Doña Maria - Dominican Cuisine

Wanted to try Dominican food since it's very close to Puerto Rican food, my home town! The service was good since I notice that they only had one server and were waiting on four tables (one was a big party) . We got our food on time and hot. It was delicious and the portion is pretty big . The music playing gave the Caribbean ambience. Love it We went on a Tuesday night since they have empanadas for $1. And we shared our food that we ordered

...and I decided to give Mofongo another try. I am glad I did. Good flavor and the texture was everything! Glad I ordered it! This is becoming one of my regular places because the service is just great. I am from PR and the vibes just make me feel closer to home.

This is easily one of my favorite restaurants in all of the DFW. The authentic flavor of the dishes is incredibly comforting and the ambiance is relaxed and wonderful. The mangu, arroz and tostones were perfect. The meat was tender and full of flavor. The jugo de parcha was tart and delicious. And the morisoñando was absolutely AMAZING.

Loved the mofongo plate the sauce was simply delicious. Also had the fried snapper and ropa vieja. The ropa vieja came a little cold and was not the best around. We did go the day before Thanksgiving and they were short staffed will definitely try again.

My friends and I wanted to try something new. Did a quick search and found Doña. The place was bustling! The customer service was excellent. The place was cute and clean.Now on to my suggestions: I highly suggest you order appetizers. The meal come out kinda slow and you'll have something to eat and you can chat while you wait. The beef empanadas, mofongo, and the orange and milk drink was hitting! I ordered the peppered steak with the concon which is the very crispy rice that is stuck at the bottom of the pan with beans. Now the rice wasn't right. It wasn't crispy and it was more like it was heated up and old. If that makes any sense. Like, when you leave rice out and it kinda get hard and then you heat that up. That was disappointing. Because I love crunchy rice! The peppered steak isn't like an American steak. We would call it a salisbury steak with the texture of chicken fried steak. It was good but I wouldn't order it again.Overall, I would come back and try all the appetizers and more of the orange drink!!

I was in town briefly and was curious what the Dominican food scene looked like here. I was surprised there was even a Dominican restaurant here so I decided to order take out. I ordered their Pernil plate with rice and habichuelas. It did not come with a green salad as indicated on their menu. It was served with an interesting chimichurri style mojo sauce, which did not complement the Pernil well. The Pernil itself was not seasoned properly, at least the not way that I'm used to it being seasoned, and tasted like it had been sitting around a bit. I also ordered a beef pastelito and it was fine but nothing out of this world. Overall, I wouldn't order from here again. I forgot to take a pic unfortunately.

Going to be honest with this review. As a half Dominican/Mexican brother that was born in LA, this restaurant makes me feel right at home. Not only is the food great, but the staff does an extremely good job keeping the restaurant authentic. It's rare to have cultural restaurants like this that dedicate their love and soul into providing a Caribbean food experience to Texas. The Mofongo de Camarones is my favorite but you've got to try the Chivo Guisado one day. They make it better than myself Dominican food is something everyone should try. The flavors of the Caribbean is hard to resist.

We were looking for empanada nearby and stumbled onto this restaurant on line. The staff was very helpful with our Uber Eats orders. We chose to pick up to see the place. Nice ambience! Family like atmosphere. Will try to eat in soon. Empanada were great! Should have asked for more sauce, but that was on me!

Great, authentic Dominican food and very friendly service. Their empanadas are amazing and their tamarindo drink is really the best I've had.

Good authentic Dominican food. Friendly service. Free parking. Convenient location. Recommend.