Honestly, it was just okay. I just moved from the DC area and Spanish Rotisseries are on every corner and they are delicious. I think the white rice threw me off. I was so confused. If you gonna use white rice and not yellow rice, then serve the beans and rice together and cook it that way. Just my humble opinion. read more

Yum! Everything is very flavorful and cooked just right. I wish we had one in Richmond VA.

The Raleigh location is closed for renovations... So we drove all the way here from Wake Forest because we were craving some Alpaca! Food tastes exactly the same as the Raleigh location! We absolutely love their food! You can't go wrong with this place if you like rotisserie chicken! read more

I wrote this review for the Durham location, but accidentally posted it on the Raleigh one: Mami Noras is AWESOME! Yes, it's a rotisserie place, but the magic takes place with their sides. The rice is fantastic, the maduros, tostones, yucas, beans, even fries are delicious. I'm a big fan of their lomo saltado, not for the meat, but for all the veggies and juices (though the pollo saltado is just okay). The actual drinking juices, though, aren't highlights. Stay away from the horchata, but do get Inca Cola if you please. Stick to the combo meals, or just come for the sides. Afterwards, you can make your way to the great ice cream store nearby (think: loco pops, but better and cheaper). read more

My coworker insisted that I go here and I'm glad I did..... First it was snowing and that meant nothing, the staff was clearing the walk way and putting down salt for safety. Once inside the place was clean and staff was eager to take your order and offer suggestions being that it was my first time. Place order and received receipt and a buzzer..... Sat down by the time I looked over menu again the buzzer was going off. Received my order and returned to work... I ordered 1/4 white, black beans, rice and house salad... ABSOLUTELY AMAZING... I felt bad because my wife wasn't with me to indulge in this greatness. But I think I will take her there for lunch or dinner today... My only problem is I wish I had discovered this diamond sooner! read more

I like to go to the one off Roxboro rd in durham, great food and the staff is great.

Amazing Amazing Amazing!!! We've tried the Sanford location the Cary location and today the Durham location and although the food was delicious at all of the locations the Durham location is the best! They have a small no frills menu but the quality and flavor are unmatched, you also get very nice portions at very affordable prices.. I wish they had one of these in Fayetteville! read more

This is probably my favorite south american restaurant in the united states. The service is good, the flan is amazing! Probably the best flan i've ever had. The chicken, i would recommend getting the bigger portion,i had a half chicken all to myself. I would definitely come back here! read more

Food is delicious here! The chicken And lomo saltado are to die for.. The place is really small and if you go around12 you Will have to wait but it will be worth it read more

Chicken was tasty. Maduros (fried plantains) also lovely. Yucca fries weren't anything special. Also appreciate the two sauces - the green one's got a nice kick. I'd def go back if I was hungover. Husband and I split a half chicken and two sides. Plenty. All for $13. read more

Simple. Str8 forward. Yummy. The sun was setting and starting to encroach downwardly on my friend's face sitting across from me. We had both finished our chicken, rice, and beans and now were sharing the last of the delicious maduros. Three police officers entered the restaurant, a sign of something good I tell myself. My friend and I finish our time together by marveling at the size of his new mosquito bite and how much we dislike living in North Carolina. But we are happy. The food was comforting, and that's all I could ask for in this backwards town. read more

Great food in a super casual place. The chicken is extremely tasty and tender. Simple side dishes-we had corn and fries. Plantains ended our meal perfectly. If you are looking for tasty, simple, affordable food-Alpaca is it! read more

Roast chicken. Simple. Beautiful. Classic (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Meat_on_spit.jpg). Zuni made it famous and the simple technique (tons of salt, oven hot as hell, and that's about it) brought it to so many kitchens, including home ones. But on a night you're rushed for time, you go to whole foods and pick up one of those sad birds sweating it out in plastic on a shelf, and you wonder what the big deal is. Long before Zuni, Peruvian joints have been perfecting pollo a la brasa, and for just a few dollars, this place will remind you how good it can be. Durham's good fortune with so many great Mexican eateries is well known. Now we have our own little, informal brassaria (is that a word)? Mami Nora's, located in one of Durham's Hispanic culinary hubs (the Roxboro-Club intersection), is a small place tucked away on a side street. Inside, it is minimal but with a surprising amount of charm. Nora serves it simply and it is great. What you get is your choice of 1/4 chicken (dark: leg and thigh quarter, white: breast and wing quarter), 1/2 a chicken, or a whole chicken; and your choice of 2 sides, and the choices are excellent. My favorite is the fried yucca, dense and starchy. Fried ripe plantains are a nice contrast. Black beans are pretty good, but not knock your socks off good. Rice worked well enough for my 5 year old for her own little version of arroz con pollo. I haven't tried the cole slaw or house salad, so I can't comment on those. I'm not sure if that was Mami Nora I saw back in the back cooking, but this place is the real deal, nearly as good as similar places I've visited in Miami (never been to Peru). And man the price is right. As others have mentioned, the sugar-cane sodas are so much better than the corn syrup ones US subsidies inundate us with. They do have fountain drinks, but beware, those are the stinky US ones. I don't think they serve any alcohol. read more

