Empanada Mania
“They might not have a menu as long as Empanada Mama in Hell's Kitchen but every item is stellar, from the buffalo chicken to the cuban.”
“Best Empanadas and homemade hot sauce to go with it I love their beef, chicken quesadilla, and spinach and feta cheese.”
“We frequent this place and even ordered 2 dozen for a party – they were a hit!”
Empanada Mania
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
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Came here this afternoon after hearing about it from a coworker. I walked in and it seemed empty. Until an older man stepped out from the back and took my order. He was very friendly.
Empanadas start at $3.00 a piece but the the price goes down as you get more. Went for 3 empanadas: chicken quesadilla, beef, and double cheese for $7.00.
The double cheese was exactly as advertised. Melted cheese in a pocket of fried dough. The chicken quesadilla was better, stuffed with more chicken than colby jack cheese. The beef empanada was straight seasoned ground beef. It was absolutely stuffed, just like an empanada should be.
But overall, the place is just OK. The prices are steep for an empanada and after spending 4 years of college in Hudson county, I know a million places off Kennedy Boulevard where I can get empanadas just like these for a dollar.
Big fan of the empanadas here.
Totally worth stopping by if you are in the area.
The empanada selections are great. Surely there will be a flavor to satisfy all different kinds of palates. The fillings definitely have a fresh and organic taste to them. They don't taste fake or ever-frozen.
The dough crust is one of the best I've ever had. It is very flaky, light and not greasy. It certainly doesn't suffer from having an overly thick crust like most other empanadas I've had.
My one very small gripe is that they don't have a salsa-type of sauce or normal hot sauce to offer with the empanadas. The sauce they do have is very tasty (and has a sneaky heat kick to it to boot) but I just wish they had a variety since I don't know if their sole hot sauce works with all the different flavors they have.
I would definitely come back to this place if I'm ever in the area.
My husband and I stopped in to Empanada Mania for a quick bite.
We each got the three Empanada combo (which comes with a soda) and the chips and salsa. Chips, not your traditional tortilla chips, but, more like pita chips! They were heavenly! Seasoned well and you could totally tell they were homemade! As was the salsa, chunks of tomatoes, red onion, just enough and not over powering! The empanadas, were a perfect size! We tried the quesadilla, shepherds pie (so good), two cheese, traditional beef,spinach and the buffalo chicken. All were delicious!!
Small place, only like three tables, parking in the back, walk up (quick) service. Owner was really nice, and very helpful!
Very inexpensive! Each Empanada is $2.50! They also had combos starting at $2.99, and catering!
Go now! Enjoy!
Delicious empanadas – great service – what more can I say? If you like empanadas – you will love this place. No airs about it, just real good food.
There is nothing better when two of my favorite things, protein and carbs, are wrapped together and deep fried in yummy goodness. I've had this place bookmarked on Yelp for a while now and finally had a chance to check it out. The owner greeted us and gave us a run down of all the empanada options. I was very tempted to try everything but decided to go with the 3 empanada and drink combo. I got the beef empanada, cheeseburger empanada, and buffalo chicken empanada which were all great. I especially liked the buffalo chicken empanada, definitely recommend trying that. The sauce that came on the side was also great and added some extra heat to the empanadas. Overall simple store, great concept, awesome flavor. I will definitely be returning!
I have been looking for a place that ONLY sold empanadas and i found it!
Luckily being a pescrtarian i was capable of having three types and a dessert empanada! i had the spinach & feta which honestly I've never had before and reminded me of a greek salad. It was very good. The pizza was good too, I've had these kinds before and they tend to put more sauce than cheese and the sauce drips out and makes a big mess. The 2cheese kind was good, but i wish the cheese was a bit hotter. It was melted but i think it should have been melted a little bit more. I did come an hour before it closed so maybe thats why?
Either way, the empanadas were good. everything is made fresh daily and things are reasonably priced. The owner also told me he rotates flavours and kinds depending on what he makes. hopefully ill get to try a shrimp one!
i love the dessert one, it was great and once again i wish the white chic chips were melted just a tiny more, but the flavour was good and it was a unique idea.
Overall, id deff come back here. You can't find a place that has about 8 diff flavours of empanadas and ONLY sells that.
I came here for lunch one day with my colleagues. Between the 4 of us, we got the 12 empanadas for $20 special. It would be cheaper to do that and then get drinks separately.
Also, using Yelp check in, we got a free order of chips, which were awesome. They had an amazing flavor.
I tried the spinach & feta empanada, 2 cheeses (jack and colby I believe) and the beef empanada. The best one out of all three was definitely the 2 cheeses one. The spinach one was a bit too salty for my tastes and it had a huge air pocket. The beef was delicious but on the salty and oily side. The beef one was filled to capacity, which I love.
The 2 cheeses one was awesome though. It was mostly filled to capacity (small air pocket) and the cheeses weren't too salty, they were just right.
They do come out piping hot, which was great.
They also gave us two dipping sauces, a homemade habanero one and a pink sauce that is like Thousand Island. Both really good but the pink sauce may be my favorite.
The person who took our order was super nice and friendly. He knew what he was talking about.
The seating area is a little room off to the side with a curtain. Not fancy at all but it's not like we were out on a first date.
Parking is street parking but if you go around, there are a lot of little lots here and there.
For the price, it's definitely worth it.
Best empanada I've ever had!! Wide variety of fillings and not so expensive. I decided to stop here to get half dozen empanada to go for me&bae's lunch. We got 2 of the pizza, 2 of the chicken quesadilla, and 2 of the 2 – cheese empanada. I loved it! Bae was on the skeptical side at first, but he ended up loving it too!