I cannot recommend this place enough just for the amazing people who work there. I was in the neighborhood for the first time ever tracking my airpods I lost on the subway on Find My, and Camilo helped me out for like an hour trying to find them and brainstorming where they could be. Nicest guy ever!!! I will be back soon and bringing everyone I know to eat here. Lost my airpods but gained a friend. Thank you Camilo!! read more

Where do i even begin? For starters, the bench they sit us down on was wobbly as hell. Not once did they offer to sit us down somewhere else. The service was rude. We were also watching the NYK - Spurs Finals, and instead of telling us that they were closing. They just shut off the audio and turned off the tv. Mind you, we just finish paying and we would have order another round of drinks if they left the tv on for 5 more minutes. The game was literally going to end. And i get that they were closing but a friendly "hey guys, we getting ready to close." Would have been nice. The server also rushed my friend who got there at 9:55pm, and said that they were getting ready to close the kitchen. They still took 3 parties after her. Last party came in almost at 11. This place was empty and i could see why. Avoid this place. I want my tip back. read more

If you want good food with guaranteed left overs make sure you get the bandeja Mario! The wait period was not that long, shoutout to the manager for being kind enough to have time to explain why something was not going to taste as one was reading up on the menu. He accommodated after teaching us the difference in drinks. The music that is played made me feel like I was back in my motherland country. It is very culturally familiar to the South American environment and welcoming to outsiders curious in having a good meal. read more

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i just had a horrible experience with this restaurant. I ordered a whole chicken with the sides and waited for the delivery. It was supposed to be delivered by 8:25 pm. When it got to 8:50 I called and was told that they ran out of chicken! They made no attempt to contact me about this and I was left with no foo. How does a place that specializes in chicken dishes run out of chicken? Be wary ordering from them. read more

Un lugar asqueroso. Normalmente a Yato le encanta Pollos Mario. Nunca tiene problemas con ellos. ¡Todo lo que Yato quiere es su buena comida colombiana pero no! Yato esta sentado comiendo y un gran raton pasa corriendo a su lado. Se comporta como si fuera su casa. Se lo digo a la camarera y me dice "¡no pasa nada, lo están arreglando!". ¿Eh? ¿Qué quiere decir? ¿Cuánto tiempo llevan los ratones viviendo aquí? Mientras tanto, llevo 40 minutos esperando mi filete. ¿El ratón era el chef en su descanso? ¡Camino para salir del restaurante después de todo esto y el personal intentó impedírmelo! ¡No has pagado tu cuenta! No he comido nada porque no me ha salido nada. Un gran ratón ha intentado unirse a mi mesa y ¿crees que vas a intentar impedir que me vaya? Lugar asqueroso. No volveré nunca más. Mejor comer en Chuck E Cheese que en este asqueroso lugar. read more

Just waited an additional 45 minutes for an online order that was suppose to be done well before I arrived. I sat there waiting for them to make my entire order because "we don't like online orders because of the fees. Next time call us." That wasn't my problem. I paid a lot of money for my food to be ready and I was treated second class for paying through a food ordering app. Never ordering again. read more

Delicioso, Slamming, over the Top. My favorite Colombian Spot. I've been eating at there spots for about 10 years. Never was i disappointed ‍ read more

Good food ! Good portion. The sweet plantains and the chicharron are really good. Good bandeja paisa in general, chicken is good too.

I was craving Colombian food and came to pollos Mario. I always get the bandeja tipica ( featured in picture ) and it does not disappoint . I add the manzana soda - goes perfectly . My daughter had their consome ( yummy chicken soup ) , everything was delicious . This is a great Colombian choice . read more

Pollos Mario - Steakhouses Near Me - Woodside, New York

While the food is typical Colombian fare, the receptionist was incredibly rude when I called to inquire about my order which was approximately an hour late. read more

never coming back managers are incompetent. waiters running around. 2 managers and they do not know how to de-escalate. drunk people screaming. tasteless food. rude service!!! cheap ass quality read more

