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Rice and Beans Restaurant Delivery Menu | 319 S 17th St Harrisburg
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Just visited for a week straight after not working in the area for a few years- lovely food, always delicious always at great value! Always open! Parking lot isn’t very fun to navigate! Fairly pleasant and attentive service!(Video of parking lot added to review)
They’re not particularly great at any one thing. They are just consistent at being good.
Listen—when I say this Dominican spot in Harrisburg, PA hits different, I mean it. I rolled in thinking I’d be too late for the good stuff. But lo and behold, 8PM and they’re still serving “Tres Golpes” like it’s 8AM in Santo Domingo.
Let me break this down:
We’re talking about a mountain of mashed plantains (aka mangú, the fuel of the gods), crowned with two sunny-side-up eggs, two glorious wheels of salami fried to crispy perfection, and—because this is real life and not a dream—a golden triangle of fried white cheese that crunches outside and melts inside like a hug from your abuela.
This is not just a meal. This is Dominican energy in edible form. The kind of energy that powered Sammy Sosa’s bat, Big Papi’s swing, and maybe even the entire ‘04 Red Sox comeback.
¡Pa’lante con mangú! ⚾️
This food is pure comfort food and great on a winter or rainy day. My husband is Puerto Rican and loves the meals here. We do carry out now because with the drinks and tips our family of 3 ends up paying $100. They charge for water bottles and juices are pricey at $5. When we do carry out, it’s substantially less. We drive all the way out from Forest Hills/Linglestown area.
The one tamale/pastelle was a little bit too salty for my taste, but I liked the fried potato balls with meat, which was very good. I got a big chicken soup with these two appetizers. Husband and son got rice with meat entrees. The food portions are also plentiful. They are not cheap with rice like in Thai or Chinese restaurants.
The restaurant was clean. Parking lot can be tight so we had to park in street last time. We will go there tomorrow before the Super Bowl to pick up carry out.
I’ve been coming here for years and I always get a cuban sandwich cause this is one of the very few places in Harrisburg that offers them. However, unfortunately they can never seem to get it right. A Cubano is pork, ham, and cheese (and pickles) which it even states on their menu (menu doesn’t state pickles). Everytime I order one they always put lettuce and tomato and some sort of red sauce, even though I never ask for it and it’s not part of the menu description for this item. An authentic Cubano is what I mentioned above on cuban bread (which unfortunately they do not have here) but they do put it on a hero (or in PA they call it a hoagie or sub which I hate those terms and they are not correct. If you come from NYC you would agree). They also use yellow American cheese which is also incorrect. I feel bad because every time I come I feel like I’m starting an argument when all I want is just what’s on their menu. I actually did have an argument a few years back with one of the girls who was serving me, fighting about what a Cubano is which I thought was really odd.
I must say though they did update their menu design and renovated their restaurant which now includes a full bar and the workers are a little more pleasant now then the ones they had before which were very rude. They also move the line faster now then previously which could be about an hour to get a meal cause all the workers were busy talking. They do have some very tasty food here and the rice is equally amazingly tasty.
I hope one day I order a Cubano the restaurant will get it correct. Not only what’s on the menu but what a real Cubano should be. That’s why I deducted a star this time around.
1 year ago: Amazing authentic Spanish food. I always go with the cuban sandwich with some sweet plantains on the side. They also have some really good chicken and rice which I usually get one whole chicken cut up and a side of white and yellow rice. Yummy for sure