This Dominican restaurant claims to be the King of Roast Chicken. Dozens of chickens glisten in the rotisserie in front of the restaurant. Just about every party there had an order of roast chicken. I ordered the wrong thing because I was in the mood for fish. I opted for the sliced salmon ($12) which comes with one of the following: rice & beans, plantains, salad or French fries. Portions are generous. Expect to pay about $12 per entree but an entree can and should feed at least two people. In fact, you should dine family style. * Salmon slice - a thin slice of salmon steak with some steamed broccoli. They left the bones in. The salmon seemed to be pan fried and it rested in a pool of butter sauce. It was extremely salty. I could only eat a tiny bit. Good broccoli though. * Salad - a bit odd - huge portion of shredded lettuce, avocado, sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, and corn. No dressing was provided. Hmm. They had oil and vinegar at the table though. It seems like it's best to stick with the chicken though they also have steak, lobster tail, pasta, mofongos, paella (arroces), and soupy rice (asopado). I had a bite of the tomato-based paella and was not impressed as it seemed one dimensional and flat. It's a casual place with a diner like atmosphere. It seems popular with families. They have more than one location so the chicken or something I didn't have must be good? My friend did like his roast chicken. read more

Malecon Restaurant - Caribbean Near Me - Bronx, New York

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I sent my daughter in to buy a lunch of rice beans and chicken. She came out with a half a chicken with rice and beans for $12. They told her they didn't do chicken lunch. I took the order and went back in because I thought it had to be a mistake. The manager told me the same thing they no longer do lunches for rotisserie chicken. I found this very odd since all Spanish places do chicken lunches. After going back and forth with him for a few minutes I changed my lunch to beef, rice and beans for $8.75 and a passion fruit juice for $4.75. In most spanish restaurants in the heights, any lunch is anywhere from $5.50-$6.75 and juices under $4. The staff and manager rush service because they do get a lot of business, but should slow down and treat customers better. 3 stars because they do have good food, but will be going to one of many other spanish places around the area next time. read more

Malecon Restaurant - Really sweet Passion fruit juice - Caribbean Near Me - Bronx, New York

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The roasted chicken here is superlative. It's so good it will bring tears to your eyes. Do not attempt to pass by the venue when you are hungry. The skewered chickens in the window rolling by in the ferris wheel like roaster sleeves will beckon you inside against your will. Everything else is still good but a notch or so down. Go for the daily specials or combination platters. Caution: You will get a whole lot of food. I mean a crazy huge portion. Split a dish or bring home. An entree will feed a small family. For sure get a side tostones with garlic. It's worth your friends avoiding you afterwards. And definitely order the tres leche cake. read more

Their chicken is finger licking delicious. Arrived on a Saturday Afternoon and had to wait about 15 minutes to be seated, bread was put on the table promptly. We had to ask for water and flag a waiter to come over, it was a bit packed i might add. Ordered half a chicken with Tostones, red snapper with rice and beans and a heineken which was served with lemons? The fish tasted just ok, like farmed fish but it was not bad. The rice was good and the beans excellent. Now the chicken is their forte, you smell it a mile away from their rest. I always go and get the chicken because of that. It comes with wasakaka (garlic, lime juice) so you can make it juicier. Prices are not bad but not super cheap as they used to be. read more

Really good Dominican food. Huge quantity and SABOR! Got the BBQ chicken, bistec encebollado, & carne de cerdo. Chicken, beef, and shredded pork. MMM! Everything was delicious. The chicken was definitely the favorite. It was juicy and crispy on the outside. However, I've definitely had better charcoal chicken elsewhere in terms of flavor. The rub just did not penetrate into the flesh. Perhaps the type of chicken used? The shredded pork was probably my favorite. Spices used were outstanding and just perfectly salted. Carne de cerdo was great. Nice-bite sized chunks of beef. A must have for everyone missing a piece of home. read more

The food here has gotten worse and worse! Even the oatmeal is disgusting! Won't be coming again. Yuck!

