Reviews for Mi Empanada in Pittsburgh, PA
Specialty restaurant with freshly made empanadas. Friendly service with fast prep time. Fillings run from classic... beef/chicken/onion to more innovative s sweet potato and black beans. Great choice of hard-to-find sodas. Sauces for saleseparately including chimichurri, chili aioli, and more. Seating on stools at the window. Read more
Got the chicken empanada and it was very juicy and hot. I love that the empanada used chunks of chicken pieces instead of ground... chicken. Super tasty Read more
I was looking for a high carb Latin American/Argentinian dinner before a race, so Mi Empanada intrigued me. I tried the beef... empanada, chicken empanada, peaches and cream empanada, polenta, Spanish rice, and a meringue alfajor. Everything was verytasty. I have to say the flavor of the food is improved by 2 or 3 fold if you microwave it after getting pickup. The beefempanada also has some pancetta and olives. It was juicy and flavorful. It goes very well with side dipping sauce, which isoily, garlicky, and full of herbs. The chicken empanada was also pretty good. The meat is tender and seasoned well. It's not toofatty nor too tough. The peaches and cream empanadas are so heavenly when heated. Peaches are fresh and vibrant. The cream issweet and delicate, just incredible. Easily my favorite part of the meal. All the empanadas have a flaky shell that is a bitthick. It's quite different from the Venezuelan empanadas I have tried, but still great. The empanadas from Mi Empanada are moreexpensive for the portion but they are very tasty. Their sides are also great and the portions are quite good for the price.I'd recommend the polenta over the Spanish rice, since the latter is a bit blander. The polenta is buttery and rich, so youcan't taste the grains. Their tomato sauce is excellent and flavorful. The rice is definitely better than any store boughtoption. Some tomatoes, peppers, and seasoning, but still pretty standard. I really enjoyed their imported alfajor. It's quitelarge for $3, and the dulce de leche inside is on point! So good. All in all, I would definitely recommend trying this placeout. They have some unique imports, delicious empanadas, and pretty good sides. Portions might be a bit small for the empanadas,but the flavors make them worth the price. Read more
Looove love this truly authentic Empanada place!!! A gem of Pittsburgh as a Latino out here in PA. Great chimichurri sauces&... aioli's Read more
Loved the empanadas here. The real joy of it is in the balance of flaky crust and flavor and I think they did that so well! I... tried the onion fugachetta and it had an amazing crust and delicious filling. The onions were jammy and a bit on the sweet side.It deserved a 4/5. The star of the show was spinach empanada and it was perfectly flavored and spiced. It deserved 7/5. I hadtwo and felt filled! Read more
Amazing. I got a bunch to take home / heat up and they?re all great. Beef, chicken, spinach and ham. I can?t decide which one... is my favorite!! Quick friendly service. Not a lot of places to park / on street but it?s right on the main drag and easy tofind. <3 Read more
Best empanadas in the USA. They are done the traditional way, the right way, baked instead of fried. It?s honestly hard not to... eat here every day! 15/10 would recommend to anyone in Pittsburgh or visiting Pittsburgh. Read more
UPDATE per owner?s response: Your shocking recriminating response causes me to reduce my rating to one star. 1. Read my review... again. It?s flavors that need to be incorporated NOT the sauce itself. 2. From at least two visits, they?re okay but I repeat,I find the empanadas missing a distinctive taste. I am not convinced what makes it Argentinian. Although good, they arenon-discrete flavors. To be frank, they taste more like Cornish pasty than South American empanadas I?ve ever tasted. 3. I amvery very very informed (culturally and gustatorily) about empanadas, be it the Castellano original or the different SouthAmerican varieties (Chileno, Venezolano, Colombiano, Ecuatoriano, Argentino), from the dessert to the snack to the mealversions. 4. CONTRARY to your uncalled assertion, I do have very sophisticated palate. I have dined in highly sophisticatedplaces/homes/estates/establishments in many countries you may only imagine. 5. Further, there is nothing in my review aboutdelight/advocacy of sugary food. I don?t do sugar as a matter of fact! 6. Additionally, IF you don?t know what spices are andwhat they bring to food, THEN you need to ask yourself if you should be in the food industry. AGAIN, your empanadas are okaybut I don?t taste anything distinctively regional about them. That?s what MY palate says! Let?s just say your it?s your versionof empanada. ?Sophisticated? (whatever your definition is) or not, CONSIDER: Successful restauranteurs take criticisms wellinstead of resorting to recriminating statements as you have posted here. ?? ORIGINAL REVIEW Okay empanadas, and havepotential to be excellent IF AND ONLY IF there?s better attention to flavor. Empanada, whether from its origins in Galicia todifferent countries en Suda America, has distinctive flavors and takes. Herbs and spices (and other additions like eggs onionschives) make the difference. Here, the meat empanadas (chicken, lamb and beef) are good snacks. The dough is crisp and Read more