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La Casa Del Mofongo

La Casa Del Mofongo

1447 San Nicholas Ave New York, NY 10033, New York City, United States

Meat • Chicken • American • Restaurants


"Went on a Saturday evening and it was quite packed; a lively crowd with music playing in the background and baseball game on tv's. I ordered camarafongo (mofongo with shrimp) with a garlic sauce which I enjoyed for the most part. Wish there had been more sauce, but the plaintain with chicharron (pork) was the most enjoyable part of the dish; the plaintain was soft, great texture and very tasty. The dish contained only 6 shrimp and were not the really good jumbo shrimp which I would have preferred. They tasted rather bland, seeming a bit overcooked. I was disappointed that for the price of the dish, they did not offer some nice fresh bread and butter before the main course arrived. For hand towels, there were just regular napkins; no hand sanitizers were offered for wiping your hands after eating a meal you have to partially use your hands and fingers for. The decor of the place definitely could use a revamping; there are old unattractive pieces of art on the walls that do nothing at all to lift up the ambience of the place and the lighting is old and outdated as well. I was surprised because they seem to do good business, but it seems as if these features are not important at all. I was even more surprised when I had to go downstairs to use the ladies restroom and the hand soap was in a large plastic 1 gallon bottle with a dispenser! The bottle looked like the container the soap actually came in when purchased. Not sure if having attractive looking soap dispensers might be an invitation for someone to want to take it home with them? Lastly, I ordered a tiramisu for dessert which I decided to take home with me. I must say I definitely enjoyed the dessert and was glad I decided to order it as we were waiting for the bill. I might consider going again, but would probably try something different. Even though the quality of the food is what counts, it would be nice if they had a facelift done to their place!"