I came here with a couple of coworkers for lunch. They have a great menu but during lunch they instruct the waitresses to limit what people order to what's already prepared. I understand the strategy but that's the only reason I didn't give 5 stars. The food that we ordered was great. Appetizer pork chicharon was crispy and delicious. I had a goat stew with white rice. It was so good I had to look up the recipe and recreate it for my family that weekend. read more

My family and I had been to this restaurant many times and never had a problem but on Saturday when my family and I went things took a turn. Our food was not good the rice was hard like it had been in the pot for a while. I ask for a pork crackling and it tasted old. My husband ask for a beef stew and the meat was poor quality more fatty meat than meat and other things we asked for were just not right. The service was horrible no one came around to asked if we needed refills on drinks. My sons food was brought to him cold after everyone in the table had their food for almost 10 minutes. At the end none of us ate and the plates were still there full. The waitress asked how everything was, I explained to her everything that was wrong with the food and service and not even out of curtesy did she mentioned let me asked the owner if a discount can be given or I am sorry for what just happen absolutely nothing, all she said was do you need a to go plate which I replied no why would I take that home. I am the type of person that doesn't like to complain but this time around I just felt like they did not care and they just needed to make that money. We paid $87 dollars for food that stayed in the plates that were brought to us, and I feel that it is poor customer service. For each its own but I will not be going back. when it comes to ambience of the location yes, they do have music and entertainment because there was a man going around the tables asking what song we wanted to request which I found was the only good thing that day in my overall experience. read more

This is my second time at this restaurant. From the outside kinda looks just like a regular storefront business but the one thing is the food is great! The service is good too sometimes there's a little bit of a way because it's always busy. Every time I have gone they've had karaoke and it gets a little loud but it's such a fun place. The pictures are from both times that I came I actually end up getting the same thing because the second time they didn't have chicken crackling. I'll definitely be back read more

La Gran Parada - Barbecue ribs yellow rice and Chicharron - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

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It was great food for a great price... a bit loud but this I'm driving our culture ... loud and proud

Worst I've ever eaten. Nasty place and low I Q non English speaking establishments. My dog couldn't chew the chicken so dry and tough.

The food was great! The place was located in a little sketchy part of town, I actually hesitated in even stopping. Very limited parking spots, the waitresses cater to the male customers but overall we went to eat the food which we don't have back home, and the food did not disappoint. read more

La Gran Parada - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Great Dominican food. Excellent and very friendly service. I'd highly recommend any of the braised meat dishes with a side of rice and fantastic beans. Also try the chicken chicharron (we would have also tried the pork but they were out that day). And don't leave without trying their house-made hot sauce if you want to spice things up a bit! read more

I will never be coming back here. The customer service is horrible. You wait over 30 minutes just to get food that's supposed to be already prepared. The server girls were playing with their hair, eating and drinking stuff while working and serving food. My first and last time here. They even brought the wrong dish of food out and weren't apologetic or did anything about it. On top of that the music is so loud inside forget hearing someone or trying to have a conversation. Go elsewhere. The floors are dirty here too. read more

La Gran Parada - Clean tour establishment and hire better servers - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Great tasty fall off the bone Beef Ribs and BBQ Ribs. Exceptional service by the bilingual staff.

A great authentic Puerto Rico find on Beach Blvd in Jacksonville. Support local and gov them a try. The staff are bilingual so f you do not speak Spanish, don't worry! read more

Small Business Spotlight So I am always looking for the Mom and Pop hidden spot in Jacksonville and La Gran Parada is one of those Spot 4 Sho! Gabriel and his family have turned what was a small grocery into a small restaurant serving delicious Dominican influenced dishes with huge portions and very fun environment on the weekends . The Pictures are from 2 separate visit, within a week of each other, (Don't Judge Me!) Because I enjoyed the first visit so much. The Bistec Picante with White Rice & Beans or the Ropa Vieja with Yellow Rice & Beans, both were Delicioso!! La Gran Parada isn't fancy or trying to be more than it really Is, But put on you Jeans and best t-shirt and prepare to eat well and leave with your very own Food Baby! Say hi to Gabriel and tell him Big Rich Sent Me read more

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The food here is authentic delicious that's hits the soul.Real Dominican flavors now I have a place that replaced my ex wife cooking . Whenever I'm in town I got to hit this place. read more

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Terrible atmosphere. Extremely limited menu and extremely loud. I asked to please turn down the volume of the music and they didn't so we just got up and left. If you're hungry, don't come here as the menu only has daily specials and all are similar so the option is limited. read more

I am from NYC and this reminds me of some of my favorite spots back home. Food is very good, the service is always great & friendly. I eat here at least 2-3 times a month since I have found out about it. read more

La Gran Parada - Shredded beef, yellow rice and beans. Ox tails were also very good. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

