Colonia — Restaurant in Carmen

I ordered via Uber Delivery approximately 15,000 colones in food. That's 30 USD. Only 1 of 2 dishes arrived and the drink ordered was half size. I can only rate the service and food. I'm not happy. I tried calling via an international phone number and it didn't execute. I tried via WhatsApp as suggested. It didn't work. I'm getting a local Costa Rican to call as we speak. I'm upset because one meal doesn't serve two people. Both Uber and Colonia will get this review for not packing the food appropriately. The one meal was slammed into the box and the box is too small for the food. I can understand giving an extra 10cm to keep it from sliding around on an order, but this was mashed together as if I was having a fusion of food that was slammed on top of each order. I'm frustrated and this must be taken seriously. Ideally I can come out to the restaurant myself this weekend. If you don't want my experience, I highly recommend Cafe Roja (Vietnamese), Cafeotecha a few blocks away (especially brunch and lunch)--there are about 30 restaurants between Escalante and San Pedro. I hope this gets handled appropriately and in a timely manner. Cheerio.

I'll put 3 stars for the Atmosphere, but to be honest almost every restaurant in San Pedro and Escalante district have excellent...

I walked around Barrio Escalante last night in search of a small dinner and cocktails and ended up at Colonia Tovar Arepas & Bar. The outside patio area was lovely but it was a bit too chilly to sit outside. I ended up sitting at the bar.

I started with Arepitas Fritos - Little fried arepas with 3 dipping sauces, one guac based, one ranch based and a spicy one. SO GOOD! I find myself craving those already.

For my meal I had one of the Arepas with chicken and pesto (I don't remember the name). Since I had cheese in the starter, I wanted something "brighter" for dinner and this did not disappoint. It was a good mix of Italian flavorings with the classic Arepa.

To drink I had one of their homemade elixers: Envenenáte. Similar to a sangria, it was fruity, flavorful and not overly sweet.

The locals that came in were chatty and easy to talk to. So far, this is my favorite place in the San Jose area....

Primero lo positivo: Tiene buena ubicación, la terraza es agradable, la mayoria del personal es amable, la persona que nos atendio se tomo el tiempo de recomendarnos varias opciones segun el gin tonic, trajo la botella para que la vieramos, en mi caso cuando me tomo ese tipo de cocteles utilizo vichi catalan (que es una tonica sin azucar) en este caso la persona que nos atendio me dijo que no podia abrilo pero me dio la opción de usar fever tree sin azucar no tiene el mismo sabor pero por lo menos tenian la solución, no lo dijo de la mejor forma pero al menos tenian varias opciones a escoger de agua tonica y en muchos lugares solo usan esta económica de everest que modifica el sabor, le aporta dulce y azuca. Ademas vi que en el menu tienen una opción keto de arepa y ensaladas. Ahora lo negativo: Cuando esta lleno barrio escalante el carro se deja muy largo, el lugar es un poco aburrido se anima un poco cuando hay dj que lo hacen muy poco, si se sientan en la terrza preparense para oler mucho a cigarro porque las personas fuman en la acera y huele fatal incomidando comer o tomar a las personas que no fumamos y nonsoportamos ese olor, el mobiliario parece de soda y no va acorde con el lugar, el menu ofrece muy pocas opciones solo comida venezola, que aunque tengo muchos amigos de esta nacionalidad tal vez no es mi comida favorita por lo que deberian tener mas opciones simplemente para complacer gustos variados, el menu fue complicado de abrir y no hay enbsi promoción o descripcion de shots o cocteles. Por lo menos la persona que nos atendio...