Empanada Mama is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

1. Empanada Mama

8.8
765 9th Ave (btwn 51st & 52nd St), New York, NY
Empanada Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 384 tips and reviews

RazorfishRazorfish: These are some extremely tasty fried dough with awesome fillings. The plantain chips and spicy guac was great to start.

Leigh annLeigh ann: Plantains and guacamole ....perfect. Also reggaeton!! So glad we stopped in!!

Jaime S.Jaime S.: Everything! Plantain and guacamole, Belgian banana dessert! Welcome back!!

Sophie's Cuban Cuisine is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

2. Sophie's Cuban Cuisine

8.4
21 W 45th St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave.), New York, NY
Cuban Restaurant · Midtown East · 80 tips and reviews

Lori L.Lori Lo: Try the goat stew with tostones!

Wei V.Wei Vayn: Try the Baked Chicken - Baked chicken with sweet plantains. Chicken was tender and spicy! Sweet plantains were perfectly cooked.

Brian M.Brian Michael: Get the sweet plantains #Nom

Café Habana is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

3. Café Habana

8.7
17 Prince St (at Elizabeth St), New York, NY
Cuban Restaurant · NoLita · 625 tips and reviews

Kathie K.Kathie Keate: The best Cuban sandwich ever. Grilled corn and tostones a must

Lisa T.Lisa Tong: must have tostones, corn, and cuban sandwich!

ShalimarShalimar: The drinks are always strong. The tostones are amazingly crispy and there are lots of vegetarian options.

Miss Lily's 7A is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

4. Miss Lily's 7A

8.6
109 Avenue A (at E 7th St), New York, NY
Caribbean Restaurant · East Village · 170 tips and reviews

María T.María Troncoso Gibbs: Plantain chips are amazing! And everything else really. I had the appetizer tacos that are gluten free (and corn free) they were tasty!

Michael C.Michael Constantine: Very interesting take on Jamaican cuisine. I wanted to try everything on the menu! I truly enjoyed the jerk chicken and fried plantains with ackee dip but the fritters were amazing!

Marie P.Marie Porras: Great jerk chicken, jerk corn, plantain. Love their dark'n'stormy. Staff is super nice. Deco is fun. Great place for friends night out.

Miss Lily's & Melvin's Juice Box is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

5. Miss Lily's & Melvin's Juice Box

8.6
132 W Houston St (btwn Sullivan & MacDougal St), New York, NY
Caribbean Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 346 tips and reviews

Kris B.Kris Brooks: The food was absolutely delicious. Please do yourself a favor and order the Jamaican Breakfast: Ackee and Saltfish, Callaloo, fresh fruit, festivals, and ripe plantains! Yum! Ate the whole thing!

Elevine B.Elevine Berge: My new favourite place - Fresh green juices, reggae, lovely staff, grilled fish salads, sweet plantains...what's not to love!? 🌼🍂🌵🍹🍏🍍🌴

Helen M.Helen Maschmeyer: The plantains are to die for... Definitely get them.

Patacon Pisao is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

6. Patacon Pisao

8.2
139 Essex St (btwn Rivington & Stanton St), New York, NY
Venezuelan Restaurant · Lower East Side · 41 tips and reviews

Veronika S.Veronika Sonsev: The Patacons (sandwiches made on a plantains) are amazing! Try the cubano. I had been missing these after giving up bread, but now I have a delicious option. Erick loves them too!

Amanda T.Amanda Theiler: plantain burgers! get the patacon de pabellon $8

Claire J S.Claire J Song: The namesake dish is its specialty: two fantastically flattened frisbees of tostones stuffed like a sandwich with roasted pork, grilled steak, or simply black beans, cheese, and avocados.

Victor's Café is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

7. Victor's Café

8.2
236 W 52nd St (btwn Broadway & 8th Ave), New York, NY
Cuban Restaurant · Theater District · 127 tips and reviews

The_ProThe_Pro: If your doing Tapas make sure to have the Tostones Con Masitas De Puerco

Alice F.Alice Ferris: Try the Bartolito - Sweet plantain filled with roast Berkshire pork, olives, and raisins over zesty black bean sauce and goat cheese

Sharon T.Sharon Tsao: Surprisingly good - plantain chips are tasty

Havana Central Times Square is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

8. Havana Central Times Square

8.1
151 W 46th St, New York, NY
Cuban Restaurant · Theater District · 207 tips and reviews

Smooch BoutiqueSmooch Boutique: Excellent food... Had tostones rellenos, seafood paella and white sangria. All of them were A +!!! I would recommend this place to anyone.

__TR3V__TR3V: Stuffed plantain baskets (tostones rellenos) are amazing, esp the ones with shrimp.

Lisa B.Lisa Bachman: Loved the live music. The plantains and avocado salsa was awesome!

