Vaka Restaurant

337 Essex St, Lawrence
(978) 655-7278

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Customers' Favorites

Mofongo with a Mix of Seafood Topped With
Churrasco with Rice and Beans
Shrimp Teriyaki Bento Box
Vaka Especial Margarita's
Churrasco with Malanga
Vaka Special Margarita
Dominican Bento Box
Mofonguitos De Yuca
Sukshis de Plátano
Mofónguito de Yuca

Menu

Featured items
Ninja Roll
Chicken tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and chicken teriyaki.
Cibao Roll
Salami, fried cheese, and maduro.
Chapi Roll
Chicken tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and chicharron.
NinjaFongo Churrasco (skirt steak)
8oz skirt steak with monfongo and ninja sauce
La Pampara Roll
Chicken tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and longaniza.
Mofonguitos De Yuca
Fried yucca baskets and served with your choice of beef, shrimp, and shredded chicken.
Dominican Bento Box
Churrasco, chofan, cibao roll, salad, and dumpling. Included in all bento box with white rice, salad, miso soup, California roll, and dumpling.
La Pela Roll
Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and seafood mix.
Grill Salmon with Garlic Yuca Mash
With chinola creamy sauce.
Acqua Roll
Shrimp tempura, mozzarella cheese, sweet plantain, and bacon deep fried.
Bandeja Colombiana
RICE, BEANS, STEAK, CHICHARON, CHORIZO MADURO, AVOCADO & AN EG
Bandeja Banileja
RICE, BEANS, STEAK, CHICHARON, TOSTONES, GREEN SALAD WITH AVOCAD
Trucho roll
Fried cheese, longaniza, Maduro, churrasco and chimichurri
NinjaFongo Grilled Chicken Breast
Grilled chicken breast with mofongo on bacon sauce
Salisbury Beach Roll
Shrimp Tempura, cucumber, salmon and guacamole on ninja sauce
Laconia Beach Roll
Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and crabmeat.

Appetizers
Mofonguitos De Yuca
Fried yucca baskets and served with your choice of beef, shrimp, and shredded chicken.
Gyoza Chicken
Steamed or fried chicken dumplings.
Ninja Platter
Chef selection sushi and appetizer for 4 people
Asian Chicharron
Fried pork belly with sweet chil and scallions.
Fried Calamari
Deep fried calamari with spicy mayonnaise.
Beef Satay
Beef skewers in Asian fusion teriyaki sauce.
Fusion Tuna Tartar
Fresh wild caught tuna with mango, avocado, and plantain chips.
Ninja Ceviche
Fish and shrimp cured in lime and salt. Served with peppers and chips.
Ninja Octopus Salad
Octopus over arugula salad with a miso passion fruit dressing.
Garlic Parmesan Wings
Chicken wings tossed in a garlic and parmesan sauce
Chicken Wings
Mango jalapenos, cilantro sweet chili, siracha, and barbecue.
La Vakaneria
Chef selection sushi and appetizer for 4 people
Ninja Concocitos
Crispy fried rice with your choice of beef, shrimp, and shredded chicken.
Croqueta De Maduro
With cuacamole, spicy kani, and cheese.
Rock Shrimp
With garlic spicy mayonnaise.
Kani Salad
Crab meat salad with chopped romaine, cucumber, tobiko, onion, and mayonnaise.
Din Sum
Shrimp shumai and served with a sweet chilli tamarindo sauce.
Spicy Edamame
Freshly blanched edema me tossed on spicy sauce.
Chuleria
Sweet plantain with stir-fried veggies and shrimp.
Tiraditos
Salmon or tuna with a fusion sofrito.

Traditional Sushi
Snow Mountain Roll
shrimp's tempura, snow crab, avocado and spicy mayo.
California Roll
Kani, cucumber, and avocado.
Volcano Roll
Shrimp tempura, avocado, and mani with spicy mayonnaise.
Alaska Roll
Salmon, cucumber, and avocado.
Spicy Salmon Roll
Salmon and spicy mayonnaise.
Philadelphia Roll
Smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese.
Spicy Tuna Roll
Tuna and spicy mayonnaise.
Rainbow Roll
Kani, avocado, yellow tail, salmon and tuna
Vip California Roll
Kani, cucumber, avocado, smoked salmon, guacamole, and crab meat.
Dragon Roll
Shrimp tempura, eel, avocado, and eel sauce.
Dynamite Roll
Tuna, yellow tail, avocado, and spicy mayonnaise deep fried
Fiesta Roll
Spicy tuna, and avocado
Geisha Roll
Salmon, tuna, and avocado deep fried with spicy mayonnaise.
Yellow Tail Roll
Avocado and spicy mayonnaise,
Samurai Roll
Spicy yellow tail, tuna, avocado with pico de gallo, and pineapple.
Eel Avocado Roll
Constanza Roll
Chef selection of fresh veggies.

Aplatanao Rolls
Ninja Roll
Chicken tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and chicken teriyaki.
Cibao Roll
Salami, fried cheese, and maduro.
Chapi Roll
Chicken tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and chicharron.
La Pampara Roll
Chicken tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and longaniza.
Acqua Roll
Shrimp tempura, mozzarella cheese, sweet plantain, and bacon deep fried.
La Pela Roll
Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and seafood mix.
Ninja Plater for 3
Chef selection of 2 sushi and appetizer
Laconia Beach Roll
Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and crabmeat.
Trucho roll
Fried cheese, longaniza, Maduro, churrasco and chimichurri
Trucho Roll
Fried cheese, longaniza, maduro, churrasco, and chimichurri.
Salisbury Beach Roll
Shrimp Tempura, cucumber, salmon and guacamole on ninja sauce
Serie 56 Roll
Steak, bacon, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and chimichuri.
Fenway Roll
Chicken tempura, bacon, maduro, cream cheese with Tso's chicken topping
Crunchy Roll
Shrimp tempura, mozzarella, bacon, and maduro fried panko.
Blue Roll
Shrimp tempura, cream cheese, maduro, guacamole, and ropa vieja.
El Carnal Roll
chicken tempura, carnitas asada, avocado, fry cheese with Dorito tempura
Vaka Special Roll
Tuna tatar, cucumber, plantain, guacamole, jalapeno, and pico de gallo.

