Zoila’s Restaurant

Perfect in every way, all kinds of food for every taste. A true 5 star experience, flavor, service, affordable pricing. Cant wait to go back.

Take the extra 20 minute drive from Middletown NY (a few miles off 17M exit 119) and give this cozy local restaurant a try. Its not a big menu but its top’s in flavor and quantity. The wait staff is as good as the food. If you are not into latin food there is a good selection of alternatives as well. Finally you will be very happy with your liquor bill. Based on the early reviews they must have been listening because its solid now.

Whoever is giving a good review to this restaurant must the family. service is horrible food is not authentic. Do not waste your money.

Great service, great food and great prices. I will definitely go back.

I’ll start by saying that the staff at Zoila’s are the primary reason the restaurant gets a four. If I were to base my ratings on the food, it’d be a three. While its a quaint little spot in a small town, I definitely expected more flavors of a Latin restaurant.
We were greeted and seated by the manager Kim (who’s an absolute sweetheart), and waited on by a pleasant young lady named Jamaya (I think). As I said if the rating was just for service, they’d score a 5 because the attitudes and atmosphere were very homely and welcoming. However while the presentation of our dishes were superb and eye-​catching, the flavors were bland.
We ordered the fresh cut truffle oil and Parmesan fries, along with a buffalo shrimp salad as appetizers. The buffalo shrimp salad had a good flavor– typical buffalo sauce and a creamy Caesar salad. The fries were not flavorful at all, and the Parmesan did nothing for these fries. Two persons at our table tried the Mofongo; one pernil, and one shrimp. The pernil was very disappointing, and the plantain bowl (a spin on the traditional version) was very dry and bland. The shrimp mofongo had a better light coconut flavor, and a good amount of fresh shrimp and veggies– but again a very bland plantain bowl.
We ended our meal with a traditional crème brûlée that was good, but not great. All in all it was a pleasant dining experience, even though the cuisine wasn’t what we expected from a Latin restaurant. I definitely go again to try the brunch menu, maybe I’ll enjoy those menu dishes better.

I hate to give a harsh review, because they are a new establishment in a remote place and they seem to be trying their best, and I hope they succeed! But the experience left a lot to be desired. We purchased the $ 40 for $ 20 deal, and then when we got there and saw the extremely low prices, we thought we had struck gold. We love Latino food, too. The cocktail menu had all the cocktails for $ 5, and on the back a bottle of wine they were overstocked in for $ 10. OK! Problem is they couldn’t find that wine, or any of our next several choices, so that we were through our appetizer and on to the entrée and I had to tell them, just tell me what you have! Some wine, any wine! Finally got a bottle of not so hot Pinot Noir, fine, at least it’s wine. The appetizer of scallops left a lot to be desired — it was the little cheap scallops just drowned in melted butter and they kind of had a weird taste, and could have definitely used some sort of citrus. The waitress was very sweet but didn’t really know the menu and clearly knew very little about Latino food. We had to point out things on the menu to her. I ordered mofongo but was delivered a completely different dish (I think beef stew). The stew was ok, seemed like it was over seasoned with salty processed flavor, and a whole stem of rosemary. It was the tastiest thing we got though, and was good for leftovers the next day. They apologized and gave it to us on the house, but I’m still confused how the waitress misconstrued «mofongo», one of their main dishes. My companion ordered chicharron de pollo (fried chicken pieces) and it was over-​fried, seems like when something is already cooked and they fry it again. He’s eaten a lot of chicharron and he thought it was kind of gross. At the end we had to take home another bottle of the same wine just to get to $ 40 to use our voucher! Like I said, want to give them the benefit of the doubt — give it a try if you want a cheap meal and hopefully they will improve! They were very nice and accommodating as they could be.

It was okay. There wasn’t any real choice for a latin cuisine when we went on a Sunday morning. Ah that was disappointing. The food was okay. My omelette wasn’t cooked through. The coffee was ehhhh. The lady and young man were very nice and very quick with service which was appreciated. It was also cute inside. Not sure if id go back if I was looking for a Latin breakfast.

I am Dominican and I’ve been to Puerto Rico a few times as well… So this review will be based on my knowledge of Dominican/​Puerto Rican cuisine.
I am a local to the area so i am thrilled to have a cozy little place where I can come to enjoy authentic Spanish food. My husband and I arrived around 7ish. There were a few people there not it wasn’t crowded. We were promptly seated and our waitress was very attentive. We looked over the menus and quickly decided on what we wanted. He ordered the chicharron de pollo con Tostones (chicken cutlets fried in flour and served with fried green plantains) I ordered the Mofongo with pork.
His words:
My chicken tastes bland and it’s over fried. Too crispy to enjoy.
The Tostones were good. Nice and thin and well cooked.
My food:
Entirely Too greasy!!! The pork was also bland and there was a coating of black beans atop the Mofongo. I’d never seen that before. It was weird. Not bad, just weird.
All thru this the service was excellent and our bill was less than 40.00 tip included which for dinner on a Saturday night, can’t be beat. I would venture there again… Maybe not. I don’t know… As far as Latin food goes, I’ve had better. But I need to forge my opinion on another visit. Just to be fair.

The staff was great and very attentive. Food however is a different story. I ordered the biscuits and gravy and gravy is like mashed potatoes. Would not recommend this place to anybody. I would recommend going to the Americana or the colonial diner not this place. I was very disappointed in the food

Well, I must say that if it weren’t for Unilocal and its reviews, we’d never had discovered the hidden Gem of Circleville. Zoila’s, a quite little place off rt. 302 that unfortunately you will probably miss even when trying to seek it out. However when you do find it you’re in for a treat. My wife and I have been here a few times, for breakfast a few times and also dinner. The pancakes are nice and fluffy the way she likes them, I’ve had the everything omelet with Homemade Corned Beef hash and it was phenomenal. Dinner on certain nights is Latino which is definitely hard to find up here. The dishes are very well prepared and include Mofongo, Pernil, Chow fan, among others. They also have Flan and Tiramisu. The atmosphere is very calm and serene, the staff is wonderful and very informative on their cuisine. They have specials posted on the board daily. If in the neighborhood give Zoila’s a try and then leave a review. The only drawbacks here are the need a BIGGER SIGN and maybe free refills on soda…

Amazing authentic latin food. Great prices! Top notch service! Delicious! Everything was good, even the starter bread!

We were told to seat ourselves and aside from that me being Half Do I icon born and raised in the US but, I know how to cook Dominican style food was not authentic at all. Mofongo esa super nasty and chofan? Really I hate that is advertised as Dominican but the food is absolutely NOT Dominican, not going back not pleased.

Disappointed
I would give it 2 ½ stars — not quite the «A-​OK» of 3 stars. I had the Rib eye steak which was OK. Wife had the Chow Fan, rice was all clumped together.
Not bad, but not worth a return trip.

Despite zoila’s location when arrived you are welcomed into a quite homey restaurant. The food is quite delicious, almost like home cooking and the daily specials have creative variety. Definitely a place to come back to!
Pros:
*Good food
*Big portions
*Friendly servers
*Prices are affordable
Cons:
*Location

Food is great, Simple but cooked right, I’m a chef myself I was there with my family last night due to a discount coupon from groupon. We check the reviews here at Unilocal and felt really bad thinking we been rip off… After having our dinner I realize that this restaurant should be given the right review and chance to be tried by people here in upstate.