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El Ciruelo

★★★★ 4.2 · 100 reseñas

At El Ciruelo, we're passionate about sharing the flavors of Honduras with our community. Our unpretentious eatery serves up traditional favorites like bean soup and baleadas, made with love and care just as abuela used to make. We're proud of our cozy atmosphere, where friends a...

El Ciruelo

Mexican · Medicina

4.2 · 153 reviews Google
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About El Ciruelo

At El Ciruelo, we're passionate about sharing the flavors of Honduras with our community. Our unpretentious eatery serves up traditional favorites like bean soup and baleadas, made with love and care just as abuela used to make. We're proud of our cozy atmosphere, where friends and family gather to...

At El Ciruelo, we're passionate about sharing the flavors of Honduras with our community. Our unpretentious eatery serves up traditional favorites like bean soup and baleadas, made with love and care just as abuela used to make. We're proud of our cozy atmosphere, where friends and family gather to enjoy good food and warm company. Our friendly staff are always happy to help you navigate our menu or share recommendations from their own Honduran heritage. Come taste the difference for yourself – we can't wait to serve you a delicious meal!

What Customers Say About El Ciruelo

El Ciruelo is praised for its authentic and delicious Honduran food, friendly service, and clean environment. The baleadas and pupusas are highly recommended. Some negative reviews mention inconsistent food quality and long wait times.

Popular Dishes

baleadas (3) pupusas (3) tamales chorizo tacos carne asada chicharron Tacos dorados

Best For

Locals Casual Quick Bite

Tip: Try the baleadas or pupusas. Be prepared for potential wait times, especially for pickup orders.

Features

🅿️ Parking 🚗 Delivery 🌅 Breakfast 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family

What to see nearby

Hard Bargain
Heritage
A 561m

Hard Bargain

edificio

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Enderly
Heritage
A 564m

Enderly

edificio

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McIntire Municipal Park
A 744m

McIntire Municipal Park

parque

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Explore the area around El Ciruelo

El Ciruelo is located in Medicina, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Historical Heritage

  • Hard Bargain (A 561m) — historic house in Virginia, United States Virginia Historic Landmark
  • Enderly (A 564m) — historic house in Virginia, United States Virginia Historic Landmark

Parks & Gardens

  • McIntire Municipal Park (A 744m)

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Frequently asked questions about El Ciruelo

El Ciruelo is located at 1703 Allied Ln, Charlottesville, VA 22903, Medicina.
Near El Ciruelo you can find points of interest such as Hard Bargain, Enderly, McIntire Municipal Park.
El Ciruelo offers mexican cuisine.
El Ciruelo has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
El Ciruelo offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway, delivery.
The most recommended dishes at El Ciruelo based on customer reviews are: baleadas, pupusas, tamales, chorizo tacos, carne asada.
El Ciruelo is ideal for locals, casual dining, quick bites.
El Ciruelo is praised for its authentic and delicious Honduran food, friendly service, and clean environment. The baleadas and pupusas are highly recommended. Some negative reviews mention inconsistent food quality and long wait times.
Try the baleadas or pupusas. Be prepared for potential wait times, especially for pickup orders.
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El Ciruelo Medicina Reviews

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Reviews (100)
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Digna Juarez

Delicioso

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Jafeth Ordoñez
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Rafael Garcia
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ariel Guzman

Excelente comida! Lo más cercano a nuestra comida catracha!

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Nataly Interiano

Muy rica la comida el pollo con tajadas y las baleadas.

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Lilly de Rivera

Restaurante catracho comida de mi país 🇭🇳

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Jorge Cruz

Muy buena comida y toda la jente que trabaja ahi excelente

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José Rivas

Muy delicioso todo Gracias

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Ever Velez

Excelente atención y la comida es lo mejor 100%catracho

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Jefry Gonzales

Muy buena comida y muy buena atención

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Md dkquike

Excelente comida muy buen Ambiente

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Jose Meza

Exelente lugar para disfrutar de su rica comida

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Daniel Rivas

El mejor restaurante de charlottesville Virginia de Calidad A+

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Dario Vasquez

Les felicito por su atención y amabilidad

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Melvin Cruz Molina

Las mejores baleadas de Charlottesville!

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JoE.

