El Nuevo Bohío

The food itself is great. The service is hit or miss depending on date/time/crowdedness. They are a bit messy with serving plates don’t always practice the best and cleanest methods of serving but if you can get past the old school mentality the food is awesome. I recommend freshly made plates over Food under heat lights. The fritura is good but not the best they have to offer. Their Morcilla is probably the best in the northeast hands down. Authenticity at its best.

Prices are extremely HIGH . so many other Latin restaurants within walking distance don’t go here . The service is also sub par a they are rude . Last but not least how is a side of beef stew in a little cup 14 $ YET A LUNCH SPECIAL OF BEEF STEW WITH RICE AND BEANS 12$ make it make sense !

Don’t waste your time coming here. This was my first visit, and the service was terrible. I was charged $16 for a lunch special that was advertised as $10, and to top it off, I was given the wrong order. I asked for chicken, but they gave me pork. When I went back, they gave me the chicken, but it wasn’t even a proper portion—barely any chicken with a whole bowl of rice. The staff was rude and did nothing to improve the situation. Since I don’t speak Spanish, I felt like they purposely took advantage of that, which made the experience even worse. I would not recommend this place to anyone—paying $16 for what I got is unacceptable, and being misled about the price makes it clear that this is very bad business.

Should of listened to the previous reviews. There seems to be a salt shortage at Bohio. The pork had no flavor, just dense dry pork, that seem to be overcooked by a lot. I tried to eat the skin and my teeth hurt afterwards. The pasteles were flavorless. For people who eat this style of food, you will be sadly disappointed.

We thank El Bohio restaurant and their delivery guys for sending us an excellent one, accepting our suggestion of the pork chop portion. Combo #2 and Chicharron de Cerdo. They took us there the first time we ordered, finally perfectly cooked food, congratulations to that new cook! Delicious, just the right flavor, fresh and well made food, thank you! No more salty, burnt, tasteless or half cooked food. 🥇👏🏻 They don't cook well all the time, nor are they surprising when everything is fresh and with the authentic taste of PR and RD food. It's sad that they dare to send poorly prepared food. I placed the order through Uber Eat and it didn't take more than 30 minutes to arrive. The bad thing is that the Pernil, the most desired protein, arrived cold, dry and with hard skin, the meat was white as if it were chicken. The truth is, it's not what it used to be. The food in general was very well cooked and delicious. They really are bad at making excuses about everything now. And they dare to say that one is the only one who has problems with food and no one else complains to them, yes of course!

They throw food off the spoon before putting it on your plate. It’s like they’re saying I’m giving your more than you’re suppose to have.. I understand inflation but it’s the price is gonna go up on the meal, then the portion size shouldn’t decrease. If you ask for a little bit more rice in your place, they’re gonna look at you as though you’re asking for them to commit a crime. Meanwhile I’ve been going here for years and the customer service was NEVER this bad

I was disappointed more than a year ago by the lechon. I decided to give it another try. Once again I was disappointed. The pork was dry and unseasoned. I will not be going back for lechon. I had potato salad and it was good. I order pulpo salad for my husband. He hasn't tried it yet.

First time ordering here, unfortunately The baked chicken was nasty, look at the skin. You can imagine how chewy and gamey it tasted. Parece que no lo cocinaron completo y le hecharon achiote por encima para darle color.

Purchased breakfast & lunch (one order) by mistake from here due to several restaurants having lechonera as their name. Worst luck ever. The mangu was dry, big plantain chunks and tasteless. Fried cheese was very thin slice making it hard texture also taste like spoiled cheese.also got roast pork. To start it stinks like pork really nauseating. Hard big chunks cut into pieces. Worst mistake I've made and super disappointed. This place needs to be shut down.

this restaurant must have new owners that dont know how to cook! their food use to be delicious!! i ordered a pork chop combo with arroz con guandules!! and it was terrible!!! pale tasteless rice and porkchops that tasted like they were seasoned with salt!!! grosssssssss!!! dont waste your money!!the food is not the same!! nasty!!!

Pernil is dry like the Sahara. More flavor on the meat when it was still alive. I don't know how they can present this as edible food. The habichuelas guisadas had a diabetic sweet taste. Not good at all. The guy cutting the pernil has the worst attitude, like he's upset with his life choices.

