Pollos Mario

Solid Colombian food. Very authentic too according to my Colombian friend. Portions are HUGE! Had enough for 2.5 meals after ordering one main dish. Definitely a great place for cheap, homey, Colombian food.

A friend of mine invited me here to have authentic Colombian food. I have to admit, I wasn’t impressed at all. Our waitress was very kind and patient though. The food just wasn’t good to me though. I had a plate that came with white rice, beans, baked chicken and French fries. The fries I could’ve done without and the chucked was just really dry and but over cooked. The prices were reasonable but I doubt that I’ll ever eat here again.

Come here at least once a month. Love their tostones (double fried green plantains). This last visit I ordered the fried pork chops with tostones, it comes with salad, rice and beans. Humongous serving size. Took half home for another meal. Delicious.
I cannot forget about the green sauce, it is so good and fresh that it must be illegal. They should sell it by the gallon. Yummy

All I have to say number «33 bandeja típica». Great taste and perfect amount for a yummy lunch or dinner.

I have been ordering food from this restaurant for years and never had a bad experience except for today! The food that arrived was wrong and when I called to complain, the woman on the other line insisted that I ordered the wrong thing.
When I called to order food, the woman who answered the phone told me she spoke English so I was confident that she’d get the order correctly. I ordered Chuletas, like I normally order, among other things. And then she asked if I wanted them grilled and I said yes. Chuletas are pork chops and the order is normally grilled pork chops.
The food arrived and she sent us Lomo de Cerdo instead of Chuletas, when I called, the woman said that Chuletas could mean any kind of pork. And insisted that I ordered Chuletas and this means I ordered pork. She said that to her people (not sure who she meant by this) Chuletas meant pork and that since I ordered Pork, that could mean anything. I asked to speak to the manager and she told me that he didn’t speak English. When I asked a friend of mine who speaks Spanish to speak to the manager, the same woman never passed the phone to the manager. And went on to tell my friend the same thing and I should have ordered Chuletas con Hueso… which isn’t even on the menu.
In any case, after about ten minutes of back forth an apology was never offered; she finally offered to exchange the food but it was too little too late. Never ordering from this place again. We’re in Jackson Heights, there are tons of other restaurants, too bad this place doesn’t understand customer service.

The best, fastest most cheapest Colombian food in nyc… they serve you quick the food is very good portions are big… and the price for the greatest cannot be beat##! A must if you’re in queens##!

The food was great. The servings are perfect for the price, the waitresses are attentive and make sure you are very well accommodated. It is two floors so you are always seated and never have to wait to be called on a night out. Only trouble I had was finding parking

I don’t know what better the girls that work here or the pollo, great place specially since it opens till late night

We came here once, three years ago (?) and I hadn’t felt like going back since. Last night, I changed my mind. While it’s one of many «Pollo Mario» restaurants in the area, this one wins us for being a single block from our door.
We shared a platter which I think had Mario in the name (#35 on the menu I think) and it was EASILY enough for us to share AND have some to take home. The steak was soft and good. The pork loin as well was moist. The half chicken was honestly jumping off the bone moist and tender. The cheecharonnes (sp?) were yummy/​crunchy/​awesome. I’m honestly not sure if you’re meant to eat just the nibs or the part they come attached to, but the part I had was delicious. I gave my husband the corn cake and plantain (since I’m not a big fan of those) and we shared the salad starter and the rice/​beans plate.
They had thousand island dressing already on the table, which is one we like, so the salad was alright; for iceberg salad. (Though I got confused by the salad having a slice of beet and many peas on it.)
My husband was a fan of the «very spicy» hot sauce we got when asked. We were seated behind a birthday party that was wrapping up, which means were were RIGHT next to the kitchen door and under a television. I could do without the noise and banging of the kitchen, but the food was worth tolerating it this one time.

Ordered dinner and I got the worst skirt steake I have ever eaten. And it was expensive to top it off.

Really, really great Colombian food. The steak was cooked perfectly with the seasoning taste, ohh my God, tasty, delicious. I really liked that is not salty like other places. The Arepa de Yuca with cheese inside was delicious. Lots of great seafood dishes like Paella.

