El Pollo Perucho

After finally finding myself down in the Grove City/Lincoln Village area, I can justify the short drives to all the food I've bookmarked down here. I've been craving Peruvian cause aji verde is life. Anyway, this is a little unassuming restaurant in a strip mall. Wasn't too hard to find and plenty of parking. I got the half chicken with 2 sides cause i was HUNGRY. Def could have just gotten a quarter chicken and been fine. For sides I got the sweet plantains and green rice. The sides are what won the show for me. Those plantains were amazing. Crispy, gooey, and not too sweet, just a great dish all on its own. The rice was also flavorful without being too strong. The chicken was good but a little dry. It was great with the aji verde though and I wish I had asked for more sauce haha live and learn!For the amount of food, price, and taste, I thought this was an excellent meal. I'd definitely come back, even if just for some plantains!

Top kudos to the people I noticed running the restaurant: Women. Female empowerment at its best! The owner(?) gal was polite and patient with our party of nine. Besides, sensational Peruvian food. Marisol and I decided to beat the odds and split our dishes so we could try more. The menu is simple, everything has a very brief description. Two different potato apps - boiled sliced potatoes covered in a cheese sauce and an olive on top. Tried both - Ocopa and Papa A Lahuancaina. I preferred the later. Couldn't taste the peanuts in the former, must be pulverized? These dishes made me think of nachos, Peruvian style. Both very good dishes. The Causa De Pollo is a chicken salad spread mixture sandwiched between two thick potato pancakes. Highly recommended. Good pulled-chcken flavor, not drenched in a cheap mayo sauce holding the spread together. Really good."Ceviche" refers to cooking with lemon/lime, and this was the bold flavor of this cold dish. It is tart, serious TART! Made me pucker and shiver. It was a definite new flavor for my tastebuds, but still refreshing and new. I simply adore sweet potatoes, so the slice on the side was a welcome site.The corn didn't have any real outstanding flavor, but that must be an accustomed side to Peruvian dishes?The main entree, 1/4 De Pollo, was 1/4 of Peruvian roasted chicken with excellent spices profile. Fall off the bone tender as the dickens! The cilantro rice and tangy red onions were good sides. I absolutely adore dark-meat chicken, especially roasted. As for the physical establishment, tables were clean, restroom was clean and orderly and I like the open ordering counter so you can see the cooking. I'm assuming this place does a steady take-out business, too, as people were coming in and out to pick up. If I lived closer to the west side of Columbus, I'm positive I'd be getting food from El Pollo all the time. I can't wait to get back. This restaurant is legit!

To the best of my knowledge, El Pollo Perucho is the only game in town when it comes to Peruvian rotiserrie chicken (@ me if you know of other places). Fortunately, it's a pretty good one.Got two dishes while I was here. The rotisserie chicken was an obvious choice, and it was as good as any I've ever had. (They're all usually pretty good, to be fair) The piece I received came piping hot from the oven, packed with the aromas and flavors of the herbs and spices. The flavors in the cilantro rice were more subtle, a nice change of pace. The maduros (sweet plantains) were really terrific: I think they were freshly-fried because the texture was firmer and the flavor tangier than other maduros I've had elsewhere. I would probably get some extra to go next time.I also decided to get the Frejoles con Seco (stewed beef in cilantro sauce over pinto beans and rice) and try something new. The stewed beef was cooked very tender and was delicious. However, I'm not sure if the cilantro sauce did all that much for me; nothing really stood out there. The pinto beans might be a bit too liquid-y for some, but I felt that they worked within the logic of this dish: a simple, straightforward plate for filling you up. Overall, it was a good dish and I'm glad I ordered it, but the rotisserie will be my go-to from now on.Service was friendly and considerate, as the manager was kind enough to accommodate my efforts to photograph my dishes and answer a few questions about the food. It's a fine Peruvian place, and I'll definitely come again.

