Best in Hialeah - Worth Every Mile! Maruchi Restaurant has hands-down the best service in all of Hialeah especially. The staff treats you like family from the moment you walk in especially Dunia and Daisy and the food? Always fresh, flavorful, and made with love. I drive 5 hours just to eat here... it's that good. Every visit is worth the trip. If you're looking for a place where quality, consistency, and warmth come together, Maruchi is it. A true gem! read more

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This place is absolutely disgusting please don't ever come here the food was cold and dry and one of my family members shortly after eating here started throwing up and had diarrhea. the music is SO LOUD and obnoxious inside the restaurant you cannot eat in peace. the parking lot is a whole mess with pot holes and shitty parking the back side of this establishment is actually disgusting and it stinks.. an actual nightmare it just looks like your asking to get food poisoning. extremely unprofessional I honestly have no idea how this restaurant is still even open AND it's expensive... read more

The food is great and flavorful but you leave smelling like you worked the kitchen for hours! Always looks clean and plenty of servers to dispatch your food quickly. read more

I always visit this restaurant because the food is delicious, and the staff is very fast and friendly. The dishes remind me of my grandmother's cooking, which is why I always come back. Everything is very clean, and the atmosphere is great. I highly recommend this place 100%. read more

Great food, friendly staff, and comfortable dining area. I would return. They have a lot of nice Cuban food options.

Came here recommended by friends who live in the area since we miss Cuban food and it did not disappoint. The portions were large and food was great for the price. read more

The food was delicious. Everyone was really nice. The only problem is the location. The restaurant was very clean.

Went there cause always see the place full of cops . So figured it would be good. Ordered a cuban sandwich . Wow . Had to be the worst Cuban Sandwich I have had . No sliced PORK , NO CHEESE, way too much mustard , ham cut thick , bread was just plain. Not even hot inside or outside . Sad excuse for a ham sandwich let a lone a CUBAN sandwich! Terrible ! And when I questioned the server . She seemed embarrassed. But its out of her hands. read more

La comida y servicio estaba perfecto!! Tengo que regresar y probar de lo demás. Las mujeres eran bien amable y la comida estaba tan sabroso y perfecto. read more

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Food is delicious and selection is fantastic. Love coming here whenever I have to work in Hialeah. My coworker has to translate my order but that is part of why I enjoy it as well. Rice pudding is almost as good as my Portuguese grandmother used to make. Delicious! read more

Great Spanish food fast service Everybody polite willing to help Plenty of extra food to take home Awesome catering service also read more

They serve authentic Cuban cuisine with good service. The portion sizes were satisfying. read more

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They had like 15 people working there and none of them spoke English. I had to order a basic Cuban sandwich instead of some of their authentic Cuban food. The story: I was in town for my Abuela's funeral, and decided that I want to have some real Cuban food. I was impressed by their selection, and I asked if someone spoke English. Not one person did. Very disappointing. read more

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Best Cuban food in Miami , services , la mejor comida típica cubana muy original , los tamales y Vaca frita incomparable, ambiente natural y familiar read more

I come to this restaurant at least once a week and today was very disappointing. I will never come back again. The lady that served us served our meat to us first and then another 20 minutes we had to wait for the rest. Rest of our food I need to send my steak back because it was cold When we got our check, it was $71 and they charged us 2 1/2 pounds of chicharrón . I asked her 1 pound and they gave me the 2 1/2 pounds at $26. This is insane just if you don't know what I'm saying. I'm gonna tell you in Spanish because I do speak Spanish. American hable inglés todas personas aquí no habla inglés yo no pase de aquí nomás So Sorry read more

I can come here every day. The pork steak is so huge u can eat for two days. This place is heavenly!!! U must visit and I ran a visit soon for an excellent Cuban comfort meal. read more

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Awesome just awesome I rate this a 9.5 due to that has really really good food and that it has a wide variety of selections. There's also like desserts and stuff like that in the restaurant. The only sad thing is that it's kind of dirty and that just flies but that probably came from outside read more

