Nico's Arepas Grill

8303 N Armenia Ave suite# 2, Tampa
(813) 932-1777

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Nico's Sampler Platter
Empanada De Pabellon
Cachapa Tradicional
Empanadas De Pollo
Chicken Pabellón
Appetizer Sampler
Venezuelan Arepas
Asado Negro Plato
Shredded Chicken
Empanada de Cazon

Menu

Featured items
Empanadas
Fried stuffed turnovers.
Tequenos de Queso
Five. Venezuelan fried cheese sticks.
Nico's Sampler
Two mini cachapas, two mini arepas, two tequenos, and two mini empanadas.
Reina Pepiada
Mixed shredded chicken with mayonnaise, avocado & white cheese
Beef Soup
32oz beef soup
Pebellon Arepa
Shredded beef, black beans, sweet plantains, white cheese
La Pelua
Shredded beef & your choice of cheese
Cachapa Mixta
Cachapa with 1 choice of protein & handmade cheese
Traditional Cheese Cachapa
Traditional cheese cachapa, topped with white cheese
Sweet Plantains
Mini Arepas
Three Pieces.
La Vinotinto
Hamburguesa de Res o Pollo de 6 oz. a la Parrilla, Jamón Ahumado, Queso de Mano, Mayonesa, Kétchup, Mostaza, Huevo, Papitas, Lechuga, Tomate, Cebolla y Papas Fritas. Grilled 6 oz. All Beef or Chicken Burger, Smoked Ham, Hand Made Cheese, Mayonnaise, Ketchup, Mustard, Fried egg, Shoestring Potatoes, Lettuce, Tomato, Onions and French Fries.
Traditional Beef Pabellon
Shredded beef, white rice with fried egg, black beans, plantains, and white cheese.
La Llanera
Skirt steak or chicken, chorizo, handmade cheese & guacamole
Cachapa Llanera
Skirt steak or chicken, sausage, guacamole, & handmade cheese, topped with white cheese
La Catira
Shredded chicken & cheddar cheese
Nico's Beef Special
Shredded beef, chicken salad & white cheese

Most Popular
Tequenos de Queso
Five. Venezuelan fried cheese sticks.
La Catira
Shredded chicken & cheddar cheese
Chicken Soup 32oz
Traditional Venezuelan chicken soup
Nico's Specials
Traditional Beef Pabellon
Shredded beef, white rice with fried egg, black beans, plantains, and white cheese.
Passion Fruit Pie

Appetizers
Empanadas
Fried stuffed turnovers.
Mini Arepas
Three Pieces.
Arepa Sliders
Three pieces.
Nico's Sampler
Two mini cachapas, two mini arepas, two tequenos, and two mini empanadas.
Tequenos de Queso
Five. Venezuelan fried cheese sticks.
Patacones
Three.
Tequeños de Cachapa (5)
Venezuelan fried corn dough cheese sticks
Pabellon Empanada
Tequenos Guava y Queso
Five. Venezuelan fried cheese and guava sticks.
Cheese With Potato Empanada
White cheese With Potato empanada

Lunch
Traditional Beef Pabellon
Shredded beef, white rice with fried egg, black beans, plantains, and white cheese.
Churrasco 12oz
12 OZ DE CHURRASCO A LA PARRILLA Y DOS CONTORNOS A ELEGIR
Beef Soup
32oz beef soup
Chicken Pabellon
Shredded chicken, white rice with fried egg, black beans topped with white cheese, plantains.
Chicken Breast 12OZ
12 OZ De PECHUGA DE POLLO A LA PARRILA CON DOS CONTORNOS A ELEGIR
Asado Negro Plato
Sweet Eye of Round Beef, white rice, and sweet plantains.
Chicken Soup
32oz chicken soup
Plato Navideno
hallaca, ensalada de gallina y pernil
Hallaca x1

Salads
Nico's Salad
Mixed lettuces, tangerine, strawberry, red onion, carrot, tomatoes, almonds, fried tortilla straws, feta cheese, tossed in strawberry balsamic vinaigrette

