After the epic failure of a meal earlier in the day, I had to find something to remedy the taste…read morebuds. As I began to drive back towards Boston, I searched for possible options along the way that were recommended restaurant stops for their food quality. This Colombian restaurant popped up on the list and immediately beckoned a slight detour to visit. As New England states are so tiny compared to the West Coast, it wasn't long before I exited the freeway and parked along the street outside Panela. While the restaurant had a large space (noticed later there was a dance floor) and an almost equally large bar area, there were only a couple patrons that day - nursing their beers and quietly chatting. Service was fast and prompt and menus were on the table before I even sat down. Water showed up shortly before I was given a little more time to peruse the menu. It was an interesting menu and well thought out. I had no idea what to order so I just followed my gut on what I felt like gorging on (and was glad I did). I won't go much into dissecting each dish. But I can tell you that the flavors were balanced and pleasant. Each bite beckoned more until the plate was empty. I couldn't stop myself. I had to keep going on everything disappeared from the table. It's one of those times that you're not claiming a dish to be perfect in whatever culinary pedigree BUT that it's so balanced in flavor that your palate is tickled in all forms. It was a tongue-gasmic moment and immediately remedied the most boring meal on earth that I just had earlier today. PS. Researched the background of the restaurant later on. Now everything makes sense. I applaud your need to create and represent. Cheers.

This was the last place I remember enjoying a meal so much that I wish I could go back again and…read moreagain. It was back in 2022 and the last time my sister brother and I were together to enjoy a meal out with our mother as a family. I am craving those Nachos and the carefully prepared fish with Julian vegetables and the amazing sweet and sour lemony sauce.

I ordered a picadera platter and specifically requested 12 beef, 6 ham & cheese, and 12 chicken…read moreempanadas, with clear instructions that they needed to be separated so I could tell which was which. I repeated this request multiple times in every note section available. When I arrived to pick up my order, nothing was separated at all. I was then told that I would have to go through them myself to figure it out. The suggestion I was given was to stick a toothpick into each empanada to see which filling it had. As ridiculous as that sounds, I actually tried it -- and it didn't work. On top of that, the empanadas were extremely underfilled. I had to make large holes in each one just to find a tiny amount of meat to identify the filling. This completely defeated the purpose of placing detailed instructions and was incredibly frustrating and time-consuming. Very disappointing experience, especially given how simple the request was.

Food is amazing and service was great!! Haven't tried the empanadas, but the sandwiches are far the…read morebest in town.

While I was doing DoorDash pick up, there was this little gem that I found. I actually went back to…read moretreat myself, so I placed the order. If you like Spanish & Dominican food, you need to go to this little gem parked away from the road like hidden away. Very nice people and the food is good I tried to take a picture of it to show you, but it wouldn't let me move forward.

On the evening of Sunday, August 30th, 2025, we ordered 4 large "pollo guisado" aka "stewed…read morechicken" dinners with white rice and habichuela beans with a side of lettuce/tomato salad for $13.99 each meal and 1 large side order of "habichuelas" aka "beans" for $10.50 for pick up via phone. SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS OF WHAT THEY GAVE US BELOW. However, when my husband got to the store and AFTER he already PAID for the food order, the front cashier/clerk told him she had sold out of the white rice and that he had to wait an additional 25 minutes as she was making another batch of white rice. The problem is that this was NOT DISCLOSED TO US until he got to the store--and ONLY AFTER he had already paid for the whole order. This was an inconvenience for all of us because we had ordered the 4 dinners nearly over 30 minutes PRIOR to heading to pick up the dinners. Our meals should have been set aside by the cashier or helper, not wait until AFTER he got to the store and ONLY AFTER he paid AND left her a 15% tip for a PICK-UP ORDER to let us know they ran out of white rice. Had the store worker told him BEFORE him paying, he could have made the choice of leaving or waiting for an additional 25 mins. They should have given him the CHOICE to decide what WE WANTED to do, not FORCE us to pay then force him to wait an additional 25 minutes for the 4 dinners, which conveniently benefitted the cashier/clerk and store as they made sure they got the purchase sale through BEFORE letting us know they were out of the white rice! Later, when we got the 4 large dinners at $13.99 each, the LARGE order portions were very SMALL. The stewed chicken portions were small, the beans that were put on top of the white rice were less than 1/4 of a cup and mostly bean juice, and the side salad was extra small. Additionally, the almost $11 large side order of beans was 1/2 filled with beans and 1/2 filled with bean juice. This is NOT acceptable and very unprofessional. Therefore, due to this unfortunate cashier/clerk's decision of not notifying us that they ran out of white rice PRIOR to us paying for the 4 dinners, plus filling less than 1/2 portion of the 1 large beans container--and then, giving us only SMALL portions of all contents in our 4 large chicken stew order meals along with only 1/4 cup of beans on top of the rice with an extra small salad, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND ordering large dinners from Cibao Restaurant at 383 Amherst Street, in Nashua, NH. So, if you are looking for delicious tasting Dominican & Puerto Rican style well priced food, we recommend ordering from DON QUIJOTE RESTAURANT (+1-603-622-2246, at 362 Union Street, Manchester, NH, https://www.donquijoteunion.com/ . Don Quijote restaurant's food is amazing! Their large portion comes with 3 tender skinless chicken thighs in tomato with garlic, green pepper, onion, seasoned sauce with lots of great tasting habichuela beans and rice with a side order of salad. Don Quijote will give you what you paid for and serve you will actually get a large portion serving with their orders. Trust me, they send you so much food you'll have enough leftover for a second meal vs the other place (Cibao Restaurant) which leaves you wondering why they under serve their paying customers.

