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    Alex's Chimis

    4.2 (194 reviews)
    InexpensiveDominican
    Closed 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    ALEX'S CHIMIS ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids

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    Get in and if you're lucky the line won't be too long
    Frank F.

    This small in-and-out spot has a steady stream of regulars for a reason: it's good, honest-to-goodness homemade food from the Dominican Republic. The tender and juicy rotisserie chicken is seasoned and cooked perfectly -- they rest the whole birds and cut them to order, to go of course. Definitely recommend, as it's a solid choice for takeaway! Saluti.

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    Stephon M.

    I love this place! I only order the combo dominicano with extra sauce and pickled onions. Its a half a rotisserie chicken with a ton of rice and sweet plantains. There's always a line here no matter when you go but it's simply so delicious. It's a takeout only place. Try not to go too late near closing (within the hour) as many things maybe unavailable.

    Fresh Coconut smoothie and flan yum
    Elkinia C.

    Fresh coconut smoothie, and the flan hit the spot. I recommended it happens to be my birthday tomorrow, January 7 so My Cousin decided to Uber Eats and send this to me since we can't spend the day together on this snowy weekend. Hope someone enjoys.

    Chicharron / Fried Pork rice combination with Moro / Rice with Peas and Yucca / Cassava
    Jimmy N.

    Great service, great atmosphere, and great food. Alex Chimis is my top favorites when I'm craving for Spanish food. Their fried pork is well flavored and always crispy!

    Fatboy S.

    Place was busy when I got there, but the line moved fairly quickly. Customer service was good. All the food was good except for the empanadas. The chicken was the highlight.

    Arisbel M.

    My absolute favorite Dominican restaurant ever. This place has existed since my early ages of life and they have been making their carnitas fritas and moro de guandules the same since forever. My go to plate is the moro with carnitas frita and tostones. I freaking love it. Their pastelitos, bollitos de papa y yuca, pollo horneado, chicharron and everything else is on point! Please never close.

    Combo Dominicano with Moro / Rice with Peas and Yucca / Cassava
    Avik C.

    I had heard about this place for years but never made time for it, which I regret! The food was absolutely amazing. It exceeded my expectations based even on great reviews. The roast chicken was moist and flavorful throughout, without being greasy. The yucca was so good--it looked plain but the soft texture and subtle flavor was so good. As far as service, everyone was very nice and crucially didn't make fun of the bad Spanish I used to order. On my short list now for excellent Boston under the radar food spots.

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    Tamekka D.

    So I haven't ate here in years like 17+ and they are still amazing. Delivery with uber was under 45mins on mothers day. Everything was great highly recommend them.

    Michele L.

    Ordered the chicharrones over rice with peas and sweet plantain. And the fried pork over rice with peas and sweet plantain. Both were superb! The fried pork came with the pickled onions. The plantains were fried whole- I've never seen it that way but obviously they're a big seller! They had to refill the plantain pans twice while I was waiting to order! Both were larges that came out to $28. Tax included. Employee at the front door to direct you where to stand and sanitizes your hands as you come in.

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    Steak was really dry , more fat plate looks like a child put it together. terrible experience line was ok people peeling the food are rude

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    The fried chicken is BOMB. They serve whole wings the rice and peas was great. I will definitely go back.

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    I love the fried chicken and rice here. Generous plates at cheap prices. The people are also nice.

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    The food is amazing I loved the rice and the rotisserie chicken the most the fried chicken isn't that good but the pork is amazing too

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    Had this at a graduation party and it wowed me. I loved it so much. I had the rice and chicken and it was very good. Love this.

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    4.0(15 reviews)
    1.5 mi

    Wow. I haven't had much Dominican food in the past to compare this to, but this was GREAT. The…read moreportion sizes are huge and the prices are so affordable - I will absolutely be coming back here again and again. This time, I ended up getting the Chicharrón with spaghetti instead of rice and beans because I had heard that Dominican spaghetti was something I had to try, and I didn't regret it at all. For the price of $14, this was probably 1.5-2 portions of food. I will be having this for dinner later on today! Chicharrón ($14) - These were deep fried pork belly chunks and they were pretty much cooked perfectly. They were seasoned well and just so crispy and juicy. When you deep fry pork belly in chunks, it's really easy to overcook them and dry them out, but this was just wonderfully lightly crispy on the outside and still so juicy and moist on the inside. Biting into each chunk was like a wonderful burst of flavor - really amazing job on these. Spaghetti (side) - Ah yes the Dominican spaghetti. If you want Italian pasta, this is not it, but it had a certain home-cooked charm and was a type of spaghetti I had not tasted before. It was creamy, tomato-ey, and buttery. The closest I can compare is that it had the texture of chef boyardee pasta, but the taste was much more smokey with hints of sweetness and umami. It was really filling and delicious! All in all - a great deal. $14 for that much food and meat is amazing, and everything tasted really fresh and well-cooked. I will absolutely be returning!

    Another day, another Spanish restaurant!…read more It's a true blessing to live around wonderful Dominican/Puerto Rican restaurants. My son loves arroz con pollo. He can eat it everyday. When I walked in, it was a little cozy restaurant with 6-7 seatings. It was lunch time so there were a few tables occupied. I was there to get lunch to go. I wish I took more pictures of the hot bar. The two lovely ladies there were nice and helpful. I wish I knew they had a lunch menu because the gentleman that came in after me, he asked for the lunch portion. Next time! I got stewed chicken and white rice/beans for $19. It's the dinner portion. Not sure if I could have gotten sides like sweet plantains or yucca. A little language barrier. For $19, I'm assuming it should come with it but didn't. That's ok! Next time ima make sure to ask. One of the ladies that came out after knew English but it was too late because I already paid for my order. My whole order came out to be $30. This included the stewed chicken, side order of spaghetti, and side order of tuna mac salad. Everything was delicious. The stewed chicken was good but compared to my other places, this is probably 4th on the list. A little too salty. The spaghetti was really good. If you never had Dominican spaghetti before, I highly you to go try! Tuna salad at this spot was really good. So far the best I've had. Will definitely come back here to try other things! Especially the lunch menu. Downfall was, I didn't see a menu. Looked around for 5 minutes but couldn't find it lol

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    2.5(28 reviews)
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    Hey so I visit the establishment today and they tell you any price for the food for some rice and…read morepork small plate was $18 but the prices posted says different , also I purchase 2 chicken wings for $6 and the chicken they didn't clean it . It was full of hair so you know they not cleaning the chicken properly I will go to Yely's next time it's okay

    So last night I went to El dugout to grab some food before they closed. It was 15 minutes til…read moreclosing time when I went in I seen they had a few things left where I could grab a few pieces of chicken and the fries plantains that they just brought out from frying. It was one gentleman in front of me speaking in their language ( I believe Dominican) ok cool. He's ordering his food and they are piling his plate up with most of the food that's left. After he gets his food it was still a little food left. Next thing you know one of the young ladies that work there comes up and make herself a plate with the rest of the food and had me standing there. I said is that it for food now and she said yes. I said then why would you have me standing here thinking I'm able to get some food. As I started walking away a guy calls me back and said they have French fries. I said and chicken also? He says NO I just said that was so rude of her to do that to a customer and mind you I go there often but never again!!!! That was totally rude & disrespectful towards a customer. Guess I had to speak their language in order to get a plate

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    El Dugout - So this is wat you get for $14 dollars? Maybe 1 plantain, & more or less 6 oz steak strips Ok never again will be going back there.

    So this is wat you get for $14 dollars? Maybe 1 plantain, & more or less 6 oz steak strips Ok never again will be going back there.

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    Beef pastelito, very generously filled!

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