When I tell you the food here is delicious, I mean just that! I found this place through my Facebook friend Malissa, in a food group we're both members of. She gave two great reviews, so I put it on the list of places for me and wifey to try. Today was the day! We were thinking about brunch, but yet wanted something different. I suggested this place and they did not disappoint! We had the baked chicken & yellow rice, Oxtails & Rice/Peas, side salads, Plantains, and pork rinds. Everything was fresh, authentic, and delicious! We will definitely be back. read more

La Gran Parada - Oxtails/Rice&Peas, Baked Chicken/Yellow Rice, Sweet Plantains, Side Salads, & Pork Rinds with (2) side of the house hot sauce - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

We usually eat her once or twice a month and love it. Large portions, with reasonable prices. I usually get the spicy steak and an empanada with a couple presidentes. I have to watch how many times I eat here lol packs on the weight but it is delicious! read more

Finally got to try this place and I really was pleased with the overall experience. Everything in this place look fresh and delicious, I wanted to try everything. Will definitely be one of my favorite to go places for Latin food. read more

La Gran Parada - Very clean and friendly staff - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

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Yum! If you love oxtail and Caribbean food. This is a must try. Family owned! The food is delicious. It made me feel home.

Will I call it authentic Dominican food, as a DR born Dominican & raised in NYC with delicious Dominican restaurants I will say NO.. I walked in and there was cumbia playing which is fine considering being a Hispanic restaurant and wanting to be inclusive I guess (when I walk into local PR restaurants it feels like I'm in PR with music and vibes this restaurant did not give Dominican vibes), second their snacks and deserts were conchas and other Mexican items, their drinks were jarritos again Mexican drink..no jugó de tamarindo, no jugó de chinola, no jugó de cereza, no jugó de guanábana, etc...The food looked old and the chicharrón looked like a bite will either break your teeth or choke you to death with how dry and burnt it was. Las costillas were burnt and the rice looked like it was left over or reheated and it was only 12PM NOON. Overall I walked in and was so disappointed, that I only ordered fried cheese and salami (waited 20 minutes and she wanted me to wait 45 mins for 3 golpes) because you can't mess that up. I was so embarrassed to take my friends to this "Dominican" place that I found because I genuinely feel this is not an authentic representation of our culture! read more

This joint is awesome! If you didn't know it was there...well you wouldn't know it was there. But this place is BEYOND worth it. It's a humble little spot but it is amazing, the people are great and the food is out of the park! Come and give this place a try because you will not be sorry, it's a real hidden gem ! read more

A lovely wife and husband, Anna and Gabriel, own and operate this heavenly restaurant. It is the best Authentic Caribbean food I've enjoyed in the US in recent memory. This hidden gem was truly an unexpected culinary delight. Anna, la maestro chef, runs the kitchen with the authenticity of a homegrown culinary expert of Dominican origin. The ambiance, comardere and cold beverages, made this a very relaxing experience. I could only assume the food we be as delightful as the atmosphere. I was right on both fronts. This is truly a gem in our community. Shh... don't keep it a secret. Shop & Dine Local. read more

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This is a fantastic find for anyone who enjoys the inspiration from people who love to cook and share their culture. My first visit was today - but is now on my go to list of places to enjoy. Jam was our server - also Jam is the daughter of an incredible lady, Mom, who is the chef and owner. Words are inadequate to describe the delicious recipes that all of their recipes share. They are masters of slow cooking - pick your protein. I enjoyed their Ox-Tail stew- the best I have ever tasted, anywhere. Thank you Jam for wonderful service and give your Mom our sincere appreciation for the love and dedication she pours her heart and soul into every day. The is restaurant is a treasure. I must add, the music was very loud when arriving, but Jam was very courteous and reduced the volume for us (we are a group of older men - hearing can be a challenge). Hilton Dempsey read more

I almost feel bad for the so mentioned wife and husband who run this restaurant, as other reviewers have mentioned them... I am so not a person for leaving bad or even negative reviews, I'm easy to please when eating out but this place... Me and my family were marking our way back home from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to Miami, FL. My parents decided that they wanted to have soup and Latin food, after all, we're Latinos and we all needed some rice and beans for lunch. After viewing a few options and knowing it was almost 4:30 pm on a Sunday I decided to go to La Gran Parada. HUGE MISTAKE. As soon as I walked into the restaurant I felt out of place, one of the servers (wearing red lipstick and a red tshirt) approached me and my sister and LITERALLY looked up and down at her TWICE, without manners or hospitality. I instantly got annoyed by that but decided that maybe it was just her way of being. I then asked her for a menu so we could see what they have and ask my parents for their choice, the waitress seemed so annoyed and played the "I don't understand what you mean" card, she speaks Spanish, so do I (VERY fluently as it is my first language) so I don't get what's so hard to understand when I said that if I could please take a look at the menu first. When I was finally handed the menu she proceeded to ask if we were going to dine in or place an order to go, like, calm down, you have barely handed me the menu but you are rushing me already. My dad walked in and told them we would dine in, I went out to get my mom and my sister went to the restroom, I was back to the entrance again as my mom and dad were getting some stuff from our car, so I decided to sat down on the couch they have for waiting meanwhile my sister was still in the restroom. That simple thing also seemed to annoy the same lady that "welcomed us" as she came to me and DEMANDED me I followed her saying "ven, sígueme" sharply and without even saying please of having a nice tone, just said that and turned around. I wasn't even bothering anybody as that area was alone and I was waiting on somebody. At the table we were assigned another waitress and she was rushing us to get our orders even thought I asked her to give us one second whilst I got everybody at the table. She was not polite and didn't even acknowledge my sister and I when we said "Gracias" after being tended the water we bought after having her rushing us out again. Afterwards I can't even recall anything as I was already disgusted by the personnel attitude and lack of real customer service skills. I can't even understand how this place has good reviews, the only person the waitress was slightly nice to in my party was my dad which was also a little weird to us. Food was NOT tasty, it needed more salt which they don't even have at the tables but whatever we still ate it because we just wanted to leave. Portions are big but it's quite a nonsense thing compared to the bad service and tasteless food you get. We got 2 soups, salads (which are literally lettuce and two slices of tomato), pork and shredded beef. None of it had a remarkable flavor to be honest. The place was barely busy when we walked in, there were a few tables empty and the food did arrive in a timely manner (two nice things) It's safe to say we will never be back to this place and would not recommend this restaurant to anybody. read more

