Where fast food meets dine in. Located in Hackensack, NJ, this Dominican restaurant offers some of the more popular dishes like pork chunks, rice and beans, yucca, etc. Although the food was okay, it was really just mediocre compared to most other authentic Dominican restaurants I've eaten at throughout the years. Fast service because the food is already made and you can see what is being offered under the glass. So it's not a made to order kind of place. There are a few tables indoors, probably seating for about 20 people total. So, not big but big enough for us wanting to get a quick bite. Seemed pretty clean and quiet when I was there. The one thing that will annoy me no matter if the food is good or not, is the personality of the person taking care of you. In this case, I was annoyed. The woman had a resting bitch face, and seemed that she was annoyed the entire time she was helping us. Big turn off for me. This restaurant seemed to be a spot for locals/neighbors but not something anyone would take a drive to get to. I gave it three stars because the food wasn't bad, but only three stars because I would never go here again. read more

La Cocina Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

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Ordered the sancocho which comes with white rice. I also ordered a large order of avocado salad (in the notes I wrote "only avocado" and received only avocado in a container as I hoped). If you eat sancocho you know the avocado is a must! The delivery arrived within 30 minutes. The driver texted me right before he came to the door which is great. The food was still warm and flavorful. I have ordered the sancocho about three or four times from Mi Cocina and it doesn't disappoint. I ate half and am saving the leftovers for lunch tomorrow. I think it's time for a nap! read more

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BUS STOP FOOD Attitude Central is the best way to describe this restaurant. The portions are so small and the prices are high. Ive been here 3 times and that's all it took for me after my Wife ordered some chicken chunks, that's equivalent to a 4 piece chicken tenders. I REPEAT, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME HERE IF YOU WANT AUTHENTIC SPANISH FOOD !! 1 star because I had to post this rating as we were looking forward to having fried pork and chicken chunks even though we called in the order read more

Staff is friendly, but the woman behind the counter specifically asked what I wanted and gave me the wrong thing. It's not like she mixed up the orders, there was no one but me there. I pointed, told her the row and everything and still got the wrong thing. I specifically didn't order what she gave me because there was nothing left. I'm pissed. Fucking 7 dollars for 3 pieces or meat and a shitload of rice. Fuck this place. Just go across the street to La Costena market. Place is better Plus when I did eat it because i was hungry, it didn't taste like anything. Rice was bland, meat was even worse. It was so chewy and tough. Save your money read more

Yesterday Saturday I ordered delivery from Mi Cocina for the 1st time. I ordered a large Oxtail with Black bean Moro, large Sancocho with extra white rice and avocado salad. The Oxtail was tender and tasty, with true Dominican flavors. The black bean Moro was to perfection. I had an issue with the Sancocho though. A true authentic Dominican Sancocho has to have the following 7 meats (otherwise is just soup with vegetables): beef, goat, longaniza, pork, chicken, smoked ham & pork ribs. Or at the very least should have: beef, pork & chicken. But the one I got from Mi Cocina was a vegetable soup with pork chops, don't get me wrong it was tasty but it wasn't a Sancocho. This morning Sunday I stopped by (instead of ordering for delivery) to try the traditional 4 hits (a.k.a. 4 golpes) Dominican breakfast which consists of Mangú, Fried Cheese, Fried Dominican Salami, Fried Eggs & Fried Longaniza, and pickled onions. This breakfast was the tops! The mangù was so creamy, the cheese fried to golden crisp, the salami was soft, the Longaniza was just right not burnt and the egg (yes I only got 1 egg) was perfection. I wish it came with the traditional 2 eggs, otherwise it was one of the best 4 hits (4 golpes) breakfast I've had in a long time. I will definitely order and eat here again, although I will never order their version of what they call "Sancocho", but I'll try everything else. If they served a true Sancocho or at least one with 3 variation of meats I would have given Mi Cocina 5 stars. read more

La Cocina Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

Nothing wrong with the food....affordable and generous with their lunch specials. However my issues arise with the delivery girl....boy ohhh boy. She's so rude and her attitude is beyond my understanding. Maybe I am wrong....but I know I am not. As a small business owner I don't have the time to physically walk into an establishment to pick up my food, so this is where delivery comes in handy. But this potatoe face young lady that does deliveries is either lazy or just plain dumb. She will pull up right in front of my business and call me to come outside, is that how it works. Today I made an order for me and my employee, and she did it again. This time around I told her you're going to have to come inside cause I have two clients here. This lady comes with her attitude and tells me I am not supposed to bring your food all the way here. Hold tf up?!? So what's the point of a delivery?!? So you mean to tell me that you tell the CNAs, the Nurses from Hackensack Medical to meet you downstairs?!? You're silly read more

