Ordering on the phone isn't the easiest task if you don't speak Spanish. However, their food is delicious. I ordered a small tray from them and it was a hit at a party. read more

El Paisa - Colombian Near Me - Central Falls, Rhode Island

Great Colombian food, get a fruit shake with milk. Specific con leche for the server, the boiled yucca is savory with onions and tomatoes. Colombian food is simple but hearty. One of the few Colombian restaurants with table service. I'll be back for the their breakfast. read more

Our first visit to try the Colombian food at El Paisa was great. We were greeted warmly and told we could sit wherever we liked. We ordered drinks (the sangria was delicious!) and also ordered the Picada appetizer which consisted of Chorizo, Chicharrón, Yuca Fries, and Creole potatoes. When the appetizer arrived, I knew we had come to a great restaurant! Oh my goodness, the deliciousness was unmatched! The Yucca fries were hot and crispy on the outside with a soft & mealy interior. The chorizo and chicharron were both flavorful and perfectly cooked, and the potatoes were amazing as well. The appetizer portion was so generous, that all three of us ate our fill and there was still plenty to take home. For an entree, I ordered Steak with sweet plantains, tostones, and salad. All were delicious, especially when paired with the savory sauces on the table. We all wanted to try dessert and chose the tres leches cake and flan. Wow - I've never been served such large slices of both of these, and they were so flavorful and rich. We enjoyed the atmosphere of El Paisa as well as the friendly and efficient service and we hope to return soon. read more

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El Paisa is located in Central Falls. There are many Colombian, Mexican, and other latin restaurants in the neighborhood. El Paisa has a few parking spots reserved, but there is street parking available as well. We had to park on the street since all the reserved spots were taken. El Paisa is a fairly large restaurant with plenty of seating. When we first arrived around 12:00pm on a Sunday, there weren't too many people but once it was 12:30pm - 1:00pm, the restaurant was packed with families. It feels like a great place for friends and family gather. There are Botero paintings on the wall (I enjoy his paintings). They also have a large patio but since it was February, it was not set up. The menu was all in Spanish, but I knew enough to read and order. We started with the Jugo de Mango and Jugo de Guanabana in milk. It was very good. I ordered the Mini Bandeja Paisa #3 which has rice, beans, chorizo, fried egg, chicharron, arepa - round corn bread, plantain, and your meat choice. I chose pork. The dish was very filling and everything was flavored really well. My husband had the Calentado. This is rice mixed with beans, beef, scrambled eggs, arepa - flat maize bread, and Colombian cheese. The portion for this dish was huge and we had to take leftovers home. We also ordered a side order of yuca. The yuca was crispy and tasty. Service was a little slow near the end. We had to wait a while for a takeout box and for the check. The menu mentioned a 3% surcharge for credit cards so we paid cash. There is also an ATM if you want to take cash out. Overall, I had a good time at El Paisa and it was good food. read more

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There were a lot of menus, which was a bit confusing, but our orders were placed quickly. Our mango juices came quickly. You can choose milk or water as the base for the juices. There were a few different things we ordered but the only one that really stood out to me were the tacos. Lengua! Mmm...cook and flavor were definitely top notch, especially at $2! The food did take quite some time to come out and there is a surcharge for using a credit/debit card. read more

El Paisa - Tacos - Colombian Near Me - Central Falls, Rhode Island

Appetizer steak tacos are fresh and the green chile sauce is fire!! Great spot! Bar and Patio are nice. Plenty of seating for a party.

Normalmente no me gusta dar malas opiniones sobre lugares de comida pero hoy octubre 9 al mediodía ordené 2 pescados fritos para llevar y lamentablemente fue una experiencia desagradable. El pescado fue cocinado en diesel. Aceite sucia. No se como pueden ver un aceite pasado de su vida y lo siguen usando sin importar enfermar a los clientes... read more

It's been a while since I have been to El Paisa. Our last meal was good. We ordered a bandeja with Churrasco. The piece of meat was of good size and prepared very well. It came with rice, beans, chicharron, arepas and fried plantain. Delicious.... My step son got the "bandejita" ... similar but he got chorizo and a fried egg with his meal. The service is ok....nothing excellent, just kind of basic. I speak Spanish with the waitress, so I don't know if their English is good for the American clientele. I wanted empanadas but around dinner time, they don't make them anymore....they make them fresh in the morning and early afternoon, but then they stop making them around mid afternoon......so they don't have leftovers of unsold empanadas at the end of the day....so get your empanadas early during the day... read more

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I went to el Paisa to pick up take out and I was told 30 minutes for the food over the phone, when I arrived at the restaurant I had to wait an additional 45 minutes for the food to be ready. The service was very slow and customers that were waiting on the waiter just walked out because it was so slow. read more

