koki - Creative Puerto Rican Kitchen
104 City Hall Plaza #101, Durham
(984) 219-7168
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Delicious! Great value, loved the empanadas, and loved that my kiddo with allergies had safe options that were egg and dairy free. Nice service and we even had enough for leftovers the next day. We will be back soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The empanadas are amazing. Packed with flavor and extra crispy. It's weird that for dine in everything is served on takeout containers. It seems like such a waste of plastic. The menu also has about 40% of the items marked off. Why not print new menus? Ignore all of that though, bc the food is fantastic!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 5
You have to try the empanadas, delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food tastes just like your abuela made it. So delicious. We will definitely come back!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Exactly what this Boricua was looking for. They aced the tostones. I loved my cerdito, and will come back for their arroz con gandules.
A slice of home after a long day. This place is absolutely spectacular.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Empanandas are life.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Been here twice. Great both times.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I recently visited the Raleigh area very recently, and I’ve seen this place pop up every now and again when looking for a place to eat. I realized one day I was just a few minutes away, and decided to check it out. And man, the food was EXQUISITE! I had the Old Havana, which is essentially a ropa vieja plate, and my girl had the Cuban sandwich. Both items were very authentic, keeping to the original recipes, flavors, and presentations. Having Puerto Rican roots, this place hits home in all aspects. I definitely will recommend this to anyone in the area with zero hesitation. I’m definitely going back next time I am in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: One Empanada, Flan, Cuban Sandwich, Old Havana
Love, love LOVE!!! Authentic food. Empanadas? BOMB. Chicharron? BOMB. Rice and beans? My girls punished it! That tripleta made me time travel 🥹 Everything was good! Casual and reasonably priced. The host was very friendly and keeping up with everything. I usually don't tip when I have to order at the front and wish I tipped more only because she kept things tidy and was actually helpful with the service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Koki is amazing! The chicharrones de pollo were perfectly crispy and seasoned, the arroz con habichuelas was rich and flavorful, and the maduros and yuca frita were spot on. It felt like I was back in Puerto Rico—authentic food, generous portions, and full of flavor. A must-try in Durham!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Durham seems to miss the mark with Puerto Rican food. I came out sorely disappointed. The food looks good in the pics but my Mofongo tasted of nothing but garlic. The Coqui campo pork was flavorless and tasted old. Of all the things on my plate my favorite was the maduros and the avocado slices. I will not be returning here.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
So I had the kiosko at Koki today, was the best empanadas in everything the best puertorriquen🙌 food at Durham yall should go and try and before I leave, I will come back to Koki again , and the cashier that was there named Andrea was pretty nice and sweet, totally worth to go and try Koki the best .🥳🥳👏
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
My experience was horrible. The food was absolutely terrible. I spent $30 on an appetizer and dinner. The food was luke warm, the beans taste like they were poured right from the can the carne riepa was not good. My friend had the chicken empanadas and left her whole plate as well. This was so disappointing, I left the whole plate there and left. Do better!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
I have eaten here a few times. The food is usually very good. But what I ordered was not as good as before and there were changes made to the type of beans that came with my order. They did not give me the correct sauces I ordered and paid for. I will not be back to this location. The service was horrible. The young lady that was working on the order was on her phone most of the time and was not attentive at all. Young people that they are hiring is going to cause this business to lose much customers. The pastry was hard and cold as well.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
The food is always amazing but the lady taking your order seems like your irritating her anytime you ask her a question business's need to stop hiring young people because they dont really have true customer service skills they are just rude
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
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