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El Portal Restaurant & Bakery

Restaurant Breakfast restaurant Bakery Vegetarian restaurant Lunch restaurant Juice shop Latin american restaurant Peruvian restaurant Colombian restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Juice shops in Deerfield Beach


Address

3438 W Hillsboro Blvd, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442

Website

www.elportalrestaurantandbakery.com

Contact

(754) 212-3495

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (519 reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Saturday: 7:30 AM to 9 PM
  • Sunday: (Easter), 8 AM to 7 PM, Hours might differ
  • Monday: 7:30 AM to 8 PM
  • Tuesday: 7:30 AM to 8 PM
  • Wednesday: 7:30 AM to 8 PM
  • Thursday: 7:30 AM to 8 PM
  • Friday: 7:30 AM to 9 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (19) service (15) ordered (12) restaurant (10) time (9) Great (8) friendly (7) Colombian (7) chicken (6) delicious (6)
Reviews are sorted by relevance, prioritizing the most helpful and insightful feedback at the top for easier reference.
  • 3/5 Jefe B. 4 years ago on Google
    Sign out front said "salads, sandwiches, hamburgers", but when my mom asked for a chicken sandwich the server told us they don't have sandwiches. We all ordered lunch, my dad's empanadas showed up and her didn't want to eat until everyone else's good arrived. Server told us "ten minutes" before the rest was ready. They brought my fish (pictured) and mom's grilled chicken. Next we waited for George's food. We had asked about their "soup of the day" and told they don't have it, but server pointed to several other items that were soup. A platter finally showed up which was definitely not soup. Back-waiter struggled to comprehend why we didn't want that plate. Eventually it was taken to another table and a bowl of soup showed up. Dad ate one empanada and decided he didn't like them so he didn't eat the second. The rest of the food was ok. When server came back to ask how we liked the food, our effort to explain that we weren't happy with some of it wasn't part of the expected script. Eventually, an answer of "it's ok" got them to stop asking. Highlight, the sauce they brought for the empanadas was really delicious on the fish.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Juan I. 2 years ago on Google
    The taste is great, but BE AWARE if you order cordon Bleu they have toothpicks hidden inside them, I understand they need to keep them together but no need to be hidden inside. I ordered a big order for a house party and many of my guest got their mouth injured. Even though when ordering I specially asked to be careful with this they still did it. BE CAREFUL PEOPLE
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Edgar P. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful and cozy place, exceptional treatment, excellent, delicious food, cozy Latin atmosphere; I felt at home ... (Original) Hermoso y acogedor lugar,trato excepcional,excelente,deliciosa comida,ambiente acogedor latino;me sentí como en casa...
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 jaime p. 4 years ago on Google
    The food is good but takes long time to be served
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 David R. 3 years ago on Google
    i ask for churrasco and they gave me something else, not a place to order meat, disappointed
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Iris 3 years ago on Google
    Nice little place. This was my first visit. The hostesses were very invested in my care and satisfaction, though we struggled with a little bit of a language barrier. They were very sweet. My food was good, I had the grilled salmon and some black beans (my combination). The restaurant itself is adequately furnished. The colors are bright and happy and yet warm. It is very clean. If you're looking for a nice home cooked meal, the is a good place. Prices are fair.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Holly M. 1 year ago on Google
    Great authentic Latin breakfast fresh food friendly employees restaurant is clean. I did get the American breakfast instead of branching out, but there's always a next time. Dine in or outside!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 ellen m. 2 years ago on Google
    First time there. I really enjoyed fillet fish with tiny shrimps, white rice, small salad, 2 sweet bananas. Fairly priced.

  • 5/5 Daniela F. 4 years ago on Google
    Great service and delicious Colombian food!

  • 5/5 Alex L. 2 years ago on Google
    There's a reason this place has such good reviews. Great spot with great food and excellent staff. Did a search on google and found this little gem. We will definitely be back. If you are nearby go support this small business. You won't be disappointed.

  • 1/5 Angela C. 2 years ago on Google
    I used to love this place, but unfortunately I will no longer be going here. I ordered online the Pollo Tropical. Online it states it is 11.99 + tax, a total of $12.71. I get there because I used the option for pay in store, she attempted to charge me $16 and some change, I explained I ordered online, showed her the receipt and that the total was $12.71. She stated that is the online price and she cannot change it. I unfortunately walked out with no food as there was no way I was paying $4 extra for something I ordered ahead of time ONLINE with the ONLINE pricing. VERY disappointed. I work with a company where I run catering, and was fully considering ordering from them in the near future from my job, but due to the woman's awful attitude towards me and the lack of understanding I will no longer consider giving them my business in any form.

  • 5/5 James L C. 1 year ago on Google
    The food is awesome and the waitress was really nice and very professional. I will recomend this restaurant to eveybody.

