Today is an experiment. The restaurant is located on 775 Silver Lane in East Hartford, CT. I am…read moretrying the TooGoodToGo app. I am paying $6 for $17 worth of food. No tax or tip. I'll leave a couple bucks anyhow. Here's the catch. You pick it up around the last hour of closing and you can get a random box of food. This is unique! It helps restaurants get rid of food that would otherwise be thrown out at the end of the night or at least drive in more business towards the tail end of business hours. I've noticed only a few places have signed up in the nearby area. I've been here a few times. It's a nice place! Puerto Rican food is good! Please bring your own bag. Wish me luck! The wait was only a few minutes (like five or so). It's your typical take out container. This is beef stew on rice! That's a good portion size too! It is yummy!

WOW! Whether you're looking for Puerto Rican food or Dominican food, this place is the absolute…read morebest. Excellent and friendly service, and some of the best dishes of both types of cuisine I've had. I highly recommend their appetizer combination number two, which comes with papa rellena, bacalaito, y alcapurrias de yuca y de plátano. Tiré una foto de eso para que vean. Es una gran cantidad que se puede fácilmente compartir con 4 personas. The rice and beans are great, so is the churrasco, and the mofongo is moist, fresh, and delicious. What a meal! My only critique is that the music was a bit too loud, so we had to yell at each other to hear anything. Otherwise, 100% one of the best restaurants for Puerto Rican or Dominican food.

We got a chicken empanada, pernil (shredded pork) rice bowl, and mofongo chicken wrap…read more The empanada tasted awful, we both shared half of it and just tossed the rest. The rice bowl was surprisingly really great though. I loved the combination of chimichurri sauce, mayo-ketchup, and pico. The meat was a little over cooked but really nicely spiced. My partner also liked his chicken wrap. It was a good size, well filled, and tasted good. He said it didn't taste much different than a Mexican burrito though. We definitely would return for our mains, just never getting the empanada again.

Always get the Pernil with rice and beans and a side of tostones. Beef empanadas are really good!read more

Ordered the pernil rice bowl with a few toppings with a side of tostones…read more Everything was hot and fresh however we had a fatty meat issue. When eating the pork, we found the skin and huge chunks of pork fat. We brought this to the attention of those working there and they gave us extra pernil, no questions asked. The tostones we very hot and crispy and were made to order. I love the ketchup mayo dipping sauce This bowl is easily enough for more than one serving. I have leftovers

Ummm not a hit for me. Back in the day they would smash the plantains in front of you. You could…read moretaste the freshness. These tasted old. Also nothing really to put in the bowl. There were like six empty tins of nothing. 18 for this. Get back on track

Cute little spot, it's more of a grab and go, I was really craving mofongo so I came only for that!…read moreI got the chicharron one. I ordered online so I didn't really get to sit there. The lady at the front was nice. It was quick service. There's lots of options on the warming buffet, definitely would love to try other dishes from here! The mofongo had a lot of flavor! It was nice and tender, and the chicharron was perfect.

Cheap, good, and tasty…read more Heard this place recently opened up, so decided to make the trek here to give them a try. They are a very small place. A single table and two chairs. It's very much an order and run place. I don't know the cuisine well, so I asked the server to curate me a plate and I bought everything they recommended. I got their lunch special, two empanadas, a potato ball, and some flan. Got my to go containers then took them home for pics. Everything was seasoned and had its own distinct flavor. The potato ball was wrapped in a seasoned pastry and stuffed with a meat mixture. It also had a spicy mayo which gave it some richness and a little zip. That was a great bite. The stewed beef reminded me of a beef stew meat. Stewed in tomato and celery, fork tender and pretty good. The pork was tender but dry, the mayo from the potato ball helped in that matter. The sweet plantains were a nice reprieve from the heavy meats, the yellow rice was cooked in stock which made the rice a flavorful filler. The beans were more like a soup, not my style but still good. The flan was firm but the syrup was lightly sweet. A nice sweet treat for the end of a meal. I saved the empanadas for a later meal. But they look good. The price for everything was 24, which is actually quite affordable for the amount of food you get. It's simple food done well in ample portions and priced well. It's a great option for the area, with the only detractor being that it's not in the best location and unless you know what you want it's not the easiest menu to navigate. It's worth a try!

Two years ago I wrote a review saying how much I liked Paradise Restaurant. Well, I'm here to tell…read moreyou that NOTHING has changed. Again I had the jerk pork , which was tender and flavorful. And the jerk sauce was beyond,beyond- exquisitely sweet and incredibly spicy, just as it should be. I would highly reccomend Paradise. In fact, don't walk but run to an incredibly satifying culinary treat. Great job once again !

