Mi Candileja Restaurant

The food here is affordable and has great taste. I got boneless fried chicken rice beans sweet plantains with a 2 liter soda. All for $ 21 and that could feed up to 3 people I think. It was a bit busy but our waiter kept passing by take sure we were fine. Like I said it’s affordable compared to other locations in that area. I would definitely go again.

I love my food like i love my men… spanish and hot (dont worry im not a cannibal). And this place was… not what i had expected.
The décor is a bit tacky (there was a bunch of pictures that dont suite the place). Two huge TVs dont really do much for the set up either.
No menus were available so we had to go up and get one. No waitress came to our table so we had to go up and get their attention. Staff didnt do a whole lot in making u feel welcomed. The waitress wanted nothing to do with me once she found out i dont speak fluent spanish (i know my looks are deceiving… not my fault). Once the order was put in then the rest of our table was actually cleaned off.
As for the food… beef stew, yellow rice with beans and pernil. Stick to what you know right? It didnt help. The food lacked flavor (perhaps someone lost the salt?), the rice was dry, the beans were too watery for my taste and the pernil must have been prepared from the day before because it was as dry as a man’s mouth at a wet t-​shirt contest for 90 yr old women.
Their only saving grace was the tostones and that was only AFTER i found the salt and hot sauce and drowned it… cuz mama needs it hot. I am not even sure this is a spanish reataurant. Needless to say this was my first and last visit.

Love this place! I’ve been coming here since I was little and the food has stayed consistently delicious. I will say that it’s reasonably priced. On the other hand, you might wind up waiting for awhile either for someone to take your order or the food to be made. It’s still worth the wait!

This was my second time visiting this restaurant. So my son and I sat down for table service and waited for someone to come and take our order. There were only two servers, one taking the take out orders and the other tending to table service. One waitress had taken the orders and served some customers who were there before us which was okay. I presumed that we would be next but then she gets lost behind the counter in conversation. People are walking in off the street and getting served faster than me. By now, I’m hungry and becoming frustrated and decided that if I wasn’t served in five more minutes that we were going to walk out. I had to literally stand up to acknowledge that we were still WAITING for someone to finally take my order. The food was pretty good, the rice and beans could have been a little hotter. My son ordered rotisierre chicken which was seasoned really good. When it was time for me to get my check, that process took a long time too. This review will not stop me from coming here again but service needs to be a bit better.

I saw that this place had weak reviews on Unilocal but i still went because i wanted some where to eat puerto rican food. 3 stars with only 7 reviews is a red flag and i should have listen. The enpanadas and relleno de papas where so so taste wise. Definitely not ordering those again.
My girl friend had a baked pork chop with rice and beans. Too much salt in the pork but other then that it was ok. The beans where ok as well. They tasted like beans iv had from a million other spanish places. I ordered chicken mofongo. The broth was super greasy but worse still was the fact that they mixed the chicken meat with the platano with out take all the bones out out. Mistakes happen but this was just out right not caring. The waitress was nice about it and offered me another plate but i wasnt interested. I will not go back there any time soon.

My co workers have told me not visit the location, but I am the of person that challenge that recommendation. I decided to see why they tell me to go else where. I can honestly say, the management delivered excellent customer service. Ok, that is a 5. The place is very clean, so that deserve a 5. They make fried plantains (fresh) and taste wonderful, so that is a 5. They offer me the lunch special, when is after hours, because it was my first time there. Yes, that deserve 5. After eating my meal, I felt sleepy! I did not need warm milk to go to sleep. You know what that means, the cooking was great. So yup, that a definite 5

I have been eating at this place since I was kid. It is a little Spanish place and one of the only ones left in Coney Island. The only other one I knew in the area closed a while back! They renovated the place after super-​storm sandy so it looks nice inside. DECENT. I get the «usual» when I go there so I can only review the food I usually get. There rice and beans are like my grandma used to make it and so are there maduros and tostones! There CARNE GUISADA is really good, but not the best I have had. The beef is a little rough but for the price you cant expect something spectacular! There Flan is fluffy and sweet definitely get it anytime they have it! So in conclusion, if you are looking for some food to make you feel warm inside and get away from the fanatics of all the famous restaurants in Coney Island stop at Mi Candileja! Its not fancy, very casual so you really need to enjoy latin food and not so much care about atmosphere! Salsa and merengue playing in the back you cant go wrong!

This place could be a hit or miss. Depending on the time you go the food could be fresh, or could be dry. Had the fried pork and it was hard as a rock. The music gave me a headache, and the bathrooms need some work. As far as the service, they will quickly screw up your order in a heartbeat and try to make you pay for the screw up.

If you’re in the coney island broadwalk area and looking for something other than hot dogs, fried food and other american food… Venture off the broadwalk a couple of blocks and you’ll be in a whole new world.
This was a simple Spanish restaurant with decent flavor to their food. Their daily specials are already prepared and waiting for you on a steam table.
I had the stewed beef (one of their specials on Sat) and a side order of sweet plantains. Total order cost me $ 11.
The stewed beef had a nice flavor to it and there were some pieces that really tender and tasty. But unfortunately there were also a couple of large really lean pieces of beef that were too chewy.
If I’m in the neighborhood and looking for something different I’d go back. It’s basic and reasonably priced.

Mediocre Latino food. They do serve excellent empanadas. How, then, can they manage to make pernil (roast pork) so dry, stringy, and lacking in flavor other than garlic? The beef stew I once tried was even worse: normally something simmered in gravy should stay moist, but not here. I guess I should add I hope it was beef. Needless to say the Cuban sandwich was no better than the pork inside it. Portions are ample and prices are low; only the quality is disappointing.

1. Six Coronas in a bucket o’ ice for $ 20
2. Watch a game
3. Tap your foot to Spanish music
4. Say «Hola» to sexy señoritas*
* :)

Serves my pernil craving perfectly. Indoor seating or takeout for the beach. 2 blocks from Stillwell Ave subway station, a block north of the ballpark.