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    La Isla Restaurant

    4.5 (21 reviews)
    InexpensiveCaterers, Spanish

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Rice & beans and rotisserie chicken  yum  mers!
    Olisa H.

    Omg!!! Looking for some bomb sweet plantains ?? COME HERE! I love la isla restaurant ! Their plantains and rotisserie chicken is to die for. Well seasoned and well cooked. The service is also nice. They are very friendly not to me the delivery is very fast!! I have attached pictures to see how mouth watering my plate I received from delivery was ! I recommend!!

    Awesome food!
    Ahmed A.

    This place is your traditional Dominican/Hispanic place. The food is always fresh, good and cheaply priced. The service is good as well. Some of my favorite meals is the beef stew or chicken stew and the rice and black beans. It must be hard to find anything bad here.

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    Mark A.

    Located on the corner of fairview and westside...Great food choices, a little tight with the seating because it's not really a big spot but man the food is great! Get a lunch special and a drink for about 8$, and just check the picture I posted of my meal you can tell they don't hold back on the friendly portions. A must try if you want some good authentic Spanish food!

    Spaghetti and rotisserie chicken is amazing. I started eating before taking the photo it smelled so good.

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    Amazing chicken and flan! Highly recommend! I usually pick up their seafood salad as well

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    8 years ago

    Always an abundant amount of delicious food at a reasonable price. Friendly staff and a place to sit.

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    7 years ago

    Love this restaurant. Any food you try, you will not regret. Good Cuban sandwich for lunch and pork chop is to die for for dinner !

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    8 years ago

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    12 years ago

    Good Authentic Spanish food spot! So tasty, reminded me of my Bronx days. Once I found this place I literally ate it 3 days in a row lol

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    10 years ago

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    11 years ago

    Yum I love this place! Really good food but you have to go to this place really early to get food because they run out quickly!

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    10 years ago

    Best food on west side ave try it you will not regret it .Very big portion and always fresh.

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    11 years ago

    never ate in side, but everytime icall for a delivery ***** and fast service great customer service good food n prices

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    Really really wanted to enjoy my meal. Have been here in the past and have had good experiences,…read morebut today the customer service was TERRIBLE. Once the lady heard us speak English she treated us different this was crazy to me. The food came out quick and was good but the service was so poor that the good meal was irrelevant. DO BETTER NOCHES DE COLOMBIA.

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