The taste of the food fell off. I went there a few years back. I used to get the mofongo. It used to be garlicky and good amount of crispy chicharon or chicken and this time around it was not mashed well enough and no flavor served w melted butter. I had their pollo guisado and it was tomato based and not seasoned well. The pieces of chicken were not good pieces of chicken. I ordered arroz y gondules(yellow rice w peas and I got orange rice cooked in sazon it had a funny taste and no peas. They also had no chicken pastellitos only beef. People who worked there were friendly. read more

Not bad. We got the mofongo with camarones al ajilio, goat stew, and a smoothie via delivery. The mofongo was tender and chock-full of chicharron, and was a solid version of mofongo that I enjoyed eating and would order again. The goat stew with rice/beans was rich and flavorful, and our passionfruit smoothie was quite sweet but still solid. The shrimp on the other hand, wasn't what I expected: the thick goopy white sauce did not taste of garlic, and felt more like cornstarch-thickened chicken stock instead of the usual thinner garlic-bomb sauce that I've enjoyed elsewhere. It had basic seasoning at least so wasn't totally bland, but was not a strong flavor either and made me regret picking this (should have gone with the coconut sauce instead). Prices are high here- maybe the in-person experience and ambience help justify it? read more

Craving Dominiquin food? this is your spot. Restaurant is located off a main road with parking in the back. Seated quickly, the ambiance was dim lighting medium music volume. We requested a drink not part of the menu but the waitress made it happen. Now to the food. My favorite is Mofongo con chicharrón y camarones al ajio. It's so delicious, the shrimp is in a thick sauce base of garlic that combines so well with the mofongo. Just my personal favorite spot when craving mofongo. If you want to plan a summer outing, they have a patio with umbrellas and live music. read more

Guira y Tambora Restaurant - Mofongo de Chicharron (Skin pork) MOFONGO DE CHICHARRON CON CAMARONES AL AJILLO - Dominican Near Me - Roslindale, Massachusetts

If you are not Dominican, they will treat you poorly. Just order and pick up. I will say, the food and ambience is top tier but not enough for the bad service. read more

I have eaten at this place few times, but this time I am extremely disappointed. We called and placed an order over the phone and the music is so loud that they can't hear the order. Once we got to the restaurant, half the order was missing. I had to get a new mufungo because I asked for sweet and go green. Once we actually got the food, it was bland. The sweet mufungo wasn't that sweet. The only good go thing was the Dominican sausage in the appetizer. I typically like this place, but I'm extremely disappointed and don't know if I'll be going back for a while. read more

They must have been paying attention to the bad reviews because the food was AMAZING! My first time visiting having never been there since they moved in and it was AMAZING. Well, the drinks were highly lacking in pour measures and pricey at that, since they weren't good. My husband ordered the BISTEC SALTEADO (Sautéed Steak) and while it was not cooked to the medium temp requested, it was very tender and full of flavor. I ordered the PESCADO EN RUEDAS FRITO (fried red snapper in tomato sauce) and baby, it was huge and so so so good. We are definitely going back for the food. My fellow Caribbeans, you will be proud. I can't speak on other items, as my brother said their chicken can be dry, but the 2 dishes we purchased were top notch, with no exaggeration. Plantains were fried and fresh and their Pico is this sort of vinaigrette mixture, can't quite put my nose to it, but really good on everything. We will be back very soon, eager to try the oxtail, mofongo and goat stew buuuut I know I will most likely try the fish again. Our server was nice, not much of conversation had, but she was pleasant and attentive. And the ambiance is nice, but music us a bit too loud for an early dinner service. There were about 4 other dining tables, with a larger party, but it was a weeknight, I would imagine the weekend is lively. read more

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Good portions! The busted with onions is soooo good. I enjoy the cheese and you a bites too!

