The food was good, but our overall experience could've been better. We came in on a Friday night and the restaurant was practically empty. I think this establishment could use a little better advertising because we only stumbled upon this place after a search on Yelp for Latin cuisine. Otherwise, I've never heard of this place before and I don't hear anyone talking about it. This is cute family establishment. It really makes you feel like you're sitting in Miami having a nice meal. The owner/staff are really friendly and are not shy from coming up to you and sparking a conversation. We ordered the Churrasco, Lechon Asado, and the kid's Deditos de Pollo. The meats were very good. The steak was very flavorful and tender. The lechon asado had good flavor also. Both meat portions were generous. The rice was good, but the tostones were very hard and dry. I wouldn't be surprised if they were made ahead and refried, which absolutely ruined them. They were inedible. The kids chicken nuggets were OK. My daughter had to drown them in ketchup for her to be able to eat, so I'm guessing they were very dry or tastless. We also waited for a very long time for staff to bring us our bill. We waited about 30-40 minutes for anyone to come back to our table to bring our check after we had already finished eating. So, although the staff is very friendly, their customer service could use improving. Overall, our experience was fair. There were some hiccups, but I think it's because it's a small family establishment that still needs to work out the kinks. read more

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We arrived just after opening, so we had our choice of seats. At the owner/host/server's suggestion we sat in one of 3 booths. After perusing the menu, we decided to order several dishes and share them so we could try more. We asked the server for a appetizer recommendation, and he told us that the empanadas were very popular, and that we could choose a different flavor for each one. So we did that - choosing chicken, cheese, and guava and cheese (for dessert). We also ordered the Lechon Asada with sides of Moro and Maduras. We also tried the 2 Tamal Cubano plate, which included another side, and we chose more Maduros. Receiving our food took a little while because his family owned business was having a lot of takeout orders. But eventually the Lechon Asada and empanadas were brought out with the promise of the third dish to be delivered soon. Did Liang Asado had the Cuban rice and beans at one end and the Maduras (fried sweet plantains) at the other. Presentation was lovely and the food was very tasty. The empanadas had to be cut open so we could see what was inside. the crust was flaky and the filling also delicious. As we were making our way through these dishes, the Tamal plate was brought out. We each took one and split the Maduras. The Tamal Cubanos were different than the Mexican tamales we are used to. But they were extremely good, and I would definitely order them again. The surface was friendly and helpful, although not fast. But as long as you aren't in a hurry, the meal was perfect! read more

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One of our favorite spots!! Great food and atmosphere!! Family owned and they are very personable, always comes out to speak with us. Highly recommend!! read more

When we lived in Colorado Springs, we would often come to this restaurant to eat delicious and authentic Puerto Rican food. One of the best things about the menu is that they offer amazing food from other latin countries like Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia. Everything we tried was good and the staff were extremely attentive and friendly. Would definitely recommend! read more

This location perfectly located and has such great potential for bigger and better things. It just has lots of flaws. First off I understand it's a family business but when you have your 14 year old serving and two toddlers running around they should not be charging the prices they charge for entrees. If it was a whole a wall spot this is expected but for how the ambience and interior is set, it makes such a downfall. I understand a lot of people reviews complaining that the dishes are not like home but this is a fusion of cultures and flavors so don't put your expectations that high. The price set for the amount of food you get is not really something the area should be okay with. I order a chicken a plancha and literally got a skirt chicken for a total of $16.50 . Don't get me wrong it had good seasoning but quantity over price is not there. I would suggest to start a social media account, better your portioning, better professional customer service. read more

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If food made with love and care matters to you, Rumba is a place you will enjoy. The family behind the restaurant puts effort into having you feel welcomed with warm, inviting food that is both authentic and made of quality ingredients, put together with care. They are willing to guide you through the menu and meal. If you don't know Latin Cuisine, they will take you through the meal, giving you a genuinely enjoyable dish for your taste. What is nice is how rich the pictures are here so you can select and learn the names. You may want to plan a to-go box from the start and save room for dessert. The bakery looks from scratch and one-of-a-kind. read more

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Closed! Merry Christmas sign on the bar two days ago. Looks like a great place and concept. Hopefully it can be restored.

