El Coqui Ninja Restaurant — Restaurant in Orlando

Pros: Super clean, eye catching environment, comfy seating and great music. The Chinese fried rice was super delish and I wish that would’ve been my entire meal.

Food: Chicken kebabs though huge, were dry and utterly flavorless. No bbq flavor or grilled flavor. The stir fried veggies looked gorgeous and had a butter garlic sauce it had been tossed in, but were so fresh and crispy I couldn’t eat anything but the onion and some of the broccoli. Really sad about that. The mofongo desperately needed salt, but the tostones and garlic butter were tasty.

Service: Dead pan server, never said his name, forgot an item and we had to request salt, napkins and refills. Nothing was ever removed from the table, even after we paid as we finished up.

Time: We came in at 11:30 and were the first ones there, and didn’t get our food until 12:25. And even then we got the kebabs first with no plates, and waited another 8 minutes as the sides began coming out.

Smell: I was super surprised that even as more people came in and food was being prepared, it never smelled like food, oil, smoke, or grill. Kind of weird to not smell ANYTHING of food.

Noise: the music was super loud; it’d be hard for anyone that struggles with focusing to concentrate trying to hear their friend and everything else. I didn’t mind it but my grandmother couldn’t really hear me.

Overall, I loved the vibe and the rice and the portions were large and it was clean, but I don’t see the business staying around unless they do a few things:

-Speed of service needs to pick up

-Get more flavor into the food and don’t overcook your meats

-Servers need a personality or at least be able to smile.

-Turn your music down a touch so people can hear each other talking; not everyone is young.

I’m going to come back a couple more times to try some more food, because if I can find one or two great items I’m fine to deal with the rest as long as I have a free hour to wait on food, and I...

I had eaten here a couple of weeks ago when they first opened and their fried rice was so delicious, I couldn’t wait to return. Unfortunately, the second time was a huge disappointment. My fried rice was bland, had no egg, had very little meat, and was totally different from the one I had the first time, which made me question whether they had changed the recipe. I was told they had not, but that they would let the Chef know, and I had to make do with some extra soy sauce to add flavor. My companion’s Surf and turf Mofongo was an unusual combination of what seemed more like a beef stew with mashed plantains and a few (what seemed to be boiled) shrimp with some garlic on them. The brown beef sauce overpowered the mashed plantains, which on their own were seriously lacking in flavor. We also ordered the chicken skewers which were fine, however I assumed they would be made with chicken breast, but were made with dark meat (my bad for not asking, and the server did not clarify either). They were not served with the bread stated in the menu.

It also took a while for our food to come out apparently because we were on the queue after a large party. When our server asked us how everything was at the end of our meal, we shared most what I mentioned above, and he apologized.

As some other reviewers have said, they have a great concept, but the execution is lacking. This is unfortunate because the concept has great potential if they could focus more on flavor, consistency of execution, more detailed descriptions of the food on their menu, and better server training and understanding of menu items so diners have a clear idea of what they are ordering. I really hate having to leave a negative review, but I believe Coqui Ninja...

I was just there tonight with my spouse, I was so excited to go the atmosphere is great. I was kind of disappointed. My server was not on point. He only came to our table maybe twice one to order want to drop off the food and that was it. We both ordered the Chino rice except I had the fried pork and he had the pepper steak. I expected More only because of the high expectations. Everyone has put on here in the great reviews. I was really disappointed. The food was not that great, the rice was not what I thought it was. My man coming from PR stated this is not the way Chinese Spanish rice taste on the island not even close. The pepper steak had no authentic flavor. It tastes like I ordered pepper steak from a Chinese restaurant bland . The prices were reasonable if the food was great. We both had high expectations and did not have a great time. Everyone taste buds are different. It could’ve been better. The girl that came to our table did ask what was the problem we explained it to her and she said she was gonna notify the owner. I guess they like to hear reviews. She asked if we wanted anything we stated no, but I thought maybe she was going to take a percent off our ticket, but she didn’t even do that. She went back to the table doing her work which again is kind of unprofessional. I don’t know if I would recommend anyone to go here to eat. I don’t know if I would myself come back to eat. I hope they listen to their reviews whether they’re negative or positive and make some changes. Life is a struggle and the last thing that we want is not be able to enjoy our food...