Dang so many bad reviews! So, I found this when I was looking for something new to try. My friend and I went and loved it. She got some kind of loaded fries and they were handcut. I stole one and it was so good. I got the chicken mofongo. It was huge and on a bed of lettuce with fresh tomatoes. It was delicious, but I usually opt for the cream sauce. This one had orange, but was still good. Got the steak sandwich too. Also yummy. Definitely coming back. read more

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The best food around town if you looking for a great food quality, quantity, and price!!

I stopped here on my way to work. I've been looking for a good Latin restaurant hard to find. Thought this place would be "it". I thought wrong. Anyhoo. I stopped in and ordered white rice, bean and roast pork. Terrible!!!!!! No flavor. Roast pork was reheated from like days ago. Terrible terrible terrible. They should be ashamed. Bathroom stank and was almost like an abandoned buildings bathroom. Gross. I will never come here again. Oh oh oh and I waited an hr for that garbage. read more

Go there!!! GO NOW!!! Great food. Great Prices. Friendly staff. Quaint environment. I was fortunate enough to be shown the inside of the kitchen before they opened and was pleasantly surprised to see a large old school roasting oven with rotating spits for the meat. Ovens like that tend to lock in and compound flavor like a cast iron pan. For me that's a good sign, indicating that the food will only get better over time. As far as i can tell, all the food is fresh and made in house. Very clean, vibrant flavors. I have only had the opportunity to try a few things so far, but have been extremely satisfied with what i did. Just simple and delicious. Though i can't factually say that this is a family owned and operated business, i get the strong impression that it is. Either way, a fun family friendly environment is present. =) Possibly the best Latin restaurant in central southern Connecticut right now. read more

Flama Tropical - Sandwiches Near Me - Winter Haven, Florida

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I want to start off and say The women working there is a sweet heart very nice. The food wasn't bad either not the best I had but not horrible. My experience quickly went down hill when I went to use the bathroom. OMG so dirty!!! It was dirty on a whole other level. The floors ,walls ,sink and toilet. After seeing how dirty the bathroom was I started to think how dirty the kitchen must be and quickly felt sick to my stomach and threw away my food and left. If you visit this place please go see the bathroom for yourself. Looks worse than a Gas Station Bathroom Forgot to mention the place was freezing we asked if the air can be turned down or shut and we were told they aren't allowed to touch it until the boss comes in. ‍ read more

I've been blessed with the opportunity of being a truck driver, meaning I can go to different restaurants in a daily basis. This place is amazing... The service was spectacular, but the food, the food was something out of this world! Don't take my word for it, go there and give it a shot, best Caribbean food you will ever have! read more

Flama Tropical - Sandwiches Near Me - Winter Haven, Florida

Wellllll, that was disappointing. Spolier alert: When walked in the small dinette-style spot, we didn't immediately notice that all 4 seated tables had NO FOOD. So we order...a young girl of maybe 12 took longer than 2 minutes to acknowledge we were standing there. She clumsily took our order with very little enthusiasm. Hey, she's 12. Another guy walked by twice without a word. We request tostones and a pernil taco, and beans, rice and chicken. Twenty minutes pass....the atmosphere is awful. This lame kind of hip hop instrumental kept playing. We watched one table's food come slowly in parts. Then a woman asked me what our order was.....we change from eating in to getting it to go. We begin to mingle with the other waiting diners. One family came from Reading because the food is so good....too bad their apps took 45 minutes. Maybe I'll get to share in this knowledge. Another 10 minutes. The vacant tables have not yet been cleared. There is zero service on the floor. Employees or family members keep appearing from the back. But where is our food?! Five more minutes. The lone gentleman sitting at a table (before we had arrived) gets a plate! I'm happy for him. The corner table of 6 has also gotten their food now. That leaves 1 table ahead of us.... I begin thinking, this place is a candidate for Chef Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Oh! The 4th table (2 diners) FINALLY have food! We have now been waiting for 40 minutes. Total wait time: over 45 minutes! My bf did not find the rice, beans, and chicken that good (hard rice, no flavor). The taco was fairly good, but there's another spot nearby that's better and faster. Tostones were good and fresh. The food must be super bad in Reading, lol. Skip this place, unless you bring a snack for the wait and poor service. read more