Tried Rumba Latin Cuisine for the first time yesterday and have to say that everything was absolutely delicious and very flavorful!! Also the owners and their family were very sweet! If you haven't tried it yet, I highly recommend checking it out! We will definitely be back. read more

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We stopped by for lunch looking for something different and Rumba did not disappoint. The food was delicious and the owner was very kind. He made a fantastic cafe con leche too!! The whole restaurant has a fantastic Latin vibe. read more

The food was the most Authentic I have ever had in this State. I couldn't recommend a better place for Latin food, the menu had so many delicious options. The restaurant was immaculate and the decor was beautiful. Customer service was awesome, the owner and his family were very personable. Don't take my word for it, check em out and you'll be glad you did! read more

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Great food and service . Clean and comfortable locale. It doesn't take long to get your food

Late night dinner with the family. Ordered the cuban sandwich with yuca fries. The sandwich was splendid with the right ingredients and substantial. The yuca was good but only 3 pieces. The server was committed to provide a great service. The tropical atmosphere is comforting and clean. read more

Rumba - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

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I ordered online and was missing my dessert (tornillos). Went I asked for it, the server told me they didn't have the item. I asked for a refund and they didn't want to give me the money back or Exchange the item for another dessert. I had to wait more than 15minutes for the server to talked to the owner and get a dessert in exchange. I don't feel like coming back, I wasn't greeted at the door, and was treated very bad. Also I asked for extra chimichurri abd this was denied. read more

Rumba - Online order - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

Awesome place! You must try the rumba sample platter! Absolutely delicious! I had their Cubano sandwich and it was juicy and very flavorful! read more

I love this place! This place reminds me of the restaurants in Miami. The food here has been the most authentic Cuban food that I've had in the Springs. The restaurant itself is very nice. They play Hispanic music that goes with the theme. I love that you can hear the music but still be able to hold a conversation without having to yell. The family is very nice and welcoming. The drinks are also amazing! Definitely recommend if you are craving a cuban dish. read more

Very tasty selection and always an attentive staff. Ask about the deserts early as missed out a couple of times on limited availability of their Tres Leche! Fried plantains are worth trying. Remodeled nicely from previous Bbq restaurant. read more

I ordered supposedly Puerto Rican red beans (yuk) white rice and churassaco steak. The beans are NOT Puerto Rican. There's no ham and the stew is watery not thick like Puerto Ricans make it, seems like the beans were only seasoned with sazon. Puerto Ricans use tomato sauce for thicker bean stew. The food is very bland and not tasty, or seasoned well. Wouldn't recommend Rumba as cooking authentic Puerto Rican food. I would maybe give a one star. Because I Hangry and would've ate anything. read more

Rumba - Not good at all. - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

This place is all around delicious. Originally from Puerto Rico and I had a taste from home and it was authentic. This place you can come back every time and have something different and you won't be disappointed. The staff and the care they put into this restaurant reflects in its amazing food. Must try! read more

Rumba - Tripleta - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Excellent service, friendly atmosphere, delicious food options only wish they had a range of Cuban coffees to enjoy as part of the experience. I had the cubano sandwich and man was it loaded with roast beef and ham so much food for the price. I recommend half the order if you are not super starved. My wife got the chicken papooses and they were also large cones with an order of two and they by themselves were filling. Had the beef papas rellanos delicious appetizers. Stop in enjoy they are happy to seat you and feed you well! read more

Beautiful and cute setting. Friendly staff. DELICIOUS food! The menu is clearly marked for gluten-free and vegetarian dishes (of which there are many). We had the Papa Rellena, which was a tasty, fun way to eat mashed potatoes and beef. The Canoa was delicious. The combination of the sweet plantain and the savory ground beef and cheese was wonderful. read more

This was the best lunch I have had in a while. Slow roasted pork, spiced perfectly with plantains and rice. A meal that I will come back for many times. read more

