Huge portions for the cost ($15) which makes this a good value! Quickly grabbed the Tropical Trio to go, and I ended up saving half for leftovers. I enjoyed the pork, chicken, and plantains the most, so I'd probably get only those next time. Steak was too chewy/cooked for my liking. Rice and beans were average. Really enjoyed the sauces they have. Cilantro garlic was my fav but the spicy poyo poyo also had a nice kick! Overall, a solid meal for fast food! Would go again read more

Pollo Tropical - Tropical Trio - Latin American Near Me - West Melbourne, Florida

The food was great, the service was great and so was the ambiance inside. I either get the 1/2 chicken with rice and beans or the tropi chop. With the cilantro and lime sauce. And the cuarto leches was very good. read more

Worst Pollo Tropical I have ever been to and it's been this way for years. It wasn't uncommon to be stuck in the drive through for over 30 minutes. Sometimes they would randomly close early and put up cones so you couldn't go through the drive through. Food is often forgotten. Yuca is often completely doughy and undercooked. When asked the following time if it could be cooked to crispy I was told "I'll ask" still came out white and undercooked. Last time I was told they were out of tropi-chop chicken and couldn't do any tropi-chops. When asked if I could pay extra for a grilled breast instead was told no. When asked if I could pull around and wait was just told "I don't know sorry". Staff is not properly trained. Just avoid this place and go anywhere else. read more

I love this place chain food place. Every time I come down to Florida I need to have some Pollo Tropical. I have no complaints !

Use to love this place always got a huge amount for the price. Not anymore, significantly lower quantity and quality. The chicken was burnt had no meat on it, rice and corn were not cooked however the price did not change. Seems to be a pattern in take out these days. read more

When I first moved to Melbourne I ordered a TropiChop bowl, chicken and avocado with the cilantro garlic dressing, it was very good. My second stop, my TropiChop bowl was skimpy. My third trip was to order Family Dinner, ordered online for 5pm, they had NO chicken on a Friday night for dinner hour, didn't get mine til 6:15. My fourth trip was a superior TropiChop bowl. BUT tonight, the bowls have changed, SO DISAPPOINTED! No avocado, no sauce like I asked for, dry rice and beans. Too many inconsistencies. I can make better at home. read more

Kind of surprised by the low reviews. Came here during a visit for the holidays and the service was fast and the food was prepared well. Had my usual black beans and white rice with chicken. Only criticism would be the tostones were a little well done. Had plenty of sauce available when asked and it was the food I remember from my time living in south Florida. Would come back again! read more

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You never have chicken available. Your name says Pollo, do better! 3/4 times I tried I was told that they have no chicken at the moment. read more

I have been to this place 3 times and have had issues each time. Some of the food tastes decent enough, and the tropichiller is good. BUT, the last time, my sister and I got cuatros leches, and were handed 2 of them that were literally frozen like blocks of ice. When my sister complained, they said that they didn't have any defrosted ones and that they should be okay in about 15 minutes. We got a complementary one to make up for it, but it was really hard to eat. I also tried the tostones, which a waiter told me was very salty and good, and it had literally no flavor. What's worse, there was actually a tiny dead fly on one of them, something that would NEVER be allowed in my restaurant workplace. I am also very disappointed with the lack of friendly service and the lack of a condiment counter. There is nothing but spoons and napkins available....no forks, no sauce bar like Moe's. And I have literally cut my tongue twice on the plastic silverware while using it. I don't know what kind of material it's made out of, but it's not safe. read more

This restaurant is too expensive. All drinks behind the counter. Refills on soft drinks only, no lemonade refills. Pollo is on a downhill slide. read more

Rude service! I ask for a side of sauce and young lady got annoyed because I didn't order it when I placed my order

Ordered food the day before Thanksgiving (11/27/2024) from this restaurant through Uber Eats. Received my meal plus HAIR in it. Tried to dispute with Uber Eats and the restaurant to no avail. I filed a health department complaint. Gross. Thanks guys. Out $35 with delivery fees. Worst Thanksgiving meal ever. read more

Upon entering this location, we weren't sure if we were gonna stay. The location is definitely not the cleanest one we been too. The women's bathroom was the worst. The service was ok, not bad but also not great. The food came out in a decent amount of time and besides being out of a sauce that was supposed to be with one of our meals (and wasn't told they were out before ordering) everything else was correct. The food was the best part. Everything tasted great, the only reason for the 3 stars is the food. read more

