Im part Rican, and let me tell you its not many Rican or Dominican restaurants in the DMV. The ones…read morethat I've been to have been a disappointmented. Im start with the good stuff.. The Sancocho is amazing. Its a hearty meat stew that in my family we call it the hang over soup or the feel better soup. Growing up if I had the flu or a cold my mama would whip this up. Their soup was good... but I wish it had tripe and more meat in the stew and a bit more seasonings. Would i order it again? Probably not. Mofongo. Something that I absolutely love.. It didn't taste fresh.. the chiacharrones ( fried pork cracklings) was not crispy :( The saving grace was their chicken guisado.. a very hearty chicken stew ... that was a chef kiss. The employees are great. But if your looking for delicious Mofongo.. ita in lower east side NYC..

We ordered carryout for a friend's birthday. They had lots of choices for different Mofongos. While…read morethe food tasted good, the Mofongo didn't taste fresh. I would go again, but order something other than Mofongo.

My mom told me she wanted some food from this restaurant, because her priest friends frequent it…read more We drove up around 530pm on a Friday afternoon and it was decently busy. They have a fairly robust menu covering tacos, papusas, mixed plates, soups, and seafood, to name a few. We ended up deciding to get an array of items to try. We ordered: un pastelito de pollo; yuca frita; tacos de pescado; papusas de jalapeño and queso; and papusas de frijoles and queso. We ordered for take out and it took about 30 minutes for the order. The negatives are that: $10 dollar minimum credit card order (never a fan of this anywhere); the pastelito de pollo was a bit dry; the tortillas for the taco were a bit eh. The positives are that: $20 bucks was about 3 meals worth of food; the tacos were great, although the tortillas weren't; the papusas were top notch; service was friendly; lots of parking; and the yuca frita was great. There is a little sauce that comes with the yuca that is real good, but they only gave me a little. I don't know what it is called, but it is whiteish-green. All in all, I felt this was around a 4-4.5, but it is locally owned, and has more positives than negatives so I will give the bump. I would come again and my mom likes it, so you know that is like an extra star too.

First off this is my first time eating at this place and I can assure you that you should go…read moreelsewhere. To start off we ordered the sopa de res and ordered a side of yuca for carry out. When we got home we were stunned by how undercooked the meat was. The meat of the soup was red and when we called to get a refund they had the audacity to say that the meat was completely cooked and that the reasoning to why it was red is due to the seasoning. As you can see in the picture the meat is obviously not cooked and this is a safety hazard for them to deny. Someone can get food poisoning and they wouldn't even care. Posting as an awareness because this was a horrible experience to deal with and will never go back to eat there.

Review is based on one visit. Tried Gino's Saxon this evening and was blown away at the quality and…read moredepth of flavor in the nacatamals. Masa was tender. Filling with pork was flavorful! Tamal was very carefully wrapped in parchment and banana leaf. Best of all, it was served with bread and coffee, which I'm told is the traditional way! Platanos maduros with fried cheese were perfectly cooked and accompanied with a sour and spicy sauce (I'll have to get the name of the condiment as I want more!!). Excellent atmosphere by caring staff. I will be back on Christmas Eve to get tamales for our dinner. Check this place out if you long for the tastes and smells of Nicaragua!

It's a little hidden but I would go back. Service was quick and the food was good. I would try…read moresomething different next time as the chicken was dry.

I hate writing this. I grew up eating at this spot with my family in the early 2000's. I hadn't…read morebeen here in at least 10 years and was excited to return. The food was not good. The pan con pollo's flavor wasn't there. The chicken was included with the bone. Big pet peeve of mine but whatever I can look past this. It even looked a bit unappetizing when I received it but I was hoping the taste would be there. It wasn't. 2/5 Pupusa de queso was a 3/5 - nothing bad but nothing great. Could've been cooked a little more. Pupusa de chicharrón con queso had pieces tomatoes in it. I know the chicharrón was probably cooked / seasoned with it but it was off putting to see tomatoes in my pupusas. Also nothing bad but def not great. 2.5/5 The curtido and salsa for the pupusas was great. My boyfriend got the sopa de marisco - he didn't even eat 1/3 of it. He said the caldo itself wasn't so bad but the actual pieces of seafood were unpleasant. Def not fresh. I didn't get a pic of this but he says 2/5 I hate that im writing this but maybe they can improve and bring back what so many of us loved about this place. Service was also not bad but def not great. The waitress made me feel like we were a burden. All of the food came out at different times. Half the pupusas we ordered came out then 10 minutes later the sandwich, 10 minutes after that the other half of our pupusas arrived. Then the soup like 10 minutes after that. I could've looked past this if it had been busy but it was not. There's also no parking - they had to give us a paper (like a printed out temporary parking pass) to go out in our car so we wouldn't get towed. The inside still looks good, clean and authentic. I felt sad as I drove away. This place was amazing when I was younger and it was always so packed on a Friday night we knew there would be a wait! Hoping they make improvements to keep this place open.

