Location: Rionegro
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Discover Restaurants offering the best International food in Rionegro, Antioquia Department, Colombia. Rionegro (Spanish pronunciation: [rioˈneɣɾo]) is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the City is "Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro" but is named after the Negro River which is the most prominent geographical feature of the municipality. Rionegro is also sometimes called the Cuna de la democracia (Cradle of democracy) as it was one of the most important cities during the era of the Colombia's struggle for independence and the 1863 constitution was written in the city.
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8. Portillo Restaurant
Reviewed By L B
We'd enjoyed savoring drinks before at Hotel Movich's pleasant poolside restaurant, and decided one weekend to sample the food at the hotel's El Portillo Restaurant, which is patently the most luxurious establishment around the Rionegro airport area. The hotel has been reviewed extensively in this forum, and while I agree the property is kept immaculate and the exterior is tropically lush, the inescapable impression of the building is that of a four-story Motel 6. The cookie-cutter rooms, while neat and pleasant, are distinguished among standard, junior suite and the reverential Presidential Suite. Besides (and possibly including the last), they are all boxy, the junior suite sporting a hanging screen to serve as a room divider.Common areas of the hotel undeniably verge on some elegance. To ascribe 5 stars to the establishment (like at booking.com) would be editorial exuberance. Venere calls it more accurately at 3 ½. Early on, perhaps, the hotel was ascribed having three restaurants: Colombian, International and Seafood. These seem to have been eroded away to a single venue serving an upper rotunda dining area and the pool area.Entry to the restaurant, which is open both to guests and the general public, passes an impressive wine collection room divider. The dining room on this upper level is dark and gloomy, in my opinion.Much better is to descend to the pool area dining tables, which is convivial with families and children making good use of the pool. We picked out a pleasant table in the midst of it all and took some pictures of the surroundings.In a festive mood, we ordered classic and strawberry Margaritas, respectively. My partner wisely also opted for gin and tonic. We were tempted to order the standard parillada grill lunch, which was an opulent plate of grilled punta de anca (culotte steak), chicken, sausage, and smoked ribs. These were accompanied by a little of mixed salad cup of corn, chopped tomatoes and avocado; baked potato with sour cream, and the ubiquitous banano (sweet plantain) and arepa (Colombian corn bread).First disappointment was the Margaritas. Sour, diluted and flavorless, they simply defied one to sip them. Inexorably, I followed by partner to nab a gin/tonic, which was unassailable to destroy even by the untrained.Things went downhill from there, I regret to say. The impressive grill selection, served on an iron plate over a wooden board, looked most appetizing. The salad was presented with scant dressing and exceedingly bland, assisted weakly by sprinkling on salt. In order of preference, the chicken was tender and flavorful; the sausage was delicious; the steak was dull and gristly; the ribs were stringy, tough and inedible under an unexceptional sauce. The dogs enjoyed them immensely.Service virtually disappeared after presenting the entrees.Deserts were uninspiring: a daily âspecialâ â never identified; Caramel Flan; Chocolate Cake; Cheesecake with Red Fruits Sauce; Figs & Cheese; Tiramisú; Neapolitan Cassata; and highly touted Peach Melba. We opted to cut our losses.Most remarkably, when I requested the bill, the server brought a tiny chit of printout displaying a total. (We had just viewed the neighboring table reviewing a long detailed printout of everything they had consumed.) I requested a detailed check, which greatly flustered the server. This invoked a visit from a manager, who assured me it was the "norm" to settle the bill before receiving any detailed accounting. I protested that in Colombia, this is never the case. So, crouching at the edge of the table, this fellow read to us each of the items consumed. We never had a chance to review the detail with associated costs. Relenting, I proffered the credit card in payment, requesting the serverâs tip be added. That was not possible, they informed me, and presented the charge slip for signature. I signed and never left the smallest amount of tip, for which I am regretful to deprive the servers of any remuneration and for which I totally blame the inept management of the restaurant. It will be many blue moons before we return to the El Portillo Restaurant at Hotel Movich Las Lomas.
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7. La Esparta
Nuestro restaurante se cataloga como uno de los lugares más hermosos y mágicos del Oriente Antioqueño. ¡Ven y disfruta de los exquisitos platos que tenemos para ti!
Reviewed By 157monikar
Estuvimos en un horario con pocos comensales y aún asà la atención dejó mucho que desear. TenÃamos que pedir que recogieran los platos, que Ãbamos terminando y al momento de pagar, nadie nos atendÃa. Para pagar, debes ir hasta la barra, porque el datafono es alambrico.Venden unas SODAS SABORISADAS muy ricas y la entrada de nachos, estuvo deliciosa también.-El Salmón lo sirven en una capa gigante de pasta, por lo que pierde su delicadeza.-El solomito no estaba de buen sabor y su consistencia era duraEl café era de greca y estaba recalentado.La verdad no recomiendo este restaurante!! No fue una positiva experiencia y no volveremos.
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6. Pizzas Piccolo
Reviewed By 500luisfelipev
En la sede del aeropuerto pude disfrutar de una deliciosa pizza, pero no era ni el tamaño ni el sabor que ordene; y posteriormente quisieron cobrarme el error y la propina sin preguntar siquiera si querÃa incluirla de manera voluntaria.Hay formas de hacer las cosas y enmendar un error con un cliente, por qué hay que destacar el sabor de la pizza
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5. Restaurant La Torre Gourmet
Restaurant with strong focus on Belgian, French and German cuisine. Athentic European recipies with the best ingredients most cooked "sous vide" to conserve flavour and vitamines. We also have a big Belgian beer collection!
