PICKUP/DELIVERY ONLY
LOCATED ONLY AT: 734 Park Blvd. San Diego
Jibarito’s de la Isla serves authentic Puerto Rican & Dominican cuisine in San Diego, CA.
Owned and operated by Ana Rivera, born and raised in Humboldt Park, Chicago. Ana’s menu inspiration comes from her favorite family recipes Jibarito sandwiches, alcapurrias, arroz con gandules, lechon, tostones, salami and more!
We cater trays and offer full service buffet setup! For more information email us at: [email protected]
Babette Baltazar
So happy to have found this restaurant. Their food is flavorful and delicious. We had the Beef Pastelillio. It is hot and crunchy with yummy dip. We also had the Jibarito Lechon Plate and Pollo Frito Plate. Delicious. Our server was very nice and friendly. The restaurant was nice and clean. We will be back.
… moreLatin Impulse Magazine
This is not an authentic Puerto Rican restaurant food. I was so surprised when they gave me my Mofongo. It looks like a birthday cake with beef on top. The food was so salty that I did not eat it. I order a platter and it was also very salty too. It appeared the oil they used appeared to not be cleaned and was burned. I don’t know how people can give a five star to this restaurant when the food was the worst food ever had , not really Puerto Rican or Dominican food. The service was OK, but it was not to my expectation ,unfortunately I think this is more of a tourist trap. I will never go back and I’m in from out of town who travels all over the world. A Mofongo supposed to be with meat inside like a Cuchifrito restaurant. it is just unfortunately that I don’t think they know how to really cook authentic Puerto Rican or Dominican food. As a business owner, I was very surprised. The manager never came by to discuss my displeasure with the food when I explained to the waitress. In conclusion, if I can give a zero, I would.
… moreHarry Jimenez
Great authentic Puerto Rican Food. Pernil (pork) cooked to perfection and the mofongo the same.
Good service and spacious seating area indoor or outdoors.
Plenty of parking also
… moreJulia Bu
As other reviewers said, don’t be fooled by the building. It’s a restaurant in a night club. We came for lunch so was not crowded and music was not loud , just odd to have lunch right beside a dance floor. Ignoring the dance floor and low ceilings and dimmer lights, the food was excellent. Everything we ordered was amazing. Already trying to plan a next visit.
… moreT F
HORRIBLE service with long wait times. I am a PR and was so excited to go here for my bday. The food was very underwhelming (burnt alcapurria with no flavor, extremely salty steak in my mofongo). We will never be returning! What a shame .
… moreDaniela Alvarado
Came excited to try some Puerto Rican food. I have had some before but never been to a restaurant for it. We walked in around 11:30am and no one was around so we walked to the back and they bartender asked if we were placing an order, then a women from the back came out and we asked if we could dine in and she said yes we can sit anywhere. She brought us our menus and waters and shortly after we placed our order.
We ordered the lechon plate. The pollo frito plate, a chicken pastelillo, queso frito, tostones, and an order or habichuelas. The queso frito was two different cheese and are noticeable in the picture. One cheese was soft and had subtle flavor, the other cheese was not as soft, had a rubbery feeling and sound when you chewed it (kind of hard to eat) but it had a lot of flavor. The tostones were cooked perfect and had great flavor. The chicken pastelillo delicious! The chicken inside of it could’ve been distributed better but it had a nice crunch and the ketchup-Mayo sauce was pretty decent sauce, we had to ask for more!The lechon plate was slow cooked pork with a small but thick piece of fried skin on top, a size of arroz con gandules and a small salad with picketed onions. The pork was alright. Not too much flavor honestly.. the same with the rice and the salad was pretty fresh. The pollo frito was the three giant fried chicken legs! Fried perfect with good flavor.
The serve was super nice and tentative to us. She was kind and constantly poured us more water and gave us updates on our food and when it would be ready. Over alls he made out experience really great!
… moreGeorlyn Igma
If you’ve had Caribbean food, you’ll know that you will leave completely full and possibly rolling out of the establishment. If you haven’t before, you’re missing out. This is a mixed Puerto Rican and Dominican place. We don’t live in the area, and used to go to a place in downtown SD, but I guess that place closed down. In any case, it’s set inside a bar/nightclub called La Luz. I’m happy to have made the extra trip from the SD airport to Bonita to try the food because it didn’t disappoint. The pollo frito and arroz gandules plate was seasoned perfectly, the mofongo (which I came for) hit the spot with the super savory shrimp, and the appetizer plate had nearly everything a Dominican child would delight over. I meant to bring my Dominican bff with us, but they weren’t feeling well, so I brought them the chicken and rice plate, and they were so happy to taste home even for a little bit. California is not known for it’s Caribbean food (maybe some Cuban options), but we’re damn lucky with what we do get out here. I hope to come back some day soon with them. Maybe stay for the evening for some bachata and drinks.
… moreMercedes Fuentes
It’s the Pollo Frito y Arroz con Gandules, Maduros, y Flancocho for me. I so love this place! Every week the Flancocho flavor changes, but my favorite is the pineapple. Try any meal with a Kola Champagne. If you know then you know! As a Dominican woman, this is the closest thing to home in San Diego for me.
… moreM S
This is a nightclub that serves tasty Puerto Rican food during the day and gets down at night. It’s awesome.
From what my PR friend told me, nothing moves quickly on the island ️
The pork tasted like it came right off the spit.
You have to hunt for it. Some of the stuff was a little dry but whatever. I ate everything. I’d eat it all again.
They were cool with our dog on the patio.
… moreLisa
Been here for 3 years and never knew about this hidden gem. I just thought it was a night club. Don’t be fooled like I was lol. Food had more salt than I’m used to but it was still delicious.
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