Service was a bit slow, servers by the door didn't acknowledge us when we arrived so we weren't sure if we sit ourselves or they do it. Food was average, my moro was on the drier side but the rest was very good. Totally loved the dulce de leche cortada. It had the right amount of sugar and it was just amazing, had to take another one home. Overall, very good experience. read more

Malecon Restaurant - Caribbean Near Me - Bronx, New York

Service: D Slow. Not the worst I've ever had, but not far off. Food: C Okay. Had the $25 chicken/pork/steak with plantains and yucca fries plate The steak and fries were good, the rest were meh The chicken was plain and the pork was fatty meat Not what you want for $25 Bathrooms: Men's room was in "okay" shape, but had no paper towels in it read more

Malecon Restaurant - Caribbean Near Me - Bronx, New York

I like your chiken! Great service and sazon. Delivery it's on time, it's a good restaurant... read more

I am addicted to the food from here. I love the rice and beans so much, my best friend LOVES the chicken, and we love the mofongo a lot. The portions are very large. I highly recommend this restaurant. There can be a bit of a wait sometimes, so plan ahead. read more

Very nice well mannered team. Fast and efficient. I havent tasted the food yet as I am still waiting for the paella to come. read more

Malecon Restaurant - Very nice environment. Muy lindo ambiente. Limpio y muy serviciales - Caribbean Near Me - Bronx, New York

Omg! I love them, I normally come for regular chicken fish dishes but this afternoon I was craving mangú and was very pleased. At 1pm in the afternoon El Malecon had mangú with the onions. May God bless this place I hate to come to a Latin restaurant on a Sunday and a popular dish is unavailable at 12 noon. Well done Malecon, your staff is welcoming and the mangú, cheese and onions was so delicious . I will most definitely be back. My fellow Yelper check them out #mynewfavoritelatin place. Oh and their other location on one 174th is just as good. Try the mangú please read more

So if you are familiar....then you know you can smell this places rotisserie chicken miles away whether walking in the neighborhood or riding the 1 train. 80% of the time the seasoning is on fleek as the kids say and the rotisserie is moist. And because they are high volume you can usually count on fresh rotisserie at the least. And the oxtails should be given equal praise and can't be sneezed at. Now the staff service leaves much to be desired and the pricing for a local Spanish spot is a little pricey. But all that aside the food in general is on point and well worth the cons most days. read more

Portions are horrible. This place raised its prices and reduced their portions. Wow, great job! Food is ok but not worth the money. There's no reason to go back. They're plenty of little Dominican restaurants in the area that are better if that's what you crave. read more

They put 3 OLD chicken wings under my chicken chunks, even tho I didn't order them, and I didn't notice till my mom ate one of the wings and got sick! Don't recommend this spot anymore! This place has let me down too many times! read more

Ordered a mofongo with cerdo "chunks" and it's definitely not what I expected. There were NO pork chunks. I was hoping that the chunks were in the middle, but nope, nothing. Should be called mofongo with "bacon bits". read more

Malecon Restaurant - Caribbean Near Me - Bronx, New York

Great food...fresh. Nice atmosphere and the waitress were very professional. Coffee was on point!!! And the prices are good to. I would definitely recommend it as a great spot. They have an A And that is super important to me. read more

The pernil sandwich was awful when ordering delivery there were pieces of meat that was leftover I also order the steak sandwich and it was paper thin rip off on delivery read more

This would've gotten a better rating if the staff was more knowledgeable on their policies. I was told I can't order food for delivery because I was too far, mind you I'm only a 9 minute drive in the northern part of the Bronx, bordering Yonkers. Malecon (the lady I was speaking to representing the buisness) doesn't seem to know how far they can deliver too but just strays away from delivering to the Bronx. When I asked about the delivery policies she replied I don't know I just work here. If you have an attitude like that at your work place none of the customers or even potential customers(because I didn't even have an opportunity to support your buisness) will never be satisfied. read more

My favorite in this place is the grilled pork chops paired with their very garlicky vinegar (request) read more

After placing my order for delivery I was told they only accept cash. Just several weeks ago I paid with my card for a delivery order but today I was told I could not do this. In this age of a pandemic where most restaurants have no contact delivery it makes you wonder what these people are thinking. read more

