Reviews of Conga Latin Bistro (Restaurant)

Saketh Reddy

The food is below average. Do not expect big things coming into this restaurant. Nothing authentic about the dishes served. Sea food good.

Ilse Melina

Great music and atmosphere. Bartenders are good . Delicious appetizers all night !

Beatris Hernandez

Food is always amazing the drinks are great and the music is on point. I love this place <3

Fidel Marchena

Went there on a Tuesday night. The food was amazing, the drinks were great, the server was outstanding and kept checking on us since we did not order any kind of appetizers. Would definitely go back. You could taste the authenticity of the Caribbean food there. Wish I lived closer. Brought me back to my home country

D S

Total diamond in the rough. The food here is amazing, drinks are cheap and great service. Can't recommend it enough.

Connie J

Awesome food, we called ahead and had them make paella for us. Patience is needed though.

Jodi Stee

Love Conga's food! I wish they still served device.

Cathy Arguelles

Best dance place , however the girl bartender takes forever to order your drink . She looked at me and just ignored us . I got really upset and just moved over to the guy , who took us 2 min to order our drinks vs the women that took 10 min to take our drinks. I sae mater on that the guy bartender helped out with the drinks she couldn't take.

Taylor Moore

The staff here is very nice. Really cool place to go for dancing and drinks on the weekend.

Ellen Jackson

Great way to celebrate anniversary.

Abegaid Rivera

I'm not Congo floor is really go with the only comedian Place in Minnesota. Food was really good today

George Lastlin

Shady af. Happy hour was limited to a choice among two cocktails and the bottled beers. Didn't have all the ingredients for one of the cocktails. Took 15 minutes for 2 drinks with more wait staff than customers. Ridiculous billing error on the tab that was made worse by the waitress's explanation. Didn't bother with food since the drinks took so long, and the water glasses had lipstick stains. No one here cares and it shows.

jose salazar

Great

terry Davis

No drama. Everyone is just out for a good time

Chema Lopez

Omg great food. I was in heaven. And great staff

RT 95

Had a good time here

Don PUKAL

Could be cleaner. The clientele was a little scary.

Cedric Ndinga Munianai

The space in the middle of the restaurant is a little bit to big especially when the dancing part has not started yet.

Santiago Ponce de Leon

I've been here for 1 hour and half and still haven't got my food. And somehow the coke was flat Do not come here if you're hungry.

Luke Farness

My girlfriend and I have been here a couple times now and the food is pretty good. The main reason this placed appealed to us was the great happy hour which used to be 241's and half off apps. This has since changed and now it's $2 off apps and 241 select drinks, which is still decent. But when the sign outside says 241 drinks and you are charged $36 for 4 basic margaritas, that borders on deception. The bartender was nice to fix it for us, even though our presence seemed to annoy him. But we will likely not be back.

KZBay

They opened up special, with little notice, for a wedding reception a few weeks back on a day they many times won't open. The food was excellent, had a skirt steak. Staff was very friendly. I did some horrible dancing that seemed to entertain some. Was a fun night. Thanks

Angela Murphy

Wonderful. Really fun watching the Salsa dancers. Good food.

Tracey Lawrence

Went there this past saturday 9/15/18. Not good at all. Lady at the entry was rude seemed to be mad about something. Ordered a drink and took over 20 mins, tasteles. A wasted of money going here

Brian Wicks

I was told to visit this place for the cusine! I liked it but def went at the wrong time of day (night time). Being as I am from Florida I enjoyed the Latin culture and GORGEOUS Women!!! (dont tell my wife!)

Orlando Montes

Forget this place!

Robert Gray

Great! I'm a vegan and they made special tacos for me. They remember me and really make me feel welcome! Great fresh food !

Luis Edgardo Rodriguez

Good place to meet up with friends dance some latin music and have dinner and yes drinking

Jabea Akale

This place is flipping awesome. The food is authentic and well seasoned. My wife and I fell in love with this place two years ago. We have tried almost everything on the menu. As foodies this has been one of our top food places in MPLS. Also - On Friday nights you will enjoy traditional South American music with amazing mojito’s.

Kayleigh Zopfi

The owners are fantastic! The chefs are excellent! Food is great! And the servers and bartenders are amazing!

Jorge Vargas

Best place to kick it Thursday to Sunday night

Bryan Plunger

Food was very good, good levels of spice. Service was friendly. Overall, good and not great for just a casual dining experience. I have not experienced any of their more exciting event nights though.