The most RACIST resturant I ever experienced! They lied about the manager not being there when I wanted to order over $2000 worth of food for Thanksgiving. No one spoke English, but they laughed and spoke spanish for around 5 minutes. They didn't know I ordered there every year. Finally a woman who spoke spanished said I don't appreciate what they are saying about you. You can be my mother. She told them in spanish "she orders from your manager every year, and mysteriously the manager came from the back and was happy to see me. They all stop laughing then and I put in my order with the manager. She then told me she was off on Friday's but introduced me to a man who was to have my food ready that Friday. Well come Friday, the food was 2 hours late. And the black man that was to pick up the 30 pounds of perin was treated like he was a crook and he was just as light as they were but didn't speak spanish. They wanted all kinds of proof that he was to pick up the food, stalling because the food was not ready. LAST ORDER FROM THEM. 11/17/2023. EAST TREMONT El Nuevo Bohio Lechonera... NO BUENO

es increíble , que se hagan gastado 130.00 de un vieja tan largo para comer en ese lugar y que recomendado , por que venían personas de república dominicana y de massachusetts , y le compraron platos por separado para usar las mesas por que no se podía usar las mesas con los combos ! increíble! la repugnancia de la supervisora, q nada de servicio al cliente sabe ! la comida muy bonita y en otros lugares sería muchisimo mejor ! las frituras dura bien dura ! que pena que decepción con este restaurante ! los baños meados en el piso , sin papel , pésimo , ! le puse el seguro a la puerta de le baño y de el control abrieron la puerta y hasta el cocinero me vio ! que experiencia negativa ! por lo menos el chico que me atendió me explicó todo y nos atendió muy bien ! pero lo que tenían al frente l supervisora no tenía el cotrol ! no sabe qué el SERVICIO AL CLIENTE , es lo que vende ! NOOO vuelvo ni tan siquiera a recomendar este lugar ! tenía una persona mayor diabético , 2 niñas , y 2 adultos más ! QUEDÉ TAN MAL , ME DAÑO TODO MI DÍA Y MI SEMANA CON ESE SERVICIO ! Lo que es LA LIMPIEZA Y EL SERVICIO al CLIENTE ES LO QUE VENDE !

I ordered 1/2 dozen pasteles I don't know who made them but on a scale of 1 -10 they were a 1.they were bland and hardly had no meat. Even the meat was bland I am very disappointed they used to have some good pasteles.i also bought blood sausage and even that had alot to desired. So I'm sorry but I won't be buying there anymore. So I give them 1 star.

I'm so upset; I get charged for a large pan of white rice i called for order pick, come to find out in my bag it's a small container, I was so upset I'm coming a 45 minute plus drive from work to home to pick up food and they can't even get a order right! Absolutely ridiculous and I got charge what I didn't get, absolutely ridiculous, when you guys pick up the phone YOU NEED TO HEAR PEOPLES ORDER CLEARLY and not give them the wrong thing

This place gave me food poisoning. It was terrible. The chicken was not cooked all the way. Both my friends had bad diarrhea after eating this crap. The food is disgusting. The rice was so salty. Just so unbelievably salty. This place is terrible don't come here unless you want food poisoning. This place gave me food poisoning DO not come here

Fantastic. Friendly service. Knowledgeable staff. Fresh and delicious. Mangu was very good with fluently of flavor and well made. Will recommend and come back.

Honestly felt very half and half about this spot, and to be honest, in the Bronx especially, you can get much better hispanic food and service. What kept them from at least a 3 is how long we ended up waiting for food. I don't mind waiting for food, you can recover if its delicious, but here they try to disguise mistakes and flavors when you can't. To start, the appetizers, alcapurrias were too dry. Mayoketchu was saving the day on these, but not enough so. Tried to wash it down with coffee, but it tasted like water. My porkchops were dry, but I give them compliments on the way the beans were prepared. The carne guisada was almost as if it was prepared by a whole different kitchen considering it was moist, flavorful, and overall delicious. The best dish easily was the asopao de camarones. While I felt the broth could have been more shrimpy vs using the chicken broth used, it was still amazing. If they made everything like they made this, it would be a better establishment overall. Thank you.

