Great Eatery Cafe

Not sure why the low review scores. I work in the same building so of course i eat here often due to the convenience factor. For starters, the staff is super friendly. If you want to sample anything, try the soup, they have no issue. Second, it’s Colombian themed and maybe owned, but they serve a wide variety of dishes. Salmon, steak, chicken, you name it. The chef is on point, seems to always have some creative dish. It’s never just «grilled chicken cutlet» or «meatball sandwich». The seasonings and flavors are always fantastic. The pricing is what you’d expect from Brickell, in the 7 – 11 $ range depending on that days choice. They usually only have 2 daily options with the typical soup/​sandwich menu as a mainstay. I have never been disappointed with a meal here and everything i had was a great value for the price.

This place is so good that I’d even consider it as a decision factor when changing jobs. In other words, if I cant have lunch during the week here then I wont take the job — its too far away from The Great Eatery Café ! :)

This place is excellent if you work in the Brickell area and want homemade food. Their many changes daily, and they offer two options for lunch along with one soup (not s combo, just what they offer.) they also have wraps and delicious Venezuelan desserts. The service is also pretty good.

I couldn’t agree more with Zach F.‘s review!
This place is a horrible combination of bad service, horrible coffee (often cold and watery café con leche’s) and overpriced food. The $ 7.50 minimum for credit/​debit card is ridiculous and the staff seems bothered when you walk in… of course you are interrupting their leisure time.
$ 2.50 for empanadas? come on! They taste Ok, but for $ 2.50, I can get two anywhere else.
I really wish this place would, at the least, improve the quality of their coffee. It is very conviently located and I do ocassionally stop in, however only on an emergency basis. i.e. ran out of coffee in the office or had no breakfast at home and was running too late to stop anywhere else. Even so, I go for the «safest» things there– the pastries, which I believe are made off-​site.

I usually don’t completely disagree with my fellow reviewers but in this case a 360 might be an understatement.
I’ve been to this small café a couple of times and I found the service to be friendly and nice.
There is sometimes a wait because it’s a well-​liked spot.
So far, the soups are on point and you can snag some South American bites.
If you like home-​style lunches then you should definitely check this place out.

This place is ridiculous, and baffling as to how its able to mysteriously stay open.
Located in the lobby of the 1200 Brickell building, the Great Eatery is almost guaranteed the business of those who work in the building; however, many of these workers boycott the restaurant on principal.
The Great Eatery offers breakfast, but even when it’s empty it can take almost 15 minutes to get a cup of coffee and a premade pastry (they used to sell decent empanadas, for $ 1.50, but the price climbed to almost $ 2.50, before they were removed entirely from the menu and replaced with leaden, soggy arepas, which sell for $ 3.50 — WTF?).
Certain staff members of this place can be found out front, sipping bottomless cafecitos, schmoozing with amigos, and watching an endless stream of Beegees, Sting, and Mark Anthony music videos. But they put in «work» when they get up to order themselves more coffee, and they stop by the cash register to ring up a customer who has put in their obligatory 15 minutes of wait time. Then a price is quoted for whatever has been ordered that is entirely different, and often higher, than that which is listed on the typo-​strewn menu (read: beff, coffe, chiken, etc.).
When it is time to pay up, there is a credit card minimum of $ 7.51, which amounts to: «thats right you jerk, come in here, order your heartless slop, and when I am good and ready, I will come overcharge you, and if you’re still under, buy some stale gum that you didn’t even want in the first place, and get the hell out.»
I think i will do just that.