Orinoco Harvard Square

Venezuelan restaurant with an entertaining selection of bites. I particularly liked the braised beef in the arepas, and the juice drinks. However, i think with having a restaurant in Harvard square that is a bit upscale, something is lost along the way. Small-ish servings, and a vibe that feels it caters more to the parents of Harvard students than to a community. The service was great though. No complaints there.

A hidden gem! If you're not careful you'll miss the alleyway leading to this restaurant and that would be sad, it's worth the search. The wait staff is very friendly and forgiving of my horrible attempts at saying the names of menu items. Everything we ordered was fantastic and I was sad to leave my leftovers behind, the casualties of vacationing.

What an amazing experience!!! Food was incredibly flavorful and portions were great. We recommend the empanadas, pulled pork, and salmon. We will be coming back 😊

There are stairs and the smell of trash that you must pass to enter the restaurant. As other have said, the restaurant was out of arepas when we went. The website is misleading as it talks about prices potentially differing from the website but the tables just have QR codes that take you to another website with pricing that shows everything the restaurant is out of stock. The meat plate was a good value but the steak on it was cooked medium well instead of medium rare. The cachapa wasn’t super filling. The re at air and was clean and had a nice laid back vibe. I went in with high expectations but found it just okay.

Salmon and bacon wrapped dates were amazing. My bf got the steamed yucca and empanadas. He couldn’t stop raving about them!