I thought it was a Puerto Rican restaurant? No wonder the food taste different everytime. Last time the pork was salted too munch waste of money. I been going there for years. But there isnt consistency in the cooking or flavor. El sabor boricua criolla can't be duplicated.

The food is good but they way they be lying about the prices robbing people is crazy. First the lady say the large carne guisa is $22 then when they guy ask her to charge me he said it's $20 then another guy said no its $24 plus tax. WTF??? Ridiculous trying to rob customers. The guy taking my order was incompetent I repeated my order 7 times to him and he still was getting it wrong and asking me what size and what's my order. The restaurant was EMPTY so I don't understand why he was this slow. My order was $44.11 for a large white rice, medium red beans, large carne guisa and one Alcapurria. Make it make sense. Don't try to rob people because they look like they have a lot of money. I took out a good amount of money from my pocket and all of a sudden everyone saying different prices.I would not recommend coming here. They're so greedy, money hungry. It's pathetic.

Stopped in for dinner while working in the area. Nice, busy Spanish food place. I ordered chicken with yellow rice and plantains. Got a nice portion of chicken, it was really tasty, along with the rice which wasn't dried out. The plantains were soft and sweet. All in all it was a good meal that didn't break the bank. I got it to go, but the restaurant is back open. It looked clean and everything was very fresh.

Food from this restaurant has always gotten very good reviews from customers from their community as well as from folks that work near the area. I was pleased to be able to order through Grubhub and have it delivered in very good time. My only issue with the pasteles en hoja I received today was that it was somewhat bland. I suspect that when they boiled this particular batch, they forgot to boil them in salted water. I trust this would not happen again :(

The reason you go to this place is replace any false concept you might have about how to prepare roast pork! This combination of rice and bean with sweet plantains is the dish Jesus served at the "Last Supper". If not it should have been! Don't forget the mojito! Enjoy!

Great little spot for when you are craving authentic spanish food. We go to our usual little spots but decided to try this place on late New Year's day night. We had gotten the boneless chicken chunk combo with a side order of the pernil.The chicken chunks were good but the portion was a tad smaller and the chunks where more of.. well small chunks which did not contain much white meat. However, the white rice was really well made but we couldn't opt for Yellow rice as the beans are made into the rice. I don't mind the beans but some people like my bf is not a huge of it. We also got an order of the tostones -- these were made with love and it showed. The crispiness of these and they were far from dry. You can basically eat these alone without the mijito sauce. The pernil was just average. Not sure if it was because we came late but the meat was a bit on the dry side. The combo also came with a medium bottle soda and a salad. I thought the salad was alright as there are random veggies i didn't expect in there like the green beans lol. I would def come back and try other options here though!

This place is still the bomb! Due to Covid they only offer take out at the moment. I jet there immediately after work and at 5:30pm the line was out the door. Waited 10 mins for the pernil but well worth it, I'd even wait an hour for it. Best perk East Tremont has to offer.

This place is not good at all. The food is tasteless...and service is terrible. Trust me...you will remember my review.

So if you want to gain a few pounds definitely come here. Almost 95% of the dishes are fried. But the food is so good, its almost as good as mom's. When mom enjoys it I know its good. The specialty is the Lechon(Pork) with the rice,beans and tostones(double fried platains) served with garlic mojito, soooooo good. The place Is kept pretty clean and the servers very attentive. The food is pretty consistent in taste. (good thing) and reasonably priced. If you go to counter they have some other fried cuchifritos, try one of each. especially the blood sausage(morcilla). Anyway have to stop writing getting so hungry and its only 640am. Give it a try!! Best kept secret in the Boogie down Bronx....

Nasty food shitty service and people who think overcharging customer is okay. I've been frequenting this place since I was young. Never have I been charged separate for each item in the meal (stew chicken small container 10 dollars rice 6 dollars and beans (2 dollars) . Beans have always been included. I will never step foot in this place again.

