Our Story

An authentic Puerto Rican restaurant in the Ontario, New York community with housemade family recipes which offer a taste of Grandma’s kitchen. Mamia’s Island is owned by Neymaris Sierra who was born and raised in Puerto Rico and relocated to the Rochester area 14 years ago. Her recipes have been in her family for years (which is) where she learned to prepare Puerto Rican dishes known as “cocina criolla”at family gatherings centered around the meal.

Here are excerpts from an article by Wendy Mills which captures our beginnings:

“We always had a dream to open a small little restaurant in this area and share my food with our friends in the community," said Sierra. "So, everything fell into place and everything worked out.”

You can now enjoy authentic Puerto Rican meals in Ontario, Wayne County. 🇵🇷 Mamia’s Island is open and serving freshly made family recipes. Neymaris Sierra is so grateful how welcoming the community is to her family and well seasoned Puerto Rican food. @SPECNewsROC #restaurant pic.twitter.com/uIyfCyxpIl
— Wendy Mills (@WendyMillsTV) December 16, 2020

“The flavors of Puerto Rico, I would describe them as we like our food very, very well seasoned," said Sierra. "Our cooking obviously has influence from the Spanish, African, and indigenous people of the island and it just came together and it is just wonderful. It is delicious.”

“I feel that my culture and my food is accepted which is huge for me and I just am grateful that it all worked out. Everything is going well. We are doing so good," said Sierra. Mamia’s Island is open Tuesday through Saturday on Route 104 in Ontario just east of Ontario Center Road.