El Carajillo

Came for breakfast on Saturday around 10am. A couple tables and hightop seating by the register and an upstairs area. Not busy at all!We sat upstairs. They had pictures on the wall, flashing lights, and were playing pop music.They give complimentary bolillo with cream cheese. Very buttery, soft and warm! For drinks, my friend and I tried the latte with churro syrup. Delicious! I saw a lot of people ordering horchata and margaritas but we wanted something warm since it was cold outside.For food, I got chilaquiles with salsa roja. Nice and spicy! Our server said the green salsa is not as flavorful and gave me some on the side to try. Not bad either, a bit more watery so I was glad I chose red.My fried chose the speedy breakfast: eggs, rice, pico, avocado. And she added a conchanita on the side as she wanted bread. The conchanita was delicious! Not overly sweet.Prices were reasonable for the portion. I left the restaurant pretty full. Likely because of the bolillo. For two people, it was a lot of bread! Service was good. A couple people servers but they weren't busy. Super friendly and didn't rush anyone at all.Parking around here is parallel. Not free either. But I got a spot less than a block away.

Now is the time to visit El Carajillo because I get the feeling that tables are going to be hard to come by once the word gets out on this recently opened restaurant. Arriving at 1:00 on a cloudy Sunday led to ample seating on their patio for a brunch date. We tried several items:Frozen Lime Margarita - Thoroughly enjoyed. Horchata - a little lacking in flavorChips & Salsa - Chips were fine; Salsa was better and has a little kickBreakfast Burrito - Good but was a little dry on its own. I got a side of the salsa (same as the one that came with the chips) which enhanced the entree. Chilaquiles - Came as described but I would prefer if there was an option to upgrade them with eggs and/or chickenChurros - Not badThis place really excelled in the intangibles. Very nice and accommodating service and a wonderful patio. They also have a Mon - Fri happy hour from 2-6 with margarita and draft beer specials. With a whole separate dinner menu to try, this new addition to Italian Village has good potential.

Stopped here this past Saturday on our walk back to our place and now I can't wait to go back. I really enjoyed the Cantarito drink and nachos! We also got the Pride shots, which were delicious. There is a nice little patio out back that we sat at. Service checked in on us very often, which I appreciate.

We were very pleased by the items we chose. A cappucino and bloody mary, esquites as an appetiser and the caprese sandwich and side salad with cilantro dressing. All excellent!

Margaritas were amazing and all of the menu items are reasonably priced. The Garfiul's Special was delicious, however the burrito bowl lacked a little bit of flavor. The service was slow but it was mostly due to things that were out of control of the wait staff. The outdoor patio was cute and secluded.

Hello friendly business owner. You have an excellent mustache. Anyways. We are critics and we have notes and recommendations for your relatively new business in the cut throat restaurant market of Columbus. To begin. The restaurant has incredible potential. What a beautiful opportunity that space and outdoor area is. HoweverWith the restaurant's kitchen so exposed and playing such a role in the customer experience, it needs be better. A good open kitchen is one that is impressive for the diner no matter if they are watching or not. Your kitchen has a lot of room for improvement. There is a microwave in clear view. There are single serving mandarin orange cups in clear view. If I wanted mandarin oranges, I can get that from my cabinet. It should at least put on the appearance of a show. Something that impresses the guest at the craftsmanship of the drink and food making. The coffeechata was 2 ingredients that were just poured together. Something impressive and exciting for guests to see and watch is important in a space like this. The food was good, but nothing to write home about. The choriqueso was fine, but truly it was some prewarmed queso with precooked chorizo on top with some mildly stale chips. Worth $10? Yes. Something I will desire to come back for? No. I do recognize the limitations of the space and difficulty of making a small kitchen like that impressive for the guests without completely redoing the place. However, I think that if your goal is to survive a year in Columbus, some changes need to be made. I hope you do not find discouragement in this. You are clearly caring, hard working, and passionate. We only write this to help you. We recognize this is a relatively critical review. Please pm us or comment on this review and we will remove or edit this.Thank you for reading and good luck.

Great service and Excellent food. The horchata and bacon sandwich are so good! Feels like they care about their customers and have cool inside

I had lunch at El Carajillo yesterday and loved it. The service was terrific, the staff which I assumed was the owner and his wife were very personable, and lastly the food was delicious. I had the breakfast tacos and a latte. The restaurant is small but there is an additional room for full-service dinning. I highly recommend supporting this small business. I look forward to going back in the spring to sit on the patio for margaritas.

Small restaurant with a lot of charming. La comida estuvo deliciosa!! Food was delicious and the service felt like we were at some friends house tasting moms food. The chilaquiles are great and they even gave us a home made bolillo sample with Philadelphia cheese inside. Awesome. We will be back soon

I've come here twice, and both times I really enjoyed my meal. That being said, the first time, I ordered a quesadilla and there was a veggie with an entire produce sticker on it. Caught me off guard but didn't really bother me that much. The next time, I ordered a burrito bowl and there was a hair in the middle of my bowl. Not loving that as much. Despite those two unfortunate incidents, I'll cut them some slack because they had opened up relatively recently. And at the end of the day, the food was still really good! The service was also great, and the outdoor patio is cute. I'll probably give them one more chance before I rule it out completely.