El Rincon Criollo

Great portions. Perfect place to grab lunch on the go. Their empanadas and their cube steak is to die for. The staff are friendly. They deserve 5 stars. My friends and I love it here!

Great food here service, e was great and the prices are so cheap! Def have to try it if you haven’t been here. Food is fresh and you don’t wait long for it at all!

This drive-​in is right near a rotary, so it can take ages merging in or out (& I was in a hurry to get away from there.)
I stopped on a whim at lunchtime. I spent $ 9 on the saddest meal I’ve had in awhile. Lunch comes with soda or water. Yay.
I got the pork shoulder, because the beef looked even worse. The shoulder was fairly salty, dry like kindling, & seemed to be all the bits you’d cut off & discard. It was stiff like jerky. The yellow rice with beans was also dry and clumped together from sitting in a chafing dish for heaven knows how long. There were so few beans & they were so small it looked like flies in rice. Salad was some chopped pale iceberg with a few slices of similarly pale winter tomatoes. (It’s August. Is it hard to find seasonal veggies?)
I stopped here because I figured it was authentic Spanish food, & maybe it is, but it wasn’t fresh or tasty. If this is real Spanish food, I am not interested.
I pulled over because I was hungry. I ate until I wasn’t hungry anymore & trashed more than half of it. I guess the lunch did its job, but diminished hunger pains isn’t any kind of endorsement.

Good food. Stopped in because I was curious and drove by. Felt a little out of place but the guy explained the selections to me.

Empanadas are the best! Love the chicken and the beef. Rice plates are also delicious

Not much to look at but I got a really good sandwich here this week.
I was in town and I happened to pass by and was intrigued to see the sign as I am a fan of Latin food.
Not much to look at and it a very small space but I got a huge 3 meat sandwich that came with chips and a latin soft drink for $ 7.00 a super value.
The sub came with chicken, pork and steak– I found some pork fat inside which was kind of eh but overall I would return to try more menu items.

Love going here for my pork fix. Lately things have been more on the salty side (hence the minus 1), but I’ll still be coming here!!! Yummmm

This place has a lot of potential. The food is authentic, the service is top notch, and the wait is not long at all. However, the overall taste I had to minus 2 stars because I think it’s lacking something. My fried chicken and porkchops were more on the salty side and super dry.

Since the menu is partially in spanish, we just ordered the same food as the other reviewer «Andy N.», who ordered the same thing as reviewer «Brian C.»
We picked up our food from the restaurant. For the amount of money, there was a lot of food. There was a lot of rice, and a very filling amount of mofongo, which I had never had before. The cube steak had a nice flavor, though my mother thought it was on the dry side.
The staff there was VERY nice and friendly to us.

WEEEEEPAAAAAA!
Mejor lugar para la comida criolla si no estás en Puerto Rico! He ido con mi clase de español y son muy amables los empleados, rápidos, la comida es a precio justo y calidad EXTRAORDINARIA! Oh y mencioné que no saldrás con más hambre! Las proporciones son más que decentes. Adorooooooo este restauran
This is totally my new favorite place! Prices are cheap but the quality is superior! Wicked tasty food, friendly people, great small feel environment full of energy and positive authentic Caribbean-​ness haha. I ordered pastelillos and they made them with beans and cheese for me, SOOOO good! And the tostones, CANT BEAT THESE TOSTONES UNLESS YOU GO TO PR! Love love love this place, thank goodness it’s super close to my house haha

I visited for the first time after hearing great reviews from my friends. Being Puerto Rican I had to check it out myself and let me tell you I’m glad I did. They offered the typical fare but also what I like to call delicatessens .The pulpo (octopus) and carrucho (conch) are two items that are prepared escabeche, foods that if not prepared correctly can be rubbery .Well it was perfect and I actually tried the carrucho which I had never had and they let me sample it. It was delicious! I also tried the mofongo once again yummy. I also purchased the pernil sandwich and pastelillos with beef, cheese and beef and cheese. Needless to say I’m already planning my next trip back and am so happy Worcester has a great Puerto Rican restaurant finally!

Just tried this place for the first time. Plantains, pastelillos, a triple meat sandwich, and pork chops. Everything was good, particularly the patties. The staff was real friendly as well. Will definitely try again.

Since there wasn’t a menu link above available throughout this time, I ordered the same food as the other reviewer «Brian C.».
It was a fast delivery and the food was delicious. The mofongo was good, it sort of tasted like banannas. The yellow rice with cube steak was very good too. Oh, I also got a free drink. Overall, it was good.