Nicely package!!! Sancocho was very good (more meat would be great!) first time order but will definitely order again. read more

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Ok... im half dominicana so I'm bias and know my food. Yup i said it.. bias. This lil hole in wall in hackensack is a hidden Treasure. There's minimal parking behind the place.. shared parking with the liquor store and couple of other businesses on that street. Ok so you may have to wait to get served cause it is popular and they have $7 lunches. Place is clean. Organized. Food looks primo! Tastes even better!! I had arroz con gandules -rice peas- and bacalao -codfish. Friend had rice, beans and steak. OHHMYYY! Delicious!! Ohhh the potato salad.. the party ..pink.. potato salad?? Had that too (stressful day).... it didn't make it to my destination... the smell of that food in my car was killing me. I devoured the salad in 4 minutes and it reminded me of home and my sister who is the master at any celebration with this potato salad and her pernil. But i digress.... this place makes best, traditional Dominican cuisine. And TRUST& BELIEVE it is worth every bite and the 3,000 carbs you'll ingest... but we deserve it during these stressful COVID times. DO IT!! read more

The food was better than most Spanish restaurants in the area. Their white rice and red beans were delicious. Their potato salad was fresh and really good. The small container was enough for 4-5 people. Some things where a bit pricey. Their tres leches was $5 for a tiny piece, limonada con avena $5 should be $3 other than that everything else I ordered was priced appropriately. The staff was friendly and service was fast. read more

The place is good and new. So far I brought a cheese empanada with white rice and garlic shrimps. The empanada was fresh made with new oil. As for the shrimps with white rice...the large size shrimps seems to be prepared by boiling it then add the sliced peppers with small garlic and oil with a quick stir fried, which I hardly tasted the garlic or saw. I suspect that they probably used garlic powder. Over all it was good clean food. No cons yet, I'll keep you updated. read more

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Nice place in Hackensack. Good food, variety, natural Juices. Clean place, will come agian read more

La Cocina Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - Hackensack, New Jersey

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This place is horrible Order.I order rice and beans and it had no flavor at all. Had to throw away the pork cause it had like a pound of salt, don't waste your money at this place. read more

This food was completely trash I wouldn't give it to my dog . The food came a 1 hr and a half late and tasteless. No seasoning on the pork chops I got , I would starve before ever eating from this place again . Don't order or waste your money on this place I warned you it will be straight up garbage!!!! read more

Very nice and clean. Employees were very friendly, but the food not to good. I ordered tostones with steak, the steak too salty and the tostones were very soft and soggy. Won't buy again read more

Food is good. Lots of rice/carbs. Ample portions. I enjoyed my lunch except...one of the employees blocked me in my parking spot in the back. I was on my lunch hour. I honked and honked and he just kept me waiting there like time meant nothing. VERY RUDE! No apology either! read more

I've eaten here before. Love the food. Since we're in quarantine, we decided to order via Grubhub for pickup. The online ordering system is very confusing. They have the option for Mangu and then require you to pick a side. If you chose anything other than green plantain, you don't get mangu. It's very confusing. I had to go back to get it fixed. Please fix your online menu. If not for that, youd get 5 stars. read more

I usually order from here every Sunday for my family, we love there food. The last couple of times we've ordered they've always forgotten something or they didn't have what we ordered and would offer other choices. Normally this isn't an issue since the food is delicious but they were supposed to replace our soup with pollo guisado and I never received it, when I tried calling the restaurant all I got was a busy tone. So essentially they kept my money which I'm very upset about. They don't even have an option for rice and beans on Grubhub which is ridiculous that they don't offer it with the entrees. All I have to say is don't do delivery, pick you up food. read more

First off!... the mangu's consistency resembled mashed potatoes (muy aguao). Made me want to stop eating to be honest. Second, the "tres leches" is a complete scam lol. They literally put Dominican cake (which was dry) with milk. Not a tres leches. All in all... mediocre, save ya coins read more

Recently, I've bought an order of rabo, the total price was 9 dollars, and the container was extremely small for the price. In addition, the meets where both mixed with old rabo, from what it looked and tasted like rabo from the previous day. Rabo turns red after you re-heat it and this was did the exact thing. In the end, it the meat's are not worth the money, just get an empanada or deserts. read more

I ordered the tre Golpes and cheese Empanadas for delivery and it came hot and fresh. The Empanadas were generously stuffed with cheese and fried to perfection! The mangu was also delicious. I would definitely order again! read more

I placed an order a few days ago for delivery and the chicken had a distasteful smell to it. I called the restaurant and spoke to the owner and he was very humble and understanding. He went above and beyond and delivered a new order the following day without question. Thank you Chris ! We need more restaurant owners like you in the neighborhood! Good luck with your new business. read more