I only order pick up orders so can't attest to the service in the restaurant. The food is always delicious. Our fave is the rotisserie chicken combo. It's a bit pricier than a lot of Dominican restaurants in the area but the quality of the food and amount of food you get in the combo is worth it. Plus that chicken is super delicious. Their pińa colada is also pretty bomb as well. It's definitely our go to place. Pro tip: when placing s phone order for pick up speak slow and loud. The dude that answers never understands me so I end up practically yelling my order through the phone. I wonder if he is messing with me. I don't have that problem with any other restaurant read more

I was here with my goddaughter on Thursday 10/19/2017 around 6:30 to 6:45, we left at 7:30 I think our wartiest was a morenita Dominican women. I'm Dominican as well not a race issues on my part, i felt it on her end as I'm usually confused for a not Hispanic which is fine. She was rude came over to us 2x once to take our order and the 2nd after I got up to get my own water refill, lemon and strew. She came over and ask if we need something with a fake smile which made the mood even worst. She was so rude I did not even bother to eat my food since I was trying not to make a scene. Food was fine but services with her only was horrible, the rest of the staff was very nice. hate going places and being treated different because of racism read more

I dig the food, why else go? However, there have been one too many occasions where staff have been rude, ignoring us, and we can't help but notice it does not happen to the racially Black folks who speak Spanish (yes the Afr@Latin@s who do go are serviced and greeted well). It's like we get ignored because we do not order in Spanish (which I speak as an AfraLatina, but choose not to if I am with friends who do not). I have very different interactions when I'm with my Latin@ friends. Examples are: waiting way too long to be served, not being offered water, not being given utensils, not being given additional plates when food arrives (as if we are to eat off of the same plate with our fingers!) We often order the whole chicken with rice and beans and plantains. All are good. We once ordered the yuca and it was boiled and not fried, keep this in mind if you want the yuca cooked a certain way. I have not had the desserts and that's mainly because I don't want to spend $4 on a slice of tres leche cake. The place is often clean, but if you go on a busy day/time you may have to wait a while for a table to be cleaned or for water to be brought to you. The bathrooms are single-stall and gendered. At the end of the day when we are considering where to go on 231st street and El Malecon comes up as an option, we have to ask ourselves: "Do we feel like dealing with the anti-Black racism of that establishment today?" Our response is always "NO!" read more

Chicken is what this place is known for and chicken is what you should get. Have the roasted chicken with some rice and beans and maduros (sweet plantains) or tostones (fried green plantains) or mofongo (smashed up green plantains)... and you'll always be a winner. And don't be too prissy either and eat the skin.. it's really the most delicious part. Yummy in my tummy. And keep in mind that Latinos don't do salad dressing... we're oil & vinegar people. Simple and always perfect with avocado. There are also a few locations but the one on 173rd and B'way is open 24 hours and if you go at 5am don't be surprised that it's packed. read more

Food is decent, service is horrible! I've both eaten and order from there often. I prefer to order to avoid OFFENDING the staff with a simple request like a missing fork with my steak or correcting my order when I ask for a Diet Pepsi instead of a regular Pepsi. Whatever, the majority of the staff feel like they're doing YOU a favor. I will say that there are one or two caring waitresses here that will actually remember to check up on your experience BEFORE the check arrives and make you feel comfortable, but they may have been buried by the rest! ================================================ Apparently I never finished this review from April of 2011!! lol Ok, well, now it's April of 2012 and nothing has changed. Oh yeah, I took off one star for killing a few of my deliveries. How hard is it to send yellow rice instead of white? How hard is it to send black beans instead of red? Are my requests that confusing? Some of the counter staff are just jokers, collecting a check and could care less that we're missing an actual menu item from our delivery! It's ridiculous! I just wish they had some real competition. El Economico across the street does not qualify. 2 reluctant stars. read more

Their rotisserie chicken is uncomparable. Don't know what they do to season it, but it's the best I've had. They also give a lot of food, which is great if you're a glutton. The 3 stars are only for the service. I've never eaten within the restaurant since I live nearby, but the guys who take your order are beyond obnoxious and rude. To the point where I've wanted to NOT order from them because of their service. When will restaurants learn that it's not just about the food, service is EQUALLY as important. Go here if you are craving good rotisserie chicken and are willing to overlook the assholeness. read more

