As we were coming from Isla Verde beach, we drove past this Venezuelan restaurant and just had to try it ! It's a small restaurant with outside seating and they have a full bar too. Since we were starving, we had the beef patacon, cachupa con queso, tequenos, arepa, freshly squeezed juices, and a vanilla shake. The patacon was very filling and was similar to a nachos but with a Venezuelan flare to it. The cachupa con queso was a sweet corn based flatbread topped with melted cheese (I believe it was halloumi like but not 100% sure). Then we had tequenos which were mozzarella sticks wrapped in a special dough and one of our orders had guava in it. The best part about this restaurant other than how delicious everything tasted was how fresh it was. For instance, they only use freshly squeezed juices such as passionfruit and fresa (strawberry) and loved every sip of it. Lastly, we dived right into their their chicken arepa that was topped with fresh avocado slices and cheese. Along with this, the service we received was pretty amazing too and although there was a language barrier with one of the staff; she was still sweet and very much so attentive. I'd love to return here and try more of their creations. read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

This was the best food spot on this side of San Juan. We literally went back to eat there every day of our trip. My favorite was the Pabellon Margariténo with shrimp and fish. It was amazing! The service was quick and the atmosphere was enjoyable. Parking was tough because it's always packed. Again, the food was amazing! Even the sauces that come with the meal were great! Definitely recommend. read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Pabellon Margariténo - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

I love this place...my favorite thing to get is the veggie arepa. Get it with black beans, plantains, queso, and avocado. The flavors put together in an arepa are absolutely fantastic! It has the food truck vibe to it, and the food is made fresh. Best "street food" in Isla Verde. Worth the walk or drive. read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

Some of the best arepas!! The mixta is a must also the pionono in both chicken and beef.

So cheap and so good! It's a 2-3 minute walk from the Isla Verde Beach and have easy and quick Venezuelan bites. The shop seems to only have outdoor seating, which seats a little less than 20 people. Fast service, delicious food, and the 50+ sauces that line that counter space won my heart. read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

We loved the place everything was tasty and fresh!! My got to place next time I'm in PR

Decided to try this place out since they have a parking lot and it was 24hours. The guy that took our order was friendly and explained the different kinds of arepas to us and gave us his recommendation. I wanted the reina pepiada which they didn't have so I chose the dura arepa I think. Either way, it was delicious! I would come back here for sure!! read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

These were the best arepas I've ever had! We went twice. I will say the 2nd time was maybe a little less satisfying than the 1st time because the sauces weren't included the 2nd time and we took it to go. Also thought the texture of the arepa was perfect the 1st time. But mmm they were outstanding. I got the one with cheese, black bean and plantains.. and also the chicken and shrimp. They are generous with the cheese. The parking lot is quite small. It did take quite some time for our orders to come out, so I probably wouldn't recommend this place if you are in a rush. Wish we had arepas like these where I live. read more

Best food we had in PR (besides the mofongo). We went twice. Officially addicted!! They make the arepas right there, fresh and hot. And the sauce...I would buy it by the gallon! read more

This place is really good and cheap. Make sure you try the octopus. Caught fresh every day!! Open 24/7. Been here 4 times in two weeks. Cool little corner stand with really friendly staff. read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

The food was FANTASTIC. If you are looking for authentic Venezuelan arepas this is the place for you. It was also extremely reasonably price. I got a pabellón Arepa,shredded meat, black beans, cheese and sweet plantain which was very filling, i also got a order of tequeños is something like cheese sticks. It's a little shack but there are a few bar stools and then a couple of picnic tables in the shade. They have menus posted in Spanish, but also have English menus available. read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Tequeños - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

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I literally walked 6 blocks in the rain to get these Arepas, okay? AND IT WAS WORTH IT. Ate 2 and took one to go. My fiancé managed to eat 3!!! And he took two to go. Basically it was a good time. I didn't mind the damp seats because the energy at the stand was phenomenal. Great folks and great food. You already know it's a YES. read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

