Serendipia Encuentro — Restaurant in Quindío

This place is delicious! We ordered some mushroom appetizers, the burger de la casa, and my FAVORITE of all of them, the Berenjena Toscana.

The mushroom appetizer was definitely unique in my experiences so far. It’s fried button mushrooms with cheese too! The sauce could do with a bit more flavor but it was interesting! I think it was some wine reduction.

The burger was incredibly crispy and on point! Definitely enjoyed that. It has some caramelized onions and a bit the wine reduction as well but I think it needs more of a flavorful sauce as well!

The toscana 😍 I have nothing to say. That was incredible! The portion is quite big so you’d need to be fairly hungry to finish it!

The chef is super lovely. You should say hi!

Update: went back another time to try out something else! I was actually quite disappointed in the raviolis :( the filling didn’t have much flavor and it was smothered in pesto — not in a good way. The flavor of the pesto was overwhelming. It could have done with a lot less pesto and a tad bit more oil instead for a balance. Or maybe a light cream to mix...

I went here twice during my stay because the first time the food was so good and there are so many different options that I wanted to try more. The first time I had the quinoa soup which was warming and nutritious and then the baked aubergine which was also very delicious. The second time I ordered the Caprese as a starter and a pizza as a main. I was very disappointed with the caprese, they baked the mozzarella, ie the dish was warm. I never had a warm Caprese and it takes away from the freshness of the tomato and mozzarella. Half way through my starter I received the pizza so I had to eat both at the same time so the pizza wouldn’t get too cold. The pizza was okay but it didn’t amaze me, I would have preferred more sauce and a bit more spices. Overall, I would say stick to the food options on the menu that are recommended and only order your main after you have eaten your starter to avoid having both on the table. The food arrived quickly and staff was very...

We ordered a hummus which never arrived, they were actually running out of hummus but didn’t say anything when we ordered. Then, we waited for 1 hour to get the falafel. And then when we asked for the hummus we ordered, but they actually told us they didn’t have hummus. Then we had to directly ask the kitchen after getting only the falafel because the server was unprofessional and ineffective. They were finally preparing our food but with raw onions in the salad and ceviche even though we asked « without onions ». So they had to do everything again. Just so you know, we were speaking Spanish with them, so nothing hard to understand. Also, we saw that an hour before closing, they were telling people they didn’t have food anymore… and when we decided to order a dessert, they told us the kitchen was closed even though it was only 8:30 PM. Although the food was good, we do not recommend this restaurant for the...