Andrea P.

I was very pleased with my classic order of carne empanadas and un café con leche. The empanadas came with this picante sauce, which I'm a sucker for any picante sauce. They were hot, right amount of stuffing, nice and crispy on the outside. The guy that took my order was very polite and attentive.

Deena S.

I was in the area of Maguire and Colonial at 11 AM and really wanted an egg breakfast at the nearest place. I searched for "Eggs" in the Yelp App and Mi Querida Colombia came up first. They serve breakfast until 12 noon. The menu is in English and Spanish. I ordered the " Colombian corn cake with cheese and scrambled eggs" breakfast meal. This meal also comes with coffee!. I ordered the coffee with milk, they do not have decaffeinated coffee. The coffee came beautifully presented with steamed milk. It was absolutely delicious coffee! The scrambled eggs were also delicious and I really liked the Colombian corn cake paired with the eggs. The corn cake was warm and looked like it had just come off the griddle, the edges were crisp and very slightly browned and there was some mild cheese on top, it was really good! There is ample parking in the parking lot and it is a very convenient location, the shopping center is right on the North West corner of Maguire and Colonial and you can enter either from Colonial (Route 50) or from Maguire Road.

Mark C.

We hoped for a lot more. Should have read the reviews first!? Authentic doesn't always mean delicious I guess? The flank steak was season-less and difficult to cut and chew. Maybe that is the chef's intention? The white cake also was tasteless- just a substance to be chewed and swallowed - once. The meat portion of the pork rind was super dry and I didn't attempt to try the rind portion. Even though I don't have dentures, I simply wasn't about to give that a go. The fried egg was over cooked so no yolk to permeate the rice. The red beans were okay and was used on the rice which turned out pretty good and made the meal. Thank goodness. Plantains were okay but could have cooked a littler longer - since borderline on al dente'. (I prefer it nearer to mushy.) My partner's fries were barely warm and as lifeless and tasteless as seen in the picture. There must be an aversion to NaCl at this restaurant's kitchen. It is on the table though. Great if you have Hypertension! I didn't even try a bite of the hamburger as that stuff looked like aged, backwater fish camp fare. Wish I had photographed it. Over processed no signs of grilled or signs of anything. Not the least bit juicy. 7/8 of that entire burger and fries went back to the kitchen trash. Does the kitchen even wonder why when this happens? Maybe their "regulars" love it, as this place has been open for some time! The beers were cold and good. Our server was a delight and accurate. The "football" was a reason to leave because so loud and sounded like a Spanish auction house having at it almost the entire time at the table. All this joy for $41.00 ! nice.

Charmie P.

I love reviewing small hole in the wall places because that's what Yelp is about, and thanks to Yelp I found Mi Querida Colombia restaurant while on a business trip in Orlando. I love authentic Latin cuisine and Mi Querida Colombia did not disappoint. I had the lentil soup which was perfectly seasoned and sprinkled with fresh cilantro, I also enjoyed the Mango shake and the Sifrida arepa, which was a Venezuelan style arepa filled with chicken salad, avocado and gouda cheese, it was phenomenal. Service was very friendly and attentive, everything came out quickly and perfectly prepared. The restaurant is in a strip mall, it's not fancy, but the food is excellent.

Very good, authentic food. Staff was very friendly and helpful, they were kind of slow but it's a small restaurant and everything is cooked to order so I didn't mind the wait.

Latweika S.

This was absolutely amazing! The meats were NOT over cooked, the rice was excellent (NOT mushy), the beans were flavorful and seasoned, the plantain was sweet and lightly fried not under ripe like some places, and the fried egg topped it off! I give this place 5 stars! I highly recommend this place. You will not regret it!

Carolina B.

Honestly, I was pretty disappointed with this place. I do NOT recommend trying their empanadas. They didn't taste fresh at all and I couldn't even finish mine. I also didn't enjoy the fish, it was dry and not worth the price. The food also took a really long time and I was the only customer there so that was also disappointing. The only thing I say is 100% worth trying is their pan de bonos. They were delicious and if I ever go back it will be the only thing I get.

Laura G.

I was in the area and decided to visit Mi Querida Colombia restaurant. My grandson was hungry so I thought that he might like a beef empanada. I also saw the bakery sign and thought that I would pick up some specialties to take home. The restaurant is in a tired looking strip mall at the corner of 50 and Maguire. Their service was friendly and the restaurant was very clean. The empanadas were tasty and my grandson and I enjoyed them. They were nicely seasoned and were exactly what I was hoping for. The bakery was hugely disappointing. They offered a small selection with mostly bread items. The bread that I picked up felt stale and the few dessert items that were on display looked unappealing and below grocery store quality.

J C.

Food ordered didn't resemble the food on the menu at all. Tostones came out with cheese and no sauce or sour cream. When I asked I was brought the sauce and told that it didn't have sour cream. The sobrebarriga asada was insanely dry, it looked like hay. The lomo salteado was very good. I know things are difficult opening up after the virus, so I can make excuses for wait times and slowness, but don't tell me something isn't on the menu if it is then turn around and walk away. Sorry dude that's not a place I go.

Good the service was good the people were very considerate and the food was good and my food was made quickly so it's basically like fast food but kind of better I do recommend this place

Rosa E.

I thought about this hard and I don't like giving bad reviews since there is an opportunity to learn and we all can have a bad day and things can just go totally wrong for a business, but it was the worst experience I have had in a long time. I go in on a Tuesday afternoon around 3pm. All of the tables by the wall where full so I thought this place must be excellent. I see the bakery and already started to plan what I am taking home. After 13 mins I am still waiting for the waitress to come over as she is serving everyone else. I make a gesture and someone by the register comes over to get my order I explained that I need to leave soon since I was working. Everything is ok I didn't mind the wait. I get my passion fruit juice, pretty tasty and I'm happy. I ordered the Bandeja Paisa. It came to me looking so tasty and that's when the problem started. White rice is a must on a Hispanic restaurant/household it is the simplest dish to cook yet it was hard/uncooked and mushy at the same time. I called the waitress to look at the rice and she said and I quote "oh yes another table just complained that it's hard, I can ask them to change it" I said yes. So I am hungry and get a bite of the eggs and then I go for the pork cracklings. It was so bendable it felt like rubber, just take a greasy belt and bend it and that was my pork cracklings and it was orange. I ask the waitress who is Colombian If this is the usual way they serve this dish. Now, I don't have a problem with her since I know she is not the cook, but to look at me and then make it seem like I am an idiot by telling me that's how it's serve and there is nothing wrong with it is just crazy, I mean that's why they are call Pork Cracklings, because it cracks...So I talk to the manager and explained that I was not going to pay for this horrible service but would gladly pay for the juice and he says no problem and gives me a 25% discount on my check and goes back to the kitchen. I refused to pay, they ask if I wanted to stay for a new order, and by then it was already 45 mins later and I had a bite of egg, uncooked rice, cold sausage and couldn't break the pork cracklings since it was as hard as a belt. I refused to pay, he comes back and starts arguing with me that there is nothing wrong with the food, I refuse to pay and then he told the waitress to only charge me for the juice. I left that place with an empty stomach, paying for a juice I didn't finish and with a service and food that was just horrible. Hopefully one day they get it together.