Tropical Star Restaurant & Specialty Market

Ju Fiti

This little place is amazing! For someone who was born and raised in Brazil, I love going there to find products and food items that are from my country. They also have a small restaurant where they serve a wide variety of yummy dishes from several different countries. It’s always so fun for me to stop by here because it’s like a treasure hunt. I never know what new item I’ll find from Brazil.

Rod Gullo

Great South American and Caribbean food! We got the Bandeja Paisa, Colombian combo with seasoned beef, pork rinds, fried egg, chorizo, ripe fried plantains, avocado, red beans, corn pancake, and rice; and the Filete de Pescado Paulista Brazilian fish filet plate. Everything was delicious and cooked to perfection. I will definitely return to try all of the other dishes. The cook/cashier was very friendly. There is a huge variety of South American items for sale in the market section.

Leticia Sprouse

I can’t believe I grew up in Clairemont and didn’t know about this place until about 2 years ago! They have Latin food from different countries but what always brings me there are the Colombian empanadas! I think they have 2 or 3 different types of empanadas but after comparing all of them, these ones are my favorite. & It comes with a delicious sauce to dip them in. I usually order pick up but they have a cute seating area that looks tropical themed and they also have a store with Hispanic items on the side where the register is & go for pick up.

Chris

Really happy to have found this place. It's a small kind of specialty store with different hispanic items you can't find at regular grocery stores. This is one of the few places I've found that has a few familiar puerto rican items/dishes. It's not soley Puerto Rican though. I believe it's a mixture of different Latin American cuisines. There is also a restaurant/kitchen in the store that closes at 6:30pm