Pineaire Deli

So sad this was one of my favorites. I’ve not been here in about a year or so and last night we went with friends and our young children…6 kids ages 3 to 11 the kids order something fast Pupusas, tacos and chicken fingers. The adults ordered fried redsnaper, 2 seafood soups and 2 steak and shrimp. We waited over an hour for food, we kept asking our waiter to please just bring the kids food out we can wait but not the kids he kept saying it almost teady… he kept saying that for about 45 minutes. Finally we asked the manager and voila the kids food was served! We kept waiting for our food about 10 minutes later the adult food was served. .COLD! 3 of just eat it because we had to leave and one of the kids had fallen asleep without eating. T u e other 2 send it back to get heated. The manager was trying to acomdate us but it was too little too late. It was ALL the water’s fault! If the service was better and the food served hot I would have given them 4 maybe even 5 stars. Never again! PS the chair I sat on was broken it caught my finger when I was pulling the chair in to sit and now I have nice bruised finger.

Truly a hidden gem in Long Island.
The best seafood I have had in years!
After hearing several people recommend this place, I decided to stop by and check it out myself.
The owner was gracious and gave me a free sample of the ceviche which was out of this world!! I enjoyed a glass of white wine while they prepped the raw lobsters, shrimp, & clams for us to throw right on the grill (he seasoned the lobsters and shrimp, so I just had to throw on grill)
I will definitely be back to buy the raw seafood (which was fantastically fresh), but I think next time I will treat my family and sit and eat in the restaurant side and enjoy the delicious seafood.

Poor phone service, they should have a proficient bilinguel person taking orders. Unethical pratices, trouble redeeming a certficate and charged $ 10 gratituity on a take out order. Food is good but unfortunatley I would never give them my business again nor recommend them to anyone else.

My friends and I love returning to PA for a fun dinner in a Salvadorian setting. The bldg is a strip with their bodega on one end then the fish market and attached restaurant in a row. The owners are great guys; Demis and Nelson are brothers and although different personalities are both a pleasure to be with. They know how to prepare all fish dishes; We love to start with the Mussels in a spicy red sauce surrounded by crisp bread to wipe up the sauce. Also they have a wonderful squid dish made in a garlic and oil. Its fun to checkout the fish counter and if you like, pick the fish you want them to make for you. I personally like the Porgie and Red Snapper fried to perfection. That along with an order of sweet plaintains and a bucket of Coronas is bliss! At the bottom of the fish counter runs a long tank with lobsters and other crustacians for your choosing and cooked the way you like it. You can order from the menu, or ala carte fish et. al. by the pound and they will prepare and serve it. The place is very «local» and is loud and boisterous during soccer games and fun when they have karioke nights. Despite the area on Pine Air Road, we have brought lots of friends and they in turn brought their families to enjoy the ethnic atmosphere… when crowded it is lots of fun… Also, the price is RIGHT and they take CC’s!

I’ve passed this place quite a few times and was put off by the exterior appearance. However, Newsday’s recent ranking of this place being one of the best seafood restaurants on Long Island made me decide to pay it a visit (it isn’t very far from my office building). When will I learn that you can’t judge a book by its cover, and very often the funkiest looking places on the outside very often have the best food inside.
As one other reviewer noted, the clientele and the staff are primarily Latino. Despite my Spanish name and general Hispanic appearance, I am not Hispanic. It did take my initial server by surprise when I told her I didn’t speak Spanish. She called over a co-​worker who spoke English and she ended up taking care of me.
I ordered the Sopa de Mariscos and a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice (naranja). The soup was DELICIOUS and loaded with mussels, clams, shrimp, scallops and half a lobster (in the shell). This was also served with a piece of hot bread wrapped in foil. I’m not sure what the bread is called; it was filled with melted cheese. It was good, but I was more interested in the soup so I only nibbled on the bread a bit.
The prices are NOT inexpensive (Popei’s in Deer Park is much more economical for a seafood lunch), but I can’t argue the quality of the food. The staff was also very friendly, attentive, and eager to please. I’ll be back to try some of the other dishes for sure.

This place is horrible. Its a dive and the customers look very seedy. I stood there for 10minutes before anyone took my order. I came here years ago and never returned. Now I remember why. The customer service us atrocious. Unless you’re latin they ignore you. Never again.

