Papi's Cuban Sandwiches

In Short – Savory, spicy dishes are order of the day at this Cuban joint. Choices include a Cuban sandwich with marinated, smoked pork, ham, Swiss cheese, dill pickles, mustard and mayo on Cuban bread, grilled chicken with black beans and plantains and red beans with white rice and shredded beef. For dessert, there's flan and rice pudding.

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What to Drink:: Cuban milkshakes with guanabana, mango and papaya juices are the perfect accompaniment to meals.

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ambiance	62.5% positive	“The Stockbridge location was new and well decorated but the food and service was just as bad as up north.” “The music is fun and the food is OK and inexpensive.” “With free parking and a great atmosphere this restaurant can't be beaten as a good bet for small get togethers.” “The Ponce De Leon location was dirty and the service was horrible.”
dessert	100.0% positive	“don't eat dessert and my companion forgot to order her arroz con leche, so no comment.”
drinks	100.0% positive	“The coffee was amazing, I didn't eat the food but it looked incredible.”
food quality	84.84999656677246% positive	“Great food at a great price.” “Very good food and good prices.” “The Stockbridge location was new and well decorated but the food and service was just as bad as up north.” “Very good food.” “The coffee was amazing, I didn't eat the food but it looked incredible.” “My boyfriend's yellow rice was probably the worst I've tried.” “Granted I was born and raised in Miami around some of the best Cuban food in the world, the food at Papi's is barely edible.” “For authentic Cuban food this is the place.” “It needs a face lift, but the food is great.” “Their black beans are fantastic and their Garbanzos are incredible.” “The bread that comes with the sandwiches is great.” “The flavor doesn't compare to the great blend of flavors and textures that Havanh has captured in their well balanced sandwich.” “Papi's is far and away the best Cuban food in town - just like home.” “The food it is pretty good and the price we got was very reasonable.” “i'm used to thicker slices of beef in my ropa vieja (this was stringier, like what one would use to make vaca frita), but the taste was great.” “Their food is authentic and always delicious!” “The food is really tasty and the portions are huge.” “Moving here from Florida, I wasn't expecting any good Cuban cuisine in ATL.” “thank you guys for the great food and now larger space.” “just eat my sandwich, tasty, but a little greasy.” “The food is extremely fresh and natural.” “Papi's on Ponce is the best restaurant to get any Cuban sandwich there is.” “The Pan con Bistec wasnt the authentic sandwich which I have had all my life in Miami.” “Small, sometimes unfriendly, and not great food” “The food is also filling and healthy.” “Their rice is hard and undercooked, their beans are condimented with just salt and peper, their sandwiches aren't authentic Cuban sandwiches; I mean if you want to recognize the effort, by all means, but its not CUBAN, not even close.” “The food was delicious and all the guests vowed to come back again on their own.” “Very tasty food at a great price” “The menu alone was enough to make me suspicious since many really good Cuban dishes are not sandwiches.” “The Cuban sandwiches at Papi's are exquisite.” “The cuban sandwich is as good as the best I've had in St Pete, FL (which was always better than Miami) and the ropa vieja, papas rellenas, plantains, red and black beans are to die for!” “The food at Papi's isn't completely horrible, but it's definately not Cuban.” “Where cah you get great food with a award winning singer for the daily special price of $6.95?” “The food is yummy--try their daily special entrees, that come with beans, rice, salad, bread and plantains.” “Food is really tasty and the portions are huge.” “The sandwiches are huge and full of flavor, the daily specials are always a good bet at $6.” “The music is fun and the food is OK and inexpensive.” “For slightly more refined food in nice surroundings, Las Palmeris wins.” “Combine that with a pretty terrible margarita and the way-below-average Cuban sandwich my boyfriend got, and I'm really thinking that someone planted all these glowing reviews (which we relied on for our restaurant choice).” “the pork is amazing!” “FYI Cubans love garlic and is included in most of the dishes.” “have had my exposure to good cuban cuisine (living in Miami for some years) and I was prepared to be dissapointed but I am glad to say I was not.” “just went there this past weekend and i must say the food was good.” “Very tasty food.” “The food was fantastic.” “Yummy Cuban food; Great value” “The best cuban sandwiches” “Topped it off with a fresh Mango milkshake!” “Papi's is a cool neighborhood Cuban food joint.” “The service was a little slow but the food was really good.” “the Cuban sandwiches & the black beans are incredible!” “went with a friend who loved this place but I had my doubts because some other friend told me the dish "ropa vieja" she ate was not good.” “Cheap food that is just excellent.” “The sandwiches are huge and full of flavor.” “very fresh food & the veggie plate looks as good as the meat dishes.”
menu variety	100.0% positive	“The menu alone was enough to make me suspicious since many really good Cuban dishes are not sandwiches.” “There is a great value for your money with every item on the menu.”
overall	100.0% positive	“With free parking and a great atmosphere this restaurant can't be beaten as a good bet for small get togethers.” “Papi's on Ponce is the best restaurant to get any Cuban sandwich there is.”
return potential	100.0% positive	“The food was delicious and all the guests vowed to come back again on their own.”
service	55.56000232696533% positive	“The service is BAD!” “loved my server and thought she was very sweet and attentive.” “Very friendly staff from Cuba and S. America.” “The service was a little slow but the food was really good.” “The three people we saw working there were not friendly in the slightest.” “The waiter arrives and mentions that in addition to the daily lunch special, the Wednesday ropa vieja, we could also order the Friday & Saturday lunch specials as well, implying that they would be the same $6.99 specials price.” “The Ponce De Leon location was dirty and the service was horrible.” “The service is also fantastic.” “The Stockbridge location was new and well decorated but the food and service was just as bad as up north.”
value	88.54000091552734% positive	“Great value and tastes just like Havana!” “Great food at a great price.” “The food it is pretty good and the price we got was very reasonable.” “Yummy Cuban food; Great value” “The sandwiches are huge and full of flavor, the daily specials are always a good bet at $6.” “There is a great value for your money with every item on the menu.” “The music is fun and the food is OK and inexpensive.” “Very good food and good prices.” “Food is really tasty and the portions are huge.” “The sandwiches are huge and full of flavor.” “Where cah you get great food with a award winning singer for the daily special price of $6.95?” “The waiter arrives and mentions that in addition to the daily lunch special, the Wednesday ropa vieja, we could also order the Friday & Saturday lunch specials as well, implying that they would be the same $6.99 specials price.” “The food is really tasty and the portions are huge.” “Clearly a ploy to make extra dollars from a stupid customer.” “don't blame them, hell I'd do it for the money too, but the commercial changes made to the tiny place I used to know, have destroyed my favorite cuban place in the city!” “Very tasty food at a great price”
wait time	50.0% positive	“The service was a little slow but the food was really good.”

