Arepas Latin Cuisine - San Jose

Love this place! Good and employees are always so helpful! We also ordered for Christmas and let me tell you their menu for traditional holiday food was amazing!

3.5/5 solid starsGot the following:1) Bandeja Paisa Colombiana: 3/5 Feel this was "worth the price"2) Sampler (under starter): 2.5/5 eh, it was underwhelming. Def skip if I come here next time. Overall decent food. The service was good.

My partner and I stopped here on a whim after deciding not to go to another restaurant that was too crowded. We have dined in here a couple of times now and gotten food to go once as well. Prices are fair, unless you want to add avocado to your arepa which is $7 for some reason?!This time we both ordered the pabellon arepa, grilled. The combo of marinated shredded beef, black beans, plantains, and shredded cheese just hits so well. Super tasty. Good ratio of ingredients. I do need 2-3 sauce portions, but I'm aware this is more of a me thing, and our server happily provided the extra sauce for me. I have a few small complaints that prevent me from giving the place 5 stars:-our outside table was uneven, shaky, and a little dirty. -food comes out pretty quickly but servers aren't as attentive as I prefer. They don't check on you. It's more the vibe of a long leisurely meal where you have to flag the server down to get the check, a to go box, more water, etc. -the arepa is very difficult / messy to eat, and it's served on top of a paper that disintegrates from the bean and meat juices. That is a pet peeve of mine when places serve wet foods on top of disintegrating paper. Food was delicious and that's the most important thing, so overall this place gets 4 stars. Would recommend. Great for take out too.

Great food. Good menu and good portions not too much not too little. Unique menu. Great drinks. Smaller dining space but very clean and cool Decor. Service was good.

Second time going here, and I wish they would have more servers on busy nights. We waited a while to get our menu. The reason we didn't go somewhere else is because we had already walked around Willow Glen and wanted to give this place a second try. The food is ok. I have tasted better arepas, but their "green" sauce was delicious. There was only one server for the whole restaurant and two cooks. The server had a great attitude and apologized.

This spot has been on my list ever since they opened and finally made it out for lunch yesterday. It's a casual small location. It was 2 woman crew who were awesome! One did the cooking and one waited tables. They both deserve a raise! Both were so cheerful and welcoming.The food was good. I had the empanadas and the santa barbara arepas (grilled as opposed to fried). Very filling! I will be back for sure.

My apology to Arepas! I thought I reviewed the restaurant prior, but I must not have. :( I'll start with the food being delicious! I've been a few times now, and it has consistently been fresh and full of flavor!Everyone who's gone there with me has really enjoyed their food and appreciates the unique menu items. The Arepa's sandwiches are fabulous! We've only tried the fried tostones, so I can not review the grilled version, but I'm sure they are yummy too! They have multiple combinations and also have a vegetarian and vegan version. The aioli the Arepas come with is delicious, and they have a really good green hot sauce as well. I wouldn't recommend coming here if you are in a hurry, but if you have time, it's worth it. Please support small businesses like Arepas. Your mouth and body deserve quality food like they serve.

Place has a fair amount of seats, nice indoor atmosphere, and a couple seats outside as well. I got the santa barbara, (carne asada) super delicious and so is the sauce! I will definitely be back! Service was good, i got grilled, my boyfriend got fried, I would recommend grilled :) fried is good too!

Delicious arepas but a little pricey. Our meal for 4 people came out to be $160 after tip. This is not a fancy restaurant although it is situated in a popular part of Willow Glen. I took off a star because the kitchen got my order wrong (filled it with the wrong meat), the server admitted it when she brought the dish to me, but wanted me to still accept the dish without fixing it or offering some kind of discount for the mistake. When I asked if the kitchen could fix it, she seemed hesitant like I would be wasting food if I sent it back.

pero dile que coloque mucho cuidado al limpiar la mesas por que así como lo iso con migo lo puede hacer con otro cliente