Guasaca South American Grill-Durham

Filling and affordable! I got the shredded beef arepa, loved every bite & pick up was smooth and quick. Spent a little over $6 for two on Uber!

Great for arepas in the triangle. The food is affordable and I like the combinations you can make. My favorite is their chicken arepa with plantains, beans, and cheese.

Did door dash I like their crispy chicken with the cilantro sauce and yellow arepa with chips. The mini cheese arepas are tasty but oooh so sweet ! Beware I've been to other spots of the chain, it's consistently good.

I came in around dinner time and ordered something quick to prepare. Naturally, my order was ready first, and the staff kindly rang me up. Another customer got upset thinking I was cutting in line, but in reality, there was no reason to be angry. It was simply a faster item. I was in a hurry and couldn’t explain at the moment, but I want to leave this note to say the staff did absolutely nothing wrong. They handled the situation calmly and professionally, and I really appreciate how they stuck to the correct process. Great service under pressure. Thank you and keep up the good work! Oh! Crispy chicken, avocado chicken, and grilled steak are my favorite arepas. Definitely worth to give it a try.

I'm a little torn on this review...the vegetarian arepa was quite good. Great flavor, even though the presentation was rather sloppy compared to some of the other pictures I've seen. The arepa itself was okay, compared to others that I've had - it lacked some structure. However, the salad/bowl was a different story. Everything looked okay but it was sweet. I'm not sure what was going on, are they trying to appease an American pallet? To be frank, I could have ordered something very similar at Chipotle (minus plantains) and the flavor would have been more savory - or put another way, I was expecting dark chocolate and got milk chocolate. Even while writing this review I can't help to think how odd and disappointing it was, especially when the arepa started things off in the right direction. Service was friendly and fast, no bad remarks.

I was debating on whether or not to write this review, but I think it's important. I dined at this restaurant on the evening of July 1, 2025. The music playing in the restaurant is rather loud, and I couldn't help but notice that there was a lot of profanity in the songs being played. I don't just mean your basic curse words; I'm also talking about sexually explicit words and descriptions. Most places play music that bleeps out the explicit language, so I was very surprised to hear all of that. I was concerned about the children eating in the restaurant at the time, who hopefully were not paying any attention to the music. It made me uncomfortable -- I don't really want to hear sexually explicit content while I'm eating. If anyone from Guasaca reads this, please use playlists that have bleeped out songs for the sake of children, and adults who aren't in the mood to hear all of that in that moment. Regarding the food, the chips and salsa are pretty awful. I do not recommend. The shredded chicken arepa is usually pretty good, but it didn't taste quite right on July 1. It did not taste different because of the music, however. Anyway, I have not been back since and probably won't be back for a while.

This is the first time I remember having an arepa, & I loved it! I'll definitely be looking for more places to try them. I got the signature shredded beef arepa and added plantains, it was absolutely delicious!!!!!! No complaints, the flavors mingled perfectly! It was only $7.00, & filled me up for lunch. Super casual place, my one suggestion though is don't order it to go, because I saw a lot of customers returning because their orders were messed up. You can also park in the target garage for free!

Great and tasty arepas! Tryed the shredded beef and shredded chicken, delicious! Orders come out quickly and hot!