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    La Casona Colombian Restaurant

    3.9 (133 reviews)
    ModerateColombian
    Closed 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Plantain soup and grilled chicken platter
    Seema Z.

    This place is fantastic. It's a hole in the wall Colombian place with big portions that are also delicious. Stop by for their weekday lunch specials and you will not be disappointed. This was our first time trying Colombian sit down meals and we loved it. The decor is as festive as it gets for Buford hwy. almost all servers speak Spanish a big shout out to ours for accommodating our lack of language skills as we all spoke only English. But she made it work and made some great suggestions. The fish platter is a steal for 10$ lunch special !!

    Inside
    Ksenia F.

    I rarely order Colombian food and after trying this restaurant I'll make it a point to do so more often. We got a takeout but the dining room is decent especially so because the place looks like an absolute hole in a wall. Our takeout consisted of grilled beef tongue, grilled beef liver, mini paisa, and shrimp arepa. My favorite was the tongue - amazing! So juicy and tender! Liver was very thinly cut and very dry as a result. Arepa was OK. It was my first time trying it and I wasn't a fan of that style of corn "tortilla". All meals came with plantains and a salad. Ordering over the phone was very challenging. They don't speak English and I don't speak Spanish so it was pretty much shooting in the dark. I would definitely come back for the grilled tongue though!

    Empanadas $1.50 each
    Nancy T.

    Food is prepared fresh and every server is always so very kind and sweet. I like it here!

    Andrea M.

    Went here with the significant other to use my Restaurant.com certificate from 2015. Yeah. It was from that long... We ordered the arepa mixta and typical platter. My choice of the arepa mixta was super filling. They pretty much overload the corn tortilla (?) with the meat choices you choose, up to three. I particularly liked the beef as it has the most flavor. If I could go back, I would choose the avocados subbing either the chicken or sauage so it wouldn't have been so meat filled. The sausage item was a full on sauage, not the chorizo version I thought of. The typical platter comes in two sizes, the small and large. The price difference is only a couple of bucks though. The grilled steak, avocados, and beans were my fav of the significant other's entree. The pork was just too hard and crispy, but they were good reheated the next day. Lol. The staff was nice and checked on us as we were prob one of the few non Hispanic customers so they wanted us to feel comfortable. The restaurant is behind the QT that's right where 285 is.

    Craig T.

    I was recommended to this place by a coworker. I loved the service and food here. I got the Pollo Chicken with Plantains and Salad. The rice and chicken was amazing! Price was only $6.00!!! I will definitely back again!!!

    Storefront.
    Daniel B.