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I admit I don't know much about Cuban food, but after eating here for breakfast a couple of times, I think I may be part Cuban. The food here is wonderful. This morning we each got a 'cafe con leche' which was exceptionally strong & flavorful espresso mixed with lots of milk & sugar. It was so excellent. The pastry I got was a 'guava & cheese pastelito' which is one if the best things I e ever tasted. I don't speak any Spanish & had fun trying to convey what we wished to eat. This place is 110% authentico...wait, did I just use a Spanish word? And the service was muy bien & the prices were low. Next time I'm in South FL I will for sure be here for another meal. read more

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Increíble ,las muchachas súper amables y bien atentas ,y la comida 1000000/10 ! El lugar me queda bien cerca del trabajo y lo he frecuentado mucho y la verdad me encanta ! read more

This is similar to cafeteria style dining but the food I'd delicious. Portions are hearty. My steak was a little tough. There was only one 1 person that spoke English. We had to wait for her so we could order. read more

Good morning service and food. Wifey and I are regular costumers. Selections of food is good and so is price. One little complaint. Speaker music at times is to loud to hear well what the waiters are saying. Especially in the mornings read more

I decided to give a complete 5 stars but in fact give it 4.5 stars. I'm taking a half of a star off because the food was warm, not hot. I had the Ox Tail and it was ABSOLUTELY delicious! It was tender and flavorful. The rice and plantains were exactly how abuela would make them. The homemade merenguitos were also so yummy. I will certainly be back! read more

The pork was not crispy or well done we asked to change it and they gave us the business of no and bad service and for $43.00 and being Christmas Eve, we all deserve better service. Last year and year before it was more or less same price and was good but not this year now we are stuck with an undercooked pork and they upset me enough to give a bad review. Maruchi has ruined my diner for now. I forgive them but will not buy pork in their restaurant. Me vendieron una pierna casi fria y no crujiente.Otras primaveras ha sido mejor no me la cambiaron le vieron la cara a uno de bobo y nos vendieron una mala. Me aruinaron noche buena 2022 pero los perdono y no comprare piernas en Maruchi. read more

I just met Maruchi and I love her already! A quick search online and a careful look at fellow Yelpers led us to this wonderful gem in Hialeah. Deli/cafeteria style the sights wow you as you come in. There's an army of friendly and knowledgeable associates behind a wonderful counter. You select your protein, side dishes and either take it home immediately , or get a table, sit down and your server will get it ready for you quickly. The food was wonderful. We both opted for Ropa Vieja (shredded beef), one with Congrí (rice cooked with red beans) and Yuca al Mojo, and the other with Moros (rice cooked with black beans, and Maduros (fried ripe plantain). We also added sliced Aguacate (avocado), the firm but creamy sweet Florida version. The food tasted amazing. The portions were huge, we brought back plenty to our hotel room for a delicious late night snack. After eating we noticed the Lechón (roasted pork) and Chicharrón (crispy pork belly and rinds) that we wished one had ordered instead and shared. But we were really craving Ropa Vieja. We will probably stop back here after our cruise Service was extraordinarily friendly. The servers answered all our questions, and we had a lot, and made recommendations. There's a desert counter where we spent a considerable amount of time but not too much money before we decided on Coconut Flan, Guava & Cream Cheese Pastelito, and a Coconut Puff Pastry Pastelito. I know that we'll come back to this homey, unpretentious, reliable, exquisite, friendly establishment on awesome Calle Ocho (8th Street). You'd be wise to do the same! read more

