Ana's Killer Empanadas — Restaurant in Delray Beach

Ana's Killer Empanadas is located in a nondescript plaza on Congress Avenue in Boynton Beach. It would be easy to drive past but that would be a mistake. This little corner of Boynton has become quite the foodie paradise in recent years. I have been coming here to pick up the best perogies from Rogies Perogies and I am addicted to the honeycomb ice cream at Proper. There is also a French bakery. My friend and I were in the area and she enthusiastically recommended stopping by Ana's. She knows what I like so I didn't hesitate to take her advice.

Walking up I spotted Ana's Dia De Los Muertos theme on the door which I love. Ana was born in Honduras but has extensive experience throughout Latin America which influenced her culinary background. After landing in the U.S., Ana started out in the catering business in Los Angeles but after moving to Palm Beach county she decided to combine her love of Latin empanadas with fusion cuisine fillings and the rest is delicious history.

Ana's is a small counter service operation. You can pick up frozen empanadas as take 'n bakes or order their hot ones from the case to go. Ana has 35 flavors which she rotates so sign up online to be one her amigos to get notification of what is being offered. We were helped by Ana's husband John who who was so sweet and helpful.

I was only going to get one empanada but before I knew what happened I ended up with three savory empanadas and three of the mini dessert empanadas. Ana offers the traditional flavors you would expect but also some unique and delicious combinations. I couldn't resist the BBQ beef brisket made with 12 hour slow cooked brisket. the meatball parmesan empanada with house made marinara, and the tropical coconut curry chicken made with a mild curry and coconut milk. I rounded out my order with three of the mini pina colada empanadas. All of my savory empanadas also came with sauces, BBQ, homemade, chimichurri sauce, and the homemade marinara sauce.

Oh my word. These empanadas are a mouth party. They were super stuffed and one was enough for me at a time. I ate each one slowly to enjoy the flavors in the fillings. I can't even pick a favorite, they were all so different and delicious. The dessert empanadas were the perfect little sweet something to satisfy, My only regret is that I didn't pick up some of the frozen empanadas as well. I am definitely going to head back and stock up for back to school next week. They will be the perfect something I need when I get home too late and too tired to cook. Thanks Holly for introducing me to another amazing...

These are by FAR the best empanadas we have ever had! The Buffalo Chicken and BBQ Brisket are to die for, and Philly Cheesesteak comes close. Whenever we are up in this area from Fort Lauderdale, we always get some to bring home… Today we specifically asked if the Meatball Parmesan was pork because we do not eat pork due to religious reasons, and was told it does have pork, so obviously we didn’t order it. So today, March 14 2025, we ordered the usual 3 Buffalo Chicken, 3 Brisket, and 1 Philly Cheesesteak, but as soon as my fiancé bit into it, it was the Meatball Sub and he immediately had to spit it out. To be fair, we did see the girl grab it from the Philly Cheesesteak row, but when he went in to get the correct empanada, sure enough the second one she gave us was also Meatball Parm. I’m unsure what to rate because all other experiences have been 5 stars, everything from the employees to service to quality, but imagine if my fiancé had a pork allergy, it could’ve been much worse. For now I feel like I have to leave only 2 stars, but I will definitely change to 5 in the future.. I just hope this review will bring awareness to quality control and how important it is when customers have food restrictions.

Thank you to the owner for reaching back out. We figured it’s probably a one time mistake, and a refund won’t be necessary since we ended up getting a different flavor as a replacement. We will be...

Driven by here countless times and eventually ended up trying it for lunch today. Small inside with one table, most of the space is taken up by the large kitchen where you can see through a glass window, what seems to be the entire family involved in making this place so successful. I’m in no way an Empanada aficionado, but the ones I have had have been dry and just ok. Not here as I’m happy to say the their name lives up to their products. I decided to get a “3 pack”; classic chicken, Arroza Con Carne and The Cuban style(which is a take on a Cubano sandwich). First off, the Empanada dough itself is excellent, soft, great texture with a nice chew, not hard, not crusty, just perfect. And might I add, baked perfectly too, as some others I have had, have been over baked. My favorite was the Cuban style, very tasty with the pork, ham and cheese, plus they give you yellow mustard which is of course the perfect accompaniment, it was excellent. The classic chicken was very good and the Arroza con Carne was okay, not seasoned enough for my taste. They supply a cilantro sauce, which I didn’t care for (and I love, love cilantro). This sauce was extremely oily, with very little cilantro flavor, the accompanied hot sauce was better. If you haven’t tried this place, please support a wonderful family establishment, serving excellent Empanadas....