Been eating here for over 30 years. Best beans in New York City. Love the steak with onions and oxtail. Ok

Disgusting food the meat was so hard as a rock as well the tostones it was just terrible cold

the food was cold .not season like PIERTORICANS DO(supposed to be a puertorican restaurant)the no fondo was nasty saggy.the cuerito was saggy,the chicken was cold and the skin was nasty .plus the costumers are always right and they didn't wana give a lady a half of portion for a bacalao and they try to charge her $13 for a mefiu bowl and she just want a smaller about and they told her straight up NO .very disrespectfull from the employees

Ordered a lunch special, rice beans and chicken. The rice was lumpy, the beans didn't taste good and the chicken had no flavor and was under cooked. There food use to be delicious. Not sure if they have different cooks or what's. Going on,but I was not satisfied with my food . I had to throw the food away. It was a waste of money. Very disappointed

The Best!!! One of my favorite restaurant in New York. The lechon and tostones with the garlic sauce is perfect!!

As Dominican as it can get. Looking for tasty Latin Dominican menu ? Well this is it ! Every dish is authentic and served by friendly Spanish personnel. Can't go wrong. The entire menu is surely and experience. Conveniently they take every method of payment without surcharging the customer. Very well recommended !

Great food ....but we sat next to the basement doors and there was a weird musty smell coming up.

This place is been here for years and changed management but the food is the same. You want to enjoy flavorful Puerto Rican food without traveling to the island then visit el Nuevo Bohio. I just had a plate of yellow rice and beans with Pernil, side of tostones. It's 10 am and it was great doesn't matter what time of the morning la comida esta "cabron". Y no me mando para el baño lol. I been a loyal customer for over 20 yrs and will continue for another 20 more.

I have been a patron of this place for a while. I stopped going for a while because the food wasn't being prepared the same way in other words it lacked in flavor. Well I decided to give them another chance... Never again will I step foot in that place, I sent my wife in to get the food and when we got home the food practically went right into the garbage. We ordered Pernil with Rice and pidgeon peas, maduros and molsilla. The pernil was like beef jerky tough and the pieces that were chewable had no flavor, the rice was dry and crunchy, the molsilla was dry burnt and no flavor what so ever. The best and only good part of the meal was the maduros. My thing is, you see what you are preparing for your customer and you see it's not right but you obviously don't care about your customer you only care about making that money. I would be embarrassed to serve someone that food they sold us . My dog was at the edge of the table begging and I literally had to tell him "I wouldn't even let you eat this boy. Even you deserve better than this". I just felt I had to share my experience with the people who actually read. Be good be safe and I would highly suggest take your business elsewhere...

What a disappointment. Everything was a mess. The oven roasted chicken was salty & dry. The flank steak with onions, was pale white, and bland. It was like chewing on a wet sock. The Patelitos were soggy, and the ground beef had the taste and consistency of "Golden Crust" style beef patties; not what I expected or wanted when ordering from a Dominican Style restaurant. The beans - god, how did they mess up the beans - was bland, not as bland as the steak socks, but bad enough to just throw away. The only food items that were "ok" were the fried sweet & green plantains. The whole delivery cost $36 + tip ($40). Won't ever order from here again, and I advise that everyone else stay away.

the girls who take the order BLANCA VERY RUDE poor customer service they should be able to speak English as well very nasty attitude and over charging speaking over me on the phone saying "oh my God" cause I was asking why was I being charged more than what the menu states very nasty lady over the phone waited an hour for a small soup coffee and ham n cheese sandwich my office only 10 min away. beware they over charge and not friendly place has gone down Poor service.

Just came back from the restaurant. Ordered a small octopus salad. Was charged $14.00. The menu on webpage says $9. When I asked the man, he said that is not their webpage. False advertisement ? To add insult to injury, the salad was too salty and oily. How can I get a refund? Sad when hispanic-owned business rips off hispanic custumers. ADIOS EL BOHIO. Ladronazos!!!

This is the place for PORK! I eat lunch here weekly and enjoy El Nuevo Bohio's Latin seasoning and preparation. The lunch special is seven bucks (choice of meat with beans, rice and sweet plantains) the portion is generous, awesome whole chickens as well. Rice and beans = perfect, pork sandwich is great and reasonable @ $5.50. Many value packed combos pork, chicken, beef and seafood with sides priced from 17 to 20 dollars. Gets very crowded during lunch and a bit chaotic so I mostly take out, parking is imposable. Clean large dining room with windows all around give a nice open feel to this restaurant. No problem ordering in English for this Gringo. Just do it!