The food is tasty, except you have to be careful that you don't eat a fly. I stopped coming here, and it was not an easy decision, but the workers really don't care. I found a fly about a year ago. I went back with the fly kept in a plastic baggie. They seemed like it was no big deal, not even a sorry. They asked if I wanted another order of yellow rice. I said no​ because the meal was done, I had it to go. Instead of giving me full credit for the meal, which would have been about $20, they reimbursed me $5, which is supposedly the amount that the rice costs. Also, you have to be very careful when you eat the rice because you will find bones in it, both myself and a family member could have easily have our teeth cracked. read more

Real Colombian food I love this restaurant :) Their soups are the best soups ever. Prices are fair and the service is good, very welcoming people. Always willing to help, they have outdoors seats which is nice for the season. They have typical Colombian food, like Bandeja Paisa, Sancocho, Ajiaco, Empanadas, etc. I have been in other Pollos Mario around Queens but for some reason this one is one of the best, the food taste better here. Once in a blue moon I order delivery here but the few times that I have ordered with them the food has been hot and fresh! read more

Pollos Mario - Steakhouses Near Me - Woodside, New York

Service was horrible, I waited 15 minuets before a waiter came to address me. That waiter got my drink order wrong, began to place it on the table and when I pointed it out they pretended it wasn't for me. The table that was seated after men's order was taken and food was delivered before mine. Not once did my waiter come to my table to see if I needed anything throughout my meal. I ordered the fried red snapper and it was subpar at best, if you are at the Astoria location, check out burger village which is right next door instead. If you are at the Jackson Heights location, check out Cosita's Rica's a couple blocks away. As per the general ambiance of the location, it isn't anything to right home about, and frankly unmemorable. read more

I tried to order lunch for my employees, but no one at the 86 street location spoke English. So I couldn't treat my staff to lunch.

Second bad experience from here. And its not even from the restaurant or the food although the chicken was dry, it is again from the delivery guys. The first time was many months ago a "confusion" and the delivery guy took the money from my parents, both elderly, when we used seamless app! and now this delivery man rang the bell like 7 x back to back scaring my son. He was totally rude. The order was said to ARRIVE BETWEEN 2:30 and 2:40pm i made the order at 1:31 Pm. The food arrived at 1:58 PM. Of course you are thinking "wow thats great service ! why are you complaining?!" And that is awesome, but at the time I was in the bathroom and my phone was in the room. And i hear the doorbell ring hysterically scaring my son and i run out and its the delivery guy. I tell him to please wait so i can get a tip and he laughs at me sarcastically like "omg u going to make me wait more". I go and get 5 dollars and the food is on the floor of my door and he was backed up. And hes like "are you so & so?" And i said yes and he responds " i called you like 10 x and you never picked up" and i apologized to him and then he said " you took so long and i have a lot of other deliveries to do" and again i apologized. But he sounded so condescending. Like i ran to get you your tip. And im not gonna explain to him that i was in the bathroom and my phone was in the room because his attitude totally caught me off guard and he seemed super pissed at me!! I go see my phone and i see he did call 10 x in 4 minutes and also texted me from what I believe was his personal cell and i texted back again that i was SORRY and that the order showed that i would receive it at 230-240PM. I honestly did not think that the food would arrive in less than 30 minutes. And i showed him a snapshot of the arrival time of the food. He never responded. He was a complete I gave the spot another chance. read more

It's been a while since my last visit to this location after a day of drinking we decided to get some food here. Drinks we went with some Aguila beer nice & cold great beer nice tasting. Appetizers we got some Chicken empanadas very good hot enough to burn your tongue so processed slowly lolll. Main dish we got the Breaded chicken since it's such a large dish we decide to share it, comes w fries, salad, rice & beans. The breaded Chicken has always been a favorite great piece of chicken lightly breaded good flavor fried yes but not greasy. Good tasting rice & beans, fries as well as the mixed salad nothing too crazy here with the salad very small. Simple decor, small location but nice amount of seating service was good, quick & prices are reasonable specially since u get such large portions great food worth the try. read more