Been there 3 times. It's very awesome when you can rely on a restaurant's consistency! This review is for catering. Easy online form. Quick response. Order transitioned from Ruby to Laise, no idea why, but it was seamless. Helpful, professional, good advice, excellent communication. They stayed on top of it and made themselves widely available. Outstanding value, quality and flavor. You couldn't ask for anything else. read more

The food was amazingly delicious! We stopped here on a yelp find while traveling. We were SO thankful to have terrific food that was both gluten and corn free (allergies)! I would go back weekly if I lived in the area. read more

I'm sure the food is great here, but in my first experience I find myself going on an hour wait. I ordered on their website with a 20 minute target (I could choose the timing through the online app) and they forgot to place my order somehow. Apparently it needed to be walked from the store to the restaurant. I hope the food redeems this rough first encounter. read more

Great food - but awful service. Training checkout girl put in the wrong meal for my order, waited for it to come out before realizing and then the assistant manager had me come back to the register to pay for the $2 difference. Then had to wait again. Really? Is it worth $2 to have an upset and hungry customer? read more

I've never had a bad meal at Alpaca. Every meal is perfectly cooked, tasty, and fresh. Grab a chicken and your favorite sides. Personally I love the beans and yuca fries. The only thing that keeps it from five stars for me is the relatively small menu. read more

If I can give them no stars I would. They don't pay attention to orders. Always missing items I order. And the employees dont pay you any mind when you go in. No customer services very bad restaurant!! Also the food is always cold. read more

Soooooo let me tell you how this food is beyond good. Mind you I'm not even from the south but it definitely reminds me of south jersey and food from the bodega I freakin love this place. read more

I've loved Aplaca for a while, now, but still feel safe ordering from there during COVID times. Consistently yummy food.

First off, I love that they let you pick dark or white chicken or even half and whole if you want to split with people. I always get the quarter dark and usually get double sweet plantains for sides and sometimes yucca fries. If you don't know what Peruvian chicken is, it's basically rotisserie chicken. The chicken is juicy and well spiced. There's a yellow sauce and a green one. The yellow tastes like a tangy mayonnaise which goes surprisingly well with the chicken and yucca fries. The green one is the perfect amount of spiciness and tastes like taco truck green salsa. The yucca fries are light and airy. It actually reminded me of dim sum fried taro puffs. And the plantains? Perfect. There's nothing like a well caramelized plantain. I would definitely suggest getting the "premium sides." They're well worth the 50¢ upgrade. Just be careful in the parking lot - it's tiny and always full, no matter what time you go. read more

This is a a great place for Peruvian chicken. They have great daily specials and the portions are pretty big for the money. I eat here a few times a month, you can't go wrong. read more

Today was not the quality of food I am used to getting here. Chop chop was the special and the chicken was really dried out (maybe leftover from yesterday). Will give them another try and see if they are back up to their normal standard. read more

Decided to try out Alpaca after seeing it replace Tijuana Flats a couple years back. While the food was decent, I probably would not return. I ordered 1/4 white chicken with sides of fried yuca and maduros. The taste was quite average leaving me quite unimpressed. read more

That's some tasty chicken. I love family owned businesses, especially restaurants. Your money is so much more appreciated. Alpaca does not disappoint. The charcoal fired chicken is one of a kind and it is one of my favorites in Durham. It's a small restaurant that seemingly transports you to a small Peruvian town. Visit for lunch. You'll appreciate it. read more

The ordering and pick up process was a bit cumbersome. The young lady and I had a difficult time communicating between their plexiglass system. Overall the food was good. I hoped for something a bit better, I've had chicken of similar quality of many At home BBQ grills. The coleslaw was average. The one big compliment was one of their dipping sauces for the chicken saved the meal. I will try again just likely at a different location. read more

One of my favorite spots for rotisserie chicken. If you have more than one person, I would recommend ordering a whole chicken and it comes with two large sides. Plenty of great quality food for a great price. The chicken is well seasoned and I love their green sauce (creamy avocado with a spicy kick). They also come with a yellow sauce which is like a mustard mayo sauce but I am not a fan of it. Great service especially for a fast casual restaurant. read more

Easily the best chicken in Durham. I always make sure to over order so I can enjoy the leftovers the next day. I would drink the yellow sauce by the cup. read more

I had a friend/mentor come to Greensboro from Houston, and I wanted to meet somewhere in between our locations to grab some food and catch up. I looked on Yelp (of course) to find something unique, and I'm SO glad I found Mami Nora's Rotisserie! The food here was amazing. They have a fairly limited menu, so if you're looking for the best variety, this may not be the place for you. But what they do, they do well. I ordered the 1/4 chicken with sweet plantains and french fries. The chicken was juicy and very flavorful. The sweet plantains reminded me of great times when I was in Puerto Rico. I will definitely be visiting this place again! read more