After reading about this place on NYT as being the temple of pork, I had to see it for myself. It was exactly what I expected and then some. The fried pork skin and deep fried pork chunks were delightful as well as the tostones and yellow rice and beans. The garlic sauce was so good that came with the tostones I dipped everything in it. $25 for a ton of food for two people and enough for two lunches of leftovers for the next day. About 30 minute wait to be seated but well worth the wait.

You never feel more stuffed than after a visit to this Bronx pork fantasy land. A knowledge of Spanish would be helpful but is not necessary, as most things can be pointed to. Prepare for a bit of a wait, unbuckle that belt and enjoy! All things pork are a safe bet, including the roasted pork ($7 with choice of tostones, sweet plantains, or fries). The pork skins are always a good bet, perfectly crisp and full of all the best juices from marinading. **Not for someone with a weak stomach.. there are many men with large machetes hacking away at whole pigs.

Really mad at myself for going to the chicken spot across the street after playing basketball and not going to Bohio instead. As a kid growing up in the area I always walked by this place, mouth watering at all the delicious poultry on display. Not once did I enter Bohio. Moving out of the Bronx for a couple years and coming back now the gf and I walked the mean streets of the Bronx. Upon showing her the schools I went to and stores I use to shop in we ran into Bohio and since we were both hungry we stepped in for a nice lunch. Best decision we could have made. We chose a family meal which consist of a whole chicken, rice and beans, green salad, maduros, and a Coke. We also got 1/2 a lbs of chicharon. The chicken was so well seasoned and almost tasted hickory. I don't know how they do it but it's some good stuff. Beans are the best! they are seasoned jut right with a nice thick texture. I crave this place ever since going for the first time. I can't lie, the food is the best in the area. We've tried nearly every Dominican spot in the area and non comes close. Good thing about this spot is that they serve not only Puerto Rican dishes but Dominican and from what I saw Cuban food too. You can't be mad at that at all. It's a small walk from our apt but definitely worth it. Place is so good that it's been featured in numerous shows and magazines/newspapers. If you live outside of the Bronx and heard about this place come on down and if you live in the area you should already know about this place.

Where do I begin?! This place make amazing Spanish food!!! I saw someone having a pastel (grated green banana with yummy pork filling) and I had to have one because it looked so good! I have to say my grandma made the best pastels and this one did not disappoint!! I ordered a pork filled mofongo (green plantains mashed with garlic and the filling of your choice). It was a decent portion with a nice chunk of crispy pork skin on top. I topped with with the gravy they provide and their slamming garlic mojo (garlic sauce). They can bottle that stuff up and sell it. Pros: Amazing food. Quick friendly service. Decent prices. Good for families and small groups. Cons: Place was a little loud. Not the best for a first date.

Pork here is terrible about 15 years ago it was good its hard to find a good Lechonera nowadays that flavors there pork whenever theres an ownership change only the patrons suffer

This place deserve NO STARS the waitress was so rude, the pernil I ordered was not cooked so I asked her if she could change it to something else she told me she can not change it. I asked for a cup of ice she said there was ICE in the pitcher of water she put on the table. VERY POOR SERVICE. But when it came to me paying the bill they was quick to give it to me. This place is not very Friendly.

Puerto Rican comfort food. Lots of pork and plantains, like in the mofongo con pernil I ordered. For only $7, it was a big ball of mashed plantain and pork, very tasty, filling, and, because it's plantain, good for the stomach. At the table next to me was a group of men who, I gathered from their conversation, had been recently released from prison. They threw the "n-word" around quite a lot, so if you go, be aware it's not the most genteel group of diners you'll see. Low prices, big portions, good flavors. I just wish they had a hotter hot sauce.

