Wife and I are just passing by- looking for a Latin food we came across this place. Let me stage the review- WOW! Food at this place is incredibly well presented, tasty and the portions are to satisfy the best food critics. I had the mofongo with shrimps- OMG! Ivan, the chef does an amazing job. I have a lifetime of eating out and this by far is the best I ever had. Highly recommended. read more

Closes at 10 pm on a Thursday Thursday despite sign saying midnight and Maps saying 2 am and 3 employees sitting inside read more

Merengue Restaurant and Bar - Hours posted on door say midnight but door locked and they came and said closed at 10 pm - Dominican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

We took mom on a birthday trip to lunch here fir her first Mofongo. All in all it was nice. The location is next to an adult video store but after you get over that you walk into a nice place, great service and tasty food. My favorite part was that the chef came out to visit and talk to our table. Also, enjoying all the different accents was worth the trip. You must try the Guayaba drink. read more

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La comida Riquísima. Yo pedí Mofongo con Pollo a la Criolla y mi esposo Mofongo con Camarones a la Criolla. Volveremos de Seguro! read more

Merengue Restaurant and Bar - Dominican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Food is delicious... Staff made me feel welcome. Had a drink with my meal and it was also a good one.

Found this place by accident, dont let looks deceive you! Outside looks meh!! But when u step inside its big spacious clean and very very well decorated. They put some money into this place! Looks like so far the owners are the ones serving and cooking. Everyday they add one mean that is different. They have a select menu but its very good. Service was attentive and nice. If you order from the specials of the day it goes by quick. But if you order a la cart well expect to wait a bit as they cook it to order. Dont pass up the opportunity to try their fresh juices. I had the passion fruit and it was amazing as for "parcha" thats what its called. So far i tried their empenada of beef and chicken bith where good. I have tried the mofongo with shrimp and it was good. I had the rice and bacalao (codfish) also good. But the best thing i have tried is the mangu plate it was soooo good. I would recommend it 100% read more

Merengue Restaurant and Bar - This was the chicken chicharons, they were good but not as good as the mangu plate!! - Dominican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Food Delicious good service Family atmosphere, good food, and excellent services I recommend them read more

Merengue Restaurant and Bar - Mofongo with Pork Delicious - Dominican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Delicious. The best mojito I have had in a long time. We were the only patrons and everyone was so nice, explaining the various dishes and making recommendations. The ambience is nice with merengue and bachata music playing in the background. The owner and cook both showing deep pride in their food and restaurant. One doesn't find that type of service in restaurants anymore. We were told there is dancing Friday and Sat night and they have different lunch specials during the week. I highly recommend. read more

food and service is great. I love the Caribbean vibe thank you for giving me a great experience and trying something new every week. Mangu my favorite breakfast read more

Authentic Dominican food, good music and people! Que Rico My husband is from the DR and when we found this place we have been multiple time, it's a piece of home for him read more

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Wow were do I start!! The food was outstanding the service was great!!! The food taste like home cooking!! I can't wait to go back!!! This is a must try place!!! read more

Merengue Restaurant and Bar - Dominican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Oh my god where have you been the past two and half years!? This place is phenomenal! I was so excited to learn that an authentic Dominican restaurant, owned and operated by Dominican folks, opened in El Paso! (Just too bad it's as I'm about to move out of El Paso). As a Dominican person myself, with lots of chef family members, I can authoritatively say this place is legit, or as youngens say, it's lit! I had the Arroz con Guanduales (rice with pigeon peas): delicious! The rice was done to perfection, not too dry, not too mushy, and was so flavorful I probably ate more than I should have. I had the tostones (green fried plantains) and the maduros (sweet plantains), two of my favorite things in the entire planet. Was perfect. Delicious. And because I HAD to try a signature Dominican dish, I also ate the Mofongo de Ajo (garlic mofongo), a fried-then-mashes-then-stuffed plantain. It was amazing. Hard to describe the dish if you've never had it, but it was delicious. I was so happy to find the place that I ate way too much in one visit. The owner told me they had karaoke on Thursdays, hip-hop and regueaton on Fridays, and Saturdays are Latin nights. I didn't get to experience that but it sounds like great fun! Owner mentioned happy hour, so I got the details: Happy hour from 3p to 9p: $3 margarita, $15 beer bucket (6 cans or 5 bottles), $0.99 tequila shots. As it's a newly opened restaurant, I'm guessing there's only one person in the kitchen, made to order food took a bit of time (but then it's El Paso, that's normal here), the lunch food station looking place was ready made and quick. read more

