We live relatively close and were so excited to see a Venezuelan place pop up. I had never been to their other locations. We have tried this restaurant twice now, and I am on the fence about my rating:
1) My first experience was eating in the restaurant, where we tried several different empanadas and Pastelitos as well as Tumbarranchos. I really enjoyed the chicken empanada and the chicken Tumbarrancho. Their house white sauce is really delicious. For this visit, I'd give them 4 stars.
2) Because we really enjoyed the food, we decided to do a large takeout order a week or so after our first visit, for a group of about 10 people we were having over. This experience was not quite as great. I went inside the restaurant around 11 AM and ordered/paid for approximately $120 worth of food that I wanted to pick up around 4:30 PM. They took my order and I paid. I called back around 3:30pm just to re-confirm the pick up time and they stated they did not have my order. After a couple of minutes they said they found it and they seemed annoyed with me calling. They could have been nicer during this interaction. My husband picked up the food around 4:30 PM and they tried to explain that they were out of a few things, so they made some substitutions. Not a big deal. Unfortunately, they did not label any of the containers. So I had a group of 10 people at my house and no one knew what was inside any of the empanadas or pastelitos without cutting into them, and/or trying them and guessing. It was really frustrating. They should've labeled all of the containers with what was inside of them. Also, there was not enough white sauce for the amount of food I ordered. For this experience, I would give them two stars.
Overall, I will give a three star rating as an average of my two experiences. Please, for to-go orders, please label what's inside of the containers. Not just for convenience, but some people don't eat certain things due to allergies, or even for religious reasons.
Overall, I would go back and I would recommend the chicken empanadas (empanadas pollo mechado), but I am really not a fan of the other empanada or pastelito flavors, nor did I enjoy the papitas. The potato/cheese and other flavors are very one-note and there's just a lot of breading. I definitely recommend the tumbarrancho. read more