DEAL BREAKER The chicken was tasty albeit small, the green bean side dish was not good and the black beans were just fine. Prices are lofty, the same meal can be had at Wegmans for less half of what I paid. A 3% charge for using a credit card is laughable in a world where no one carries cash. As it was my first visit, I asked about sauces and the girl at the counter said it was self serve. I had a positive reaction that one of the other staffers loudly mocked...¡Él dijo AWESOME! Spanish for, "He said, awesome!" in a very feminine falsetto voice. Bottom line- I DO NOT recommend this establishment for I take great offense to being made fun of whilst paying premium prices for mediocre food. read more

Erica was rude to my friend and I who are regular customers here. Then she tried to charge me 2 dollars extra for a tip. She was laughing towards me saying there was nothing she could do until I requested the manager who was able to remove the tip. Food is great and we love coming here but our experience with Erica was less than bare minimum for customer service. read more

First time trying this fabulous food! Everyone was so welcoming and helpful with us. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The eating area was clean and well maintained.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] My husband had the Wednesday - Chop Chop Special. Comes in a huge bowl with Tostones on the side! Delicious!! I had the Pollo Saltado! The chicken was so tender and juicy! Excellent! I had to try both of the special drinks and ended up mixing them together. It was like a fruity milkshake. So yummy! We'll definitely be back. read more

2nd visit to the newest outlet of this local chain. Food is excellent as expected! It's a brand new building, square shaped. Order at the counter at the back, overlooking the kitchen, cafeteria style. There's plenty of seating at the front, along the side and at 8 picnic tables under a covered patio. Menu is easy to interpret. Service is quick and friendly. There is a full crew, even though the shop is newly opened, and they are all well trained and efficient. Chicken is the thing here and it does not disappoint. Cooked rotisserie-style over charcoal to give the crisp skin that unique and delicious taste. Chicken is moist, juicy and nicely seasoned. Sides on this trip are beans and rice and platanos. Beans are classicly seasoned and long-simmered till soft and perfect. Rice is sticky without being mushy. Platanos fried to sticky, crunchy, sweet deliciousness. Pro tip- if you order beans and rice and have them serve the beans OVER the rice then you get to pick an additional side. Definitely a strong addition to the rotation. Welcome to Wake Forest! read more

Stopped here for dinner, great decision! The food is absolutely delicious, the Peruvian chicken is seasoned so well and is so tender, the quinoa salad was delicious, the plantains are phenomenal Restaurant is brand new, so it is very clean, the atmosphere is casual and very friendly and welcoming and very well lit. The service was fast, my quarter chicken combo was ready first, we did have to wait about five minutes for the quinoa salad. Plenty of parking with a dedicated parking lot, location of South Main! We will definitely come back! read more

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There are many businesses packed into this small area, and I'd complain if the newest addition were anything other than Alpaca Chicken! This location is tucked away, set behind the Wendy's and Valvoline. I visited on a Friday around 11:45am and there was one parking space left. I thought it was going to be crowded, but it turns out there just isn't much parking. The outside is very pretty, clean and stands out among the surrounding establishments. There's a lot of outdoor seating. As you go in you'll see a large menu overhead and you order cafeteria style. I got 1/4 dark meat and two sides. My sides were premium - green beans and plantains. My husband got the same but with rice and black beans, which are considered regular sides, no up charge (he's not fancy like me). For two meals with soft drinks it was around $28 and that initially felt pricey, then I think, this is real food. The chicken was absolutely delicious, like nothing I've had anywhere else. Crispy skin, tender meat, a little smokey. The green beans were delicious, perfectly cooked with some garlicky sauce, and the plantains were also some of the best I've ever had. Everything was nice and hot, fresh. The two sauces (green and yellow - that's what they are called) taste house made , with the green having a little kick. The service was very friendly. I imagine this location will do very well. I'm excited to go back and try other items such as the Arroz Chaufa - A Peruvian style stir-fried rice with chicken, sausage, egg and scallions. They have daily specials as well! read more

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Greeted promptly and order taken quickly and efficiently. Choose booth and happily began eating. Chicken breast delicious. Great cook, moist, good flavor. Plantains delicious. Hot, melt in your mouth. Coleslaw delicious. Right amount of mayo. A little sweet. Yellow sauce ok. Can't really decide if I like it or not. Chicken tacos were a big miss. No flavor on chicken meat. Found bone inside. Cilantro taste overpowering. Red sauce with tacos super spicy. Almost burn your mouth. I would so rather have a salsa. Big miss on sauce too. Shells fell apart and were tasteless. Not worth eating. I would certainly return but stick to 1/4 chicken meal, no tacos. read more

Alpaca Chicken - Shared portion of 1/4 white meat chicken, sweet plantains, coleslaw. Chicken Tuesday taco special. - Chicken Shop Near Me - Wake Forest, North Carolina

Missing items. Sauce 1/4 full in small cups. Rude staff. Used to recommend this place, but last 4 experiences have been bad. You would also think their chicken would be good, that's what they're known for, but it was super dry. Go somewhere else. read more

Great Food . Best chicken I had in a while. Could benefit additional sides. Half chicken is the best.

