Amazingly delicious, authentic Dominican food where you would least expect it. I randomly ended up at Nelly's while driving through NY state. I was getting hungry, but it was late and most restaurants were already closed. Enter Nelly's. Casual, hot plate pick your entry take out restaurant serving goodies like authentic, perfect arroz con gandules aka rice with pigeon peas (a must must try) and deliciously tender braised oxtail. My expectations were not high, but they were blown out of the water. Staff was friendly. Parking and Some outdoor seating available. How does this place even exist? If you're anywhere nearby you have to come try it. read more

Came here for lunch after a long drive. Portions were huge and good prices. I found the food to be okay but meat a little dry. We had Pernil, ribs and chicken with yellow rice. We also had a side of plantains which I enjoyed. I also ordered a smoothie for my son but it tasted like a milk shake with ice cream so we didn't drink too much of it as it's too much sugar for him. Service was great and very helpful. read more

Nelly's Latin Restaurant - 3 lunch orders of Pernil, chicken, and ribs. Side of plantains. - Dominican Near Me - Monticello, New York

I really enjoyed my breakfast at Nelly's in Monticello, NY. It was a delicious traditional Dominican breakfast. It included mangu, which is boiled and mashed green plantains seasoned with butter. The mangu was topped with tangy, pickled red onions and served as part of the "Mangu Tres Golpes," with fried cheese, eggs, and fried Dominican salami. The food was hot and delicious, and the café con leche was perfect. Go! read more

Nelly's Latin Restaurant - Mondongo(soup) - Dominican Near Me - Monticello, New York

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I went there with my wife to have breakfast, the food was very good the service was even better, the hospitality and atmosphere was very inviting and comfortable. If you're ever in read more

My husband and I were staying at resorts world casino and were in the mood for some Spanish food. Found this restaurant on yelp and decided to give it a try. So glad we did! We came in for lunch so the waitress informed us they had a lunch special, which was a meat of choice and 2 sides. The portion size was enough for 2 meals! Unfortunately I did not snap any pictures. I had oven baked chicken with tostones and my husband had pollo guisado with white rice and black beans. Everything had great flavor and was really good! Not sure what the price of the lunch special was but we ordered 2 lunch specials, my husband had a corona and I ordered a can seltzer. The total was $30! Can't beat that!! read more

Food is really good and fresh. There's a line by noon! Great combo offers for lunch. The staff is pleasant and patient. Place is clean and plenty of tables to sit inside read more

My cousin had an event in their back room & the place was great with good food, drinks, a nice & friendly staff. They have 3 separate rooms one that has pool tables, a bar area, & a lounge area in the back (where we had our event & it was a great space). I had their Tostones with Chicken Chicharron (& it was delicious) next time I'm in the area I'll be back. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics (I was having a great time) read more

Interesting little hole in the wall in Monticello. There is a parking lot out back. We came in around 11:30am - they still had some breakfast food out and the lunch food was just starting to be brought out. They keep it in hot trays so you can pick and choose what you want to eat. We started with rice and beans and a meat dish - I got oxtail and others in our group ordered beef stew or goat. Other options were chicken soup and a few kinds of beans and rice. They give you a lot of rice. Later on the plantains, lechon, rotisserie chicken, and some other dishes came out. Flavors were all on point for Caribbean food. Sweet plantains could have been a little sweeter but they weren't bad. Everyone loved the crispy lechon which was chopped up and served with lime. Drinks, flan and tres leches are available to pick up in the fridge. One of the ladies does not speak a lot of English but you can basically just point at what you want if you don't know the name. I assume you could also order from the menu, but we ordered based on what was cooked and ready. Prices were reasonable. We spent about 65 for 4 people with 4 meals, 2 desserts, 2 drinks, side of plantains and a plate of lechon. You order what you like and pay at the end. Looks like only 2 ladies in the front, at least one cook in the back and also a child would help deliver food to the table. Forgot to take pics of the food - next time! read more

I haven't stopped at this location just because I was never really interested but I finally did for a long time and I have to say the food is amazing. Will be coming back here soon. It's a must try. read more

Nelly's Latin Restaurant - Goat meat with rice and beans. Delicious. - Dominican Near Me - Monticello, New York

Food was great and the staff was awesome. They stayed open a little longer for us to finish our meal even though we walked in almost at closing time. read more

I had the oxtail soup with beans and rice. The meat fell of the bone and we delicious! HUGE portion of beans and rice! Very tasty food here read more

Nelly's Latin Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - Monticello, New York

Read good reviews about Nelly's. Four of us went on a Friday night around 6.30 pm and was expecting it to be busy. There were only two other customers. They had a buffet with a large selection of food. I am not fond of food just sitting in a buffet with few customers and turn over. Asked for a menu to have freshly prepared food but only the buffet was offered. We decided not to eat. read more

