La Lechonera Restaurant

Hole-in-the-wall goodness! Soooo glad to have found this spot for Puerto Rican cuisine.We got takeout from here. Since this was our first time, we weren't sure what the process was to order. The girl behind the counter was friendly and incredibly helpful. She explained how you order food at the counter, showed me all the daily prepared dishes, the meal sizes, and answered any questions I had. I got a chicken stew over yellow rice (large size), mix veggies (small size) - yucca, plantain, onion, and two chicken empanadas. Oof, everything was delicious and portions were plentiful. The chicken was perfectly done and well seasoned. The rice had pigeon peas, yum. The plain tender veggies balanced the saltiness of the rice and the stew. The empanadas were crispy, larger in size than anywhere else I've seen, and filled with considerable and tasty filling. Next time we go in, the plan is to order some dishes that they'll prepare for us vs buying only what's available on the counter, eg, they have mofongo with shrimp and I have to try that!

Everything I bought was delicious and authentic felt like it was made by my Mami. The service was good , remember it's a small place with really very little sitting area, the place was clean.

We got takeout last night. The arroz con gandules was dry and had no flavor. The pernil was extremely dry, flavorless, inedible and seemed overcooked and old. The tostones were chewy and not crisp. The bacalaitos were hot, greasy and delicious! The one good thing. This is the closest Puerto Rican place near us and we're very disappointed.

This place makes authentic Puerto Rican food from the fritters and fried pork to the yellow rice with pigeon peas (arroz con gandules). If you want to know what Chicken noodle soup really can be then do yourself a favor and get a bowl. The Roast Pork (pernil) is a flavor bomb with typical seasoning of garlic sour orange and oregano. Everything is good and authentically prepared. I heartily recommend this place.

Really Really good alcapurrias Good Moncillas I love this place !!! If you want real Puerto Rican food you come to this restaurant !!!

How does this restaurant not have more reviews. What?!I went to a a friend from work's daughther's quinceñera last weekend and had some bomb-dot-com crispy pork belly and pork shoulder. I had to ask the next day who made them because I couldn't stop thinking about it and she said she got it catered from this restaurant. There was also empanadas which was done by the time I got to the head of the food line. I heard those were really good so I'm jealous of all who got to have it.I need to make a stop out here to the restaurant one day because that fried chicken from a google review looking real good

Great Puerto Rican food alcapurrias are very good and so is the arroz con gandules. New owners same great food

Amazing top of the line Dominican food. Clean and sabrosa ( tasty). Try the arroz con gandules y pollo guisado. Famous also for their alcapurrias ( see photos)

Best alcapurrias in boston hands down!! Being coming to this place for years and consistently great.

Last Saturday, I was in the area and recalled wanting to try La Lechonera for a long time. These folks can cook! Not only the flavors of each dish were incredible but also, the cooking execution was outstanding. The Camarones and rice, Arroz con Guandules, and Mondongo with vegetables and potatoes were perfectly cooked.The skin of the Pernil was crispy and delicious. However, the dish at first was dry. We snipped off the crispy skin and put the meat in a double boiler for ten minutes...and that started the juices flowing. The flavor was delicious.I ordered the Lechon...but only found one rib with no skin and very little meat packed in the container with the Pernil.The staff was very nice. I will definitely return!