Sabores Dominican Restaurant

Don’t let the exterior of the building mislead you. Our server was phenomenal and actually allowed us to sample the meat before ordering. The first thought that came to mind was, «this tastes like grandmas cooking!!» The food was incredible and the service was impeccable. Highly recommend this place.

We went with some coworkers after hearing good things about the food. We sat for 25 minutes without being acknowledged and decided to go elsewhere. Maybe next time.

Been looking for a place like this since I moved here. Incredible, authentic, home cooked Dominican food. The sound of lively Latin jazz fills the clean but spartan dining area while the aroma of stewed meats and spices fill the air. Good value, great food, friendly people. Highly recommended.

I come to the area often from Dallas for work, and have never seen the point in visiting the chains. This is a little gem of a place with wonderfully favored and authentic food. Highly recommend! Especially if you’re hungry!

Ok Sooo the tostones were ok but I’m just not a big fan of plantains. They’re not sweet and salty enough for me. But everyone has different taste. What I did have was the pork shoulder. Their pork shoulder was perfectly cooked and perfectly seasoned. My friends had the Cuban sandwich and they loved it. Thank you sabores!

Cuban sandwiches are to die for. It was my first one ever as I went back home looking for another one no one could match their taste. The Ox tails and goat are good too. Call early for ox tails they run out wick

Excellent, authentic cuisine which is nice to have around Bossier (instead of having to cross the river!). From the inside (and outside) it doesn’t look like much with this slightly drab décor and pop-​up style tables, but BOY IS THEIR FOOD OUTSTANDING. I’m not going to lie, it even took me a few years to talk myself into giving this place a shot, but I thank god I did. When I ate here for the first time, our server was so sweet and explained each dish to us. She even brought out small sample plates of each of their special dishes for us to try, prior to ordering. This place is amazing and deserves every star of this 5 star rating. Highly recommend you give it a try if you haven’t.

They ran out almost everything we ordered so, we were only able to try three dishes. Mofonguitos, I think it tasted like fried mashed potato but actually it was made from plantains. Garlic Chicken, the chicken was okay but the sauce was way too salty. T_​T Cuban Sandwich, I tasted it one bite and I liked it but, the bun was a little oily ;however, my husband enjoyed it. (and that’s why he’s fat lol). I don’t know what the side is that comes with the Cuban Sandwich but, it was so bland and no flavor at all. Lucky that the dipping sauces were very tasty. Red beans, umm… let’s not talk about it, I 100% didn’t like it. T_​T
About drinks, lemonade and passion fruit juice were good. Service was friendly. :”) I would give between 2 or 3 stars for this one.

An emotional experience for me, which means it was fantastic. Every bite made me reflect in how blessed I am to be human, have taste buds, and find great places to eat due to Unilocal

Oh my! I don’t know what is in the lemonade, but I want more.
Inviting place with great Caribbean music on the radio. Lots of menu choices. Air conditioning, which was necessary on an August day in Shreveport.
Nice people taking my order and running the establishment.
Had the garlic chicken with rice and beans. Flavorful and tender. Worth a stop!

Great food and very friendly staff. Recommend pork over the chicken.

The food was fantastic! Simple hole in the wall. Not for big parties. The Sunday Stew with rice is wonderful! I had a papaya smoothie that was spot on. We had for appetizers the plaintains and the spicy plaintain cups (forgot the name) delish.
I saw an assortment of vegan dishes!
Lots of things on the menu, very decently priced.
We’ll be back, they’re very amable, and hospitable.

Just one foot in the door, and you could tell it was going to be a good dinning experience. The aroma in the restaurant was intoxicating. We had the goat special, and I’m sure glad I did. It was literally finger licking good. It took a little time for our food to arrive, but it was well worth the wait. The staff were super friendly.

Hands down the best food I have tasted
In a long time. Specially the tostones (green plantain) ask for mayo ketchup which is basically mayo and ketchup mixed so good. Love it.

In the home stretch to Texas, we decided one last time to get something to eat. Sabores happened to be the place we stopped at. The building itself may turn you away, but it’s nice inside and clean. Pretty simple.
When we ate here it was probably about 6 pm. They have a variety of items on the menu from American to Dominican and Cuban. When we came they had ran out of several things. My hungry-​whiney-​ready to be back in Texas crew wasn’t very happy that they ran out of certain things. They ran out of pork shoulder so we couldn’t get the pernil or cuban sandwich. We could only get the fried or grilled pork chops. We couldn’t get braised or garlic chicken, only the grilled chicken. The beef entrees you could only get the steak with onions which I believe was called Bistec encebellado or something along those lines.
My husband got crispy pork, which I thought was pretty good. Grandma got the lentil stew. Which came out in a pretty big bowl. I only had a bite, but it was tasty. I got the steak with onions and it was delicious. We got the Mofonguitos, but I was the only one that liked them.
The owner was nice and we talked to her for awhile. I’m not going to deduct stars because it wasn’t our fault that they ran out of things. We just came too late. *I* enjoyed my meal and *I* would be back if I’m ever in the area.

