Staff were really nice, clean space, great portions and even let us try the flan. My sister loves this place so I tried it with her and enjoyed my food and had leftovers. Conveniently located feet away from Vassar College campus and other shops. read more

Nelly's Restaurant - Baked chicken (started eating already), beans , rice - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

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As a Dominican, the food is okay. You will be lucky if you get there early when things are fresh. I miss the previous owners they were super friendly and nice. But the last time I went there...terrible... the lady at the counter won't even greet you... straight to the "que tu quiere"... rude. Then she sloppily served the food on the plate and shoved it toward me. Her attitude is just horrible. No thank you, no hello, no enjoy or buen provecho. It almost seems like you are bothering her when you order food. The table was a little dirty, had to wipe it myself. I only went there because my partner wanted to... I would never choose to eat there myself. read more

I've been here a few times. There aren't many Latin food options locally. This will be my last time here. The food was flavorless. I had pernil with arroz con gandules. Everything was bland. If you're going to have less than good food, you should at least be hospitable. The server was rude. My son and I literally came here to sit down and have lunch. She shoves all my food in a to go back. She didn't add anything to the bag. No salt, pepper, lime, mojito, picante, nothing. I'll give the other location I've been to another shot. But this place can kick rocks. read more

Nelly's Restaurant - No flavor food. I didn't get any cuero. But the nickel sized piece my son got tasted like pork chewing gum. #skipthisplace - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

Got the breakast the smashed plantains onions cheese sausage .. onions tasted off.. boom next 2 days.... food poisning ...

I use to buy food from there all the time until the customer service felt very unwelcoming. My husband and I were waiting to be greeted so we can order, the ladies just looked at us with attitude. WTF!! My husband flipped and we never returned. Good news, there is another Spanish spot that opened next door to them. They are very nice, and their food is soooo good! read more

Que rico! My favorita para la comida dominicana. This place is THE spot to get oxtail, every other place over charges or is always out by afternoon. Get the oxtail, yellow rice, and plantains. read more

Nelly's Restaurant - Oxtail, yellow rice, plantains and jarritos pina - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

They have really good food here I tend to stop in whenever I'm in Poughkeepsie very small though but great food.

Clientele is very shady. Just be on the look out. Rude people everywhere. Staff is pretty cool and the food is hit or miss. Some things are good and some are eh. Lunch prices are decent. Portions are enough for two. I would not recommend sitting down in here because of the shady people coming in and out. Definitely buy to go. Unfortunately for us, we almost had a physical altercation here because of the local clientele. Oh well, hope you had a better experience than we did. Our food was good though. read more

Don't believe it when the app says they're closed! Poughkeepsie location is open 9 AM to 10 PM, seven days a week. I'm giving five stars because as I understand it anything less looks bad. The food is great and the portions are generous. Always treated very well but there's no table service to speak of and atmosphere is nothing special. I'm not an especially good judge of whether the food is authentic or not. I just like it. Other places have tried and failed to win over my half Puerto Rican spouse. Grateful for Nelly's! read more

This is the second tine going there and they served me hard ass rice! The rice and beans were not only hard but tasteless! Shame on Nelly's. The younger girl working behind the counter is beyond rude! When I asked her not to give me all fat she became annoyed. No more Nellys for me I read more

Killing it in the Dominican/Puerto Rican food game. My wife and I came here at the end of our vacation in upstate NY (this was actually the only time we went out to eat), and were really happy with the choice. Agreed that the area is sketch, but it's worth it. I would say that you have to get the roast pork. Fantastic, I have no idea how they make it, but they're doing it right. You know about your carnitas at the most recent Mexican place you've been to? Yeah this is like double better. The prices are unbeatable too. You just get a "small" "med" or "large" dish pretty much, and they fill it with whatever. We got two "medium," one we got with rice and oxtail, the other one we filled with straight meats - the pork, also steak and onion. The steak and onion wasn't as good as the pork but still solid, and they LOADED this plate up with meat. We had two meals for the price of 0.7 meals. read more

Nelly's is in a pretty sketchy area, but the food was really good! This was my first Dominican food experience and everything we tried was delicious and packed with flavor! I am not quite sure how the pricey works... but what we paid was great value for all the different meat we got! There was a bit of a language barrier I think so speaking Spanish may be helpful! The food is already cooked and you choose what you want like Panda Express. We ordered 2 medium sized plates. The first one was loaded with yellow rice and beans with a few pieces of Oxtail and pork in gravy. The 2nd plate we asked for no rice because the first had a lot of rice and it was loaded with our choice of roasted pork and steak/onions. This was plenty of food and meat for only $21! We ended up eating leftovers for dinner. Everything was packed with flavor! The yellow rice and beans were great, but the star of the show was roasted pork! It was super moist and the skin was crunchy crispy. SO GOOD! Oxtail was probably my 2nd fav followed by the pork in gravy. read more