The food is delicious, this is definitely one of those places you can't judge a book by the cover…read more The pupusa are the best and you can't beat the prices with the carne, although the meat may have been too well done. I still truly enjoyed. I would recommend coming and parking at the liquor store next door. If you're looking for affordably delicious food this place won't disappoint. Thank you for the patience and food. Location can still use some love don't stop trying to do better! La comida es deliciosa, este es definitivamente uno de esos lugares en los que no puedes juzgar un libro por la portada. Las pupusa son las mejores y no se puede superar los precios con la carne, aunque la carne puede haber estado demasiado bien hecha. Aún así, realmente lo disfruté. Recomendaría venir y aparcar en la licorería de al lado. Si estás buscando comida deliciosa y asequible, este lugar no te decepcionará. Gracias por la paciencia y la comida. La ubicación todavía puede usar un poco de amor, ¡no dejes de intentar hacerlo mejor!

The food is amazing service is fast and great atmosphere. It's always hot and very flavorful and…read morealways fresh!!! I eat here two or three times a week.

great taste and excellent customers service ......... perfect hygienic place family atmosphereread more

Fast and friendly service. Owner is awesome and always available if there is any problems with your…read moreorder. Thanks guys for all the great food you serve.

Don't be turned off by the inside - it is what it is. The service is also what it is because they…read moreare multi-tasking so can't fault them for that but even so, very friendly and you know they're working hard while also having fun singing along with the music so it gives this restaurant a chill vibe as you can here them slapping the dough around and chopping the veggies - food made when ordered! Had the taco dorados which as you can see from the photo, came with plenty of accompaniments including crema. The baleadas - stuffed! - good as I had hoped. A lot of people came by for take-out, while I was taking my time pigging out on the taco dorados and baleadas (they were soooo good that yes, I ate them ALL in a sitting). Would come here again as Aura was awesome! Hence why 4/5 stars because the inside may turn people off but go fo the food and the service.

This place is amazing. We ordered it on Uber Eats and it was delivered to us so we had no idea…read morewhere it was. I ordered the family tacos and they are just like the soft tacos in Mexico the chicken and the steak were cooked perfectly and the mild salsa was really good. Everything was so fresh next the cheesesteak with fries was very good. We had that the next day, I also ordered steak and chicken fajitas and a pupusa. Everything was so authentic with the flavors that we had to drive by and find it. It's a little restaurant in a small strip center, but it's busy. I would definitely go there again or order from them and eat at home.

For the price of $8 you can get 2 chicken enchiladas & in this economy I'll take it…read more They are very generous with portion size, only thing that I felt was off was that pink crema I think it was mixed with ketchup... not a huge fan of ketchup but everything else was good... the tortilla was still crispy and sturdy not at all soggy. I'll have to say after giving this restaurant a second try, the customer service was much better.

We ate in this time. I had the zucchini papusa and jalapeño papusa. Both were good. Fresh and…read moreyummy. I prefer the jalapeño and the bean and cheese. My wife really enjoyed hers. And my son loved his tacos. He had the steak (recommended by one of the very nice servers) and chicken. Service was very good. I liked the seating and the ambience was fine. This will be a go-to place when in the area.

The food is still delicious but I would call in an order to go. I came back again and while people…read morewere enjoying the bar, it's loud and it might be hard to communicate. The space itself is clean and visually pleasing but it's more about whether or not it's your vibe.