Capri Restaurant
Capri Restaurant
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
2 reviews
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My friends were raving to me about how good the food was here, especially their chicken and rice n beans. So I decided to give it a try. We came here on a freezing Tuesday night. This place is pretty small, but as we entered, I saw a dining space tucked away in the back room, separate from the open kitchen.
Perhaps we came on a bad night, or maybe cuz my food expectations are higher… but the food I tasted that night was mediocre at best. Rice n beans were decent, nice flavor in the sauce and I enjoyed mixing with the rice. But the chicken was flavorless and very dry. And for refreshments, we had a strange raspberry flavored soda, which tasted like cough syrup. Meh. I'll pass. I don't think I'm coming back here again.
The Holy Spirits made me do it. It's not even 12 noon (mind you) and Dominican foods, greet and hover around you early in the morning when you go in to Capri. Could be a turn off to some to eat so heavy in the a.m., but I'm not complaining since I was out and about with my mom. (I rarely eat this heavy- so I just went for it at 11:25 am).
Capri Restaurant is right smack in Dominican Land, on St. Nicholas. It's one of those restaurants where you don't need the hospitality of a host to escort you to your seat. You find a seat up front or head to the stairs in the back and enjoy. The menu is dominated by every Dominican staple you can think of- all sorts of meats and their accompanying carbs/starch. I started with a Dominican shake called Batido de Lechosa- essentially it's papaya pulp, sugar, regular milk and evaporated milk then put in a blender- which was weak. I settled for the Fried Fish, and Tostones and basically, the fish was bland and absent from any flavor and seasonings.
Generally, I think that Capri's main attraction had to be the great, old-school merengue from yesteryears playing in the background- which in a heartbeat, I just wanted to get up and dance! But with all joke aside, customer service was very pleasant, friendly and attentive. But I also believe, that their shimmer they used to have ages ago, has dulled.