Mi Tierra Restaurant

Great little spot for authentic colombian food. I always get the bandeja paisa but I also highly recommend the fish soup/​stew and the empanadas. The house hot sauce is also excellent. Not enough good things to say about it. Sometimes they have live music, but the food alone is enough for me to come back.

Mi Tierra turned out to be another «hidden» gem in Toronto.
Great food, pretty decent portions for the right price. We had ceviche, avocado on a corn bread.
As a main course we had pescado frito (fried fish — red snapper), bandeja paisa and paella.
Everything was super!
The service has been impeccable. Never invasive and always right there when needed.
Washrooms: probably the best ever visited in Toronto. Surely not lavish and high end but 100% clean and odour free without a grain of dust anywhere you looked at.

This was our second time at Mi Tierra. Last time, I was very impressed and gave them ⁵⁄₅. We decided to order the same dishes. The meal was good, but there were a few miss steps. The chicharron that comes with the Bandeja Paisa was very dry and tough. The Currasco grilled steak was may overcooked. The Bistec de Pollo was also dry and not as flavourful. Plus, every dish we ordered was one dollar more expensive than the last time. So, I updated my review to 4 out of 5 stars.

The reviews for this restaurant are pretty much on point. The only thing is the prices on the menu on the photos a year ago are way off now. As of this post the prices are around 20% higher than they used to be which I find a bit steep.
Bandeja Paisa — $ 20
Bandeja Tipica — $ 16
Meat Platter — $ 21
Not sure if there’s a different menu for weekend.

Great Colombian food, one of the best places who have empanadas! If you’re looking for a traditional Colombian meal, this is the place to eat!

Been itching to try out some latin taste and was going to go to El Salvadorian for some pupusa, but unfortunately, they don’t like Tuesdays. So on we go to Mi Tierra. The place is nice. It has a very nice South American feel. Didn’t have any of their drinks, but I did see some drinks that looked authentically from Colombia. I might be wrong though. Never really been nor have I been educated into Colombian culture… Menu seems limited. They seem to be all variation of a few dishes. Started off with empanada. This was the first time I had an empanada that was crunchy on the outside. Again, I’m assuming this is customary to Colombian empanada. I do like it better than the usual empanada. For dinner, I ordered Bandeja Paisa and my gf ordered the fried snapper. The paisa is ginormous loaded with some meat. There were so many things going on in that plate that it was overwhelming. In summary, the chicharron was good, the grilled beef was amazingly tender, the avocado was fresh, the beans were meh, plantain was awesome and the arepa was ok. My gf’s snapper… Well it was fried… Pretty plain imo. Same with the side dishes that came with it. It was a decent place to try. Nothing really to complain about.

First time trying Colombian food and was not disappointed. I had this dish called be bandeja paisa and it had everything a meat lover would dream of in one dish. Trick is to mix everything together to make one delicious bite.

This place is incredibly authentic! Portions are large and prices are really reasonable. We ordered empanadas to start with, which were delicious and served with an amazing sauce. Bandeja Tipica for our entrees, which was loaded with flavor. Would recommend highly!

I’m not sure I’ve ever eaten Colombian food before, so I was certainly very curious to check this place out.
We arrived right at 12:00 on a Sunday and the place was completely empty. Not the most encouraging sign. Nevertheless, we forged ahead and ordered.
We started with an order of empanadas. They arrived fresh and hot, and accompanied with a very tasty (and quite spicy) sauce/​salsa. No complaints with this item; it was delicious and compulsively edible.
For my main, I went with the Typical Dish, which comes with grilled beef, fried plantains, beans, a hunk of thickly-​cut bacon, rice, and a fried egg. It’s an impressive amount of food and it was all very tasty. There were no spectacular flavors on display, but it was a well composed, freshly-​prepared dish. It tasted like something I’d eat at a legit Colombian household.

Excellent Colombian Food for First Timers!
I asked my cousin to pick a restaurant at a place we had never eaten before. Some of his Colombian friends had recommended Mi Tierra, a small traditional Colombian restaurant seated on St. Clair Avenue West in North West part of Toronto. Its so small that the restaurant doesn’t even have a website, I had to look up the menu on Trip Advisor.
This place was so reasonably priced, a couple of dishes split between 4 people ended up being $ 15.33 after taxes. The atmosphere is very much a family restaurant, casual. So many posters and trinkets from Colombia, and in the restaurant there were a lot of families from Colombia, so if people from Colombia, living in Canada come to eat here, I knew we were in a good place for local food.
The waitress was so kind and walked me through some of the popular dishes on the menu item.
We started off with the Empadas Colombianas, little beef patties which tasted delicious with their house hot sauce and a great starter.
Of course we had to order the Bandeja Paisa (typical dish) which gave us a variety of different meats (chicharron — bacon, Chorizo — Colombian sausage and grilled beef) for an amazing value. The portion sizes were very generous and this was easily shared between two people.
The stuffed trout was surprisingly flavourful, with crisp outer layer and moist, juicy inner layer. It was actually a very light meal and I enjoyed this dish the most.
I also made note of different meals coming out of the kitchen that we didn’t order that looked delicious — the Picada /​Meat Platter which is a combo plate of grilled beef, chicken, bacon, Morcilla, Colombian sausage, fried plantain, & casava. I will have to try that the next time I go.

Family of 4. Delicious empanadas and bandeja paisa to die for. Prices are a bit on the higher end for what you get. Service was fast and courteous. Try the flan as dessert.
Colombian music running and décor adds to the whimsical atmosphere of this place.
Overall a great restaurant true to its colombian roots. Food is promptly served, temperature is right and service is fast. The only reason why I’m not giving it 5 stars is my opinion on not being priced right.
Try the empanadas and pony malta (malted soft drink).