I've been to this "place" twice with my bf service slow, food I've had better at other authentic Cuban restaurants. Family owned business but they forget the customer and I meant forget. Took for ever to get our drinks, mind you the place had only three tables with 10 customers. I finally had to wave them down for our drinks, which I seem to have bother them. The bartender was snobbish. I don't recommend this place if you're in a hurry or want good customer service. read more

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We've visited Rumba about 5 times now. I'm glad there's somewhere I can get empanadas/bandeja paisa . My husband and I just moved from Miami so this is a nice place to go to when we need our latin food fix. I get the churrasco with cilantro rice (soooo yummy) . Service is ALWAYS great. Very clean place. read more

Rumba - Churrasco with cilantro rice/maduros . I added the egg. Sorry that it is half eaten but I always forget to take the picture before hand :( - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Oh man, the food was soooo good! Huge Cubano sandwich, empanadas were crunchy & delicious (tried the beef, chicken, and pizza..all fantastic), and the gold metal goes to the shredded beef in the Ropa Vieja...sooo much flavor! Portions were generous & the people at Rumba were very kind & welcoming. 5 stars! read more

Best latin food I have tried so far. The quality of the food is good an stuff are friendly. read more

Rumba - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

We have given this place 3 chances. I'm Puerto Rican and seeing as how this place is a 2 minute drive from our house we WANTED to love it and have a cool spot to hang out and eat when I'm homesick. We gave it 3 chances, we really wanted to love it. The staff is wonderful, and the mojitos are damn good. If you just want to hang out and have drinks in a good atmosphere this is the spot. However, I would never consider this "authentic" cuisine. The first time we went to Rumba we ordered alcapurrias, as a starter. Then we both had moros rice with yuca con mojo, and lechón asado. The alcapurrias were completely burnt, and barely had any meat in them. They said their fryer was acting up, but decided to serve them anyways, and charge us for them. The moros rice is always good. The yuca was cooked well but had no flavor or extra mojo, same with the pork Second time I ordered the cubano, thinking to myself "well it's a Cuban restaurant" they can't mess it up. And again I was disappointed. It tasted like a sandwich someone threw together in 30 seconds on their way out the door because they were late and forgot to pack a lunch. The third time we had plans to go to Another Cuban place a bit further down academy. But we decided 3rd times the charm. We ordered mofongo to start, I ordered a tripleta, my wife had moros rice, yuca con mojo and lechón asado. ( this is her typical order and favorite Latin dish). We also ordered a pair of mojitos. Mojitos are pretty good, we've never had problems with the drinks. I would describe the tripleta as a sandwich left out on the counter overnight. The Mofongo actually made us pretty mad, it was mushy, not fried at all; it had a weird consistency almost like Moonsand mixed with playdoh, and no mojo to make it bearable. after 2 bites we just set it to the side. The Moros rice was a 7/10. The pork was lacking any flavor and same with the yuca. None of the food taste like authentic Latin cuisine at all. read more

I went recently with high hopes to have some good Cuban food and I wasn't disappointed. I had a Cuba Libra and some ham croquetas to start. The cocktail was great and the croquetas had a good crisp exterior and great flavor. The entrees were tasty, as were the maduros (sweet plantains) and congri (black beans and rice). The cafecito (espresso) was a great way to finish the meal. I'm excited to go back and try the Columbia dish I saw on the menu. read more

1. Lechon was tasteless. No garlic or olive oil used. Who cooks like this? 2. The desserts were mediocre, the flan is not flan. 3. A Puertorican isnt the kitchen and if so ...Ave Maria!! ‍‍‍ read more

Wow the food here is really really good. My wife and family are from Colombia and really enjoyed the food the ropa vieja was excellent and the cubano sandwich was really good. And the service was great really enjoyed everything here and the flan was just as good as the meal. Just a great restaurant and great food. read more

This little spot was right near my parents house so while I was visiting I wanted to check it out. I ordered online for lunch one day and went to pick it up. They called me after I placed my order of vaca frita (my fave) and moro to let me know that both of those items wouldn't be ready and asked if wanted something else. I was bummed but I got the ropa vieja and rice and beans separately instead. Pickup was quick and easy. I also got plantains and guava empanadas. The empanadas were such a delight and maybe my favorite part of lunch. The ropa veija and sides were delicious. I only took the star off because it was a bummer that they wouldn't have two menu items ready when they were open. I would definitely go back to try those items! read more

