El Justine

First time in Bronx and this was a place with great reviews, so we stopped by to try Dominican food. We were pretty disappointed with the food. Mine tasted like it had just been reheated in the mricrowave (parts of the carne with salsa were still cold). We asked for orchata which we’re told they had, and ended up with “jugo de ajonjolí”, which is not the same! The tostones were also cold and lacking salt/flavor.

Service was sub par. We told the staff we were new and asked for recommendations and she was not interested in helping out, simply pointed us back to the menu.

One of the bathrooms was so unkept it was not usable.

Overall we paid $62 for a family of 4, and sad to know this was our first experience of Dominican food and service. We hope we have better luck at another place during our trip!