  • 5/5 Jessica D D. 3 years ago on Google
    Great food and cheap prices, can’t go wrong with that

  • 5/5 EMMA R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent highly recommended food and quality attention everything is worth (Original) Excelente muy recomendado la comida y la atención de calidad todo vale la pena

  • 5/5 Carmen Esther P. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I am fascinated by its home cooking and everyone who works there makes it feel at home (Original) me fascina su cocina cacera y todos los que trabajan alli lo hacen sentir como en casa

  • 5/5 EMMA R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Riquisimoooooo wonderful attention (Original) Riquisimoooooo atención maravillosa

  • 5/5 Nada S. 3 years ago on Google
    Good food and service.

  • 5/5 Cesar J. 3 years ago on Google
    Perfect colombia food

  • 2/5 Alejandro 1 year ago on Google
    Ordered calentao. They only give you 3 cut chicharrones.

  • 5/5 OSCAR R. 3 years ago on Google
    Best tamales!

  • 5/5 Peter T. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice local place for well cooked Columbian meals. Amazing flan and coffee too! Staff is so friendly and helpful. Nice to run into happy people! Will be back often!

  • 5/5 Laura V. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice place. They were very helpful for us, non Spanish speakers. The food was good. We had the chicken sandwich with fries and tiramisu.

  • 1/5 Maria P. 1 year ago on Google
    I will never go back to this place again. I get that sometimes people have a bad day. We are human, so I get it. But if I am paying my hard-earned money, I expect good service! While ignoring me, the waiter was more interested in making my hubby feel welcome (all smiles with him). He ordered the pandeja paiza, and I ordered a salad. So please explain why it took 30 minutes after his food came out to get my salad. The waiter's name was Lady or something like that.

  • 5/5 Oscar V. 10 months ago on Google
    Great food and service, personalized attention from the staff you feel like home

  • 5/5 TinaGirl O. 1 year ago on Google
    My first time going today & ordered Milanesa Chicken, White Rice w/Pinto Beans . 1 Guava/Cheese Pastry 🥐 I surely enjoyed everything . I will be ordering again soon! The flavor of the pinto beans was excellent & chicken was cooked just right !

  • 5/5 Bryan G. 11 months ago on Google
    This place has amazing food especially the chorizo!! And the empanadas come all the way from Hollywood fl Jst to eat here

  • 5/5 Bibiana M. 1 year ago on Google
    Great Colombian food! The service is wonderful. Totally recommend this restaurant

  • 5/5 eliana f. 1 year ago on Google
    Clean place with delicious food. Very nice presentation of the dishes. Recommend...👏👏👏

  • 5/5 Mellissa R. 6 months ago on Google
    I love this restaurant! Quality is one the things I seek the most when choosing my country’s food. I have been to various Colombian restaurants and nothing like this one. Every time I go with my family I get the most delicious fresh dishes. I highly recommend you to come and enjoy Colombian food at the Portal! The environment is peaceful, enjoyable, clean and very friendly staff. 10/10 Happy to come back and get my belly full along with my family!

  • 5/5 Evan R. 4 months ago on Google
    Food was all wonderfully seasoned and cooked perfectly. Staff was great - friendly and helpful. I'm recommending this place to my friends

  • 5/5 Lucy D. 5 months ago on Google
    Excellent costumer service They go extra mile I been there many times Breakfast and dinner. I know they had to raise the price because everything went up everywhere. Delicious tamales They keep the Quality and taste

  • 3/5 Dominic D. 6 months ago on Google
    The Food was so good, but a little too greasy for me. Maybe you will have a better experience than I did. Would give more stars, but this is all about honesty.

  • 1/5 Kareem P. 6 months ago on Google
    El portal .. they just Racist .. every time I go there they take care of the people they know instead of the order of arriving .. last time 3 customer came after me and they took order and flirting with them .. Today 2 customers came .. I guess they didn’t know I speak Spanish and I undertook the whole conversation with them.. they need to keep consistent service to everyone and please get people that speak English! Diversity and inclusion … simplemente atienden a quienes conocen y no por orden de llegada .. hoy hablé con el manager(older lady) y le dejé saber el nivel de servicio debe ser para todos no importa la complexión de la piel ni el idioma .. .. sean consistente con todos los clientes y no con varios.. sean más incluyentes a la diversidad … if you don’t speak Spanish expect to be taking care at last .. I’m sorry NO RECOMMENDED!!

  • 1/5 Ang R. 6 months ago on Google
    Completely dissatisfied. Bad food. Extremely bad service from the older waitress. The place is a common small restaurant with nothing special inside but is way overpriced for the quality. Not recommended.

  • 5/5 Melba S. 3 years ago on Google
    Excellent food and services

  • 5/5 Carolyna Gomez R. 3 years ago on Google
    The Empanadas is so good and the attention too Good place for Colombian breakfast

  • 5/5 Mary B. 3 years ago on Google
    Wonderful place! They have delicious breakfasts and lunch! It is a very quiet environment to relax! I recommend!

  • 4/5 Kenneth P. 3 years ago on Google
    Had been looking forward to Dave's since I'd heard so much about it - hell, when I arrived on a Sunday at 11:15am, there was already a line! It moved quickly and it wasn't too long till I had a hot Combo #2 in my paws.

