Really enjoy La Barca! A sensational 24 hour spot to grab something to eat! For years, lived around the corner and it was my favorite place to grab a bite or a Café Con Leche any time, day or night. Stop by whenever back in the neighborhood. The staff is friendly, keeping it real, and can get a little crowded, given its authentic dishes, narrow space, and popularity. Still to this day, La Barca remains my favorite place for the best Cuban Sandwiches! (For some reason, the press seems to take some time to heat them up, but absolutely well worth it!) Love La Barca! There's a more on La Barca's menu, but recommend you check it out! read more

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Not sure what happened to this spot. Used to be my go to after the club but lately they have been off. The food is okay, staff take forever getting to you and too many people hanging out in there. It's a small spot and too cramped. read more

As a busy New Yorker sometimes you just want to get your food in peace , I saw a Dominican restaurant near my location and was like oh okay cool, I have blonde hair and blue eyes but speaking Spanish isn't an issue I arrived and immediately I noticed the restaurant was kind of dirty. As I ordered I did not feel very welcomed at all, I didn't pay much mind to it as I ordered my food in a respectful manner and the people in the restaurant where mad at my presence and it was honestly weird. I paid for my food and as I was waiting I saw a roach and didn't say anything but was just completely turned off with the whole idea of eating food prepared in a dirty place. Pretty sad tbh read more

La Barca Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - New York, New York

I was leaving an appointment for NYP and came here because I was craving a Cuban sandwich and I saw a positive review from someone on here. I know these hole in the wall type restaurants can be very hit or miss - especially a 24 hour one. I was there at about 11am and ordered my sandwich to go. I ate half, but just because I was hungry. The Pernil was dry (possibly old) and didn't taste well seasoned. The ham was also really thick and they didnt fry it up - just a thick piece of pink ham in the middle. I disassembled my sandwich and fried up the pernil and ham again, adding my own mojo and sazon from home. I was able to enjoy it that way. I dont think I would come back to this spot and wouldnt really recommend going out of your way for it, unless it was past 10pm and you needed something to eat and most things were closed. read more

What's better than a Greta local spot open 24/7?! Each and every time I've been I've been wanting some delicious Dominican food late at !night, this is the place! They're open 24/7 and the food is always fresh. The coffee is fantastic. The soups are tasty and make your soul warm. The ladies always have smiles on their faces. Overall just a great place! read more

Busy Monday morning breakfast service with only one table available. Looks like a lot of service goes out with delivery drivers. The Dominican salami and mangu (smashed plantain) order to go portion is enough for two meals. Very little English spoken, so brush up on your Spanish and make it easier for everyone. A great option for gluten-free eaters who crave more starch options with rich hearty flavors and seasoning. An unassuming and tasty find behind a small storefront. read more

La Barca Restaurant - Interior order counter and seating - Busy Monday Breakfast - Dominican Near Me - New York, New York

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Food, natural juices, and the personalized customer service provides each client the comfort of eating a home-cooked meal without being at home! Food is always fresh, hot, aromatic, and delicious inviting to come in and try a plate of the best moro de guandules, sopa de pollo, sancocho, or one of their typical Dominican meals available daily at La Barca. While the restaurant is not built to host a large crowd, the Caribbean flavors and inviting aromas flowing from the kitchen, keeps new and faithful customers parading through this little hole on the wall all day long 7 days a week. People who venture into La Barca for the first time are in for a treat and an unforgettable dining experience. When they meet Carmen and Margot for the first time, they'll know they've arrived at the best place to eat in or take out in Wash Heights, NYC. read more

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Service kinda sucks. Wouldn't recommend. Very slow. And the staff acts like they don't care

The best Spanish spot that has chicharrón de pollo ( boneless chicken chunks). Food is fresh and great portions and price. They are also 24 hours! read more

We ordered delivery so I can't speak to the service or ambiance, but food??? So amazing! We ordered the combo and the portion was beyond enough for 2 people. The seasoning and flavor of the food was amazing! I wish we had ordered earlier. read more

Im impress. The food is so good. Me and my boyfriend loved rice with dominican sausage so much and we ordered it 2 days in the row. Keep going guy. read more

La Barca has delicious food. It's located not too far from NY Presbyterian Hospital so it's perfect to grab lunch for yourself or someone you might be visiting in the hospital. The place is small but clean. They have alot of dividers up due to COVID. The lady who was attending me was perfect. She took my order exactly, verified what i wanted, asked a few questions and packed up my order with no issues. The food was so good. I got a soup, pata de vaca. Delicious. I also got a half chicken, white rice, beans and salad. The chicken was not dry at all. The rice was nice and fluffy. The beans were tasty. The salad was good and it was seasoned for me. Overall this place is really good. I was attended well, the food was delicious and the price was right. I can't wait to visit this place again. I highly recommend it. read more

Amazing food! Ordered via doordash after a very long day & it did not disappoint. The breaded chicharon de pollo with tostones was so yummy, perfectly crispy. I really couldn't ask for more, shout out to La Barca. I want to try the chicken mofongo & not breaded chicharon de pollo next. read more