As soon as u walk in it smells, like musty, old, foul, that shouldve been our cue to turn around but we had been on the road for long hours so we said wth.... Steak was old and honestly going bad? Chorizo was not good at all, chicharon picada was fried one too many times, sancocho de carne was meh, arepa burger was not a burger it was a bunch of shreded chicken and stick fries on top of an undercooked arepa. Service was good but we were one of of only 2 tables at the time. Daughter got a salmon which had no flavor at all, it looked like they just fry a lot of the food but no love or season into it read more

Delicious authentic colombian food. Plantains, chicken tacos, and arepa burger. Everyone was so helpful especially since we were the only non Spanish speakers. read more

El Paisa - Arepa burger - Colombian Near Me - Central Falls, Rhode Island

The food was great. The service was prompt and friendly. The restaurant was clean with good lighting and soccer was playing on several tvs. I loved everything about my experience. I'll be back. read more

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A friend gave us a gift certificate to El Paisa and we were going to be in the neighborhood so we decided to give it a try. And we are soooo glad that we did! We went for an early dinner on a Sunday afternoon and the restaurant was bustling with families and couples dining on Columbian deliciousness. We asked a lot of questions of our delightful server and she totally steered us in the right direction. To start, we tried the cheese ball and beef empanada. We enjoyed the crunch of the empanada so we also got the chicken. I liked the beef one better and hubby liked the chicken but we both agreed that the spicy green salsa was outstanding! He ordered the Presidente beer to try something new - a very good lager. I ordered a lime margarita with salt - zippy and refreshing. Next time, I will get the sangria which is their specialty cocktail. The pièce de résistance of the meal was the stunning fried fish. OMG! We ate the entire fish. Very crispy skin, not oily at all, with succulent white meat. So good! Hubby decided to go with the grilled steak which was perfectly cooked. So many sides! Enough for four people and a little of everything. I'm a huge fan of chicharron and their version was delicious. The entire bill for this feast for $63 (includes 2 beers and 1 cocktail). Can't wait to go back! read more

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This place has been around for years!! Love it then, love it now. Had been a bit since I had gone and notice that they have done many updates. Very nice out door patio and a new bar. Unfortunately to cold to be outside. All I can say the food is still amazing, the service and plentiful. I still can not eat the whole plate, but I'm happy taking leftovers. LOL. Plan to visit again soon and maybe next year, hopefully enjoy the patio. :) read more

The food is amazing, it tastes like home. The best part is the price, huge portions for a really cheap amount of money. It's a shame that the service is so bad; the servers are nowhere to be found, we were waiting for the check for 15 minutes in an almost empty restaurant. Meanwhile, the service were eating and chatting in the kitchen, and the only server that paid attention to us was really mad for some reason, it felt like being yelled by that aunt you hate. read more

Cash business only.** I've heard a lot of great things about this place and really wanted to like it but the food was okay. I found it to be a little bland but maybe because I'm spoiled and used to lots of flavor and spices? Im not sure. I don't hate it and will probaly come back again if I'm in the area. Food: I got the fried fish fillet with salad/rice/plantains/beans. My husband got the half rotisserie chicken with rice but the chicken wasn't rotisserie. It came out as a chicken cutlet. The fish is just deep fried. I found myself looking for some type of sauce or fresh salsa. I tasted my husband dish and the same. It was simple and bland to me. Prices are fair since the fish was huge!! Idk if its a typo but they have empanadas but it's listed as "Empadas" (beef pie) which was okay. I don't believe it was fried. I think it was baked and the beef wasn't flavorful. Nothing special. I loved their colombian hot coffee though. Tres leches was good but didn't whoa me as well. Service: Fast and friendly service. Our waitress was very sweet and we didnt wait long to get seated. Atmosphere: Super clean and love the new addition. I was told it was just recently added and in the past they did not have a bar. I was very impressed by the decor and the inside and outside of restaurant. I thought it was a hole in the wall but when I got there - i was impressed. read more

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The staff are so nice, the food is delicious, and the outdoor space is great. Especially recommend the tostones, the maduros and the maracuya juice! read more

Every time my husband and I go there we have a great time. Staffs are kind and they are always very helpful too. We are not Columbian so we are not familiar with many dishes. But we can ask them they explain to you and give you recommendations. I love that. The fried fish was the best fried fish I ever had in US! And we love their pastries too. The food portion is pretty good so go there when you are hungry! read more

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I use to like this place, food was very good. But today, food was cold, sweet plantain were hard, meat súper salty. Let's not even talk about our waitress, she was not attentive, and even forgot our water. Bad serve. I definitely will not return. Don't waste your money. read more

