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El Tropico Restaurant

3.4 (77 reviews)
Closed • 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Good for groups
Outdoor seating

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Broken worn out tables and seats
Xela Z.

Food is fair I ordered the vaca frita white rice black beans and a side of plantains. I'm all was $25 including tip. I will give the food a 3.5 stars it was alright a little expensive for the type of restaurant. There are a lot of tables and a bar they also have a counter that you can sit and eat and a window. The tables are disorganized and some are broken and worn out seats as you see in the picture. I would come back and I've eaten here but they should do something about the chairs and table.

Cafe con Leche y Tostada Cubana
Alex G.

One of the best places for good quality and value in Doral. The food is fresh and perfectly prepared, the service is excellent and the prices are hard to beat. The space is ample and very clean. I highly recommended it.

Steak Sandwich
Rafael B.

Tropical is located in a not so busy shopping center. I decided to give it a try since I'm always driving by while i go to Sams Club which is on the way. Staff was nice and inside was clean & really quite. My eggs were over cooked as you can see in the pic but the steak was pretty flavorful. Their "special potatoes was nothing special. Food was brought out cold also which was disappointing. The steak sandwich was ok, again nothing special about it. To end this first experience at El Tropico - there was a 10% discount off $20 or more on the Yelp app and they did not honor it. One of the waitresses who was very nice btw told me this offer was an old offer and was no longer available but it is clearly still on the app. I didn't make a big deal but restaurants should honor any specials that is on either their website on the Yelp App.

Fricase de Pollo
Gabriel T.

This place has the same menu and the same environment for over a decade. But l meant the same physical menu, so it looks like crap for the long miles! The food is ok, fast Latin food and they are friendly while don't expect anything other than a fast lunch during your work's break or if your doing something in the area... Unfortunately the service is slow which may be an inconvenience for those in a tied schedule. I like the option to switch the bread for "arepitas", and thanks to Yelp I got S free order of cheese sticks which I was expecting only one or two but there was like seven! Plus and minus and as much as I want it, i don't find the way to go one star up.

Lechón asado
Paula R.

I love the food at this place. I probably go 2-3 times a week as it is next to my office. They have specials during the week. My fav: Monday: Lentils Tuesday: chicken medallions with mushrooms sauce Wednesday: lomo saltado ... They have a big menu and pretty much everything is delicious. I have also ordered catering for my office. It was just perfect and on time even was raining so hard. Also they have a buffet and all you can drink mimosas on Sundays. I've never been, but I will! The service is good, they are all very friendly. They are renovating the local and it looks very nice.

Heather T.

My husband and I came here when we were staying next door at the Hampton Inn. After 12 days on a cruise ship, this food HIT the SPOT! We had Cuban Sandwiches in Little Havana and South beach...but this one was by far meatier, cheesier, and more delicious!

This is a Media Noche with Cuban bread because they don't know how to order potato bread
Carlos P.

Second time here at this Resturant. I come here for the conveniente distance there is between your location and my mothers house. What I can say is I won't step foot here ever again. As a Resturant you are the equivalence a none organized fast food crap pit. Your customer service skills have no empathy or understanding. You don't even show prices on the menu. You don't serve what you present online. The menu in line does not represent what is available and some price special like today' Rabo encendido, shown on the menu for $20.98 I was told I had to pay $28.98, in addition, there are differences on every item on price and ingredients...We DO NIT LIVE IN A THIRD WIRLD COUNTRY... You don't have the proper ingredients to what you do serve. I order a media noche and you come to tell me you don't even have the proper potato bread for the media noche and that you need to put it in Cuban bread. Damn papo if you have it on the menu organize your shopping/ordering list to have what you need. Also welcome to the US of A your employees should be bilingual not only Spanish.

Liss L.

I came here on a whim with a localflavor coupon I bought. On my arrival they still had their Sunday breakfast buffet option available. Adults 10.00, kids 5.00. Adults receive one mimosa and one Cuban coffee with milk per person. What a great deal! The buffet includes breakfast and lunch options available until 2pm. They had croquetas, mini arepas, scrambled ham and eggs, pancakes, ropa vieja, white rice, pork steak, chicken soup, black bean soup, fruits, yogurt, pound cake, croissants, I am missing quite a few things but you get the idea. Food was good. They even did fresh fried eggs when we asked because the ones in the buffet bin were sitting there for a while. The eggs were not bad per say but just sitting in there looking a little stale. I actually ate one of the ones inside the buffet bin and a fresh one. The fresh one, obviously, tasted better. Service was great I have no complaints in that area. Although this particular Sunday that we came in it was not busy at all. We are not usually in this area, but for a deal like this and good food I will definitely be returning. Next time I am coming with the whole familia!

Jason P.

Solid place for walk up cheap Calle 8-style Cuban coffee (Bustelo, nothing fancy) in a relative coffee desert of Doral. Did not try the empanadas but had breakfast with a colleague, great huevos revueltos with cheese. Super inexpensive, fast service. What more do you want from a place like that? Update: This is a serviceable Cuban restaurant and a great place to get cafecitos in an otherwise desert of good places to eat and grab coffee. Coffee stand outside is fast, perfectly fine if all you want is the standard Cuban colada or Cortadito made with Bustelo, it's just like Little Havana. I've been here for breakfast and a quick business lunch and they do a good job with standards like picadillo, ropa vieja and arroz con pollo. Don't expect it to be Versailles or La Carreta but you can do much worse in this part of Doral.

Esta full.. Hoy vine por unos frijoles negros... Son divinos

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Me, my three boys and husband went for lunch and it was awesome! A must visit place.

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Wonderful Food & service! I loved to eat Cuban food. Coffee is amazing and best croquetas and rabo encendido ever.

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