Merengue Restaurant

Delicious foods. Great service. Lovely waitress n cook. Waitress didn’t speak English well so my bf broke out his Spanish. Gave me a free extra papaya shake. Guanabana shake was great. The guisava chivo (goat) was so soft n tender. Bf’s fried pork dish was amazing too. Seasoning was on point n not too salty. Food was big portioned. Family oriented place

When you step into this Dominican restaurant you get immediately transported to the island of DR. We arrived a minute after they opened. The paintings on the walls and music chiming through the speakers put a smile on my face. My smile grew larger when the server greeted us and proceeded to give us recommendations and mention that his mom was the cook. The food was tasty and well prepared. The friendliness and family feel we received were stellar. I asked of the server if he danced bachata and he did.....soooo when the salsa music changed to bachata we danced a bit! It was my birthday and the small staff sung Feliz cumpleaños to me. Everyone was warm and fun to talk with, I would recommend eating at this gem of a restaurant.

We were in Harrisonburg vising my son at JMU when we found this tiny little restaurant. To be honest, it doesn't look like much - the strip mall it's located in is pretty old, to say the least. We were hungry and it was cold out and as luck would have it, the inside of the restaurant was closed due to Covid. We looked at the menu and decided to give it a try, waiting approx. 20 min for our food inside our car. The food smelled so good that we decided to eat right there on the little table in front of the restaurant. To say the food was delicious is an understatement - it was so good we forgot how cold and windy it was! The portion size was huge and the price point was excellent, and the taste phenomenal - I'm used to home-cooked Puerto Rican food courtesy of my mom and I'm sure she would have approved of this meal! Highly recommend!

My wife is Dominican and I am Puerto Rican and we've been in VA four years now and have been missing our cultural food. We've had to wait until we go back to NY to enjoy a Latin restaurant. We need to look no more! This place rocks. The service was amazing, very personable. I felt like I was back in PR at a local restaurant and my wife says she feels like when she's back in her native DR. The food was amazing and fresh. We'll be back and often!!!