columbia restaurant

I had a Chinese Chicken Salad which was not what the ordinary Chinese Chicken Salad is. Looked more like a Mexican Salad. Anyhow, I ate it but I found the price for the plate overrated. My eye catched very expensive items on the menu.

I had a shake with chunks of ice cream that couldn’t go thru the straw. Also I paid 5 bucks for it.. hmm..

I bought the Ham sandwich. The price was 4.69 +tax which gets to a 5 dollar sandwich. Adding the fries and the Coke will reach fast to an expensive meal. I couldn’t find a clean table so I had to find a towel to clean my own table. The person served me was new and didn’t know much about their menu. Nobody bother to answer my questions.

I find the place very expensive for the average pocket. Something similar to their menu prices I find at Beverly Hills.

The location of the fast food restaurant is near Compton’s exit at 91 freeway on South Central Avenue.
I always pass by this avenue and thought to stop by and give it a try. I ordered a turkey burger with fries and a medium Coke. My Coke was flat and I mentioned it but they never fixed it while I was there. No problem, I had Diet Coke instead. When I got my food, my fries were cold and and greasy. They looked like they cooked them over and over again. I stayed by the kitchen and saw with my own eyes that they actually throw back in the fries after they cook them for heating them up. That’s why I got all that grease. Will give a two star rate. The turkey burger had issues too.

I had a Chicken Nachos Plate. The place looked like they know how to make a real Mexican Nacho Plate. But I asked how do they make the cheese and they replied that it comes from a can. I ordered still, and found that they actually do not trim cheddar on top, but they use canned cheese. I had a hell of a night with gases.

I used to eat there ten years or so ago. But is not the same anymore. They don’t make the food as tasty as it was. They changed management or something has happened, new owners propably. Easy on the meat and cheese and extra on the lettuce and white rice.

New specials are in town and get ready to eat all you want. They have food waiting to be cooked. But with a small footprint waiting for you at each and every special they have. No straight up special exists in this food place. Rich pockets are welcome here.

Read the specials very carefully! Each one has a requirement that brings the overall value up to a higher one, than what is advertised.
You cannot get one single item at a reduced Special price.

They have a huge selection of menu items. Their service is slow, if you are in a rush. IF you have time, try their chicken salad. It’s their healthiest plate.

This is an American restaurant which served us up some mediocre Mexican and Greek cuisine. The entree’s weren’t bad, but nothing to write home about either. We ordered the pancakes which which had a bad taste. They came out cold and weren’t very good.

I would have given three stars, but the service was soooooo slow!! Our waiter was pleasant enough, but the kitchen was taking a really long time to prepare the food, and there were only three other tables seated in the entire restaurant! No excuses guys! Sorry, won’t be back.

We buy a lot of tacos from this place because they were cheap, but when they stopped giving us extra hot sauce and salsa, and started charging for it, we went elsewhere. We also buy breakfast burritos in the morning, but the specials they have are not suitable for us. We must bring in all our co-workers to individually order the same order separately, in order to get the discount.. so much hassle Columbia! Help us out here.. save us some time.

Driving around with a coworker, not a care in the world, just looking for a place to grab lunch that’s open and looks interesting.

As I’m pulling an illegal u-turn, we spot Columbia and decide to pull in as it’s busy enough, which I’ve come to learn, is not always a good sign.

Walk in, not sure what to get so I just go for a Bacon Cheeseburger combo. Sorry – don’t remember how much it was. That’s when it got fun. It was like musical tables. I passed on two tables because they were dirty before i found one that looked reasonably clean. Sat down and waited a few minutes before my order was called.

This place surely does attract some interesting characters. Everything from people dressed in professional business attire, to the hooker, or hooker looking woman whose skirt was so high you could tell she was a woman. Then there was me.

Trying to enjoy a burger that just didn’t compare to what I had the other night. This burger was pretty small in size. Wasn’t awful but didn’t have any distinct flavor or anything at all memorable. The fries helped but they sure were stingy with their serving.

After finishing our meal, we didn’t sit and converse as a more interesting crowd starting piling in. I took it as my cue when one of them started singing in my ear. Well, humming

I usually eat here when I am in the area,but last week I stopped by for a quick lunch plate… and.. my day was totally ruined from the unprofessionalism this place had. They messed up my order, took forever to correct it, and I got yelled at also for being right! WTF??

We saw all these daily specials when we walked in. So i jumped on the Breakfast Burrito Special and when it came it was the size of a small child, make that 2 of them…………the special lets you get 2 of them.

My girlfriend (god bless her) can eat anything she wants and still remain hot. She ordered their famous asada steak burrito, one ground beef taco, along with a side of chili cheese fries. She couldn’t believe how good their mexican food was, so i tried some as well.

Great specials and really good food. Not only will we be back, we are going to invite our friends to come

My boss actually recommended this place to us saying, “If you want to get a ton of food and really cheap prices, then you go to COLUMBIA.”

So, we went and it was packed which gave us plenty of time to go over the HUGE number of specials.

I craved eggs, so i got the buy one Breakfast Burrito get the second one for 1.99…………when i saw how big the burritos were………i knew that i hit a jackpot. The burrito had an entire breakfast wrapped in a giant tortilla, awesome.

My co-workers decided to get the TACO TUESDAY EVERYDAY SPECIAL…………which is another ridiculous special. Their tacos were huge…………..i wondered if i should have got that also.

We are surely coming back and us workers approve this place.