My first visit here and I left with an overstuffed happy belly and wallet. Such wonderful pork. Food comes out extremely quickly and is extremely affordable. Would recommend to everyone who wants some good Boriqua food. Oh yeah...make sure to ask for the Mojito sauce... it's an amazing garlicky sauce to drench all over your rice & pork

Ordered the breaded steak....It looked like 2 breaded squares on my plate. Steak was horrible....tasted as if it were thrown in to cook without being cleaned and had no seasoning at all. The waitress stated she had not received any other complaints, but reluctantly changed it for the pernil. The pernil was not fresh...and was undercooked and very fatty. I didn't touch it, but ended up paying for it. Whoever is now cooking here is not washing or seasoning the meat...they are obviously taking shortcuts. My girlfriend ordered the steak and onions and said it tasted horrible too..and couldn't eat it. Will not go back here again. Better places elsewhere.

I've been coming to this restaurant for over 30years it was a very small spot when they started. A Puerto Rican Familia, the food was amazing they use to roast the hole lechón .. the morcilla were freshly made .. I still see the litter nasty old lady there .. but I just went there yesterday and the food was horrible, the lechón taste like it was from Saturday and the pitipuas was water down .. this is what happens when u start hiring different nationalities to cook , they change the taste.. come on people if u are not PUERTORRIQUEÑO u don't know how to cook like us .. u may think u due , but guess what !!! U will loose me and my family as a customer and than other families and when u come to see EL BOHÍO will be history what a waist

I arrived here after a doctor's appointments and was with my dad and was really looking forward to some real food after being in Washington,DC. From the moment you walk in its clean and well lit and people are calmly eating no loud music and the tables have Puerto Rican things on them. The table on the left under the Alex Rodriguez has all the Puerto Rican miss universes so hard to eat while looking at them.they have soups everyday and all the standard Rice and beans they take credit cards with ID and have an ATM. The lechón for $5 as a side order is fantastic. Please just order it. I am having the mondongo which my grand man made with chicken pork beef and potatoes is bomb. Also very filling . It just great

It saddens me to give them this review , mostly because I have been eating here for over 20 years !! When I say this was the best Spanish food on East tremont I mean it . So great that I would take my allowance and get the steak and onions [ at the time 7.50 the MEAL , keep in mind it's now 15 dollars ] . For the most part they have been consistent. I'm not sure if COVID-19 has been getting to the cook , but it has been off !! The first half of the virus I ordered the steak and onions .. only one piece of steak came .. usually it's 2 big pieces you can share between 3 people the most !! Food was still tasty so we let it slide . The second time we ordered the food was disgusting !! Wasn't satisfied at all !! The rice is not the same , the steak and onions was off down to the gravy . The gravy had never been thick until the second time .. always loose and a garlic taste . The octopus salad is not the same either , veggies cut way too big !! The Monfongo pretty much was the only thing that tasted the same . Psa ; I was told I would get a free steak dinner the first order never received it . Still waiting .. Please recover from this you guys are great

My grandfather always took me here when I was younger, it was his favorite Spanish spot for as long as I can remember. Now I'm always here with my family. El bohio is so delicious and prices aren't bad. Sometimes just a little crowded. Still my first choice

If you want to have some home cooked puerto rican food this is the place to go. The pernil( roasted pork shoulder) is amazing!!! The place is always packed. Especially on weekends. U can smell the food from outside before u even get to the restaurant lol . Must go to place .

This is the best original Puerto Rican food you could find. To me it's the best in New York. We just drove in to see the Yankee parade and of course the trip to NY must include a stop at the Nuevo Bohio. When you stop by please try the bistek empanizado or breaded steak. I highly recommend this restaurant.

I laughed out loud at another review calling these healthy meals. This is not that. It's Caribbean Latino food in all its glory, meats with rice and beans, maduros, tostones, mofongos and sweet, sweet flans and morirsoñando. All served by the shovel. Oh, there's your basic discolored lettuce and tomatoes salad, but that's just so you don't feel guilty about the pounds of food you're about to eat. This is a place to indulge in the favorite Puerto Rican and Dominican dishes and appetizers -- yes, the deep-fried stuff like alcapurrias and pork-stuffed pasteles year-round. It's one of those crowded hole in the walls kind of places where the food is greasy and delicious, affordably priced and plentiful. The place wasn't crowded by accident, but so was my stomach by the time I left.