The popular restaurant is known for its extensive decor and its large dance floor, filled with dancers enjoying a DJ's salsa, cumbia, merengue, bachata, and other Latin music until 2AM Sunday, Wednesday-Friday or 3AM Saturday nights.

The Chicago Reader wrote of the decor, "artificial trees, vines, fruits, and flowers and dozens of baskets fill just about every inch of wall space at this cavernous Colombian restaurant and bar," concluding it was, "over the top.

[2] Pueblito Viejo serves hearty, authentic Colombian foods including arepa, empanada, seafood, and pechuga de pollo.

Bilingual waitstaff wear traditional Colombian outfits, including wide brimmed hats for the male servers.

It is a popular gathering spot for Florida's Colombian-American community, the nation's largest, and experienced crowds during Colombia's 2014 World Cup run.