Tio Pio
“I could seriously live on a quarter chicken with rice, beans and plantains ($6.50).”
“no complaints here, like everyone said the food is delicious–lots of options—cheap and huge portions.”
“The pernil is usually quite succelent but there are days where it is a little on the dry side.”
Tio Pio
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
8 reviews
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This location is great! They have a variety of options ranging from breakfast items including bagels, muffins, pastries and hot food to a salad station and hot food for lunches. The coffee is fresh and hot. The service is also friendly. Definitely recommend!
You come here because you want to splurge on calories.
Do yourself a favor and skip that salad bar – their chicken is dry and the veggies are just sub-par.
Get in the hot-meal line… I always go for the rice and beans, as well as mac and cheese… Actually, I think those are the only two sides Ive gotten there. Ive had the oxtail and the roast pork – both are greasy and salty, but oh, so delicioso.
Cheap, fast and huge portions at Tio Pio. There is a salad line and a hot food line. I was served right away – in and out (take-out) in five minutes. Many different meat and fish options with typical Spanish sides (rices, plantains, beans etc).
Lunch came to $9.25 with tax for 1/4 rotisserie chicken with 3 sides – I got spinach, yuca and Spanish rice. Food was fine – chicken had good flavor but was somewhat dry. Rice was great while yuca and spinach were just mediocre. I was certainly full after (couldn't even finish it all), so I would recommend for a quick, inexpensive lunch in Downtown Brooklyn.
It's 6am and I decided to give this place a chance. I've seen it during normal hours and never gave it a shot.
Walked in and it was busy with construction workers, which is understandable. The staff seemed friendly and I ordered an egg white with turkey and tomato on a TOASTED roll. Got the roll and it was tasty, as tasty as egg white and turkey can be I imagine. BUT THE ROLL WASN'T TOASTED. Something so simple and it was too early to start messing up orders.
I'll give them another try at getting it right and a chance at some other things before getting another star but 3 is all I can do right now. Place is clean despite the B rating. But it was 6am also!!
A co-worker introduced me to this place 2 weeks ago and I've been a regular ever since. I love it! The atmosphere in the restaurant is lively. But the selection of food takes the cake! Anything from an empenada (sp?), to a salad bar, to a sandwich, to your selection of a hot meal (variety of rices, vegetables and meats). For lunch you can get rice, 2 sides and one meat for $8.00. And the portions are huge. I never finish all in one sitting, so I save the remaining food for the next day. Which is $4 for lunch each day. Not bad.
Overall Rating: B+
My go-to for a fast and cheap lunch near my office. $5.75 for a decent half chicken is hard to beat.
I found this gem after a long morning of errands and am so happy I did. You can get custom salads, juice/smoothies or a platter of delicious Spanish food. If you're a picky eater like me than I highly recommend this place as you can pick and choose as much as you'd like 🙂
Being the only Spanish food place in the area other than Sophie's which is most definitely pricier, I can definitely foresee long lines at certain times of the day. But at 3 o'clock on this beautiful Saturday, the place isn't all that busy.
Not a bad little Spanish style restaurant in downtown Brooklyn. A decent sized selection of hot foods and sides. I had a pork chop, yellow rice, corn and a bottle of water for $10. You can't beat that.