Stopped in midday on a Saturday to grab some takeout. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The place was crowded.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I think I was the only person in the place not speaking Spanish. I ordered Chicharronnes with mofongo and tostones. I devoured half of it on the 40 minute ride home. This was the best mofongo I've had since I first discovered it in San Juan 25 years ago. So many PR restaurants tend to overcook their pork, but these chicharrones were crispy on the outside, yet tender, juicy and succulent. I haven't been able to stop thinking about them. I'm constantly looking for a reason to go to Vineland now. lol Seriously, trust the locals. I can't wait to go back. read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]The service and ambiance were great.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] The food was good - the mofongo has a unique taste to it. The rice and mango shake were my favorite. I definitely recommend the rice con gandules read more

La Orocoveña Restaurant - Carne Frita Mofongo Arroz con Gandules - Puerto Rican Near Me - Vineland, New Jersey

AMAZING FOOD! If your trying to find new foods or Puerto Rican restaurants, COME HERE! There's frappes and the frappe de Nutella... RICO RICO pero RICO! Every time I come here I always get it! The food, SO GOOD! The service of the amazing woman working there, is AMAZING! Super nice, super relaxed, just so good at there jobs! The chefs there, AMAZING FOOD! Love it! [[HIGHLIGHT]]In the restaurant, it's calming, nice bachata in the background, and nice decoration![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]There's also nice table/chair placement in there, if there's like a big family, they will just put two tables together and all done![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]Amazing menus, and amazing place in general![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I love you La Orocoveña! read more

La Orocoveña Restaurant - Frappe de Nutella - Puerto Rican Near Me - Vineland, New Jersey

[[HIGHLIGHT]]The service is amazing, the staff is professional, everything is kept very clean.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]The atmosphere makes you feel like you're back (for those of us from) on the island.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Food is very authentic. Would love to see some more healthy food options on the menu and half size options (for those of us with smaller appetites). If you eat like this often your cardiologist will be seeing you often. read more

Service was wonderful. Took my dad to get some authentic food and he loved it. My dad is from Camden and always talks about the P/R restaurants up there. And hire good the rice/beans and chicken are. I told him I will take him to a spot in vineland and he loved it and said that is some real good P/R food. [[HIGHLIGHT]]This place is amazing[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

I called in an order for pick up. My husband didn't bring lunch for work and was hungry so he ordered beef stew, white rice, beans, and green salad. Nicely packed and great flavor. Beef was tender and on the phone the lady was very nice. Husband was happy and full. Would recommend. Support small businesses that love to serve the community. read more

La Orocoveña Restaurant - Lunch - Puerto Rican Near Me - Vineland, New Jersey

Food service and ambience take the cake here! Placed in the heart of Vineland this place takes the cake in food service and ambience set to be one of the best restaurants in south Jersey hands down! read more

La Orocoveña Restaurant - My family had a blast!! - Puerto Rican Near Me - Vineland, New Jersey

Delicious Puertorrican food...friendly employees...I need to drive like an hour to be there but surprisingly for me Vineland have a few good puertorrican restaurants...this one don't disappoint! read more

Love love love the food here! Service was great . Super friendly. The trifungo with Garlic Shrimp is quite possibly the best meal I have had dining out in a long time. The shrimp were large and plentiful, they were perfectly cooked and seasoned to perfection. I will be frequenting this lovely restaurant. One thing and it's minor but the lighting is harsh. If they had more ambient lighting. It would feel more cozy, but that won't deter me from going back again and aga read more

Food is delicious! I got the garlic chicken. Their mofongo is good as well. Definitely will be back.

The food was Delicious! The service was impeccable! The place is small but very nice and comfortable! read more

La Orocoveña Restaurant - Chuletas fritas with white rice ,beans and tostones! - Puerto Rican Near Me - Vineland, New Jersey

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Nice atmosphere, very good service.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]...but the food is the main attraction!!!! Everything was excellent! Good prices, courteous employees, I highly recommend this place!!!! read more

Been here twice . Love the service and the food is authentic and phenomenal! I am obsessed with all plates, luckily i get to taste everyones plate when we go. My favorite so far is the rice , beans and chileta frita ( pork chops fried ). The mofongo with fried chicken is also divine. I absolutely love it . read more

Excellent service, the food was really delicious and served promptly. Sure, the place to visit and coming back

I was raised in Orocovis Puerto Rico and we had the bistez en cevoya beef steak and onions with white rice and beans AMAZING just like home we came from Clementon NJ and We will back read more

Great food and staff! The food was prompt and I ate everything on my plate. I'll definitely be going back. read more

La Orocoveña Restaurant - Great food! Delicious piña colada's! A must try! Love this place! - Puerto Rican Near Me - Vineland, New Jersey

Muy buena comida! El servicio estuvo genial y más que todo el ambiente y la música también era buenísimo! lo recomiendo Fuertemente!