6 years later - still obsessed with this place. My husband and I came here when we were going to Providence to shop on a Saturday. We started with beef empanadas. I realized we decide if empanadas are good based on the hot sauce (pico de gallo sort of hot sauce). Their empanadas are filled with beef, so good. AND THAT HOT SAUCE. we were in heaven. it was spicy and fresh and homemade. Then he got the mini bandeja paisa that came with chorizo and I got the regular that came with chicharron. just how i remember it and so delicious we were so happy. New addition to this visit, our 5 month old son. He's not yet eating solids but tasting things - and the beans we had on our plate were the first thing he didnt make a face to lol. Plus the waitresses were all over him and holding him and talking to him. Great visit, great food, great staff. read more

Food is really good ! No frills place that gives you big portions for a good price. Only thing is when I call over the phone or try to talk to my waiter there is a language barrier. I don't speak fluent Spanish and it seems (at least the staff I have come across, I've gone 3 times) don't speak fluent English so it's hard to communicate. read more

El Paisa - Colombian Near Me - Central Falls, Rhode Island

My husband and I went for lunch today, 13 hrs later and i havent eaten since! The food was delicious and the portions were plentiful ! The service was great and the waiter very attentive ! Will be back for sure :) Great find !!!!!! read more

My family went there to celebrate my mother in law bday, it started good until they turned the music off and decided to have a bartender course right behind us. It felt like we couldn't have a conversation because we would interrupt the teacher. To top it off our waiter was part of the course so we had no one attending to us. I let them know we couldn't enjoy our food or time. They didn't apologize they just offered cake on the house. So disappointed. We haven't been here in years and now I know why. We will stick with La Casona!!! read more

It was ok food. And not great service because the woman had a very rude attitude and you could hear the workers in the back arguing which made my food less appealing. Food wise it was ok:/ not the best Colombian food I've ever had and was kind of cold. What really discussed me is that they had butter in a squeezed bottle and the bottle wasn't even clean it was very artificial and tasted gross. I wouldn't come and eat here again. And the cost was 144 a waste of my money. read more

El Paisa is a Central Falls gem. The food is full of flavors and served in large quantities. For starters I had the tamale (with pork inside). For dinner, I had the grilled fish (snapper), chicharon, and carne entree. The fish was not bad and thankfully not over-salted. The chicharon was a bit tough to bite into but definitely worth a few chipped teeth. The carne was probably the best of the three, juicy and full of flavor. Sadly they were out of tres leche desserts so I settled with the torta de guayaba (dessert) which was not the best. I will definitely return. read more

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Only giving it 2 because ironically enough only 2 things I enjoyed the steak and fried plantain, other then that tbh it wasn't good, I definitely wouldn't come back, the appetizer came 42 mins later and the food legit 2 mins later so it was kinda not worth it, towards the end I had requested desert and it was hard and stale, not soft and the whip cream was hard too and not soft, the waitress was nice too but eh overall La Casona is 1000000 times better and the food tasted fresher, if you want amazing Colombian cuisine go there instead read more

Didn't even get to try the food. We sat there for 15mins waiting for our order to be taken. No one paid attention to us, mind you, the restaurant wasn't even full. The waitresses were all in a ball chatting away. We simple got up and left. read more

Nice place, very friendly staff. Food was good, portions were generous. Flavors were authentic, service was attentive. read more

Great place . Don't recommend the sancocho de Guiana. Too watery but enough vegetables. Great empanadas!

Place was clean but the food was not the I got a the paisa and I got for $20 was all fat on the steak and chewy ohh didn't get 2 bits beans was the worst and for the pork was good but was 4 pieces I which I had a picture. read more

Drinks were runny, plantains weren't crisp. Portions are fare, and prices are cheap. Literally watched the waitress spray cleaning product and clean the table as the ppl were sitting there drinking there drinks. Our waitress left us (she did come back in) but didn't excuse herself or give us an alternate waiter if we needed anything. there was no one there to clean my table I simply stacked the plates for easy bussing when she came back. Won't be returning. Just not what I expected. Could've been worse though so hey.... place was clean and quiet :) read more

My family and I really enjoy our recent discovery of El Paisa which is a typical Colombian (Medellin) restaurant. Having been to Medellin several times I can say that, to me, this seems very authentic. The bandeja paisa is great and so are the various jugo choices. I've also gotten pretty addicted to bringing home arepa and queso fresco for my morning breakfast routine. So happy we've found this place. The woman co-owner is super nice and my wife and I enjoy talking with her about our trips to Colombia and other common interests. Don't delay, pay a visit to El Paisa and bon provecho! read more

