1. Casa Adela
8.7
66 Avenue C (at E 5th St), New York, NY
Puerto Rican Restaurant · Alphabet City · 85 tips and reviews
Theresa Ganchorre: Half chicken, white rice, maduros, & champagne cola = amazing
Alex Quito: The pernil, white rice with black beans and don't forget the potato salad is awesome! Will be back for sure.
Maxwell Z: Go for the 1/2 chicken, yellow rice, and black beans. At 8 bucks, it must be one of the best deals in the area. Also, BYOB.
Real Cheap Eats: Try the roast pork over rice ($3), "stuffed to the gills with fluffy white rice, a few decorative pieces of broccoli, and more roast pork than should physically fit into the volume of the box." Read more.
Lori Luo: A small Roast Pork with Rice includes white rice, cabbage, and tender, sliced to order Chashu. At $3.75, it's worth the wait.
Andres Elizondo: Amazing, and quite literally, hole in the wall restaurant that specializes in the simplicity of a meal of BBQ pork, white rice, and that oily goodness from that BBQ
6. Casa
72 Bedford St (Commerce), New York, NY
Brazilian Restaurant · West Village · 65 tips and reviews
Gothamist: Served with orange slices, white rice, collard greens and farofa, you can find a comforting dish of feijoada at the charming Casa, where an extensive menu of homey Brazilian classics are also served. Read more.
Michael Dempsey: Awesome Brazilian food in one of the coziest spots in the west village.
Eric Litman: Get the coconut caipirinha. They've somehow figured out how to extract 300% more coconut from a coconut than that coconut actually contained.
8. Tao
8.8
42 E 58th St (btwn Madison & Park Ave), New York, NY
Asian Restaurant · Midtown East · 389 tips and reviews
Sarah Gladysz: Awsome Orange chicken and white rice!
Aljoharah: start with TAO temple salad, rock shrimp lettuce cups and sushi, for main course I recommend vegetable noodles, crispy orange chicken with jasmine white rice!
Butter Baby: Sand Pot Lobster, Shrimp, and Scallops with Black Bean Sauce = AMAZING !
Mo Krochmal: The stewed chicken, pollo guisado, and white rice and red beans is delicious. Also, ox tails, rabo. Both are hidden gems.
Mannyjr: Good food here ufff
Beba2sweet: Most come to this restaurant especially for a soup after a hangover they have the best soup eveR!
11. Margon
8.6
136 W 46th St (btwn 6th & 7th Ave.), New York, NY
Cuban Restaurant · Theater District · 116 tips and reviews
Jeremy Fisher: Cuban sandwich or rice and beans (I like the Moros, mixed white rice and black beans) with either roast chicken, pernil, octopus salad, or oxtail
Joe Crouch: Fantastic Cuban food. Also great Manhattan experience. Very small and crowded, get food to go. I recommend the pulled pork or pork sandwich.
Phoenix 💥💥💥: Cubano sandwich for BF
15. EN Japanese Brasserie
8.3
435 Hudson St (at Leroy St), New York, NY
Japanese Restaurant · West Village · 263 tips and reviews
Wei Vayn: Try the Steak & Egg - USDA prime rib eye and a garlic shoyu egg served on a hot stone with mizuna and watercress salad and steamed white rice (via @Foodspotting)
Jessica Elias: Ask if they have salmon or yellowtail cheek or collar on the menu as a special, if so (they usually do), it is a MUST try!
Noah M: Get the freshly-made house tofu! It's fantastic