The worst place to eat and customer service. 1. Food is half way cooked or cold. 2. Waitress ignores you because they are focused in their own clients for tips. They tell you upfront if you need something wait for whoever is helping you. They will not bring you water or anything if you need assistance. You can go to the cashier / the manager’s daughter to complaint and still replies wait to whoever served you from the beginning. I wouldn’t return there even if is the last place to eat. There are some mom or pop restaurants that still have knowledge about customer service and neatness. This place is like you are eating in a public market in the street on top of each other. The appearance is not appealing and look like a old place. My money worth I if you disrespected me as customer I don’t invest in...
Read moreMy family and I have been going to marinas for YEARS. Previously, she did not have this location and sold pupusas at her house in the area. Even then, the pupusas were amazing and flavorful. When we learned she had opened up a restaurant, we were happy to see she was doing good for herself. She personally goes to El Salvador to get the cheeses, spices, and candy she sells at the counter. I've tried other places in Brooklyn, but most of the time, the filling is either too little or not flavorful enough.
All these years later, the pupusas still taste the same, and my family continues to come back for tamales, empanadas de leche(everyone should try these!!), and of course...
Read moreEL SALVADOR 🇸🇻 Eat the World NYC review: Warm and welcoming Marina Restaurant is almost ten years old and serves the growing Central American population in Jamaica, Queens. Hearty, economical breakfasts here excel, including the namesake option which comes with two cheese pupusas and a portion of casamiento, two Salvadoran classics. You can also sample nuegados, fried donut-like sweets that are eaten accompanied by a spiced corn and cocoa beverage known as chilate. Marina is open for lunch and dinner as well and has just about anything a homesick Salvadoran...
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