Tammi

Avoid this place, Zero stars Terrible food and horrible service by Brie our servicer. The 2 hour wait for food and bartender over charge me and pocketed the money.

Felicia Rodriguez

Food is not authentic. I order the pernil it was ok. The beans did not have flavor, tasted like they just open the can and heat it up. The mofongo was dry not enough garlic, it had way too much tocino and the tocino was chewy not crunchy.

Mo

$25 to get in but they give you a wrist band of 5 free drinks had a really good time mixed people such as Puerto Ricans , Mexicanos , and possibly more Cultures they also serve food the parking is kinda first come first serve they really don't have an actual parking just for them other than parking in the street if you find any open the ladies were dressed up and fellas tambien looked like men can be dressed down and still get in .

Jenelle Hanson

The DJ did a good job twitch the music selection the crowd was small on a Wednesday night so not too packed. The wait later in the night for food/drinks was quite long and the food was mediocre considering the wait. I did hear the steak was good but the congri was dry. Overall I would say the food was affordable but you get what you pay for.

Alex Cabrera

Food was not good. Service was subpar. Not the best looking space.

Jamar W

Great to have a drink, hang out, watch sports, and dance through the night on the weekends.

JuanTool's Do Work

Great reggaeton music,good latin club,get the 20 dollar wrist band at the door so you can a get 3 drinks, instead of just paying 10 bucks at the door and buyind separate drinks.

Federico 763-286-0814

More women to dance with would have been nice

Qasim Haji

Amazing delicious food and great portions. My sister in law bought a Groupon here for my brother's birthday. We were really worried about the reviews however we went with it and man it was a great experience. Parking was tough however that's for any restaurant in that area. Server was nice and helpful. Food was delicious and man the portions were HUGE! We will definitely be back.

K.J. Schendel

Beer served in plastic glasses, food tasteless, very disappointed won't be going back

Dj RENE SERRANO Mix

Salsa Bachata & Cumbia Tonight Thursday

Khalil Islaam

I ate there last night 2/27/2018. First the waitress made us wait and i had to go find her. (There was only 3 tables being used) She was conversing with the bartender. Ordered steak and shrimp dinners. One medium rare and the other well done. Both steaks were medium well. We tried to tell the waitress but she disappeared again, so we dealt with it. Not once did the waitress stop by and ask us how was the food? is everything satisfactory? do you need anything else? Every time we needed something we had to go find her. The food was mediocre considering it wasn't how we wanted it. We had a coupon which had a survey on back. We filled out the survey and can you believe the waitress had the audacity to question us about our answers. We explained to her that she gave us very bad service and we wouldn't tip her much. she deserved nothing but we gave her something anyway. she told us "i don't care, i don't need it". Very rude. We liked the place the first time we went, but this waitress ruined our second experience. She probably told the chef medium well for both. SO RUDE.................QUESTION.......Why is there only responses from the owner when it's a good review. The owner should be responding to the bad reviews also. We all are potential loyal customers and we can all be be detractors. Or maybe you don't care?

Cristina Zoe Hernandez

Fun time, but waaaayyyy too many young people!

Bae Yani

Best tropical fried rice and awesome naked wings!

Mishkwaa Binesiikwe

BARTENDER violeta and MANAGER Rachel are HaTERZ. Violeta gonna ask me what I want to drink, only bring one drink of my 3 drink order for me and my friend, and then went and served everyone else. Finally she comes back to me and I tell her she didn't bring my entire order. She finally reaches to get me a beer and all they serve is Model and Coors Light. I shake my head that I dont want coors light and she LEAVES AGAIN! I had to get a different bartender to serve me (whom were proper and fast). When I asked to speak to the Manager, she totally did laps around me at the bar until at least one hour. When I get her attention, and begin telling her how RUDE THE BARTENDER IS, she kicks me OUT! HatiN SnaTCH Batches...... NEVER AGAIN !

