La Chiva Loca - Meridian Station

Very good, family-owned small restaurant! The environment is welcoming and cozy, and the service is always really good. The food is phenomenal. I always start my meal off with a mora (blackberry) juice con leche. They have a ton of flavors to pick from. From there, I get my main dish which is usually the Calentao special (chicken, rice, avocado, beans, and egg), but if I can't decide on what to get the La Chiva Picada is always a safe bet since it's like a charcuterie board/ sampler with all of their best menu items. They have these boards for a single person, or for two (a group of 4 could easily share this). Keep in mind there is an automatic service fee of 18% included on each bill. I didn't realize this for the first few times I went and tipped ~40% lol. even with a ridiculous tip, it's still so worth it and I'm sure the workers appreciate the love. Last thing i will note, is parking is free and usually pretty easy to find. Make sure to stop by and get some amazing columbian food! Support local businesses

What a wonderful and authentic gem for the city! The service and staff were amazing! We were able to pull up the menu that had lots of details about the different items, but the staff was also great at answering questions and making sure we were taken care of! We ordered way too much food, but couldn't help ourselves! We got the empanadas, the corn was slightly sweet but with an amazing chicken filling. Then we got the guisado de pollo which was delicious, arroz con pollo, arepa's and ajiaco soup. Everything was wonderful and gluten free which makes my heart so happy! Highly recommend a visit to La Chiva!

Ambiance 5/5 Service 4/5Food 3/5Drink 5/5This place is so unique. With Colombian music playing and fairy lights, its patio has a lot of charm.We made a reservation and we're seated on time. Service was really friendly and got everyone's drink order immediately. I had Mojito and it was awesome.For entree, I shared the La Chiva Picada for two. Waited 30+ minutes for the dish and it was underwhelming. The sauce was delicious but the meat (the fried chicarron and chicken were very dry. I liked the fried yuca and rellena Colombiana (a stuffed sausage. very unique and delicious)

I've been here twice--once for drinks and it was fine and the second time for dinner. Our service was a bit spotty. At first we had multiple guys who were very attentive and then they must have gotten busy because they didn't come back for a while. The food would have been really good if it wasn't all dried out. It tasted like it was under a heat lamp for too long. I was bummed out since I've heard good things, but we had to ask for extra sauce to add to the rice and chicken since it was so dry. If you're going for a snack or a drink while walking in the area I'd say it would be fine, otherwise there a lots of other places in that area that are a bit better.

Food is excellent prices are very high! understand everything is now this days i still think prices should be less!.