I recently went here twice, once in the Yonkers location and last night in The Bronx. At Yonkers, my wife and i both made the mistake of ordering seafood. I ordered the vinaigrette salsa which was ok. The octopus was very tough. Also was a small portion and cost $12. My wife ordered $17 Salsa Vere shrimp which consisted of 6 small pieces of shrimp poorly presented in a watery salsa verde sauce. We agreed never to order fish here again. Last night, I ordered 2 orders of roast pork to go. I was very disappointed as the pork was very dry. I'm getting the impression that the only thing you can order here is Chicken. read more

In a few words, tasty, like momma's rice & beans, bangin' churrasco, and thee best Tres Leche Cake ever-- like seriously. Oh... P.S. I lovee their platanos con pernil!!! read more

The Malecon in WAHI just tastes a lot better. I went to try this one just because it was closer but unfortunately they can't duplicate the cuisine at the previous Malecon. The chicken here is always dry and burnt. Its as if no one is checking the timing or something. I tried to give them a chance by going back at different times..and the same thing. Burnt, overcooked Chicken. Its unfortunate because the chicken at it WAHI location is always juicy. Bottom line. Burnt, Dry Chicken. read more

The place has been renovated and looks a bit like a diner. The food is ok, basic Spanish dishes at very decent prices. The service is awful. Sometimes you sit and wait and wait for a waitress. I think the service staff could use some basic training. read more

wonder how this place gets such great reviews? its very clean and nice inside. The beans and yellow rice are pretty bland, so disappointing. we had the pernil and chicharrons with the bones. Both very pretty dry and bland. Would not recommend or go back.. sorry read more

This place is a good place to pick up dinner if no one feels like cooking at home. Rotisserie chicken (their specialty), yellow rice & black beans/red beans. Standard fare. Good every time. read more

The half-chicken with white rice and black beans is my go-to meal for 2 along with a salad. The food is always good and worth the price tag. Currently under $20 for this entire meal. Enjoying the sub-optimal service is the problem. When the waitress/waiter realizes that they have to scratch off the salad they forgot to bring and then don't recognize their forgetfulness or apologize for it, that is a problem. If it's just the meal that's needed, don't expect extraordinary service. I will stick to Malecon on 175th and Broadway where they are a bit more conscience of the customers. read more

In a nutshell: Great Food, Blah Service. Order the "Mofongo con Chicharron de Puerco"... it is absolutely amazing. read more

I haven't eaten at this establishment but I recently placed in order for some one and ordered some soup/Sancocho. They were on top of getting the order prepared and ready for my pickup. Pickup was quick and easy.... Parking can be a challenge, they are located on Broadway in the heart of Riverdale. I have had better Sancocho but do appreciate the availability and the easy pick up. read more

DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE!! Ordered chicken soup this evening and while I'm eating a chicken wing within the soup I feel something hard only to find a piece of metal. So upset... after halfway thru the soup, rice & chicken I couldn't believe it!! I called to complain & spoke to Manager Valentin. He somewhat questioned me, which made me more upset! Taking the remaining back so they can see it & I informed him they need to toss the remaining chicken soup not to offer it out to customers. See pics!! read more

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Bad. . I had a Cuban sandwich , more like Nasty Cuban , it was soooooo dry & flavorless the ham & pork I had to put ketchup for flavor & a little moist , because the pork would stay stuck when I swallowed it. Waiter wasn't much help , didn't refill our glasses with water since we drank the whole thing because of the food. My boyfriends pork was also dry & flavorless , drenching it with "black beans " wasn't much help. This doesn't seem like a Dominican restaurant or Spanish where everything is full of flavor and taste delicious , won't be returning here. read more

Had a cold and was desperate need of chicken soup. Saw chickens hanging in window and figured the chicken soup would be good. I was right! Rich flavorful stock with chicken pieces and chunks of potato and cassava. Perked me right up. Large soup is $10. read more

I am around Washington Heights frequently and when I have time to have a delicious Dominican lunch this is the place I think about. I had tried their fish dishes and they were done well, the rice was the right consistency and flavor and the red beans had well balance flavor. I like mofongo, so far this is the best I had tried in a restaurant. They make mix drinks which I have not tried but their sangria is great . I think it is a bit pricey but it is close to some attractions and Columbia Presbyterian. read more