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After a week long trip of eating flavorless foods my taste buds were having a party eating this food. While I wouldn't call this the best Caribbean food I've ever tasted, I would consider it tasty and worth coming back. The beans were the best part!!! I ordered for take out and the food came out fast. read more

Merengue Restaurant and Bar - Mini tostones with a sauce - Dominican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Our first time and we were not disappointed. Well stocked bar and they know how to make the #9 Margarita! The only place in El Paso that knows what a #9 actually is. The Cuban Sandwich tastes just like mi Abuelos', and my trips to Miami. read more

The restaurant might be called Merengue but the (GOOD but LOUD) music played most (while I was there - for dinner - unfortunately on a non-dance night) seems to be SALSA and Bachata - rather than Merengue Típico. That's fine by me. I liked the choices played - but would have preferred it be a little less loud and that I had come with or had met someone to dance to it with. I came after their daily Happy Hour and had to drive afterward so didn't order alcohol but instead just a virgin pina colada, which was quite good. Rather than get any of their daily specials, I just wanted to try their mofongos - which took them quite a while to prepare and bring. Although it was good, I'd probably get their Mangu the next time instead of a different mofongo choice. When I came in (for my first ever visit), not only was I greeted but the server came up to shake my hand before asking what I'd like to order - which made an impression on me since so few other places do that (even when you are a regular who they recognize). He then asked me if I spoke Spanish or English and I told him both and that he could use either or both. When I was ready to leave, and asked for the bill, he brought it and shook my hand again - before I paid. The dance area (without tables) is not large but the floor is wood and the music (I heard) is good so I would like to come back on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night when others come here to dance. read more

Merengue Restaurant and Bar - Mofongo de Ajo - Dominican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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This Dominican gem is fantastic! Knowing 1st hand what tasty Dominican food should taste like Merengue Restaurant NAILED IT!!! We HAD to order empanadas & the traditional 'Tres Golpes' for starters even though we were there for dinner! For dinner we had the Pernil w/arroz Moro & the Bistec encebollado...absolute PERFECTION!!! This is the ONLY Dominican restaurant in all of El Paso so you definitely MUST try it! Enjoy! read more

OMG this spot is Amazing!! If you want some authentic Caribbean food this is the spot! I grew up on Dominican food and it took me home read more

Merengue Restaurant and Bar - Dominican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Food was amazing l didn't have to wait long recommended do friends and family worth the money

Esperamos una hora por la comida aunque decía en nuestra orden online que la espera sería de 20 min cuando llegamos no tenían mar y tierra, ni arroz que era parte de la orden! El sabor no es el mejor y la muchacha que atiende tenia una actitud sin razón alguna read more

The mofongo was excellent. The pernil was a little on the salty side. I would have rated them a 4 out of 5 but it took a little over an hour for the food to get to our table. We were one of 2 tables. read more

So delicious! Rice and beans were amazing! Pollos Guisado was the BOMB. The kids ate EVERYTHING and the plates were HUGE. We will def be coming back read more

Delicious! Great atmosphere! The people are really nice and helpful. My wife had the Cubano sandwich, and I had the Pernil pork with arroz con habichuelas. We also had some margaritas which were also very good. It was a Friday night, so they had a DJ. We'll definitely be back! read more

Merengue Restaurant and Bar - Bar Area - Dominican Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Food is delicious from visiting DR to eating the food all the time in NY/NJ it felt so good to have my tastebuds fulfilled again. Warm atMosphere bartender/waiter greets you with a handshake makes great mojitos and the chef even came out to see if we enjoyed the food. I had the pollo guisado with arroz con gandules BOMB! read more

Good food. Reasonable prices I had the white rice and beans and pernil. and it was pretty good I'll be back.