Don't be hungry when you order from here. Doesn't matter if it's take out or eat in the wait time is no less than 45 minutes. I have waiting an hour for some chicken with rice and beans which flavor was awful. The tacos aren't bad but a sloppy mess. It surprises me that the service is so bad because they also own a flama truck on union blvd and you have to have fast service with that style serving. Haven't been there to find out. My suggestion to them is to pick up the speed when serving hungry customers or they will never come back. I haven't been back in over a year for that reason. If you plan of eating dinner at flama make sure to get you're order in before 4pm read more

Not good at all. Food had no flavor rice is under cooked. Greasy pastelios. Chicken has no flavor or color and is dry as hell. Horrible service read more

My second time going there. My second time being disappointment. The chicharrónes weren't crispy and the tostones were over done and dry. The small quantity of food was served over a bed of lettuce and tomatoes. A Very disappointing experience AGAIN. read more

Stopped in for breakfast. I enjoyed my fish taco, which was very large. My friend said his bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich was very good. We plan to visit again to sample the Puerto Rican specialities. Hope when we visit again they have decafe coffee. Prices are very affordable. Our meals, 2 coffees, and one sweet came to $12.50 before tip. read more

Flama Tropical - Menu - Sandwiches Near Me - Winter Haven, Florida

DO NOT GO HERE!!!!!! There is so much wrong with this place. Where to even begin...oh yeah let me start with the 8 year old taking me order. Disturbing enough. I didn't see an adult for 20 minutes after I placed my take out order. 2 other couples came in at the same time as I did. 2 adults finally came out (20 minutes later) and that is when they started cooking our orders. Phone ringing off the hook the entire time in there and nobody even acknowledging it. Dirty plates on at least 3 tables. I waited 50 minutes for my order-3 tacos, rice n beans..not a thank you I'm sorry it took so long nothing. Just seemed to be the way they do things. The food was mediocre definetly not worth waiting that long for. I have to add the ONLY reason I tried this place (reviews were consistent with my experience) was because it was Memorial Day and my favorite please La Borinqueno was closed....1000 times better in flavor. Ugh stay away from this place.. I sure will. read more

Best jibaritos in the lehigh valley! More ppl need to review. Best place to go after the bar. Always flavorful and always get your food the way you want it. On my way for a jibarito as we speak. read more

Customer service skills are awful. Was treated very rudely and it took forever to get our food. Food was sub-par.

Sandwiches are pretty good. Def had better before. But as for their actual food like rice and bean with chicken. Yeah that was pretty undesirable sadly. read more

Don't come here save your money there's two better Dominican restaurants in the area La Favorita or La Borinquena. Thank me later!

Wish I could give them -100 stars. First off the service is the WORST SERVICE EVER. The girl is miserable and unprofessional. She ignores you even when you're standing 2 feet in front of her. The food is OLD and FROZEN. No taste what so ever. How are you a Spanish place and not even put Adobo on your food? Anyways, Yuca is frozen and old. Rice is so dry and undercooked it is not edible. Meat is old and dried up, taste like 3 day old meat. Empanadas have no flavor,tacos are Greasy and no flavor, beans have no flavor. The only thing that is safe is the Cuban, which is not even an "authentic" cuban. The moral of the story is NEVER EAT HERE. Avoid this place. Don't waste your money on half ass service and subpar food. read more

After waiting probably more than 30 mins, I got my order which was completely wrong. I didn't even feel like saying anything because it would probably take another 30 mins to fix it. Worst service ever. I had to knock on the truck because someone outside eating told me to after I stood there 5 minutes waiting for someone to come up and take my order. The taco was disgusting. Tasted like the chicken was sitting out all day. I wouldn't go back if someone paid me. read more

