Sophie's Cuban Cuisine - New York

Delicious Cuban Food in Midtown! I expected to pay way too much for some mediocre whitewashed midtown meal but boy was I surprised. Price is about 15-20ish for a meal that can feed two. Small was 2 sides and a main. Good counter selection, highly recommended!

I had a beef and chicken empanada. Both were beautifully flakey, fresh, hot, and delicious. Loved the flavors in the stew, and the salsa verde was 10/10. The homemade passion fruit juice brought me away from my desk to a tropical island. Prices were reasonable too!! I'll definitely be coming back regularly :

Walked in ordered cuban sandwich, proceeds to unwrap pre made sandwich and places on grill press. You can only taste cheese and mayonnaise. Pork is dry/ no flavor. Even the pickles are tasteless. I 've had gas station food thats better than the trash they serve here.

This location is great. The food well prepared. The oxtails, peas rice cherry tomatoes and sweet plantains is a welcomed combination to the taste palette. The staff were all customer service friendly before the rush-hour.

There are two lines to choose from: a sandwich line at the very back and a separate line for different sides you can combine into an entree. The sandwich line took a very long time and the guy wouldn't communicate with us. He would ask our order, make a round of sandwiches, wrap them up and then hand them to someone else behind the counter. I guess it was ordered ahead maybe. Then he'd ask our order again, and do the same thing a few times. Some people left because they were