Lechonera Tropical & Grill

The food here is absolutely amazing. The people are also very kind and light hearted. Great restaurant!!!

This place has been here 4-ever I am told! The food is as good as if mom made it.

LOVE the food! Staff is very nice. I'm there whenever I'm in the area.

Lovely place and delicious food. The service is amazing.

Best food in town, the workers are very humble and respectful

They have great food and the people there are very friendly.

Nice place to eat latin food

Best Cubano this white boy has ever had. Dayum. Pork skin, fat, meat, everything. Perfect.

HANDS DOWN!!! The BEST chicharron in the neighborhood. Always MOIST, SEASONED, crispy skin, tender meat - never dry like some others a couple blocks away. BRAVO! And the price is great!

First oof great place worker are really respectful and easy to talk to kinds of folks I will be coming back see you there. Also they treated my son very special for his birthday

For more than 20 years EBL has had some of the best rice & beans you can find in Manhattan.

Some of the best food I've had in a long time from a restaurant

Probably one of the best spanish food in the area. One of the lady always has an attitude when you ask for more meat even though every time I've said in ok with paying extra. I'm a husky dude you can't expect 3 pieces of meat to be enough for me with a huge plate of rice and beans.

RinaP

Simple little place, but awesome food, especially the lechona, I walk 15 blocks to get their lechona!

betzaida lopez

Food in this place is delicious. Always fresh. I recommend it

Terixo Smitix

The kitchen's attention to detail shows in every bite. The staff's prompt responses made dining pleasant. I've visited repeatedly with continued enjoyment. Their dishes aligned with my preferences. This spot shows attention to detail.

Eddie Santiago

El Barrio luncheonera is one of the oldest and best Gucci Frito restaurants in Spanish Harlem and in all New York for that matter I highly recommend that when you're here. You stop by and you say hello please let them know the chef Eddie said hi and hit that like button and subscribe that's right hit that like button that little button on the bottom thanks for reading my review and have a great and wonderful safe new year thanks bye.

Diana Vasquez

The food here is great! My favorite is the juicy baked chicken with red onions all over it, a must buy! I do wish they took debit/credit cards as a payment method but besides that I love love love this restaurant 10/10 fs.

thatstringguy

Food is awesome! Truly the best spanish soul food in East Harlem!! The portions are generous, i feed a family of five as a treat on Friday nights...for $60??!! Amazing value!!!

Dara G

So nice I had to come back twice...the pepper steak was the best I ever had!!! And I’m a very picky eater, it’s made to order but worth every min. Also try the coconut drink!!! I drive 40 mins just to eat here!!!

Andreina D Ovalles-Rodriguez

This place brings back so many good memories. I used to work across the street and when I walked in they already knew what I wanted. They are not really rude it's just this place gets extremely crowded because of how amazing their food is and they work very long hours dealing with rude customers. If I worked here I would go crazy too. I honestly don't care if they were rude to me or not. They packed my order quick and correctly and would have everything ready fast ALWAYS!

Great authentic spanish food , open late.

Good old home cooking at a very reasonable price. Love the tripe soup and pork chop with rice and beans

Service is okay . a little bit of a wait time but good food.

The food was good, clean place. Workers were friendly

The food was delicious and full of flavor just like homemade

The food is good there and the price is good also..THEY DELIVER.

The food as always was Very Good!!

Awesome hot bar, excellent prices def going back

Cool dine in place! Serving proportions is enormous!!! Generous staff👍👍👍

Excellent Puerto Rican / Dominican food. Reasonable Prices, good food...

Spaghetti 🍝 with quarter chicken is a declouis choose at The local take out restaurant😋😌

Food is good but expensive, girls working there they not nice, and they don't speak English.

Love the roast pork there. Staff is friendly and it has an in someone's kitchen type feel to it. Definitely recommended.

Great Hispanic cuisine.. The staff seems a little mean. But overall the food is good..

Food is really good, staff needs a bit more training In dealing with the public.

First time at this restaurant. Place is small but clean. Food was decent and prices are average. They also have offer beer, so you can't go wrong with a Modelo!!

Conrado Delgado

Good old school,neighborhood spot. The food is really good almost home style and the prices are ok for uptown Manhattan. Parking is not easy but worth the headache of looking for a spot to park. Enjoy ⚓️

Pamela Polanco

The mangu 3 golpes is so good here. They serve authentic Dominican food. I spoke to the staff and they actually open at 7 am mon- Saturday. Delivery starts at 9 am and there's a $10 minimum for delivery. Sundays they open at 11 am. They close at 9 pm everyday.

