Sabor de Los Andes — Restaurant in Western Mature Area

Came in 6pm on a Wednesday evening for a party of 3. Wasn’t too busy and the restaurant has a few tables and some bar stools against the windows. Had intentions to order a few things to share and to try out the arepas and the arepa burger. When we were about to order we were told that they were no longer serving the arepas. I do have to mention that it was a little hard to communicate, as the woman taking our order is not native to Canada, so asking questions and having to clarify things was difficult. No idea if there is a cut off time or if arepas are just a morning dish or if they were sold out just that they were no longer serving them. They were however serving the empanadas and the salchipapa. So we ended up ordering two salchipapas, and chicken and potato, beef and potato, and beef and rice empanadas. We were thinking because we pointed at what we wanted we would get what was listed on their menu. What ended up happening was they just gave us individual empanadas rather than the 2 which is fine but i had to double check if we were charged accordingly and we were. Next up were the salchipapa. While the picture and description looked good i think they need to do a better job in their description. The description reads “gluten free fries, all beef sausage, cheese, peppers, in house garlic sauce”- what i would suggest is to be upfront as it is fries with cut up hot dogs, cheese, peppers, garlic sauce and ketchup. I honestly thought all beef sausage was going to be some sort of chorizo of sorts and you should have been more clear about ketchup. Price per portion for the salchipapa is just not worth it. The in house garlic sauce is good on its own and if they used actual sausage i think it could command that price. The empanadas were ok. I preferred the chicken and potato over the beef empanadas as the chicken one had more flavour and spices and not dry, while the beef empanadas I felt were a little bland and dry (looking at the pictures i took it looks like the beef empanadas were probably overcooked judging by the colour difference between the beef and chicken baskets). Our order also had a bit of a long wait, despite us not ordering a ton of food and the place not having many customers. We ended up being the last people there. I had high hopes for this place as I heard good things about the food truck. At this time, I would say it warrants possibly another visit and hopefully they take the...

We don't have any experience with Colombian food so decided to try. Keep reading for details.

The guy was so so nice when taking our order for takeout. It's a different kind of restaurant because it's a partial Cafe/ restaurant? The decorations were cool, and a cute atmosphere. Music was quiet.

We had: Chorizo arepa: 5/5 Salchipapa: 5/5 fries were crispy and toppings were flavorful.

Chicken and potato empanada: 5/5 super crispy and sweet exterior, and inside was super flavorful like a homemade chicken soup.

Chicken arepa: 3.5/5, if the chicken was cut down by a quarter, the ratio of flavors would have been better for me? I'm not a fan of cilantro, but the sauce drizzle was super creamy and cut down on the cilantro flavor so I didn't mind it as much.

Hot chocolate: VERY rich, it was delicious.

Apple soda: 5/5 tasted like apple candy, but slightly weird aftertaste.

Rice Pudding: 5/5 YUM tastes like horchata.

Passion fruit muffin: 4/5 tasted very sweet, dense like a muffin but texture like a Cafe and kind of reminded me of angel food cake but dense. The passion fruit wasn't super prominent (but maybe because we just had so much flavor in our mouths still), and slightly dry so could have used a jam to help it go down.

They had all beef sausage so that was fantastic for someone who doesn't like pork.

Recommend! Little hidden gem in the...

My visit to Sabor de los Andes food truck was unfortunately far from pleasant. The long line already gave me a hint that things might not go smoothly. As I waited, I noticed the orders taking an unusually long time to come out, which made me apprehensive.

When I finally reached the front, I had to repeat my order twice, only to find out that they were out of half the items I wanted. To make matters worse, their debit machine wasn’t working, and they asked me to help fix it, which was quite unprofessional.

When my order was called, they missed one item and insisted I hadn’t ordered it, despite my initial confirmation. The total amount they charged me didn’t match the items I had ordered, and to my surprise, they didn’t offer a receipt for my payment.

Adding to the disarray, I noticed they were writing orders on napkins with a sharpie, which didn’t inspire much confidence in their organization.

Overall, my experience at Sabor de los Andes food truck was disappointing, marred by slow service, order inaccuracies, and a lack of professionalism. I won’t be returning...