Colony Cafe

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This restaurant is the biggest scam out there. Do not be fooled of what is offered or promised by the staff that are trying to lure you in. JUST KEEP WALKING! When approached the stand to see what drinks the restaurant offered, the staff told us about their 2 for one special in which you get to big drinks for $ 45. we started walking away to see what others offered and we hauled back in being promised 20% off and a shot each. Needless to say, 45 minutes after, no shots (which is fine as we came to enjoy one drink) we asked for the bill. The billed stated $ 55 plus taxes and automatic gratuity which came out for $ 70.95. When I asked the same man about the the price as it was supposed to be $ 45 and 20% off, he stated that offer was only for food not for drinks. We never discussed food as we only came for a drink. The manager came out and started raising his voice stating that we are lying and that’s not what was mentioned. We felt embarrassed, cheated and verbally abused by him in front of all bystanders. Places like this put south beach to shame and am saddened my cousin from out of town had to witness this.

Nestled in the heart of South Beach, just inside the small yet beautifully decorated Colony Hotel, this quaint little spot is great for anyone new to Miami looking for a 5-​star quality meal.
The restaurant itself is amusingly unconventional, but don’t let that throw you off. The music is eclectic yet pleasant, the staff is incredibly friendly and quick, and the food itself is to die for. As with any upscale restaurant, I would not recommend this place for those on a tight budget. However, if you’re looking to take a break from the Miami Beach heat with an exquisite meal and some refreshing margaritas (and you’ve got the budget to afford the quality) then this place is definitely for you!
I’ve visited Colony Café a number of times and have had a satisfying experience every time. I recommend you ask for Svetalana (she’s a sweetheart) and try their pizza. The alcoholic beverages, while definitely on the pricy side, are ENORMOUS and expertly concocted.
Enjoy!

Just to remind…
Still the most sucking restaurant in the world …
Only if I was food inspecter. would have closed this restaurant
The behaviors
Cunning Intentions towards customers
I still can’t believe they legally took away my 350 dollars for bunch of shrimps… feels like looted

No such thing as happy hour. Ordered drinks but charged double because apparently they weren’t big enough. Also ordered a meal and they charged us double. Their excuse was it comes in 2? How does that even make sense. Do not go here.

Worst restaurant and service I’ve ever had in my life! No one comes to serve you and when they do they get your whole order wrong. The food sucks. Lied on the drink special being 2 for 1. Lied on the costs of the drink when the bill finally came. Took forever to get help once seated. Honestly… the worst dining experience ever. 1 star because I guess that’s the lowest you can go. I hope this place goes out of business. Thieves!

These people are calling themselves different restaurant names in order to avoid the horrible reviews. Worst service. They lied to us and told us the drinks were two for 25. Then the check came and the drinks were 55. Called the manager and he didn’t do ANYTHING. He basically told us we were wrong. Left no tip. They brought us shots that were obviously a reconciliation with probably some spit it in, and we just threw them on the plants. This restaurant is the worst on south beach. Never come here.

With so many great places to eat on ocean drive, I hope this review finds someone before choosing to eat here. For the same price you will get bread with olive oil, glass of lemon water and attentive service a couple restaurants down. Our food was cold and barely edible. We ended up paying our bill and going to another restaurant (café milano). Our sodas were never refilled, the waiter was nowhere to be found. Insant potatoes served cold… yuck! There was a shady crowd of people, possibly guests that just squeezed themselves between our chairs every 5 min. to get into the street to come back to the hotel and repeat OVER & OVER again… customers behind us were very annoyed when they got their bill for 4 drinks and an appetizer. They kept yelling they were being ripped off and they were. The resturant advertises 2 for 1 but that’s not true! They had a simple Margarita for $ 45 each. Earlier that day my fiancé and I had a bubbling smoking decorated drink from the sugar factory for $ 40. The value was not the same or even close! We’ve tried many places to eat in Miami and never had a bad word to say. This place was terrible, we felt robbed.

I would’ve given this place a higher rating since the food was good, but this place is a ripoff to the extent that it negates anything positive I could say about it. There’s a gross lack of transparency with pricing. My friend and I ordered a meal for which they charged us $ 150! If we’d known the price was so exorbitant we never would’ve ordered it. The drinks were also outrageously priced. When I saw the bill I was visibly shocked and our waitress said, «Don’t be mad at me.» This was obviously a reaction she’d seen many times before. Total tourist trap.

–5 Stars! ***S C A M***
2 for 1 drinks that cost $ 55 dollars a price + a $ 25 service charge? What the hell?
So u put us in the hospital then charge us $ 200 before u even get to eat the food!
IF U R IN A GROUP OF 4 PPL ONLY ORDER 1 DRINK.
BTW the real name is Columbus restaurant rated worse I’m American on yahoo.