...buen ambiente. Buena comida

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Ana Medina

DIOS LOS BENDIGA La Atención y la Comida Excelente

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fernando david

Excelente

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Chino Molina

Excelente servicio 👌🏻🇭🇳

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Edgar sanchez

Excelente para comer

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Brianne Selig

Just happened upon this place and it’s one of the happiest accidents of my life. BEST TACOS we’ve ever had. A++++. And for a great price. The wait staff was friendly. 10/10 will come back next time we visit Charlottesville

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Heriberto Monjes

Yo nomás he ido una vez y me encantó el lugar por la cultura que tienen lugar, yo nunca he ido a Honduras, pero sentí que estaban en Honduras esa sentada en el ciruelo. Y para mí, su cultura del lugar, hablo por sí mismo!

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Ana Zuniga

La comida es deliciosa y la atención no se diga la mejor

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Maria Fernanda Jimenez

Excelente, el pollo con tajadas estaba delicioso, me encantó y lo honrado qué son me encantó que el dueño encontró 100 dólares en el suelo y de inmediato comenzó a preguntar de quien era, nadie dijo nada y el se tomó el costo de buscar en los video de la cámara y le dio el dinero a la dueña qué no se dio cuenta que había perdido el dinero, eso me dice lo honrados que son

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Yosselin Abrego

Hoy fuimos con mi amiga a comer, la Comida está delicioso les recomiendo que prueben el pollo con tajadas 😋😋 y la persona que nos atendió muy amable y honrado.

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Dan López

Muy rica la comida y las bebidas naturales exelente muy satisfechos

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jose gonzalez

Excelente comida 100% catracha, con amplio menú, excelente atención, excelente sazón catracho, realmente es como estar comiendo en casa, la familia propietaria son muy atentos y amables.. realmente un muy buen lugar para comer todos los tiempos del día, regreso cada vez que puedo.. se los recomiendo!!

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Marlon Escoto

Muy buena comida excelente servicio lo único malo que los tipos que pasan ahí tomando son bien ofensivos y no respetan a las mujeres que van con sus esposos

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Reyna Guerra

Comida muy deliciosa, te sientes como en casa cada que entras, gente muy trabajadora con una excelente atencion, lo recomiendo Very delicious food, you feel at home every time you enter, very hardworking people with excellent attention I highly recommend them

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Sandra Romero

La mejor comida Hondureña que he Probado desde hace 15 años que no visito mi país muy recomendados

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noemi aguilar

Buenísima la comida hey usted ya comio 10 de 10🥰🥰

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Jaki Romero

Excelente viajamos 1 hora para llegar al lugar , el personal muy amable y la comida fue excelente, un lugar para sentirte en casa 🇭🇳☺️

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Carlos Mauricio Fajardo Duarte

Me sentí en casa, excelente lugar para compartir en familia y amigos, la comida está deliciosa, recomendado al 100%

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dennes geobanni soliz ramirez

Solo necesitan estar más pendientes de las personas al momento de pedir la orden de lo contrario la comida es muy sabrosa

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Eduardo Climaco

Buen servicio y rica comida un lugar súper agradable para pasarla súper bien con familia y amig@s se los recomiendo 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

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mano

The desayuno tipico is my favorite it is so delicious and also love the El ciruelo especial Great food absolutely recommend.

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matthew black

I absolutely love this place . Reminds me Of my home town cuisine in El Paso, TX .

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Michelle Maggiore

A friendly and relaxed atmosphere, great place for baleadas, pupusas, and watching soccer! Very authentic and delicious Honduran food.

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Babak Kharazi Amin

This place is fantastic. It ain't fancy, but the food is very authentic and excellent.

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Arminda Roca

The food was good like the pupusa de queso

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William Black

Delicious tacos dorado and choripollo. Great, friendly service.

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Connie Anderson

Excellent food. Glad we choose it for lunch. Authentic.

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Annie Jo

So delicious and the staff are so nice! It's exactly what I always want!!

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Esthefany Espinal

I love their food! Specially their valiadas and their coffee😋

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CHRISTIAN SANCHEZ

I Went to el ciruelo restaurant and they very good Baliadas from honduras

m
m

Very good 🇭🇳

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Veronica Sanchez Ortiz

Great food and great atmosphere

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Angealina Carpenter

Amazing food and friendly staff!

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Jaron Leon

Incredible food.

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Grace Meile

Great food and fair pricing. I always order to go. Wait is usually 20-30 mins. The tamales and choripollo are fantastic.

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Timothy Domzalski

Great food and friendly staff! Portions were enough to have a second meal of the leftovers.

Matthew Lillis
Matthew Lillis

All the stars. All of them. This place has great food great service. Great happy people offering great Food

Michelle beverage
Michelle beverage

I had a wonderful experience here. It was my first time and I’m definitely going back. I ordered the baleadas with egg, cheese, avocado & Sourcream. Outstanding! Very pleasant service. 5 stars!

