Fritanga Tiscapa

Esta jente son bulgares no tienen modales no recomiendo este lugar ni loco aunque me este muriendo de hambre este lugar es lo peor una verguensa para la comunidad nicaraguanse. La comida la sirven fria. Las muchachas alli no atiende al cliente como deberian. No lo recomiendo

I really don’t know what all these complaints are about. I’m a Nicaraguan that is very familiar with Fritangas all over Miami.
There are 4 good Fritangas in Little Havana (east of 27^th ave to I-​95/​Miami River). Fritanga Tiscapa is one of them along with La Leonesa and the favorites Yambo & Pinolandia.
For people that are complaining about the food being already cooked — that is the standard of pretty much all Fritangas. It’s like walking into a Palacio de Los Jugos or a Grocery store deli and complaining about the food having been cooked before you order. Ridículous.
One thing I have noticed through years of experience is that when it comes to Fritangas is that if you see one that is never busy — it’s a red flag. Tiscapa keeps busy. In fact I’m pretty sure that’s why those of you who complained about your service complained. Or you just didn’t speak Spanish which is just a general Miami «problem». Or it’s a cultural issue. Nicaraguans can sometimes have a weird sense of humor that can rub others the wrong way. I’ve noticed that particularly with the workers at this restaurant.
As for the important part — the food — Tiscapa has the best enchilada’s out of Little Havana’s 4 best Fritangas. Their other food is also pretty good. And no they are not overpriced. They are priced they same as other well known Fritangas.
Now I’m not saying Tiscapa is the best Fritanga in Little Havana. That honor goes to Yambo or Pinolandia if you must have carne asada. But the ratings others have been giving it are just unmerited. Regardless, Unilocal isn’t going to affect this place’s business. The local Nicaraguan’s know it’s good and that’s why it keeps so busy.

I should know by now that Unilocal never lies. However, I took a leap of faith and got some fritanga from Tiscapa. When you walk in, your presence will not be recognized, and you should know that you have to walk towards the end of the restaurant to make the line. Once you are in line, the employee will ask you what you would like to eat. Also, even if you don’t speak Spanish, she will continue asking you questions about your food selections even though you might have no idea what she’s saying. If you decide to visit, brush up on your Spanish before you go.
Anyway, I chose to have the Carne Asada with Gallo Pinto, maduros, and salad. First of all, the food is not fresh, it is sitting in a metal bin; so, by the time it reached my plate it was mild to cold. Then, the carne asada was almost inedible. You can tell that the meat had not been cleaned before cooking, so most of the strip of meat they gave me was grease. It was also unevenly cooked; one side of the strip was rare while the other overcooked. The gallo pinto was a bit oily and not bad, but as another Unilocaler mentioned, there were bits and pieces of uncooked rice. The maduros were also a bit hard (probably because it was cold). Finally, the salad just did not taste good at all, so I skipped that.
Indeed, if you come here it is for the food and not the service. Unfortunately, the food is not good. So, don’t come here! I would rather drive another 15 minutes to Chayito’s Fritanga where the food is fresh and delicious and essentially the same price. I guess once you have good fritanga, you just can’t settle!

The worst food ever! The rice was hard, chicken under cooked, meat burnt and the tables looked like they hasn’t been cleaned in weeks. Felt sick for hours after.

After a hot Miami afternoon and hungry for some good carne asada I sadly stumbled into this horrid place. This low class little restaurant has the worst staff serving along with an incompetent owner who barely knew how to count dollars. To begin with, one of the ladies who serves got the order completely wrong after she lied there were no more plantains and instead put a cold and hard tortilla to compliment the order. She also forgot the cheese and took a very long time to charge for the order — never mind she also forgot the utensils which I had to fetch for later. When I went to correct the order, the lady behind me made sure I heard her complain about the rice being hard and the meat was small, hard, and tasteless; she was definitely never coming back. I went to return my food and was faced with the owner who interrogated me on why I had returned the food which was unopened by the way. To finalize, he counted wrong and made it almost impossible to return my purchase with a credit card. He then paid me in cash while continuing to fight for an argument without foundation. I walked out with $ 2 dollars less in my pocket (some hot soda I purchased with my order which they couldn’t even give for the inconvenience).
DO NOT go to this place. It is OVERPRICED and very low quality with a horrible staff.
I hate the fact that I even have to give one star for this. I wish Unilocal had negative stars as an option.

I came in for Breakfast and paid $ 13 bucks for old food and it was a small plate at that they don’t serve traditional nica breakfast which includes gallopinto, maduro frito, guevo al gusto, queso y crema. which I was unaware of. my chia drink also tasted wierd like super wierd. I was better off going to McDonalds for breakfast… This place sucks and overpriced came because of the previous reviews.

I have yet to write a bad review or give any establishment a 1 star, until I came upon this lovely place.
I’m not hard to please, i don’t expect anything extravagant EVER when i go to a restaurant. All that i ask for is a decent meal with decent service.
My lovely Mother wanted to try this place out since some of her Co-​workers had mentioned it to her, so we stopped by.
This is like any other Fritanga as far as food variety goes (Yambo, Pinolandia). She picked what she wanted, and then asked the lady if she could put a piece of Chicharon (Pork Crackling) in her plate so she could try it, and decide if she wanted some.
The pompous lady laughed and said «I’m going to have to charge you, what do you think?» I had to step in and said «She just wanted to try it to see if she wanted an order of them», Of course miss big mouth didn’t respond.
My mom went to go pay for her food, she then asked the woman at the front if the cabbage salad was included, like other Fritanga’s its included, but since we were dealing with cheapskates we had to make sure. This other woman said «Clarooooooo que si» and rolled her big bug eyes.
I was like «WOW, u guys have a great way of talking to people», to which no one responded. My Mother then said «Are u getting anything?» To which i laughed and said NO THANKS! Seeing as though we were the only people in there, tells me how great business is going for them.
They act like they’re doing you a favor by letting you buy food there. HA.
Nice Job.

fritanga: is the name used for home cooked food vendors within each barrio. (taken from wikipedia)
it was 9pm at night, i was hanging out with my friend F whos originally from nicaragua. we came here cause contrary to fritanga pinolandia and yambo, they do take atm/​credit cards and we were out of cash.
i got the chancho asado. grilled pork? SO good! and the gallo pinto was excellent. i would say better than pinolandia. the portion was not as big as in the other fritangas. especially the meat but thats ok. for 6 dollars you still get a pretty enormous plate of rice, meat, friend plantain chips and a tortilla.
viva nicaragua jodido!

my friends keep wondering why i go to all these nica places. but i think it’s really an underappreciated cuisine. was on the run and just pointed to stuff under the glass to go (maybe this place is related to the other fritangas in the area?)
this time really enjoyed the fried stuff empanada-​like pocket with shredded meat, rice and spice inside – Nicaraguan version of the enchilada?