Restaurante Mamankana

Let's be honest, no one, and I mean no one that travels the world for food is going to find anything in Valledupar that is on par with any really good restaurant. As far as I can tell, Valledupar is made up of local cooks...and not chefs. It's a town where the most famous staple of food is Sacha papa. (Mind you I quite enjoy Sacha papa, however it's not going to be gracing the tables of any Michelin Restaurants). Just try to find brown sugar, Nutmeg, or even a peach in this town and you'll understand the challenges. My family and I attended the New Years Eve dinner here and I wish I could come up with something positive but there really isn't too far I can go here. I had a very forgettable chicken dish prompted with a shrimp ceviche. Normal a simple Peruvian raw fish dish celebrating the natural flavors of what ever fish is chosen and accompanied with a subtle marinade of lime, mint, olive oil, spring onion, sea salt, fresh crushed pepper and a dash of chili, this ceviche was reduced to the overwhelming goop of what appeared to be onion in thousand island dressing. I don't want to berate this restaurant and make it sound terrible. It was the same kind of food I had in my college, cafeteria. It got the job done but that was about it. If you're in valledupar, it's a place to eat and probably one of the better ones at that, however if your trying to find great food here, just go to Bogota, or Medellin or Cartagena.

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We had dinner here as we stayed in the Sonesta Inma large group in our way to the Sierra. They were a little bit flustered with the non Spanish speaking crowd and not well prepared as the waiter had to go back and slowly come...back with answers to the most basic questions. Food was ok, the ceviches are good and I think is a very good option to eat something light. But we never got our bread and butter that we asked several times and they brought an extra glass of wine that they wanted to charge in any case. The ambience is very nice and quiet although there was a quinceañera party we could still talk

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We have one of our best meal so far in our trip around Colombia in this place. The ceviche three-way is yummy, the Agua de Panela, so refreshing and just wonderful. My daughter has the salmon with mash potatoes and vegetables, she cleans the plate...and the other settled for the stake, accompanied with saute potatoes all delicious. The atmosphere is what the need to work on, needs better lighting and sound system. All the staff very efficient and attentive.

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I had the opportunity to stay in Sonesta Hotel and try it's restaurant. The menu is not big but the options are delicious and they have incorporated some local food to the menu. The result is just delicious!

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The restaurante is a good mix of traditional food served with style. The place is really nice as is inside this beautiful hotel.

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