FIND ANOTHER PLACE. I really like their food, unfortunately the waitresses are rude and unprofessional, I went in and I asked them if I could use their bathroom first, and one of the servers told me that bathroom was out of service, I I told her I wanted to order food to eat, but I need to use the bathroom first. Finally, they allowed me to use it. After the incident, I asked for a beer and a glass of TAP water, and the waitress told me they don't serve TAP water, only bottled water. I told her to bring me only the beer. Then she came back with a glass of TAP water. I think the servers are following the MANAGEMENT instructions. I really like the food but unfortunately. For the last ten years +/-. I was coming to this place to have some good Dominican food, but now I don't see myself coming back. The disdain and unprofessionalism toward their customer are not acceptable. read more

This is a Dominican restaurant. As a fellow Dominican, I'm saddened to be writing this horrible but accurate review. Their RACIST!!!!!!! The manager is the worst. I didn't enjoy my unseasoned meal- after 2 bites I wanted to return it and have it removed from my bill- like normal restaurants do. This lady went ballistic and said verbatim (in Spanish): "Black people always try to scam us. They eat their meal then claim they didn't like it so they can have a free meal". She also said I was offending the chef. Unfortunately, my meal was not good. It had no seasoning and was bland. The 2 other Dominicans I went with also agreed. Their meals were great. Mine was not good. I've never in my life been treated with such disrespect. When it comes from your own people it hurts that much more. I'll never go back and will never recommend this place. read more

I had the mofongo with yuca and Madurai in it with chicharron and it was really good! My buddy had the oxtail and stew goat with rice and bean and seemed to really enjoyed it as well! Definitely coming back! Service was as expected with small Dominican food spot! Prices were very reasonable with the portions of food you received! read more

Damn this place has gone down hill! Even though the food is still decent we had the worst waitress didn't even know the menu and was too busy with the boys buying beer buckets. I'm never coming back here again! read more

I went to this restaurant for the second time in my life. The first time I went I had a some what of an ok experience. The service isn't that great, but the food wasn't terrible. However, this experience I had was not the greatest. My two friends and myself went to catch up and eat Dominican food. Just as an FYI... all three of us are Dominican. We started the evening with two morir sonandos, a sangria, a shot of tequila, fried cheese with salami, and tostones. We proceeded to add our meal. We had decided that we were getting three different plates because we wanted to share. You know family style! We ordered mofongo de chicharones y queso, bistec encebollado with platano maduro, and chuletas with rice and beans. The mofongo and the chuleta was delicions, but the bistec encebollado wasn't that great. My friend didn't even eat the dish she ordered. When our server came to the table my friend asked if she can get the steak off of the bill because we didn't eat it. The server mentioned that she would have to speak with the manager, which she did. When she returned the manager said that she wouldn't take it off of the bill, so my friend decided to go up to speak with the manager. She was there for about 5 minutes before she got to the table with a serious face. She said that it was taken off of the bill, but that the manager had said something disturbing. The manager had told her "los morenos tienen una tendencia de devolver los platos." This means "Black people have a tendency of returning their plates. I just want to mention that the the two other ladies and myself were Dominican, speaking Spanish at the table, and the woman that was speaking with the manager was speaking Spanish with her. She was just a blatant RACIST!!!! So no I will not go to this place again! I do not recommend it! I do not support racist establishments. Just a foodie with honest reviews :) read more

I don't know in other ways to say this.. TERRIBLE! My 2 friends and I went to this restaurant and everything was fine at the beginning...we started our get together with sangria and some typical Dominican drinks, we ordered some appetizers all going well, the problem came when it was time for one of my friends to ask our waitress Theresa (super friendly by the way) if one item could be removed from the bill because my friend didn't like it. Theresa ends up going back to her supervisor and tells her what's going on with the bill, the supervisor sense her back to our table and tells her that because we have ordered it we are obligated to pay for it long story short I ended up going to the supervisor to talk to her directly after a 5 minute conversation on why is it so difficult to remove a $13 item from the bill she ends up saying "YOU BLACK PEOPLE TEND TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS... ORDER FOOD AND RETURN IT" The item ended up being removed after arguing but please know that disgusting $13 plate will cost you MUCH more in the long run. SHAME ON YOU GÜIRA Y TAMBORA! POR RACISTAS Y FALTA DE SERVICIO AL CLIENTE. NOSOTROS (LOS CLIENTES YA SEA MORENO, ASIÁTICO, INDU) SOMOS LOS QUE MANTENEMOS TU TRAPO DE REST. ABIERTO... piensa en lo que dices para una proxima. read more

