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Pollo Tropical, 16951 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, FL, USA

4 years ago

16951 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, 33027 Florida, United States

Today I went in and was Rushed throughout all my order when I finally did get my order I ordered a tropichop and Mac n cheese and of course their was something brown and slimy in my Mac n cheese my tropi chop also had the brown slime thing in it mind you we saw this towards mid through our meal so to late to avoid eating these ... my 7 year old 5 min later was vomitin -and Had Severe stomach pain . I Also started to feel this way I felt so sick it was hard.. I also began to vomit and my stomach was aching .. not only did drive through staff was extremely rude but I was also given food that was not done with care because me and my 7 Year are sick because of the negligence of the staff . Now I gotta miss work and my child school .. I have pictures with the disgusting object that was in my daughters Mac n cheese at this point I don’t know if it was even done on purpose just because I told drive thru staff that she was being rude | Symptoms: Diarrhea, Nausea, Vomiting, Stomach Pain

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