Criollisimo Restaurant

Puerto Rican food is the best! Amazing taste! Friendly staff that welcomes you with a big smile!

I personally think this place is slightly overrated. Its always packed so that's a good sign, but I believe this is the case because of marketing and it being on TV. When I arrived I waited about 15 minutes in line, I was disappointed that you're not able to order a specific dish or food? But, only allowed to choose from what's already made.. the selection wasn't the best. I ordered white rice with beef stew and tostones. The tostones came out fresh so I got excited, just to find out they were extremely undercooked, no crisp at all to it. The owner even saw that the quality of the tostones were not up to her standards. She yelled back at the cook to do better in Spanish and even joked to him that she was going to kill him, everybody in line started chuckling, but she still served them and charged for them. That's just poor quality control. This place really is more focused on QUANTITY than QUALITY. The goal is to serve as many people in a hour, rather than serve high quality food and double check standards. Won't be returning.

Great food and service, will definitely be back again. Pernil is the best around , so fresh and juicy.

0 Stars – Terrible Experience from Start to Finish The line was insanely long, and I waited over 30 minutes for some average-tasting frituras. There was no space between people — it was a complete mess. By the time I finally got to the counter (on the opposite side where you can’t even see what’s being served, just walls and tables), I was being rushed like it was my fault the line took forever. The guy even made a gesture basically telling me to hurry up. Disgusting attitude especially coming from a man. And the food? Not worth it at all. The empanadilla de pernil was hard, dry, tasteless, and full of air. Extreme letdown and waste of money. The parking situation was terrible too. Honestly, from start to finish, just a frustrating and disappointing experience. I’ve had way better Hispanic food with real flavor and authenticity. This place seriously needs to humble itself and learn what good service and good food actually mean. I’m highly disappointed.

I moved to new britain 4 months ago and it's so hard to get that PR food from when your grandmother made it. My boyfriend told me to try this spot and everything i got was amazing, the empanadas was my fav part not even mofongo (sorry) can't come close to these. the meat was juicy and the rice was fresh and not hard like other places i been too. this will be my spot before work now at least twice a week

Great food! Been looking for empanadas and they hit the spot

We got our wedding catered with them and OMG still hearing people rave about the food! Everything was DELICIOUS, so fresh, and authentic! I wish I had a photo or video but I’m sure I’ll get one soon so I can update my review. Thank you so much to this team for making it all work! They delivered it all perfectly and there was so much! We’ll be back for more!