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    El Parral

    3.6 (72 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 10:30 PM
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Chicken Rollatina a la Carte
    Madeline A.

    Attended a birthday party here and they did a great job managing a large party! Each meal came with a choice of pasta, rice or green beans. I really enjoyed the veal parm and the shrimp in green sauce. Definitely order the rice side when you get the shrimp so you can drench it in the green sauce. The green bean side was pretty basic. The chicken rollatini was very salty and I would not recommend. Prices of the entrees are between $20-$30 but they gave you a decent portion for each. I wasn't a fan of the sangria; both the red and white were very sweet! Overall, I wouldn't come running back but they did a nice job hosting for the occasion. The food isn't anything special so I'm not sure I'd come running back!

    Free starters!
    Steph W.

    Ambiance (4/5): The inside was fairly empty on a Friday night with approx 4 tables occupied. The establishment is nicely lit and has a full bar as well. Minimalistic decor. Service (5/5): I really wanted to love this spot because our server was so friendly and enthusiastic with the drink and food recommendations! He said he knew the regular patrons and we were newbies, which shows attention to his guests! The food came out decently fast. Food (4/5): The meal came with a free starter of table bread and salad! The bread was very meh but I enjoyed the salad dressing! Mariscadas al Ajillo: the seafood bits were cooked perfectly! Nothing tasted overcooked or fishy. The sauce had a good amount flavor. It was reasonably priced for the portion of seafood in the stew. The yellow rice that comes it does a good job in soaking up the sauce. My only thing was that the sauce could have used a little more flavor. Paella Valenciana Speciality: This dish was not something write home about. The rice was not throughly seasoned through and bland side--it was as if the meat and veggie toppings were thrown on top rather than cooked into the rice. The rice went well with the extra Ajillo sauce from my dish. I liked the sausage but not the chicken as much. I really wished the flavors were integrated better.

    Chicken Chicken a la Francese a la Carte
    Spencer H.

    Simple food cooked well. One server and one bus boy held down the fort tonight. He was really friendly. It wasn't a crowded night at all. The complimentary salad and delicious house dressing made this place especially charming. I had minestrone soup and chicken francese. Both were great. The menu had a lot of options to choose from. Each table also receives a bread basket with warm bread. Looking forward to going back one day!

    Half Pitcher of Sangria ($16)
    Thomas C.

    I hosted a dinner for 8 at El Parral on Thursday, August 15th. El Parral, a restaurant which features both Spanish and Italian cuisine, has been around a remarkable 42 years as I'm writing. Parking should not be a concern because there are spaces along the front of the strip mall which houses the restaurant, as well as a large parking lot in the rear. I enjoyed a small pitcher of Red Sangria as I waited for the arrival of my fellow diners. It was a great value at $16.00. The restaurant seated us in the simple and sparely decorated dining room promptly but controversy arose as my members began to whine about the table being too "tight".....I spoke to our waitress and she rectified everything by adding two more seats to our large table. The restaurant provides an Iceberg Salad for each entree, topped by a French/Russian tasting dressing. The salad was good.I followed up with the Chorizos which were also good. They were neither salty, too fatty or overcooked. I set some aside to throw in my Paella without Lobster ($25.00). The Paella was a little dry and bland. Moreover, it would have benefited from the addition of some Mussels, as there were none. Neither I nor my fellow diners had dessert. With regard to my companions, they also agreed that the Paella was lacking. However, we all agreed that the restaurant's green sauce was superb. So....the Shrimp with Green Sauce was the winning entree. Although the kitchen was fast, service was indifferent. Our waitress was difficult to track down. What really irked me was our waitress's reaction after we advised her that we were being undercharged because the check did not list one of the Shrimp with Rice dishes that our table ordered. Rather than appreciative thank you, she seemed put off by having to redo the check. Very strange. BOTTOM LINE: El Parral is OK but there are much better Iberian options on Long Island.

    Uninvited dinner guest
    Daniella N.

    Run, don't walk away from this abysmal roach infested dump. The food is horrendous (by far the worst I've had in Long Island- or anywhere, really), and the service isn't much better. El Parral should change their name to La Porquería. A friend of mine was told this was *the place* to go for paella. Well... The restaurant was more than half empty when we arrived on a Saturday night (hmmm), and everything looked run-down and dated. We were seated and given plastic menu booklets with prices written in ink, and our cheerless zombie of a waitress (complete with AirPods in her ears) was hospitable enough to ask, "Are ya ordering anything besides water?" before disappearing for at least fifteen minutes. The cocktail list is straight out of an early 1990's bartending course (a Grasshopper? Who even drinks those?), so we went with a half bottle of wine. The "Italian" food at the tables around us looked and smelled like generic store-bought slop, so we decided to try the Spanish fare: gambas al ajillo, chorizo, and the seafood and lobster paella (we had to catch the attention of another waiter to place our order, since our waitress never came back). Complimentary mini loaves of stale white bread were served, along with a puny iceberg lettuce salad (garnished with one grape tomato) and a gravy boat of some Hidden Valley-esque mystery dressing. The chorizo was more like small curls of pepperoni, the gambas were tasteless and so shriveled they resembled something out of my cat's canned food, but the worst of all was the paella. It came out in about ten minutes (talk about a BAD sign), and it wasn't even in a proper paella pan. Inside the dish was a mushy pile of bland yellow rice, a few rubbery clams, lobster as tough and dry as jerky, and some peas. To top it off, just as we were about to get our check, I noticed a large cockroach crawling next to our table. My friend told a member of the staff, who came over with a small napkin to crush it with (which he did, but then it fell off the wall and onto the inside of her parka). Our waiter later claimed he's never seen that happen before. Sure you haven't, bro.

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    This place has been around forever. Went with few friends and the food and service was great.

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    El parral is the best. The food is great. The people are even better. Rudy and his crew make you feel like family. David

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    Yummy good great service recommend the Maranda and shrimp and papas Fritas. Old school

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    Been here twice, both times the food was amazing and so was the service, our waiter was very attentive and funny, definitely coming back!

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    Good food at reasonable prices with exceptional service makes this a restaurant that you'll want to return to often.

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    Outstanding food, great service. I even brushed the breadcrumbs off the table and ate them!

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