It seems the best Peruvian restaurants are in strip malls. I walk in and order their ceviche non-spicy. Will review it when it arrives.As you can see from the photo, this is a proper Peruvian ceviche. Notice the cancha and sweet potato. And it was delicious! I haven't had a ceviche this good since the last time I visited NYC. Everything was prepared perfectly. The leche de Tigre was prepared to perfection. For once I left nothing on the plate. This is also the only true Peruvian restaurant in Columbus that I've found. I'll have to look closer to home.. When I get out this way again I'll be sure to stop in!

Amazing! Place was closed a little early they let me in and gave me what they had! Thank you for being kind!

Peruvian here, I was so excited to try this restaurant as I just moved to Ohio, unfortunately this was not a pleasant experience. I ordered to go. Pollo a la brasa (rotisserie chicken) was extremely dry. Side of rice was dry, flavorless and crunchy (like coscolon). They forgot my salad. Portions were ridiculously small for the price. Ají de pollería was not good. Papa a la huancallina was okay, it had a different flavor than what I am used to but it wasn't bad. Service was terrible! I have never had such a rude encounter with a cashier. I don't remember her name but she had pink eyeshadow and thick eyeliner. She essentially threw my receipt back at me to sign as she looked away from me. She acted bothered to be checking us out. I purchased some Peruvian products from their display and checked out a second time again with the same cashier and she treated me the same way. The same cashier was giggling and smiling at two guys at the bar that seemed to be regulars, and treated us like dirt. She even gave us a passive aggressive goodbye as if she was glad to see us gone. We are nice people, I even tipped because I like to support small businesses and I am Peruvian myself, I regret it.Que decepción y falta de educación de la cajera.

I wanted the Pollo a la Plancha with papas a la huancaina but they were out of it; wanted to replace it with tostones, and it was not available. I asked why still on the menu and was told "Our regular customers know we don't have this available" I guess this restaurant is only for regular customers????Ceviche was actually REALLY good; fish was fresh and really seasoned well. Last time I came here the ceviche tasted like the rind of lemons.Service actually has improved; if you've come to this restaurant before you know that every plate is made fresh and that the dishes come out one at a time and not all at once. While my dishes came out separate as usual, the timing between dishes to table has drastically improved! When looking up this restaurant on line the cost for meals is listed as $ out of $$$$, however IMO it should be $$ or $$$. These two dishes and one drink (Chicha Morada) cost me $39.59 (3% charge for using credit card)Restrooms are...well they need improvement to say the least. Broken toilet in men's restroom and women's restroom needs cleaning.Overall it was an "ok" experience...I've been here before and because I HAVE SEEN improvement in food quality and service I'll give it 4 stars...otherwise it would be 2 stars if it was my first experience.

Ordered the quarter chicken dark with two sides; white rice and black beans and a side of plantains. my partner ordered a fried rice dish with steak.The waitress seemed annoyed that we asked for water instead of soda or any of the other drink optionsMy food came out about 10 to 15 min my partner's food came out. The chicken was surprisingly dry. The rice, beans and plantains were ok, nothing out of the ordinary. I am writing this review as my partner is eating his meal. I just looked over and 15% gratuity is going to be added to the dine in bill. But if a waitress is annoyed by my order drink and the food is not coming out at the same time that is an issue of communication with the kitchen. People sit down to eat at a restaurant to enjoy a meal together not separately. Will won't be back not for this food and certainly no the service.I paid my bill and the waitresses seemed to be in a better mood. I didn't make eye contact because I was annoyed and responded to her questions as yes or no. Sometimes when the food is not so great you deal with it because you are treated well. This was not the case here. Food is mediocre at best, service subpar.

Pollo a La Plancha was delicious. Lightly breaded chicken with good flavor accented with avacado sauce and spicy salsa. Went well with side dishes of fried rice and fresh avacado. Friendly service for my carry out. Customers at lunch time were half carry out and half dine-in.

Visited Saturday evening place was empty like two guys at the bar. Chicken lacked flavor thought the sauce will add some flavor but it didn't, Chicken was even pale even after asking the guy to make sure chicken was cook more. Yuca was good. Ordered ceviche that was good nice flavor. The staff was nice. Restaurant looked old the music was very loud to keep a conversation.