I love Venezuelan food now because of this restaurant. Earlier this year, I had Venezuelan students who recommended me some dishes to try and now I finally could. I had difficulty choosing what to eat, but you got to get what is the national dish of a country and you got to get what is in the name of the restaurant. When the place is an arepera, you need to get arepa. The food was delicious, and I enjoyed my friend's rum drink (nice and sweet). I was pretty full after eating the food, so I take that as a sign of high integrity for a restaurant. The server was helpful and friendly. This was a casual neighborhood eatery. Such a neighborhood eatery that I swear I saw an old schoolmate walk past and into a nearby apartment. It felt like seeing a ghost.

My dinner plans went awry but cool Venezuelan restaurant Arepera Guacuco warmly welcomed me and made sure I didn't go back outside hungry! It's a popular and hip spot but definitely not annoyingly so. I had the worst time trying to decide what to eat since there were loads of options, with the bulk of the menu consisting of arepas. Finally, I ordered and the pabellón arepa ($14.50), which contained shredded beef, black beans, sweet plantains, and white cheese, was quite yummy.  I was on the cusp of satiety post-arepa so I ordered an empanada. The empanada ended up being more massive than I expected. I'd picked the vegetariana one ($6.50) which offered an intriguing combo of components: sweet plantains, black beans, cheese, jalapeños, and coconut. Doing a little digging online now, I learned that Venezuelan empanadas use corn meal instead of flour, resulting in a bread-like texture instead of a more pie crust-like one. Anyway, the empanada was piping hot and just what I needed!

Fire empanadas, staff is so friendly and helpful. Good straight forward menu and nice location near the park!

This place was introduced by a friend and it lived up to its hype! Loved their ambiance-very legit. Tried their beef arepas and they were wonderful! Would defo go back for more. Nice service.

Great little Venezuelan spot in Bushwick, specializing in arepas and empanadas. It can be tough to find yummy vegetarian and vegan options at South American restaurants but Guacuco knocks it out of the park with their vegetarian empanada! Hands down the best empanada I've ever had, and that includes a month in Argentina subsisting almost entirely on empanadas. The vegan arepa was a bit odd - mostly stewed peppers - and messy to eat but yummy nonetheless. Don't sleep on the juices! Cocktails looked good too, though we didn't try any. A+ service from our servers, too, who were super friendly and irritated that we didn't order alcohol/dessert.

The portions are pretty big here! I only had one arepa, one empanada and a milkshake (after dance class) and I was stuffed. I like the pork arepa and vegetarian empanada. But the real star was their coconut milkshake, holy moly, best coconut milkshake I ever had. I also couldn't decide which sauce was my favorite but I did wish they had a spicier sauce.

Pretty good casual place to eat. With a pretty b full bar. Service was good. She was easygoing and helpful.

If you don't like Arepera Caucuco you must be kinda loco. I stopped in solo last Friday to grab some quick grub and oh boy did it hit the spot. I ordered the Pabellon Criollo, which for $19 comes with shredded beef, white rice, black beans, an arepa and fried sweet plantains topped with salty cheese. I haven't been here in years but it all tasted just as delicious as I remember.. talk about consistency! While the service isn't the most interactive, the servers are efficient and leave you with a nice sized pitcher of water for your meal. I don't drink anymore but I could so see this being the perfect place to grab a hardy meal before a night on the town.

I ordered to go after having a few drinks else where. The music was much better although it had the speaker quality/volume of a restaurant I was feeling it much more (mainly because it was music I liked:) When I got home (about a 13 minute car ride) the food was warm (nothing a pop in the oven/air fryer couldn't help) and my nonalcoholic beverage made it intact to get spiked. I love love loved the empanadas. They were by far the most interesting and delicious masa I've had. Definitely not masa I'm use to, it had a bao bun texture. The arepa I order was full to the brim with a good heap of aguacate and heavily flavors. Overall definitely a spot that will be on my regular menu.