Read other reviews and was excited to try this place out. My husband and I were there on a Saturday evening. Not too busy then. There were about 3 other families there. Parking on the street was easy enough. On the way in we see flyers staring that it is a cash only place. Fortunately we had cash. We walked into the bakery which was empty. A lady showed us into the restaurant and was our server. The decor was odd as it advertises Colombian food but the decor was a mix of Central American items with Colombian. The menu had many options and prices seemed reasonable. We ordered a Bandeja and a Sancocho de Gallina. The portions were big...but bland. So bland! We were pretty disappointed. We could barely finish the meal. Maybe we were there on a bad night considering this place has some great reviews. We will not be going back. read more

I used to come here before and the food used to be good. I recently went and the food was horrible. The rice was so cold there were chunks of cold rice stuck together still. The beans were also very cold!! I paid a high amount for the food which was very bad. I wouldn't recommend. read more

If you want Colombian Food this is the place. I've had just about everything on the menu and you can't go wrong. The Colombian Plater is a great dish if you are familiar with Colombian food, you get lots of meat steak or pork also get a slice of bacon, plantains, potato, yuca and rice and beans LOVE IT. The arepas the chocolo con quesito (Cheese) are awesome and have that authetic taste you can't get any where else. Try the empanadas, bunuelos (cheese fritter) and pan de queso. The Mondogo (Tripe Stew) will fill and warm you up, just like my grandmothers and the fried Red Snapper is always cooked just right. This is not the place if you are a vegeterian, lot of fried meats!!! read more

The food is good, flavorful, healthy side salad a little small, whole fish fried tilapia is good, side potato/yucca is good, pleasant efficient service, little darkish interior, little cafeteria style ambiance, crying babies do it help, cash only, no credit cards is inconvenient. read more

I don't want to give this place a one star for the simple fact that I've always came here with family and I've never had an issue. It's an amazing local place with great food and typically good service. Today is another story. I went to eat with my boyfriend, niece, and sister and they loved their food. I got 4 side orders of chicharonez and was really looking forward to it. The first strip was great, but after that the meat started tasting funny. Expired if that's even possible. I had a flight to board a couple hours after so I decided not to risk it. When I went to pay, I told the waitress (who didn't check on us once) that I wasn't paying for the whole thing and would pay for what I ate. She starts to roll her eyes, smirk, everything you can think of while trying to argue with me because I don't want to pay for food that wasn't good and I didn't even eat! She kept raising her voice and saying she wanted my name for her boss to call. I don't even live here! Calling wouldn't make a difference so I told her I'd wait until her boss comes if necessary. She continued with her arguing so my boyfriend stepped in and told her to chill out and stop acting like she was going to fight me. She than said to leave and not pay. At all. I offered to pay for the rest of the meal, it was delicious from what they said and I felt bad for the owner if anything, but she declined my offer and asked to leave once again. I'm not returning if that waitress is there. She's some blonde girl with glasses. It's just extremely unprofessional to expect a customer to eat or pay for something that's gone bad. read more

Clean, helpful & kind wait staff, tostones were fresh hot and delicious but void of any kind of dipping sauce, white rice was very good fresh and hot, chicken and pork was ok, but dry, and overdone. The meals seemed like they would have benefited from a sauce or gravy or even a fresh minced salad of some kind. The quality of the food was ok. read more

Being of Colombian descent and having lived in Colombia, I can vouch for the authenticity of El Paisa. The food is wonderful and a great selection of Colombian cuisine and treats. Best of all, it is decently priced and their entrees are filling. My personal favorites are the Mojarra and Churrasco, accompanied with a ceviche as apppetizer. If you cannot make up your mind and are starving for food, you can also give the Bandeja Paisa a try, a combination platter that brings rice, beans, steak, chicharon, potatoes, and eggs. The environment inside the restaurant is also nice, with a friendly, family feel to the place. I highly recommend to anyone interested in trying Colombian cuisine in the Providence area. read more

I was working on a job at a house on Lonsdale Ave, and found this place. Its in the combat zone on Dexter Street, but once you get inside you will feel comfortable. The menu is hundreds of lines long and could be easily simplified ("the dishes above, all served with the following:"). The service here is antisocial. Both times I went I had to go to the kitchen window to find my server, a lovely girl with marginal English skills. The roasted chicken is only served on Saturdays. I had the steak with rice, beans, plantains and maize bread. Pretty satisfying lunch for around $10. The server never asked if it was good, or offered the check, or gave change. I did all these things myself, at the window. Got a 10 back from my 20 and was dismissed. Adios! read more