Love the grilles chicken tostones and rice and beans..my favorite go to for Domincan food

Outrageous! I don't know what happened to this restaurant but it's simply not a place I will be purchasing food from again. For starters, They've decreased their portion sizes by at least 50% while continuing to charge the same prices. They'll give you like five tiny pieces of chicken and a sad little square of tres leches cake. If you order the sancocho, they'll give you One piece of beef in the broth, or no beef and instead a cheaper cut of meat. The quality of the food has also considerably decreased. There are so many better options in Boston for Dominican food. read more

This is a Dominican cuisine restaurant. I liked the ambience, but I believe it could do better in decoration. It had a good size and clean bathroom. There's no parking but it's easy to park on the street. I didn't try much of the food but the two appetizers I got were delicious. I wasn't impressed with the presentation of the dishes though. The drinks were very good and savory. They had an amazing sangria full of fruits! However, I asked our server for water with lemon and I got lemon juice with water literally. It was though a crowded night for a concert so I can imagine it was a hectic night. It was full house. I got to give a huge thanks to our server. Despite my lemon juice with water, she was amazing. She was so sweet accommodating me for my cocktails preference. The security were very nice as well and incredibly patient. This place has a patio! Summer fun?! I'm looking forward to go back and taste a full meal. read more

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I love mondongo and ive ordered it from here before but the mondongo I ordered today was horrible. It was inedible and tasted old. I won't be ordering mondongo from here again if they have inconsistent taste. read more

Every mofongo I've ever eaten up to this point is subpar to the mofongo I had for dinner tonight *Mofongo de Chicharron con Camarones en Salsa Roja* read more

Guira y Tambora Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - Roslindale, Massachusetts

Food is delicious, the waitress was very friendly and professional. The only thing I don't like is that the music is extremely loud to even have a conversation with the person seating next to you. I haven't been there in a few years because of this reason and I thought to give it another try, thinking that it might change. Unfortunately, music volume continues to be the same, uncomfortably loud. Will not go back. read more

I left with my ears RINGING not going back. Even if they were in nightclub mode, it was way louder than necessary.

I don't like to give bad reviews but this place the service is horrible. I understand due to COVID some places have limitation but they didn't tell us. We told the waitress we want to order some drinks first, we order appetizers and we even ordered a bottle wine that cost 5.99 retail price in the liquor store and charge us 50 dollars for that bottle wine. The waitress never told us about the 90 minutes to eat and drinks and not only that they brought the bill when we don't even ask for it. The manager not even has the position she has. She's very unprofessional. We told her the situation and the only thing she says you can order to go only not even an apology for the bad services we got. I would never recommend or coming back to this place. read more

I've never been to this place In person so this review is solely for take out. I ordered rice and beans, mofongo with chicharrón, and fried chicken chunks and it was all seasoned excellent. I'm amazed by how everywhere does things a little different but my husband and I both thought the food was excellent. We also got the tres leches which was in point. I can't comment on the service but the food was definitely good. I'm giving 5 to offset some of the bad reviews because in my experience this is a great spot for Dominican food and it took me a while to try because of the bad reviews. read more

My go too dish is the pork chops in sauce with peppers and onions, rice, beans. Delishhhhh. Haven't tried anything else, hard to change from them chops man..... read more