    La Casona Colombian Restaurant is hidden behind the QuikTrip at Buford Highway and I-285. The storefront is located on Stewart Road and is visible from Buford Highway, particularly when heading south. La Casona is one of only a handful of restaurants I'm aware of that serves authentic Colombian cuisine inside the perimeter. The business is open seven days a week, 9am to 8pm, serving breakfast, lunch, and early dinner. $6.99 breakfast specials are offered until 11:30am and $7.95-8.95 lunch specials are offered from 11:30am-3:00pm. Certain special dishes are available on the weekends only. Some of these dishes include sancocho de gallina (hen soup), mondongo (tripe soup), and medallones de bagre en leche de coco (fish soup in coconut milk). The restaurant is in a standalone building with a small parking lot. The interior of the restaurant is spacious with several sections of seating. Most of the tables are four-tops and there are a few booths. The restaurant is clean and the atmosphere is casual. There is quite a bit of variety on the menu. It includes tostones (salty fried plantain slices), appetizers such as empanadas, arepitas (Colombian cornmeal fritters), chorizo sausage, and soups, spaghetti pasta dishes, arepas (Colombian corn-based flatbreads), seafood, Bandeja Paisa (traditional Colombian food platter), steaks, pork, chicken, and desserts such as figs with dulce de leche and flan. Beverage-wise, they offer many Colombian fruit juices (with and without milk) and Colombian sodas too (e.g. Colombiana). Outside of the breakfast and lunch specials, expect to spend roughly $3-6 each for most of the appetizers, $6-7 for each arepa (they're big), $10-15 per soup, $10-16 each for most of the meat and seafood entrees, and $11-13 each for the Bandeja Paisa platters. Portion sizes are generous and I consider this place a good value. Here's a rundown of the items I've tried: Appetizers/Sides: Empanada - stuffed beef pastry Morcilla con arepita - traditional rice sausage with arepita Fried yuca with garlic sauce Entrees: Tostones with chicken Lengua (tongue) arepa Arepa with chicken, pineapple, and avocado Pechuga a la Plancha - grilled chicken entree Mondongo - tripe soup Bandeja Paisa - grilled steak, pork skin, egg, sausage, sweet plantains, avocado, arepita, rice and beans Beverages: Guanabana (soursop juice) with milk Guayaba - guava juice Lulo juice My favorite dish is the Bandeja Paisa. The full version is about $13 and the "mini" version is about $11. The mini version contains all of the foods listed in the description in the list above except for chorizo sausage. Both contain a lot of food. The grilled steak is a cheap cut, but it's hard to complain given the price. Two chicharron strips (pork skin/rinds) are provided, a fried egg, the aforementioned chorizo link, two maduros, a fresh half avocado slice, arepita, rice, and beans. I like the plump and flavorful sausage the best followed by the fatty chicharron strips. The arepitas (small arepas) are soft and appetizing. The white rice seems to be lightly seasoned with salt. The morcilla is good and savory. It's Colombia's version of blood sausage, made with cooked and congealed bloods plus rice and spices. The empanada and fried yuca aren't bad. The empanada is flaky and moist while the yuca is cooked to order and served piping hot. The tostones and arepas are straightforward and look rather plain, but they taste better than they look. One order of tostones comes with four tostones (plantain slices topped with ingredients). Four tostones fill an entire plate. The chicken tostones are topped with seasoned, shredded chicken. One arepa takes up most of a plate. The lengua arepa comes with a heaping portion of chopped beef tongue cooked with tomatoes, peppers, and spices. It's lengua overload and perfect for those who are a fan of beef tongue. The arepa with chicken, pineapple, and avocado tastes exactly how it sounds. It uses the same seasoned, shredded chicken as described in the tostones above. The pineapple chunks taste less like pineapple and more like applesauce or apple pie. The mondongo soup is tasty. It's made from tripe (cow's stomach) plus various other ingredients such as potatoes and carrots. The broth is light, slightly oily, yellow in color, and the soup is topped with a bit of cilantro. The tripe is diced. Note tripe can be an acquired taste as it does have a unique finish to it. Some may find the taste/odor unpleasant. The soup comes with a side plate of rice, tostones, slaw, and avocado. The Pechuga a la Plancha is a basic satisfying dish. Its sister dish, Pechuga Empanizada (breaded chicken cutlet), looks comforting as well. Both come with rice, salad, and a side. The juices are A-OK. Of the ones I've tried, I prefer the guava. The juices are on the milder side. Lulo is a Colombian fruit which looks like a small orange. The fruit also resembles a tomato, but it has a citrus flavor. Service is very good. Gloria is excellent.

    Bandeja Paisa
    John E.

    You can find La Casona Colombian Restaurant on the short access spur right after you cross under I285 onto Buford Hwy, just before the new QuickTrip and almost right across the street from a newer Colombian restaurant, Delicias de la Abuela (which occupies the old Del Taco on BufHi). The front of this place looks like a big pnkish/rose house, which makes sense considering the name means "house." Parking is right in front with most of the spaces on a hill - it can be a bit difficult to get in and out of, especially during busy times. You might want to visit at slightly earlier or later times (than lunch or typical dinner) to avoid any difficulties in parking. If you haven't tired Colombian food yet you're definitely missing out. As with other Latino cuisines, Colombian has some familiar elements and other components that you'll find unusual - it's this latter that makes the cuisine unique and enticing. Along with the typical beef, chicken and pork, you'll also see fish (and in particular whole fried talapia) on the menu. My favorite Colombian dish, and it's the one platter I always order when going to a Colombian restaurant as a bit of a litmus test, is the Bandeja Paisa. They offer both the big platter and a "Mini" version for those who think it's too much food, and year at La Casona the big platter is indeed big. If you order this and you're still hungry at the end then you might consider seeing your doctor - it's massive! It includes grilled steak (a bit like pounded carne asada), pork skin (chicharron), fried egg, sweet plantains (maduros), avocado, an arepa (Columbian style so it's more like a corn cake) all piled on rice and beans. The large platter also comes with a big hunk of sausage (like chorizo) and a bit larger portions. This was all delicious and I'd recommend at least the mini to anyone who wants to try Colombian for the first time. On this occasion we ordered the Bandeja Paisa, a Mini Bandeja Paisa, A flattened arepa with chicken and avocado and mango smoothies (this last is very similar to a mango lassi). All were quite delicious. I've also on occasion had the empanadas (they're thicker skinned than other Latino style I've had), the Sweet corn soup, the whole fried fish, and the shrimp soup (fantastic!). In all you'll leave quite stuffed and satisfied. There's a subtlety to the spices that provide a richness without heat (they do provide some heat if that's your thing as hot sauce) that makes Colombian food different. They also like to use some smokey flavors in their cooking that I like quite a bit. Try this if you haven't - you'll like it! (also posted to my food blog)

    Hen Soup
    Addy C.

