Columbia Restaurant - Ybor City

Birthday celebration. We were able to go to kitchen

Great experience, it was my first time to visit this location, the original :)

The food was very salty. We are Asians and I assume we eat saltier than others, but everyone at our table thought the food was too salty.

This place is amazing! Food was an explosion of flavors in my mouth!!! Loved it

Great restaurant a lot of family history .

Goid was nit as good as I thought I am Latin so I expected food to be more Latin taste but very commercial like and I personally did not enjoy the good but restaurant is beautiful inside

Wonderful!

let your mind be taken on a trip to cuba!!

for the small sum of $8 p/p added to your dinner tab, you can sit back and become mesmerized by the flamenco dancers and singers.
you too will be clapping, enjoying a firstclass show while authentic cuban food of generous proportions is placed before you!
a night to be enjoyed by all is guaranteed.

Food average , prices not so much. Flaminko show fun worth the $8

We were celebrating our 20th anniversary they asked if we were here for the Flamingo show which we had no idea about and they checked if they had space for us which they did! It was amazing, so much fun. Just to think this is what a dinner date used to be like, which more places had entertainment like this with dinner.

Excellent as always!

Very nice place with long history! The food is exquisite and the service was 5 star!!

Excellent service. Don’t go without ordering the 1905 salad and sangria.

Very attentive service and great ambience

Great dinner - delicious food and wine, service was great, and we did enjoy the live flamenco show. It was about 40 minutes of entertainment featuring dancing, recorded music, and a live singing solo performance.

We absolutely love the fresh hand made salad! Can't go in without ordering it. We split the Cuban Sandwich and it was great as always. We are in FL from SC several times a year and always head to Columbia. We even travel from Orlando, where there is another Columbia, to Ybor for the authentic setting. Just wish the noise level could be lower!! Highly recommend Columbia Restaurant. Connie (Constance) was a superb server, just loved her attitude and personality.

Amazing good and service! I recommend the Cuban sandwich, 1905 salad and mojito pitcher.

Kara was great in giving us service. The food was great!

Awesome! We’ll be back.

I have been here many times. This is first time I didn’t have good service. Our drinks before ordering our meal were forgotten and had to be reminded twice. Our Bill was brought before our dessert arrived. We felt ignored until our was delivered then felt extremely rushed. The last straw was bringing the bill before she brought our dessert saying “ no rush for this”. Like here’s your hat what’s your hurry. I normally tip between 25-30% because servers work hard. It is a job I could never do and totally admire the good ones. I left 15% which I don’t think she deserved, but I know this is a usual occurrence for this restaurant.

Our waitress Mylee was outstanding. Really tried to accommodate us and went the extra yard to make our experience delightful. Wanted to fill out comment card but there wasn’t one. We have been to this location many times as it is one of our favorite restaurants. This was an exceptional experience. Thanks Mylee for a great time

Great place great food! Definitely quality over quantity.

We were in the piano room, beautiful and great entertainment. Also love the food and can’t ever go without eating the famous salad

We enjoyed the food quite a bit. We had a 2-year old and a 4-year old with us and were appreciative of being seated in the bar area which was noisier than the dining area. It actually allowed the kids to be a little loud without disturbing

This was the best restaurant I have been to in years. The service was impeccable, ambiance fantastic. The food excellent. The dancers were spectacular. I would go again.

Wonderful time.. Great service, food fantastic... Great celebration for my friends birthday!

Excellent food, service and entertainment! Everyone must experience this place. Table side pitcher of mojitos and 1905 salad (yum)!

From the location we sat next to the fountain in the courtyard to the decor- the entire building was beautiful! Armando was our server and he was amazing! I would recommend the sangria! Everything i ordered (devil crab croquette, empanadas, Ropa vieja) was delicious! The entire table enjoyed their meals as well. Save room for dessert because the churros were amazing!

This is a beautiful restaurant! I had heard about it for years but this was my first visit. I took my friend for her birthday and, as it turns out, she visited frequently as a child. The food was delicious, the staff was funny and friendly and went above and beyond the call of duty.

Columbia in Ybor City is Amazing!! If you are anywhere near the area this restaurant is an absolute MUST! While it is not cheap, it is worth every single penny. From the drinks, made with care, such as Pete's Manhattan made with their own private barrel of Knob Creek! to the incredible food, we enjoyed every sip and every bite. Our server was incredibly personable, helpful, and patient, while never being in the way. The ambiance is INCREDIBLE with beautiful tile work that covers the outside of the building and stunning interiors! I literally can't wait to go again.

This was one of the best restaurant experiences I have had in a while. It’s a lovely place, the service from our waiter “Chris” was outstanding but, it was the food that was terrific. You’ll have trouble deciding what to get from the expansive menu. In addition, the wine selection is wonderful.

Our family's first visit and we all enjoyed our meals and drinks. The service was great and just an overall pleasant dining experience.

As always Columbia Restaurant. Meets and exceeds expectations. I have eaten at a few different locations, but always enjoy coming back to the mother ship. Wasn't sure about rating on noise level, noise was really non existent. Easy to have a conversation in a packed restaurant.

My daughter took her brother and I to celebrate my birthday. Everything was absolutely perfect! The food, the staff, the entertainment.

Very nice I recommended this dinner show for my friend's birthday and she really enjoyed the whole history tour, food, ambiance and show! Tony our service person was very attentive and made the sangria and salad right at our table, fresh and tasty! Great place to celebrate.

Had a blast at Flamingo Show

Nice variety of Spanish or Spanish influence food. Some hot when brought to the table, some not so much. Service was excellent and attentive. A very enjoyable lunch experience indeed.

Party of two birthday dinner with dance show. It took 20 minutes to talk to a server and get an order made and another 15 minutes to get drinks. It took 40 minutes to get main courses after appetizers were brought out. Appetizers were ok but entrees were extremely bad. My sea bass was undercooked but outer texture was dried out... the sides were dried out as well, so I think it sat under a warming lamp for 30+ minutes. This was all disappointing because previous experiences at this restaurant were really good. I think our server was preoccupied and just forgot about our table.
Neither of us ate even half of our meals and my stomach has been “off” for a couple days. We didn’t make a fuss at the restaurant because we were celebrating a birthday milestone and didn’t want to spoil the vibe...

It was wonderful experience. The food was great & so was the service.

This was our first time at the Columbia Restaurant and we were not disappointed! We were celebrating a special birthday and the Columbia Restaurant made it spectacular. Our waitress Mylee was fantastic and the food exceeded our expectations. We will definitely be going back.