The Empanada Guy Truck
“Picked up a quick bite to eat at the truck on Old Bridge Turnpike and was pleasantly surprised.”
“I love picking up empanadas to go!”
“Had to call to confirm directions as my navigation for their address took me to a house.”
The Empanada Guy Truck
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Accepts Apple Pay: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
6 reviews
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We went to visit the truck one cold night. The sign says it closes at 7pm, I think we were there around 6:30pm. There were a few people waiting already!
Basically, you order and wait for your food to be cooked in the fryer. The empanadas need a little TLC once you order them. It takes around 5-10 minutes to cook. The server (I believe Empanada Man himself) was VERY busy on his blue-tooth phone talking to someone about ordering tickets of some sort, so he forgot to put in one our empanadas. He realized the mix up after the first one was done cooking. Thus, Empanada Man put in the new empanada in the fryer…but by this time, standing out in the cold was not amusing. He did throw in a free veggie empanada, but it was from the warmer, and was a bit soggy. The fresh empanadas, chorizo and beef, were nice and crispy on the outside. They are $3 each and pretty big. I would say for lunch I would be perfectly fine with just eating two total.
A-OK food, meh service.
Excellent Cubano. This is the best Cubano I've had north of Key West. The bread is a toasted, yet soft, long baguette roll. Delicious melted cheese, ham, roasted pork. The pork was almost falling apart, the sandwich was very well balanced. I could have used another pickle or two in there, but I am absolutely nit picking.
I tried The Empanada Guy Truck in Philly at the Taste of 3 Cities Food Truck Festival & Competition (I don't actually know where they are usually located. There was a lot of good food there, but these guys got my vote for best food.
We need one of these in Philly on a regular basis.
I have nothing to compare it too but I really liked my chicken empanada. The beef was just ok. Very friendly server & food was served very hot. If you are passing through the area it's good for a quick bite. Truck is parked in a former doctors office parking lot.
My favorite food truck in Jersey other than the Rutgers food truck, which has now closed down and makes me really sad. Hey, but at least I still have the Empanada Man! he accepts credit cards now too which is great because I can buy all the yummy empanadas…my favorite is beef then chicken…but my newest favorite is the chorizo empanadas, so much flavor and the juices just flows out in every Crispy bite.
If you look closely, the empanadas have a nice little "EM" Initial for Empanada Man of course, stamped on top of the empanada. nice little touch. Anyways, they sell other things on the menu like yelper Bill said here. But the empanadas is what you go here for. For 3 dollars an empanadas, you can't go wrong! I recently stopped by and saw lobster empanadas as well, it's 6 dollars instead of the usual 3 dollars for the other meats but I'm sure it's just as good. have not tried them yet.
Every time i see this truck outside of my office, I get to excited! the empanadas are pretty filling and the guys inside are nice. i've tired almost everything on the menu, my favorites are teh corn tamale, beef empanada, and rice and red beans. and they accept card, major plus! most of teh empanadas are already made so its a quick bite!
The first time I saw this truck, it was at the food truck festival at the Monmouth Racetrack. Unfortunately then, we were unable to try it due to the outrageously long line. So to our surprise, we spotted it on our way to a doctors appointment in Matawan! We said, if it's still here when we go home, we definitely have to try it out. Luckily, it was still there and we tried $18 worth of empanadas. We ordered 2 beef, 2 chicken, and 2 pulled pork. We both loved the beef the best. The chicken I felt could have had more flavor and the pulled pork was very dry. We would definitely go back for more beef though. I'm drooling just thinking about it. And for $3 each, it wasn't too bad as they were quite big.