We just died and went to food heaven. If you don't think this is good food well then I feel bad for ya son!! I can see why the wait could be long for some and certain times. But good things come to those who wait!! And it's island time here We had the shredded beef arepas and cheese. Oh. My. God. Unbelievably amazing!!!!!!! Even if you have to drive and look for parking and wait. Again... worth it!!!! read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

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A must go! This place is delicious and inexpensive. You have to try the arepas of course with the green sauce and garlic sauce. On top of the deliciousness it's inexpensive and open 24hours. I must warn though do not come here in a rush or super hungry. Prepare to wait but this is to be expected on the island. Oh and I can't forget the staff are super friendly and patient with my poor attempts of pronouncing the items on the menu. I truly LOVE THIS PLACE ! read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

I wish I could rate higher but the wait times are often just too ridiculous. If they were able to be upfront about delays and unavailable ingredients at the time of ordering then I'd be happier. That said, the sauces and flavors are delicious and the stuffings are very generous. Prices to me are reasonable for the quantity! read more

Amazing arepas at any time of the day, there tequeños are also very good ! If you order through the phone you will receive your food faster . read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Pionono arepa with a medalla - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

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Best food our whole trip, what a bummer that we did not find our about them until our last day. We ordered the combination arepa, shrimp pionono arepa, and the patacon with shredded beef. My favorite was the Pionono (add avocado), the shrimp and sweetness of the plaintains was great and the crunch from the arepa was amazing. The flavor of the shredded beef on the patacon was also delicious! read more

If you're looking for something cheap and absolutely delicious, come to this place. The Pabellion Arepas are fire.

The BEST late night chow you can get ANYWHERE. These guys are open 24/7, they're right on the side of the road, and they will serve you the tastiest, crispiest, most tender, most flavorful, jaw-clapping little tasties you have ever had. DO NOT forget to ask for their green and white sauces, they are exquisite! read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

I have never given a place only one star, but this place none. Not sure where all the 4-5 stars are coming from. Maybe they come at a different time. I came with my hungry kiddos and husband around 10pm. There weren't that many people waiting for their food. I asked about the Empanadillas and was told they have been there all day and they were not going to make more so I ordered the arepas. Two arepas and a pinono. I don't know if they got upset because I asked how much longer but they got everyone served before us. Even 2 groups who came after us. I figured it was un purpose because I asked but at this point my kids were hangry and I couldn't blame them since it had been over 60 minutes, ONE FREAKING HOUR. The cook came out and gave me the items. He literally grabbed the napkins, sauces, and utensils as slow as possible. Through all this I had said nothing. Just stood there wondering why would he be doing this. Well, I got in the car and started passing the food around I realized they messed up the order. 2 chicken arepas and one ground beef. The meat was cold in all 3 items. It was disgusting! We didn't eat them. I should have read the negative comments as this is something that has happened to other yelpers. That would teach me to check at least the first few review of a place before heading over. read more

Excellent food! Made with care. Ingredients were very fresh, especially the large servings of avocado. Large portions. We each ordered 2x arepas plus extra (Patacon to tones rellenos) and it was plenty left over. Loved the mango salsa. Friendly staff! read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Reina pepiada (Arepas with chicken and avocado) - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

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While in San Juan we wanted to visit as many food trucks as we could. It was pretty late and we wanted a snack and this was a perfect stop. Service is quick and they are helpful in deciding what to get. We order a chicken and avocado arepa, combination arepa (beef,chicken,shrimp) and tequenos. Everything so so good. It looks kinda small at first but the arepa is PACKED with meat so you do get full of just one. The tequenos are a must try as well. read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Chicken and avocado , combination (beef chicken shrimp) and tequenos - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

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My wife lived in Venezuela and she says this place is the best Venezuelan food she's ever had! Arepas were amazing, cheese is exactly the way you'd expect, beautiful plantains, juicy meat! It's got everything! read more

