Reviews for El Castillo de Jagua Restaurant in New York, NY
El Castillo de Jagua is a terrific place in the LES. It's local, the menu is legit and thorough, service is terrific, and it's... affordable, and I don't mean affordable by NYC standards. Thing is, you have to know what to order. Recently, my friend hit thetrifecta with pernil, Spanish rice, and beans. My salad with chicken was comprised of iceberg lettuce, slices of semi-ripetomato, onion slices, and topped with chicken that had been grated not shredded. The texture and appearance of the pollo madeeating it not so pleasant. And that was my lesson. Next time, I'll order pretty much anything else on the menu. Read more
I grew up in LES alphabet city, and this was the best spanish food, we ate here all the time. I ordered the chicharon de cerdo... today and it was all fat no meat. And I ordered chicharon de Pollo and it was greasy and dark like it was cooked In old grease.Dark.... Read more
Delicious sancocho and the staff is super friendly. Made me feel like a regular visiting the first time.
The Sancocho was delicious and hearty. The arroz con gandules reminded me of my grandma's
Any time I have anyone in town we come straight here. Their smoothies and fresh juices (esp lemonade) are amazing, the mofongo... is to die for (the sauce is amazing), and their dinner plates are huge and delicious!! One of the only places in the city Ivisit repeatedly and never get tired of. As a Dominican native, I recommend! Read more
really solid cuchifrito spot. all the food is perfectly seasoned and well balanced. unfortunately the beans were more like soupy... bean water without many beans at all but besides that i would definitely return here. the guisado is very good Read more
Small place but so good! Similar to many of New Yorks most tastiest Restaurants it is definitely a small place that gets a... whole lot of people dining in and taking out. Food was great, wait was a bit much but understandable with thy amount of staffand amount of consumers. Also, amazing coffee and steam sandwich!! Read more
Terrible food. Unripened sweet plantains. Flavorless pernil. Dry sad empanadas. Chewy fried plantains. And they forgot dishes in... my order. Overall recommend to avoid like the plague. Read more