La Isla — Restaurant in New York

I hate that I’ve been to a couple of “Puerto Rican” restaurants here in NY, specially in Brooklyn, and they are all owned by Dominicans. Which makes the restaurant NOT Puerto Rican. Please stop advertising restaurants as Puerto Rican when you are Dominican and clearly cooking with Dominican sazón. If you gonna open a Puerto Rican restaurant you HAVE to cook with Puerto Rican sazón and make the food exactly how Puerto Ricans would. The guy that took my order when I asked him if they had Malta, with a nasty attitude he told me that they didn’t and that I could go next door and get it. The food was terrible! Even though the sazón was clearly Dominican, which btw I love, the food was very bland and tasteless. The “empanadas” were very saggy and oily. Alcapurrias where very bad too. Mofongo was very dried and bland. Puerto Ricans make mofongo way different, the meat does not go in all mix with the plantain! How you don’t have mayo-ketchup for the mofongo?!? If you are a Puerto Rican that has lived on the Island for a while and know the Puerto Rican sazón, you will be very disappointed. Casa Adela is the only Puerto Rican restaurant that I have visited here in NY that is really owned by a Puerto Rican family and...

This Cuchifrito has withstood the test of time; through the deterioration and subsequent gentrification of a neighborhood and its community, a recession (if not a few), and the current Pandemic, all the while maintaining an absolutely impeccable serving area (taking into account the very nature of a cuchifrito with its fried foods, especially in comparison to many other cuchifritos) AND never failing to serve the most delicious food you would come to expect of fried latin cuisine.

The portions are large, with some pieces even bordering on the surreal, such as the Pastelillos, but they're always flavorful, and filling - fresh from the deep fryer. Orders are always filled to the brim, served hot, and made just that day. Despite naming just one of the many items they cook daily, almost everything is well made and too good to pass up - whether it be the staple rice, beans, and meat, to the oxtail soup, to the extremely delicious typical Dominican breakfast (desayuno), there's nothing you could go wrong with. Best of all - THE PRICE! The price is by far the best you'll ever come across for any latin cuisine restaurant serving quality meals throughout this city. Truly the most bang...

Convenient location right next to the subway. Very casual- everyone sits at the bar or take-out, there isn’t any table service. The service was good and the food had great prices. Haven’t tried their fruit juice but it looks popular. Atmosphere was nice, the inside is clean.

I had the shrimp mofongo. It was fresh, came out hot and with a side salad which was nice and refreshing. It also came with a side of sauce to add. A lot of food, I came close to finishing it all. I like that all mofongo options come with pork regardless of which protein you pick. Sometimes that’s hard to find, but I found the pork pieces throughout the mofongo were either not fresh or just not prepared properly like chicharron (crispy). Nonetheless, the flavor was good, not sure if there was any actual shrimp throughout the mofongo, just on the side. If I return I’d like to try the chicken mofongo. My food was prepared surprisingly quick, this is a busy spot. But, many of the options are already...