Good restaurant to grab food and go. They offer different typical Dominican food and for a great…read moreprice. Today I picked up some Mangú for breakfast and it was fresh and great. Drawback to this place would be the super tight parking and they only had one person serving food so there was a bit of a line.

Beware of the older lady who usually wears a baseball cap!! She will try to rush your order unless…read moreyou know what you want and tell her everything, otherwise she'll wait about a second or two for you to tell her what you want, and then walk away. Fear not new spanish food lovers, hold your ground and appetitie, and you make her put food in that styrofoam box for you to eat. It's not that expensive (best time is lunch for price) or greasy compared to other places, but I prefer "Pollo Tipico" (190 Lawrence St) because it's better food and cheaper, even though it's a smaller restaurant, but has NICER people.

For double date night we tried Dicor Italian and Argentinian Restaurant. The food, drinks, and…read moreservice were all wonderful! We can't wait to go again! I love supporting small family owned restaurants. We had 2 orders of the Parillada grilled meat platter: Short Ribs, Black Sausage, Sausage, & Flank Steak. Served with French fries and a mixed salad. My boyfriend had the Fussili Alla Matriciana - Homemade Fussili sautéed with Pancetta in a light tomato Sauce and said it was delicious. We also had some tasty strawberry mojitos, spicy margaritas, and wine as well.

We went for dinner on a Saturday night. It is a small family business that had about 10 tables. The…read moredad was cooking, mom snd daughter serving. Very friendly. There were 2 other couples when we got there. I ordered the Red Sangria that was 1/2 wine 1/2 orange juice. Not to my liking. Exchanged for a glass of moscato. He had the spicy margarita served in a short glass. which he said was ok. The wine was a little flat. Drinks were $15 each. Dinner i got the seafood special that said shrimp, scallops, lobster tail, and mussels over linguine with a pink sauce. He got the cannelloni one beef and one spinach. My entree had no price listed on the specials menu. I have never let price deter me snd I Was shocked to see it was $60. We eat out a lot but that was in no way a $60 dish. The portions were small. Seafood quality was mediocre. And the lobster tails were rock lobster. Which is a coarser meat and not as flavorful as Maine lobster. Which was misleading on the description. Overall one and done for us. In my opinion its too expensive for what they are serving.

This was one the worst restaurants in Haverhill. Yo ordené rabo con arroz and habichuela. The rice…read morewas okay. The bean were water down with little to no sazón. (How can you mess up habichuela)The oxtail were not cooked all the way. Si tu va ordenar rabo,make sure you hava a cinzel to brake it up. The lady upfront bad attitude looking like they don't even want to be there. Overall no vuelvo.

Horrible food and expensive, I ordered 3 things a Bistec sandwich, a tree leche cake and passion…read morefruit juice. The only thing that tasted okay was the cake. The juice does not taste like Chinola/ passion fruit and the sandwich was horrible

Delicious Colombian food. Portions are huge. Waiters are very friendly. They have their own parking…read morelot which is a plus. Colombian bakery items and different types of cakes are also displayed.

I wanted to try their food so I called to place in my order, the person who answered the phone when…read moreI called was speaking in Spanish. I told her I don't speak Spanish and she hang up the phone on me. Tried to call again and I ask for a manager again they hang up on me. I guess if you don't speak the language you get no service.

Another trip to Cachapas y Mas and this place remains awesome. We've enjoyed everything we've had…read morebut cachapas are the "must get" item here. We ordered two this time - the Full Three Carne and the Venezolana and I would get exactly this combo again - so good! The texture on the Cachapas is perfection and they are generously filled for the price. Note that there is a lot of cheese in the Venezolana! we brought home leftovers of both between two of us. Also shown in the pictures is a very tasty passionfruit juice. Service was helpful and friendly and the space is large, clean, and conveniently located on Essex Street. Parking is street parking (free on Sundays and holidays, but pretty cheap).

Dropped into this place recommend by a family member while visiting the area for our wedding…read moreanniversary. This place did not disappoint! I wanted to try out their featured dish as I've never heard of Cachapas. All I can say is wow! This dish was very tasty, filling and well made. The portions were generous as you won't be left hungry! The staff was more then friendly and priced well for the amount of food you get. I even had a drink I've not had in almost two decades, again, did not disappoint. "Mori soňanado" was a Dominican drink I grew up with and brought back memories for sure. Both the wife and I had the featured dish, she went with ham and cheese, while I went all out with the pernil (pork). Which is stuffed with all the trimmings, The place was very clean and the Latin ambience was on point with their menu. If you're interested in great and fast food, please try them out.