jaime mira

Nice tropical music to dance super recommend

Master Wong 360

Service deserves negative 5 stars. Based on the second attempt at looking to sit down and order food. About 9:05 pm my date and I stop at the Conga to sit and get a bite to eat. They said the dining area was close but we could go into the bar to order food. As we start to go to the bar, to sit and order food the host stopped us and requested $10 for each of us for cover. We were there only for the restaurant food, not for the DJ who wasn’t even there yet. So I asked if we can just get the order to go, they gave us the restaurant menu, took our order and literally had my date and I standing at the entrance for about :10-:15 minutes, waiting for the food that wasn’t cooked completely and was still cold, as we attempted to it immediately in the car. They didn’t even offer to let us sit and wait in the empty restaurant seating area. So we went out to the breezeway of the entrance to sit and wait, which makes no sense that we had to do that. The host staff was very unpleasant and unwelcoming. This is the second time I have come here for only food, from my understanding this is a restaurant. The first attempt coming here for the restaurant, it was a little later and that time we were patted down by security and asked again for a cover charge to order food. The male security that time attempt to pat my female friends which seemed very inappropriate so we had left. I rarely like to leave negative reviews, but this is the second chance I have given this establishment both times with negative expectations.

Rolando Aguayza

Very good

Marianna Bassimakopoulos

The food was disappointing. There were not a lot of choices, the servings were tiny, and everything on the menu was very expensive.

Zach Fagerness

Check out the dance music nights in the basement!

D. Foster

Great food, great drinks, great music. You should definitely dine in for the whole experience, and there is never a wait for a table!

Antwon Robinson

Fast service great food

Whirlwind Posingasahuman

Fun atmosphere and good music

amzailia M

LOVE this place during the week and sundays..... but.... fridays and Saturdays its 10 to get in and is too expensive and too crowded. Spent 70 bucks on just 3 beers and a meal. The weekend crowd isn't my crowd but I do love the bartender and atmosphere during the week.

Cinnamon Whaley

For a birthday dinner, eight adults and three teenagers went at 6:30 pm on a Friday night. It was nearly 40 minutes after being seated that I received my drink and sometime after that our main order was taken. The restaurant was nearly empty during this time. We received our food an hour and a half after we arrived. We were ready to ask for the bill for what we'd already been provided (three appetizers an hour earlier and two rounds of drinks) and to leave, as the mains were brought out. I honestly can't remember a service taking so long, especially as the restaurant was not crowded. The food was fine, but I don't think I'll be back.

Katie Leon Ortega

I love to go dancing on weekends here. $10 cover charge, $20 for entrance plus 3 drinks. Worth it to pay the $20 up front.

Javier Vargas

20 $ to get in to dance . 10 is cover charge and 10 charge for drinking ! Horrible ! Rude service , dirty .

Esele Chisom

Excellent place to go for Salsa dance. Great customer service

Destiny N

Terrible experience. We sat at the bar, and it took us 45 minutes to even get spoken to by the bartender, another 30 for our drinks. Asked for a food menu 4 times before we got one, then the food took about an hour to come out. When we asked for a specialty drink that they have listed on their menu, they had no idea how to make it. They made my bf pay 10 dollars to re enter the bar after being there for 3 hours and spending a lot of money already, just for going out for a cigarette. Security was rude and about half an hour late in the first place. I will not be going back here.

Jaime Puchuela

Nice

Amanda Willette

Good, fresh tostones, empanadas were amazing, Ropa Vieja was decent, garlic shrimp plantain appetizer was to die for, my husband liked the sweet plantains, but not so much the tacos (American style.) We just expected Mexican tacos, with corn tortillas, cilantro, onion etc..I guess we should've asked. They also had Mayoketchup, which is a must for me with tostones! I'll be back for my tostones fix. I would like to try the paella sometime.

Steve Herrera Miranda

Love a dance floor? Latina music all night long with two floors of it

john mercier

They were out of all seafood related items. What we ate was very average. Mostly a late night dance bar. Not rec'd for dinner

ELso Leon

Don’t waste your time and money going to this place. Their food and service is the worse, rude staff and unprofessional. I bough drinks 2 different times and for 2 completely diferente charges. 1st time, cranberry vodka, 6 dollars, per drink, second time same drink different staff, she said 8 dollars ? In the past for the same drinks $19 dollars for 2 exact drink same drink? I wanted to talk to the manager but no one available. Never again very disappointed and irritated. I have been to this restaurant before and when the shrimp cold I mentioned to the bar person and he said” what do you want me to do about it “ omg I was like wow

Takara Taziki Sauce

Come here Friday, Saturday or Sunday for Latin dancing. So you've been curious and don't know how to bachata, merengue, cumbia, salsa or even know where your hip bones are at? Maybe you can buy someone a drink and they will be happy to show you a few steps! People here are mostly friendly. They come to dance after working long weeks. Grab something to drink and you can even order greasy but delicious Latin food from the menu.

