Perla Del Sur — Restaurant in Boston

Can I just start off by saying I don’t usually leave reviews on places but I had too on this one .. 0/10 I genuinely don’t understand how this restaurant has a 4.5 star rating . Not only is it expensive but the food is literally horrible no flavor what so ever . I got stewed beef that I couldn’t even chew or pull apart just full of a bunch of oil . Beans tasted like nothing if anything had a very weird taste to it . Don’t get me started on potato salad I’m honestly disappointed I threw everything away I didn’t eat no more than 2 spoons . I only tried this place cause I usually just eat next door but I figured I give this place a try since I was craving rice , yeah okay never again 😭 I had to end up walking next door anyways to order my usual cause food was terrible . Customer Service wasn’t the best either cashier had an attitude and was with a grumpy face entire time I was there . 0/10 if you are driving by and are hungry save your self the time,money and disappointment and just head over to Castillos next door it’s a store that sells...

My wife and I used a gift certificate to purchase take-out lunch from La Perla. I ordered the ribs which were quite tasty and the accompanying moro de habichuelas (brown rice and beans) was really delicious, especially with the gravy from the ribs on it. And the amount of rice was enormous. The accompanying salad was OK but not very interesting. Her fried snapper was very good but we kind of forgot that a whole fish comes with small bones. Mea culpa! The accompanying steamed vegetables was, again, a very large portion and perfectly al dente.

The staff was friendly and helpful and several do speak excellent English. Note that they close at 6 on weekdays and often stop serving the fish (snapper or salmon) well before that. Lunch is probably the way to go here. All in all this was a very good experience and we're looking forward to trying out more of the menu items.

PS: Note to restaurant - a web site with an online menu...

I’ve been coming tp this place for years. Today I go in, the staff was less than welcoming. The rice was hard and the beans tasted like they took it out the Can and warmed it up. I didn’t get meat. Just rice beans and salad. I ordered a orange juice and it tasted like they watered down some cheap OJ. Paid $16 with the OJ. Disappointed. This was actually one of the few places I eat Spanish food from cause Boston Spanish restaurant just isn’t giving what it’s supposed to give for a PRican such as myself. Seems like when the owner is there and the nice short man that serves the salad, the food is good. I’m so...