Casa Balbina Mexican Cuisine & Pancake House

The food is just incredible! From breakfast, to American cuisine, two incredible Mexican food, this place has it all! The owner serves this community with his whole heart. He loves people and he loves making people happy. We’ve had him come out to our table many times and offer our boys something to try that he’d been working on that day. The weight staff is always so kind and accommodating. Also, if you’re on a budget that day, the portions are large and the prices are great.

Friendly attentive staff food is excellent. If I could rate it 10 stars I would, the pancakes are amaaaazing! And I love the additions you do like peanut butter, cream cheese, etc Edit: dinner and dessert is good too! The chicken on the beach is super delicious, and the fried ice cream will fill you up. Carlos is an excellent server does his job well!

Great service even when the restaurant is packed! My family loved the homemade salsa so much that we ordered some to take home. My steak fiesta salad today was delightful with hints of lime and cilantro. The greens were fresh and plentiful. As of family of five, we’ve tried a variety of menu items including their giant waffles, potato and bacon soup, and their sizzling fajitas. Everything has been great! It’s nice to attend a restaurant where even the pickiest eater in the family can find something they enjoy. The atmosphere is clean and friendly. And it’s nice to have a restaurant in town open on Sundays!

Saw a post on FB about a new restaurant opening in Columbia City and stopped in for a late lunch after visiting a neighboring shop. My granddaughter and I had a wonderful meal and a positive experience in this quaint cozy new addition to this small town. Service was exceptional making you feel welcome from the moment you walked in the door. I had carnitas and my granddaughter had the taco meal mexican style choosing the carnita filling. Both filled the plates with generous portions and the food was flavourful without being overly spicy. I like my food a bit spicier than most and was accommodated with a spicy sauce to mix with the house sauce. Stop in and check out this new restaurant. We plan on going back and trying the breakfast choices on a menu full of option's which by the way is served all day not just at breakfast. Thank you to the owners and employees for a positive experience!!!

Love Casa Balbina! Food is flavorful and delicious, and our server Carlos was great as usual. Highly recommend.

Our favorite Mexican restaurant to eat at in Columbia City. The owner goes out of his way to make your experience exceptional and so welcoming. We have tried many different dishes and have never been disappointed. The entire staff is so friendly and always provide amazing service no matter how busy they are. We recommend them to friends and family. After we enjoy our meal we go next door for delicious desserts. The mini cakes are fresh and have amazing flavor. Their ice cream is made on location and the flavor is delightful. So many sweet options to choose from - we always get several sweets to take home for later.

Absolutely love this place. The food has always been top notch. The chips are made fresh as well as the salsa. You may wait a couple minutes longer (not usually) for them to make fresh. The staff is all amazing as well. We eat here at least once a week. Can't wait for them to start serving margaritas!!! I hear those will be made fresh and with homemade syrups etc. This owner knows what he is doing!! Happy to finally have great tasting Mexican food close to me.

Lunch was delicious! I got here at 12:30 and the restaurant was packed! The diversified menu for breakfast items, American lunch entrees and Mexican choices throughout is unbelievably extensive! Although it is not fancy inside, the service is friendly and attentive! The chips were flaky and the salsa was very good. I ordered Camarones A La Diablo. The sauce was very flavorful and the shrimp was perfectly cooked and tender! It was served with 3 warm, foil-wrapped tortillas, tasty Spanish rice, lettuce and sour cream for $15.99. I am anxious to return to try more menu items, including the breakfast menu.

We had dinner here tonight and really good Mexican dishes! The Carnitas Michoanas was fantastic and best even taken into account bat area CA restaurants from where we are from! Loved the side of seared jalapeno as well perfect to add to the tacos. Thank you for a very good meal tonight!

I ordered the arroz con shrimp for take out. The shrimp was great quality. The rice and cheese sauce was great. The chips and salsa was very good, the salsa is a little on the spicier side of mild, so heads up. I absolutely look forward to eating here again.

Definitely a must go to for Mexican food and for breakfast which is also fantastic! Friendly staff, clean establishment, great chips and salsa, especially the fresh hot salsa just have to ask for it. All dishes are made fresh when you order. Family owned. Can't say enough about this place!

We really enjoyed the variety available - breakfast all-day, American and Latin food. We had their tacos and loved them. Service was great and the decor is much improved over what it was with the previous business.