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Located just a few minutes' taxi ride Miami Airport, Maruch Cafeteria is a perfect example of how real Cuban food can be sampled from a working class perspective, rather than from the haute cuisine perspective, or even the "real restaurant" approach, as Maruch is more akin to the million delis that dot New York City with hot food, but from a Cuban angle. There are about twenty small tables, and a small army of Cuban women of all shades, ages and shapes working behind the hot food counter, which is an array of Cuban food ranging from the kind of food that you'll see at any Cuban restaurant around the world, such as ropa vieja, tostones, black bean soup, yucca, etc., to less common but still very Cuban items such as vaca frita, ajiaco, tasajo, chicharron and more. If it is a sandwich that one desires, it is custom-made on the spot, and they offer the ubiquitous Cuban hot pressed sandwich or the lesser known, but tastier (at least to my taste) medianoche sandwich. As you enter Maruch, the smell of garlic and cumin warn you that this is the real deal, and all the food (except for desserts) are behind a hot food counter with handwritten Spanish signs above each item. The prices are also written above each item, and range from $4.95 to $9.95 or so for a plate. A plate usually includes one main item (pork, fish, chicken, goat, and beef) and two sides, plus rice and black beans or congri (both the congri made with black beans and the one from Oriente province made with red beans). Congri is sort of a Cuban version of dirty rice, as the rice and beans are cooked together, and the white rice turns black or red, depending on the bean used. There are several items of each kind of meat, such as 2-3 kinds of fish choices, 3-4 pork choices, etc. The meat portions are huge. In fact they are an exaggeration of culinary offering and would probably distress a hoity toity restaurant critic, but fit perfectly into the cultural norm of a neighborhood Cuban hole in the wall, mom & pop restaurant cafeteria, such as Maruch is. When I say big, I mean really huge. Imagine a steak the size of a laptop screen, or a piece of fish 2-3 times the size that one normally gets in a restaurant. In fact, I have never seen bigger portions of food served in any Cuban restaurant, or any other for that matter, anywhere else in the gazillions of restaurants that I have been in my life. These are Texas-sized portions times two! When I last visited Maruch, I ordered chuleta de puerco, rice and black beans, yucca con mojo, platanos fritos, boniato and a couple of beers. It was an enormous meal; an exaggeration of food to a spectacular degree and I enjoyed every bit of it. The pork was tender and well-seasoned, the black bean soup gave up their garlicky cuminy smell that separates Cuban black beans from all other ethnic Latin American black bean dishes, and the mojo for the boiled yucca was spectacular, reeking of garlic, olive oil, onions, and lime juice. The boniato (Cuban yam) was sweet and tender and the platanos fritos thick and sweet. This orgy of starches really complemented the huge portion of pork, and I ate it all. In spite of the huge meal, afterwards I had a cuatro leches for dessert. "You must try cuatro leches," said in Spanish the raven-haired and green-eyed Cuban waitress, who looked more like a tanned Irish woman than what Hollywood thinks as Cuban. "The owner makes it herself." Cuatro Leches is a taste numbing Cuban dessert cake made from four different kinds of milk (such as cow's milk, evaporated milk, condensed milk, etc.). Cuban culinary urban legend has it that there are ocho leches makers out there, who introduce other milks (such as goat milk, and other milks that one better not ask about) into the recipe, which is not for calorie counters, even at just four milks. I finished my meal with a cafe cubano, or a Cuban coffee, which is a tiny shot of super-sweet espresso with enough caffeine to ensure that I'd be up half the night remembering the orgy of food that I had consumed. read more

Do you want a huge piece of smoked pork tenderloin? Come on over to this restaurant and have just that. They always have huge pieces of smoked pork tenderloin ready to be served. This is your typical Cuban food-by-the pound restaurant; serving all kinds of proteins. The protein you chose is usually accompanied by a rice (Moro, congri, yellow, white); if you choose white then you can always add beans and then of course you choose a side (French fries, sweet plantains, Tostones). Seating is available for those who want to stay in but this place is mostly known as a carry-out venue. Parking is available at the property (private lot). This place is conveniently located right off Palm Avenue in Hialeah (between Okeechobee Road and Hialeah Drive...NW 54 Street). It's actually walking distance from the famous Cuban-French Restaurant in Hialeah (La Fresa Francesa). read more