Ricardo Pineda

My wife and I like this place good prices on drinks and if you like to dance that's the place

Damien Dezurik

Good. Yep. Yum. Jamaican chicken, mofongo and pork. Nice staff during the day.

Christi Diamond

What a nice surprise! Wonderfully flavorful food in a different cultural atmosphere.

Felicia Glass-Wilcox

OMG, the best paella ever! I could eat it every day. I can't wait to go back.

Ross* A%

Nice place. Is a Restaurant during Day, You can enjoy delicious meals. After 10 pm they have a DJ playing Reggeton,Salsa,Merengue much more. They have a 2nd Dance Floor ON Saturdays.. You can Dance until 2 am on Friday's Saturday's, Sunday's + Monday's.

Amy Sysaath

It's alright. Food is good but definitely stuff you can make at home so you might think it's over priced. Servers are always nice. I've been there to eat 3 times and each time the food took 40 min+(for rice)

Sami Tangu

Food was good. Forget the appetizers and try the main dishes. They are very good.

Laura Jackson

Good mix of styles! Didn't get boring because I was busy dancing salsa, reggaeton, cumbia, merengue, punta.... So fun!!!

jose lassalle

Latin Cuban bar restaurant. Play music in the night

JM F

Never been in this place before, gave it a try last night (7/10) Was surprised no other guest in the dining area except my husband and I (around 8.30pm). The owner (I assumed she is the owner) acted with no manner and rude attitude. She ruined our mood to eat. My husband like his food. Mine is ok. The appetizer price was good. But not really fond of the main entree price. The waitress that served us was nice. We might be give one more chance to try as long as the Owner could act with well manner as people that work in hospitality industry should be. Do you not know that the customers come to give you money (business)?!

Verne Wagner

My wife and I both love dancing and Latin music. We arrived at the Conga Latin Bistro and was greeted by Ricardo and his wife. We asked to be seated near the dance floor and there was a family birthday party being held. The other dining room would have been quieter, but we enjoyed the party and the family atmosphere. We ordered drinks and then ordered Valencia Paella. Ricardo said it would take 90 minutes to prepare. We were not in a hurry and got up and danced. Ricardo and his staff checked on us numerous times and let us know when our dinner would be ready. He even came out with complimentary salads for us that were very good. When the food arrived, the presentation was fantastic and was worth the wait. I have had Paella in various Countries and I make it myself. The blend of shrimp, fish, chicken, sausage,mussels, clams,calamari and vegetables was perfect. If your in a hurry don't go, but if you love great food and friendly warm service, I highly recommend it. The price was very reasonable and well worth it.

Cynthia Guajardo

Nice place to dance,food is ok

Brenda Rood

Great service, yummy drinks

A Vazquez

This place is amazing, the food, service and pretty much everything was excellent. Couple friends and I had a wonderful time. We for sure will stop by again.

Patricia Jones

Been going here almost 10 years! GREAT FOOD, AMAZING STAFF, LIT DANCE ON THE WEEKENDS, BEST PLACE ALL AROUND!

Gloria D. Perez

When you go to use the restroom it is scary, people doing drugs and sniffing that white powder .... music was good

Michael Mosher

Busy and spacious. Beans taste good and traditional, black beans are fresh. This restaurant is spacious and staff is nice.

Jade M

So yummy! The service is amazing too!

Alex Beck

Had a great meal. Our waiter invited us to come back to enjoy the dancing that night. We went and had a blast.

Samuel Rivera

food is great the place is perfect to share and music Para dancing :)

Elsa Mendez

Great place dancing and good drinks and great food quick appetizers

Murphy Pyan

Drink was good but they were charging more than the price listed in the menu and when someone in our party confronted the bartender about it they didn't address the problem

dayan dickson

Great Vibe.

Eddy Benavides

So ugly restaurant, the food is very bad

David Peterson

Great spot for salsa dancing Wednesday nights. Eaten here a few times, the food is great. Service might be a little slower late night.

Emily Pruitt

Slowest service at the bar I have ever experienced, was ignored for 10 min before i had to flag down the bartender, watch other people waving frantically. Not even busy. Asked for a menu and no one ever came back to take my order. Left irritated, had to pay a 10$ cover. BS. There was a plate of wings sitting at the bar for 10 min that no one took out to the table that ordered it, and i watched the bartender take these old cold wings over to the table, gross!