Love this spot. It's nearby but before I moved here I came there to eat all the time. Tiny shack but they make arepas right there. Super fresh and delicious. Plus they stuff them, so you're getting your moneys worth! read more

Delicious arepas you will be very happy. Only thing is that the place is very small and parking gets tricky

Awesome place! Authentic Venezuelan food for an affordable price. It's by the beach so you can literally get the food to go & just go straight to the beach. Staff is nice and will explain any dishes if you have any questions. This is as Venezuelan as it gets in Puerto Rico plus it's opened 24 hours. read more

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This was by far one of my favorite places I ate during my stay in San Juan. The food is cheap and the atmosphere is amazing. The garlic sauce is the absolute best!!! read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Pollo y queso - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

Beware! Poor service. Long wait and average food. Prepare to wait 1hr for two arepas.

The arepas are amazing, had the mixed one. The garlic sauce that comes with it is also very good. Service is great as well

We saw this place when we were driving to our hotel. Since we've had Venezuelan arepas before we decided to stop. This location is easily within walking distance of most of the hotels in Carolina. It's an outside seating location only. We had the Arepas de Carne Molida, Arepas de carne mechada, cachapas, tequeños, and mango and strawberry juices. Everything was excellent with the exception of the carne mechada. The meat was dry and not very flavorful but this could be attributable to eating there close to the end of the night. That's why they lose a star. I recommend this place. read more

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I didn't know I had to come to Puerto Rico to eat the best arepas I've ever had. Ate here 4 times during only a weekend stay. Yeah. It's that good. Queso blanco is soo fresh. The service//employees were really kind. 10/10 recommend. read more

AWESOME! I visit this spot on every visit to San Juan... sometimes twice. Simple yet spectacular. It's simply a fried bread stuffed with you favorite meat and cheese. They recently added avocado which is a nice touch. They have several home made sauces that you must try. Do not miss this little gem! read more

Was vacationing in PR and happened to pass by this stand one night. I honestly wasn't expecting much, since the stand was pretty ramshackle, but oh my god... these are the most amazing arepas I've ever had. The fish is definitely the best one they have and I highly recommend it. They are just the right amount of greasiness and heaviness cut with freshness through the chimichurri sauce. The chimichurri sauce was some of the best I've ever had. I highly recommend stopping by this place. It's delicious! read more

Horrible customer service ! And very rude staff by a the only young lady working tonight. I've worked and Managed is the Hospitality business for over 15 years In NYC originally from Puerto Rico. After I ordered a Empanada and a Arepa I waited 30 min for it , the young lady had about 20 ppl behind me. I simply asked , How much longer would it be ? She answered.... Si no puedes esperar , mira te devuelvo el dinero! With the worst attitude.After I tried helping her as she could not understand almost any English and the other customers and complaints. I got cold food after . AS A TEAM they were very disorganized, nobody knew what was going on , ORDERS were taking over 20 to 30min. THE YOUNG MAN THERE TOLD, me I don't think it's been that long, I said check at what time you charge me in your machine and you will see. Over all with simple customer service, of saying I'm sorry Miss. your food is taking a bit longer then expected or something! I would not be writing this review . read more

OMG! How exciting to find Venezuelan Arepas in Puerto Rico. This truly is testimony that we are everywhere adding a bit of our culture and food to every corner in the world. The quality of these arepas is superb. The service is really good, great atmosphere off the side of the road with great people enjoy a late night or mid day meal. Sit down and converse to the person next to you for a while, really makes you share the long lost conversation starter. Take a bite into your arepa and ask the person next to you what they got, they'll go into all sorts of details as to what and why they got that arepa. Again, really proud as a Venezuelan to find such a food staple in such a different, but yet such similar culture. Viva Venezuela y Puerto Rico para 100pre! read more

Damn. Damn. Damn. Don't even think about any of the high end restaurants on the island. Been there. Done that. You need to come here. Everything is fresh made to order. It's the street food you dream of having when your back home planning vacations and thinking about the food your gonna eat. This is it. This. Is. It. The mix was unreal. The shredding beef and sweet plantain was unreal. We also ordered the cheese tequinos but I could do without them next time. And there will be a next time, and another time after that as well. read more

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Amazing food and service. The vegetarian options were amazing and it's such a reasonably priced spot. Looking forward to coming here again!

