Makondo Latin Restaurant & Bar

Food was SO SO GOOD my husband and I ate until we couldn’t anymore. The service was great, our waitress was very attentive and took good care of us. Definitely will be coming back here after the aquarium

First time eating Colombian food and it was amazing! Very flavorful, and the wait staff was personable. It’s not really a dress-up place (we didn’t know). The atmosphere is comfortable, clean, and just overall was a great experience. I got tilapia with seafood sauce, my partner got something from the “typical” section of the menu that has beef, sausage, and pork, and appetizer of empanadas and cheese corn bread. Huge portions so we have food for at least another full meal.

Zaida was amazing very happy, good was great maduros are very good. I ❤ this place for Colombian food.

This place is my absolute favorite. I discovered it this week and have been back multiple times since. My new go-to. 10/10!!
Oh and service is amazing- everyone that works there is so nice.

The staff are very friendly here. They took their time with me and the food is amazing. I recommend the guava and cheese thing or whatever they call it.

Super nice people that work here. The food is great. I recommend the guava and cheese pastries or whatever they are called.

Love this place so much and the service is top!

The best Colombian place in town🇨🇴

What a great new spot had dinner with my wife and everything was soo good! Definitely will be a repeat customer, this place looks nice prices are great and the portion was generous. The flavors were great and I've been eating Colombian food in this area for 25 years and already they rank top 5 in CT.

Stopped here for take out lunch and I gotta say I found my new little spot in Norwalk. Very reasonable prices and the food was decent. Friendly customer service and will definitely come back when in the area. It’s the little things that do it for me when I got back to eat it I was thinking damn I should have got some hot sauce with it and sure enough they hooked me up with a good sample in the bag. I paid 13 dollars for the same amount of food across the street at the Brazilian restaurant. Usually you have to go into pretty dangerous neighborhoods to get gems like this so I’m glad I found this place.

Absolutely amazing food! Pork with mushroom sauce - so tasty!!! Shrimp with steak and seafood sauce - out of this world! Arepas are great! The cheese bread blew my mind - I always get 4 pieces. Dolce leche cake is absolutely the best cake in town. Everything this place makes is delicious. I can’t order anything else now from Grubhub! This place is the best!

It has free parking lot in the back! Very delicious food and location: walking distance from South Norwalk Train Station (Metro North) and I-95/Rt 7.
I love specially their soups, like Sancocho, Three meats soup, or any meat soup (on a very busy weekend, order early before they ran out!). Very good coffee too (in my opinion, it’s the best among Colombian restaurants).

On a weekend or holiday, expect it to be a little busy. Weekdays in the other hand is empty.

Great food, awesome service!

Wow! We went here on a lovely day, enjoyed the big, free parking lot in the back and walked in easily through the back entrance. I have celiac disease and our server took this very seriously and let me know what she knew with certainty was gluten free. She checked on everything else and came back with a detailed report on the ingredients. I ordered lengua with the criolla sauce on the side, with sides of rice and beans, very fresh steamed vegetables and arepas. The lengua (beef tongue) was delicious - beefy tasting and tender. Huge portions of everything for $16. My guy got a massive fried rice dish with chicken, beef, shrimp and vegetables for about the same, with the ones without shrimp for a few dollars less. They have fresh veggie juices for $6, and we got one with cucumber, celery, ginger, pineapple that was delicious, refreshing and fresh. I discovered aguapanela and our waitress had me sample it different ways which was fun and very cool and we got some cold with lemon to go. They have a good variety of South American dishes and some fusion, including what might be the best guacamole I've ever had. It was fluffy, creamy, tasty and just wonderful. The kitchen messed up my order initially but the waitress recognized the mistakes right away and took care of it graciously. She really understood that celiac is real. So that was a minor issue in my book because it was made right and we had a fantastic meal in this clean, pleasant restaurant. It's simple tables with no real booths, so I wouldn't call it cozy or upscale, but comfortable, clean and pleasant. We're totally going back, even though we live 20 minutes away in Bridgeport and have lots of good places here, but this is also a cool area (SoNo) to walk around and we think the cute, empty storefronts will be full of cool shops within the year as it gets safer to go out. They have a bar and happy hour, although it's kind of brightly lit and doesn't have a bar room feeling. They also have French fries, empanadas, other fried foods, baked potatoes, and probably plenty of more American style foods to appeal to people with less international taste or anyone looking for snacks. Go there now - it's a great place, and take advantage of the big, free rear parking, because we saw tickets getting left for cars at the meters out front.

Was a little surprised by the elevated prices, but I was so wrong. The food is delicious and the servings are huge! Enough for two people per serving. If you are a big eater, there is no need to order an appetizer or a second dish. You will not be dissapointed.

We visited the aquarium from around the corner and wanted to stop somewhere for some bomb food ,first time at a new restaurant always worries me lol. THIS PLACE IS AMAZING!Very friendly, large amount of food for the price, and the food was sooo good . Definitely would leave NY again for a day just to eat here . 😍👍👌

The empanadas were awesome. This place gives you a ton of food - enough that a single entree could easily feed two people (the price is pretty consistent with the area). I got the bean bowl - it was a lot like feijoada with fried plantains - and it was awesome. My husband got the chicken with mushroom sauce and I'll admit, I was skeptical, but it turned out to be really tasty. We got an arepita to try with our food, and it was really plain, and very dry (which I think is how it should be). They're worth tasting, especially with a saucy dish, just be aware what they are when you order them.

I loved the food…. Great service…. I’ll recommended this place to everyone…..

Came in today and loved the place. Very cute. Food was great. Jennifer was very quick and attentive. Will def be coming back!

Great Food. Service was cordial. Amazing prices.