It's a nice place with great food but a little pricey. I planned ahead for an event I was hosting there & paid a down payment. I told them it was going to be about 30-35 people at my event & the time it would be. When I walked in & nothing was set up. What made everything worse ! Was half of the things on the menu were unavailable. The food that was ordered took more than 1.5 hours to come out. Sadly we had to cancel a lot of orders due to only having ONE cook in the back. No money back, no on the house not even an I'm sorry for failing to prepare for an event I paid for. read more

terrible service, terrible! Slow service, and the food takes about 1 hr to come out! Never ever ever ever coming back here to eat and the food prices are way to high! read more

This place is FIRE! I went on Saturday night had a great time. The atmosphere is like the small after hours spots back in NY! The owner and the ladies there are awesome and always ask if you need anything. On the weekends they play salsa merengue and bachata so you can dance the night away! If you are in the El Paso area and miss NY, this yo spot . The food is ON POINT! read more

10! 10! 10! 10! 10! My first time here I literally CRIED. I'm half Dominican so I grew up on Dominican food. This restaurant brought so much comfort to my heart. It really means a lot to me to think about my childhood memories. And this food did that. The food is DELICIOUS 10! the environment is comforting 10 the staff/owner is welcoming and ever so kind 10 This is my #1 favorite restaurant in El Paso. 10! 10! 10! 10! 10! read more

You are new to West Texas and you are craving for dominican food, this is the only dominican restaurant in El Paso. The drinks: From my experience if you are looking for the best mojito from scratch in El Paso come to this restaurant and ask for Ismael, he prepare the best drinks. I tried the regular and the passion fruit mojito they are amazing. Also other flavors are available which are guava, pineapple and amaretto mojitos. The bottomline is the drinks are outstanding, something different than other places. The dishes are authentic dominican goodness, full of flavor, and very exquisite. Minutes ago I ordered dinner to go and let me tell you what, the food was really gooood. The portions were on point at a descent prize read more

I really enjoyed my experience at Merengue restaurant. The bartender was really friendly and the food was extremely good. It was around lunch to dinner time when I walked in. I thought to myself that the place was pretty spacious. I'm from NYC and I'm use to home cooked Caribbean food. This place was my go to. It's a break from all the Mexican food in the area. read more

1. Great service, the waitress and bartender was very friendly. 2. The food was flavorful. 3. The music was stop loud. read more

I would pass on thos for lunch.....not a good value for my money....service had a language barrier....and not very attentive

The place is not that great: service is below par and the food is not that great. I've had DR food in the motherland and it's a bad copy. Don't waste your money and time. read more

I soooooooooo wanted to like this place. Like you don't understand. Being from Puerto Rico, Dominican and Puerto Rican food are fairly similar. Back in GA I had so many Dominican friends that would often cook for me and it would taste so bomb, that is definitely not the case here. We came her for lunch when it was fairly empty- scratch that, this place was completely empty. My husband ordered the pollo guisado (chicken stew) with white rice and beans and WHAT I ORDERED and failed to receive was the bistec encebollado (onion steak) and mangu (mashed plantains) instead I was given bistec and mofongo. Mind you i didn't send it back because of how long it took to get the food in the first place To start off it took about 45 minutes to get our food. We thought, "ok, it's taking this long meaning it will taste great". Nu-uh. Everything and I mean absolutely everything was completely salty. The steak, the beans the chicken EVERYTHING!!! I've always been picky about going to Dominican or Puerto Rican restaurant because obviously I can make this stuff at home . . . I guess I'll have to continue doing so because this place wasn't great at all. read more

Excellent food and customer service! I highly recommend the fried plantains and Cuban sandwich.

Excellent! Delicious food and great service! The drinks are on point. Glad I stopped by on my trip from Houston. Mangu TRES golpes is the way to go.. read more

The food is on point! This is my favorite place in town to eat Latin Caribbean food I absolutely recommend!