This is a nice family spot-no fills and frills but EXCELLENT food! The service was great and they just let us sit and talk even thought they closed and 10 pm and we were there until 9:45. I cannot say enough how good the food was; I had the oxtail, my father had the roast pork and my husband had steak with onions and everything was superb!! And did I mention that the pasteles (a Puerto Rican staple) were AMAZING! This is a must-eat place. read more

I came at 8AM, when they said they were open, but the door wasn't opened until roughly 10 minutes later. Food wasn't ready in the hot food section because it was too early. The only option for food we had was desayuno (breakfast) but this was made to order. This was fine with me because it was what I wanted to order anyway. Each portion was $5.99. The breakfast was a bean and corn mixture with fried cheese slices, two eggs and 2 slices of fried meat that is similar to spam. I thoroughly enjoyed the breakfast and would give it 4-5 stars. The tres leches cake was also good and wasn't too sweet. It had cinnamon which made it a little different. They had a long list of jugo (juice) options on the poster but there were only 2 options they had for us that day. I got tamarindo. It was refreshing, and tasty but too sweet. It may have been too early, but the restaurant was freezing inside and I could see my own breath. The windows were wet inside from condensation. I had nowhere to throw my trash because the bins didn't have bags yet. They were roasting chickens in the morning but they weren't ready to eat yet when we came. The 2 workers there didn't speak English so it was a bit difficult to figure out what menu items were available that early in the morning. Half of the restaurant still had the chairs up. I'd love to come back for lunch and try their other menu items when they are fully loaded. read more

Coming from The Bronx - I am used to very good Spanish food - however - this place is the best I have ever had! The Ox tails were excellent and the Pernil was perfect!! Would definitely go back again!! Friendly and fresh food at a reasonable price!! read more

Nelly's Latin Restaurant - Pernil - Dominican Near Me - Monticello, New York

Typical mom/pop Latino restaurant, clean, nice staff and the food is great. Was kind of surprised at the pricing, it's much more than you'd pay in the NYC Metro area, but it was 100% worth it. Pollo guisado is out of this world! read more

Great food and great service! Would definitely recommend to try it if you haven't yet. Truly a hidden gem!

A few weeks ago, my son brought his wife for a visit. Instead of cooking they wanted to go out for dinner. They're from Indiana. We were expecting delicious food. Needless to say, I was disappointed and embarrassed. My family was also expecting delicious.... Unfortunately that's not what we had. read more

Food is pretty good just don't get there to late or you'll be left with slim pickings.

Food was very delicious ! Customer service was on point. The little restaurant was super clean and well kept .

Oxtails- Lunch time. (11am) Food was honestly disgusting no seasoning what so ever. Rice was tasteless & hard. Tostones were weirdly soggy, nothing tasted seasoned even down to the beans. I would not eat from here again food was utterly disgusting. read more

First time at Nelly's restaurant after a day at the slots in Monticello. The restaurant is clean and orderly and the variety of ethnic Latino dishes was great! If you are in the mood for delicious Latino cuisine this is the place to go! Delicioso! will definitely be back. Nancy D. ! read more

The chicken had worms in it. Tiny little white worms.. I thought the food was good before I seen that in my food. I will never go back there. read more

A hidden gem. The food was full of flavor and the 2 ladies that were behind the counter were so sweet. We will definitely be back. read more

Not a good day for Nelly's We usually place a large order and today it was $60 according to Alex he gets stuck with our orders when we call Today the pernil was dry and looked like it was left out Asked for quero and we got rubber skin Rice was very salty Called back to speak about our experience and all Alex could say was I guess it's not a good day and he would relay our complaint to Nelly?? Didn't offer to make it right , refund? Not a great way to treat customers I think it's time to try maybe Fat Boys across the street read more

Nelly's Latin Restaurant - Not a good day meat hard and dry quero was like rubber - Dominican Near Me - Monticello, New York

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Oxtail was sooo good! The ladies even let me try the plantains! I don't think I'll be back in Monticello, but this restaurant is a must!!!

Loved the bold flavors in all the food. The fried pork was cooked to perfection. Tried the fried chicken and found that it was cooked perfectly. My wife really enjoyed the soup. This soup is a meal by itself. Make sure you say hello to Nelly. She truly wants to see her customers satisfied. You can't leave without tasting the deserts. Try Nelly's. You won't be disappointed. read more

Food is delicious! I was visiting kartrite and needed some Dominican food. This place did not disappoint. Ordered a couple of combos and fed our large group. read more

The oxtail stew totally hit the spot. Country club frambuesa is a must. I left satisfied.