Empress Jae

The food is very good and the tamarind juice (with plenty ice) is delicious! I did not enjoy the older man which sat at a table making noises and seemingly intoxicated as his eyes constantly rolled behind. Sheesh, he didn't eat was just allowed to sit there. Other than that. Perhaps i'll order my food to go as I usually do. However, yesterday I chose to eat there as I wanted lunch prior to attend my sewing class and had time to spear.

Not a pleasing location especially when customers are rolling weed at the next to you.

I love the chicken noodle soup with the half cut potato and toasted butter roll.

The staff members speak ypur language They make you feel like home!!

the food is delicious, but the employee always with bad attitude

Food is ok, prices keep going up by the minute, all new staff, and area is not that great

Wonderful food, except for this morning the plantains were cold. The food tasted like it was out for a while. Ummm the waitress was being rude to this customer... ummm. Idk good luck.

I just ordered Thursday and I ordered Roast pork ,Rice&beans on the side and soft plantains everything was good except the plantains they were DISGUSTING

The pork soup is delicious unfortunately the sweet plantains, rice and beans were gross. I will continue going for the soup

The food is good. Fresh, cooked everyday. They have a fast turnover! Reasonably priced!

I like the Aveena (liquid oatmeal) in the mornings. It gets me through to Lunch most days and is very tasty with cinnamon.

ROSEMARY RIVERA

I order from this place and i will never again order take-out. I have ate inside before the food been petty good but to order take-out it's nasty the white rice and beans had no taste and the sweet plantain taste spoiled very soft and Burned had to throw out my two order. There goes my $22 plus $3 tip. Then i call to speak with the manager they told me call the next day never hard from him. Like i said ill never order takeout food again from this lechnera at 103st bet third & lex.

This used to be really good, but the last time was not so good..cold hard rice and chicken bones w barely any chicken.

The food is good but have been very disappointed in their service also there was a sticker from the platsnos in my food once and three times they sent me the wrong rice and then wouldn’t change it I will no longer use them as a primary Spanish restaurant👎🏽 I will go to el caribeño from now on.....horrible customer service

I like the food but every time I order delivery they always do stupid stuff like answer the phone say hold on and have whole conversations in the background and when the other phone rings they answer and take that persons order while I’ve been on hold for 10 minutes smh never fails bad customer service

Good food, but very poor service. Especially when you call in. Always put you on hold, then forget they have someone on hold

Food is ok, prices so so, service too slow. Im not dissing. Just being honest.

Chicharron de cerdo not washed well (the smell was a turn off). Rice and beans was good.

Extremely slow service, Did not have food as advertised on web site. Ordered pastelillo's, they were put in a brown paper bag, not wrapped in anything,, when I got home there was grease all over the place. Will not be going back there.

phillip Gill

No forks. Mop & bucket in the bathroom. No soap dispenser, or anything to dry your hands. Refrigerator wasn’t cold. Beer not hot, but could’ve been colder.

This store has poor customer service! And the women are rude !

YUDELKIS EXTREMELLY rude, and have a nasty attitude... ALWAYS GOT MY ORDERS WRONG. she does NOT speak to you , she YELLS at you.

Service is terrible, food is okay. Don't waste your money..

Racist seen me standing and like and took the Spanish lady before me purposely then had the audacity to say there’s no such thing as next he’ll take me when he’s ready ! HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE

Extremely racist I called and the lady ignored me and when I went in person they served the Hispanic food first and then me last

Staff put water in me and my family's food and meat had no flavor beans had no flavor

Only staff in there treat customer with dignity the other staff are extremely nasty and bias

it’s 8:17 pm. the door is closed. WHY DO YOU ADVERTISE THAT YOU CLOSE AT 9PM?!

You call and they never pick up the phone ! Then when you go in everyone has an attitude or ignore you because you don’t speak Spanish

Horrible! I bought a shrimp and rice soup..it was disgusting and I also bought arroz con gandules and steak and small salad..it was 29.00 waste od money..I have a feeling they have a new cook because the food lacks in taste and quality ..

After waiting for 15 minutes in line, the lady behind the counter went to some couple who just walked in and skipped all of us in line to tale their order. I think she is past her expiry date - time to retire

They only provide good customer service if you speak Spanish. Please steer clear from this place. They are extremely rude

Too expensive for what it is. Food is not very tasty and the customer service is horrible.

When I go they like to skip me or ignore me because they don’t understand English …not the best service ! I waited almost 25 min for a simple mangu

The worse service I ever had on a restaurant. The servers are rude, I waited over 18 minutes in line. Don’t eat on this place! Horrible experience!!!!!