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If i can give this place 0 stars I would. I got white rice and black beans with yuca and pork. the following day i woke up with food poisoning. I had to be admitted into the hospital because i couldn't keep anything down. God knows what type of bacteria they had in their food. read more

5 star rating for what this place claims to be. A Cuba cafeteria, 5 stars because the food IS delicious comparatively speaking, they really do cook well. And their service is good. Their portions are for giants or for people with 8 stomachs, none of which I've come across lately. I really suggest to order one thing per two people, or just order something each and have lunch for the next week. The ropa vieja here is some of the best I've ever had. They really know how to cook this stuff. Rabo encendio is some of the best I've had. Chuleta de puerco (i think that's what it's called, but it's pictured). But it was reallllllly flavorful and juicy. Again, some of the best I've had. Had a thick rim of fat, still had way more meat than fat, but ... eating the fat is option too, so, chose wisely. BBQ pork (pictured): no bbq sauce but maybe cooked in the BBQ? Not my favorite, drier than the chuelta, my dad ordered it and after trying mine, he said it made more sense to order the chuleta inseam of the BBQ pork, due to the moisture and flavor. As far as service goes, it's what you'd expect out of a Cuban place in the middle of Hialeah. Loud, everyone calls me mami, but everyone is very friendly and happy to help you. read more

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I was pleasantly surprised by this place today. Went there for lunch with a group of friends. Good Cuban food at a great price. Very generous servings (enough that one meal was plenty to share between two). Cafeteria style so service is very fast. I was a little lost at first because it wasn't regular cafeteria style where you go down the line with a tray. At Maruch, you tell one of the servers what you want and then it is brought out to your table. I had the fried grouper (huge) with a side of rice and beans and calabaza (pumpkin) with garlicky mojo sauce. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very clean and friendly service. read more

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Decided to get a full meal at this Cuban cafeteria (I guess that's what I'll call it, El Palacio style). I got ropa vieja (shredded beef in tomato sauce with onions and peppers) with a bunch of carb sides - white rice, fufu de Platano (fufu which is a common good in Caribbean countries such as Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic is a green - unripe or semi ripe plantain mash, most likely of West African origin as they use the same name "fufu" describe this dish in west Africa) and something that I never had before that they call chiccharo (?) which is a soup/stew made out of what they said was green peas (or green lentils, not sure) but I wanted to try something new. This is real Cuban food, no tourists here... and the food is the kind of stuff that Miami Cubans eat on a daily basis, not like some of the trendy places in south beach or little Havana. They have tons of other interesting dishes like crispy skin pork, picadillo, grilled chicken beast loaded idea with grilled onions, and breaded Swiss cheese covered steaks to sides such as pumpkin (calabaza), yucca, sweet plantains, malanga (a tropical root vegetable similar to a less sweet sweet potato), tamales, and tamale cazuela (basically a cornmeal stew), even mashed potatoes. They have a ton of Florida avocados for sale, along with sandwiches, breakfasts, Cuban coffee and fresh squeezed orange juice. The chiccharo or green split pea soup is exactly what they said - it tastes just like a typical green split pea soup except half the bowl is filled with a huge chunk of roast pork and a huge piece of smoked Cuban sausage that tasted more like a hot dog, I tasted a little cumin in the soup), the fufu platano was really a surprise , served in two scoops like you would scoop mashed potatoes or Mac and cheese at a southern place, it has an unmistakable plantain/banana taste but with strong sweet and sour flavours, the acidity balancing out a lot of the other foods, I wonder where the sour comes from, maybe lime and the sweetness must just be from the semi-ripe plantains themselves, the color of the fufu is yellow not green), it's delicious and totally unique , not like any other food, the ropa vieja was the protein of the meal, very good chewy and juicy beef with onions and peppers, very plain tasting and something that wouldn't be out of place in almost any European country as the flavours of very generic but at the same time hearty and simply tasty$, the white rice was good too. The thing about Cuban food is that they don't use hot spicy chilies pretty much EVER so the food is all non-spicy, so they make up for it by using more subtle flavours in their food, from herbs and spices and things like bay leaf, onions, garlic, lime and sour orange- which is a special type of orange that grows in Florida and Cuba and was brought from spain, which has a unique taste. I plan on coming back and trying more. read more