Great service,lovely atmosphere think Dominican Dinner I recommend the Mofongo de pollo

A hole in the wall Dominican restaurant in Washington Heights in Manhattan. We sat at the counter and ordered dinner sized portions of already prepared stewed Oxtail and also Chicken. We had a choice of Red (kidney beans), Yellow (our choice) and also white rice. The Oxtail was really delicious. The Chicken reminded me of Filipino adobo Chicken perhaps less vinegary. The star of the meal was the made to order Camarofongo- Plantain Ball with Shrimp and Pork cracklings. The Plantain ball was super delicious with great crunch and umami from the embedded pieces of Pork crackings. The Shrimp came out on a separate dish stewed in a tomato sauce with onions and green peppers. The Camarofongo is a must try dish in my opinion. Hole in the wall places like La Barca are what makes the NYC dining scene so interesting. read more

The service is horrible and the food is not that tasty and the amount of food is not good either when you order to go

No one told me this joint was Spanish speaking only. I mean I'm good but I wasn't ready for the language barrier nor was I ready for the amazing food that came out of this kitchen!!! Open counter concept with buffets of roasted chicken, oxtails,steak, and fish with rice and beans, tomato salads and avocados. In my struggle Spanish( I must do better) I ordered (barely) Arroz con Pollo with frijoles. Couldn't figure out how to say Black beans and rice with gravy so I ate what I was given(see pic) .... and it was delicious!! The chicken was stuffed with seasoning and herbs, the beans were flavorful with garlic and onion... Fluffy white rice too! I felt like I was eating at my grandma's house and that means a lot to a business traveller! And it was a $10 lunch plate I couldn't finish with tax and tip! Try them out for lunch. It's packed so don't go with a large group. Wait your turn and slide into a seat when you can. Enjoy! read more

La Barca Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - New York, New York

A local Dominican hole-in-the-wall, La Barca serves up a variety of cheap eats. There's a small bar seating section as well as a few tables. The bar is fun as you get to peer over all their food offerings. The 1 main, 2 sides is the way to go. read more

Roy's Top 5 Things to Know: 1. A hole in the wall Dominican Restaurant so more of a delivery spot than dine-in. 2. Their chicharron de pollo sin hueso is really good. The best in the neighborhood only second to Dyckman Express' sin hueso. Their rice and beans are as good as any in the neighborhood as well. 3. They deliver late night, probably the most late night Dominican restaurant delivery spot in the neighborhood. Most spots stop past 10pm. This spot easily delivers past 11pm. 4. They deliver to the Children's Hospital if you're expecting a new child. 5. They have metered parking in front on Broadway. read more

Our flight got here pretty late. My best friends cousin had a little get together for us at their place. By like 5 am I was starving and told them to recommend a place to grab food around here. Little spot around the corner from their place obviously open 24/7. Super small, tight and narrow in there. They have coffee and Dominican food. The lady that served us was really nice. I ordered Los Tres Golpes, it consisted of Mangu which is like mashed potatoes but with green plantains, fried cheese, fried salami with two fried eggs. It was decent. I really liked the fried cheese. Funny story. First time in NY and got into a little argument with someone at this place. I was taking a photo of the place inside and this lady thought I was taking a photo of her. She flipped out, I'm like girl bye who are you? Why would I take a photo of you. . She was so ridiculous and the lady serving our food was defending me. We all laughed at her. My best friend looks over to me and goes WELCOME TO NY! read more

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A regular sitting at the counter next to me referred me to get the Moro Negro ( black rice / black beans ) saying he comes "all the way from 181st street" for theirs, which doesn't seem TOO far as La Barca is on 164th, but considering you probably pass a dozen Dominican restaurants on the way I'll take it as a high compliment. The rice was tasty, not sure it was 15blocks tasty, but I'm kinda lazy sometimes. He said the other reason he comes is "to see her" as he flirted with the waitress, who admittedly, was 16blocks tasty for sure. Probably 116 blocks if you have a bike. A nice meal for $9. I bumped my bill up a bit by adding a papaya shake as a dessert. Extra $4, but I was still a little hungry. Like 115.9 blocks hungry. All I can muster, as I'm married. Oh well. read more

Whatever! It is what it is! Yelp is a bully! I have to type this so I can edit this review instead of just deleting it. I'll be typing a Bunch of nonsense just so I can escape this phase! F this place. Everything sucks about it except for this lady who reminds me of my aunt from Marrakesh who past away recently! She's so sweet! Otherwise the service does not reflect the quality of the food at all. read more

We were 4 adults & 1 baby, small place but they made room for us real quick. We sat at the counter with stools. Very friendly and attentive staff. We ordered 3 pollo guisados with morro de gandules, 1 chivo with morro con habichuelas, side of espaguetis, 3 espressos & ice cold cups of water. We ordered chivo with morro con habichuelas and extra sauce to go. Total cost was $45 and we left a $10 tip. There were 3 girls working together. Loli, Flaca & another girl. They were so nice. The food was DELICIOUS!!! & the coffee was AMAZING!!! We parked in a parking garage a block away with a huge suv and that was $24 for 1 hour on the dot. It would've been cheaper if we made it there a minute before. read more