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Wow this place has fallen off. Order completely wrong then said they didn't have any more food to correct the order. Quality is far from what this place used to be. Sorry can't recommend. Last time I co here read more

stopped by after work for easy quick fast food. Drive thru completely messed up my order and customer service won't fix my order or refund it. what kind of company won't make it right to the customer. im disputing it I guess. Save your money read more

STAY AWAY. if you value your money, steer clear. They will not give you the food you paid for or a refund. I've never heard of a business making a mistake and telling me I still have to pay for food I didn't receive. read more

This place really needs to close. We have nothing but problems every time we go there. I vowed never to return to this restaurant. Last time I posted about the horrendous ordeal and they sent coupons to try to make it up to us. It's been months so I figured why not give them another chance? We wanted Cuban sandwiches. As soon as I ordered she says "we don't have any cheese". I was going to leave at that point but decided no biggy. I've got cheese at home. So I tell her I'll put my own cheese on it at home and then she says "we don't have any ham". WHY are these people in business???!!!! Adios muchachos! We went to Mac Donald's where the food they advertise IS actually for sale! read more

Pollo Tropical - a receipt for a car seat - Latin American Near Me - West Melbourne, Florida

We stopped by for lunch. Had a Cuban and a chicken quesadilla wrap. Ayreona took our order, she was friendly and did a good job. The Cuban was good but a tad salty tasting. The chicken quesadilla wrap was excellent. Only downside - the music was TOO DARN LOUD!! Made trying to chat during lunch difficult. Absolutely no reason to have it that loud. This alone makes it doubtful we'd return to this particular Pollo location. read more

Stopped in while staying nearby and was very pleased. My cashier young man was very pleasant even though I changed my order afterwards. The food was delicious. read more

Back in 2013-2014, there was no better lunch in the state of Florida than Pollo Tropical. Fresh, delicious, cheap...they had it all. They were getting write ups in national publications then. I am not quite sure what's happened since. The prices are still okay but the portion sizes have decreased substantially. The highlight of every visit used to be that big ole' condiment bar in the middle where you could try all sorts of wonderful sauces. That's been completely eliminated, because the people who run this thing probably think we're still in a deadly pandemic nearly 3 years later. If some customer were to touch a hot sauce dispenser who knows, maybe we'd all get sick and the whole world would explode. One can never be too careful! The owners of this place are probably the same types of people who drive alone with their masks on. You now have to request the sauces at the counter which means you have to know exactly what you want going in. Gone are the days of discovery and excitement. This location had one cash register for approximately 2.693 billion lunch hour customers. I won't be able to afford to come here for lunch again if 20 minutes of the experience consist of waiting; because that eats up a big chunk of my break. I'm holding out hope they might return to their former glory, but it doesn't seem to be headed in the right direction. read more

My mom's favorite place to eat was pollo tropical. Since her passing, I have accompanied either my husband or my daughter to eat there. I never liked eating there. No reason, other than I try to not eat out when I can cook it better myself. I make a banging black beans & rice My husband stopped to have a chicken meal. A 1/2 chicken dinner with a drink was close to $20! We can pay an extra $10 & eat in a much better place. A whole delicious chicken is always on sale fresh at Costco. I would much rather have that. Goodbye Pollo Tropical read more

Here in the Melbourne/Palm Bay area, there are plenty of Caribbean or Jamaican restaurants that make some of the best food worth eating. However, if you want food of such on-the-go quickly, then you'll have to go with a specific chain: Pollo Tropical. Located near the Hammock Landing, the east side of Norfolk Pkwy. next to Buffalo Wild Wings, Pollo Tropical specializes in Caribbean-style food but with a fast food approach. You can get numerous dishes either it be ribs, beef, or chicken along with sides that fit the Caribbean palette such as red beans and rice, corn casserole, cornbread, plantains, and such. The prices for the food aren't bad either as they average the high end of single-digit pricing (so between $6 to $9 for singular menu items of worth). For those who prefer to dine-in, the restaurant is clean and designed to fit the theme. You'll notice plenty of Caribbean themes within Pollo Tropical's interior all centered on a color palette concentrating on yellows and greens. Chairs are not bad but not the most comfortable seating around. Staff is generally friendly. Restrooms are clean. Probably the biggest reason I keep coming back again and again to this place has a lot to do with the ridiculous number of free single-serving chicken meals you get. I don't know if you know this but every time you buy something there, you'll get a coupon for a single-serving chicken meal for free if you follow the instructions for a survey or sign up for text messages, something of that nature. I don't mind a bit of spam for free delicious food so why not. Ultimately, I will say that Pollo Tropical isn't the best Caribbean food out there. I've been to the Caribbean, specifically Nassau, Bahamas, multiple times and the food they have is far superior to what Pollo Tropical can dish out. Still, for what Pollo Tropical does, it is satisfactory when you add in the speed they have in delivering. read more