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this place is an amazing authentic cuban restuarant market... quick eats but they make things legit! I love their cafe colada... sweet, packs a punch, and just strong... the sandwiches and food just ooze that homemade taste.... Make it a stop and u wont regret it! read more

First off, I feel so bad that I was half way through my meal when i realized I hadn't taken a pic lol This is the place to go when you want some Cuban breakfast but you're on a budget ;) The place is old & so are the people that frequent but the food is good, the portions are big & the price is right. They are great for dinner, you could probably share one meal if one of you isn't a fatty. And they have variety :) My husband had breakfast that included steak & I had a simple breakfast (bacon, eggs, fries). Both come with cafe con leche & toast. Our bill is always around $12 (pictured). read more

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I'm so torn writing this, because I really wanted to love this place. I gave it two stars because the portions for the price are amazing. It's a lot of food. They have a good variety of Cuban dishes. The staff is also great. Today was my first time. We tried the vaca frita with moros and Maduros and the ropa vieja with white rice and frijoles negros. The food wasn't good. We tried the ropa vieja with the white rice and frinoles first. The ropa vieja sauce was more red water than actual ropa vieja sauce. Yet it was salty, not that saucy delicious, sauce you expect with it. The rice and beans, again, so salty! Then we moved on to my favorite dish, vaca frita and moros. The vaca frita was better. It had onions, which I love! A little salty too. The moros were also overly salty but not as much as the white rice and frijoles. I like salt, but this was too much-I love tasting garlic, cilantro and onions. I see all these amazing reviews and want to give it a second try. Maybe they just had an off day. read more

It was OK, I just didn't like the fact it had a lil bug inside the vinegar other then that everything was pretty decent.

Great service Food everything Great super Delicious Good. Home style Cooking Caribbean Food

Just made a stop here for lunch in my way to a customer, food is good, big portions, and very satisfying, Service is excellent, prices are reasonable. A nice place to eat, type of food is mostly Latin read more

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I love this place, the food is delicious , oh also if you want to go to Hialeah, LEARN SPANISH DON'T BE DUMB.

BEST CUBAN FOOD IN MIAMI AUTHENTIC!!! This is probably my go to place every time I'm in Miami. It's very affordable and it is the best cuban home cooking style cuisine in the market. I highly recommend picking this place over every other place. And there is a nice dining room in the back and the serving portions are huge and the staff members are great! read more

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Delicious and plentiful. There's no menu here, the food is ready in trays on hot tables. There's roasted chicken, at least 3 types of pork, beef, salmon, bacalao (cod fish) and rice, yuca and all kinds of food. You can take your food to go or have it taken to a table. They also have beer, wine and sandwiches. The place is said to be a grocery store, restaurant, and deli, but I saw no groceries or cold cuts. The dining room was clean but we all walked out smelling like we cooked the food ourselves. read more

This has long been my go-to spot for dinner and breakfast. I absolutely love this place. The customer service is usually pleasant, but there are times you get your one or two dry ladies. My favorite dish is the vaca frita (fried shredded meat) with arroz moro (rice with black beans) and maduros (sweet plantains), but sometimes I'll opt for the pollo a la plancha (grilled chicken) with arroz moro y maduros. Can't go wrong with those two dishes. This place is gem. Make sure you have an extra shirt in the car if you're going somewhere other than home because you're going to leave smelling like Latin food. read more