This has to be the best Colombian restaurant hands down. The portions are huge, the food is delicious, the service is great and it is pretty cheap!
The restaurant it self is decent in size and on the weekends that I have gone they had a band which can become pretty loud if you are trying to have a quite dinner. I always order the Bandeja Tipica and always end up having to take it home because the portion is big! The Chicarron (bacon like) is really tasty. If you haven’t had Colombian food before or are looking for a good place that has Colombian food, than this is definitely the place to go!

One of my favorite Latin Food restaurant in the GTA, too bad finding a parking has always been a problem in the downtown area.
But the food makes it worth the trouble to drive 1 hour across town just to have a nice dinner (make it 2 hours during rush hours)
It’s the best food out there.
I try to visit them at least once a month, if there was an easier way to get to them not having to drive by down town area, I’ll surely be going more often.

mmm comida authentico de colombia!!! great food, ive only been there 3 times and it has never disappinted me… i would recommend the Bandeja Paisa if you’ve got an appetite! the place is small and cute… and the hombre singing the spanish karaōke is priceless!!!

Always fresh and truly traditional colombian food. Start with their yummy empanadas and follow with the traditional ‘bandeja tipica’ or ‘bandeja paisa’ (if you dare to go for the extra avocado and chorizo). It’s a real piece of Colombia on St. Clair!

Mi Tierra was introduced to me by a Colombian friend and it was love at first sight! I always have the Bandeja Paisa, the national dish of Colombia. It consists of steak, pork chicharron, chorizo, beans, white rice, egg, arepa and avocado. Try the jugo de guanabana (soursop juice). And come hungry! :P

«Like a strip of BACON* frying over an open fire, you’re seriously Sizzling.»
— Unilocal compliment
— — — — — — — –==Combination Ladder== — — — — — — —
(Tipica $ 11.99)
Bandeja
= (Colombia Platter)
Banana
& (Comfort Food)
Bread
& (Southern US)
Corn
& (Backyard BBQ)
Steak
& (Hungry Man’s)
Eggs
& (Breakfast)
Bacon
& (Baked Beans)
Beans
& (Caribbean Protein)
Rice
*Found tasty Chicharron. You know Pork Fat rules, do not deny.

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Mi Tierra Restaurant is our Fifth Stop for our November Crawl!
There is still hope to find some Authentic Colombian and Latin American Food in Toronto! Mi Tierra gave me hope… As I tasted their Hot Sauce which was so spicy… hot…and left me with this burning sensation!
Sancocho ($ 5.99) — A traditional Latin American soup, made with chunks of beef, green plantain and casava
— Really light and tangy broth
Arepa con Sausage ($ 4)
— One of the best Arepa and Sauage I ate in Toronto to date!
— moist and have wonderful bite and so flavourable
Bandeja Tipica ($ 11.99) — A traditional Colombian dish of grilled beef, beans seasoned with sauteed tomatoes and maduro (fried plantain) chicharron (bacon) and rice topped with a fried egg
— I felt I might be in a food coma if I ate the whole plate by myself
— Fried pork was fatty and tender, cripy outside and soft inside
— Steak was cooked well, marinated with just the right flavoured and not overcooked or dry at all!
Brevas Con Queso ($ 3.50) — Figs And Cheese
— Traditional Colombian dessert
— Figs and Cheese never my first choice for dessert but it was surprising good!
Mi Tierra’s décor is loud, colourful and right in your face! The waitresses are friendly and smiley. I really felt like I was dining in one of those little family restaurants in Central America!
NEXT!

They aren’t kidding when they say it’s Authentic Colombian. A Canadian wouldn’t know Authentic Latin American if a Taco truck rammed in to their Toyota… which is why I saw not many Canadians here which is too bad, they should come.
I am a man of the meat and not to betray my core, I ordered the Picada /​Meat Platter, with grilled beef, chicken, Chicarron, morcilla, Colombian sausage, fried plantain.
Let me focus on what’s different here, the distinguishing feature of Colombian food from what I ordered. The Chicharron /​Bacon is a super thick set of slices of bacon cut with a jagged sawtooth style and super crispy fried. This is the highlight but eat it fast– it’s one of those things that due to crunch factor level is only good when freshly arrived. Don’t touch the skillet amigo– super caliente. The other new one morcilla is a black blood sausage but don’t let that scare you off. It’s a much more accessible variety than others, it’s filled with fluffy rice and herbs inside. The fluff texture and savory flavor have won me over.
And a liter of Sangria later we were done.

Mi Tierra Restaurant offers a jovial Colombian escape from the dark, dreary Canadian winter outside. Inside you will be greeted with pleasant Latin American music and warm smiles. A great place to go to if you are like me and can’t afford a vacation down south during the darkest, coldest time of the year. For the couple hours I spent there on a Friday night I forgot I was in Toronto as I a sipped a margarita and munched on a delicious shrimp appetizer smothered in a warm, buttery garlic sauce all the while enjoying the live Spanish tunes in the background. The restaurant’s main focus is authentic Colombian cuisine. For a main course, I ordered the typical dish of Colombia — where there was a variety of food on the plate (a grilled slab of beef, fried pork, rice topped with an egg, plantain’s, and refried beans). Although, it was a very large quantity of food. I found it lacked excitement. There were too many parts to the meal and my tastebuds couldn’t concentrate. My mother had the Pollo Arepa — which is basically grilled chicken topped with a salsa like mixture layered on top of flat corn bread. She found it was tasty but not entirely memorable. However, their hot side sauce, the memory of the appetizer, and the fun latin vibe managed to keep the food experience to stay on a high note.
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