Yoly Restaurant

After walking across Highbridge we came over here to get some food. Couldn’t eat in because we had our pooch with us.
Food was excellent! We had pernil with beans and rice, a half a chicken, more beans and rice, and some maduros. Very good. Service at the counter was a bit crazy and we had to wait for the maduros. Good spot for fresh, cheap Dominican food. I’d visit again.

The food here is really amazing and also affordable. Every time we get hungry or come from church, we scooch over here and get a small plate. But dont let the word small fool you, its actually very filling and could potentially feed 2 people. Craving some stew chicken rn actually

The food for the most part is very good. What I don’t appreciate is that if you aren’t a male and aren’t Dominican the women who work there to overlook you. I don’t look Hispanic but I speak it so when I go in they try to take care of someone who looks and speaks Spanish before me. I resent that. It shouldn’t matter whether I speak their language as long as I have money to pay.

Went there for the first time around 5pm, they were out of yuca, and yellow rice. I had the beef stew and the salted fish. It wasn’t all that, there’s plenty of Spanish food in the Bronx this place is pretty average in comparison.

This was the spot for my uncles who were cab drivers a few years back their food is on point well seasoned the small capacity has become a concern because now you sit in a table with strangers and you have that odd feeling .the atmosphere is ok bit noise level is through the roof is a cab driver gossip place

This place is really lodged in a corner. I had passed by it many times, but never took the time to look until a friend told me to meet her there. As I’ve stated before, I am Dominican but do not eat Dominican food often. But I could not help myself here. The great smell roamed the restaurant in circles, approached me and continued to tap dance inside my nose until I ordered! lol. I asked the server what was her favorite dish and she told me… Chicken w/​a side of Berenjena (Egg Plant) sauced in the Beans and White Rice. I had to have it! It was sooooo goood, it reminded me of my aunts in Los Mameyes in DR cooking it up! Delicious!
My next visit I had the same but added avocado… I add avocado to almost everything. The food is really good here and I might have to eat Dominican food more often, especially here. Miguelina’s up the block (University Ave.) is good too but I feel their going to kill me with the excess oil. Not the case here. Just right!
Little Spot but With a Big Kick… I Highly Recommend

I work just one block away from El Yoli I’m Dominican myself so I know when food is good or not the food is on point well seasoned cooked to perfection as soon as you step in this small restaurant you can smell and savor everything. You leave this restaurant completely satisfy and the price is very very good for $ 6-​$ 7 you can have what they call a «lonche» aka lunch which is good for one person and extremely fulfilling. The only downfall is how small this place is and how crowded it can get by lunch time there’s only 3 tables and my first time going here I had to share my table with a cab driver who was extremely fresh! I rather order or take out instead of staying in.

A small Dominican restaurant (hole in the wall), good for when your looking for a alternative from the usual fast-​food places that dominate this neighborhood. Good bang for your buck.

At first glance, Yoly is an assuming place that doesn’t really strike the eye — just another Dominican spot in the bronx, tucked away in an enclave that is only really frequented by folks who work and live in the area.
I walked in, contemplated some of the dishes behind the counter, asked señora what she’d recommend — the pork, which stays off my fork — so I went with the chicken which was in some kind of sauce with green bell peppers (I ordered in spanish and wasn’t able to catch what kind of sauce it was), along with rice and beans. After grabbing a glass of water, I took a seat at one of the three tables.
The food absolutely hit the spot. Had been working all day, and this happened to be my first substantive meal, so maybe that partially explains my reaction. But wow — the meal was wholesome, the chicken was tender and the sauce was fantastic — met the rigorous flavor demands of someone raised on the savory punch of south asian cuisine. Not to mention the fact that everything came out to $ 5.
Also, for being a small, local joint, Yoly has a great vibe. Bachata plays softly in the background, interspersed with shrieks from kids cooling off with a fire hydrant and friendly exchanges between regulars and the staff. I had planned on only stopping by to take a short break from work, but ended up lingering over my meal, inhaling the flavor of the food and the setting. For cheap Dominican food, this is as good as it gets

One of the best Dominican food i have ever had. I’m Dominican and i am very picky when it comes to my Dominican food. This place looks like a hole in a wall but the food is on point. I used to live in this neighborhood and i still travel all the way to this restaurant when im craving some good Dominican food. Not only is this restaurant’s food good but its also pretty cheap.

Traveled waaaaayyyy uptown to help the dedicated teachers and staff of P. S. 204 repaint their school cafeteria and generally clean up the place. When it was time for lunch they all recommended this place and after seeing the other choices (typical chinese food and a string of fast food chains), there was really no competition. But we never imagined it would be so delicious!
We walked into this packed, tiny, deli-​esque place and felt as if we had traveled to the Dominican Republic — the woman in line behind us had to translate our order to the person behind the counter. They have tons of extremely delicious and authentic, if unidentifiable to the untrained eye, foods on the hot line, but they also have a regular menu which no one seems to pay any attention to anyway. We sort of made up our order by getting two cuban-​type sandwiches, a side of plantains, and a delicious something that we never could figure out — something like yucca, fennel, cream, garlic, and lots of other stuff.
Everyone was unbelievably friendly, the food came out extremely fast, there was tons of it, and our meals plus two cans of soda cost a total of $ 10 plus a $ 3 tip.
My first trip to the Bronx: entirely worth it, even if I hadn’t been fulfilling a compulsive need to volunteer.