I used to be loyal to another Puerto Rican food restaurant (Sabor) but I am noticing a decline in my satisfaction lately after patronizing them for years. Their portion sizes have been reduced considerably while their prices have gone up, so I have been searching for a replacement and boy am I glad I did! Finding the Restaurant Latino on 8th St. is like finding a chest full of treasures. I placed an order last night for the stewed chicken dinner with yellow rice, beans, macaroni salad, potato salad, sweet plantains and an empanada. Everything was SUPERB and so delicious and absolutely better than my former favorite place in every way, including portion sizes, prices and hours available for ordering! The sweet plantains were so tender but not mushy and with a perfect touch of sweetness. The stewed chicken was tender and fell off the bones while not being dry and stringy. The rice was seasoned perfectly and nice and moist. Your beans are seasoned to perfection and I love the small potatoes that soak up the seasoning. The empanada had just the right amount of crispness and filling and without an oily or greasy taste. Even the potato salad was made the way I like it. The only thing I didn't care for was the macaroni salad, but only because it was made with tuna which I didn't care for. Without the tuna I would have loved it!
So please owner of Restaurant Latina, DON'T EVER CHANGE A THING! Your recipes, your entree selections, your sides, your portion sizes and prices, the accuracy and care taken with filling my order, your days open and working hours etc. You are now my favorite and in my opinion the absolute best Latin American Restaurant that Lebanon has to offer! I highly recommend this restaurant-you won't be disappointed. I wish I would've found you sooner!
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Rafael B
2 contributions
1/24/24
• DoorDash order
I ordered Pork with white Rice & Beans & Beef & Cheese empanadilla. The food was fresh and the salad was a nice touch. The beans were flavorful and the Pork had plenty of meat and not fatty like most I've ordered from other places. Highly recommend. Will order from here in the future.
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Klaura H
3 contributions
12/14/23
• DoorDash order
I had the stew chicken & white rice & beans. The beans were delicious and the rice was perfectly cooked. The chicken was delicious and tender, so Iwould have liked a couple more pieces of chicken instead of the small salad on the side (especially because the chicken is mostly bones, which is normal for bone-in stew chicken). Overall, delicious! Did not disappoint!
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Shelley P
Emerging Expert • 9 contributions
3/3/24
• DoorDash order
First time eating here, and it will NOT be the last! The stewed chicken was fall-off the bone, well-seasoned and succulent. The rice was cooked perfectly. The beans were fresh, had been soaked and cooked to just the right consistency, not too soft, not too firm, and clearly had been cooked with some good fatback. The whole meal was amazeballs.
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Veronica F
Emerging Expert • 7 contributions
5/16/24
• DoorDash order
The beef empanadilla.. wheres the beef it was only about a spoonful .. the empanadilla was empty. Chicken empanadilla was ok.. the fries were crinkle cut.
