Merengue Restaurant

"This restaurant has been dishing out Dominican food on Blue Hill Avenue for a quarter of a century. Merengue’s excellent cocktail list includes a number of frozen daiquiris (get the passionfruit), as well as a variety of margaritas and mojitos. The grilled chicken with chimichurri sauce and the stuffed shrimp tostones are must-orders, as are the fried pork chops and grilled steak with peppers and onions. Plus, the mofongo is among the best in the city." - Eater Staff

"Roxbury Dominican restaurant and event space Merengue offers a variety of options for private parties, including buffet functions with live cooking for paellas and tapas, and rice stations. Find more event information, or get started with your booking." - Valerie Li Stack, Eater Staff

"Merengue is an outstanding Dominican restaurant that has been holding it down in Roxbury for nearly 30 years. Go for a festive date night, have a wedding celebration there, or sit down to a solo weeknight feast of tostones with pork belly cooked in a Creole sauce, mofongo, and chicharrones. It’s a classic." - Erika Adams

"This Blue Hill Avenue Dominican restaurant is decidedly more of a sit-down spot than a takeout spot, and you should definitely enjoy it the way it’s meant to be enjoyed at least once. But we live very close, and it’s easy enough for us to call in a takeout order, pick it up, and enjoy it from the comfort of our own home (read: on the couch while binging Deadwood). We’ve never eaten a bad thing at Merengue, and we especially love the grilled pork chops, the churrasco with chimichurri, and the mofongo with pork. —TBD" - Rachel Leah Blumenthal, Terrence Doyle

"Try asopao de camarones (shrimp stew) and mondongo (tripe stew) at this takeout-focused Dominican restaurant in Roxbury." - Terrence Doyle