Arepa Lady Reviews Summary

Category: Colombian restaurant New York

Address: 77-17 37th Ave, Queens, NY 11372, USA

Phone: +19177451111

Rating: 4.6
based on 147 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "This place has excellent Colombian cuisine in a beautiful quaint spot."
  • "The food was so good my lady and I cleaned our plates."
  • "The food is absolutely delicious and I highly recommend it."
  • "Excellent and authentic Colombian arepa."
  • "Best arepas and tostones ever. The pork belly smoky flavor is simply the BEST I have ever had."
  • "The presentation of the food is very good. The fry green plantain, arepas, and tropical juice are delicious."
  • "The food was very flavorful, not greasy and decently portioned."

Cons:

  • "I found my regular arepa (stuffed with chicken) to be quite dry."
  • "The choclo arepa looked and tasted more like a pancake."
  • "However, the quality of the food has gone down."
  • "The meats are not well cooked or seasoned and the arepas are really bad."
  • "Arepas are dry, not as flavorful."
  • "The fillings we had, cheese, chicken, beef, didn't have a lot of flavor."
  • "The fried plantain was a little too hard."

Service

Pros:

  • "The service is exceptional."
  • "Our waiter was very friendly."
  • "The staff is so nice and service is fast."
  • "Service is friendly and the food comes out quickly."
  • "The staff is very friendly and courteous, quick to make sure you are happy with your meal."
  • "The wait staff was extremely helpful and answered all my questions."
  • "The service was really nice, friendly and helpful."

Cons:

  • "Service was good until they were all over us checking whether we were finished with our dishes to take them away."
  • "Service was good but missing a bit of friendliness."
  • "Service is good, but when they have a lot of people it can get a bit slow."
  • "Only downside would be the slow service."
  • "They took more than 25 minutes to serve us the food and they assumed we were paying with credit card and charged us extra."
  • "I did NOT appreciate how they stopped giving us water at the end to implicitly ask us to leave."
  • "Sometimes the service is a little slow."

Value

Pros:

  • "We got the arepa with sweet corn and cheese and it is really big for only $4."
  • "Prices are great and you will get FULL."
  • "So cheap, too! I think mine was $7."
  • "Amazing spot for excellent food at excellent prices."
  • "Prices are also very good for NY standards."
  • "Price: Affordable - for a group of 5.5, each eating at least two appetizers or appetizer/entree, plus pitcher = ~$140"
  • "Moderate prices."

Cons:

  • "I don’t know if this restaurant has so many great ratings because of friends and family but I’ll be 100% honest with you… this place is not worth 3 star."
  • "Food is not worth the price."
  • "My usual $8 order is now $13... Sorry to say I won't be back."
  • "They doubled their prices to $8 but my friends still loved it."
  • "12 dollars for a sweet corn arepa with a fair amount of chicken and some cheese is actually insane, especially given the size."
  • "Food amount compared to the price a little bit high."
  • "Really good but the prices are getting to their head."

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