Bogota Bistro
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: (718) 230-3805
- Cross Street:
- Between Douglas Street and DeGraw Street
User Reviews for Bogota Bistro
08/22/2008 Posted by mhunt75
The name of this restaurant is " Bogota Latin Bistro". Bogota is the capital city of Colombia. I went to this restaurant expecting authentic Colombian food especially from the Bogota region which differs from other Colombian cities. I can understand a menu for a Colombian restaurant offering dishes from all parts of the country. I can even understand offering dishes from other countries. I understand these folks are in business and need to draw in customers. I am very disappointed firstly because the menu offers Colombian dishes topped off with Mexican flavors ! These two cuisines are unique ! If I want Mexican, I will seek out a Mexican restaurant. Have the owners assumed we are too ignorant to explore the delicious home made flavorful rustic cuisine of Colombia? An arepa is Colombian but topped with guacamole or avocado? Tortilla chips??? Quesadillas?? Cubano Sandwich? Fish Tacos??? If you expect Colombian food, you will be very disappointed like I was. If you want MEXICAN FOOD, or Mexican Fusion then go. Otherwise, forget it.
Pros: Cheap
Cons: Poor food
04/11/2008 Posted by Jeneden
To start with the positive, the guava jalapeno margarita was great. However the story goes downhill from there. We were there with a large group (of 12). As with many large groups, all members do not arrive at the same time. About 6 of our group members arrived first and were seated at a table for six, with the staff knowing that we were expecting more people. Within the half hour, we were up to 12. The staff made no effort to accommodate our expanding group. Four members of our party had to sit across the restaurant (while there was a large-group set-up that remained unused for the first half of our time and then seated with a couple and a small party during the second half). When the table next to us opened up, we asked our server if we could add it to our table and have our separated members join us. He offered to clean it first and did not refuse our request. In his absence, the hostess came over and rudely reprimanded us for asking our group members to come and sit near us citing issues with billing and ordering. She was inflexible and not as responsive to the needs of our group as she should have been. If there were such grave issues with us changing tables, as a restaurant hostess, there are nicer, friendlier ways of conveying such information. Restaurants are a hospitality business and the service and attitude that we received at Bogota was inhospitable to say the least. I would not recommend this place for a group gathering especially since in addition to the rude service, the food was not anything "to write home about" (I could say this having a good knowledge of Caribbean/Latin American foods by having family members in the restaurant business specializing in similar cuisine and my own extensive travel to those regions).
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