DONDE JULIO RESTAURANT - Colombian restaurant in Hartford - 83 Park St, USA

Good Colombian food is hard to come by. This place actually blew me away with both the proportion and quality of the food. Ordered the bandeja for lunch and had more than enough for dinner. Will definitely order again. Edit: coming back months later just to rave about this place. I can’t give it enough stars. Hands down the BEST Colombian restaurant in the area (and I’ve tried ALL of them). The pandebonos are to die for. The Colombian hotdog is the most authentic I’ve had in years, and again the bandeja is a slam dunk. This is a hole in the wall gem. The food is unmatched. I just wish their hours were longer!

I like this place. It's nice and authentic. The issue is that no one speaks English here. The menu isn't even in English. They try to accommodate that, but it would be nice to have one person there that could speak English. That doesn't bother me as much as how long they take. If you stop in expect to spend more time then usual. There are only two women working here, one stays in the kitchen and the other greets guest and works in the kitchen. I could see that she would get confused sometimes and forget what she started to do. All that aside though the food is good and so are the people. You just have to be very patient when you visit here when they get busy.

Great homemade Colombian style food and super great service. Server Diana was super nice with our group. Tasty. I’ll come back in my next visit to Hartford. PS: try the Colombian burger, it’s awesome

Donde Julio deserves every nice review they get. they're just nice people making good food. the portions are generous and the price is right. if you don't speak a lick of Spanish (like me) definitely order ahead on your phone. but, today I decided to order at the counter and they worked with me to get my order down 🥰 if I had to take points off, it would only be for the cheese empanadas which are delicious and always sold out 🥹

Best rice and beans ever the plantains are always sweet and delicious.

The food was good but the calentado was cold

I've rated them a 4 star for now. Only because the waitress was really, really nice and professional. When was very attentive and knowledgable. The food was amazing!!! Yet, I will have to say... that we have to go back another time and see what their service is like when they aren't being inspected. I only say this because they let us know that the inspectors were there and asked if we were in a rush. This led me to feel as though they may have just been on their best behavior. So, I'll do another review when I go back by really like their food and I really like the waitress I made sure my husband slipped her more than 20%. It's imperative that we tip for great service because not only do we work hard and deserve great service, we also do our best to provide great service in our professional lives.

Walking by you might think this little place isn't much but go inside and have some of the food and you'll feel like you're in heaven. The food is absolutely AMAZING! My girlfriend had the chicken that comes out on like a hot skillet and it was bursting with flavor! I had the steamed flank steak and it was absolutely incredible. The meat was so tender and juicy. Just full of flavor and it just pulled apart so easily. The lady who was at the counter taking our order came out and served us and she came back to check on us to ask how the food we liked our food. She was so nice and courteous. The staff that I did get to meet were very nice and friendly. I'm definitely going back!