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La atención muy buena y muy buen servicio pero la calidad del producto no es la misma ni el churrasco ni la entraña es la misma que solía ordenar a parte que están cobrando extra por pago de targeta de crédito y no te dicen nada solo sale el extra al momento de firmar read more

So many options, super affordable. It is the place to go if you're looking to feed a large family with some good Spanish food. All of the locals come here and you will find the natives here grubbing on everything as well. I'm fairly surprised to find the wide selection of South American drinks that they offer here and also a big fan of trying everything out. You have to have to have to order the bandeja tipica because it is seriously a lot of flavors and crispy chicharon that has me salivating still. I wasn't in love with the chicken and rice because it was shredded up and mixed into my rice already. I felt like it was lacking a little bit of sauce for that matter, but the portion was so large that it really was something that you can save for later. Service was amazing. Staff was sweet and not racist at all which can be difficult to find in some ethnic restaurants. Big plus! read more

Pollos Mario - Chicken and rice - Steakhouses Near Me - Woodside, New York

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Friday night; so hungry and in the mood for some good fried fish! Called Pollos Mario and spike with a lady name Diana (I think). Asked twice for a well cooked (fried) red snapper and same with tostones. I don't care how much I have to pay for my food as long as is worth the price but how disappointed I was when I opened my order and saw that the fish was so soft, not the way I asked twice, and the tostones were soaked in oil. literally I had to put the fish in a pan to finish cooking it! Called the restaurant and spoke with the same lady who only asked surprised and only asked me if I wanted to speak with the manager! Chicken at this place is great but don't waste your money on the expensive fried fish ($26.00) read more

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I love coming here with my family I always enjoy. The service has always been great and the food is always up to par. 10/10 would recommend to anyone looking for Colombian food that's real to the culture. read more

Terrible food. Chicken combo was disgusting no seasoning and tastes like plastic. The salad was sent with old beets that were brown instead of red. How can the cooks think it's okay to send this type of food out. read more

My favorite place to get chicken gizzard soup with rice. Its. Soooo. Good! Really hits the spot (especially when you're feeling under the weather)! The roast chicken with rice and beans is really good, too! Inside is cozy...I've never sat down inside and dined - always have gotten it to go. Good spot. Good food. read more

I am biased. I love any of the Pollos Mario restaurants. There are quite a few locations in Queens including in Astoria, Middle Village, 3 in Jackson Heights. Been to every location. My BF and I love the variety, price and portion. We like portions that are large enough to share and/or have leftovers. From memory, I am almost sure Woodside is the smallest location of all the Pollos Mario in Queens. Been to this location a few times and there is only several tables in here. Only a couple of large tables and a few smaller tables on the lower level. Tiny location. My boyfriend and I seem to order the Mario's Special Platter very often at all the Pollos Mario locations, $18.25, which comes with a thin grilled steak (they cook it well done, it's going to be on the dry side), pork loin (excellent-very moist), Chicharron (fried pork skin, eat quickly!), 1/4 chicken (I always ask for dark meat), a generous side of rice and beans, fries (which I always ask for a substitute, maduros which is sweet plantains), and for making this plate look healthy...some salad. It feeds two people with leftovers!!! I am sure it feeds 3 or even 4 not so hungry people. We've tried the fried fish..which was only okay. The breaded chicken is delicious. And whenever a plate comes with fries, we always ask for maduros. We love maduros very much and it is very nice of them to let us substitute. This by far is not my favorite location. Can't really say why but it just isn't. Maybe because this location is too small? The vibe is not the same as the other Pollos Marios but that is just a personal thing. read more

Pollos Mario - Fried fish and substituted fries for maduro - Steakhouses Near Me - Woodside, New York

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It took a long time to get my order when I came in before other people and they got their food first. Finally after I get the meal my niece fish was dry and hard. They did waive my niece bill for that and my food was good. read more

