This place is such a hidden gem. Every time I go, I am blown away not just by how delicious the…read morefood is but by how kind and attentive the people are. The customer service is honestly some of the best I have experienced anywhere. They treat you like family from the moment you pull up. They are so sweet, smiling, and genuinely happy to serve you. Even though it is an outside spot, they make it feel so comfortable and easy. They give you a little alarm so you can relax in your car while you wait, and it goes off when your food is ready at the window. It is such a thoughtful touch that makes the whole experience stress free. And then there is the food. Everything tastes so fresh, warm, and made with love. The tequeños are perfection, crispy on the outside and filled with gooey cheese that melts in your mouth. The empanadas are packed with flavor and always come out hot and fresh. You can tell nothing has been sitting around. It is made for you and handed to you at the perfect temperature. The freshness and care in every bite makes it stand out from anywhere else. I really wish more people knew about this place. Every time I drive by, I do not see as many people there as I think should be. This food and this service deserve a line wrapped around the corner. It is one of those spots you fall in love with instantly and then want to tell everyone you know about. If you want incredible food, warm customer service, and an experience that feels personal every single time, this is the place. I cannot recommend it enough.

La peor comida Venezolana que he probado en Houston. Los pasteles llenos de aceite por dentro, y…read morerotos, la presentación es muy deficiente. NUNCA vengan a comer aquí. Es botar el dinero

What a hidden gem! We ordered guava pastries and egg, bacon, and cheese empanadas. Both were hot…read moreand delicious! It's super cute inside and very clean. The ladies working that day were very welcoming. I can't wait to try more things.

Food was amazing, the service was even better…read more I was craving some empanadas and I saw this place was highly rated so I thought I would give it a try. Just my bad luck, the time I came in there was a kids soccer team and their parents in front of me. I placed my order behind them and waited patiently. 5 mins later my name was already called. The gentleman behind the counter ( I assume was the owner) made food for me on the house because he told me it would be a while. 10 mins later my food was ready! Both the baked and fried empanadas were delicious. if i could only pick only one I would choose the fried one. but if youre looking for something lighter defiantly go for the bake one. Amazing food and service. Will back again

I was so happy to find the Venezuelan place inside the market. The ladies were so sweet and…read morewelcoming. We ordered 12 tequeños and 3 arepas: chicken, carne mechada, and carne molida. All 3 were fried perfectly and were delicious. The green sauce was also a perfect compliment. My favorite was the carne mechada one. The tequeños were also cooked perfectly and they were cheesy and delicious. My kids were really pleased with them. I would definitely come back here for my empanada fix and to try other items on their menu. I also ordered a cafe con leche and was so happy to see Cuban coladas on the menu. There is a lot of room to sit down and eat, but we chose to take ours to go due to COVID. I love to support Latino-owned businesses, and I would definitely recommend this place. We'll definitely be back.

The food court at Harvest Natural Market is under renovation, but Arepas de Pilon is a separate…read morebusiness and is still serving. I stopped in the other day for lunch while shopping and had an empanada, an arepa, and a passionfruit drink. The empanada was a Mechada, filled with shredded beef. It was deep fat fried and pretty greasy, with a hard shell. Now, I don't mind grease at all--that puddle at the bottom of the container is a sign of good things to come. I very much enjoyed my empanada, the beef was tender and flavorful and I love a crunchy shell. But some may be put off. For the arepa I chose the Venezuelan Queen. An arepa on its own is a corn pancake. These arepas are split and filled, making a sandwich, and it's kind of like eating a sandwich on an english muffin. The Venezuelan Queen is a chicken avocado salad arepa. It was generously filled with a smooth and tasty filling. Not super flavorful but just fine. Either of those items would make a good meal. I washed them down with the passionfruit drink, which was sweet and refreshing. I tried the sugar cane lemonade and don't recommend it unless you specifically know and like sugar cane drinks. Yelp needs a new category for restaurants. This is South American food, and I couldn't find a good category for it. We will see more of it as refugees from South American start businesses here.

Perhaps at some point this was a food truck, and maybe still goes out to events with their food…read moretruck, but I am in a full restaurant, with both indoor and outdoor seating, and nice cool AC. There is a small menu with tiny print, but luckily the young man behind the counter was very helpful. I asked him for suggestions from a few things I had narrowed it down to. I am getting a Patagonia mixture, with pork, and the pork Ralf recommended. It's very colorful for sure, and I'm not quite sure how to eat it because it's a sandwich looking type item with the filling falling out the sides. The first thing I noticed is the mustard. Oye, thats a lot of mustard, and I'm thinking, maybe ketchup? I haven't ever put ketchup on a sandwich, well burgers aside. It's definitely too hot to pick up at the moment, so I'll continue. I also ordered a drink, Papelon con Limon. It's sweet, for me, too sweet, but I also have water, so I am good. I had to cut the beast in half to get a better handle on it. There is lettuce, tomato, ham, cheese and like a pulled pork. I have yet to figure out what it is that holds all this together, some kind of fried ... idk, something, perhaps a fried plantain. It's really good, really messy and a little heavy on the mustard. I do wish the print on the menu was bigger, even with my glasses, I couldn't make any of it out. I also had to, or felt the need to, soak up excess grease from the ... , bun? It's not a bun, I just don't know what else to call it. I am thrilled with the taste, it's really good, again, a little mustard heavy, but that's ok I am going to bring the other half home to my son, along with the sweet drink, I feel he will like this even more than I do. I am also going to have to look at the menu online and see if there is a better, easier to read description. another table ordered burgers, and they look pretty dang good, huge too. So yeah, I would definitely give this place a try again and recommend.