Staff is rude. Sat there for over 20 minutes waiting to order and was ignored the entire time. Meanwhile everyone who walked in after me was waited on. After finally ordering, I received only part of my order and had to keep asking for things I ordered but hadn't received yet. Didn't even get my drink until half way through my meal and only after tracking down the girl at the counter once again to remind her. Ordered crazy fries never got them. Wasn't given a receipt. So basically I'm just out $6.75. Food was mediocre, cold and stale. Not worth the drive or the price. read more

Flama Tropical - That is my beans and rice. 5 beans in total. - Sandwiches Near Me - Winter Haven, Florida

The food is reheated and microwaved and the wait is as if they were preparing a whole feast. And it's just a sandwich . They were good when they were on linden but something changed read more

Pay no attention to the poor reviews from the snobby customers. My family and I have dined here on several occasions and have really enjoyed each experience. The staff are always pleasant, and the food is worth the wait (Sometimes, one must exert patience while waiting for quality cooking). As for the comments about the staff being racist, that is a load of crap. My family is Caucasian and is always treated with the utmost respect and care at this establishment. The people who wrote the previous reviews about discrimination at this restaurant need to get over themselves. Kudos and many more successful years to the staff and owners of Flama Tropical! read more

Don't eat at this restaurant! I have never been treated with such utter contempt in my life. While ordering my food, two Hispanic males walked in and started ordering their food over me. The checker stopped taking my order to take theirs. I placed my order finally. While waiting for my order, a couple of sandwiches, 3 other patrons came in, placed orders, received their food, and left. They were all Hispanic. After waiting an hour I went to the unattended counter and rang the bell. Having already paid and not received food I asked for a refund. The girl didn't respond, but retreated to the kitchen to tell the cook. She yelled out the window and asked what I had ordered. I told her but informed her I no longer wanted the food only a refund. She ignored me and brought the food anyway. She refused to give a refund and shoved the food bag into my hands, and turned to walk away. I was left with the sense that my patronage was unwanted because I was the wrong ethnicity. I will never go there again, and gladly discourage anyone else from patronizing this establishment. To the owners, I would say to keep your racist attitudes to yourselves, and show some respect for your customers regardless of their racial makeup. read more

The food here was AMAZING! I grabbed a quick lunch to go (empanadas and a taco) and they were both insanely delicious and fresh. I sat and waited about 10 min. I was in a hurry but made sure to let them know I needed to order something that wouldn't take long and they helped me choose something. I took a peek at what was being brought out to other people eating in and that looked amazing too. If I had looked at the yelp reviews first I probably wouldn't have stopped but I'm so glad i did. New favorite place. read more

Extremely slow service and the food so-so at best. There was only one person running the whole show and it took over an hour to get our food. However; a number of other customers came in after us and were served before us. I won't apply a motive to this prioritization but you may draw your own inferences from some of the other reviews. I ordered the Cuban sandwich and it was, hands down, the worst Cuban I've ever had. My wife ordered the rice and beans and the brand we practically flavorless. Don't waste your time or money. read more

Really poor food... Order chicken wings with fries... Not what I expected! Rather buy it in a Chinese Restaurant.

Me and my boyfriend were craving Cuban sandwiches. Being new to the area, we decided to give this place a shot. All I can say is...Ewwww! The bread was the best part of these sandwiches. If we hadn't been so hungry, we would definitely not have noshed these down. I have had excellent Cuban sandwiches before, and these weren't even filled with the right stuff. An odd assortment of something that looked liked pepperoni, ham, and some other unidentifiable chopped meat, topped with mayonnaise, some kind of cheap Velveeta tasting cheese, and our requested lettuce and tomatoes. They took forever to fill our order, and the grease had soaked the bag by the time we got home. Maybe they prepare other dishes OK, but they should maybe avoid advertising foods that they don't know how to make! The pricing was more than fair, though. read more