Los Comales Mexican Restaurant and Store

The best Mexican food in the Columbia area.

Friendly service.

Large menu.

Fair prices.

Excellent street tacos.

Refreshing horchata.

Small bar.

Small grocery store to the side of restaurant space.

Medium parking lot.

Huge portions, great service, delicious food.

It’s in the old Hong Kong Market location next to Big Mama’s and parking can be a bit of a pain, but it’s well worth the trip. Prices seem a little high, but it’s because they give you enough food for a family. They’ve got a little market where you can grab some groceries, and it’s not the fanciest looking place but it’s the best Mexican food in town. Love this place!

Everything we ordered was on point from the horchata to the chips and entrees. I wouldn’t have tweaked anything flavor wise so Compliments to the chefs! The waitstaff are awesome as well, they had perfect timing all night. I also want to note that portions were massive which made this an easy 5 star.

Walk in to such a friendly restaurant. As you come in, you seat yourself and a staff member will bring you chips and salsa when they take your drink order.

Ordered:
Chips & Salsa (complimentary)
Small Queso
Horchata
Chile relleno
Tacos
-Tinga
-chorizo
-Al pastor
-Asada
-Carnitas

The horchata was simple and refreshing. It tasted like the horchata from the powder mix which is still good but I have high expectations for horchata at a restaurant.

Queso:
It was cheesy and good! It’s creamy and has a nice kick. I ended up asking for extra chips to get every last drop of this!

Chile relleno:
Normally the chile relleno is topped with their queso sauce. I prefer a dry chile relleno (Im from northern Mexico and that’s how I’ve eaten it growing up). The batter was a bit thick but I still enjoyed it. The inside was cheesy and the chile was perfectly roasted before it was fried.

You can tell a lot about a Mexican place by how they make their simplest thing on the menu, tacos!

Tacos:
The tacos are the mini street taco size but they don’t skimp on the meat. All tacos come with a side of salsas, onion, cilantro and radishes. I think the Tinga taco was a little dry so that was my least favorite. I loved the chorizo and carnitas tacos! The chorizo was meaty it looked more like longaniza (which is a type of chorizo). The carnitas were flavorful and crispy. I love that they took the extra time to crisp them up. That’s how they should be. The Al pastor didn’t have pineapple (which is typical) but it was still really good.

Don’t forget to stop at their store which is attached to the restaurant! I picked up some Mexican candy on my way out.

Went for dinner with two friends and the food was delicious. We got the Cecina plate, chicken enchiladas, and a plate of rice and beans and 1 taco.

The food is a little pricier than some places is town, BUT WORTH IT. Authentic flavours for sure. I think we paid between 15-26 per person. Two of us had drinks.

There is also a little grocery store inside that has meats, cheese/dairy, candies, masa, spices and other ingredients I haven't been able to find in other Mexican/latino stores in columbia.

I'll definitely be going back!