I went into the store and asked for a small rice and oxtail and a small rice with two baked chickens. I ran to my car to get my cash because I didn't want to use my phone to pay because I would have to hand my phone over to her and she would go to the corner and pay. When I came back the food was bagged so I paid for it and came home. I opened the bag only to find out I had the two pieces of chicken with no rice. I called them to understand why I paid the amount I money I did. And the lady was initially speaking English with me with no issues, told me the rice and oxtail was a medium. She couldn't explain why I got a medium when I asked for a small. When I tried to ask her to give me the breakdown of what I paid for since I didn't get any rice she couldn't do that either. And all of a sudden she couldn't speak English. On their menu it says that a small oxtail is $10 and a small baked chicken is $7. I also got a tres leche which on the menu says $4. I paid $24 and didn't even get rice with my chicken. What frustrates me the most is the faking that she could not speak English when she started speaking English with me to begin with. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. There are other Latin restaurants in the area with better customer service and better food. My mistake was not asking for a receipt. read more

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A hole in the wall full of goodness! Clean, pleasant bilingual staff. Many choices of Dominican food. We tried the pernil, delicious, the oxtails with white rice, was finger liking good. You can seat and enjoy the food at the few tables in the restaurant or choose the take out, we did!! If you want a taste of the DR this is the place too go! Prices are more than reasonable, like they say " try it, you'll like it!! read more

Nelly's Restaurant - Oxtail on white rice! Delicious sauce, not too spicy, just right! - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

Nelly's is straight FIRE. This place is the ONLY reason I go that far down Main Street in Poughkeepsie. Their menu is huge and the daily specials make it hard to make a choice. I've eaten in and had take out. The food is absolutely slamming. Yeah, I went 90s slang on you. This is the first restaurant in this area where I feel like in home in the Bronx on Burnside Ave getting my cuchifritos. The chicken? Good. The yellow rice & beans? Better. THE PERNIL? DAAAAAMMMNNNNN SON. Go to Nelly's and grab a plate, fam. They're legit AF. read more

Nelly's Restaurant - Pernil, Rice & Beans = The Trinity - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

Ordered catering for our wedding ! Amazing food it was a hit ! Thank you so much for my July 4th order !

My wife and I were here late Saturday afternoon Feb. 9 2019. As residents of Saugerties NY we were just a little skeptical of the area as a location to park our car and eat. Btw...do not park in the empty lot next door. So we found a spot down the street just a bit. So is the neighborhood a little sketchy? Sure, but Nelly's is Soooo worth it read more

Nelly's Restaurant - Stewed chicken, Black beans with rice and a bean sauce. Yum! - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

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Food is amazing !! the service and staff are very Friendly .. I would recommend ,This restaurant ...

My husband is Puerto Rican and only moved here from PR 4 years ago so he wanted to show me his favorite authentic Puerto Rican place to eat and it definitely left a great impression. I personally hate when places have no music or bad speakers while you're eating, or even worse, they claim to be Mexican or something and play Taylor Swift but this place has good speakers and a TV playing the music videos to a lot of Latin trap artists. The service is quick and easy, the meat has the most flavor you can ask for around here without being spicy and the best part? $16 for 2 drinks and 2 giant plates of food with enough to take home for lunch tomorrow. Basically, if you want a lot of good food for cheap and fast, go to Nelly's. read more

Nelly's Restaurant - Delicious, hot and so well priced! This giant plate of food, my husbands giant plate of food and 2 drinks for $16! I dream about this food. - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

Been coming here since 2017...today's visit was the final visit. Owners don't care anymore. Got the roast chicken large with rice and the beef and onions with yellow rice...both came out dry read more

Nah this place needs to be a hard pass unless y'all wanna be up sick all night like my entire fam that ate here tonight. Ordered pernil, got nothing but cold greasy fat. Couldn't even get down the rice bc my mouth was just coated in thick cold grease. Also ordered pollo and got some nasty fish stew. My family don't do fish like that so it was a waste of time n money. We will NEVA EVA EVA go back to this nasty rats hole. Honestly this place just needs to be shut down. I just threw up...AGAIN read more

placed an order for a medium pork entree through Ubereats. The pork was very dry as if it had been sitting under a heat lamp all day. I called Nelly's and told one of the staff but got hung up on. A waste of $12 smh. read more

Horrible! Ordered from Uber Eats and were missing items. Called the restaurant to let them know and the person on the phone began to pretend she couldn't understand English halfway through the conversation! When I asked if there was anyone in the restaurant who could understand more English I was met with more pretend confusion. Horrible experience! We will never order from them again! read more