Main Course
NinjaFongo Churrasco (skirt steak)
8oz skirt steak with monfongo and ninja sauce
Bandeja Colombiana
RICE, BEANS, STEAK, CHICHARON, CHORIZO MADURO, AVOCADO & AN EG
Yakisoba Noodle
Japanese stir fried noodles with choice of chicken or shrimp.
Churrasco
10 oz skirt steak and purple yam (malanga) with ninja chimichurri.
Grill Salmon with Garlic Yuca Mash
With chinola creamy sauce.
NinjaFongo Grilled Chicken Breast
Grilled chicken breast with mofongo on bacon sauce
NinjaFongo Shrimp
Shrimp and mofongo with ninja sauce
Bandeja Banileja
RICE, BEANS, STEAK, CHICHARON, TOSTONES, GREEN SALAD WITH AVOCAD
Mar y Tierra (Surf and Turf)
8oz churrasco, shrimp side and mofongo with ninja sauce
Pescado samana
Fried red snapper fish with a choice of one side
Vaka Paella
Dominican - Japanese infuse paella
Bandeja Jamaica
FRIED RICE, TERIYAKI CHICKEN, FRIED FISH ON COCONUT SAUCE, MADURO & VEGETABLE
Pollo Teriyaki
Grilled chicken teriyaki with maduro mash asparagus and scallions.
Langosta Naguera
Baked lobster filled with a variety of seafood on a ninja sauce
Tomahawk Steak
34oz Bone-In Tomahawk Steak with a Choice of one side
La Santa
Cordon blue style chicken breast stuffed with cheese and shrimp on a white shrimp sauce
Pescado Relleno De Paella
Fried red snapper stuffed with paella rice
18 oz Cowboy Ribeye
10 oz ribeye steak with veggie and yuca mash with hennessey demi glaze.
Vaka Fried Rice
Asian style fried rice with ham, chicken and egg
Grilled Chicken Breast
Grilled chicken with spinach, bacon sauce, and maduro.
Bandeja Cubana
RICE, BEANS. ROPA VIEJA, PULLED PORK (PERNIL) YUCCA FRIED WITH CHIMICHURRI, EGG, AVOCADO
Chofan Hawallano
Latin infused Hawaiian style fried rice with shrimp, ham, and pineapple.
General Tso's chicken
Traditional Chinese plate with a slightly tangy, savory, and mildly spicy taste accompanied with sticky white rice and garlic fried plantain
Orange Chicken
Traditional Chinese plate that consist of deep-fried pieces of chicken that are coated in a flavorful, sweet, and tangy orange sauce accompanied by sticky white rice
Butterfly Effect
Double chicken breast stuffed with a cheese sauce.
Kamasutra
12oz New York Strip served with your choice of sidew
VakaFongo Medusa
Mofongo with a seafood mix white sauce
Pulpo a La Diabla
Octopus cooked in a traditional Mexican styles spicy recipe
204 Broadway Steak Lobster
8 oz skirt steak with three shrimp topped with a lobster meat and mushroom sauce

Bento Box
Dominican Bento Box
Churrasco, chofan, cibao roll, salad, and dumpling. Included in all bento box with white rice, salad, miso soup, California roll, and dumpling.
Salmon Teriyaki Bento Box
Included in all bento box with white rice, salad, miso soup, California roll, and dumpling.
Chicken Teriyaki Bento Box
Included in all bento box with white rice, salad, miso soup, California roll, and dumpling.
Shrimp Teriyaki Bento Box
Included in all bento box with white rice, salad, miso soup, California roll, and dumpling.
Beef Teriyaki Bento Box
Included in all bento box with white rice, salad, miso soup, California roll, and dumpling.

Soups
Thai Dumpling Soup
Chicken dumpling, siracha, and cilantro.
Miso Soup
Traditional Japanese soup.

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Recent Reviews

My family and I recently had dinner at Vaka Restaurant, after a close friend highly recommended it. We had an amazing dining experience, with immense appreciation to manager, Alex and our server, Mireina. We spoke with Alex in advance of our visit, to inquire about the menu and allergen accommodations. Alex was personable, professional, knowledgeable, thoughtful, patient, courteous, kind and accommodating. He listened intently to our concerns and needs. He explained the menu...
September 2025
My husband and I absolutely loved VAKA. Everything about this place invites you to come back for more. The staff is warm and polite, the service is efficient, the place is clean. The food is high quality and delicious! The atmosphere is vibrant but not loud. I highly recommend the KiKe drink, AMAZING!!!
August 2025
Made a reservation for a large group on the weekend and everything was perfectly set up! The vibe was enchanting and the food was immaculate. I’d say it was a slightly more party vibe compared to some of the other Dominican restaurants in the city. It was relatively busy but the food came out in a timely manner and was worth the wait. The steak was tasty and this was probably up there in terms some of the best chicharrón I’ve had. Will def be coming back! Definitely best...
August 2025

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Vaka Restaurant

337 Essex St, Lawrence, MA 01840
(978) 655-7278