RUTA TAINA - Puerto Rican restaurant in St Cloud - 900 13th St, USA

If you're looking for authentic homemade-like Puerto Rican food... this is your place. We wish we lived closer so we could come more often but whenever we are in the area, we look forward to going back. I LOVE jugo de parcha (passion fruit juice) and theirs is so good! Not as sweet as other places I've had and its HUGE! We went as a family of 7 and EVERYONE LOVED what they ordered. The staff was absolutely wonderful and friendly. The owner came and spoke to us, was super welcoming and nice. Can't say enough about this place. Just for info- it is small, very humble place but very clean. I gave 4 stars for atmosphere bc of that. Always room for improvement right? Even my aunt who is VERY particular about where she eats (must be clean and more on the fancy side) and she ate here and the food was worth it for her. Food in photos: (reminder everything was amazing lol) Plantain chips with garlic, jugo de parcha (next to 12oz can for size perspective), tostones, top and side view (for presentation) of the cuban sandwich (little pot is such a cute touch), chicharron de pollo with tostones salad and arroz con gandules, mofongo balls with bacon and garlic sauce.

My 93 year old mother in law was happy with her food...when she is happy we are all happy!!! We all loved the food and will most definitely frequent this establishment. Food was not greasy and very tasty, many choices for all.

I'm going to start off by saying I'm never going back to Grillers. Ruta had no line or wait time, the food was great and price really good for what we ordered. The Mofongo was 10x better hands down.

Wanted to come to this place for months and I finally got to try the shrimp arepa was good but next time I order I wanted with out papitas but the flavor was real good, the alcapuria was delicious and my husband had the mofongo with chicken he said the mofongo it self had great flavor but to oily we also had the piña colada which was good. Thank u guys many blessings

Excellent service, food, atmosphere! Our waitress Kyla was extremely sweet! The chips were amazing, barely got a pic before it was devoured! The pork was Juicy and the onions is a great match with the delicious mofongo! Hubby had the shrimp with garlic sauce, which he loved! The coconut Flan was so amazing! We each had a flavored freshly squized lemonade which was so refreshing. Can't wait for our next visit. Definitely recommend this restaurant!

Been here twice - food was excellent both times. Staff is kind, helpful, and generous. Very impressed so far! The stuffed plantain on the lunch buffet was wonderful!

There's so much flavor in this food, this is the way latin food should taste, like home. Brought my picky eater and she was pleased. I got some empanadas to share with my other kids and barely got to taste them, they were delicious! Substantial portions, had enough for later. -Make sure to follow them on FB for daily menus. Staff were really nice, Highly recommended it.

The food here was genuinely delightful, and I have no complaints about that. However, I must acknowledge that the place could benefit from some updates; it lacks a welcoming ambiance, feeling a bit old and dark, with a noticeable mildew odor. If you can overlook these aspects or choose takeout, you're in for an exceptionally enjoyable meal.