Yuck! I ate here recently and was told by the new owners that they just purchased the place a few weeks ago. They were very nice and it was clear they care about their restaurant and want to do their best. They also provided us with some free appetizers of fried plantains with olive oil and diced raw garlic. It was weird because the plantain was extremely bland and the garlic was very pungent but this cuisine was new to me so I went with the flow. Also, the service was mostly attentive but no one seemed to know who was doing what job so we had 3 different people asking us what had and had not been done.
Then the horror began. I ordered the $10 fried chicken with rice. The chicken itself was of very poor quality and included 2 drumsticks and 2 pieces of the rear dark meat that included the actual spine of the chicken. It was a little bizarre seeing each and every vertebrae of the chicken I was about to eat and while I try to be fairly open-minded about what I'll try, this was unexpected and unappetizing. When I tried the drumstick it was clear that the chicken was not seasoned before it was fried and it was very overcooked. It was the worst friend chicken I've had in recent memory. The rice was good but give me a break, rice is rice.
My buddy ordered the $10 pork with mofongo, a dish made of mashed and fried plantains. The pork was also unseasoned and deep fried for far too long. It was terrible. I've read that mofongo is often served with a sauce over the top. In this case, the sauce they chose was only butter. There was so much butter the mofongo and pork were basically marinating in plate full of it. The mofongo had an interesting texture but was also very bland, even with the overabundance of butter. Overpriced and disgusting.
If this is normal for Puerto Rican food please let me know so that I can avoid this country and its cuisine like the plague. I appreciate the dedication of the new owners but some serious changes need to be made. I am thoroughly displeased and will never eat here again.