La Farandula

85 Bloomfield Ave # 1914, Newark
(973) 350-0033

Recent Reviews

Zulma Rodriguez

Good food fast service amicable

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Just How I Like, Chicken Stew, Arroz Con Pollo Guisado Y Gandules, Empanadas Patty, Pechuga Rellena De Mariscos Seafood Stuffed Chicken Breast, Regular, Chicharron De Pollo Chicken Chunks, Mofongo De Camarones Mofongo with Shrimp, Chicken Soup, Arroz Y Habichuela, Tostones, Chicharron De, Shrimps Mofongo, Queso, Roasted Chicken, Bistec Encebollado Steak with Onion, Lunch De Pollo Guisado Stew Chicken Lunch, Salmon Steam, Carne Frita Cerdo Fried Pork, Frozen

Richard Gloss

Good staff and wonderful food and good price !

Juan Sepulveda

The food was too expensive for a small order of more than $20 dollars and the stews were half salty... First and last time I shopped at that restaurant.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Arroz Y Habichuela, Bistec Encebollado Steak with Onion

Rosa Rodriguez

Thank you Fransiris for such excellent service. A great Lady, An excellent human being.

Dorys Cordero

The food is ok, generally in Dominican restaurants they give a very good price, flavor and quantity but here they served very little, the customer service was terrible, the woman who served us casually only listened to my husband when ordering what seemed to me a lack of respect, and be careful, I am not at all toxic jealous, on the contrary my husband and I fully trust each other, but I am very respectful and I like to be respected because I also work in customer service. So we will not return to this place.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

shelomi hohn

I eat here almost every day because I work across the street. Rice and stewed chicken. Today I was short 3 cents and they told me no...never again.

Food: 3

Service: 1

Janene Sturdivant

The food is really good. I had the pulled pork with onions on top, rice and beans & black beans. Pork was very tender. Only issue was the portion. You get a nice amount of rice but not enough meat. I had to order a side of the pulled pork. Also everything was charged separately. Usually when ordering this meal everything comes as one order. Everything was charged separately down to the fried plantains, which I didn't want to begin with. Besides that the food was good. Will go back to try something different, maybe get more meat this time.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Barrington Newby

Great food and beautiful service. Shout out to the ladies there doing their job. Wonderful service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Eileen Arroyo

Friendly servers delicious food generous servings and affordable prices.Vegetarian options: They offered quite a few options for vegetarians. My daughter loves their eggplant with rice and beans or cheese empanadas always made fresh, potato salad, green salad avocado etc.Parking: Depending on the time and day you go parking can be difficult to find. This is a well known and liked restaurant by many people whether they are locals or people driving into the area like myself and my family.. Bayonne / Jersey City NJ areas.Kid-friendliness: They have high chairs for young children and try to accommodate you if your child is a newborn and in a stroller.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chicken Stew, Empanadas De Carne, Pechuga Rellena De Mariscos Seafood Stuffed Chicken Breast, Mofongo De Camarones Mofongo with Shrimp, Chicken Soup, Arroz Y Habichuela, Tostones, Shrimps Mofongo, Queso, Bistec Encebollado Steak with Onion, Lunch De Pollo Guisado Stew Chicken Lunch, Salmon Steam, Carne Frita Cerdo Fried Pork, Pechuga Empanizada Breaded Chicken Breast

Real Talks For Real Life

The music video was playing too loud.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 3

Jose Abreu

If I could give it a zero I would. Walked the woman there had her back turned to me. Never acknowledged me and called for another woman ,who had a look on her face as if I'd had insulted her mother. I walked out and will never consider spending my money there. Figures why the place is empty. Not one customer in the place.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Bem Suero

Fantastic.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Joe Diaz

Last time ate here 13 years ago and did not come back because the food was very salty and did not taste authentically fresh. Showed up 13 years later to give it another try it was my girl’s birthday and I did not want to cook. No way am I ever coming back Nope! Dominican food in NYC tastes waaaay better! . Not here in Farandula. The food tastes worse. Tastes cheaply under seasoned and very salty. Is this the only ingredient they believe in to make food taste good? I’m a Spanish cook no way this food should taste like this I need to open up my own restaurant and take their customers. .I had rice pigeon peas and it had no taste except salt and tasted like they used canned pigeon peas. Not fresh pigeon peas which make the rice more flavorful. Chicken stew had no potatoes nor carrots. Chicken cooked with the skin on was disgusting as I was peeling this greasy soft skin out of my plate. It tastes like cooked chicken in its own fat. looked greasy with water and tomatoes sauce with green peppers and onion as if it was boiled into the greasy sauce. Yuk! Disappointed with the taste meh. White rice was undercooked and hard and when asked to add beans they drowned rice with all the sauce of from the beans.Again beans extremely salty. I asked them to make my plate over again and and they looked at me with an attitude as if I was crazy to have asked for a plate the way I wanted it. I took it that way as to not start an argument and warned the server to not make my second plate that way. Took the food home. I no longer had white rice and beans. It now was rice soup with beans. Meh! Totally disgusted the beans was blood pressure salty city. Please customers who suffer from high blood pressure do not eat here. I rather cook my own food home then come back to this. Never ever going to come back in this lifetime. Not worth it!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 3

Clarissa B

Good place to bring family and friends for a Spanish meal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Lexxxus Da 1

This place is not what it used to be. The food was much better back in the day. I won't go out of my way to go here.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

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