Charlie Newman
Charlie Newman

The perfect thing for a rainy Sunday evening!! Shrimp was great, carne asada was great— and I had never had a baleada before but now I want another one.

Mohammad Sarsour
Mohammad Sarsour

Great place! They’re accommodating to Muslims!

April B
April B

Went there before our dance class at the studio a few doors down. Lovely cheerful service and tasty hearty food. We got some baleadas (my favorite), chicharron, savory tamales, and a healthy serving of the best guacamole I've had in a long time. Also a shoutout to some perfectly crispy fried yucca. A note that this is Honduran food, don't expect Quesedillas and Fajitas--but what you get is super satisfying. We will be back!

Jane Moncrief
Jane Moncrief

Hidden gem. We got the chorizo tacos and the bean/cheese popusas. It was all very yummy. Can’t wait to go back and tryout more of the menu.

Brienna Gerard
Brienna Gerard

Delicious! My kids devoured their breakfast platter and my fried chicken served over cooked green bananas had perfection of flavors.

Tristan Williams
Tristan Williams

$23 (with 20% tip) for two BIG bellied boys puts this place in my Top 3 Cheapest Charlottesville category. The horchata was great, if slightly sweet. The pupusas (my vegan rendition included cabbage, and avocado) were well flavored, with the shining element being the cabbage, peppered and not vinegary, a gem in our world. The atmosphere was odd, with two tvs blaring for my attention, to the point that I found myself lost in my conversation turning back to them. Overall, great price, unique food, and an ~interesting~ atmosphere.

Phillip Riese
Phillip Riese

The restaurant is clean, the service is friendly, and the food was authentic and delicious. Will definitely be coming here more often.

Ch 29
Ch 29

Absolutely delicious authentic HONDURAS food (for those reviews with incorrect information) customer service was great and had a great experience will definitely be back!

Andrea Signoretto
Andrea Signoretto

Best Honduran food ever had! Very traditional and with fresh, high quality ingredients. I would recommend it to anyone. Very affordable for the quality.

Aaron Spencer
Aaron Spencer

Food was delicious. Great prices. Seems authentic.

Monique Stahl
Monique Stahl

Authentic homemade Central American food! Homemade flour and or corn tortillas! Absolutely amazing! My little Central American heart is so happy to have found this restaurant! Highly recommend the pupusas and the tamales and the tortillas... yummy!!!

Jennifer Gillispie
Jennifer Gillispie

Best ever!!! Delicious and authentic! If you're not sure what to get, no worries they are ready for suggestions recommendations. We will be back again for more. recomme

Ben Henderson
Ben Henderson

Phenomenal. Tacos dorados the best I’ve ever had. Restaurant is super clean, staff is super friendly.

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Jose Alfredo Madrid Lara
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Jose Murillo

Un poko lento el servicio pero buena la comida

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ekeely

Muy bien. Alteré el plato para hacerlo vegetariano

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Denis Izaguirre
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Ashley Taylor
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James Boykin

Food was good, atmosphere was kid friendly. Has traditional Honduran cuisine, very close to home cooking, if you find yourself in Charlottesville stop in for a visit.

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Luis Martinez

No dejen de degustar la Sopa de Gallina de este lugar. Sencillamente EXCELENTE. Todo lo demás, normal. La atención un tanto lenta y algo costoso para el tipo de lugar.

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Matt Cody

Great food plain and simple. Friendly staff, also a great place for the family.

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Jose Dubon

Nice restaurant

Ashley Taylor
Ashley Taylor

Not my favorite place to eat but it had good food

Jonty
Jonty

Overall, this place was a good intro to Honduran cuisine. Great customer service, clean dining area, and good food. Our chicken was a bit dry and the rolled tacos were slightly overcooked but other than that, the food was tasty!

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Patrick Waits
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Alicia Galvan

Me encanta este lugar, y siempre que pasamos por Charlottesville es una parada obligatoria 😁 pero que decepción lleve hoy con la atención y cierta comida, supongo que no estaban los dueños porque no estaban ellos atendiendo.! Habían solo 2 personas nuevas,

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Carisa Barry Pope

Truly a Mexican restaurant. Team did not know how to speak English, so our drink order was incorrect. Did not eat there.

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TORIBIO DIO

Un señor que trabaja en la cocina con barbas, entro al baño y no se lavo las manos y ni le echo agua al toilet, eso molesta, la higiene

G. H. C.
G. H. C.

Will not go back. Maybe other dishes are fine but the Ciruelo special was recommended by the server, the most expensive dish on the menu but was pretty bad...

