Caridad Restaurant
“However, I did not like the separate Chicken pieces that came with the Mofongo though.”
“Absolutely flavorful choices from the tres golpes (mashed plantains with fried cheese, salami, and eggs) to your sirloin tender steak.”
“The food is delicious and the service was great as well me and my boyfriend had a great time here, very welcoming atmosphere.”
Caridad Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
4 reviews
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This venue is one of a small local chain that serves a wide Spanish Caribbean variety including Puerto Rican, Dominican and Cuban dishes. Seafood and meats are incredibly fresh and prices are comfortable.
The manager came over to our table to describe the baby goat meat we had ordered, that it was so fresh it had been cavorting on the grass earlier that day.
TMI alert!!! I'm carnivorous by nature, but that almost put me off my feed. Almost.
Best baby goat I ever had.
The soups are decadent. Friday is my favorite day since the soup special is Seafood. The bowl comes brimming with king crab legs, lobster claws and hardy broth. The Sancocho is full of chunk meats and yucca. If you like Pernil, you're in the right place. So juicy. The oxtail lunch special and the roast chicken lunch special are similarly on the mark. Stretch your palate and try the Mofongo- mashed green plantains spicy with garlic, olive oil, and fried pork. Just don't breathe on anyone when you get back to work and that next meeting.
Service varies from good to superb. Ask for Aguedo. He's easy on the eyes and even better, an excellent waiter.
Save room for the Tres Leches cake. Seriously. It is a slice of heaven. Light cake, with a thin slather of frosting, in a sweet milk sauce, so moist and delectable, you will be smiling from ear to ear from each bite. Get a cafe con leche while you're at it. So good.
Portions here are ENORMOUS. A lunch special for one is like a family style serving. It's crazy. You can have lunch and dinner from it and still have enough left over to share with someone else or have again for breakfast.
One caveat: Bring earplugs. The cacophonous din of Reggaeton being piped through the healthy sound system is not to be discounted. I make a point of heading there early for lunch around 11:30am to be close to the end of my meal by the scheduled noontime blaring.
This is what happens when you read a lot of good reviews and get an ehh experience.
I came for lunch. The restaurant was fairly empty and played very loud music. I parked in the lot around the corner so don't worry about street parking.
My waitress took a few more minutes than normal to greet and provide menus. Not sure why my table did not get a basket of bread like all the other patrons, but okay. The menu says, ask about the lunch menu but according to the waitress, that does not exist. Instead the waitress very quickly stated the options. Too quickly.
The food was bleh. I ordered black bean rice with broiled chicken. Both were very dry. I also asked for avocado on the side. The waitress returned to say they ran out. Yet the table beside me got some on their plate less than 10 minutes later.
After the waitress brought the bill, it took her quite some time to pick it up. Once she saw that I was approaching the cash register, she then paid mind. Odd experience and I probably won't return.
Tips: there's a parking lot. yup, thats all i have to say…
Happy dining!
Really good place for food. They offer big delicious portions. An order of food will get two people full.
My friends and I shared a shrimp penne a la vodka. Even though this isn't an Italian place, the penne was pretty good. The shrimp made the penne pretty strong tasting.
We also had the Chicken Mofongo. It was first time trying this dish and it was delicious. I would never have thought plantains would taste good with Chicken. However, I did not like the separate Chicken pieces that came with the Mofongo though. It was too salty for my taste.
If you feel like splurging, get the Virgin Pina Colada. It tastes like heaven, but it will hurt your wallet. It's $7, which is pretty expensive for a drink in my opinion.
I've been going to Caridad for over 5 years and the consistency is always the same Perfect flavor never over powered with condiments. The monfogo is always moist, nothing can ruin a meal like a dried up Monfogo.