Staff is Highly disrespectful and they have by far the worst customer service In the area. I will never eat from this place again.

No lechon, just pernil. Don't call your establishment a lechonera if you don't sell lechon!

I usually order lechon here for a big family, around $100 the order. I called today 4/1/17 for the same order and they put me on hold and hung up on me. I called again and the lady acted annoyed, she passed the phone and the other lady was very rude. They have the music so loud that the can't hear the customer. They lost a customer today.... never again! 👎

Food is not great but the service is horrible. The employees are very slow and don't keep track of the people that are waiting to be served. They just pick who they want to serve instead of asking who is next!

Food is delicious thatll get 5 stars but the attitude and carelessness from the employees is too much to handle. Especially when they're serving people extra EXTRA extra slow ON PURPOSE! And then they want people to be patient. U walk in they wont even look at you until they feel like it theres 1 lady who doesnt even speak most times until her coworker wants to converse with her and dont hold you breath on ordering caise they will chit chat and leave you standing there like an idiot. Ive never had an arguement here but their carelessness rubs A LOT of people the wrong way and I've witnessed a few. Get better customer service skills or get out of the profession you are in because it is not benefiting anyone. If these people didnt work there this would be THE spot to get some food for the family. Too bad.

The staff is so rude. The food was not fresh; I couldn’t even eat it. This place used to be really good before, I’m not sure what happened: Will NEVER be returning to this place.

If I can give no starts I would the females who work here are so rude! EXTREMELY RUDE! They act annoyed want to rush order and food. They are also so cheap with their meat. They give you so much rice but just a tiny bit of meat good food but go somewhere and pay for food and not have to feel uncomfortable or feel like you being fooled for your money

Good food, bad, bad, bad service. You walk in and nobody pays attention, people waiting to order are totally ignored . You wait and wait and they don't even look at you, they are so busy. Rude and unfriendly staff.

2 times I called an oeder and the DELIVERY GUY REFUSES to go up stairs, I have COPD can not walk alot. THAT IS WHY I CALLED FOR A DELIVERY. REALLY BAD SERVICE!!!

I ordered Grilled Chicken Cutlets with rice and beans this was nasty it was soggy. I have ever had in my whole life. The chicken was boiled not grilled, I will never buy food from here again…

Ruby

I ordered the mangue w/ Salam & cheese & onions. First I asked if the had red onions cause who eats this with white onions 🤢. They said yes but of course gave me white. Then the mangue was soooo. Lumpy I had to add butter and blend it. And it was cold. The food was horrible a waste of money. Anddd I I also asked if the had roles and of course was told yes. And then the delivery guy said they didn't have any. OMG the worst. Not order or eat from hear. Smh

Milan Rysa

Ordering meals on the phone, the guy will get upset bc he doesn’t speak English! He will insult you bc I am dare to speak English in NYC! Just insane!

Kemah Wade

The servers are very disrespectful. If you don't speak Spanish, you're service and food is very bad they need a new cook an they feed you small portions..cheap with they food and they count how much meat to give you

Michelle Hernandez

What can I not say about this disturbing place let's start with customer service this very and un professional lady behind the counter she takes your order. She's a short dark skinned Dominican lady very rude, obnoxious and seems to hate her job. The food could be better. A little bit more seasoning. But they have to get rid of her. The rest of the staff is good.

THE AUM INSTITUT

The food here is average. And the service here is terrible. I have gone in this place many times and every single time I have gotten the same treatment. Offers have complained of said treatment as well. The server's there are very unattentive to new customers, but very accommodating to those that they are very familiar with. On top of that there seems to be a ethnicity biasedness, in favor of Dominican patrons. I grew up in this community and I have talked to other people whom I have had the exact same experience with them. However I will give them credit that if you're in the neighborhood and need to use their bathroom they will allow you to, even if you don't purchase anything. I would not recommend this place to anyone who values themself as a customer

Eli Rose

The plantains had a nauseating smell and tasted like it was fried in really old bad oil...so I had to just throw it out! The carrots were way to mushy (as in baby food mushy) and the fish was really dry as well but at least it had some flavor. THIS IS SO DISAPPOINTING!

Mejeena Constant Estremera

Food is great but service is really bad. When you walk in to order, they ignore you like crazy until you tell them something. They don't even make any type of eye contact. You wait forever for you to finally order your food, that is if you can finally get them to notice you've been standing there for more than 10-15 min. Sometimes, they go right pass you on the line to someone else. It infuriates me but other than that the food taste good.