I won't mention anything about the rotisserie chicken, since much has already been said. What I'm most excited about is how they've expanded the menus to include Peruvian favorites such as arroz con pollo and lomo saltado. On weekends they have specials too. I've had their mole chipotle and aji de gallina -- both excellent. And the prices are very fair for the amount of food you get. I think this place is going to do really well. read more

Oh boy I was so excited to hear that there was Peruvian chicken here in Durham. I'd had it previously in the DC area and was seriously hooked then. Mami Nora's is somewhat easy to miss if you drive by too quickly, just because it's tucked away and very small. I ordered the 1/4 chicken - dark meat with french fries and sweet plantains. Of course the chicken is moist and so flavorful. That combination, in addition with those two sauces is really just incredible. My friend had the chicken soup as a side, which he said was hearty and very tasty. It's definitely one of Durham's gems and really deserves more recognition. read more

This place has almost no decor, although the music playing was good. You come here for the food. The chicken is to die for and the sides (we tried yucca fries, maduros y tostones) were all perfectly done. Place is pretty cheap to boot. read more

The rotisserie chicken here is awesome. Full of flavor, moist, chicken-y, well seasoned.. basically everything you could ask for in a rotisserie chicken and more. This chicken is a MILLION times better than the rotisserie chicken you'll get at the grocery store. The sides I tried were good too, tostones and yucca fries (fry overload!), and I have it on good authority that the soup is delicious as well. There are two sauces, one kinda spicy, and one mayonnaise based, both good. But you don't really need them for the chicken. They were great on the tostones and yucca fries though. Oh, did I forget to mention the price? It's pretty cheap. $12 for a WHOLE chicken and 2 sides. That's enough food for like three people. Two if you're like me and Mike M. and can shovel it in to two bottomless pits of hunger. So the location is kind of tucked away, and there isn't much atmosphere, but the service is friendly, the food is awesome, and you can't beat the price. Definitely grab extra napkins. You'll need them. read more

This is hands down my favorite restaurant in all of Durham. A casual eatery where you pick up the food when your name is called, this beats out all the fancy-pants restaurants in the rapidly-gentrifying downtown area. The cashiers are always friendly, and go out of their way to make sure you are enjoying your meal. The chicken is perfectly seasoned, and the yuca fries come out hot and fresh and perfectly flaky and crisp on the outside, and tender on the inside. Make sure to grab a couple cups of the spicy green sauce - I could drink this stuff! read more

Delish! We had the arroz chaufa. Outstanding. The rotisserie was juicy and delicious. The pollo Saltado was very tasty! Can't go wrong with anything! read more

When I was staying with friends in Durham they mentioned that one night we would have chicken from here. They said it was the best ever, or at least close to it. Well, it was awesome. Super moist and flavorful, falling off the bone. For sides we had the coleslaw, yucca fries and rice and beans and the tostones. I liked the yellow, mustardy sauce but was afraid to try the green sauce. It just smelled hot! But I heard it was good. My daughter (3 y.o.) gobbled it all and we just could not stop eating it! I mashed some of the tostones with the chicken and rice and beans and ate it altogether...so, so good! Go there!!! read more

Mami Nora's is truly a diamond in the rough. The modest, standard exterior and interior of the restaurant would not hint at the fact that Mami Nora's serves some of the most delicious food that Durham has to offer. Mami Nora's has perfected the art of letting the food speak for itself. Dishes are simple; spices and sauces serve only to enhance the incredible natural flavor of the bare ingredients. The chicken is simply phenomenal, and the rice is the best I have had in North Carolina (how do they make their rice so tasty?). Add plantains, black beans, and the fact that prices are so low you feel like you're stealing your dinner, and you've got a recipe for true satisfaction. read more

The day before I was telling my husband how I love Peruvian food. Describe a dish that I love( well seasoned , Charcoal beef or Chicken, with onions, peppers, fries, fries and cilantro on to of white rice, topped with a fried egg. Passing thru from Philly back home to Destin, Fl. I looked up food in Durham and I saw you guys. Read the menu and was done. Got there and the smell! (Geezuz) We got the chicken and beef Saltado, chicken soup, fried Yuca, Chi chi morada(sooo...good!) and of course my husband wanting to keep it healthy ordered a side salad, lol. Anyway, the wait where the most painful 10mins of my life, but let me tell you. LET ME TELL YOU!!!! It was sooo ridiculously worth the wait. When I tell you how good, GOOD! Insanely! My husband wished he had 2 stomachs and an extra set of hands. To finish, we had Alfajores. Excellent dinner, reggeton in the background and to make it even better, Yankees vs Boston on the screen (My home town team smoked Boston) And a great evening with the love of my life. Hi baby! read more

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I've ordered food from this location twice. The first time I went, I got the 1/2 chicken, what was supposed to be yuca fries, but ended up being french fries and green beans. The chicken was good and green beans were delicious. The second time, I got lomo saltado with a side of yuca. Okay, so I've had Peruvian food plenty of times from various places outside of Charlotte, and this was by far the worst. The steak was overcooked and tasteless. The yuca fries weren't that great either. I was actually disappointed. The staff is very friendly, but as for the food, it's a no for me. read more