El Bacano

13009 1/2 Victory Blvd, North Hollywood
(818) 210-0026

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Rachel Skenandore

Food was rather bland

Food: 2

Andrea Pezzillo

Wow! I did not expect this! It was so yummy!

Food: 5

Recommended dishes: Sancocho

Vanessa Vigo

This place is like the in & out of authentic Dominican food. Fast service, 10-15m for food, always has seating, great tasting food and the drinks are delicious!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Whitney Martinez

Nice little restaurant, my husband served a mission in the Dominican Republic 20 yrs ago so he was super excited to eat some food from their again. It was delicious! The kids loved it too!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Esmeralda Ortiz

I ordered the Machi’s Chicken with a side of tostones (fried plantains). The food was freshly made and is the closest to authentic Caribbean food you’ll find here in California. Also, great portions sizes considering the cost. Everything was fresh, crisp and flavorful for the exception of the beans and potato salad, but by just a tad maybe some ingredients are harder to find here in the US that would give those items a special Caribbean pizazz!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Linda Castro

Food was good but the service was not good , cashier felt unwelcoming. My bf is dominican ,we traveled from Utah to California to eat some dominican food and the food just didn’t feel great since the atmosphere wasn't as inviting. Wish it was better but I rather eat else where then here again. 😕

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Aniel Ramos

If you’re Dominican and looking for a taste of home , this is definitely the place . Great food, great service, great people. I will definitely return and recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ed Livingston

Small place that plays music so loud one gets a headache just sitting in it. Could not hear the server when trying to order because of the loud music. Food is good. Too bad about the noise.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 3

Jayson “Jaxx” Reyes

Great place, I just wish it would close a little later. 9pm is pretty early.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Jasmine Lake

If I could give zero stars, I would. I placed and paid for an order and informed the woman taking my order that I’d be arriving around 9:20 due to traffic. The girl I spoke to said it was fine.

Then at 9:07, I get a rude call from someone else yelling, “HELLO, YOU PLACED AN ORDER - WE CLOSE AT 9.” I calmly explained that I had already spoken to someone and was told it was okay. She snapped “FINE” and hung up.

When I got there? Not a single person in sight. Doors closed. No food. No refund.

Absolutely disgusting customer service. This is no way to treat paying customers - especially those trying to support a small business.RUINED my Friday night; I will never return. EL BACA-NO.

Service: 1

Katherine

Cooking with old oil is not good 🤢 I left with a horrible after taste, burped the whole way back home. I’ve had better Dominican food elsewhere , this was not it at all!!! It did not taste authentic.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Elizabeth Ward

Food tasty and so tender( had chicken) and service with a smile. But what made me do review ( which I have seldom done) restaurant was extremely clean!!

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mio Núñez

This was my first time at this restaurant. We just discovered this restaurant talking to the hairdresser. We lucked out because they are closed on Mondays! This is a Dominican fast food style restaurant. It's not a large space, but there are tables and chairs to dine in. The menu has the basics of a typical Dominican dish such as rice, beans, meat and other sides. We ordered fried pork chops, fried pork rinds, white rice, black beans, rice with pigeon peas, fried plantains, fried cheese, avocado and empanada. We order a sancocho (soup with different types of meats and vegetables) to go which came with white rce. The portions are generous and food is placed in to go containers. We ended up taking leftovers. They also have juices including passion fruit and soursop. There's no bar or alcohol here. The staff was very friendly and professional. The food came out very hot and pretty quick. The place inside was clean. While there, I noticed that all orders placed after 8:30 are to go only and also no public restrooms. This place can be
easily missed. It's located next to Subway. There's plenty of parking spots. I would recommend this place. The food was flavorful.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sephora Escarpeta-Garcia

Great food and service. Love the fact that we were able to find a place with Dominican home cooking.

Luis Canturencia

If you are Dominican and live on the east coast or someday like me go from NJ or NY or any state to California I recommend this 100% Dominican restaurant I drove twice more than an hour to eat not only the rice and the beans the chimi Ugh, tremendously delicious, the real chimi as it is made in the Dominican capital, really good food, thank you, they saved me those days when I was visiting California, the service was excellent.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sancocho, Machi's Chicken

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