Came here for my boo’s bday lunch. We actually shared one entrée and a side order of «arepa» con chorizo and we still couldnt finish it.
The reason I quote arepa is because i didnt know it was that little dry tasteless ball of flour. I soon found out that I like the choclo arepa, not that. I dont know how colombians eat it but to each his own.
The dish we had ordered was the Bandeja Mario. It was good, large portion. The beans were really good! Everyone always says its hard to find good beans when you eat out. Comes with chicharron, baked chicken, grilled chicken, skirt steak, fries, rice, beans… and some peas and other veggies that we said we didnt want. My bf told her he no peas but she thought we said no beans so I was a little bothered by that. The passion fruit juice was good and that green hot sauce that they keep on the table was delicious.
Reasonable priced. I think our bill was about $ 26
Nothing like Colombian food in Colombia though! But I’d probably visit one of the other Mario’s instead next time.

The food here is solid. It’s not spectacular and nothing special but good. Don’t worry about being hungry when you leave, the portions here are massive. Rotisserie chicken is good, just don’t come here late for that otherwise you’d get one that’s been sitting around and it’s going to be dry. I do love the fake tree in the dining room.

Before you discount this one bad review in the midst of all the good ones below it… I too am wary of these type of reviews. So let me just start by saying this one experience here that I had here and may not be characteristic of the restaurant.
I used to come here often. It’s in my neighborhood, and I know it has the portions I look for. It actually is one of many similar restaurants around here. I have never had an amazing experience here, but I always left full and happy. Until…
I came here a year ago with a bunch of my cousins. It was seven of us in total. They sat us in a booth. I really don’t mind, were really close so being squished together is something we are used to. It leads to many a laugh. We sat there talking for ten minutes and no one came to give us menus. Then when we thought they were finally coming the waiter decides he wants to sit on the back of the seat in the booth. Once he basically sat on me I had had it. We all got up and stormed out.
Now, I was 22 at the time but I look really young, and was with a lot of other people who still look like they are in hs. I attribute the treatment to the fact that they thought we were just kids who perhaps wouldn’t even tip well. I hate when people assume that. I go to restaurants for the experience and always tip more than well when I am satisfied.
Perhaps I’m just jaded so my review may not be the most representative of this place so take it with a grain of salt. The food is average but as I said before filling. I have had the rotisserie chicken here plenty of times and can say it has it’s unique and I have enjoyed it in the past.
If you want to come here, I suggest ordering out. Save yourself the tip.

Man I absolutely love this spot. The food is delicious, fairly priced, and the staff is very friendly. I would definitely suggest the number 33 bandeja tipica/​paisa. I can’t count how many times I’ve eaten here and there’ll be a lot more times in the future.

Nice staff, quick service, large plates ok prices. Have had better Columbian food though and although the chicken was very tasty it was on the dry side. Very nice staff though.

I love this place. The food is outstanding.

THis pollos mario is amazing, customer service here is great from the management to the delivery boys. They are def busy but do not let quality affect theyre multi tasking, the food is fresh and delicious. If your a fan of pollos mario this is the location to go to customer service and great food.

i love this place.
order the bandeja tipica.
i really need to go back soon.

First off, I recommend Casa Colombia 2-​doors down. They are superior to PoMar in many ways, but most of all — the food, the staff, the atmosphere. The one thing Pollos Mario has going for it are indoor pear trees growing of the tiled floor. Miracle of life? or plastic? Red plastic is a big theme here. The red and white plastic bubbles, the booths, the tiled floor… reminds me of the McDonald’s from my childhood.
Not sure what their specialty is. I recommend getting N/​2 dishes, where N = number of diners. This is in high contrast to Thai methodologies of ordering minimum N*3/2. The neighbors across the pear tree ordered a mixed meat plate. It came with as many cuts of meat as fingers us humans have piled nearly 6 inches high on a steaming skillet. That thing was massive. They knew what they were doing… kind of.
Not much different from the other Colombian places along the strip. Big pictures on the menus, same dishes, same gringo-​strange juxtaposition of meat and fish sauce.
A bright atmosphere is the only thing which Casa Colombia can’t compete with. But is it a competition? Are they running the same race? Who wants that trophy? X out PoMar and check out CasCol.