Elyon Restaurant Fritaille, Queens Village NY

Great food. Great fritaille. Sometimes there's a wait. Its best to call ahead before getting your food.

Coming in you'll see trays upon trays behind a glass panel FULL of fried meats. The smell is just incredible. Based on reviews, I did call ahead to ask how long it'd take and in 15 minutes, I was at the shop with a very generous helping of fried pork, pickled vegetables, chicken stew sauce, salad, and a WHOLE platter of rice.

Look, just call ahead. See what the wait is like. When I came in, it was start to rain and it was around 415. Even then, there was a family ahead of me. Just be patient.

As for those that don't speak french creole and are scared to come in. Don't be. They know a bit of english too. Worst case scenario? Just point and choose. Whatever, it's damn good, home style haitian food. Nothing fancy to discuss. Come visit!

My experience:
(1) Something is always missing; i.e, either the fried plantains that's supposed to be served with all entrees or the salad.
(2) Their Griot (Fried Pork) dish is such a small portion for $14 that they cover it with the fried plantains hoping that the customer does not notice.
(3) The servers talk a lot over the food; they should wear face masks.
(4) The place overall looks unclean.

Poor customer service. Waited for almost an hour and they gave my fritay to a Spanish lady, then they talk to me like I was begging for food. And they never want me to choose what I want in my fritay, mind you I’m allergic to akra and don’t really like fried plantains. They need to work on their customer service.