El Nica Restaurant — Restaurant in Pinellas Park

Not a bad place to eat, the cabbage salad could use more salt and vinegar honestly, but not too bad! I would watch out for your bill though. Make sure it adds up! I ordered 4 Nacatamales ($9 each), one slice of fried cheese ($4), and an order of fried plantains with fried cheese and cabbage salad ($8), that's a total of $48 but yet, I was being charged $85. When I asked why so much, I was told bc of 6% taxes (I thought it was 7%?). I did my own math and showed the lady how much the correct amount would be. She said fine, but then she said she didn't charge me for the side of fried cheese, which she most certainly already had. I offered to do the math again and she said "Forget it, I have a headache already". For what I ordered and including 7% taxes, the total should've been $51.36, but yet the lady charged me $53.50. I had my child with me, and I was ready to get out of there. Looks like she charged me for her tip without letting me know? Who knows! But not going back, and I was looking forward to having a local Nicaraguan restaurant near us! Maybe it was a mistake, and if it was, she could've just easily apologized and offered to do the math again instead it felt as if she was trying to justify the $85 that I most certainly did NOT spend/ordered that...

Pretty decent Nica food, especially when there isn't any at all nearby. Perhaps my only "complaint" are the enchiladas. The enchiladas we received today are NOT Nicaraguan enchiladas. They're a mixture of Colombian empanadas with a little bit of the Nica flavour. As a chef myself, I always like to be fair. Flavor was pretty good, but definitely felt a little heartbroken when we got served 3 small empanadas. For reference Enchiladas (real Nica enchiladas) are made with tortillas, stuffed with rice, beef and curtido. They are then fried and are about the size of your hand, maybe even larger depending on the region. Regardless, food had flavor and the cacao was...

Unfortunately I do not recommend coming here. The server was rude and did not want to help us. She’d literally look away and walk to the back whenever we needed anything. The food wasn’t good either. The gallo pinto was flavorless, the repollo was bland, and my friend bit into a freaking rock; meaning they don’t clean the beans before preparing them. The meat was also suspect. The carne asada has the texture and look of reconstituted meat. Save your money and go to any of the other Central American food places in the Tampa/Pinellas area, nothing can be as...