I am absolutely satisfied with my breakfast experience here. What pulled us in was the free mimosas and free shots offer but our server was the deal breaker! Awesome guy, gave my husband and I both two free mimosas and two free shots of patron. If you eat here ask for George he’ll take great care of you!

What a ripoff! Do not go here. The reason that the price of a shot is 28 dollars is «because its miami». Meanwhile I havent paid that much for shots anywhere else in Miami. They are unclear on pricing and do what they want. Seedy place with seedy people. If I could rate it negative numbers, I would.

They overcharged and ripped us off big time! Waiter brought out a menu with no prices on it. When we ordered the hot plate (appetizer plate) he told us it was 55 dollars. We also ordered water and they brought us a bottle of water which was 10 dollars. Once we got the bill it was 130 dollars. We had to argue with the manager who was already arguing with another party who was furious about being over charged as well. We finally got the bill down. Very sketchy. Save yourself the trouble there is many other places a lot cheaper.

Paid $ 25 for an ice tea. Just an ice tea. It was rang up on the receipt as open liquor which probably means the server pocketed most of it. Took 20 minutes to take our order, even longer to get it, and the server suddenly didn’t speak English when we asked about the $ 25 ice tea. This place is a joke.

STAY AWAY! This restaurant uses multiple aliases to hide the negative reviews. Rated worst restaurant in America!
Horrible restaurant! Bad service, over priced drinks, and over cooked food! The only reason I rating it 1 star is because there isn’t a ½ star rating available.
Recently I celebrated my birthday in South Beach Miami and was approached by one of their hostesses offering me a 2 for 1 deal on drinks and 20% off my meal. I said yes and was seated. OMG — big mistake! Our waiter (Claudio) was lazy, smug, and arrogant. Took him 20 mins to take our order, we asked for bread 5x (only to receive it at the end of our meal), my friend asked about her dish and he told her she should have read the menu closer (‘your fault; not mine’), and worst of all — they charged us $ 45 for each cocktail! Who would pay $ 45 knowingly for Happy Hour drinks?! The nearby restaurants have 2:1 for less than $ 20 each. When we challenged it, he said ‘read the sign, the price is listed’! The ‘sign’ is posted in an obscure location so people eating outside will not easily spot it. When we tried to talk to the hostess, she had mysteriously disappeared. So it is now our mission to warn as many as possible to NOT EAT or DRINK at COLUMBUS CAFE /​RESTAURANT EVER!

The food was average but my friend and I both got free drinks, which is a big deal in South Beach, so I’ll give it two stars.

I made the bad decision of going here a while back, I was coming in from the beach and apparently do not make great decisions when super hungry, its actually funny to me and I quite often make jokes about how I got «tourist trapped» Frozen pizza served for margherita, cold cuts served for grilled chicken sandwich, Server asked my girlfriend if she would like a glass of water, brings a $ 12 liter of Aqua panna and runs off before we even blinked, Fresh squeezed Lemonade (CAN) in a Dirty cracked plastic, with black mold on the bottom, only time we saw our waiter again was when he did a «drive by» man he was fast, to drop off the check…

This place is the worst place ever. The service was the worst, the drinks tasted like turpentine, and the employees are out to scam everyone that comes near. Do NOT be fooled by the «two for one» special. They said their credit card machine was down and INSISTED we use THEIR ATM to pay the bill !! This was the worst bar experience in years.

Fool me once Shame on me. And since I was only fooled once… I’ve been shamed.
I should have checked trusty Unilocal before agreeing to meet friends here for lunch.
It’s as advertised. One star. At best. Everything tasted horrible, the service was even more pathetic.
Never again Colony Café.

Awful food (burnt cheeseburger), even more horrible drinks with the «allure» that you get two drinks for the price of one $ 18!!! for sweet and crappy drinks. Horrible service and disregard for customers. Awful music in the evening. Who wants to feel pounding dance music while eating!!!
Stay away!!!

This place is SHADY! How in the world is this place still in business!!! Ughhh. I am so bitter I got sucked into the abyss of eating here just because my boyfriend and I wanted to eat somewhere simple on Ocean Drive. Let me ask you this… who pays $ 18 for a non-​alcoholic drink? A fool who is told some BS that they are getting two for one drinks. that’s who.
Do not be fooled by the fact that they have various aliases, this is indeed the Colony Café… not «The Pershing» and not «Chef Vincent Restaurant». Make no mistake, their deceitful practices will catch up with them eventually. The food was just okay, but how they get people is by overcharging people for drinks (even if they are nonalcoholic!) Unless you feel like dropping $ 60 on a substandard lunch, run for the love of your wallet. just run.