Large variety of different foods ! Russian food is there check it out ! Super clean new store and…read moregood service. Check it out don't miss out.

Food here is so good, I absolutely loved it! I tried the Spring, brick and mortar location, and we…read moregot the Patacon Burger which was by far my favorite, the arepa peluda, pepiprimo, and the picada. I love plantains and the idea of using them as the buns for the burger was sooo good I absolutely loved it. The Picada was also good and I loved the mix of items in it. Definitely recommend!

Thanks to reading up on this truck after visiting here during my dogsitting adventures in Spring, I…read morefound out it's located in the Gosling Express food truck court. How did I not know the name of the venue but knew what the truck was!? Nevertheless, my friend and I stopped here when he returned when I mentioned the food truck court off Gosling. He had no idea this was less than a mile from his residence and was pleased with all the truck options. We decided on this one since I wanted to taste this the moment I saw it. Yes, it's another Venezuelan food option but the eats just keep kicking with street goodies such as the arepas, empanadas, hot dogs, and burgers. Going a bit light, I went with the mushroom and cheese arepa and a shredded chicken empanada. The arepa had the right texture with the melted cheese and light crisp of the shell. The empanada was alright, similar to other empanadas I've had although I liked the golden brown color. My friend ordered the Pepi Primos sandwich which was stuffed with goodness beef, cheese, cabbage, dressing, onions, etc. A messy sandwich but he scarfed it down. like there was no tomorrow. We can't wait to return and try other items and my friend is glad this is near his location!

The food was authentic and very satisfying. Our server her name was Adriana and she was excellent!…read more I haven't had this much care and attentiveness from a server in a long time. She was so friendly and genuine. The food is great and you can't pass on the lemonade. It's a very casual environment and great for families. I'm giving this a 5 start brocade of our service.

This is a great restaurant. I LOVED it. The food is super yummy. I gave my child some chicken, rice…read moreand platanin and he LOVED it. The service is great. I give this restaurant 5 stars.

Why 3 stars? Because the whole experience was a bit of a let down…read more --- --- --- I had this place bookmarked and wanted to check it out for a few weeks. I finally made the drive down 1488, but was a bit saddened by the events. Attempt #1: I drove over, put in my order and waited. A few minutes later, my buzzer went off and I was told that the gas for their stove top ran out and that they would have to refund me. It's unfortunate and it happens, but it was definitely not ideal since I drove 15-20 minutes just for this. Attempt #2: I sat in awful traffic on my way here that made my commute about 30 minutes. And then I waited another 20+ for my food after ordering, which I definitely did not expect. When I got home, I was pretty unimpressed with my pepito. And my wife felt the same about her California hot dog. I know this is about as small a business as they come and I hate to be too harsh, so I'll just leave my rating at 3-stars, though it's a bit of a round-up.

Foooooodddiiieeeessss I'm back!!! Sooo I was driving down to magnolia to pick up my sons pet some…read morepetsmart and on our way I saw this lot filled with cars but I also saw FOOOOODDD TRUCKS! Yasss food truck heaven here! We came across Latin 58 and saw their awesome menu. My husband got a guanábana drink and some guava tequenos, jalapeño and cheese tequenos, and lastly a chicken empanada. Wowowowow. The juice was amazing, had great fresh taste and the snacks were fire! They were delicious. The guava and cheese tequenos took me back to my home town L.A. when we're would hit up Porto's bakery for some guava and cheese bread. It was amazing! Definitely come check this place out and ask for Damaris, she was really awesome. Customer service was great and they even gave my daughter some really tasty cookies with sprinkles which she loves soooo much.

Amazing food for a great price. Really chill spot. Great service…read more Grabbed breakfast here a couple times already definitely going back.

Awesome little Venezuelan hole-in-the-wall! Super friendly service and great food. Roasted pork…read morepatacones and ground beef pastelitos are excellent, but we haven't really had anything we didn't like.

Exceptional food win an original flair for the burger. Flavors are spot on. Hearty meal with unique…read moreappetizer options.

I had a great experience at Bocados Burger & Grill! I ordered the Bocados Sampler, which came with…read moretequeños, pork belly, montaditos, and fried arepas. The tequeños were definitely the highlight for me and honestly some of the best I've had in Houston. The pork belly wasn't really my favorite, but everything else on the sampler was very enjoyable. For the main dishes, I tried the Crazy Cow Burger along with the Smoke Barrel Picanha, and both were excellent. The meats were flavorful and cooked really well. I also had their passion fruit drink, which tasted very fresh and refreshing. Overall, it was a great experience and I'd definitely come back to try more from the menu.

Que lugar tan malo! Comida malísima peores empanadas del mundo! Y los tequeños no se diga! No…read morevuelvo, no lo recomiendo, worse Venezuelan food I've ever had! Go to the trucks on Gossling! Or Los primos

I visited this food truck the other night at its new location behind the Gosling Express…read moreconvenience store. On that night it was a one-man operation so the service was a bit slow, but not too bad. I had a pork pepito basket with a papelon con limon. My fries were something of a disappointment--limp and not very many, but my friend who ordered a side of fries at the same time said hers were better. The sandwich was pretty good--tender pork with a generous amount of a tasty dill sauce, along with cheese and some other condiments. It's a good thing the sauce was good, because between the dill flavor and the amount it pretty much overwhelmed the rest of the flavors. The roll was good, a nice crusty one that allowed you to pick up the sandwich easily. I liked it fine. My friend had the burger, which was a decent basic burger except for the cheese not melting properly. The papelon con limon was OK--probably made with turbinado sugar. I've had it with brown sugar and liked that better. The truck has a very broad menu, covering Venezuelan, Tex-Mex, and even Asian dishes. I would say it is worth a try if you are branching out.