I found this spot via Yelp a while back and booked marked it. Finally came here for lunch on a Friday. The place is small, it has a dining area but seems more like a takeout spot. Once you enter you place your order in front of the hot lunch spread. I ended up getting the Pernil ($13) which was alright, maybe because I'm spoiled from having Dominican food in Washington Heights/city. The Maduro ($1.80) was a bit dry, which kinda looks like it from my photo. I'm thinking it was an off day. I may try again. * Street parking * Indoor dining read more

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Pretty good place to eat. The food was awesome, just a tad salty. I had the oxtail and roasted pork which was phenomenal! They even had Coco Rico which I have not had since I left NYC in 92. BTW the flan was incredible. I really loved the food experience. Portions are spot on. It is like a bodega shop like I grew up with in Washington heights. Nice and welcoming. Very homey and I liked it. Nice place for an impromptu meal. Service needs a little help...My girl could be friendlier and provide service with smile versus the standoffish demeanor she had. You want me to be a repeat customer right? You want me to come back right? Then great me with a smile and serve me with a smile. When you open a restaurant this is primo important! Could be a language barrier thing but if someone can pass this along I will only take one star off because the food was delicious. Worth going to but my girl needs to up the service game por favor. read more

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I bought one dozen pasteles for Christmas 2025, six beef and six pork but they were exactly the same and the reason was neither had any beef or any pork or any other ingredients except for platanos. It was as if we were eating boiled plantain bananas. I'm not exaggerating and I know the difference between a skimpy pastel and one that is pura masa and this was a ripoff and put a damper on our Christmas Dinner. I'm so surprised because the place is called Pasteles y Mas, maybe they should change the name to Pasteles Y Menos! read more

2 chicken empanadas for $6, for them to be this empty! I got Robbed! I never leave reviews but this I had to mention. Do better read more

Pasteles Y Mas - 2 chicken empanadas - Puerto Rican Near Me - Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

Love their pasteles. Perfect size (generous), yuca is my fav. Only had take-out so far. It's a little tight for a sit down, but I like my pasteles in the my pasteles in the morning with my coffee anyway. read more

Had the pernil with white rice and beans. First off the server had zero personality, a complete miserable person. I wasn't given much pernil and I received very little beans. Ate mostly rice and pernil. The flavor was not there. Did not enjoy it or ever plan on returning. read more

It was very good Has Pasteles beef, chicken and pork was yummy and had Arroz con gondules with yuca and pernil read more

The pastels de Guineo were tasty, meaty and well priced. The service was great, very accommodating.

The food was okay very over priced i got a plate for lunch of carne guisada with white rice and i was charged 20 dollars for the lunch. And this is domincan food not puerto rican. And the lady serving was rude. read more

Good food and service, very clean and great ambiance. Busy spot , which is a good thing.

The place is very nice, really reminds me of a visit to a friends house . The arroz con gandules was very good and true to what it should be . I have the pernil and it was very difficult to enjoy. It looked great, but was very salty. Ultimately I had to mix it up with tame the salty taste. The cuban sandwich was not like any I have had anywhere else . It was on a round roll, heavy on mustard, no pickle and no ham, the pork was very very salty. It also took a while to be prepared, longer than 10 minutes and for that amount of time it should have been on point . I have had Cuban sandwiches every where including in Puerto Rico across from the San Juan Grand Hotel and this one was not as good as it could have been. I hope the salty pork was just a one time mistake read more

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The food was ok. $14 for two pieces of meat and rice with plantains. Rice was moist and chicken was well seasoned. My friend wasn't thrilled with the steak said it was tough. The service is ok. I don't think I'll be coming back. read more

Pasteles Y Mas - Pollo guisado and bistec guisado con arroz con gandules - Puerto Rican Near Me - Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

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Small place. You want fresh finger food, order them ahead of time. Love their hot sauce. read more

Pasteles Y Mas - My breakfast, I was hangry. I didn't want to go to the Bronx to get some Puerto Rican food. - Puerto Rican Near Me - Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

I give a one start cause the rice was good at least. The pasteles (which we traveled 2 hours to get, craving home taste) were not good, dry and not tasty at all. Super disappointed. The Dominican lady had no idea what a yunta is (which is two together). SMH we get home all excited for a NOT tasty at all pastel, The yuca one was the only one that was eatable and it was just really not good. I eat these yearly as a tradition, what a waste. Just take the time and make them at home and avoid the disappointment. read more