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A1 food. Had mofongo de pollo, half chicken, rice and beans and salad last Friday night. Everything was fresh, well seasoned and delivered on time. Better than most other spots around the heights in my opinion. read more

This place is small, you can pass it by but don't!!The smell of the food when you walk in the place is wonderful. The food taste great everything I tried was great. read more

Great food but horrible and disrespectful customer service. My boyfriend asked for a smoothie which isn't a typical Dominican combination. The lady behind the counter proceeded to make fun of him and call him mentally unstable and attempted to get everyone else around in on her joke. When it was clear he wasn't laughing with her, she made it even more uncomfortable and wouldn't stop calling him crazy now because he didn't find her joke funny. It's a shame. We were loyal customers overnight delivery from them for years. This is how you lose money as a business. read more

Loved the special order boneless fried chicken! There were so many pieces. The 25$ meal was easily enough to feed 4-6 hungry people. It came with 2L soda, rice, beans and fried chicken boneless chunks. It was flavorful and fast. I ordered a side of fried plantains, they were pretty good but I like them sweeter. They delivered quickly to the hospital. read more

This place is definitely a hole in the wall. I never had Dominican food before, but I was with my Dominican friend in NY (their first time in NY) and since NY has a large Dominican community we came out to Washington Heights to get grab some food. Food was great.... I noticed a few Dominican men in their reflective work vests stopping in and mentgot the impression that it's their go to spot for authentic "home" cooking. read more

Pros : Cheap price. The tasty sauce. Meats are so tender. Cons : Very crowded. Limited seats. I do not recommend spaghetti ( Like other Caribbean restaurants, they serve precooked noodles which got soggy.) No English. Try foods that people in the restaurant eat then it will be successful! read more

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I like La Barca... it's a no frills place. The food is good - especially the Chicharron de pollo, the portions are good and the prices are affordable. The only problems I have with this place are: 1. They're delivery times have been absolutely terrible lately. I only live a few blocks away, and it's taken 65+ minutes for me to get my food within the last few times that I've ordered from here - more recently, it wasn't until I called them after waiting an hour for my food for them to actually send the delivery guy to my house (translation, they forgot about my order). 2. There's a couple of reviews that state that they favor Spanish speaking/fairer skinned customers... while I've never experienced this in person there, I have experienced this over the phone... so yeah just try to speak Spanish when dealing with them or just order from Malecon... they're a little faster. read more

I tried Mangu for the first time and La Barca set the bar high. I ordered the Chicharron Mangu with extra Chicharron, it was so good! I think I'm gonna eat Mangu frequently now. I highly recommend. read more

Since there are no English versions of the menu or any English speaking staff at the restaurant, you are kind of gambling with your order if you don't speak Spanish. Our food tasted good( or we were too hungry that it didn't matter)but took forever to be made and we didn't know we ordered fried chicken fingers! Maybe next time I'll take a dictionary with me to make sure I order the right thing! read more

It doesn't seem like much but this restaurant is great. Not only do they give you the taste of a Dominican dish, it's open 24 hours. The fries plantains are to die for and the chicharon de pollo without flour is a must. They have options for the taste you're looking for, and the waitress's are so nice read more

Pretty damn good DR food. Good service. Good prices. But if you are expecting atmosphere, forget it. This is a lunch counter with some tables for 2. In the rear, near the bathroom, there is 1 table for 4, but 2 people must face a wall and block the aisle. Don't bother with the cake for dessert. It's not made there and, while tasty, there are bakeries nearby for dessert. read more

Such an amazing little spot! The servers are always super friendly and I love all of their lunch specials. I get the salmon a lot but the chicken "pollo al horno" as well as the pollo gueisado, chicken stew also tastes really good. The price is also very affordable and the portions are great. read more

Visiting from California and I love this place. The food is always good and the staff is friendly. The only reason I didn't give them 5 stars is because there have been a couple times I've been there and some of the Dominican locals will cut you and the staff allows it. Makes you feel like your money is no good or they don't care about your business because you aren't Dominican. It's not cool read more

Great spot. 1) It is 24/7, which is very convenient. 2) The food is very reasonably priced. 3) The portions are great as well. read more

Love my cafe con leche ($1.25) and cubano sandwich ($4.50)!!! Open 24 hours, they serve a very satisfying meal at a great price. Only comment: please advertise prices on the menu board above the kitchen, so customers know how much food prices are. $7 credit card minimum! read more

mangu with 3 golpes on point!! mofongo con chicharron is to die for! best mofongo in washington heights hands down! read more

La Barca Restaurant - HEAVEN - Dominican Near Me - New York, New York

Good food, good prices, great staff. Perfect spot for a quick bite in Washington Heights.