Breanna Dedrickson

We went on a Monday night and were the only customers there. The food was very tasty and service was good. We had the avocado mango salad, broiled salmon, chicken rice soup and shredded beef. It was all good and had large portions.

Francisco Hernández

basement dance floor doesn't have enough exit doors. When they close the bar at 2 am on Saturdays, there is just one way out. That's dangerous in case of an emergency, people wont be able to get out quickly.

B Patterson

Super Great Time !

Benjamin Barnard

The food is authentic, so if you are looking for Tex-Mex, look elsewhere. I would suggest a chicken/bean/rice dish or a seafood dish. I have to say though, that the restaurant experience feels like a distant second to this place's life as a nightclub. There's more that could be offered and it would be great.

Robert Flitcroft

Best Southwestern food and great music.

Enrique Sevillano

Food is delicious, Paella Valenciana is for 2 or more people.... very friendly personnel, Tuesdas is Kareoke nigth and Thursday to Saturday are Salsa nigth.

Robert Bohorquez

Sweet need 80 music dj

John Lopez

Excellent food. Recommend plantain tapas and empanadas for starters...Arroz con Mariscos or con Pollo are awesome dishes, as well as Ropa Vieja.

Julie Froberg

Great food. Don't go later on a weekend night when they're transitioning to a dance club. The last time we were there to eat, we were ignored most of the time. I give them 4 stars based on prior great experiences.

Rafael Uriaga

Good food, bartender sandra is great for drinks and awesome musica!!

KIdwolf Gab

Best place to be on a saturday night and dance salsa bachata or reggeaeton Only wish it was open till 4am like new York to keep party but always enjoy my night when I'm there regardless

Sosocrispy

I went to this restaurant for the first time last night with my wife, we had a waiter by the name of Huey that in my opinion was one of the best waiters I have ever experienced, he was very kind and took time to understand what we were looking to eat. He helped us with the menu so that we could understand what we were ordering and he was very good at recommending Cocktails that fit the mood and the meal. The food was some of the best food that I have had in years and the atmosphere as well as the staff along with the food really made my wife and I want to make this place a home that we frequent often. If you ever go eat at Conga Latin Bistro please do yourself a favor and ask for Huey, he will make sure that you and your guest have the best time. I could not ask for better service.

Stephany Sanchéz

Very Delicious food, but why is the host so rude ? It almost seemed like she didn’t have no manners. Very upsetting

kelly castillo

Good music & drink.

Googleyspook !

Service was fair, the skirt steak was like leather, literally. 3 people at out table ordered it and were unable to cut it with their steak knives. To be fair, our friend who brought us said that this was unusual, that after several visits he had never had a bad dish. He is Puerto Rican and was very happy to find a place in the cities that serves Puerto Rican food. The mofongo is great, and if I were to go back, I would stick with that and maybe some grilled chicken. All that being said, the rum punch is out of this wolrd!

Yoly Reyes

I've been here for about 2 hours and the DJ has not played I need bachata yet. I asked hon to play some bachata 30 minutes ago and not one yet. Bored so bored

Judy Sykora

The soup is delicious

Priscilla Estrada

I’m 20 and now I can’t get in which sucks, I wasted my time

Yessenia Gonzalez

Awesome place to dance to

Adam J

Good food, poor service. We sat for over 20 min after our food and drinks were done and had to flag down the server in order to get our bills. There was only one other table occupied in the restaurant so this is inexcusable. Next time I’ll just get take-out from here

Santiago Jaimes

Was good place to go pack but way to many fools more then woman

Kyle P. Silvers

The food here is very authentic and is pretty great in my opinion. Never been treated anything other than great here. Great spot.

ofelia Juarez

Ita nice place to have a drink, dinner and hangout with friends ,open until 2am,playing all kind of music

Kent Tsui

I had the seafood and rice. It was a bit too much of a seafood flavor. Not bold enough flavor. But the price was very reasonable. I am sure it would be fun at night with dancing. I will try again.

Ryan S

The food is alright. The menu is kinda small, there wasn't a huge selection. I want incredibly blown away. It was acceptable. The waitress want service was good, and the margarita I had wasn't terrible.

Veronica Wolfe

Because we waited much more than an hour to receive our food, with few other tables of people around us, we were extremely disappointed and ready to leave. The food, once it arrived, was absolutely delicious. However, out of our four entrees, one was room temperature and drowning in sauce and one was a delicious, but tiny, salad. Pretty underwhelming.