Reviewed By garrickt2016
It Is a new restaurant and we came in on a recommendation and were not disappointed. The mussels were delicious and the steak tender and perfectly cooked. The Belgian style waffle was the highlight though. Highly recommend!
4. Piccolo
Reviewed By juanespepo
Instagram: juanespepo1Un sitio como este hacÃa falta en nuestra área metropolitana.Excelente ambiente, instalaciones preciosas, atención fenomenal, buena comida, juegos para niños, zona para mascotas, mesas interiores y exteriores, un menú amplio y variado.De verdad que felicitaciones y que sigan manteniendo un alto nivel en esta sede
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3. Restaurante Orzo
We are a restaurant inspired by the flavors of the Mediterranean, some of our vegetables are grown in our own gardens and we select ingredients of excellent quality with organic standards that allow the protection of natural resources and the health of ou
Reviewed By Luciafernandez62
We had a wonderful lunch today at Orzo. The restaurant is located at the Mall Puerto Bulevar, a place with many good dining options.Orzo is quite small, a few tables, nicely decorated, with simple, modern furniture, and if you like sports, they have a large screen (for the men in my life, this is always a very attractive feature in a restaurant!).The first thing they brought us was a little plate with four different bread rolls, baked from scratch using "masa madre", a dough that does not use yeast, with whipped butter. The rolls were warm and delicious! I would go back to Orzo only for this four amazing bread bites.We really liked all our food. I already mentioned the spectacular bread! The baked crimini mushrooms, Caesar salad, creative nachos made with toasted lasagna noodles, all very good. But the Beef Tenderloin with three types of peppercorns, that was outstanding. Perfectly seared, cooked exactly at the temperature we ordered (medium), excellent sauce, a serving of orzo pasta, honoring the name of the restaurant, and a few leaves of fresh lettuce. For dessert, a moist chocolate layer cake served with vanilla ice cream. A perfect meal.The tables are under a roof but in the open air, which is very pleasant in Rionegro.Only one comment: I read on the internet that the chef uses products from their own orchard. That is a very attractive detail that should be highlighted!
2. Restaurante Saman
Overall Ratings
4 based on 34 reviews
Our chef has prepared the most emblematic food for the best flavor of our region takes dishes. Try the "Cazuela Antioqueña" and "Ajiaco Santafereño", or if you prefer try our traditional sweets.
Reviewed By L B
Just lately, the menu identifies the restaurant at the Movich Las Lomas Hotel in Rionegro as Restaurante Samán. The hotel is named after its multi-national creator and owner, Germán Efromovich as part of Grupo Synergy (which owns Avianca Holdings and many other things) out of Rio de Janeiro headquarters. The restaurant offers spacious open terrace interior seating as well as peaceful pool-side tables often graced by peacocks strutting around the grounds..Previous visits to the restaurant were frankly disappointing, even ordering Colombia's hallmark mixed grill meat platters. The cocktails were also criticized as inexpertly mixed.But this visit marked a change of opinion. The Gin Martini was ice cold, potent and refreshing. Iced tea (unsweetened) was similarly tasty, kind of like an iced aromatica.Every Friday, the restaurant hosts "Rice Festival" (Menu attached) with half a dozen international rice dishes, like Peruvian Chaufa, Chicken Curry, Coconut Shrimp, Asian Vegetable, Seafood and Mexican interpretations. All sound interesting. The menu lists no prices, but I imagine they would cost between $8 and $13 at this time.My partner ordered Filet Mignon served with thick spaghetti ($12). The steak was impeccable! Thick, juicy and flavorful. The pasta was served with a light meat gravy. All was accompanied by the restaurant's signature rolls and butter.Two appetizers were what I craved, so I tried the Fresh Spring Rolls and the Mexican Tortilla Soup. I was delighted the chef had discovered Asian rice noodles, which were used to form two rolls around small shrimps, lettuce, cucumber, avocado and crispy-fried carrot strips in a light soy sauce. Tasty. But at over $9, not cheap.The Tortilla Soup would not have been recognized by any Mexican I know, though it contained the requisite chicken, avocado and fried tortilla strips. The liquid was very thick, like tomato sauce, more suitable to be poured over pasta, and priced a bit over $5.Bottom line, I'd say that Samán had somewhat redeemed itself in my estimation. There's nothing like a perfect, thick, juicy steak. And the fresh spring rolls were tasty and imaginative.Yes, we'll go back to Samán to enjoy sunny poolside dining. Just need to be careful (or experimental) in what we order.Mr Brson, Thank you very much for the detailed description of your recent experience at the Restaurant. You are right, we have been working hard in the change of the Menu and the experience we bring to our clients. There are more dishes we would like you to try and give us feedback, we aware your next visit.Once again, thank you,
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1. Crepes & Waffles
Overall Ratings
4 based on 88 reviews
Reviewed By awolracing
This chain restaurant offers a menu lacking local fare, but full of typical American type food. There are healthy options available. Dessert is probably what separates Crepes & Waffles from other, similar, restaurants.
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