Second time here and it is still exceptional. High quality ingredients and cooked perfectly. The owners on could not be any kinder. Had pork chops and plantains this time and both were exceptional. read more

First time coming here we had empanadas, mofongo with curaçao steak, yellow rice and beans the food was good the hot sauce was a bit spicy but very flavorful. Garlic chicken was juicy, tostones very good as we'll definitely recommend this place. read more

I love authentic Puerto Rican food. Can't wait for my trifongo with garlic chicken. My brother ordered the same with garlic shrimp. Mouth is watering just thinking of it. read more

Good food friendly people. Owners are very considerate beautiful place and clean inside and out

Taste of family memories-fresh made to order-oh so good. Puerto Rican food is flavorful & diverse. Staff is friendly & the most difficult problem is deciding what to order because you want is all. My go to place when I'm in the area read more

The food is delicious! I love the monfongo. It is the best in town. The service is excellent!

Awesome, authentic, Puerto Rican fare. Nice portions and reasonably priced. Accommodations are basic but the food is to die for. Went there with friends recently and was blown away. Only down side (and minor) was the GVAc was not fully up to snuff but it was bearable. Wait staff was very pleasant and service was very good. We will be back. read more

I had the chuletas en salsa. Pork chops in a red sauce. Sides were yellow rice with pigeon peas and fried plantains. As good a meal as I have had just about anywhere. The sauce was perfect, slightly sweet. Their house made hot sauce is one of the best hot sauces I have ever had and my whole meal was $12.16. The service was fast and friendly. That was a perfect lunch! read more

Had to take a business trip today three hours away from NYC and on my route I found this cute little spot that caught my attention in the moment I saw a Puerto Rican flag. I went with my family and we placed an order of rice and beans, octopus salad, empanada de mariscos (seafood), a cuban sandwich and soup de salchichon. The empanada was tasty but way too oily. The soup had hardly any noodles at all, it had no flavor (basically boiled water with a packet or two of sazon) and barely any salchichon, more like bits of ham. The cuban was ok, nothing crazy but for sure the best thing we ordered. The rice and beans were ok as well. Didn't care for the choice of rice much, a bit overcooked. But the octopus salad was a big disappointment. Portion was incredibly small for $20. It was a bit too soft but definitely edible, it was the choice of dressing that was horrible. WAY too garlicky and it was drenched in oil. It was given to me a bit warmer then you would expect for a "cold" salad. Definitely wouldn't recommend. It is a rip off!!!! Very disappointed. read more

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I hardly ever write reviews. Ate lunch here and couldn't help myself. Authentic, delicious, friendly and overall awesome. Can't wait to eat here again. Treat yourself to great, and I mean great, Puerto Rican cuisine. read more

I orginally went into this place thinking the food was going to be okay. But it exceeded my expectations . T I had the shrimp ajillo and my boyfriend had the steak in red sauce the food was so good and fresh. We also had the tree Leche which was amazing. Everything we had was absolutely amazing. The waitress was also very nice and food was reasonably priced. I will definitely take a drive back here. read more

Authentic Puerto Rican restaurant. Excellent, like eating in PR. I eat pork chops, and it was a lot of food. The Mofongo is really good!