The food is really good. My grandkids love this place! Their favorite is the Ox tails. Lol. I was there for the street fair recently and had rice and beans and the empanadas. They do need to put more meat in the empanadas but the flavor was amazing read more

I just finished my first meal from Nellys, won't be my last! I got a large stewed chicken with yellow rice & beans for $8. Great food! The chicken was sooo tender just falling off the bone. The gravy was delicious! Excellent rice & beans. The plantains are an extra order but totally worth it! Again, huge portions of fried plantain for only $4 - awesome. They have generous portions at a very fair price. The staff was very quick moving everyone along while also being very friendly - I always appreciate that. I think this is mainly a "to-go" place where you go up to the window and order what you want, however, there are several nice tables for seating if you want to sit & stay. Enough said, if you are looking for good Dominican food right in the area - go here! read more

Nelly's Restaurant - Large stewed chicken with yellow rice & beans. $8 even. Sooo good : ) - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

One of my favorite quick Spanish spots. I usually get the oxtail with rice and beans. May add a piece of baked chicken as well. The fresh juices are also a must try. Cheap good food for those on a budget read more

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Sorry I have to give you a rating of 1 star but disappointed and the food was not good. Got to do better. I normally don't come here for oxtails but my mother wanted to come. We ordered oxtails with rice. I choose the white rice because other choices of rice looked dried out. We ordered the medium size ($14). There was more rice than oxtails. My order had one large piece of meat (which I question if it was oxtail) and three small pieces too tough to eat. So basically I had a container of white rice. My mother's order was similar several tough small pieces with a bunch of dried yellow rice. Both containers of food went in the trash. This location has been a hard no for me for the last couple of years and pretty sure moving forward it will be a hard no for my mother. read more

Disappointed it used to be so good took the 40 minute drive out at lunchtime and they were serving what appeared and tasted like day old sweet plantains reheated and burned as well as dry af also the yellow rice was undercooked and had no flavor, the beans didn't have flavor either idk if thats typical but im used to PR rice and beans and this did not compare at all, regardless i prefer a restaurant that doesn't cut corners ill travel an hour to cuchifritos in middletown before i come back here again...its too bad...I've been coming here for years read more

Delicious, authentic food and great size portions for the price. My go to is the roast pork with yellow rice and beans but I have tried many of the meats and haven't been disappointed. read more

The greatest place ever. If you're thinking about going, stop thinking and just go. The food is SPOT on, the people are amazing and so incredibly nice. Definitely would come back in a heart beat read more

Ok tasting food. Owner sat and watched us eat with his feet up on the chairs. Then asked his employees in Spanish if we paid after watching my sister pay for the food. I probably won't be back with this kind of behavior. Tighten that ish up Nelly's. read more

My wife just found this on Yelp when we were both in the mood for Dominican food but with no desire to drive down to the city. Soooooooooo glad she decided to google search. The food is AUTHENTIC, taste sooooo good and the prices are very reasonable. We left fully satisfied and telling each other that we'll definitely be back! If you're into spanish food, specifically dominican/puerto rican food, this is your spot! read more

No recomiendo este restaurante. Te dicen que te van a cobrar una cantidad y después te cobran 5-8 dólares más y dicen que son los "taxes". Si quieres q te sobrecarguen ve aquí. read more

The food is good. We did have chicken chunks and that wasn't all that great. But I don't know if any other Dominican restaurants since I am new here. So I go here instead. read more

AMAZING food at an AMAZING price. I often walk over during my lunch break and get a full container of rice and beans with fried plantains for only $4! The pile of food they give me will last for lunch and dinner, making the meal extra affordable. If you want to have some of the most delicious food you've ever tasted, definitely stop by Nelly's. read more

I am giving this restaurant 5 stars for having good food in a very affordable price. I'd rather eat here than any fast food. For me, this is way healthier :) I recommend to have some Plantains with your meal because it adds a different taste-- sweet. read more

Highly recommended to anyone who is craving Spanish food. Never had a bad experience here. Food is always good.

Came to Poughkeepsie with our teenagers to visit colleges. A friend of ours recommend this place. We loved the food! Great flavors and very authentic! read more

Nelly's Restaurant - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York

This place is authentic. The portions are so large a small serving is enough for two people. The roast pork I think is the best thing they have to offer. It is so flavorful and tender. The other thing about Nelly's is the prices are amazing. They did just raise the prices and they are still reasonable. If you want authentic Spanish food this is your place. The only downfall is the location is in an inner city so parking is slightly difficult but doable. Please enjoy. read more

Cheap, consistent Dominican food with large portions. Must try the traditional "tres golpes" breakfast of mangu (mashed plantains), fried cheese, salami and egg. $5 for a small and your morning starts off right. You're gonna need a nap after! read more

Nelly's Restaurant - Tres Golpes- small order $5 - Dominican Near Me - Poughkeepsie, New York