We found a roach in my mom's seafood rice - but the worst part of our experience was that no one seemed to care. We didn't even speak to a manager and they refused to take the rice off the bill. We didn't want to spoil our family's time together so we just paid and left. Never ever again. read more

Pollos a la Brasa Mario #6 is part of a Queens mini-chain. I had the frijoles con garra -- extremely flavorful beans with large chunks of pork accompanied by a humongous chicarron, an avocado, maduros, rice and a corn cake. The only thing I didn't care for was the corn cake, which was somewhat dry and tasteless. But the beans were out of this world! My husband had the lengua, which he loved. Red wine sangria was the perfect beverage to compliment our meal. Highly recommended. The dead end street next to the restaurant directly leads to an entrance to the LIRR and No. 7 trains. read more

Pollos Mario - Frijoles con garra - Pt 1 - Steakhouses Near Me - Woodside, New York

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Delicious and big portions!! The best Latin American food ever. Try the postobon it become my fav soda ever!

Never ever order take out from this dump. They always get the order wrong and when you call to complain, nobody knows what happened. This is the worst place to eat. Never order from here. The food arrives cold and the chicken was half cooked. Worst Colombian restaurant. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere where they take their job seriously and responsibly. read more

Ughhh I really want to like this place but the food is always luke warm. HOW ARE THE EGGS NOT HOT??? Haven't tried all their food but what I have had tried gave me stomach aches. My boo likes this place (esp their chicken heart soup). But I stay far away because my stomach stays hurting when I eat here and it's not even hot... sad face! read more

Love this place. Always fresh food and Served fast. Big portions of food for A good price. Place is usually busy during the weekend. There seafood is really good And so is the steak. I eat here 2 times a month and usually order the typical Dish with steak which is good enough For 2 people. read more

First visit I ordered the sirloin steak special and was impressed by the tasty, large, nicely seared, meat--done medium as I had requested--and by super flavorsome red beans--easily some of the best red beans I've had. Saved the fried sweet plantain as dessert. Only quibble was that a bit of the white rice was a bit dry. On subsequent visits I have ordered the very flavoursome and tender skirt steak. It's a large portion of two long strips that's enough for two moderate eaters. Recommended. I have also ordered the seafood stew (the version without cream). The highlight were the legs of the meaty crab. The flavor of the broth was pleasant. Good size portion overall. On the other hand, the mussels had almost no meat. Won't order it again because it had some fish, which I'm mildly allergic to--this despite the waiter assuring me that it didn't. I guess it costs almost $30 as a result of the crab, but paying that felt a bit pricey for what it was. Casual place, with a number of TV screens, and relaxed, pleasant staff. read more

The cream of chicken was to watery and it didn't taste good. Definitely not eating or ordering from that location.

I've been to Pollos Mario before but never to this one. It is adorable. Very comfy & homey. Perfect for a date. The food is sooo gooooood! Authentic Colombian food. Its also priced reasonably & they serve large portions which always a good thing (I love leftovers). The waiters are also very attentive & are always making sure that you're comfortable & enjoying yourself. I actually like this pollos Mario more then the previous one I've been to. Mostly because its smaller and you get better service read more

Pollos Mario - Bandeja Mario ($18.50) - Steakhouses Near Me - Woodside, New York

Unfortunately we were very disappointed with this restaurant. Usually a hole-in-the-wall setting is the sign of authentic food, but not this. I really hope that this restaurant is not the mark of good Columbian food. Based on the hit or miss reviews, we decided to give this a shot, but we shouldn't have. Everything was bland... usually South American cuisine excels in moist and well seasoned rotisserie chicken and we thought ordering that would be a safe choice. It was dry, under-seasoned, and we couldn't order enough cans of soda to chase the dry chicken with.... yes, no refills here. Grocery store rotisserie chicken ranks many notches above Mario's. Our other dish was some sort of chicken with rice, beans and salad. Nothing memorable, very bland, very dry. On a positive note, the gizzards and hearts soup I ordered was decent, and the only reason for the second star. I would definitely not recommend this place, unless you're terribly hungry, just want to fill up your stomach, and for some reason the other 50 restaurants within 3 blocks are out of food... or of course, if you have a hankerin' for some old fashioned gizzards and hearts soup. read more

