Cafe Colombia Restaurant

The food was really tasteless and mediocre. There was absolutely no flavor in the food and it looked dull. The food was left out all day and just reheated. We witnessed this because we were able to see through the kitchen door. The food was horrible and gross. Please save your money and go elsewhere. I am never coming here again. They also over priced our food and we didn’t notice until we got home.

Their empanadas are amazing!!! N only $ 1. make sure to get the salsa sauce on the side. Arepas, chorizo and papa rellena are also very good. I will update my review once I try other items. I wish they would offer more food. they are more known for appetizers, shakes, pastries and sandwhiches. Some lunch specials would great!!!

Empanadas are delicious!

To start with… there is something of a language barrier, so it is very helpful if you can speak Spanish. Sadly I can’t, so that made the communications a bit more difficult. Not impossible… just more difficult. The friendly waitress and owner were under the impression that Saturday was a ‘holiday’ and tried to refuse our LivingSocial coupon.
We were able to convince him that Saturday is a weekend and not a holiday.
The food was very good. I had the Bandeja Paisa while my wife had the Arepa Montañera.) We also had fried calamari which was good, but I have had better.
We assumed that this was a BYO and I think that it SHOULD be because all they had was wine from NJ and that’s the only kind of liquor they had. Plus, the NJ wines they did offer were pretty $teep. Every other restaurant we have been to, that has offered wine from NJ has always allowed customers to bring their own, but I couldn’t get this across to the owner. I didn’t want to argue, so we just ordered some sangria ($ 28) which was made from NJ wine I’m guessing and far from being good.
CC does offer a very distinctly different menu and I’d have no problem going back. However, I’d like to bring a Spanish speaking amigo with me to help with the language.

Small TV… wine list … next to bakery which has same name and is attached. $
I came here because we had an amazon voucher which was $ 20 for $ 40 worth of food. I’m glad we purchased that voucher since I love to support small businesses and I especially love to support my fellow COLOMBIANS. The place was empty when we got there, I was sad to see that because it is beautiful inside and the staff was so friendly. Their food was so good. We had choripapas as an appetizer, it was like having them in Colombia. I know that’s hard to believe, but it’s all in the «chori» of the Choripapas. It was a kind of sausage that I had in my choripapas the last time I was there last March, so I was very happy. I decided to try something typical as opposed to experimenting. I had an Arepa Montanera and my boyfriend had the most typical of all — Bandeja Paisa. The Arepa Montanera was amazing. The arepa was delicious. Many places make a crappy arepa, but this was like having one of my mom’s areapas, and my mother’s arepas are very good. When my mother is in colombia, my cousins wont’ go buy arepas, because they want her arepas, so that’s how good these arepas at café colombia were. Now this arepa montanera came with steak, chorizo and chicharron. The steak was okay, but the chorizo and chicharron were great. The chicharron especially was so crispy, which is essential in a good chicharron. It wasn’t oily. It was perfect. The arepa montanera came with beans (red beans in case youre asking) they were so good. Best beans I’ve had in a restaurant. I’m kind of a red beans snob, I make good red beans, and my creator aka my mother makes amazing red beans, so it’s hard to please me with your frijoles — but they did! I put it on my arepa. The only thing missing from the arepa was maybe a bit of butter or some cheese — you know something else to clog my arteries, but it was still very satisfying. My boyfriend’s Bandeja Paisa was also very good, I pretty much had everything he had with my arepa so I didnt’ taste any of his with the exception of his rice, which was very good. To wrap up we had Pan de Bonos which were okay, not the best, but okay. I’m sure it would be better if it were earlier in the d ay. The waiter which I think may have been part owner or family of owner was so nice. I would def. return and I hope that people in the area give this place a try. I hope they do well.