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dori boyd

No estuvo bueno la carne asada estaba dura y sin sabor! ☹️

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Omar alfonso Rivera cruz

Mucho tienpo ala hora de esperar la comida y casi siempre el pedido como uno no lo pide

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Elia sevilla

pésimo servicio.

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Francisco Dubon

Pesima atencion

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Ckristopher Galvez

Pésimo servicio le dicen a uno 10 minutos y se tardan 45 minutos 😪😪

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Cinthia Villibord

Son muy lentos

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Arp Distribution
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Zulma Linares

Un plato de casi 16 dólares para llevar me lo dieron con el arroz crudo. Acaso yo les estoy pidiendo regalado para perder mi dinero de esta manera?? Pésima la comida primera y última vez que entro a este sitio, un arroz totalmente desabrido, sin sal sin sabor y crudo? Es el colmo del descaro. Debería ponerle -1estrella que comida tan fea 🤮

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Michelle Guardado

Pedí una parrillada para llevar y me dijeron que estaría en 30 minutos supe que era mucho tiempo pero cuando me la dieron y vi la porción disque para 3 personas y por $70 es demasiado. una porción de arroz y frijol y tajadas simples sin sabor, dos piezas de pollo arrebatados mal frito, un contenedor de dos onzas de aderezo me sentí estafada. nada más que decir

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Monica Hercules

El pollo con tajadas y las pupusas mixtas muy ricas! Pero las de Queso son lo peor en provado ! El queso parece caucho no se podía ni comer , el servicio regularmente es aceptable! Pero hoy fue terrible ! Le pedimos unos aderezos a la mesera jamás los llevó, queríamos más bebidas nunca aparecieron ninguna de las Dos ! Éramos los únicos clientes . Nos tuvimos que levantar de la mesa a traer más bebidas porque la mesera estaba ocupadisima viendo el celular! Aparte se molestó cuando le dije que las pupusas de queso estaban feas ! Aún así la pague. Espero que mejoren el servicio y el queso!

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Esmeralda Diaz

Pedi casi 100 de comida y no me llegó la orden de pupusas

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H R

En el menu tienen un precio y al cobrar ponen uno mas alto, dijeron que porque la registradora tiene los precios mas altos y no los pueden arreglar al precio del menu!!!! Les dije que era ILEGAL tener differente precio en el menu que en la registradora al cobrar. Revisen sus cuentas antes de ordenar! Que pesar los tamales son ricos!! Be aware!!! They have lower prices in the menu and then when you pay the cashier charge you higher price!! The tamales in the menu are 1.95!! And they have 2.25 in the cash register. I like the tamales they are really good! Just Be careful with what they charge!!

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Bryan Chavez

Este restaurante es el peor q he visitado una hora para poder sacar una chuleta de cerdo con tajada es lo pero q puede a ver en esa zona no se los recomiendo porq dilatan demasiado

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Kevin Bustillo

La verdad la comida es bueno y todo pero hay gente que hace mucho ruido y no deja comer a gusto la verdad no la recomiendo si traen niños y también hay gente tomando casi siempre y también hacen mucha bulla….!

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Keila Machado

Se tardan mucho para hacer la comida encargue 15 pupusas y tuve que esperar 45 minutos.muy malo

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Josselyn Sanchez

El servicio de las meseros son lo peor

Mike Bitcoin
Mike Bitcoin

First time in my life that I didn’t finish or save my restaurant food for later. Ordered pickup, was told it would be 20 minutes. After waiting an hour, got my food. Ordered the special. The “sausage” was a hot dog. The chicken was dry and thin. The “steak” was some thin burnt beef. The rice tasted like microwave rice. This is clearly a hang out spot for their community, and if you’re not one of them, expect to be treated poorly.

Lisa Kimball
Lisa Kimball

Terrible. No taste at all. Patrons please not the good reviews are from last year when a great restaurant was @ the address. Not true to any type of lantino food . Uggh

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1703 Allied Ln, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Medicina, VA 22903

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🥞 Breakfast
🍽️ Lunch
🍾 Dinner
Coffee
🍰 Desserts
🥡 Takeout
🚚 Delivery
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Verified by owner
🕐 Hours Today
10AM-9PM
Rating
4.2/5
💬 Reviews
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⏱️ Typical Visit
People typically spend 10 min to 1 hr here
📞 Phone
+1 434-296-8661
🌐 Website
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Medicina, VA 22903

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