El Rinconcito Colombiano 2 — Restaurant in Loxahatchee Groves

This Rinconcito is located at Southern Blvd and State Rd 7 in Royal Palm Beach. It’s a small strip that doesn’t look like much from outside.

The place, however, is more spacious than one would think and it is kept pretty clean.

We tried a few appetizers and actually were kind of full after those.

Everything was pretty well done and ingredients fresh.

The empanadas are good, the beef inside is not the often-seen mashed mess; they have consistency, texture and taste good. We had the orden de empanadas, 5 small empanadas for a great price of $ 3.49!

Tried the Chorizo with Arepita and chicharron with arepita. Liked the first one very much, the second one was okay, but it’s just that I am not fond of chicharrones.

For $ 2.50, in case you want to accompany a cold Corona with a bite, you can try the Arepitas con Hogao, 3 arepitas served with a spicy sauce (not too hot): it’s a good idea for those new to arepitas that want to try their taste without meat. The sauce was good and a lot so we asked for another order of arepitas.

Everything was tasty and at very low prices. I’ll definitely stop here again when in the area to try a regular meal, but let me tell you that for those who are doubtful about trying small places, the so-called “hole in the wall”, this is a fine establishment and you can tell the food is fresh.

I love to try ethnic eateries and this one was a good one. Easy on your wallet, filling...

The last few times we have been here the service has been terrible. We ordered an appetizer, a bandeja al rinconcito, 2 calentados and 1 kids meal.

Our appetizer took 35 minutes to get to our table, after about 40 minutes of waiting for our meal the server returned to tell us “they ran out of rice” so we substituted the rice for extra plantains. After another 20 minutes of waiting our food showed up minus the kids meal. My steak was cold and all 3 dishes were missing the chicharrones.

They told us it would be right out. I finished my meal before the kids nuggets and fries showed up and we never got the chicharrones. I had to ask for the bill 3 times to 2 different servers for them to finally bring it. They ended up giving us the chicharrones on a to go box.

The guy in the table next to us was waiting longer than we were for his food and when it came out they dropped it off at someone else’s table. After about 5 minutes he asked for his meal and instead of bringing him a new one they went to the table took the plate from the people and gave it to the guy lol.

Not sure what’s going on here it’s a really small place not too many people at one time but everyone seems...

Although the food is good, the service and attention to detail is horrible. This is the 3rd time I’ve given them a chance since I’ve been ordering from here from before when it was punto Latino. Ask for hot sauce, no sauce. Asked for chicken empanadas, received beef. This is the usual with them. You always have to run back inside and ask for the SAME THINGS you asked and waited 30 min for, again. Makes things extremely difficult when you only have a 45 min break. I spend at least a $40 minimum every time (since I order for more than one person.) I’ve spent nearly $70 before and they STILL GOT MY ORDER WRONG. Let’s not forget to mention that when I ask for extra hot sauce they charge me an extra 3.99 but for people they like it’s free! I’ve refrained from writing this for a while but something has to give. Great food, but the woman that take the orders usually are to busy talking amongst theirselves than paying attention to detail. And god forbid you interrupt their conversation to tell them THEY have made a mistake, it’s nothing but attitude. Horrible customer service....