  • 5/5 cookie pookie V. 3 years ago on Google
    Amazing place! Food is great and service is attentive and fast! Ask for Bibiana she’s amazing:)

  • 4/5 Leonard P. 3 years ago on Google
    Very good food and servivr

  • 5/5 Lisa Di F. 3 years ago on Google
    Fantastic food! We really enjoyed everything we ate. We will be back again.

  • 4/5 Kimberly T. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice local Colombian restaurant!

  • 4/5 Rafael R. 3 years ago on Google
    Good south American cuisine.. Very tasty

  • 3/5 Juan T. 3 years ago on Google
    Very friendly staff

  • 5/5 Augusto Z. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) All good .... good parking area, clean place, good service, fairly affordable prices ... but .... there is always a but .... (Original) Todo bien....buena zona d parqueo, lugar limpio, buena atención, precios bastante accesibles...pero....siempre hay un pero....

  • 5/5 Elida V. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Rikisimo pan de bona🥰🤪 (Original) Rikisimo pan de bona🥰🤪

  • 1/5 Luigi A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Bad food, old and bad service. They should learn what they do (Original) Comida mala,vieja y mal servicio. Deberian aprender lo que hacen

  • 5/5 Rodolfo M. 3 years ago on Google
    Great food

  • 1/5 Marilyn G A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I don't remember being here !! (Original) No recuerdo haber estado aquí !!

  • 5/5 Juan Manuel González G. 3 years ago on Google
    Awesome Latin American food

  • 1/5 Jossie P. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The food is good, even so the attention is a disaster. If you think of asking for something else, they will serve you with a bad face. Disorganized Terrible service (Original) La comida es buena, aun así la atención es un desastre. Si se te ocurre pedir algo más, te atienden con mala cara. Desorganizados. Pésimo servicio

  • 5/5 Chris B. 3 years ago on Google
    Excellent good and great people

  • 3/5 Maritza O. 3 years ago on Google
    It's expensive for the food quality. The huevos pericos, was to oily and they puto a lot of tomato that it looked like salad instead of eggs. The corn cake was good as usual but the croissant was old.

  • 5/5 Al C. 3 years ago on Google
    Good Colombian food

  • 5/5 GRACE S. 3 years ago on Google
    Love this place. Specially over the weekend. Love caldo de costillas.

  • 5/5 RC C. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very rich totally recommended 👌 👍 (Original) Muy rico totalmente recomendable 👌 👍

  • 1/5 Ivette M. 3 years ago on Google
    Prior to the pandemic, I would eat here often and it was very good. Since the pandemic, food quality and taste is just not the same. I have ordered a couple times since the pandemic and I’ve had to throw out the food. Today I ordered Sancocho de Cola and I got two very large pieces of yuca and what looked like 1/2 of a plantain... too large and which seemed undercooked. The pieces should be smaller so it can cook through and be easier to eat. Broth was not as tasty as before. Cola had no taste either. I think they have a new cook. Just an overall disappointment lately and waste of money. As much as I wish to support our local small business... I give up on this one... and I won’t go back.

  • 5/5 Cool cat Q. 3 years ago on Google
    I love this recipe

  • 4/5 Tabitha J. 3 years ago on Google
    Now is is amazingly clean. The paint is looking better than new. The black window trim and grill are sparkling and the interior is looking good.

  • 4/5 Jane W. 3 years ago on Google
    I recently ended up at Harris' for a surprise celebration of my birthday. I had never been to a real, classic San Francisco steakhouse, so I was very curious (and starving, as it happened!) The place certainly matched my expectations - a grand, formal building on Van Ness, with an elegant entry-way and a subdued dining room. The feel was that of an older, very prosperous crowd. The Maître d' was friendly and attentive, and seated us in a quieter room off the main dining area, away from the main bustle of the restaurant but still within earshot of the piano...!

  • 5/5 Carl L. 3 years ago on Google
    Excellent food, friendly staff

  • 4/5 sortiz03 3 years ago on Google
    Great place and service. I had the Pollo con champiñones. It was good. This place also have a great bakery.

  • 4/5 Martha R. 3 years ago on Google
    I've been wanting to try this place for a long time, and I'm glad I finally did! The service here is top notch, but I got to try some of their soups which made my day. The chicken and leek and the lentil soup were fantastic, and the chicken that we had in our meals was similarly out of this world. I'll definitely be back soon!

  • 1/5 DR 3 years ago on Google
    The food and service is terrible. I ordered a few items to try out this restaurant and found it is very low quality. I had the order delivered, but the description of the item online is not accurate. I ordered a chimichanga and they don't put online that it has green peppers and onions inside of it and beans on top. I hate peppers so I couldn't eat the dish. I called to see what they could do and basically it is my problem. They don't have anyone that delivers, but I bet they have a lot of employees that drive to work, but you don't have delivery drivers? The lady I spoke to had no interest in helping me and said the dish is made the way it is made. Avoid this restaurant, the empanada was garbage as well. The chorizo was so so.


Call (754) 212-3495 Open on Google Maps

Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Breakfast
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
  • From the business
    • ✓️ Identifies as women-owned

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