spot in bedstuy! Here's the review: friend told me to come here. I go. I walk in, plenty of people, but not crowded. Food was served by workers. Food options included different types of rice dishes and meat options. I went with the rice and beans--savory and moist. For the meat, I went with the pork. From what I could tell the pork was a small pig that had been roasted whole, had the head pieces in the pan. All the crispy skin pieces were there too. And it tasted as good as it looked--salty, crispy, meaty with just the right amount of fat. They had a lot of fish and chicken dishes and stews too which looked great. This place gets a five for quality ingredients, good flavor and helpful staff. (Somehow cheap and huge portions too!) read more

Great Cuban sandwich. A lot of meat and nice n crispy bread. Would deffinently come here again read more

Espinal Deli - Delis Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Today as I exited the workers made cat noises and kisses at me like as if I'm some cheap hooker. I turned around and they all just laughed including the female employee which was odd. Never going back. I don't feel comfortable. read more

Great Latin/Dominican food. Rice with beans and a side of meat all for $7. Good food and good people.

The woman behind the counter serving food was extremely rude and acted like she didn't want to take my order. She spoke very condescendingly. Not sure how this place stays in business with the way they treat their customers. Never going here again. Not worth the aggravation to have to be subjected to unhappy people. read more

Horrible delivery service, I placed an order into today at 8:00am and when I called again at 9:00 I had to reorder my whole entire order. Which then still didn't come until around 10:30, due to them taking down the incorrect address and then sending our order to the wrong location. When we finally received the order HALF of the things were incorrect, asked for an egg and cheese on one and it looked like someone slapped the egg on the bread and had NO cheese, Two other orders were incorrect and then to add on top of that the person who answers the phone is even worse. When called back to complain she stated there nothing we can do and that "she speaks Spanish, if you don't speak Spanish I can't understand you " Which I find very inconvenient to customers who are non- Spanish speaking and that are paying to order food and receive the correct order. Overall horrible experience and rude service, do nto see myself getting ANYTHING from there again . Also when I ordered coffee last week it tasted like dirty water burnt, not fresh at all! read more

Their food is always great... 1 complaint... the excess grease and oil left undrained. ie: pork and plaintains.. I always end up using MY way which is paper towels. read more

They just re-did the whole store, looks good. Food is DELICIOUS. Steam table with Chicken, Yucca (yum), rice, and of course the usual sandwiches, etc. Total gem, and they're hard to come by in Bed-Stuy. read more

I work in the neighborhood and stop in every chance I can. Authentic Latin at $7 for rice and beans with meat of your choice. Delicious sweet plantains cooked well done and crunchy/sticky. Yum. read more