Ate here yesterday for dinner and the place seems to be happening. All the customers were of hispanic or latin descent, including the ones who were there just drinking, so first impression is that these are locals. The atmosphere is a little bit on the loud side with the music and people, so don’t expect a nice quiet dinner.
We ordered some fried sweet plantains, fried calamari, fried clam strips, and a dozen oysters for appetizers. The plantains were cooked right and not oily so they were good. The fried calamari had a light breading, cooked right, and not oily so these were good too w/​the marinara but could have used a little bit of seasoning or salt. The fried clam strips came w/​fries and was actually a kid’s meal since they don’t have this as an appetizer but the clams were decent sized pieces and weren’t oily or hard but they were not as soft as the calamari. I was looking for a taste of the sea with these but there was none… I think these may have been frozen since they had a different breading and were darker in color… these were just ok w/​the tartar sauce. The oysters were decent sized, a few had broken shells, but overall these were fresh and pretty good. I liked the pico de gallo side they came with. They also gave out tortilla chips and salsa for the table.
For the entrees, we had paella, fried red snapper, seafood soup, kid’s chicken fingers, and kid’s fried shrimp. The paella had lobster, shrimp, clams, and mussels and tasted very seafood-​y and good. The seafood soup had the same w/​half a lobster and it was very good and tasted like the paella but in a soup. The only thing I didn’t like about this was that the lobster may have been cooked too long or maybe I left it in the hot broth for too long because the meat became overcooked and stuck to the shell a little. This was delicious and plentiful that I just finished it for dinner now (I only had the soup left but I mixed it w/​white rice and it was a satisfying dinner). The whole red snapper was fried right except it could have used some salt or seasoning. The fried shrimps were big and good and came w/​fries. Again, these could have used some salt or seasoning also. The chicken fingers w/​fries I didn’t taste because I was already full. The kid’s meals come w/​ice cream (they got vanilla) and they were actually pretty good… might have to get a milk shake next time.
Aside from the not-​too-​seasoned issue (might be because some previous reviews complained about their food being too salty), everything was good, plentiful, and very cheap! The prices are excellent that you can try many things for what you would normally end up spending on 1 entrée somewhere else. I was also eying some whole lobster in some sauce that was at another table and this was definitely not on the menu, otherwise I would have gotten it instead of the soup… next time!
I would definitely be back here again for the good seafood, and I suggest you give it a try if you like good seafood.

It’s nothing fancy, but it serves its purpose well as a hispanic flavored seafood market and restaurant. It’s a great option if you’re looking for a decent lunch in the area that’s not a fast food meal. I had a fried fish platter that was pretty tasty with large portions and I walked away very satisfied. I wouldn’t mind coming back for lunch again.

This place (at least the restaurant part of it) is great. The restaurant is very fish oriented, but with a Hispanic angle. It is a very informal dining area, not especially comfortable, but the service is good and friendly. My only real complaint is that, usually, they will tell me my first choice of entrée off the menu is unavailable, so I’ll have to scramble for a second. But nothing I end up getting has ever disappointed.

Yeah, this place is a deli, I guess, and then some: Though it’s been here for years and is well-​known to the Brentwood locals, the time is now for the Pineaire Deli to arrive on the Unilocal landscape (it appeared on my best of 2009 list
when it took «Best Seafood Dive.») I guess its time for a review.
Though the locale is nowhere near the water (it can be found just off the Sagitkos on Pine Aire Drive) it’s one of those places that dudes who love to rant about a places «authenticity» will find irresistible, and in that respect it is a true dive. I think it a Salvi place, but the staff is friendly and bilingual. It says «Deli Que Rica Comida Seafood Restaurant» on the outside sign, and is a combination fish market counter, lunchonera and informal eatery. The restaurant has lunch specials, they’ll will fry or broil up just about anything you could ask for, and have a formal menu if you wish to see it. They start you off right with chips and salsa, and have some good hot sauces on the table (Cholula and Tapatio). Best thing I’ve had here is the scampi, and I’ve had it all ways…Lobster, Mussels, Shrimps, Crab (see pics). When you like a sauce, you like a sauce. The lobster (etc.) is all market price and the have the nicest mussels going, served on the halfshell, meaty and presented with care, not just a pile of steamed bivalves smothered in sauce (please see pics for illustration). A really great plate of food, treat yourself and wash it down with some Negro Modelo’s, take in the atmosphere, and get some blueclaws to go.