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This location has provided multiple poor experiences. My S.O. was excited to try Pollo Tropical for the first time and I wanted to try the Beyond Meat vegan TropiChop. Unfortunately the website continues to advertise this, yet it is not listed on the online menu. I settled for the veggie TropiChop. We placed the order through Postmates and I found it odd that the individual items were more expensive on there, but the free delivery offset it. The delivery driver texted us to say the restaurant was out of the fried yuca and they would sub in fries (fried yuca was more expensive, and we were not given the chance to select a different side). Our driver ended up getting a flat tire--it happens, not her fault--so we drove out to meet her an hour later. When we opened the food at home, we found that none of the five sauces were packed--just ketchup for the fries. Also, my veggie TropiChop that I selected "all the way" for all toppings came as bowl half filled with yellow rice, onions, and corn. What even? This was $7.35 before tax and I could have gotten a simple side of black beans and rice for less than half that price. My S.O.'s entree came with black beans so I have no idea why mine didn't? I contacted Pollo Tropical's customer service to give them the heads up about these problems. The rep just said they'd forward this along to the district manager and couldn't do anything more because the order was placed through Postmates. Even though Pollo Tropical is the one 100% responsible for messing up the entire order. Yikes. read more

Pollo Tropical - Veggie TropiChop, if you can even call it that... $7.35 before tax... - Latin American Near Me - West Melbourne, Florida

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Why oh why do I do this to myself. Every time I eat here I say to myself "never again." But once or twice a year I end up giving this place another chance to redeem themselves... but I digress. Some things are done well such as plantains, BBQ roasted chicken, black beans, some desserts, but since the pandemic hit, and changes were made, it has been hit or miss, reality is it's been all misses. The toppings bar is no longer in the dining room, and that's a big mistake because their food could use all the help it can get. My ordering experience today was weird. I used the online ordering because I am very picky since I've been placed on a low sodium diet. I thought a grilled chicken and rice would be good and easy, with a side of corn. I wanted to pick it up at the drive through but the online ordering said the drive through wasn't available for online ordering. So I selected dine in ASAP, and when I arrived my food was on the shelf for online orders, which was fine, but there were things missing from my order. Napkins, silverware, sauces and my drink were missing, when I took it to the counter, I was informed that they were out of the drink I ordered (and paid for), and half the sauces. I thought "why would they place the item as ready to go with items missing. I sat down and opened the box and to my horror, I found the tiniest, driest, most anemic piece of grilled chicken. The rice... rice should be easy, but what was in my container was a blob of flavorless goo. The only edible item was the corn. What made things even worse, it seemed like no one cared when I brought it to their attention. I ate the corn and a few bites of chicken smothered with BBQ sauce. Then tossed out the rest of food. I think the food had been sitting around for way too long, pollo should understand that people would be willing to wait for fresh food. If they make smaller batches, the food would rotate out more frequently, and maybe I would visit more than once a year. read more

Pollo Tropical - Yellow rice (blob) - Latin American Near Me - West Melbourne, Florida

Today is November 4. This place is understaffed and the manager won't give a hoot's ass to come out here and help anybody do anything. No dark chicken meat! They only have white chicken meat! What the hay?! The place is filthy. This place is kaka! Besides the condiment bar being dirty so are many tables. Poor management is what ruin the Pollo Tropical in Viera. I sure hate to see the same thing happened at this place though it looks like it's well on its way. read more

Pollo Tropical - Condiment bar - Latin American Near Me - West Melbourne, Florida

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For the price they charge I felt it was a rip off....the rice was no sticky that you could eat it with chopsticks and the black beans was more like a paste. The sweet plantains were extremely overcooked and the chicken was dry and tasteless. I had to add water to moisten both the rice and beans. I ordered the pork and that was also dry and no taste. Best thing I liked was their flan...it had the right consistency and taste. I am use to Pollo Tropical in Miami near where my Mom lived and the food there was ALWAYS excellent! I was expecting the same flavors like in Miami but unfortunately it was not!!! read more

I have never been treated so rudely by an employee before as a guest! I was shocked to learn that it was the manager, Cornelius (store #10112) that was treating me so poorly. I was served stale fries that were disgusting, so I drove around and asked for the fry order to be replaced and he said, "drive around" in an irritated tone, he stuck his arm out with the new fries at the window and when I asked him a question he slammed the drive-thru window shut and turned is back towards me. I went in and asked to speak to the manager, well he IS the manager and he left me waiting in the lobby so I left. A simple apology would have resolved this issue.. read more

