Arepas Coffee & Bar

Empanadas Asado Arepa w/ Avocado Pineapple Mimosas Service was great and kind. We loved the authentic flavors. We will be back!

Super cool place, great service, amazing food! Julie and Jari are super cool! Would consume again! Get the cachapa!

I've been here twice for breakfast with my daughter.First time I tried the Venezuelan Breakfast Platter with ham, Venezuelan cheese, fried eggs, bacon and arepa.On the most recent visit I decided to be more adventurous and picked the Cachapa with Asada and Venezuelan Cheese Sticks for an appetizer.The breakfast platter was very good but the Cachapa was amazing! It is like a cross between a crepe and a pancake made with a cornmeal base, stuffed with cheese and asada. The asada was tender and incredibly flavorful.The cheese sticks were also wrapped in the cornmeal before frying and really good as well.Both times I had Blackberry juice to drink. The first time it was really good, the second it was meh. Probably wouldn't get again due to inconsistency.Seating can feel a little on the cramped side, especially moving past the bar area to where most of the seating is.Service was on the slow side even though staffing appeared to be adequate for the amount of tables.By the time we finished, there were quite a few people waiting outside for tables to empty.

The food is amazing! Trevor was the best!! Loaded fries are a must for me. The Arepa with the pork belly is my go to but I've loved everything I've tried.

Came here with friends for brunch before we left Starkville after attending the MSU/Auburn game. We had a nice time.As expected, pretty much every restaurant in the Cotton District was absolutely packed. Arepas sits a little bit off the main road, but it's easy enough to find. I'm not sure if that's why they were a little less busy than other restaurants, but regardless, we somehow lucked into being able to be seated almost immediately, not counting the time we spent waiting for a waitstaff member to be able to address us.It's a tiny little restaurant but very cute and modern looking; fun decorations and accents, bright colors, pretty table and glassware. The menu is full of delicious-sounding items. It was hard to pick just a couple of things to try. They also have an extensive selection of specialty coffee drinks.Service was VERY nice, albeit a little slow. It took them a while to acknowledge us at the hostess booth, and our food and coffee also took a little longer than ideal to be delivered. That being said, they were very busy and either understaffed or overwhelmed or both, so I can understand why that happened. The four of us ordered a round of tequeños as a starter. It wound up coming out at around the same time as our entrees, but at that point we were so hungry we were happy to have food at all, haha. The portion size felt a little small - only four small sticks - BUT the price was low so it balances out. They were crispy, a little less gooey than your typical cheese stick, and the dipping sauce was delicious.For our entrees, everyone at our table got some variation of an arepa. Can't remember the specifics of everyone's choices, but all of us were happy! I had the build your own and kept all the toppings except avocado -- a corn arepa with pulled chicken, black beans, plantains, bacon, queso fresco, and Gouda cheese! They forgot to remove the avocado like I asked, but it wasn't a problem for me to take it off myself. It was very tasty and quite filling. My first time trying an arepa -- nice crispy texture on the outside, kind of chewy-gooey on the inside. The fillings were all delicious and obviously high quality. The bacon was especially good.I also had an iced peppermint chocolate latte. Could've gone for sliiiightly more chocolate flavor, and it also came out really late (we were almost done eating), but all in all I enjoyed it!The price isn't bad for the location of the restaurant and quality of the food, either.Overall, I'd absolutely return here to try other tasty sounding dishes (or reorder my same meal -- really solid stuff).

Stopped by for a coffee on a visit to Starkville. Coffee Bar Host was very hospitable and the recommendation she gave me was perfect! The coffee was fabulous! Will visit again for sure!

I was in town to visit a friend and she recommended Arepas. I was very excited to try Venezuelan food but I was a little disappointed by my experience. We were sat by the bar, so the employees were kind of staring at us. The tables were sticky but the interior design was cute. Water was served immediately but with no ice. I asked my server for ice and she said their ice machine was broken which turned out to be a lie. A few minutes later I heard the sound of ice being scooped since we were so close to the bar, and it was a personal drink for the coffee. I would've preferred if the server just said they didn't serve ice with water, rather than blatantly lie. The food was a little bland but looked fine.

Jenna was awesome! Great food and amazeballs drinks/coffees! The ambiance is soothing and yet inspiring. This would be a super cute place to work!

My wife and I stopped by for a slice of tres leches cake and an Irish coffee. I will have to say the tres leches was the ABSOLUTE BEST! It's hard to find some really good tres leches cake in this area and boy did they nail it! We also ordered the "blondie." That was one of the most delicious cups of coffee I have had. I highly recommend ordering both. Hats off for the food and the great service!

Ordered the SEC (Sausage, Egg and Gouda Cheese) biscuits. They were delicious. The service was awesome and super impressed with how well the staff worked and flowed in a small space!