El Tipico Restaurant

Place is a hole in the wall but the food is amazing! Rice is bomb! My favorite :) I always travel far ways to get there when I have a Dominican food craving! Food is dirt cheap! Can’t beat it! And nice employees!

Love the food, great people & have great prices for the pocket but I went here this past Friday and I was mortified to see ROACHES. :(Nope can’t handle ROACHES :(

Delicious Dominican food for a great price. Will def be back in! There was a small line when I walked in, but the wait was not long.

I have had my friends’ food from here before, so I went on my own one day to order some food. The people here were very rude and racist towards me for not speaking Spanish well. They would not talk to me… way to lose customers!

I ordered 2 lbs of assorted meats and the yellow rice. All I can say I don’t have a clue why my Dominican friends sent me to El Tipico. Maybe they really hate me? I have no problem with the fact that the floors were filthy, the TV was blasting, the tables were dirty, the garbage was overflowing, and the service was cold.
It was the fact that the food was terrible. The keyword is «dry». So much so that it was all really inedible. Yes, the food was dirt cheap. But you get what you pay for.
I’m sorry Dominicanas, if this is typical then I feel bad for you.
Maybe I was supposed to go to Pollo Tipico? I’ll have to ask my friends.

Love this place, the food is soooooo good and inexpensive. Parking is a pain, but so worth it. They also deliver now, which is nice.

So much to choose from. Check out their buffet for what they have that day. They’re famous for their rotisserie chicken but all their meats are terrific and cooked in different styles.
Last time I was there I had their roast pork, arroz con gandules (rice with pigeon peas), okra in sauce, and eggplant in sauce. Sooooo good and so inexpensive. With a bottled water, my meal came to around $ 10.
The place isn’t fancy but it’s clean and always packed.
Whether you’re an omnivore or a vegetarian, you’ll find something fresh and delicious to eat (or try).

When I lived in Lawrence in the 1980s and 1990s, I never had Spanish food until my friend’s grandma had me stay for dinner one time in 1995. It was really good, and she’s from Puerto Rico, and it tasted great. Spanish Food I tried after that point was on the corner or Jackson and Haverhill St. around that time, but around 1996, I tried this place because my parents and I passed it everyday and we lived so close to it. We also lived close to the Jackson Street location, too, but this place seemed bigger.
I recall getting a few things here, up until 2000, and then a few times up until 2003. I recall several items and they were all very tasty but must have been very fattening. I recall $ 20 bought a LOT of food. I’d get an order of the steak that was salted. They’d have steak tips already and put them into a styrofoam box. Then that would be one order. Then I’d get another order of the fried pork… it was basically pork rinds and attached to pork/​pork fat and it was very fattening but so sweet. Then I’d get the ribs. They had beef ribs I think in a BBQ type of sauce glaze and those were also good. I’d get a few Empanadas… those spanish style wraps with ground beef and spices in them, and a few Spanish Beef stuffed potato balls, I think they were. Also very good. Meat stuffed potato balls. Oh, yeah, and the chicken… it was herb type of Chicken, I think… very good, but not as good as all the other foods I mentioned, but still was very tasty. They’d give a lot of cut pieces of lime, too for every box they made up.
This place is definitely a place to go for Spanish food! Very good, but it’s also very fattening! Since I gave up red meats and pork I don’t go anymore, but it sure is good food if you are in the mood for Spanish food!

CHEAP, DELICIOUS, AUTHENTIC AND FAST!!! I love nothing more than to eat yummy food that is real to my heritage… i grew up in Lawrence and I’ve tried many different latin food places…
THIS ONE IS THE REAL DEAL!!!
Love you Tipico! Even people in Boston (where I live now) talk about it! People who are and aren’t latin love this place…
Recommendations:
Dinner:
–Arroz y Habichuelas (Rice & Beans)
–Carne Frita (fried pork –pieces…soooooooooooooooooooo good)
–Pastelito de carne molida (ground beef in a pastry pocket)
Lunch:
–Tostones (fried plantains)
–Pastelito de carne molida (ground beef in a pastry pocket)
–Carne Frita (fried pork –pieces…soooooooooooooooooooo good)
Breakfast:
–Mangu y queso frito (smashed plantains & fried dominican cheese)
–Salchichon/​Salami (fried sausage)
Dessert:
–Flan (Custard dominican style… mmmmmmmmmmmmm)
There is so much more to try! You’ve gotta go!

Pros-​You can feed a family of four some authentic dominican food for $ 19 easily, with plenty of leftover rice. I recommend the rice with gandules, roast chicken and sweet plantains. Their pork dishes and tostones are great too.

Cons-It’s in the ghetto, parking is limited, and not all of the staff speak English so grab a menu by the register before getting in line so you can point out what you’d like if you’re afraid of butchering the language. Wouldn’t really recommend dining in.