Zulia's Kitchen

I got the Venezuelan Arepa ($10 on Uber eats). This food truck is located by other food trucks near the UTSA campus. My food was ready promptly and the employees were nice! I haven't tried much Venezuelan food. This Arepa was amazing! I like the texture of the outer corn sandiwch/bread thing. It is crispy yet soft (and not too fried to where you feel gross after eating it). I like the avocado and tartar sauce. The meat was flavorful.

WOW! This place was so good! It took me back home and satisfied my cravings so bad. I'm so excited to come back and order a cachapa, the hot dogs and so much more. The chicha was incredible, the patacón was delicious and the arepa was super crunchy with the most incredible seasoned meat. As the only Venezuelan food near me, this was top notch.

Zulia's is located inside The Block - if you haven't been you must go! There is a private parking lot and then street parking available as well. Plenty of benches and other food truck options. Also, they have an outdoor bar inside The Block. Getting back to Zulia's...I got the shredded beef empanada. I liked the sweetness of the empanada dough with the savoriness of the shredded beef. You get a good amount for what you pay. Great spot to stop by, especially after having a few drinks from the bar! Try it out for yourself!

Very cool food truck park over by UTSA with some very good Venezuelan food! The Arepas Zulia's Kitchen is 2 fried arepas with 3 meats, cheese, slaw, and special sauce. Very good! They have several other menu items that definitely look worthy of a try. The folks running the food truck are very nice and will help with suggestions. Swing by and check them out! See more and follow me on Instagram @CheatDay_SA

I went for the Yelp Elite event that Zulia's hosted and kicked myself for being overzealous in wanting to order. They have one of those a-frame sandwich menu boards and like a dork I only looked at one side. I missed a whole slew of offerings on the other side, so that's my first tip. Slow down and read the ENTIRE menu. What I DID order was delicious. We had the Arepas Zulia's Kitchen, patacones, and tequeños. I don't think I've ever had tequeños, which are a cheese-filled breadstick. The bread was fluffy and the cheese cheesy, so you should get it. Everyone in the family agreed that the flavors were on point, meaning: there was actual seasoning and flavor in each of the menu items. My favorite was the Arepas Zulia's Kitchen which is a Venezuelan arepa sandwich packed with meats. The only gripe I had was that the edges of the arepas were pretty hard to chew through. That usually happens when the arepas are older. Either way, we'd definitely return to try out the other side of the menu.

The arepas were delicious! It is a huge portion, after eating the arepas there was lots of meat and filling left to eat with a fork. The tequenos were good too, I liked the spicy sauce. I would definitely recommend the arepas!

First time having Venezuelan food and let me tell you it's my new fav!!!! If I lived in SA I would go here as many times as I could, every item was amazing! Not only was the food good but the service was better. We had asked for no ham in our patacons and by accident there was a slice in one of them, went up to the counter to inform them. Immediately they were extremely sorry and made a new one for us as well as gave complimentary cheese sticks as an apology. She was super sweet and the food was amazing also very filling had to take left overs home because couldn't finish all of it. But let me tell you still tasted amazing the next day! Highly recommend this local spot if you are ever in SA!

The staff were very friendly and although it was not busy, the food took a little while. They have nice outdoor seating, which is good because during this pandemic we do not stay inside of restaurants. We got the Carne Mechada - Shredded Beef Empanada and the Cachapa - corn pancake stuffed with cheese and butter. The empanada was good, not the best I have had, but good. The meat is inside a fried corn crust. It was hot and fresh. The meat was tender and juicy, but I would have liked more flavor. The outside was a little sweet, crisp, and crunchy. One is really not enough, get 2 or something else off the menu to compliment it.The Cachapa was really good, but way too expensive. Just 1 is $8.99. The corn pancake is sweet, thick, and fluffy. It had a great flavor. The cheese is gooey and also really good. These are also not a meal, so at that price I will not be making a habit out of getting them.

Sunday afternoon we hungered for quick, savory lunch fare. But we hungered for something out of the ordinary, so we motored to Zulia's Kitchen renowned for their Venezualan sandwiches. Zulia's is actually a food truck, and can be found at "The Block SA Food Truck Park", near UTSA. But first a word about the Food Park. I had imagined a verdant, lush park scene, with manicured lawns and plantings, shaded by majestic oak trees. Well, my significant mistake. The "Park" is actually just a smallish lot, with picnic tables, a small stage, space for half a dozen food trucks, and parking for a dozen cars. We smiled, for at the entrance to the diminutive parking lot, one spies a sad, leaning shed covering a wooden bench, a sign offering "valet parking". Within the fenced grounds, to the right is a permanent, covered, significant pavilion, with a permanent bar offering beers, mixed drinks (Marjan sampled the Bloody Mary, I, the Blue Moon on tap) and facing half a dozen or so picnic tables. Television sports feeds and energetic piped music are offered for the patrons. There are probably another dozen picnic tables in open air, affixed umbrellas at the ready. I should not describe the grounds as cosmetic, but honestly, when filled with reveling college students on a warm night, who would even notice?But now about Zulia's. Two masked gentlemen tending the counter and the grill, super friendly, engaged us in lively conversation, their Spanish cadence, alliteration, and vocabulary revealing their South American background. Fun!! We ordered the patacon, and the arepa llanera. The patacon is definitely intriguing, as it is a menu described sandwich, but in lieu of bread, flattened, fried plantains cover the treat north and south. Inside, find shredded brisket, dressed with cheese and a delicious cole slaw just oozing with mayo juice. The brisket was a little dry, but when touched with the juices, well, just awesome. The plantains were cooked to perfection, and if one has never enjoyed this starchy cultivar, brace yourself for a different and delectable treat. And here is testimony truth: Marjan does not like plantains, but she totally enjoyed these flattened bananas. I had not eaten the plantain as girdle for a sandwich, but this combination really works! And friends, be prepared with many napkins, because you are going to have the sauce literally dripping down your mouth and hands. Perhaps a bib would be in order?? Marjan and I also shared the llanera, which is a sandwich of chicken and beef nestled twixt a thick, cornmeal, tortilla-like muffin. The menu listed a topping of avocado, but alas, we found only a stunted, meager "Charley Brown" sliver sitting on the meat. The "muffin" we considered a bit doughy. True to form, Marjan ordered the llanera as "spicy", but I think we received only forme fruste spicy. To the point, Zulia's spicy sauce wasn't... well...spicy at all. This sandwich, unhappily, lacked taste bud pizzazz. It seems the arepa llanera is a favorite Venezualan sandwich, but we unanimously preferred the patacon. We would return again, as there are other interesting offerings on Zulia's menu. So if you would hunger for fare departing from the usual food truck tacos or BBQ, work your way over to Zulia"s, and sink your incisors into the patacon. Be adventurous! Grab a taste of Venezualan food...from Venezualans!! Enjoy!!

Y'all the empanadassssss omg I've been there 3 times this week for those empanadas I'm so serious they're heavenly. Runnnn and go get them rn