Caraotas - Venezuelan restaurant in Brooklyn - 162 Irving Ave, USA

Food was absolutely delicious, my wife created her own bowl and it was very fulfilling. I ordered a double cheeseburger combo and the burger was fresh as well as the fries. When ordering at the counter the service was simple and quick. There is bar like seating inside against the walls and a few tables on the outside. Just a heads up if you eat outside it’s on a fairly busy street, so you’ll get the sounds of cars and whatever music they’re listening too! Restaurant is kept very clean and the music is kept at a good volume. We will be returning for the milkshakes for sure!

My rice bowl and passion fruit juice was fire. Super fresh and authentic. I ordered a build your own bowl with pernil pulled pork, black beans, corn, grated cotija cheese, chipotle sauce, cilantro, sweet plantains, and sour cream sauce.

I've ordered from here almost a dozen times by now and it has always been great. Huge plates for fair prices and so delicious.

I ordered a double cheeseburger and got this….they literally just grabbed half of a burger and just threw it in, pathetic. A shame because everything else was pretty good. Don’t know if I’ll be ordering again from here, if they don’t even give you a complete burger. Response edit: Then why would you sell a “double cheeseburger”😂 you’re telling me you sell a patty and a half burgers ?? LOL And also nobody is complaining about the quality. Come on man, your response was just embarrassing and made no sense.

Great Venezuelan food with a few classical American options as well, decent prices with some great combo options and a few good milkshakes as well. Limited table seating. Would definitely recommend. We got the empanada combo and pabellon arepa which was filling and delicious filling with the pabellon being our favorite. The tequenos and empanada were also really good.

Had a great, easy dine-in experience a few weeks ago, had this place on my list for ages. Used to live up the block a few years ago, sadly this placed opened up about a year after I moved :( Venezuelan burger was very good, although I’ll admit I intended on the arepa version instead. Still enjoyed the burger, bread was fresh and loved the sauce and generous amount of cheese and potato sticks for an added crunch. Shakes are handmade to order, the pistachio shake was very good and filling with real pistachio. I’d personally prefer less pieces of pistachio, but thick consistency and quality made up for it. Yuca fries are large, very crispy and on the denser side. Very filling and satisfying, worth the wait. A handful of counter high seats and 1 or 2 small tables, not ideal for large groups. Service was exceptional and friendly. So many different options worth trying here, I don’t think you can go wrong at all!!

• arepa burger - the arepa itself was pretty underwhelming.. like it’s just there. meat was juicy and seasoned well. • yucca fries - soft and crispy. notes i came in at a pretty busy time, around 6:50pm. received my order in 17 minutes. the portions are huge and i was starving so i was surprised when i couldn’t finish it all. asked for containers and a bag to go. service was great as the workers are friendly and helpful. overall, mid but tried and true if you’re looking for a quick bite.

Highly recommend! We got the chicken and cheese empanada and pabellon arepa and they were both absolutely delicious The staff were also super friendly, helpful and patient with us