03/28/12

Best Jerk Chicken Cuban

by Petekane

Dont walk but run to Papi's for your Cuban food. The Jerk Chicken is a winner. Perfect flavor !

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03/28/12

My favorite restaurant in Atl !

by tonyRT

This place is a great place to come with your friends to eat. Everytime my friends and I go out to eat, our first choice is always Papi's! The Saturday/ Sunday (entree) is our groups usual and it is so good. I recently tried the sandwiches and does are damn good as well. The place has an authentic cuban setting located on ponce. to go along with its authentic cuban food. The staff is always nice when we go there too!

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08/01/11

Terrible management, service, and food

by amormole

I have been to Papi's many times and always walked out a happy customer, except for the last time I was there. The portion serve was much less than previous times, when I question the waiter about that he pretty much told me that I was correct, and maybe the cook cut smaller portions this time. They gave me another dish with same portions. The manager (Teresa) was also notified, she told me my order was changed and there was nothing more they could do. Teresa was very strong with her words, never giving me the benefit of the doubt. I am very disappointed on how she handled this matter, and have no choice but to try another Cuban cuisine as there are plenty around. Word of advice to Papi's: keep your customers happy and they will be back again and again.

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05/11/11

Decent Food but TERRIBLE Employees!

by strangie

I went to the restaurant on Ponce de Leon today after hearing rave reviews from my friends about Papi's. Sure, the food is decent but not the best cuban I've ever had.

There were 4 people at the take out line and we didn't have a greeter for 10 minutes. There were 3 servers behind the counter serving food plates and chiming the "order ready" bell for servers to come and get their orders and that was mad chaos. Not one person recognized our presence for 10 minutes.

Finally, one of the patrons asked the people behind the counter if they could help us and they didn't speak English so they couldn't offer amy help. At this point, you would have thought that they would go get someone. They didn't. Two of the people waiting in line left. That left two of us (I was thinking, whew! because they were in front of me). When it got to my turn, I told the order taker about the long wait and that they lost two customers, she just shrugged her shoulders and took my order. She was obviously a higher level employee than the servers because she berated several employees in front of us. I don't speak Spanish but you could tell the conversation was heated!

After that, it took 20 minutes to get my order but in the meantime, I saw the same people who prepares all the orders serve about 30 dishes for the dine-in patrons. My experience was a bad take-out experience but it might be a better dine-in restaurant. But really, the food wasn't good enough to make me want to go back. There are too many great restaurants in Atlanta to go back to one in which you have had a bad experience.

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03/03/10

Cuban flip...

by humbleyetproud

The old Bait & Switch. Shame on me.

Went here for the first time for lunch on a weekday and tried to be low maintenance & low budget by just eating at the (empty) counter. Oh NO! you must eat downstairs, we have a table for you. So my plans of avoiding table svc are foiled, no big deal.

The waiter arrives and mentions that in addition to the daily lunch special, the Wednesday ropa vieja, we could also order the Friday & Saturday lunch specials as well, implying that they would be the same $6.99 specials price. So after confirming this I take him up on the Friday special, Steak w/onions, and enjoy a decent lunch. The bill arrives and there is NOT a special price, the waiter denies he said anything as such, and that today's Wednesday and that's the only day that would have a special price, just as the menu states. -So as the menu also implies, I could order anything else off of it @ regular price in addition to the Fri or Sat special dishes too, no? That's how menus work, right?!

So why mention just those two other plates? Clearly a ploy to make extra dollars from a stupid customer. Enjoy it Papi! It's the last one of mine you'll ever get. This little yanqui will never patronize you again and I'll tell all of my friends to never bother with you either.

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03/28/12

Best Jerk Chicken Cuban

by Petekane

03/28/12

My favorite restaurant in Atl !

by tonyRT

08/01/11

Terrible management, service, and food

by amormole

05/11/11

Decent Food but TERRIBLE Employees!

by strangie

03/03/10

Cuban flip...

by humbleyetproud

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