Cachapas
Cachapa Mixta
Cachapa with 1 choice of protein & handmade cheese
Cachapa Llanera
Skirt steak or chicken, sausage, guacamole, & handmade cheese, topped with white cheese
Traditional Cheese Cachapa
Traditional cheese cachapa, topped with white cheese
Cachapatona
Shredded Beef, Shredded chicken, chcken salad, shrimp, and handmade cheese, topped with white cheese.
Cachapa Asado Negro
Cachapa with eye of round beef & handmade cheese, topped with white cheese
Cachapa Nico's
Choose up to 3 fillings, topped with white cheese
Plain Cachapas

Sides
Sweet Plantains
Fried Yucca
Arroz Mampostea'o de Caraotas
Black beans mampostea'o rice
Tostones
Fried green plantains
5 Fried Mini Arepas
Plain mini arepas
French Fries
Avocado
Chorizo
Chorizo
Sauces Peq
Salsas
Plain Arepa
Black Beans
Black beans topped with white cheese
Rice
White rice
Fried Egg
2 Huevos Frito
White Cheese
Queso Blanco 2oz
Shredded Beef
Handmade Cheese
Sauteed Shrimp
Soft White Cheese
Queso Guayanes
Pork
Grilled Chicken Breast
Ham
Shredded Chicken
Chicken Salad
Mixed:chicken, mayonnaise, corn, carrots, peas, green beans
Shrimp
Sautéed shrimp
Sauces Grd
Salsas.
Nata Criolla Grd

Beverages
Imported Drinks
Bebidas Venezolanas y Colombianas
Natural Juice
Canned Sodas
Chicha
Venezuelan rice drink with a hint of cinnamon
Papelon con Limon
Venezuelan drink made from unrefined sugar cane & fresh lime juice

Arepas
Pebellon Arepa
Shredded beef, black beans, sweet plantains, white cheese
La Catira
Shredded chicken & cheddar cheese
La Llanera
Skirt steak or chicken, chorizo, handmade cheese & guacamole
La Pelua
Shredded beef & your choice of cheese
La Quesua
Gouda cheese, handmade cheese, soft white cheese, white cheese
La Sifrina
Mixed shredded chicken with mayonnaise, avocado & gouda cheese
Nico's Beef Special
Shredded beef, chicken salad & white cheese
Reina Pepiada
Mixed shredded chicken with mayonnaise, avocado & white cheese
El Cerdito
Pork and your choice of cheese
Nico's Chicken Special
Shredded chicken, chicken salad & white cheese
Domino
Black beans and white cheese
Asado Negro Arepa
Eye of round beef and gouda cheese
La Glotona
Shredded beef, shredded chicken, chicken salad, shrimp and white cheese
Nico's Shrimp Special
Shrimp, chicken salad & white cheese
La Jardinera
Lettuce, tomato, avocado and sweet plantains
Make Your Own Arepa
Make your own Arepa with your choice of 5 fill-ins.
La Cabimera

Picada Nico's
Mixed
Skirt steak, chicken breast and pork loin stir fry, served over a bed of fries, lettuce, tomato & cilantro

Desserts
Venezuelan Flan (Quesillo)
Tres Leches
Marquesa Chocolate *
Torta de galletas cubierta y rellena de chocolate
Passion Fruit Pie
Key Lime Pie

Venezuelan Parrilla
Venezuelan Parrilla
Skirt steak, grilled chicken breast, sausage, boiled yucca, fried plantain, fried mini arepas & guasacaca sauce

Especialidades Nico's
Spaguetti a la Carbonara
Spaguetti served with sundried tomatoes, arugula, skirt steak and chicken breast with a creamy carbonara sauce
Pasticho Venezolano
Lasagna