This place is not as good as before, probably changed chef, maybe owner over the years? My favorite…read moreoxtail now lacks flavor, some pieces were under cooked & chewy; the Jerk pork tastes like store bought jerk seasoning? It's just average now so I really need to find a better Jamaican as my go to spot. However, I'd still give 3 stars for the food for being average but not bad. What drags the score further down was what the cashier/server did. It was the first time a guy served my food here, it never happed with any of the ladies before. He hit the 18% tip box on the screen without my consent, saying "this is where you tip" & just hit it & went head charged 18% for a take out without my consent. As with most takeout places, tip is not expected because there's no sit down service. You can't just charge tip without customer consent. Taking money without consent is technically stealing, I was shocked. Maybe that's why I saw half the people there paid cash? Anyways, super disappointed with my lunch experience today. After 10 years of loving paradise Jamaican, telling everyone how great it was, I think I am gonna have to walk away from now on. Goodbye Paradise.

I was craving Tres Golpes this morning, so I stopped by Lolita's Kitchen in downtown Middletown…read more Everything is made fresh to order. The woman working went to the back to fry the cheese and prepare the rest of the meal, and my food was ready in about 7 minutes. The restaurant was clean, and the service was friendly. The Tres Golpes comes with mangú (mashed green plantains), fried cheese, Dominican salami, and sautéed onions. The combination of flavors is satisfying, and it's definitely a filling breakfast. That said, I paid $19 for this breakfast with a lime juice. While it was fresh and a good portion, I've had better Tres Golpes at other Dominican restaurants. Overall, it was a decent meal. If you're looking for authentic Dominican food in downtown Middletown, it's still worth giving them a try and deciding for yourself.

Hidden Gem Alert! First plate : The pepper steak was LEGIT…read more- tender and the yellow rice with beans topped it off Second plate : The pork shoulder was falling apart that had me wanting to lick the plate. Seriously, the meat was so juicy and flavorful. Same with the first plate yellow rice and bean with sauce . But the REAL star was the passionfruit drink. Fresh, icy, and so refreshing - exactly what I needed to cool down after those hearty dishes. Portion sizes are generous, prices are reasonable, and the flavors are authentic. Service was quick and friendly. My wife Door Dashed it to my job Pro tip: Come hungry and share with a friend Will 100% be ordering again

Recently ate at Pampi's for the first time and will absolutely be back for more soon. Jerk chicken…read morewas very tasty, and the good people running the place make it a warm neighborhood spot. Lots more on the menu I look forward to trying!

I always hear about a lot of Jamaicans being in Connecticut and a lot of Jamaican Box Lunch places…read morebeing around too. My husband and I were driving back from New York to Boston and our route took us through Hartford. After debating between trying here and Benjie's, by the fact that I'm writing this review you can guess where we stopped. My go-to at a box lunch place is always fried chicken, leg and thigh, with rice & peas, curry gravy and raw veg. We both ordered a medium. They didn't have any raw veg ready yet, just steam veg and macaroni salad so I got the latter. Fried chicken - good. Tastes just like how it's done in Jamaica. You get like 2.5 pieces of chicken with the medium. 5/5 Rice & peas- good. They use gungo peas instead of the usual kidney beans. 4/5 Macaroni salad/ Pasta salad- I haven't gotten macaroni salad in yearssss probably since I was living in Jamaica. I was nervous when I saw the macaroni colour didn't look like what i'm used to back home BUT once I took a bite, it nice it nice it nice I had to stop myself from nyam it off so I could have some with my leftovers. So other than the macaroni pasta itself being orange instead of white, it's good. 5/5 Curry goat gravy- so this was interesting experience. It doesn't taste like curry goat gravy that I know. But the more I mixed it around in the rice and ate it i got used to it. 3/5 Steam veg- my husband got this as his side he said it was good for steam veg in america but not what he's used to in Jamaica. 4.3/5 What I was excited to see them have CranWata and the lychee flavour Tropical Rhythms juice which I haven't been able to find in Boston. The staff was nice. There 2 or 3 tables to sit and eat. But more of a to-go place.

Not the best, misleading images…read more At parkville market for an event, wanted a meal so opted to try a new stall. This place had an image of a combo arepa with all three meats. Opted for that along with an empanada and a buenelos. The food took a few to come out. Got my order and dug in. First off, the images on the menu don't match the product. I was remiss to find the three meats in my sandwich, and there was a lot of veggie. The taste was ok, so I didn't opt to complain. The buenelos was a singular ball, not bad in terms of flavor but not matching the menu. The empanada was a lot of chickpea, almost as much as a samosa. Not bad but not great. For the price, it's hard to say anything lived up to the promise. It's not bad food, but it's nothing like the menu.

I don't know. I cant find a place that makes empanadas the…read moreway they used to. To much mashed potatoes instead of meat. Nice flavor crispy dough but not enough meat.