Rumba - Guava empanadas - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Loved this dip into Latin America, and its beautiful, authentic flavors that both bring back warm memories and introduce new ones. The Tamal Cubano is a completely new take when tamales are old hat, the grilled meats are seasoned just so, I have never seen a guava and cheese empanada offered anywhere else, and the flan left any others I have had in the dust. Thanks, Rumba, for a flavor festival! read more

Great and authentic Puerto Rican and Cuban food. Great churrasco, delicious flan and I can go on ...

This place is amazing. The taste is so authentic and delicious. The owner is so sweet and the staff is super accommodating. Didn't take a picture of my dinner because I was too excited to eat it, but remembered the dessert. We had special request for certain dishes and the owner said to call ahead and she would make it happen! I highly recommend this place to those of you with a good pallet for authentic food! We need more places like this here in the Springs. Can't wait to take the kids because each one of them will find something they like. Can't wait for the pastries on the weekend! Love to see such a passionate owner! read more

Rumba - Tres Leche - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

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The spot was very cleaned and organized, the food was okay. We had ordered Churrasco and the meat was very thin. My husband had ordered Vaca Frita and it was not vaca frita, it looked like ropa vieja. I think the food was pricey as well. But overall, if it's your first time going to Rumba, go ahead and try it yourself. I would give a second try to order Bandeja Paisa and see. read more

I wanted to love this place so bad. I really did. One thing I really miss about living in Miami is all the delicious latin food. I mean, you name it - Colombian, Nicaraguan, Cuban, Salvadorian.... you name it and you can find it - and for affordable prices. So when I saw this restaurant come up on my yelp feed I immediately sent my husband the link and said "we have to try this place". So we ordered 2 Lechon asado con mojo, and 1 vaca frita, along with a mofongo. The lechon asado was dry, flavorless. No big deal - we could always add mojo to make it dewy and tasty - except, there was no mojo. Not one container of mojo for either order. So it really was like eating sand. The vaca frita definitely tasted better but was also dry. It almost seemed as thought the food had been prepared in the morning and had been sitting in their kitchen for hours. Dry and stale. I was really hoping the mofongo would be good, since it was my husband's first time having mofongo, but no luck. Again, no mojo on it to make it eatable. We threw about half of the food away. We did order fried sweet plantains with our food and those we pretty yummy, as well as the moro. The moro tasted very authentic. I just wish the meats and mofongo wouldve been better, fresher. I always like to give businesses a second chance, since anyone can have an off day - so I will be ordering from here again in the future to see if its any better. read more

We were so excited to find a place that served such amazing food that Puerto Ricans know and love! The icing on the cake was that they serve Medalla beer (something that we've NEVER been able to find in the states) and Coco Rico for the kids. We ordered a lot of food and all of it was delicious! read more

Rumba - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

The food, the environment, the staff, all fantastic. Best Cubano I have ever had. The pork was so tender Will definitely be back! read more

Amazing food and service !!! The best mojitos ever and vaca frita and moro rice was delicious. We will def be back. We sat at the bar and the bartender was very friendly read more

Rumba - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

Such a great place for dinner. The food is amazing and it's owned by a family. I love that they put love into their food and it shows. Highly recommend this place! Super clean place, great ambiance. Service was excellent! read more

Discovered this place today and I'm glad I did! I picked up 2 beef empanadas and 1 guava empanada to go earlier this morning and I came back with my husband for dinner! We ordered more beef empanadas and the lechon asado with Maduros (sweet plantain) and alroz con grandules (yellow rice with pigeon peas). We can't wait to come back for happy hour when drinks are 1/2 off! Great service and great food! It's pretty close to our Cuban experience in Miami a couple weeks ago! read more

Rumba - Lechon asado - Latin American Near Me - Colorado Springs, Colorado

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