    A few wks ago I was battling a cold and I was on a quest for good chicken soup -- I remembered La Casona serving soup just wknds only ... which naturally made me think their soup must be really good. And it was. Out of the 3-4 chicken soups I tried that wknd, this was probably my favorite. HEN SOUP - $10 This soup has plantain, yuca, potato, corn (YUM), carrot, cilantro (wish there was more) and 1/4 chicken (incl. skin). Appreciated seeing the greasy film = real chicken broth. Thought $10 might be pricey for soup -- but their soup also comes with rice, sweet plantains (YUM), cilantro slaw (YUM) and avocado. in addition like the other entrees served at this restaurant, they provide complimentary rice pudding before your meal (yes dessert before your meal). You can check out my previous review for other recommended dishes. They also have all kinds of arepas here. Service is great too. i came on a Sunday morning and it was packed with families. True hidden gem - located on the side street next to QT. FYI - they close early for dinner. Open Mon-Sun 9-8pm.

    Fountain?
    Alex P.

    If there was a Little Colombia neighborhood in Atlanta, this would be its flagship. BANDEJA PAISA: This was seriously amazing. The steak was thin, well done and amazing. This would be my recommendation if you are coming here for the first time. Next time I'd like to try their beef tongue. If you like spicy stuff, simply request a couple grilled jalapeños on the side. The beans were delicious, the pork skins were crispy and avocado was perfectly ripened. THE BOOZE: So this is where I wondered a little, why is there no Colombian beer? Corona was the southernmost beer to be found on the menu polluted with bud light and Heineken. THE FOLKS: Everyone working was awesome and attentive. The restaurant was actually packed on a Saturday afternoon, which came as a bit of a shocker. Overall, solid place to enjoy a beer and some authentic food.

    Bandeja Paisa
    Mick D.

    I'd had this place on the radar for a while, and was very happy to go check it out with a friend. Unfortunately, we unknowingly arrived an hour before closing. The place seemed kind-of dark on the outside, and I wonder if they turned off their signage in preparation of winding down. Still, that did not stop them from serving up a really good meal to us. Staff was friendly and helpful throughout, even as we were the last ones in the place that evening. "La Casona" translates to "the large house." Indeed, it's a big room. Clean and spacious. And they serve some generously large portions of some delicious Colombian traditions. This is quick, authentic Colombian food. And it was tasty. We each had the Bandeja Paisa. I had the larger one. **Unless you are either the size of Andre The Giant, or at least really, really freakishly hungry, you do not need the larger one.** You will have enough to share. But I do highly recommend this platter. The Bandeja Paisa is a variety of meats served on top of a platter of rice and beans. You'll get chicharrones, carne asada, a sunny-side egg, an arepa, some avocado, and some maduros. Delicious. And again, too much for one person. After that massive platter, I managed to squeeze in a spoonful of some really stellar flan. Rich and dense and caramel-ly sweet in all the right ways. It was a nice way to end that meal. There is quite a bit to choose from on this menu, but I do recommend the Bandeja Paisa as a starter. I was surprised to see some spaghetti dishes on the menu. I want to go back and try the arepas as a stand-alone dish. And the hen soup sounded really fantastic. Holler if you're coming with.

    Interior.
    Toni W.

    Confession: I know little to nothing about Colombian food. This was my first experience. The spot was a little tricky to find, but once I found it, it had ample parking. The restaurant was fairly large, but was not very crowded early on the Friday evening that my friends and I visited. The decor was lovely. Service was attentive and helpful. Based on other Yelp reviews, I tried the guava juice with milk. It was outstanding. Nothing like having the equivalent of a milkshake with dinner! We started with the empanadas and found them to be excellent, as well. My friends and I all tried the Mini Bandeja Paisa. It was a ton of food and absolutely delicious. I would recommend this spot!

    Empanadas
    T B.

    Everything was absolutely delicious. I wish I had taken a picture of the Arroz con Pollo before I started to eat it. Very flavorful. It really tasted as if they cooked the rice in chicken broth because it was so flavorful as well. Definitely looking forward to visiting this place again and trying even more. Just a heads up, the arroz con pollo comes with a little ketchup on top. If you don't want it, make sure you request for it to be taken off or put on the side.

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