Our last stop just before the airport based on yelp reviews. The place is small and right off the side of the road. There is a parking lot on the side which was helpful. They have both english and Spanish menu. Although you do need to request a English menu if you feel your high school level Spanish is limiting to understand the menu. We ordered the chicken and cheese arepa as well as the mixed. Be warned if you order fried arepas it'll take an additional 15 min. But let me say this was the best meal we had during our visit to San Juan. Don't get me wrong, food was delicious elsewhere but if you're looking for a quick bite that's cheap this place is a must. It was a silent meal because it was so good. If you enjoy hot sauce whether mild to hot, sauce it your way as it's good with any. read more

Los Chamos Arepas - Mixtas - Venezuelan Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

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The food is delicious and the guys are so nice! The food is very filling and I love the varieties of hot sauce. The food cheap but the quality was great!! The juice and pina colada were so good!!! read more

I would say, 5 stars, with an asterisk. The arepas we tried were all sooo good - the cheese is super-fresh and they really pile it in, as is the meat (of the meats we tried - ham, chicken and ground beef - the ground beef was the clear winner, as it was packed with flavor, but all three were great). They're pretty unwieldy, though - actually, the three arepas we ordered, one of them I picked it up and it immediately fell over and dumped everything on the ground, which I will mention because they made us a replacement at no charge, even though they totally didn't have to. It is also crazy messy - we probably went through like a dollar's worth of napkins between the two of us. Worth it, though. It is literally a shack, so while they do have a few seats, they obviously don't have AC, so have fun with that - but the food totally makes it worth it. Also, useful tip: their posted menu is just in Spanish, but after we spent a couple minutes clearly being American tourists looking up some of the words (we're from California, so I know a *decent* number of Spanish words for foods, but there were also some I hadn't seen before), they asked if we wanted an English menu - their printed menus are Spanish on one side and English on the other. So that's pretty helpful. The asterisk, though, is their drinks: Aly L is right, their juices have zero taste. I was going to try the strawberry, but they were out, so I tried the passion fruit instead, or possibly the papaya. I honestly can't remember which one I ordered, since it didn't taste like fruit, anyway. It was clearly fresh juice from a fruit, but I dunno what they did to it to remove all the flavor from it... if you've ever made a fruit vodka infusion, and then tasted the fruit after all the flavor infused into the vodka, just leaving a fruit-shaped shell... the juice honestly tasted like they took *that* fruit, mashed it to a pulp and served it. 100% recommend their arepas; 100% *don't* recommend their juice, at least not the one I tried. Edit: we came back the next day, cause it was that darn good. They were out of the ground beef, sadly, so I had one with chicken and plantains, and it was still just as good, which is to say, excellent, but not as good as the ground beef. I also tried just a plain one for $1.25, which I have to call out specifically as being quite possibly the best freaking food deal *ever*. I mean, a plain arepa from here just by itself is tasty, but clearly a side. But you take that same arepa, open it up, and pile the middle with garlic sauce, cilantro sauce, onion sauce, coconut hot sauce and regular red hot sauce, and now the lack of meat or cheese is pretty much irrelevant. I could eat a couple of those and call it one of the tastiest meals I'd ever had. So if you're cheap, feel free to do that. But just go next door to the gas station with the ATM where they send you if you're out of cash, and buy an Arizona from there instead of a drink from here. ;) (What I did the second time, cause I was smart!) read more