Arepa & Co Venezuelan Restaurant - Haggerston Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything here is delicious! So much flavour!"
• "Absolutely delicious food, was truly fantastic!"
• "Great food. I loved arepa with avocado, beans and plantain."
• "Incredible flavours, beautifully cooked."
• "Food is authentically amazing and the drinks are strong."
• "Food. DELICIOUS."
• "The food was 10/10 and the cocktails were out of this world!"

Cons:

• "The food was very under seasoned I actually left half of it."
• "The quality of the food was poor for the price I paid."
• "Portion sizes certainly a lot less than a few years ago."
• "Prices are high for what you get."
• "Food is ok, expensive for the size/quality."
• "Tasteless food seemed like microwave food."
• "The food tastes Amazing and I was pleasantly surprised."

Service

Pros:

• "The service isn't in your face, but definitely on it when you need something extra."
• "Service was quick, efficient and very friendly."
• "The service really nice."
• "The staff were friendly, and attentive and the general vibe of the restaurant was pleasant."
• "Service was top notch keeping our water topped up and other drinks came quickly."
• "Service was good and the waitress was happy to answer the 101 questions."
• "The staff were super attentive and friendly, the food arrived quickly and was exceptionally tasty."

Cons:

• "The service was absolutely terrible, the waitresses were rude and unhelpful."
• "We didn't want to pay the 'discretionary' service charge, but staff member made a big deal of us not paying it."
• "Horrible service, the staff are racist and rude."
• "Service is a bit slow and it took a while to get attention of waiters for drinks and water."
• "Unfortunately the staff were quite busy talking to their friends and didn’t seem to care about the customers."
• "The service was terrible, I had booked a seat at the window front over a phone reservation only to find out that the woman working there had not reserved it."
• "The service was also really slow unfortunately."

Location & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The location is fabulous, just next to the canal."
• "The place looks really cool, it is right beside the canal and the interior is incredibly inviting."
• "Its an open and spacious interior with a great view of the canal."
• "We sat outside on the canal and it was simply darling."
• "A hidden gem in the heart of one of London's coolest areas."
• "A great view overlooking the river."
• "The atmosphere was awesome."

Cons:

• "Maybe a little hard to find by chance, but definitely worth checking out when stumbling across it."
• "Ambience: Trendy and Congested."
• "Despite being happy hour the bartender was apparently on a break and we had to wait 30+ mins for our drinks."
• "The location felt a bit odd getting there."
• "The atmosphere can be a little chaotic at times."
• "very loud on a Sunday afternoon, so be prepared to shout and to order a lot of drinks to soothe your throat."
• "Can be ruined when people smoke! @Arepa&Co please put no smoking signs at the outside seating area!"

Value

Pros:

• "Really good and affordable prices for the quality food that is served."
• "Prices were reasonable."
• "Despite the exceptional quality, and amazing cocktails the prices were very affordable."
• "For all of that the price is pretty fair as well."
• "Prices were very reasonable, we paid under £70 for 2 people with cocktails."
• "The prices were affordable."
• "Really great food at extremely great prices."

Cons:

• "Prices are high for what you get."
• "Taking a point away because I think it is pricey for what you get."
• "If the price was on the lower end I probably would come back but paying £21 for a glorified burrito bowl, can of drink and 4 pieces of yuca is not worth it."
• "The £49 bill for a wrap, two salads and 3 non-alcoholic drinks was a little too extravagant for my taste."
• "But.....very expensive. £27 for 2 aperol spritz and some Yucca chips.....ah well....London prices !!"
• "The prices very expensive for the area and decor."
• "13.5% auto service charge a bit bold."