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No frills, just delicious food. Friendly service. Cute ambience. If you're looking for a quick bite, nothing fancy, delicious Puerto Rican cuisine, this is it! Came hungry, left full! read more

Forget ambiance, this is a no nonsense place to put on your feedbag for some Latin classic goodies. The menu is a 50/50 mix of classic street food hits and traditional homemade fare. We ordered a cross section of both and found a "Jack of all trades and master of none". My test is simple: Would I go back? As much as I wanted to like this place, the answer is No. read more

Cannot complain. The mofongo was perfect! The chinola juice really is naturally made and soooo good! The alcapurria is great! Loved it! read more

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This place used to be incredible. It was sold recently and not only is the food no longer good they had the audacity to raise the prices and half the portions read more

Came in on a Saturday at around 11:45 and there were already a few people ordering takeout. To start, we had an alcapurria (fritter) to share. The flavor was good but I wish there was more pork filling inside and that it was a little less oily. I ordered the Cuban, which they said would take 10-15 minutes. My BF had some plate of rice and pork (premade) with plantains. Both are pretty large portions and we were only able to eat half. He said his dish was pretty greasy. I tried it and it wasn't bad but I'm glad I got my Cuban. My other complaint was that I wish they had other hot sauces besides Texas Pete. We found this place because we were looking for a quick/cheap lunch spot in the area, but I don't think I liked it enough to come back. read more

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This little dive is great! Pre-vegan I always loved their food. They cook Puerto Rican cuisine PERFECTLY and exactly - just like my mom & grandmother used to! So Post-vegan I ordered for food to be catered as a pickup and everything was done in time. This was for some guests we were having over and the guests loved every bit of it. Even I had to break my vegan diet for the pre-holiday visit for a bit. The proprietors are friendly and have great suggestions and we're very helpful. Now, I'm asking everyone out there reading to please support this business. Covid has hit hard and it would be a HUGE help to keep PyAM in business. Remember the great dinners and lunches you had with them. Remember how your family and friends loved the food when you brought them to your homes. Being vegan though we may not order from them a lot during the next year, but we will be ordering from them again for this coni holiday. Thank you, PyAM! read more

Pasteles Y Mas - Roast pork - with CRISPY SKIN!! - Puerto Rican Near Me - Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

These guys pasteles are everything!!! They taste authentically Puerto Rican. They have some humble style seating but you can also do take out read more

Spent $87.23.. I expected more from this place.. The bacalao was salty.. Pasteles did not taste good..Alcapurrio meat and yuca had no taste..The arroz con gandules was dry no taste..Nice place but it's not tasty at all.. The girl was very nice... So sad..To improve this place get yourself a real Puerto Rican to cook.. read more

I've never eaten there. It's kind of like a hidden gem. Everyone that I know that's been there says it's very good. It's also very small place, it's a mom and pop joint , that I will visit one day. Mom is serving the food and the service is excellent. Again, I've never eaten there but I've only heard good things. Try it and let me know. read more

Hadn't been there in months but visited recently based on how good the food was in the past. They have an entirely new staff. Apparently the old cooks are gone and it shows. We wound up trashing most of the food I had purchased. read more

Definitely the best Pasteles I've had from any Puerto Rican restaurant anywhere!! Also I love the fact that they have all those PR street foods !! Love this place read more

Wow what can I say that probably hasn't already been said. The food is amazing. We had Pernil, Palomilla Steak, Sweet Plantains, rice and beans and everything was seasoned PERFECTLY!!!!! I have been wanting to come to this place literally for years and I finally made it. Inside is decorated with that Puerto Rican feel. Small place with only 4 tables with 2 chairs each. Many people come and pick up food. We were lucky that one of the tables was free so we sat in. I asked about the Mother & Daughter team and was told they retired 3 years ago and now the lady I was speaking pointed to the cashier and said that my daughter and were the new team. For a moment I thought maybe the food would not be as good but boy I was wrong. Everything was delicious. We even ordered half of dozen of Pasteles and cooked them up at home and holy smoking bangees were they so good. If you happen to be around take a detour here and pack up on some good cooking.... read more

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Spanish take out, pernil, tres leches cake, arroz con gandules, baked chicken, $23 yeah ok. Crunchier skin on the pernil would've made this meal perfect read more

