Pana Venezuelan Food Truck

2738 Mission St, Santa Cruz - 95060
83 reviews
Food Trucks Venezuelan
(530) 340-6656

Maybe I ordered at a bad time? My arepas were pretty dry, stale, and under seasoned. I ordered the pabellon which comes with beef, plantain, cheese, and black beans. The masa was dry and a little stale. The beef needed seasoning and wasnt the most tender. Even my dog wasn't stoked to try some. I love plantain, its my favorite food but some of it was way overcooked and hard. I couldn't taste the beans honestly so I took them out, it was unnecessary. I also ordered the catira which is shredded chicken and cheese. The chicken was super dry and under seasoned. Same issue with the masa. I got all the sauces - spicy, guasakaka (aka wasakaka), and garlic. The garlic sauce was very very good but not unique. I ate the most of this one. Guasakaka is an avocado base and tasted store bought (almost like herdez or something idk). Spicy sauce was my least favorite. It had a ok amount of spice (not lingering at all) but was too bitter. I did order a Papelon as well but they forgot it sadly. Also keep in mind the arepas are pretty expensive and not super filling. I'm glad I got 2. But realistically their arepas should all be $2 cheaper. Unless this really was just a bad day for them. Not really willing to give them another go though.

They have a couple of varieties of vegetarian arepas, which was great to see. Food was excellent.Unfortunately, they did not have plastic spoons for go to order.

Their food is amazing! I really love papelon, Venezuelan lemonade, I’ve never tasted this great taste before, can feel special cane sugar and lemonade, which was not too sour or sweet. For the pabellón, it was also excellent. It was my first time to try plantain, the big banana, which might be my favorite add-in here. I will come back definitely.

This place has absolutely delicious arepas. They're pretty cheap and they have a wide variety of fillings that you can get. Their garlic sauce is my girlfriend's favorite food item in Santa Cruz county and she follows the truck on Instagram to get updates on where it is that day so we can go visit when she needs a fix. The location marked here is the "default" location of the truck, which is just the corner of a parking lot with a few picnic tables. So do t expect anything fancy except for very good, cheap, and quick food

Delicious! First time there and I will definitely be back. Fresh, tasty areas and plantains! Well worth my 2+ hour drive to try it out.

This place!!! I’ve had arepas before, some with love and some with not but this place you can feel the love in what they do and how they cook. I would recommend to anyone looking to try Venezuelan food.

It was my 1st time having Venezuelan food. I tried the chicken with avocado sauce which was good. It was filled with shredded chicken and the shell was crispy.

The cleanest food truck I've ever seen.The kindest staff you can imagine."Pana" means "friend" or "homie" and they definitely make you feel like one at the truck.

Amazing food, friendly service! You owe it to yourself to try Arepas :)

So delicious and the Garlic sauce is fire ?