The worst service that you can get besides that the order is at your place you ask certain things and when you get home it's not what you asked for and the food wasn't that great either place used to be good before I don't know what happened They need to get rid of these new girls read more

Nice Dominican food. Service and ambiance were ok. Place is small, could get crowded faster in the weekends.

Beef soup was nasty the waitress are more attentive to the drunks guys at the bar they all wearing those tie ass pants like the silicone wants to come out I order a jugo de parcha that was hot from the can I left it on the table cause it was concentrated this place is going down hill read more

This is a great hidden gem. If you've ever been curious about Dominican cuisine, this is a great spot to see. I've already taken several people from work here. You will not be disappointed. read more

They served me cabbage salad smdh. They told me that is how they make their salad. If you run out of lettuce say so and then have the audacity to act like don't speak English. My last time at this restaurant. read more

Love it! Needs better parking space . Food was great best Guanábana tropical drink! . Service was okay

Excellent Dominican restaurant in Jacksonville, good food, wonderful treatment and the well-known bachata. We loved it. Excelente restaurante dominicano en Jacksonville, buena comida, trato maravilloso y la conocida bachata. Nos encantó. read more

Fresh and tasty. Can't wait to come back and try something else. All looked soo good.

Far away from a real dominican cuisine taste. My dish was like boiled meat and the watery tasteless sauce (salsa) was added to it later. Besides that something was going on with the register and I ended paying more money that I should. read more

Being that I am Dominican, I try to support my local hispanics with their business by consuming their product. I have been at this restaurant 3 times counting today, and on all 3 occassions the service has been horrible. The waitress told me there was a 20 minute wait on "pollo frito" as an appetizer, therefore being that I was on my lunch break I decided to order 2 pastelitos to go, 1 chicken & 1 cheese. (simple right?). Well needless to say 26 minutes later I left without the patelitos nor the pollo frito. After a 13 minute wait the waitress tells me they did not have one of the patelitos I had ordered, so I said let me have 2 of the same. 13 minutes later nothing. The lady in the kitchen appeared to see me squirming around looking for my waitress and asked out loud to one of the waitress what was I waiting for. My waitress who was no where to be found finally yelled out the patelitos. 26 minutes later I left, and wound up going to Arbys for better service. Every single time I have gone to this place the service has been horrible. It honestly seemed as if they did not want to waste their time with such a small order. Common sense says if you know that during lunch hours you will be busy then you need to hire more staff, or have simple food such as a patelito readily available. No one should have to wait almost 30 minutes for 2 patelitos. However, you might be asking why do I keep going back?......I have had friends order food for me from this place to go, and I will admit the food taste good. The questions is, is it worth the long wait and/or the bad service? It all depends on how hungry you are, and how patient you are. If I were to recomend this place I would say order over the phone ahead of time, and/or eat before you come because you will be waiting a while and they dont seem to care. read more

Wow, the food is good here. I ordered the pollo asado with rice and black beans. So much flavor! I will be back to try something else in the near future! read more

This is rly the best Hispanic food I've had in a while! Everything is top notch! And the beans are so good!

The food store is fine but the small restaurant is amazing! Crispy but melt in your mouth chichironnes, burritos, fantastic chorizo quesadillas, also chicken, beef and others and amazing homemade Mexican enchiladas w butter soft pork chunks and a nice kick from their salsa verde. Try the red hot salsa too.. wooooooie! Be sure to walk over to the cooler for your favorite Latin soda. Mine is the Fresca from the Honduras with real sugar. $6 for most quesadillas. read more

I love this place, is a small place but big in flavor. Big food portions for a good price. I totally recommend it.

Absolutely fantastic. Great place for Sunday dinner. Pork, beef, stewed chicken, mofungo, plantains, empanadas... everything was excellent. Extremely reasonably priced. Service was excellent! read more