HURRAY!!!! Back in business!! The pasteles were worth the wait. The Cubano is by far the best in AMERICAS...THATS RIGHT.....ALL THE AMERICAS AND ISLANDS!!! The pasteles alone made the females in my family MAD!!! Now gotta order them online..ok..its the times. Not waiting until Christmas for subpar pasteles when i can order real deal without the skinned knuckles.HURRAY!!!! read more

Pasteles Y Mas - Pasteles - Puerto Rican Near Me - Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

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Okay I guess.. called to order a sandwich for lunch was told they couldnt make it because the cook wasn't in till 3.. should probably update their menu then. Got some alcapurrias to go which were ehh. Also the styrofoam box they come in is horrible the oil spilled out everywhere read more

I used to LOVE this restaurant because it was authentic Puerto Rican food. You could tell from the minute you walked in. The ambience, the staff and the food! Chef's kiss!! Now that the restaurant is under new management, the quality has definitely gone down. Only thing Puerto Rican is the decor. I ordered a plate of arroz con gandules, pernil and alcupurrias. The rice was okay but could definitely use more flavor, the pernil was greasy and bland and the alcupurrias could have used more filling. I'm really really disappointed because I used to consider this restaurant a gem! Will absolutely not be coming back. A real shame. read more

Food is pretty good. This is a better lunch spot never for a dinner and its better to take food to go. Service is fast since most food is pre made. Ambiance like I said take the food to go. read more

I checked Yelp for pasteles in the area I was in. I found this one had great reviews and looked authentic. I headed over there which was six mins. away. I found parking near by and slowly strolled to the restaurant surveying the neighborhood. Went straight to the counter and ordered a 1/2 dozen of pasteles. But in the picture it showed them much bigger than what I received. But you can't beat the price. I did my homework and studied the menu. Found the prices were really good. I made sure she heard me when I requested them frozen. While I waited I decided to have lunch. I ordered the alcapurria de platano and a bacalaitos. I sat down and got a kola champagne. Wow was the alcapurria huge and delicious. I would have that over and over!! Bacalaitos were as good and very greasy. I would try them one more time. Let me tell you when I cooked the pasteles and served them to my guest. They said it was one of the best they ever had!! So I made sure I hide one for me to have all by myself!! Can't wait to go back!! Excellent food!! She even let me try the pernil and it was so soft and juicy. Not burned and dry!! But must come hungry cause you will get carried away, Which is not a bad thing!! read more

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I think this is one of the best Puerto Rican spots. Their roast pork is great with the best crispy pork skin I've had in a long time. This isn't a flash in the pan review either I've been here multiple times and it's always great. Not a lot of places I've been that had roast pork I can say that about with that slice of crispy skin and juicy meat too. Beans are good and trust me that is important. The rice is good but not great. You can't go wrong with this place at least with the roast pork. You're welcome Yelp and remember be nice to each other. read more

It was good at some point but I had to throw away the food last week when I got home. Terrible.

Stopped here on a Uber eats run. Hit a gold mine!! We tried the Cassava Fritters and I could have eaten about 3 more! Absolutely delicious and I'll be back for sure. read more

I bought some puertorican food over there once, the food was just okay, and on top of it was overpriced. The alcapurria (fritters) were too oily and had no much meat inside! The service was great, very nice people. Also they have a weird schedule, most of the time is closed. I do not recommend this place. read more

