El Nuevo Cibao
“I had a chicharon de puerco mofongo (pork mofongo)
everyone else had something different…”
“Garlicky, moist plaintains mashed up with some amazingly flavorful and tender pernil, all perfectly dressed with the accompanying sauce.”
“My boyfriend is Puerto Rican and Dominican, so he tends to hate paying for food he grew up eating and could very well prepare for himself.”
El Nuevo Cibao
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Stopped in here last night for dinner. Everything was great. We ordered beef pastelitos which were good and one mofongo with pernil and one with chicharron. Sooo good. The gravy that they give you to put on top was delicious too. The friends we were with had the steak and chicken cutlet with rice & beans and mashed potatoes. Potatoes looked like instant but everything else was good. It's definitely worth checking this place out if you are in the area. Prices were good too. It came to $70 for 4 people.
Hungry for a great lunch,forget the sandwich shop,come here and order a Cubano,or perhaps a nice chimichurry (a Dominican style burger). Yums,real tasty deliciosogasmico. What's not to like. Stop by and give it a try. But must pay in cash,they don't take credit cards.
Had the family with me to enjoy some mofongos Three of us had mofongos and at $7 a piece how could anyone go wrong. The sauce that came with it was delicious and the mofongo with Pernil had a generous helping of meat. I had the one with pork belly. OMG –crunchy and delicious. I was happy. One of us had the stewed Ox tail which came with maduros. It was good if you like Ox tails but at $14 it was a bit steep in my book. Maduros were sweet and nicely cooked. We tried one pastel with pork and planned to order more if we really liked them. No go. Little salt and NOT a lot of flavor. The worst was the texture. The root vegetables were ground up in a food processor and that makes the "masa" rubbery. Not good at $5. Will never do that again.
All in all the service was fine and the food was good.
The place is all cash and it was a good thing that I had the cash or I might be doing dishes right about now.
El Nuevo Cibao was pretty good. I would go again.
Its hard to get good Hispanic food. But i found it!!
This place is one of my new favorites. Their morir soñando is soooo good. For those who are unaware of what that is, its a traditional dominican drink. Milk, sugar, oj, lime, vanilla. It sounds gross but it's amazing.
Anyway…the rice is medicore. Not the best but the beans add flavor. The beef stew is full of so much flavor and has the perfect tendency, love it. The maduro (sweet plantain) wasnt too bad however ive had better.
Prices not too bad. Definitely like it.
Ordered in one night from Nuevo Cibao and the food was delivered quickly within 30 minutes. It came to 30 dollars total and we ordered A LOT of food including one chicken empanada, one beef pastel, sweet plantains, pernil with rice (massive portions) and one mofongo.
Everything was delicious and had great, authentic flavor. The pernil was falling apart and was delicious dipped in the mofongo's side gravy. The sweet plantains were some of the best I've had – extremely juicy. Not a single one in the whole container was dried out. We will have leftovers for at least one meal if not two. I definitely want to go in person and try some of the very interesting sounding Dominican breakfasts that they serve. Highly recommended for inexpensive delicious food!
Ordered delivery from El Nuevo Cibao to take a break from a few other Cuban restaurants I have my in delivery rotation, and I was impressed. The delivery arrived well within the quoted time frame and the Cuban sandwich was solid. I also ordered their tres leches cake to make the delivery minimum, and although it wasn't homemade, it was delicious, so I will definitely be ordering that again as well.
Easy casual nice spot for lunch in Cobble Hill. Service is kind, food is nice, prices are fair.
Just ordered a bunch of food to go from El Nuevo Cibao and ate like a queen.
This place is no-frills, authentic Cuban food. And sometimes that's just what you need on a lazy Sunday.
We ordered the pollo asado, maduros, and arroz con pollo. All of it was super tasty, and for only 20 bucks, that's a bargain.
The only thing keeping me from giving that fifth star: the rice in the arroz con pollo could have been a bit more flavorful, and some pieces were still white.
But given the price and convenient location, I'll certainly be ordering again soon!