Palermo Puerto Rican Kitchen

Inviting, amiable, clean, pleasant, & nicely-decorated!

My family will definitely be returning! "Why?" you may ask. Delicious appetizers, food, and adult beverages at decent prices! Plus, I am waitress was phenomenally attentive!

In the heart of Jacksonville FL and close to the river, this amazing gastronomic jewel can take you to the most delicious taste of a beautiful island in the caribbean called Puerto Rico. The service is enjoyable and very nice. The ambiance is very classic with pictures and art of different places of Puerto Rico. Thanks to all the personnel of Palermo for such a wonderful experience while spending time in Jacksonville.

This is my first visit on a recommendation from a Puerto Rican that eats here often and says they cook just like his Abuelita. My hubby is also Boricua and wanted to bring something home to him.

On the recommendation I got morcilla, and rellenos de papa for my hubby. I ordered the beef empanadas.

All were super delish. The morcilla has just the right amount of kick. The papas were in a log shape not a ball. They are small tho. The empanadas are the same size as the Goya disks as well. My hubby loved everything and so we cannot wait to go back to have a full dinner.

I waited 15 min for my to go order.

The staff was very friendly and helpful.

The restaurant dining room was immaculately cleaned and they played music as well.

WONDERFUL food and equally wonderful service. I will absolutely be returning. This is what we got:
- Empañadas: we got a bunch, some chicken, some beef and a couple of the seafood ones (today it was crab). Each one was 10/10. The beef may have been my favorite
- Pork or Chicken Cubes (Masitas de Carne Frita de Cerdo o de Pollo): I got the chicken with the creole sauce , with rice and black beans. The flavor was perfect, however the chicken was very dry and over cooked in my pieces. But still tasty.
- Skillet chicken breast with the lemon garlic sauce. Very tasty, perfectly cooked.
-Tres Leches: perfect perfect perfect.


I highly recommended this place! They have so many options, everything is so fresh and tasty.

I love supporting local and this restaurant has been around for quite awhile, but just in a different location. The menu is full of variety and there's something for everyone. The food came out fast and was beautifully presented with tons of flavor. Oh the red beans and rice. YUM!

I brought my mom here and she said she really liked her porkchop, red beans and mofongo served with a small bowl of mofongo chicken broth.

I really enjoyed their version of the Puerto Rican Bistec (Bistec Encebollado or steak and onions) and the trio of empanadas. The side of sweet fried plantains with the savory flavors were the perfect accompaniment!

The service was outstanding, our waitress was so attentive and we never felt rushed. There's a ton of items on the menu that I want to try, but one can only eat so much. It's great comfort food in the OP area that's delish!

Save room for coffee and dessert!

I usually ONLY review places one time, as you can see I have reviewed this spot 4 times always for different foods and always a 5 star review. This time I am reviewing their thanksgiving meal they catered for us, we had the best most delicious Turkey, pigeon pea rice, fresh salad (at my request instead of their pasta salad) and dessert, honestly it's worth every penny, I appreciate them doing all the cooking on the actual holiday, most places cook the food the day before and you have to reheat, but Palermo goes above and beyond in their service and you get freshly cooked same day of thanksgiving! I will be ordering my holiday meal for Christmas and thanksgiving every year from them. Can't wait to go back for their chicken stuffed with sweet plantain covered with their goat cheese roasted tomato sauce, Good lord, I am sad they are closed on Sunday's because I am really craving their food

This is a beautiful large restaurant tucked in the back of a shopping plaza. The food is OUTSTANDING we have visited a few times and each time deliciousness was served. The service is wonderful we have requested Ishmael as he is server of the year Imo. We will be going back very soon.

If you love authentic food and not the typical chain restaurant style dining you will add this one to your restaurant rotation.

What we ate:
Slow roast Pork with friend green plantains (tostones)
Delicious seasoned minced pork slow roasted and delicious

Skirt Steak (Churrasco a la Parrilla)
This is steak and onions, at first glance the steak looked over cooked, however once you take the first bite you'll realize how tender and juicy it is.

Saved the best for last
Seafood empanada
Made with real crab meat not the imitation stuff. Trust me get 2 of these:)

I enjoyed the experience here took me back to Puerto Rico.

If you're craving some good Puerto Rican food. This is the place to go. Their pork is SO GOOD. They have passion fruit juice and also sell Puerto Rican beer which is delicious. Medalla is nice and smooth. They also had a passion fruit alcoholic drink that was really good. They have some good kids menu options and some Italian fusion options that are really good. Everything tastes home made and flavorful. We always have a good time when we go and leave full. I recommend this place to anyone who is craving some Puerto Rican food in Orange park!

Palermo was an amazing choice for the family to have my birthday dinner!! We went on a Tuesday at about 6:30pm and there was no wait.

The ambiance of the restaurant was very welcoming and its inside something like an enclosed mall.

I ordered the catch of the day which was Mahi Mahi with garlic mashed potatoes and garlic sauce, everything was cooked perfectly and flavorful. My mom ordered the yellow rice and beans with a side of yuca fries and everything was great!

For dessert i had the flan and it was so perfect, full of flavor and fulfilled my sweet tooth. I will definitely go back.