SNACKS
Susy
Galletas rellena chocolate
Samba Fresa
Galleta rellena fresa cubierta de chocolate
Pirucream Choco Grande
Barquillas rellenas chocolate.
Panque 11-11 Vainilla
Torta vainilla
Ovomaltina Tubo
Chocolatina
Cocosette
Galleta rellena crema de coco
Nucita Vaso Plastico
Crema Chocolate doble sabor
Chocolate Cri Cri 130grs
Chocolate de leche y tostada de Arroz producto de Venezuela
Pirucream Coco grande
Barquillas rellenas chocolate
Flaquito Nevado
Nestea Durazno 1 Kilo
Bebida instantanea sabor durazno
Nucita tubo
Crema Chocolate doble sabor
Nestea limon 1 Kilo
Bebida instantanea sabor a limon
TOOPS Chocolate
Cereal relleno chocolate
TOOPS Dulce de Leche
Cereal relleno dulce leche
Pirucream Choco Pequeno
Barquillas rellena chocolate

Alcoholic Beverage
Cerveza Polar x1
Cerveza de Venezuela
Cerveza Polar caja x12
Cerveza de Venezuela 12 unidades
Sangria 32onz
Vino con trozos de Frutas
Sangria 16onz
Vino con trozos de Frutas
Cerveza Bud Light x1
Cerveza de EE. UU.
Cerveza Corona x1
Cerveza Mexicana
Cerveza Stella Artois x1
Cerveza de Belgica
Cerveza Modelo x1
Cerveza Mexicana

Nicos-Hamburgers
La Vinotinto
Hamburguesa de Res o Pollo de 6 oz. a la Parrilla, Jamón Ahumado, Queso de Mano, Mayonesa, Kétchup, Mostaza, Huevo, Papitas, Lechuga, Tomate, Cebolla y Papas Fritas. Grilled 6 oz. All Beef or Chicken Burger, Smoked Ham, Hand Made Cheese, Mayonnaise, Ketchup, Mustard, Fried egg, Shoestring Potatoes, Lettuce, Tomato, Onions and French Fries.
La VTXL
Hamburguesa de Res o Pollo de 6 oz. a la Parrilla, Jamón Ahumado, Chuleta Ahumada, Queso de Mano, Mayonesa, Kétchup, Mostaza, Huevo, Papitas, Lechuga, Tomate, Cebolla y Papas Fritas. Grilled 6 oz. All beef or Chicken Burger, Smoked Ham, Smoked Pork Chop, Hand Made Cheese, Mayonnaise, Ketchup, Mustard, Fried egg, Shoestring Potatoes, Lettuce, Tomato, Onions and French Fries.

Catering
Catering N 2
10 Mini Cachapas con queso de Mano 10 Mini Empanadas surt Carne Pollo y Queso 10 Tequenos de Queso 10 Tequenos de Guayaba y Queso 10 Tequenos de Cachapa
Catering N 1
10 Mini Arepitas surt Carne Pollo y Queso 10 Mini Empanadas surt Carne Pollo y Queso 10 Tequenos de Queso 10 Tequenos de Cachapa 10 Tequenos Guayaba y Queso
Catering N 3
10 Mini Cachapas con queso de Mano 10 Mini Arepas surt Carne Pollo y Queso 10 Mini Empanadas surt Carne Pollo y Queso 10 Tequenos de Queso 10 Tequenos de Guayaba y Queso 10 Tequenos Cachapa

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Recent Reviews

Amazing staff and the food is always great. Was coming here for years, moved away, and came back to town for a visit and decided to come back here and it's still just as good as the first time I ate here. Always highly recommend.
July 2025
Large dining area with 50 spacious seats. A smaller bar area in front of an open kitchen, and a grocery nook next to the entrance. Clean, understated, and a wood forward interior. The music is Latin in language, rhythm, and level.
Service is English speaking and aware of vegetarian and vegan diets.
The vegetarian arepa came without the advertised beans probably for that reason.
The arepa was fresh, and the combination of sweet, grilled plantains with...
June 2025
Can I leave 6 stars?! This is the food we most look forward to eating when we’re in town from Colorado. Man, those cachapas though!
Pork cachapa, fresca cheese, all the sauces.

Edit: Still a favorite visit spot in 2025!
June 2025

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Nico's Arepas Grill

8303 N Armenia Ave suite# 2, Tampa, FL 33604
(813) 932-1777