Diamond in the rough here. Monticello is like a lot of Central New York, just getting by. But Nelly's? Leave Route 17 going either way and go there. It's not in any way fancy; it's like a very good neighborhood Latino restaurant. I have had fish, pernil, fried pork (unbelievable!) and a few other dishes there. All were excellent, though that fried pork, wow. It's essentially a pork belly cut the long way and fried. Primo pork dish. It's good enough so that when I'm near there I get a couple of plates to take home. There's also a takeout full meal package I'll just let you all look up. I like the place. If you like hometown style Latino style food, you will too. read more

Been wanting to try out this restaurant for awhile now, and finally called in today to put in 3 lunch orders. There was a customer before me, and there was nobody behind the counter to serve him. The guy who was actually the worker was busy chatting outside the restaurant finally came in after I entered. His transaction took awhile, for a small order, and then it was my turn. It's already been 25 mins since I called in the order and was told it would be ready in 15 mins. My orders were not ready. And he said there's no beans. Wasn't told when I put in the orders. Wasn't offered other substitutes. Just dry fried fish with white rice for one order and pernil with white rice for the other 2 orders! I asked several times for hot sauce, and was given 2 pkts hot sauce! read more

Really good South American restaurant (NY style where you point to what you want) close to the Monticello race track. Got a fantastic lunch for $10. Food (pechuga de pollo, bistec, arroz Amarillo y frijoles negras) was fresh and well seasoned. read more

We came for lunch after leaving Kartrite. This place is delicious. My husband got the oxtail with rice for $10. My son and I got the rice and bean with the chicken leg for $8. It was so good that we added more. During lunch, I saw a lot of local construction workers coming by for lunch. Definitely should visit if you are in the area. read more

i first tried this place 6/23/17. i was amazed the food was really good. i had the beef stew, i never had it latin style. the beef was tender and moist and they were generous with it, the carrots were fork tender and not over cooked and the potatoes were cooked well and fork tender, all was perfectly seasoned and the yellow rice is to die for. the workers there were very polite and welcomed me in and to the area since i was new here. if ever go to the casino again in the area, they will be my meal choice on the way there. read more

Nelly's Latin Restaurant - beef stew - Dominican Near Me - Monticello, New York

Tried something new today for lunch. Went to Nelly's Dominican Restaurant on Broadway in Monticello. Have not been there in awhile. Boy, what a mistake! DEEEEEEElicious! The fluffiest Tostones! Fall of the Bone Pernil! Moist Rice with Black Beans! It was a feast! And the serving was humongous! Definitely worth the money!! Had my homeschooling student with me and he had the Stewed Chicken with White Rice. He was equally as ecstatic in his description of what he was tasting. Plenty of Chicken drippings for the Rice made for an Uber yummy dish! All in All a super Yummy lunch for both of us. Will definitely be back to try other menu items. Nelly's Dominican Restaurant 500 Broadway Monticello NY 845-707-4843 Mon-Sat 10am-9pm I need to add that they have expanded into three storefronts on Broadway. That says alot for the quality of their food. They now have a full service bar and a night club which is open on Saturday nights featuring live DJs. This is the sort of stuff Monticello needs on Broadway. Nelly's - An active part of the Monticello Revival. read more

Not even considered a restaurant we have to serve our self and even pay for something as simple as water , this place isnt the ideal place to go on a date or out to eatas a family. They play music so loud you cant even hear the person in front of you ‍ read more

Is this a best kept secret ? A friend told us to check this place out and boy are we glad we did! Flavor of everything from the rice and beans to the chicken, pork and stewed goat is off the charts. Every bite is packed with herbs and spices and flavor that is considered in my book "HEAVEN". These people really know what they're doing. If you love eating amazing food, check this place out. read more

Nelly's Latin Restaurant - The food is off the charts the place is beautiful - Dominican Near Me - Monticello, New York

Food is horrible.. Not genuine DOMINICAN food.. Food had no flavor, seems like they don't know how to season there food.. And on the second visit, the meal I ordered wasn't cooked the proper way.. This restaurant is a place with a group of people that don't know how to cook DOMINICAN FOOD.. They cook BASIC food. And then throw the Dominican Label on it.. The only thing they can make correctly is dessert... And they don't honor there hours of operations.. Most of the time there closed on Sunday's and close early read more

Place is dirty and staff inattentive. We asked for a menu three times and was completely ignored. We walked out after 15 minutes.

My friend helped us pick up take out for lunch from this local place. We had an order of chicken and rice, oxtail and rice and a side order of maduros. It was pretty good and good enough portion to share for my family of 4 with some leftovers (mind you my kids are 4 and 5). Price was $20 for the entire order. The oxtail fell off the bone and the chicken was not dry. If we are ever in the area again, we will be back. read more