Columbia Restaurant Guide
Columbia Restaurant Reviews
Welcome to our Columbia restaurant reviews guide where you'll find top restaurants off the beaten path, both locally owned and chain. In fact, some of the best restaurants in the Columbia just might be the little mom and pop operations flying under the radar. For some of the best picks in Columbia, you've come to the right place.
Our Columbia restaurant reviews guide can help you make sense of the thousands of options out there. Happy eating!
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My husband and I have a date night once a week and this is the place where we enjoy the food, environment, and service. Excellent choice for any day of the week!
This tops my list of the worst food experiences ever. Everything was bad from the wine to the entrée. For starters, I ordered the Kris Pinot Grigio. It tasted as if it had been sitting opened in the cooler for weeks. My second glass of wine, the Sauvingon Blanc was rancid and actually smelled sour. ...
This used to be our favorite Mexican restaurant when I left Columbia 5 years ago. I just moved back here and went to the Monterry for dinner on Saturday night. Couln't figure out why the place was so empty, I can remember having to wait for a table in the past. It became apparent very soon-the servi...
One of the best resaurants I've ever had the pleasure to dine at. The food and service was top notch (Try the short ribs OMG)and the wine list is world class!
Fries could be better if fresh fried, usually petrified sitting under glass. Chicken the same. This place is always dirty, dining room walls, booths, glass doors, ceiling, and air returns really look gross. Could be a truly great place if they took a lesson from West Columbia location.
Always a great experience with the food here and service. Ignore the negative reviews; this pplace is consistently rated as one of the best sushi restaurants in Columbia for a reason. My only complaint is their odd hours with hardly ever being open during lunch time. TO THE OWNER OF CAMON, PLEASE...
My favorite place to eat--We have been going to Inakiaya sine 1998 and it is the best Sushi Restaurant in Columbia. The chef are extremely friendly especially Rio; he is the best and of course Louis is adorable. My husband says he feels like he is on vacation whenever we eat at Inakaya-- Would high...
Give Mexican food a new meaning! Great experience all around... Highly recommend it to all those striving to delight their palates.
Sharon the owner is terrible she wouldn't allow my kids to eat here. So I ate there for lunch today and I will say it was terrible. There was only one table in the entire restaurant and it was myself and a coworker. It was terrible, it was extremely slow and way overpriced. THe server Sally was noth...
We live in NC and whenever we visit friends in Columbia we have lunch at Zesto's Wonderful milkshakes, hotdogs, burgers and fantastic fried chicken!
what a joke of a restaurant. evidently the owner is content with shuttling people in from the two area hotels he owns while he hopes that his hotel guests have no palate? this place is awful. food is warmed up frozen foods, no imagination, nothing fresh. they have a solid happy hour crowd, but thats...
I am attending a course at Ft. Jackson, and our class made a reservation there for March 11th. One of our classmates had reserved a private room to hold a baby shower, and the reservation had been confirmed at least twice. When we began arriving at 6:30pm we found that for some reason the room had...
I like the place it is definitely a five points hot spot.....
Carolina Deli is the best deli in the world! The customer service is so friendly! The aroma of fresh baked bread, cookies, and pound cake is awesome. The Daily Specials are always a fantastic value.
THE BEST MEXICAN FOOD HANDS DOWN! AND THEY HAVE JUST OPENED ON MY SIDE OF TOWN. KNOCKS SAN JOSE AND MONTERREY OUT. THEY DONT HAVE ONE ON EVERY STREET CORNER BUT YOU CAN TELL WHO EVER IS RUNNING THESE PLACES IS ALWAYS AROUND TO ENSURE THE FOOD IS JUST RIGHT!
Tombo Grille was a great disappointment to say the least. The problems started with reservations; my party’s 5:00 pm reservation for Valentine’s Day was changed to 6:30 pm with very short notice. This could have been a much bigger problem if I had to book another restaurant due to the schedule chang...
if you ever visit columbia, Sc please be sure to stop and eat at the The Thai Kingdom for some very good Thai food! You will not be sorry!
Great family run business with great food.
(11/23/2009)
This is my favorte Groucho's. All of the staff is always nice. The Food is always fresh. It is kid friendly. Great place to get a quick bite!
Saw the article in the State paper and stopped by for the first time today. They were busy, but we got our food quickly and it was delicious. Great service and loved the cheese steak! Next time we will try the pizza.