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Papivivi

4.8 (79 reviews)
Closed • 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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Wanda A.

PapiVivi is a family owned establishment known for serving Puerto Rican sandwiches but they also have rice bowls, empanadas, and pizza. I ordered their chicken burripleta, pizza empanada, and side of fries. The food and their PapiVivi sauce is chef's kiss ‍ The service was extremely friendly and helpful. Will definitely return!

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Holly B.

If you're in Lynn looking for great Puerto Rican food and even better service, please stop and check out Papivivi!! There is street parking and a few private spots on the side of the restaurant. The owner is extremely welcoming and helpful. You can tell he takes pride in his restaurant and what he serves. We ordered two plates/bowls to go and a beef empanada w/ cheese, good portions. The space is small but has a few seats by a window. Most people pick up their food to go and they are expanding their menu. I'll def be ordering again soon.

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The freshness and flavors hit me like fuacata! Ya gotta get there early as once they are out of certain items that's it for the day. Carne guisada - A, habichuelas (beans) - A+, Cuban sandwich - A++! Go there - it's worth the drive even if you're going from South Boston like we did.

This is Jibarito and yellow rice. Jibarito is plantains with pork lettuce tomato and papivivi sauce. Absolutely delicious!

Definitely my top favorite place for Puerto rican food! The owner is awesome! Service is on point, you know you're getting quality food when you go here! 10 out if 10 recommend!

Lia M.

This tiny shop serves some good Puerto Rican food. They mostly have sandwiches, but also empanadas and you can make rice bowls too. The staff is super friendly. The empanadas are excellent. They told me they run out of the guava ones early, which is to be expected. I liked my pernil bowl. It was huge and the pork was excellent. The beans were also good. I'd return when I go back home.

Christopher C.

The food is delicious. The owner and staff are always friendly and personable. Love the salsa music too!

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Connor M.

Papivivi always cooks up 5/5 experience. The food always taste unbelievably fresh and is made hot to order. The owner has a wonderfully positive and energetic personality that makes you feel like part of the family when you are there. I always order a chopped cheese and my daughter loves the burripleta. I love it here and can't say enough good things about it.

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Amazing service, ambiance, food and music choice. Highly recommend their JC Chopped, Bowls and a Chi-Chi!

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Best sandwiches in town. Owner is amazing and puts love into his food. Chop sandwich is my go to.

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Extremely consistent with friendly staff--well worth smelling like garlic butter the rest of the day.

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Best food out there for great price don't waste ur money anywhere else that's foolish

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Amazing food!!!! The Vivir Tripleta is one of the best sandwiches I've ever had!!! This place is definitely worth a visit!

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Great spot definitely recommend the JC chopped that's my go to there also had the tripleta bowl and that was unreal 10/10

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Unbelievable food! Fresh and delicious. Every sandwich we ordered was fabulous! Great service, owner is so nice!

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Super delicious spot. Get yourself a tripleta and some jugo de parcha. So glad you cooking up this heat Papivivi!

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4.3(39 reviews)
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Hidden Gem and Unassuming is exactly how I'd describe El Criollo Restaurant in Dracut. Last night…read morewas date night with my two girlfriends and we met up with some of our foodie friends for another food adventure--this time, it took us to the Caribbean. Criollo is located in a small strip mall and doesn't look like much from the outside, but as soon as you open the doors you know you're in for a treat. The decor is polished and cozy with a nice bar area; the kitchen is semi-open so you can see the flames as your food is firing. They have fantastic Caribbean and Puerto Rican fare with beautiful, thoughtfully crafted cocktails. Everything was fantastic from start to finish. Here were some of the highlights: -Chicharron: crispy pork belly bites, need I say more -Alcapurria jueyes (Fried crab fritters): golden, crispy fritter with a crunchy exterior and soft, savory inside with flavorful crab filling. The fresh bites from the onion slaw were a nice touch with these. -Chicken empanadas: dip these in the pink sauce with a touch of their spicy sauce and you're in heaven. Slightly crisp and flaky exterior with a tender, chewy bite, perfect for holding the delicious filling. -Mofongo with shrimp and garlic sauce: if you've never tried garlic sauce on Mofongo, I highly suggest it. It's creamy and garlicky in all the right ways. The shrimp was cooked perfectly and the Mofongo brought me right back to my trip to Puerto Rico where I first fell in love with it. -Churros: truly the best ones I ever had. It was a last minute add on because "why not!" and the best decision! We made reservations for 6:30pm and when we arrived it wasn't overly busy, but by the time we left every table was filled. And that's no surprise based on our experience.

Small restaurant packing flavors. Enjoyed the food here. Didn't get a chance to snap pictures of…read morethe empanadas or alcapurria de cangrejo (really good - with crab meat). Some of the other dishes from our party are attached. They're also known for their mofongos (trifongo was perfect). I will say that the portions are huge. Pricing is a little high for some of their items, as others have stated.

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I've been eyeing this place on my delivery app for a while and I finally ordered last night. The…read moremenu has so many tasty sounding dishes that it was hard to decide what to order, but I eventually decided on the ham and cheese sandwich, fried chicken and sweet plantains, beef/onions and rice with pigeon peas, and alcapurria. They offer different sizes for the meals so I chose small portions of each to try a few different options, but each helping was still quite large! The total for all of this food ended up being around $25 also so it was an amazing deal. The food itself was AMAZING: Ham and cheese sandwich - with lettuce, tomato, onions, and mayo, this sounds basic but it was SO GOOD. The bread was pressed down and nice and toasty, and the proportions of the ingredients were just spot on. A really great and affordable hot sandwich! Fried chicken and sweet plantains - the chicken was a little older since I ordered at the end of the day, but there was still enough moisture in it that it wasn't dry. The batter was also really well seasoned with different herbs and spices - it had a really nice rounded flavor rather than just being salty. The plantains were also nice and caramelized - a perfect sweet bite! Beef/onions and rice with pigeon peas - The beef was a little bit dry but still full of flavor and felt like it had been cooking in the sauce for a while so it was pretty tender. The rice and pigeon peas were really really good though - I will likely choose this as my side moving forward. Not sure how to describe it but it was really flavored with spices but not overly powerful in any direction. Really delicious rice. Alcapurria - My favorite! I had these in Puerto Rico and this version was nicely crisped with a ton of flavored minced meat in the center. The texture was spot on and just so savory and memorable. I want to go back to try the chicharrons, the tres leches cake, the chicken stew, the empanadas, and so many more things on this menu. It's really a gold mine for dishes and so so so delicious!

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2.1(24 reviews)
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