2 reviews

1. Shenna Pilot  

   on January 5, 2016
   

   Pay close attention when you turn on to the street as you may drive right by it. This restaurant is basically a hole in the wall store front with about 10 seats inside. The owner/cook is cooking up some good dominican food served cafeteria style. He was extremely friendly. You could tell he cared a lot about his customers and cooking. Empanadas were amazing. He made them fresh while we were waiting! We will definitely come back to try some more of their dishes and get some more empanadas.

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2. Deandra Beene  

   on September 16, 2016
   

   I've been biting my tongue for a while, because my coworker used to order here all the time. However, time and time again Paraiso Cocina Dominicana would disappoint.

   The business card clearly says oxtail and bacalao on Fridays. More than half the times we ordered, this place would either not have one of those things or it wouldn't be available until after 1pm. The last time we ordered, this was the case, and they didn't have empanadas.

   As for the actual food, I don't know what my coworker saw in this place other than the amount of oxtail he got with his $10 meal. My pernil meals were almost all rice. I always had leftover rice when I did decide to get something from here. They don't even throw in a lot of beans. It looks like he literally sprinkles pigeon peas across the top.

   The rice was always soggy to me as was the pernil. I don't know how they were consistently able to prepare pernil that didn't have any crispiness to it.

   The only thing I liked about the meal was the addition of pickled cabbage. Other than that, I couldn't wait until my coworker stopped ordering from here.

   This paraiso is just a mirage.

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