Pollos Mario
“Its also priced reasonably & they serve large portions which always a good thing (I love leftovers).”
“From memory, I am almost sure Woodside is the smallest location of all the Pollos Mario in Queens.”
Pollos Mario
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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I've been to Pollos Mario before but never to this one. It is adorable. Very comfy & homey. Perfect for a date. The food is sooo gooooood! Authentic Colombian food. Its also priced reasonably & they serve large portions which always a good thing (I love leftovers). The waiters are also very attentive & are always making sure that you're comfortable & enjoying yourself. I actually like this pollos Mario more then the previous one I've been to. Mostly because its smaller and you get better service
I am biased. I love any of the Pollos Mario restaurants. There are quite a few locations in Queens including in Astoria, Middle Village, 3 in Jackson Heights. Been to every location. My BF and I love the variety, price and portion. We like portions that are large enough to share and/or have leftovers.
From memory, I am almost sure Woodside is the smallest location of all the Pollos Mario in Queens. Been to this location a few times and there is only several tables in here. Only a couple of large tables and a few smaller tables on the lower level. Tiny location.
My boyfriend and I seem to order the Mario's Special Platter very often at all the Pollos Mario locations, $18.25, which comes with a thin grilled steak (they cook it well done, it's going to be on the dry side), pork loin (excellent-very moist), Chicharron (fried pork skin, eat quickly!), 1/4 chicken (I always ask for dark meat), a generous side of rice and beans, fries (which I always ask for a substitute, maduros which is sweet plantains), and for making this plate look healthy…some salad. It feeds two people with leftovers!!! I am sure it feeds 3 or even 4 not so hungry people.
We've tried the fried fish..which was only okay.
The breaded chicken is delicious. And whenever a plate comes with fries, we always ask for maduros. We love maduros very much and it is very nice of them to let us substitute.
This by far is not my favorite location. Can't really say why but it just isn't. Maybe because this location is too small? The vibe is not the same as the other Pollos Marios but that is just a personal thing.
I tried Pollos Mario for a Friday workday lunch, and it was pretty good. The decor inside is kind of like diner meets pizzeria, but South American, with large red booths for the restaurant, and a smaller area in the front. There are tv's with Colombian news, and the clientele and waitstaff seems to be mostly Latino, a good indicator of authenticity.
The menu includes all the well known Colombian specialties, including rotisserie chicken, grilled pork, arepas, chicharron, breaded chicken, and fruit smoothies. The portions are unbelievably huge, and all include rice and beans. You can easily feed two people with one plate, or make 2-3 meals out of it. So in that respect, the value is great. However, the prices aren't extremely cheap, with most plates running around $15-20. For me, I can't eat a giant lunch on a workday, and I was going out to dinner right after work, so I couldn't bring the leftovers home, and didn't want to overfill myself. It was tricky in that respect because there was no lunch menu or small combos, so another girl and I decided to order a 1/2 rotisserie chicken and split some sides.
The rotisserie chicken was absolutely perfect. It was cooked extremely well and was very juicy and delicious. We had a cheese arepa, which was a little disappointing, because it was just an arepa with a handful of shredded white cheese dumped on it. But it was good because I've never met a cheese arepa I didn't like. We also split a salad, which was pretty pathetic. Just a few scraps of cheap iceberg, two slivers of tomato, peas, and carrots. All this came with some spicy green sauce, which was too watery for my liking. I absolutely love Pio Pio's Peruvian creamier spicy green sauce, and was looking for something similar. But overall, it was a solid lunch.
We tried one of the platters with chicken, chicharrones, steak and pork. Everything was underseasoned and overcooked. (The chicken at the Peking BBQ nearby is so much better – incredibly moist and tender). The mini arepas were inedible.