La Casita Colombiana — Restaurant in Bayonne

Save yourself and don't go there. My uncle came in from Colombia he was starving at lunch time because his flight was delayed, we got there at 12 pm. The place was empty no one was there, that should have been a sign. We ordered 3 mojara frita or fried fishes, and a BLT, for starters the sticky dirty menus had stickers on them that said $26 per fish meal, online they have them at $28 and in person my bill was $30 per. BLT was fairly price $10. The place had good music however, we kept swinging away the flys, a little dingy and to make matters worse it took forever. The server mentioned the fish takes a while. When the food came, BLT and 1 fish came first, then the next 10 mins later and finally about another 15 mins in the last one for the 4 person in our group. I waited to eat so the last person wasn't just watching us. When we started to eat the fish 3 bites in we found it was raw. We called the server she offered to take it back. The fish that took forever was raw pink in the middle, she was apologetic after she took it back. Then she brought back the same fishes just and she said it's "a little crispy now" in other words she fried it in the restaurants oil to dep fry everything, food that myself and my uncle's buddy had started to eat. By the way it was not fully cooked the second time either. Now I don't know about NJ but in Md that's a sanitation violation.. To make matters worse she tipped herself $16.21 I was only planning to leave $10, guess I was the sucker she got $26.21... so if you are reading this save your money and your self from eating food that maybe contaminated with who knows...

Extremely salty rice and too watery, almost like rice cakes, everything else was bland and no flavor. The rice made my mouth burn tingle after 2 bites. That's how salty it is. My son still ate his meal because he was very hungry, I just made sure he drank plenty of water. Service was also so so, that lady never smiled for anything. We were also already charged for gratuity for a party of four. 2 adults and 2 kids. I think they know that their food sucks and their service is meh, and they know people do not come back. This is why they charge gratuity right away. Mind you, even with the worst service we still pay at least 15%. We also paid $80 for 2 meals with 2 extra sides. One salad that had soggy old tomatoes that tasted somewhat fishy. Which I only took one bite of. And the other side was extra rice that we also took tiny bites of with the meat. Yes, that is right. We used the rice as salt to flavor the meat. We had alot of leftovers and we did not even dare take it home. Do yourselves a favor, and drive 20mins more to get to Noches de Colombia. This place makes Noches seem like a 5...

When I moved to Bayonne back in 2023 i was delighted to have come across this restaurant. The food was so delicious and I was a big fan of their empanadas as well. A year ago we started noticing that the sweet plantains im the bandeja paisa we’re not riped and figured maybe they just didn’t had them ready but every time since we have been getting them like that, we stopped ordering sides of plantains as we used to because we were big fans. Lately the empanada filling has been mostly mash potatoes, but on our last two orders the rice has been mushy and the chicharrón has not been fresh and has had a saggy texture. The plantains have not been ripped at all. I think we gave La Casita Colombiana a lot of chances but the quality has been missing more an more every time we order and I don’t want to keep...