This is a new restaurant to our area. The food is great. I tried an assortment of appetizers and the main meal. The sampler was made of little pastelillos, alcapurrias, sorullitos, and rellenos de papa. They were on point. My wife had the pastelillos de jueyes(crab meat) and camarones(shrimp). The pastelillos reminded her of the ones from Puerto Rico. I had the delicious bestec encebollado (steak with onions) and a side of mofongo. I would definitely return to this location. The place was clean and the servers were friendly. Since the food is cooked to order, be ready to wait a little while. The wait is worth it. read more

La Orocoveña Restaurant - Puerto Rican Near Me - Vineland, New Jersey

Does not look like much until you walk in. The different smell, the music and just The atmosphere alone was great. It took a while to find out what I wanted. I wanted everything on that menu. The food was delicious!!! Definitely stopping by again read more

Stopped in for a quick lunch and OMG what an incredible meal. Was greeted and seated by a super friendly waitress that also reviewed the menu for us. The menu has pictures and description in English and Spanish. I was able to point to the pork sandwich that I wanted. After 3 failed attempts of me pronouncing properly with her assistance she decided to just call it a pork sandwich. The sandwich arrived toasted and was the best pork sandwich I have had since my trip to Old San Juan. Cute little place with plenty of seats and nice back ground music..will definitely return read more

Do not eat at this restaurant!!!! My card information was stolen and a Zelle payment was made to someone named Ashley Castro. When you pay and your card leaves your sight, they steal your card information. read more

The best !! Since I Moved to South Jersey it's the Best Puertorrican restaurant that I find Excellent food and service!!

I have traveled plenty and have eaten in many restaurants in what is called authentic Puerto Rican food in New York, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles and even in Dallas Texas. I was absolutely happy that La Orocoveña in Vineland NJ is representing with great authentic Puerto Rican food. The place is quaint the service is awesome and the food is delicious. The outfits that the serving staff wears adds a nice touch and flair to the experience. I highly recommend this place. Should be charging more for this quality!! read more

My husband and I ate there a week ago and the food was amazing, and the girl answered all my questions and was very helpful and gave us a great first impression. So, last night my husband wanted Spanish for, for his birthday, and we called in to place an order. The girl who took our order was no help at all. They didnt have the dish my husband gets so I asked if they made the dish with pork, and she said yes. He got his side of rice and beans and I had my order. We get home and he opens his takeout and the rice was white, Chinese style rice, no potatoes and barely any beans. The pork dish was not the pork stew he ordered, but instead it was fatty on every piece, tough, and grissly. The dish was loaded with salt. My fries that were supposed to be well done were soggy and barely cooked. I called right away after dissecting what he could manage to eat, but they were closed. At 830pm. The menu says 9pm. So I call today to explain to the girl and she told me that it was my fault that I should have not eaten the meal and saved it to bring back to show them, so they are able to see what they need to work on .And why didnt I bring it back right away. I told her I called and they never answered. She said oh yeah we close at 8. So I told her that he ate what he could , and I can pull out of the trash the fat that he pulled off the pork. And the salty beans and rice.But honestly, I only called to let them know and nothing else, but after she took no responsibility and came at me like I was wrong, and asked me what I expect her to do? She said what, give your money back, remake the food? And it won't be delivered, my attitude changed. She said if I worked in a restaurant I should know this. I said no, what you don't know is the customer is always right, and I will never order from there again, and make sure others dont waste their money there. read more

I went to La Orocovena Restaurant on Delsea Drive in Vineland, Jersey on Thursday because I craved some good Puerto Rican food. I went because two of my sisters and my brother-in-law went a few weeks ago and haven't stopped raving about the food. We all live about 45 minutes away, but it was worth the drive! I ordered the appetizer sampler which provided an assortment(three of each) including mini pastelillos, alcapurrias, stuffed potatoes, and sorullitos. I called before going and learned that they only have the pasteles on Friday. Since I love pasteles and it wasn't Friday I instead ordered one alcapurria for my niece and one for me. They are actually made from all of the very same ingredients as pasteles except alcapurrias are fried instead of boiled. What a treat! They actually taste better than pasteles because they're nothing more than a pastel with a light CRUNCH on the outside which makes it even more yummy! My niece ordered a sirloin sandwich which was made using pressed platanos in place of the bread. I ordered mofongo (a form of mashed plantain bananas) with sautéed garlic shrimp. Because both meals looked fabulous, I gave half of my meal to her, and she gave me half of hers so we had the best of both worlds! It was wonderful! I plan on going back for alcapurria, the mofongo and shrimp, and to try some of the other plates on the menu in the near future. The service was good, and the atmosphere was so very peaceful. read more