La Tiendita Colombian Restaurant

If you want an authentic Colombian restaurant and store this is the place!!!! The owners are amazing and the service is so good. They will help you with recipes and ordering. This food brought so many memories of being young and having Colombian food. The atmosphere is quiet and good for groups. Plan on being adventurous with your ordering, the food was so tasty and tastes like home cooking.

Authentic DELICIOUS Colombian food. Our server was great! They have a grocery store next door where you can take some things home. They also sell the empanadas frozen to take home and put in the air fryer. I had the limonada to drink, and a chicken and a beef empanada to start. Both hot, fresh and good. I had the arroz con pollo and it was good, flavorful, tender meat and the slaw that came on the side was even good. I definitely plan to come back and try some other dishes.

Couldn't name a better place for authentic Colombian food. There's not one bad thing on this menu. & I promise you it's just like as if you were in Colombia, my parents born and raised in Bogota would totally agree. One bite of an arepa or pan de bono and it takes me back to my childhood. The staff is always ever so loving and the food always comes out fast and perfect! I've never had a bad experience here. I highly recommend the parrilla to split with someone if you're hungry. It will have all of your favorites!

I really wanted to like this place as I amColombian and there isn't many Colombian restaurants in the valley but it was a hard miss for me.My mom came into town during a time when I lost my baby and we were excited to have a homey Colombian meal.The waitress wasn't very attentive nor did it feel like she cared at all then when the food was served it tasted half cold and wasn't good at all.I was very very disappointed.Wish someone would open up a Colombian restaurant in town because if you're looking for authentic Colombian food that's not just heated up this place ain't it. bummer.Definitely try Arepa Babe at the farmers market though, she's amazing.

Why can't we get better Colombian Food in Phoenix!? The stadium was full of Colombianos during Copa America. How is this a reality. The fact that I need to travel to California for flavorful Colombian cuisine is a shame..... The service here is atrocious. They hung up on me when I asked for take out. Upon arrival, the greeting was diminishing.... Ownership needs to do better!

This was a great whole in the wall Colombian restaurant. We are Colombian and we're very excited to try this place.We ordered several items on the menu and all were delicious! They even have a small grocery store with frozen premade food such as arepas, tamales and empeñadas.We loaded up and took some home. I was barely able to fit everything in the freezer.It's a hit far in Mesa but worth the trip. We will make this a monthly visit to get our fix.

we traveled from out of state only tofind out they are closed on Fridays and then were turned away before the posted closing time after we drove over 30 minutes to get there. I guess they must not really need business since they can just dec to close early and turn people away. Dont think we would even attempt to go again. Such terrible service to turn customers away during posted business hours.

Not sure why it took me sooo long to make my way to La Tiendita! I am half Colombian and sometimes you just want a taste of some of your favorite food and when there are few to none, it's nice to find a gem (the only one*). When you walk in, you automatically feel the Colombian presence and it was so nice! The servers and welcoming and greet you right away. I started off with my favorite Colombian soda, "manzana" and with some beef empanadas - absolute perfection! Crispy on the outside and inside filled just right w/ beef and potatoes. My husband enjoyed the bandeja paisa (traditional Colombian dish) and I'll just say this, he left the plate empty! And I enjoyed the quarter chicken dish which was perfect and reminded me of my favorite Colombian restaurant back at home! We ended with a stop at their little market/store for some goodies to bring back home. If you are willing to try some new Hispanic cuisine, La Tiendita is the place! I may be biased, but Colombian food always hits the spot!

I'm in heaven!! I'm so excited to have found a Colombian restaurant. Even if it's a 40min drive from home, it's totally worth it! From the traditional Colombian decor, to the store filled with all the necessities to make our traditional Colombian dishes, this is an amazing find! I was also excited to see they actually had VEGAN options on the menu! I always just end up ordering a bunch of sides when I visit Colombian restaurants back home, so I was excited to be able to order an actual dish!We ordered: Mango con Leche and Mora con Agua bebidas (fresh and delicious); pan de Bono, Empanadas de papa, carne, y Pollo (potato, beef and chicken). Hubby ordered the Bandeja Paisa, my cousin ordered the Sopa de costilla, and I got the vegan Cazuela de Frijoles, a side of yuca and an arepa con queso. Everything was absolutely delicious and brought me back to eating with my family back in NY. The staff is all friendly and speaks Spanish and English, and the food was spectacular. We will be back for sure, and I will be coming back to stock up on ingredients from the store!

We got empanadas beef and chicken. They were bland no flavor. Arepas were good. Waitress tried to say we hadn't paid but we did showed her the receipt. Won't be back