While Yelping I notice a restaurant under the category of Puerto Rican , which is a topic I know something about. So out to Ridgefield Park and see its the place occupies the corner of the block with no parking lot, and I walk in. I come upon a four table restaurants that's cantina style with wall to wall Puerto Rican tourist trinkets and souvenirs which was borderline tacky. Some for sale, some I never saw before so a collector may want to take a look. I walk up to the counter to see what they got and take photos while the worker is busy yelling at someone on the phone and not paying me any mind. The food look like home cooked which should be good like having real sole food. The problem is I would have expect more types of food, like at least two to three dozen vs. the one and a half dozen I saw. I look at the menu and the menu flyer and start ordering some of the appetizers after the phone convo was over to see how good they are. If the appetizers are lacking then the major dishes would be worst since they require more preparations and have more complex flavoring. I looked and saw they have two types of Alcapurrias, green bananas and yuca which are fritters in shap of a long potato where the outside casing is made of mostly mash green banana or yuca and the inside is made of pork, beef filling etc. The banana ones were at least a day old and not fresh but had the Alcapurrias taste and aroma to them Now Pastelillos are like Empanada but the Puerto Rican ones should be larger with a flange composed of a flaky dough, think of a large dinner plate folded in half. And the flaky dough crust should have bubbles and craters with a pocket that has the filling. This place called them empanadas but they were mini pastelillos to me because the crust was a little flaky and had Achiote favoring. Now Achiote is Annatoo seeds and you use the oils and red coloring extracted from the seeds when heating them. The oil in turn is added to whatever you are making giving your food a yellow coloring plus flavor. I ask for Baclaitos, which are Cod Fish fitters and Tostones which are double fried Green Plantains, after frying the first time you flatten them and refried them so that they are crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. But both were not available and the Tostones would take twenty minutes it I wait for next batch. So I looked at the desserts and ask for Arroz Con Dulce, which is rice pudding made with coconut , coconut milk and raisins and a touch of cinnamon / nutmeg, it was also out. I go for the Coconut Flan but when I ate it I could not detect any coconut. I then ask if they got Morcillas which is Puerto Rican Blood sausage made with rice, culantro, cilantro, garlic and chillies, and not for everybody and the response was we are not a Cuchifrito. Now a Cuchifrito roots come from the slang 'cuchi' or pig and 'frito' is fired. So Cuchifrito is more like a counter dinner for the poorest of working slobs than a restaurant for the middle class with lots of fried foods which may be have a little bit more LARD than you are accustom too. The problem is no true Puerto Rican restaurant would not have Morcillas and I have been to Cuchifritos in the Bronx and on 110 Street Spanish Harlem that would put this place to shame. This also explains why I did not see Chicharones, which is fired pork belly (some places also have a chicken version). Now I want to push the Puerto Rican food heritage that I know, which is now a dying art on the mainland but unfortunately this restaurant is mediocre in service, availability of food items and the quality of what's cooked. Yes I could eat the food, it has Puerto Rican roots but I could never recommend someone go here for authentic Puerto Rican food, not that really bad but that it's not reprehensive of what I know and grew up with. Plus I'm currently living with excellent cook who grew up helping her father in his Puerto Rican restaurant. So I know what I'm talking about. It could be that today 'Pasteles Y Algo Mas' has lost its heart and is just satisfied with producing some food as a job and a living vs. putting love into what you make and calling it Puerto Rican food. read more

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Food doesn't taste the same anymore. Was one of my to go spots, now it's not so much.

I'm actually embarrassed to admit that I have forgotten to write a review about my FAVORITE Puerto Rican spot in NJ, but I'm here to make up for lost time. I've been visiting PASTELES for the past couple of years and after every visit, I leave more than satisfied and full. Growing up in North Newark, I know a thing or two about GOOD Rican food, something that's been lacking in my city and in NJ for a very long time now. Every time I visit Edna and/or her daughter are always greet me with a smile and pure kindness; a factor that makes a big difference in any food experience. The food is amazing and fresh, you can tell the food is made with love, passion, and attention...the kind of things you would find from a home cooked meal. Other than a food truck on RT.9, if you know a thing or two about PR food, visit PASTELES Y ALGO MAS! Check out the pics i've posted in case you don't believe the kid! read more

It's been almost a year since my first review, and due for an update. My past few visits have been a bit displeasing, and today's lunch break visit takes it over the edge for me. Dropping this place from 4 stars to 3. I never like demoting a place, but when it's justified, then its for the right reason. The Break down - Food: Though still flavorful, the freshness and serving size is lacking. Today and times before it appears like they have been using leftover rice, there should be no reason for grains to be hard or burnt. The portions have gotten less and less since my first visit. Cost: The price has gone up, I seem to be paying close to about $2 more for my platters. Service: I called and called yesterday, the answering machine noted that they were Open but on the other line. After 5 calls, I headed over there. Upon arrival, I was disappointed to see that they were NOT OPEN but in fact Closed. Time to update your answering machine; maybe say something like closed on Sunday and Monday, if you will be closed on those days. Today, they were Open but had only ONE PERSON who was SERVING, ANSWERING PHONES, AND HANDLING THE MONEY (W/O Gloves)....NO BUENO...NOT WITH MY FOOD. And when a loyal customer asks why there is only one person, you don't tell them "you should understand". Understand what? That I'm driving here on my lunch break, paying you, with only an hour. Maybe you should be understanding towards me...you have all morning to prepare, and be ready for the Lunch Rush (that's why they call it, the Lunch Rush). So sadly, it was another day of a wasted drive to Ridgefield Park from Englewood Cliffs --because I walked out empty handed. You can go resume your conversation about your nails to the other customer. read more