I'm going to list my ethnicity and nationality due to the fact that it seems important for some of our Cuban brothers and sisters that have already reviewed this restaurant.
I'm of African Decent/American born and raised. My only previous impression of Cuban foods are from New York City, and parts of Florida respectively. With that said, I ordered the Arroz Con Pollo, a order of Plantains, and the lemonade TO-GO. At first I felt the Arroz con Pollo was over priced until I saw the monster size of the Arroz con Pollo. I walked out with a Lasagna sized aluminum pan with enough food to feed four to six people. I'm a BIG guy (think football player) so that's saying a lot. The Chicken and rice was pretty good, but honestly the taste was a tad bland (as compared to other Cuban/other Latin/ And, or Other Spanish foods that I've experienced). Also, the Platains were not the ripe, gooey Plantains that I'm used to though they were good and had excellent flavor. they were seasoned decently. HOWEVER!!!! Overall I just added a little Sazon to the Chicken & Rice and it was on the money. I may be a little different than some of the people that review restaurants, as I don't compare restaurants to home-cooking. Simply put, if you're looking for Abuela's cooking, then you need to go to Abuela's house. Even your friend's Abuela, may not cook like your own so I don't think that's a fair comparison. In all honesty, because we're in Virginia, and not one of the Major cities, my own cooking does not taste as good as it does when I'm home in NY because I don't have the luxury of all the ingredients here in Virginia. With that said, Overall - I loved the food.
In review
the chicken and rice was slightly bland but had a huge portion size
the plantains were not the ripe sticky ones but had flavor
the lemonade was excellent
it's not my Granny's house so I did not expect Granny's cooking - thus the food was excellent.
Pros: fresh squeezed Lemonade, Portions sizes!!!
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