Pio Pio is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

9. Pio Pio

8.9
604 10th Ave (btwn W 43rd & W 44th St), New York, NY
Peruvian Restaurant · Hell's Kitchen · 331 tips and reviews

Alison M.Alison Mittelstadt: Gorgeous, cozy modern rustic decor is the backdrop for delicious ceviche and fabulous Peruvian roasted chicken and plantains. Great for groups and good times. Easily a favorite!

Shirin H.Shirin H: Get the matador combo and replace the salchipapa (fries and "beef sausage" i.e. fried hotdog) with the sweet plantains.

ZenFoodsterZenFoodster: Juiciest $9.50 lunch (M-F 11-4pm) & best rotisserie chicken in NYC: 1/4 (white or dark meat) chicken w/ avocado tomato salad, a soda, & side (rice & beans, tostones, or fries). Ask 4 green sauce!

Negril Village is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

10. Negril Village

8.4
70 W 3rd St (at Bleecker St.), New York, NY
Caribbean Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 146 tips and reviews

Janelle T.Janelle Tucker: Rum punch baby! And the Ackee Tostones are a must!

Javier King B.Javier King Buendia: The only appetizer you will need trust me:). Ackee tostones

Giselle V.Giselle Valdez: Love the coconut rum punch and Ackee tostones. Great music. Amazing time!

Tina's Cuban Cuisine is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

11. Tina's Cuban Cuisine

9.0
179 Madison Ave (btwn E 33rd St & E 34th St), New York, NY
Cuban Restaurant · NoMad · 80 tips and reviews

David H.David Holmer: Like the Pernil (Roast Pork) with yellow rice and sweet plantains. Make SURE they give you the green sauce (unfortunately "limit two").

Annie D.Annie Dell'Aria: Fried pork sandwich is the BEST. They load on the sweet plantains.

Charleen N.Charleen Nagy: Roast pork, yellow rice and sweet plantains= happy Charleen

El Malecon is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

12. El Malecon

8.6
4141 Broadway (at W 175th St.), New York, NY
Latin American Restaurant · Hudson Heights · 86 tips and reviews

Girl Gone TravelGirl Gone Travel: Best known for roasted chicken, try their pork "mofongo" (mashed plantains with fried pork bits), or have breakfast and have the mangu (also mashed plantains for breakfast with side of friend cheese! Read more.

Melissa B.Melissa Borges: Absolutely delicious Domincan food. Portions are large & prices are cheap. I had mofongo de chicharones & tostones along with fresh orange juice... I was hungry! But still took 1/2 of it home

AmandaAmanda: So glad I live so close to this amazing restaurant! You get enormous amounts of food for so cheap. And it tastes amazing! Get the 1/2 chicken, yellow rice, pinto beans, and sweet plantains for $13!

Coppelia is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

13. Coppelia

8.9
207 W 14th St (btwn 7th & 8th Ave), New York, NY
Cuban Restaurant · Chelsea · 508 tips and reviews

Réjane T.Réjane T: All I remember is that the two dishes and plantains we had (along w/ a mango cake dessert) at 3 am were amazing. You may or may not be pleasantly surprised w/ a comp shot of Patron...

Jessica S.Jessica Santascoy: The arepa sandwich w a side of plantains is perfect. Mighty Leaf tea. Wash basin outside of bathroom and comfortable chairs. Quality food, comfortable, and open 24 hrs a day!

dsinskydsinsky: Great 24 cuban diner. Arroz con pollo, sweet plantains, ropa vieja and lomo saltado are all great.

Flor de Mayo is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

14. Flor de Mayo

8.0
484 Amsterdam Ave (btwn 83rd & 84th St.), New York, NY
Peruvian Restaurant · Upper West Side · 93 tips and reviews

DJ TREATSDJ TREATS: Split a side of tostones or platanos maduro with your mate.

Christopher K.Christopher Koh: Ceviche mixto, chicken with plantains, lomo saltado is the way to go

Tirome M.Tirome Mack: I usually start with a nutcracker, get a lobster tail in deviled sauce with white or yellow rice and tostones and finish off with ANOTHER NUTCRACKER..perfect date spot

Tina's Cuban Cuisine is one of The 15 Best Places for Plantains in New York City.

15. Tina's Cuban Cuisine

7.2
23 W 56th St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Cuban Restaurant · Midtown East · 66 tips and reviews

Arnaud D.Arnaud Dupaquier: Their roast pork and fried plantains are amazing!

Raiza B.Raiza Butron Boysillo: Steak and sweet plantains were awesome

PhanessaPhanessa: Sandwiches hit the spot, fried pork is huge and topped with sweet plantains.