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| - I have been to Arepa once before, but prior to my yelping days.
My first experience was a good one, I got the Beef Tenderloin, packed it on with some hot sauuuuce, life was great. The day I had happened to go, it was somewhat empty, I presume due to the rain and the odd Friday afternoon timing.
The GF wanted to try it this time so we went to Arepa for lunch yesterday around 1pm. It was somewhat packed, but not overly busy.
The place itself is a cool space, I mean whose not a fan of exposed brick.
The menu is simple, the speciality being the Arepa sandwiches. They make the Arepa's fresh and have different fillings.
I thought id be a little more adventourous this time and got the Cod Fish. I have to say I wasnt very impressed. It was shreaded codfish in a sauce with some onions and peppers. It was tasty, but not as tasty as the beef tendorloin I had my first experience. My gf decided to get their flagship chicken arepa. In a nutshell, it was grilled chicken mixed in with avocado, a little underwhelming I'd say.
Also, the service was fairly lacklustre, it is a cafe so I am not expecting the world, but our entree's came before our sides of Yuca and Empanadas and I had to ask twice for a glass of water. Normally I wouldn't mind but I felt the waiters were their to save us the effort of getting up to the counter rather then taking care of the patrons.
All in all, good eats but to sum it up its regular sandwiches in a fresh corn meal bun. Its good not great.
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