Adding another five-​star review here seems like beating a dead horse, but I must.
This was my first experience with Cuban food (aside from a homemade Cuban Ropa Vieja). I am in love! My favorite is the Pernil with yellow rice. Each time I’ve been completely satisfied and blown away. The sauce is flavorful and the pork is melt-​in-​your-​mouth tender.
The lemonade!!! Is delicious! You must try this.
The braised chicken is pretty darned good.
The owner is a sweet guy. He walks around holding his granddaughter and I just love the feel of the place. This may be my favorite restaurant in Bossier City.

My friend, Luis, who is from the DR has been raving about this place for months. We finally went for lunch today and I can understand the hype. They only had one plate of Mofunga left so we left that for our friend, and we both got the pork shoulder. The price was a little high for lunch, $ 10.95. But the portions and taste were worth it. The service was a little slow at first, they only had one waitress. As it cleared out she was very attentive. I will definitely be bringing the family and my DR friends back to this place.

Don’t let the location fool you. Décor is simple but the place is really clean and service is amazing. It’s like you are an invited guest in their home.
Menu is simple and the printed menu in the restaurant is out of date. We were there on a Tuesday and tried the following:
Mofonguitos. An order consists of four and one per person would be plenty for an appetizer. They are served with garlic sauce and cilantro sauce. Wonderful!
Braised Chicken: Huge portions of chicken baked in a savory, tomato flavored sauce served with white rice and beans. Delicious!
Roast Pork Shoulder served with rice with peas. Tender pulled pork with a great flavor, though, being from Texas, I kept thinking I needed some sort of sauce though the meat was tender and moist. Really good!
A special vegetarian dish of Okra with a light tomato broth was Amazing!
No dessert for us.
Tried the special limeade drinks. Really sweet! Mango flavor was good; tamarind was unusual but not bad.
Can’t wait to return on a Thursday to give the ox tail a try.

This was a solid place and I’m glad that I went. I’d like to try it again, but we were driving thru on our way to Texas. I’d like to give it two or three more tries. After that I would know if I were a lifelong fan or if it was just worth a try and move on. The reason for this uncertainty was that the service was awesome and the food tasty, but just hard to work thru. Let me explain.
The restaurant is a family establishment and I give them tremendous support wherever I go. These folks were absolutely amazing. Nice, genuine, worthy of continued support. They were friendly, warm and endearing. The entire multi-​generational family was there.
Had the mofonguitos as an appetizer. This was something I would get EVERY time I came. I wish I were a local just to enjoy these again. They look like little potato cakes cooked in cupcake pans. Maybe 4 or 6 of them. Plenty of food right there. They came with two sauces. One was much lighter, garlicy. The other was cilantro based. I usually don’t like cilantro, but this rocked. I wish I had written down the ingredients more, but they were both wonderful complements.
I then had the fried chicken chunks. They were extremely savory and cooked well. Outside crunchy, savory. Inside succulent and juicy. But they were like chicken wings that had been chopped in half. The outer skin was tough and it was hard to know if you were crunching bones or outer cover. The meat didn’t leave the bone easily making it almost a dental wrestling match. The food was great though. Made me think I was eating the poultry version of hard shelled crabs. Lot of work involved for the reward. It came with rice which was ‘da bomb. I had it with peas and was very pleased.
My wife had the Dominican Stew. It was as if the whole chicken was cooked in there. Very tasty, but hard to figure out how to eat. Pour it on the rice? Eat it from the bowl? When eating from the bowl, had to pick out the bones, cartilidge and other parts of the chicken. I have cooked chicken based stew this way before, but have always removed those parts before serving. Maybe it isn’t the way in Dominican Republic. Like eating a great fish, but you have to watch out for all the fish bones.
Good place. Great people. Good food. Glad I got what I did, wish I could go back and try some other items.

So. Good.
I had the garlic chicken, and I was not disappointed. Even better was my husband’s expertly seasoned grilled pork chops. They were so amazing that I traded half my entrée for his. The black beans, tostones, mofonguitos + cilantro sauce, and rice + pigeon peas were all delicious too! Furthermore, the flan was not too «eggy,» and I also very much enjoyed the tres leches cake. (Yes, I nearly had to be rolled out of the building because I ate so much!)
The simple décor leaves a little to be desired, but – trust me – nobody’s eating here for the atmosphere anyway. The fresh delicious food and super friendly service make up for *anything* in which this restaurant may be lacking.
After a stint in Miami, I can confirm this is the real deal, and I am so happy to have found this place. Sabores is my new favorite restaurant in the Shreveport-​Bossier area!