Panca

The food here is authentically Peruvian, and well made. The servers are kind, but one thing to note is it took a VERY long time for our plates to come out. The portions, however, were very generous (though do keep in mind you're likely to pay $25-35 for your meal). I decided on getting the Aji De Gallina while my friends each got the Tacu Tacu with steak and the Lomo A Lo Pobre. Here were my thoughts:-Aji De Gallina: 9/10 - The chicken comes in the creamiest, richest yellow pepper sauce, and there's a good amount of it. The flavor is exquisite. There are also large rounds of boiled potato, which go great with everything. You get rice with it too, but it was too much for me and I mostly just ate the chicken stew and potatoes. HIGHLY recommend this one!-Tacu Tacu: 7.5/10 - Super salty, very meaty, really good. Comes with lots sauce, rice, meat, and some cooked tomatoes and onions. The veggies were a nice touch, and this was a decent, filling meal.-A Lo Pobre (lomo): 6/10 - It wasn't bad, by any means, as it had lots of variety on the plate. The meat was good, thought the sauce had less flavor than the Tacu Tacu. The fries were not very flavorful, crispy, or salty, which was disappointing. The fried plantains were good, however!Next time I'd try the ceviche, though it does make me nervous to get ceviche in Nashville!

I'm giving this place three stars only because the portion is good and the service is not bad other than that well that's it! We arrived about 30 minutes before they closed and we ordered quick because we knew we arrived late. The drinks were not bad but I felt the chicha was missing something. Maybe the pineapple or the apple? Not sure but when the arroz chaufa arrived it just did not have the Peruvian taste. It was salty, not spicy enough and it was missing some seasoning. I tried my husbands lomo saltado and it wasn't bad but it just did not taste peruvian. I know this because I'm from peru therefore I know the authentic taste, the homemade taste and the close to original taste. Well none of the dishes we ordered fit into those categories. As I said the portion was good and the service was great but that's it for this place.

Went on a Sunday evening for dinner and it wasn't very busy so we got seated right away. Our waitress was not very helpful or friendly she seemed like she was ready to go home. The pisco sours we're very good. We ordered our food and it came out fairly quickly. The ceviche jalea dish was suppose to be a mix of both dishes but the jalea only had the fried calamari, the rest of the seafood and the red onion on top was missing. The ceviche mild and not spicy and they didn't ask if I wanted it spicy or not. The lomo juice wasn't juicy it was a bit thick and creamy which was odd. Overall, not a terrible spot, but not great either.

Same review as before- food will be good. Service will be lacking. I literally go in here when it's barely any customers and still get minimal service which is unfortunate but the food had me come back! Shout out to whoever is in the kitchen!

Amazing. My husband ordered ceviche. I got chicken. Generous portions and so, so, so tasty. Like off-the-charts flavor in both dishes. And my chicken was so juicy too. But the coolest thing is how wonderful the staff was. Excellent service. Why can't people just be as nice as the folks at Panca? The world would be a happier place.

I was not sure what to expect, but the chicken saltado was really delicious. I do think it was actually a little salty for my taste but the onion and tomato were great additions. The rice was cooked perfectly and the service was great! I would come back and try other items in the future!

Disclaimer: I've always thought to get 5*, everything has to be perfect. A 4* review means damn good food that I would come back for. 3* means I may come back, depends on what was lacking. Anything less than that and I probably won't be back.Panca has been on our list of places to check out for a while and we finally got to it tonight. It's nestled into a corner in the same shopping plaza as Plaza Mariachi. This was my wife's and I first time trying Peruvian food and Panca did not disappoint. My wife ordered a Michelada which was the best one she's had in Nashville. Honestly, it was so good I ended up getting one too. The food was fantastic too. I ordered the Pollo Saltado, which was flavorful and salty (in a good way). I thought the fries with the rice and chicken was a little of an odd pairing, but the fries on the bottom that soaked in the sauce from the Saltado were fire. My wife ordered the Aji de Gallina, which was creamy, with chicken and potatoes playing off each other well. Overall, I'd give it a 4.5/5 if Yelp would let me.

I ordered their quartered dark meat chicken, white rice and black beans. My husband ordered their fried rice with his plate and it was delicious! We also ordered a side of sweet and salty plantains as a side dish. Their purple corn drink was tasty. The chicken was super good! I will definitely be back! I highly recommend this place. Their staff is nice & quick to serve. The place feels clean and smells delicious.

The food was excellent but the service was sorely lacking--I think they were really understaffed for a Saturday night service.My husband and I ordered Papa Huncaina for our appetizer. I am not sure if it is supposed to be served room temperature but it was. The flavor was really good, the potatoes were perfectly cooked. It reminded me of potato salad.My husband ordered the Carne Asada and loved it. He ordered rice and fried plantains as his sides. I stole a fried plantain off his plate--it was delicious. So sweet and savory too. I ordered the Aji de Gallina and it was phenomenal. Super creamy sauce atop more potatoes and really tender chicken pieces. For drinks, we went with mojitos. So refreshing and delicious.Even though my food tasted great, it was served to me warm/close to room temp and it arrived at least 5 or more minutes before my husband's entree came. His food was piping hot. It was also hard to get our server's attention to order drinks, get the check, etc. because he was so busy being the bartender. He should not have been assigned tables.Overall, we will definitely be back, just not on a busy weekend night.

The food here is phenomenal! Until today, I have never tried Peruvian food. Based on the reviews, I ordered Arroz con Mariscos and Aji de Gallina. Arroz con Mariscos is paella, a tomato rice dish with an assortment of seafood and shellfish. Aji de Gallina is shredded chicken in a creamy pepper sauce with soft potato slices, served with rice. Both come with a spicy green sauce on the side if you want to add a kick to your meal. Definitely order these if you want to try something new and are not sure what to order.As for the service, our waitress served us fast and was very polite. You pay at the register when you are done. Most dishes are around $15-$25. I can't wait to come back to try more!