Llegué a Boston el 19 de agosto y tenía ganas de comida dominicana. Escuché cosas buenas sobre Gira y Tambor, así que invité a mi señora a cenar. Llegamos alrededor de las 6:00 pm y pedimos dos Coronas junto con un biste saltiado con arroz y guandules (carne picada con arroz y frijoles) para mi señora y pollo al ajillo (pollo con salsa de ajo, arroz y frijoles) para mí. Cuando llegó nuestra comida, lo primero que noté fue el tamaño de la pechuga de pollo. Déjame ponerlo de esta manera; un billete de dólar era más grande que la pechuga de pollo. Le pregunté a la camarera por qué el pollo era tan pequeño y ella estaba un poco avergonzada. La carne de mi señora estaba seca, dura y los frijoles estaban llenos de ajo. Le dije que lo devolviera y que por favor me trajera una porción más grande. Regresó con el mismo plato de comida y dijo que no podía traerme una porción más grande. Le dije que no lo quería y que me trajera pollo a la plancha. Regresó con el gerente y preguntó cuál era el problema y le dije que el pollo era demasiado pequeño. Le pedí a la mesera pollo a la plancha. Ambos se fueron y cuando el gerente regresó, dijo que mi pedido sería descartado y que el chef no cocinaría nada más para mí. Le dije al gerente que no hay problema y que solo pagaré la comida de mi señora y las cervezas que bebimos. Le di a la camarera una propina del 20% porque era nueva y profesional, pero nunca volveré a ese restaurante. Hazte un favor y no comas allí porque las porciones son pequeñas y la comida era mala y no valía la pena el dinero que cambiaron. read more

El mofongo de plátano maduro con chicharrón HORRIBLE, ya antes lo había comprado y estaba delicioso pero esta vez estaba horrible, de chicharrón solo le echaron la grasa y el plátano maduro sabia a todo menos a plátano y se veía baboso. read more

Love this place! I feel like I travelled to Dominican Republic. The food is so flavorful. Be warned that it can get quite loud in the evening and on weekends. read more

Guira y Tambora Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - Roslindale, Massachusetts

Well well I went at lunch time on a Tuesday, yesterday in fact and thank fully the place was empty so noise was not an issue they had some love songs on. My friend and I ordered a couple of Orange Julius' or Morir Soñando's as they are called in Spanish and they were well made. I had a Mofongo of Chicharron de cerdo and it was nice and surprisingly light not dense and greasy as they are wont to be in most places and my friend ordered chicharron de pollo with rice and beans and wasn't too thrilled with the chicken too much skin and not cut properly for chicharron de pollo the beans she said were over seasoned. My Mofongo was dreamy i ordered some beef stew sauce on the side which was equally as good I'd say they are worth trying but avoid the weekends and evening hours if you just want to try some good Dominican food. read more

Every time I'm in a new city I've gotta find my people and my food. Coming here was the best decision because the food was amazing! We had the Mofongo de Chicharron and the Bistec Ensebollado w rice and beans and split it. Best lunch ever! Let me tell you that everything was seasoned to perfection. I enjoyed every bite. read more

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Horrible service! Came here with my sister and cousin to try out their Dominican food and I was very disappointed! My cousin got her food first and my sister got hers 10min later.... the waitress came and said that my food was coming out in 5 min as the kitchen happened to have not gotten my order in with the rest of my table.... well I thought how strange! Since our order was all written on the same paper and taken at the same time! Foolish of me to assume! Anyway, i waited some more and 30min go by and NO FOOD! I go up to the bar and ask for our bill because it's outrageous that I still had not had my food and everyone on my table was done eating! No apologies for the mix up at all! No remorse at all! Disgusted with their service! I would give them no stars if I could! Oh! Let me add that they messed up our bill too! read more

Be aware this place thinks people don't pay attention to their bills and try to add extra stuff!! Be aware they are scammers!

Food Bomb, Pitcher of Sangria Bomb, Hookah Bomb!! I had lunch here on two separate occasions and had no Complaints!!! read more

Guira y Tambora Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - Roslindale, Massachusetts

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This restaurant is soooo overpriced. Me and my friends went last night and while reviewing the bill one of my friends found they had charged her $38 for mofungo with pork chops. We thought it was an error so we gave them the benefit of the doubt, but our waitress just returned to the table saying thats what it is. Note plaintains which is whats used to make Mofungo are 4 for a dollar and you can get a family size of porkchops for 8. Complete rip off...take your business elsewhere read more

I gave this restaurant 4 stars because the food was great and the staff and so was the atmosphere.Unfortunally they were not very honest about the price of their wine.My sister and I ordered a bottle of chardonnay and it was 50 dollars when I told them that that is a 5.99 bottle of wine they said it wasn't even after I googled it for them.... Unfortunately we had to pay for it but I will not be going back . read more

