Mini Mal — Restaurant in Bogota, Capital District

For our first dinner in Bogota we wanted to find a place that was definitely very Colombian but not your standard Colombian meals or Spanish meals. We were also looking for a place that is a little bit more casual and mixed crowd. One of the Google local guides review this and said it's like a fusion of Colombian food and it is so true. First off the restaurant is in a home that was converted from the grandparents of the chef and partner Eduardo. Second they take great pains in looking for sustainable sources of fruits vegetables and products to make a unique menu offering that would rival some of the best restaurants in Miami.

The place is very cozy the tables are intimate and small but the food is prepared and served in a way that does not overpower the essence of sharing a meal with your friends or family.

The appetizers are very unique and extremely flavorful presentation is great. You definitely see such a mix of seafood fruits spices sauces that not only blend in but also enhance the flavor.

The service was excellent, the waiter that we had, Manuel, helped with making an overall great experience. We even had a chance to talk to the chef and explain to us his whole philosophy of what it took to bring this restaurant into its 16th year of existence. He explained it also the relationships that he had built with the sources of fruits from the Amazon sources of fish from all parts of the country, always looking to enhance people's understanding of what Colombia really means and what it can offer.

All I can say is you will not be disappointed eating in this establishment, rather you will be...

Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on August 6, 1538, by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca. The Muisca were the indigenous inhabitants of the region and called the settlement where Bogotá was founded Bacatá, which in the Chibcha language means "The Lady of the Andes." Further, the word 'Andes' in the Aymara language means "shining mountain," thus rendering the full lexical signification of Bogotá as "The Lady of the shining mountain." After the Battle of Boyacá on August 7, 1819, Bogotá became the capital of the independent nation of Gran Colombia. Since the Viceroyalty of New Granada's independence from the Spanish Empire and during the formation of present-day Colombia, Bogotá has remained the capital of this territory.

The city is located in the center of Colombia, on a high plateau known as the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. It is the third-highest capital in South America (after Quito and La Paz), at an average of 2,640 metres (8,660 ft) above sea level. Subdivided into 20 localities, Bogotá has an area of 1,587 square kilometres (613 square miles) and a relatively cool climate that is constant...

📝 Great culinary experience here: loved the food and loved the place, although English is all I could hear all around me. Service was polite but a bit too hasty in my view: both my orders were brought very fast and I was asked if I wanted dessert while still eating my main dish.

🍴 I ordered an entrada based on buñuelos that was good. But I even liked the main dish better: it was based on rabbit, which was perfectly cooked and accompanied by a creamy, tasty sauce. The side salad was also kind of creative and its pink-looking sauce very interesting!

📍 Can't comment the location since Bogotà is huge and I had to reach it via taxi. Nonetheless: the place gives a nice vibe from outside and is also nicely decorated inside with birds and flowers on the walls.

☝🏼 It's better if you reserve here as it seems...