El Pilon Restaurant
| Address: | 4650 S Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33907, USA |
| Phone: | +1 239-936-0057 |
| Site: | elpilonrestaurant.net |
| Rating: | 3.8 |
| Working: | 11:30AM–7PM 11:30AM–7PM 11:30AM–7PM 11:30AM–7PM 11:30AM–7PM 11:30AM–7PM Closed |
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Shisha Alisha
Against my better judgment, I took my family for lunch. The last time we came, there was shredded metal scrubber cooked into our food. I saw from other comments that this has happened to other people as well. This time, there was only one other couple eating besides us and we waited over 15 minutes for service. When we tried to place our order, a young, snappy, very rude waitress came out and spoke over our waitress and declared that lunch was over. It was before 3 when we arrived and it was now 3:10. When I tried to explain (in English since I am not fluent in Spanish) both women rolled their eyes and walked away in a huff complaining loudly in Spanish and left us there at our table. The other couple looked at them and back at us with their mouth open like someone had just been insulted. I was thinking about leaving and should have but was so hungry that we stayed. We placed our orders (didnt get lunch of course) and it took forever to come out. When our food did arrive, the portions were small, it had gotten cold, and was sitting in puddles of grease. We ate what we could and left the rest. This is our last visit. The service is terribly rude, the food is poor quality, the portions are small. This is sad because Ive been coming for years. The service was always friendly, the food was hot and the prices reasonable. It seems that a new owner or manager took over when the tiny cafe was remodeled because it was never the same again. Rest in peace El Pilon. You were great once but not anymore.
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Steven Diaz
My wife and I were in the Fort Myers area for a Marlins Spring Training game. As puertorricans, we always look for puertorrican cuisine restaurants in every place that we visit. This is why that we decided to eat at El Pilon Restaurant because they promote itself as a puertorrican restaurant. The restaurant is decorated with Puerto Rico images and it has a nice ambience. However, Puerto Ricos flag was incorrectly painted with more than 3 red and 2 white stripes. We were nicely greeted and served by the ladies of the restaurant. The food tasted good but not with the typical puertorrican flavor. My wife quickly noticed this with her mofongo and told me that it has more a dominican flavor, who seems to use other spices than what it is used in Puerto Rico. Our premise about the food was confirmed when I asked the cashier which part of Puerto Rico she and the owner were from. To our surprise, the cashier emphatically and proudly told us that no one there was from Puerto Rico. I felt that I was mislead with their marketing strategy that their food is typical puertorrican. As a proud BORICUA, I didnt like this and the reason I gave them 3 stars.
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N Connell
Every time I have lunch here I am delighted by the selection and the "sabor de Puerto Rico." granted that the decor is rather stark, but its always welcoming and spotless. The waitresses are very quick and service is good. Kitchen is clean, bathroom tidy but the floors look like they could use a good polish. Reasonable price for lunch special Mon thru Fri 11:30-3pm. They have flan, mofongo, kola champagne and pasteles (Puerto Rican tamales) and alcapurias. Very flavorful. You have to their the island dishes.
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carlos montana
Terrible food, terrible service.We get some kind of sandwich with pork meat which was not edible so we ask the waiter if she can change it.What a surprise she said no and you have to pay for it (just like this). It was bad smelling and definitely not fresh. Anyway we didnt pay for the meal which we didnt eat and we left there money just for the drink. I guess the personal are cuban people and they have no idea what they doing.
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carmen cheverez
Me encanta visitar Rest el pilón por su amabilidad, y atención además por los exquisitos platos ricas alcapurrias pasteles mmm todo esta limpio y en orden lo recomiendo
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James Fieri
DON’T GO THERE EVER !!!!! This is dangerous for your health and personal are definitely crazy. You will wait 40min at least for your order. The meat is old and bad smelling. They do review on Internet them self’s so dont believe if you see good reputation. The "chef" looks drunk and very dirty. Just stay fares you can from this place. Believe me. J.F.
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Adiel Marte
Pasteles de Yuca, Alcapurrias, tostones, carne frita y pollo guisao como los que solo saben hacer las abuelitas. DELICIOSO...
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Lou Hernandez
The food,service and staff are fantastic this is truly authentic Puerto Rican food .The food here will leave your taste buds dancing. The Mofungo is as good as my mother made. This is a family restaurant.To All my Naples friends please try El Pilon its worth the short ride I promise!!
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A Private User
We drive all the way from Naples to eat here. DELICIOUS Puerto Rican food for a great price. Small cafeteria like place located next to Burlington Coat Factory down the street from Edison mall. Menus are in English as well as Spanish and our waitress was fluent in both.
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Jasmin Aleman
The tamales and yucca have been consistantly tasty in my opinion. However, the one and only time I had rice, beans, and steak with onions, it tasted like absolutely nothing. I will definitely go back but more than likely only for the tamales and yucca.
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Erik Riggs
Best Puerto Rican Food (Besides my Grandmothers) lol, the portions are great, the food is authentic and despite the lack of atmosphere, I recommend this establish either if your Full-Blooded, Half-Blodded Quarter-Blooded, Best place, period!
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jarlene valverde
The service was horrible. Anything I wanted on the menu they did not have. I asked if they had everything on the menu and she said yes but did not have what I wanted. Then my son found metal pieces in his food
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Maryann Robles
The food had hair in it and did not care. They said it was my hair and then a lady came out of the kitchen with no hair net and sruby looking. Very disappointed will not go again.
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Went there once a year ago and the meat was so dried out and old tried again today and it was the same hard dried out and old. Not a good look for a family owned restaurant.
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Edna Flores
Did not like the service!! The server has a nasty a servier,,,its hot n it stings the gorls,nasty place ,wound go there if it was the last place in the world....
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Chris Soto
Service sucks food came all over the place in the bag did not want to clean it and also the food taste horrible. horrible food horrible service.
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Adam De La Cruz
A puertorican/Cuban restaurant that dont serve coffee? Is not one that I would go out of my way to eat..I be better served in Dunkin Donuts.
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J Ranaye Green
They were very sweet. Made me and my family feel at home. Made sure we were comfortable and checked on us but wasnt hovering. Id go back.
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Melissa Cherena Cruz
Awesome food and service. Been coming here for a long time. Never disappointed. The only thing they need is a bigger place.
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Carmen Salome
Delicious food. The pollo guisado is the bomb! We get our pasteles for Christmas dinner from here. Highly recommend.
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Edwin Ledesma
The waitresses are great they give excellent service. The food is great like no other Puerto n Rican food in town.
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Joanne Virella
Been coming for years. Good food for the price, and the jibaritos de pernil (pork, plantain sandwich) is amazing.
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Luis Manuel Ruiz Fernández
This is a good place to eat Latin Food. The environment is totally Latin. You feel like in South America.