The place looks nice and clean, the food was true Dominican and the environment too, I felt back in the DR, found it a little pricey but as food was that good, I'll definitely go back. It was easy to find parking but I went on a week day, not sure how weekends works. read more

I would not recommend going to this place unless you are ready to wait an hour for very bad food. Me and my partner wanted to try a different place to eat but found ourselves severely disappointed... 1. It took almost an hour for the food to come out and other employees walked by without helping us get our food... 2. we had to ask our waitress to go get the food to find out that it was cold. 3. Food just wasn't great and my chicken was swimming in garlic gravy and dried out! Tbh I don't usually leave reviews but this place was particularly bad! read more

Two stars because of the sweet waitress. But let me tell you this is the kind of place that gets hyped up based on a catchy name and a well decorated interior and then for ever receives that overrated popularity that outweighs actual judgement of its food... Went there with the family one night to see whats all the fuzz about and the name. And I wasn't impressed at all. First of all personally it didnt bother me but my mother did complain within us about the girl outside smoking grape flavored hookah with the glass doors opened all the way, If im not mistaken she must have been the owners young wife or daughter just by looking in the manner she posted outside, legs crossed, like the floor was hers Smh Lol... But it would be common sense that if your smoking in front of a family while they're eating, to atleast slide the door shut so the smoke will not disturb them, the matter how fruity you think your hookah smells, its disrespectful to a guest. We got our food and let me tell you the food was pretty much tasteless my wife didnt like the "Mondongo"she ordered and my "Carne Frita" didn't really taste like anything, over all the food was bad and it was over priced, the waitress was very sweet and serviceful, we dropped a big tip for her hopefully she got the reciept book before it got to the guy by the bar acting like he was doing something. Dont think ill be coming back and I wish people wouldn't condemed Delicias Dominicanas so bad because there food really does top this place Bad! and alot of others... P.S. I Didn't really mind the loud music it wasnt as loud as some have mentioned here, perhaps it was lower than other people had exprienced on the night I went, but I see alot of Hispanic yelpers And I don't know if you guys are dominicans but down there everywhere you go the "Colmado" Super markets, restaurants, cafeterias, bars All have there music 5 times as loud! LOL so I don't think it was all that loud but hey its the custy's word and if bothersome any it should be lowered by request... read more

A nice hidden spot in Roslindale! Food is good but the atmosphere inside is even better. Definitely not a menu for picky eaters but a great new cuisine to try with authentic dishes! read more

The food was amazing! Wished there was more options for drinks and better equipment for hookah. read more

I'm not a Dominican food connoisseur so there may be better spots especially around Roslindale, but the food dishes I've had here were good. My issue was the prices. I'm willing to pay to eat out, have a good time, especially for food I would never prepare well at home, but some of the prices are high and make no sense. Even between chicken dishes there's a big range. I didn't find the drinks expensive though and keep ordering the sangria. I'm usually not a red fan but I love it. If you don't like loud noises, go order a pizza at Arboretum across the street. This place boasts a large outdoor seating patio which I love. It's fenced in so you don't have to deal w/ cars or people. It's relatively clean and spacious w/ umbrellas for shade. There's parking in back but I've always found street parking out front. THEY PLAY LOUD SPANISH MUSIC. I love it, but some may not. Busier times & weekends it's louder and faster. The waitresses have all been very friendly and helpful. Keep in mind you may need to speak slower or point to the menu because of language barriers & the loud music. Do NOT be intimidated by the large security guy. Never had a problem there and he's super sweet and helpful and came to make sure we had drinks when or waitress was tied up. This has become our lunch/dinner hangout spot to eat and/or drink. I want to try some new things and branch out. read more

Went with my family for the first time yesterday and had a great time. I'm from JP and this was sitting right in our backyard! Ordered the Mofongo and it was delicious. They have really nice patio seating and we enjoyed ourselves for a couple of hours with some sangria as well. Will definitely be back again soon! read more