For a fast casual dining experience this place is pretty good. I usually opt for chicken, however you can't go wrong with anything on this menu. Please don't misunderstand, there is definitely better, however or fast-casual this place will definitely go to your stomach and get you in and out in a quick manner. read more

I used to love pollo tropical...the staffs bad performance shut down the Viera location, and Covid stopped inside dining... so when I saw Palm Bay location opened inside dining I was excited... Sad news to report, the staff will shut this location down also, if I could speak to an actual owner, I would prepare him for the pending loss... very sad indeed read more

Easter Sunday, I ordered $80 worth of food over GrubHub through the Yelp App and over half of the order was missing.. 2 family meals and a whole chicken on top with extra fried yuca, got no rice, no beans, no garlic cilantro sauce, no buns or the 2 fried yuca I ordered ..only the chicken, I wont know if the mistake was on them or the delivery driver, because no one answers the phone when I call the store to let them know about the mistake.. had to let the delivery driver know and I might have to drive to the store to get a refund, because by the time the driver comes back we'll be done eating :( Update #1: Delivery dude came thru with the quickness, so i didn't have to get a refund :) Update #2: Pollo Tropical Customer Service reached out and came through with a gift-card to compensate for the mistake, I appreciate the gesture and I'm definitely going to use it on my next dinner! read more

horrible service and employees ever, every time we order they mess up the order . So we decided never to go back now. We did online order with restaurant pick and we will end up on the drive through because the restaurant will be closed. And they won't answer the call, the customer support number is even worst. Have to wait for hour or more for a mobile order. And finally when we get it they will miss some of the items we ordered, this isn't the first it happened. read more

Terrible customer service supper rude charge me for stuff that I didn't even ordered.

This place never has anything. Often, grills are down and you're asked to wait on chicken. The staff isn't very pleasant and the standard for cleanliness have dropped significantly. read more

The service here was incredibly slow. Then when we got up to the counter and they were taking our order the cashier had the audacity to stop in the middle of taking our order so she could do a change out with money because she didn't have enough bills when I told her hey we're not paying with cash can you just complete our order she completely ignored me and kept on going. Switch to 5 minutes later and I ordered a pork tropichop. 10 minutes later I'm told that they have no pork. No we are sorry just a you can have chicken it's the same price. Very glad that this was just a passing by lunch stop and not a local pollo tropical I will give management credit after seeing my yelp review they reached out to make amends. It's difficult for business owners when one employee can cause such a negative experience but it's refreshing to know the management will step up and take responsibility and ownership of the situation read more

I like Pollo Tropical as a chain. However, this particular location doesn't measure up to the standard. This is the second time I've been to this location for them to tell me at the window that they don't have any cilantro garlic sauce, only for me to walk in and GET IT MYSELF from the sauce bar! My next issue: I've had four times over the last six months where my order was incorrect. What's crazier is that it's never really busy. Very disappointing to say the least. read more

They make you eat outside like a dog while constantly asking if you are done ordering!! What a trashy place. Food is better out of a local Starbucks dumpster. read more

Pollo Tropical - $hithole they call a restaraunt. - Latin American Near Me - West Melbourne, Florida

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We ordered catering for a luncheon from Pollo Tropical. It was amazing! The food was on time, with more than enough to go around, and plenty of plates and cutlery. Everyone raves about how it's one of the best catered meals we've had. Delicious food and great service! read more

Restaurant is dirty. Trash can in Mens bathroom was overflowing with used paper towels, bathroom floors are dirty, and bathroom smells of old urine. Tables and floors in main dining room are not clean. No pepper on the day I was there. Cuban ordered was a chicken Cuban. When returned for the correct sandwich, no comment other than "here you go". Food was warm ish. read more

I went yesterday and asked for a pork with avocado bowl with brown rice but they ran out! Instead I asked for the chicken with yellow rice. I was not given the avocado, the chicken was stingy and so tough but in general the food was extremely dangerously high in salt! I have to throw the food out!!! What a waste of time and money! I am not visiting you anymore! If I could give a 0 I would! read more

Great value for price! Plenty of options for the somewhat health conscious who doesn't want fast food. The drive-thru option offers a convenience that is generally lost amongst cooked when order establishments. Servers are efficient and polite, enhancing the dine-in option versus the takeout option. read more