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    Quiero Cafe - Saco

    4.6 (150 reviews)
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    QUIERO CAFE - SACO ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Veggie empanadas
    Taals B.

    Same great food and service as their Portland location. Love this location though, it's got some spaciness and I love the big windows concept. 4 stars because Empanadas could be better, stick to cheese or meat ones.

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    Amy M.

    This place has to be my favorite restaurant in Saco! It's so cute and the food always tastes so good. It's definitely worth the price you pay the amount and quality of food. I order multiple empanadas and loved every single one them! My personal favorite is the Puerco empanada while my husband's favorite is the chorizo empanada. The smoothies are great but I prefer the limeades they make! 100% recommend this place for anyone to try.

    Empa-freakin'-nadas. Holy  moly, these are good!
    Elizabeth S.

    OMG. I went to pick up a friend of my son's there, from whom I'd gotten a text that said something like, "I found empanadas. In Maine." I had to see this for myself, so when I went to pick him up, I popped in. I'm not an empanada person. Quiero cafe changed all that. Their empanadas are baked; some are savory (chicken) and some sweet (guava and cheese). They come with a dipping sauce that we decided was made of a combination of magical things, as well as guac and salsa. They have other things on the menu -- including smoothies. But while we were in Ocean Park for vacation, we must have gone back three times for empanadas. There are tables inside, but they fill up quickly. I'd recommend eating the empanadas there as opposed to take out; they're better when hot.

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    Rose M.

    Absolutely love this place in downtown Saco. Counter service with the freshest ingredients that are made to order. I had the lunch special for $14. Including rice, beans, salsa, lettuce, plantains and choice of protein. I had the carnitas. I was so full and it was absolutely amazing. I added a side of plantains because I simply can not get enough of them. They were everywhere in S Florida. To find them in New England is a pure treat and to find them made perfectly is a hidden gem. We also had the special of 3 expanadas for $11. Lots of choices. We had chorizo, Pollo, and beef. Hard to decide a favorite. They have limeade smoothies. We had coconut and a pineapple ones. So smooth and refreshing not too sweet. 2 small tables outside. Lots of space inside. You get a pager to wait for food. Street parking.

    "Lunch" plate.

    Food was excellent. Order from the counter and food brought to table. I had the "lunch" meal $16. Has everything I wanted on the plate. The torta and tostones were also delish. No bar but beer selection was ok. We will be back.

    Hot dog Colombian (it has quail eggs on top)
    Michele J.

    Amazing as always. Authentic tasting Cuban o. Staff always helpful and assist with ordering. The space and music has a great vibe.

    menus on the wall
    Ed B.

    Just off the main drag in downtown Saco is this restaurant devoted to savory Latin cuisine. Untreated red brick walls line both sides of this longer than narrow space. The menu includes a variety of empanadas. My gal had the two large shrimp variety, I had the Cubano sandwich on bread. Both were tasty and filling. A side of yucca fries was quite large and enough for two. I'm not very familiar with this type of cooking but my impression is that the dishes were heavy on carbs and light on protein. I've had yucca fries before and these weren't as tasty. This was not our first choice for late lunch in the area but our other two choices were already closed.

    Cuban Empanadas chicken. Beef and mushroom.  Chicken tamale
    Jean Y.

    Super clean place! The portions are huge! My husband ordered the carnitas burrito and it looked massive. He wolfed it down. I ordered the mushroom, beef and chicken empanada. The mushroom and beef empanadas were my favorite. Skip the chicken. We tried the tamale - chicken - I'd skip that too- I just don't like white meat. The staff are super nice. If you're looking for inexpensive Cuban - this is the place in Saco

    Unwrapped Tamale
    Kytn E.

    Yesterday we were talking about grabbing take out and I started seeing what was around and I saw the website for Quiero. Everything on the menu sounded good but I wasn't sure what I wanted. Today we typically run errands and do groceries so after that we stopped by to take a look and decide what to order. Omg I finally found a place that reminded me of the foods from Tucson. They have a great variety of sandwiches, tamales and empanadas. They also have smoothies, coffee and desert. Now I couldn't pick just 1 thing to try cause it all sounded amazing but the prices are so low I was able to get 4 different things for $21 I ordered 2 pork tamales, a bbq pork empanada and a chorizo empanada. Those came with Pico de gallo.. Now I tried a bit of everything and I was so impressed. It tasted homemade and so freakin delicious. The seasoning was a bit hot but definitely authentic. Yes Maine has some good Mexican style restaurants but not anything with the authenticity that this place has and definitely not at these prices. If you're in the Saco area and craving a real authentic Latino meal you need to stop by and grab something from here. I'll never go Anywhere else .

    all vegetarian options were delicious
    Kate B.

    Excelle vegetarian options. The empanadas are stamped with what type they are so you can get a basket with a variety. The arepa was my favorite dish. The fried cheese with pineapple salsa was amazing.

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    Delicious and the staff is wonderful. So glad to live nearby so we can get this yumminess often!

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    Beef empanada so salty it made my partner throw up in the bathroom. No other seasoning in the beef. Just a LOT of salt. Burrito was ok!

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    Food is mediocre and service is poor and inattentive. Parking is difficult during daylight hours.

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    Delicious, fast service and amazing margaritas! We like both Portland and Saco locations!

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    Tastes great. Fresh and nice. Lunch was a little too expensive to be a daily lunch spot though.

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    Service: I have nothing bad to say even if I tried. Everyone was so friendly and talkative. Making…read moreconversation and not giving any sort of uninterested attitude. Ambiance/atmosphere: really nice and quite inside. The place wasn't too big, but not small enough you couldn't find a secluded spot if you wanted to. Nice music, vibrant color, and a really nice smoothie bar. Food: I ordered the steak and papas and it was delicious. Very well seasoned filet with crispy and fluffy soft potatoes with rice and really good pickles pink onions. I added quac and cheese onto it after mixing things together and when I ordered an extra side of steak they really hooked me up. So delicious. My dad ordered the patacon which has a very large and perfectly friend piece of savory plantain and topped with chicken and added steak with quac, lettuce, tomato, and a side of rice and black beans. For starters we ordered the yuca which was perfectly fried and crispy with a really good garlic aioli and cheese blanket over top. We also ordered the sweet madudo(sweet plantain) which came with cheese and was perfectly sweet and tender. So delicious. The side of tostones(savory plantain) was again perfectly friend and salted and with that garlic aioli dip and quac with pico de gallo it was fantastic. The empanadas came with all types of flavors. The beef was my favorite and had an amazing juicy, salty, and tangy flavor with the crispy casing. I'll say to skip the chicken, it was bland and had no flavor. My mom ordered the dessert empanada with cheese and a fruit inside and she said it was delicious and I'll say I can second that. The smoothies were delicious and had plenty of options to choose from. My mom ordered a Columbian milk coffee and said it was one of the greater ones she's tried, possible the best.

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