I tried Pollos Mario for a Friday workday lunch, and it was pretty good. The decor inside is kind of like diner meets pizzeria, but South American, with large red booths for the restaurant, and a smaller area in the front. There are tv's with Colombian news, and the clientele and waitstaff seems to be mostly Latino, a good indicator of authenticity. The menu includes all the well known Colombian specialties, including rotisserie chicken, grilled pork, arepas, chicharron, breaded chicken, and fruit smoothies. The portions are unbelievably huge, and all include rice and beans. You can easily feed two people with one plate, or make 2-3 meals out of it. So in that respect, the value is great. However, the prices aren't extremely cheap, with most plates running around $15-20. For me, I can't eat a giant lunch on a workday, and I was going out to dinner right after work, so I couldn't bring the leftovers home, and didn't want to overfill myself. It was tricky in that respect because there was no lunch menu or small combos, so another girl and I decided to order a 1/2 rotisserie chicken and split some sides. The rotisserie chicken was absolutely perfect. It was cooked extremely well and was very juicy and delicious. We had a cheese arepa, which was a little disappointing, because it was just an arepa with a handful of shredded white cheese dumped on it. But it was good because I've never met a cheese arepa I didn't like. We also split a salad, which was pretty pathetic. Just a few scraps of cheap iceberg, two slivers of tomato, peas, and carrots. All this came with some spicy green sauce, which was too watery for my liking. I absolutely love Pio Pio's Peruvian creamier spicy green sauce, and was looking for something similar. But overall, it was a solid lunch. read more

Came to this restaurant on a whim with a friend, both starving. My friend ordered number 24 and I 21 I think. Anyways I thought my order was chicken but it ended up being fish still ate it and tasted good. Nothing crazy either just plain simple. My friend ordered fish too. The waiter was very attentive of us. Very good service food was good. read more

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I had the fried porgy/tilapia with tostones(fried green plantain), rice, and fried cassava. Fish was well-seasoned, fresh, fried until skin was crispy. I like how they scored the fish to create more crispy surface areas. I guess it also helps cook the fish faster and more evenly too. My friend had the sirloin steak with madaros (sweet plantain), guacamole, rice, and beans. I liked the fish, but my friend said the steak could be better. I like the madaros too. I ordered the mango juice and you can pick if you want it with water or milk. I chose milk and it was very good. For dessert, we had the tres leches flan. It wasn't the best I had but it wasn't bad at all. Our server was very nice and we had great service. read more

Pollos Mario - #25 sirloin steak with sweet plantain and guacamole. Also comes with rice and beans. - Steakhouses Near Me - Woodside, New York

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Come here every sunday for brunch with the Family. Amazing, amazing food. Waitresses are very nice and attentive. You don't have to wait long for the food. I have tried almost everything and you really can't go wrong with anything on the menu, from calentado, to carne asada to pechuga a la plancha. best Pollo Mario I've been too I love the rice and could probably eat it by itself, wish i could make it like this at home. Overall great place to eat. Good price and wonderful feel. Although, if you do go there in the winter, I recommend a seat in the back and not near the window where the wind won't hit you. Can get a little chilly. read more

Is an obvious imitation of a more well known chain but thought it deserved a try given that we were in the area. Had the grilled skirt steak (I think) and the other half had the chicken. Overall, the food was good but given what I'm used to at the other spot, it was hard not to have it pale in comparison. I would definitely eat here if I'm craving some Colombian food but can't be asked to go elsewhere but overall, food was just good, not phenomenal. Portions are large here, though, so that is always a plus. It's fairly priced as well so it's a good deal for what you're getting. Waitstaff super friendly. It's also similarly decorated like the popular chain. read more