I ordered 2 Whole chicken meals for my family and they gave us only 4 of the tiny sauces (2 yellow, 2 green). Why? 8 pieces of chicken should come with at minimum 8 tiny sauce cups. That is absolutely ridiculous. On top of that, one of my sides was missing from the bag. Will not be returning because clearly they didn't pay attention to detail nor do they care about keeping customers. Chicken was moist, but it wasn't flavorful as Peruvian charcoal chicken typically is. read more

The service is ok, however, the employees, seemed unhappy no smiles, just performed like robots. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The ambiance is nice.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] The food, especially the chicken, the seasoning, didn't penetrate the chicken and showed on the outside of chicken which made the chicken look not so appetizing. I ordered a whole chicken and ask for it to be cut in 8 pieces and the way it was cutup was ridiculous. The breast meat tasted mushy. I was disappointed. Maybe my taste buds are off, because this chicken was not taste. Will not go back, grocery store chicken taste better! read more

Ordered Whole chicken with 2 sides . Drove 20 minutes to pick up meal . Sides were missing from meal . Drove back to get sides. Manager promised to refund meal due to my trouble . Despite receiving an email , refund never showed up. read more

I placed my order when they were open and drove 24 mins just for them to tell me after saying the food would be reading in 15/20 mins, that the register was closed. They could've gave me a heads up or said that if I wasn't there by closing that there was no point in coming. They wasted my time and didn't work with me at all. read more

My favorite Alpaca location; good prompt service, and chicken and sides seem fresher than at Brier Creek or Capitol Boulevard, at any time of day. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Very clean and tidy as well[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]. read more

AMAZING SERVICE AND GREAT FOOD 10/10!!!! We went for dinner with the family and they were the sweetest bunch! Would definitely recommend if you're looking for good food! read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]This place was so cute and had the best vibes.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]There was a giant oven that was slow roasting all of the chicken and you could see inside of it- the little kid in me was quite entertained.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] The food was absolutely dumb and the sauce was stupid. I mean this in a good way; the chicken was so juicy, the yuca fries were crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, and the plantains were SO good. They were sweet and the edges were a little chewier. The green sauce was a little spicy but super fresh and the yellow one was kinda mustard-y ¿ ‍ read more

Food good, workers not so much.Was here Sunday Jan 12 at 3:30. One of the workers I Think his name is Javier, laughed behind a customers back snickering and sneering to his female coworker. The poor old man had no idea. When Javier realized my husband saw it he kept looking at him and opened his eyes really wide as if to intimidate. Please, little boy. This place needs some adults working here to teach the young ones respect. My lomo saltado was tender but the juice was way salty. Doubt I'll return. read more

First time here and boy was I glad I stopped in. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Interior is clean and well kept with a fresh modern design.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Ordered the Friday Special Jerk Chicken at a steal of a price for the food I got. Plate came out 5 minutes after I ordered it so super quick. And it tasted oh so good. I've heard incredible things already so my expectations were pretty high going in...and the whole experience did not disappoint. Next time I come, I'm ordering the blackened chicken. And I can't wait. read more

Nothing worse than driving to a location that has its business hours listed as open and they're closed 3 hours early. I try to avoid negative reviews these days but literally dozens of people were walking up surprised because the only signage was a very small note that was not there a week previous. Please update your socials and web presence if you're planning to close a place that advertises as open daily until 9pm. read more

Alpaca catered a church lunch for us. The food was excellent. Their chicken is amazing! Great flavor, moist and tender. Their avocado dressing is great! I will definitely be trying their menu in the restaurant soon. read more

We will never eat at Alpaca again, they cook with canola oil which is very inflammatory. They need a healthier choice!!!

The most delicious, cooked perfectly chicken, [[HIGHLIGHT]]great atmosphere[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] friendly staff in incredibly quick service. The food is phenomenal. read more

Love the chicken here. Some of the best healthiest take out food in all of WF. Green and yellow sauce is also super delicious

My daughter and I had dinner here tonight. It's the sort of place where you order your food and then take it to sit down and eat. There's no waiters. The food was really good. I had the leg & chicken thigh meal with rice, blacks beans and maduros. We also ordered some alfajores cookies ( Peruvian cookies) for dessert and they were really tasty. We definitely enjoyed our meal. read more

Alpaca Chicken - The leg & chicken thigh meal with white rice, blacks beans & maduros. The chicken breast meal white rice, black beans & green beans. - Chicken Shop Near Me - Wake Forest, North Carolina

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Such a great change of flavors from the usual. Lump charcoal lends a taste of smoke to make some juicy chicken.

Boy was I excited to get an Alpaca in The Forest. With that being said, I hope they work on their attention to detail. Order lomo saltado to go from their app. Requested extra fries instead of rice as their app allows. Also asked for "no cilantro" in the special request section. It doesn't list it as an ingredient but I know they usually put it on. Anyway, got rice and cilantro. Good news is that the bites that didn't taste like soap were fantastic. Cmon guys! Help me out! read more

Alpaca Chicken - Lomo Saltado with no cilantro, rice swapped with more fries...no such luck. - Chicken Shop Near Me - Wake Forest, North Carolina

Very glad they finally opened a location in Wake Forest! Super clean and new building. Staff are friendly and give fast service. Our favorite is the dark meat chicken combo with yuca fries and green beans. Always happy to support a NC local chain. read more

Doesn't matter which restaurant you go to, it's always top notch. This is my go to spot for great chicken, black beans, rice and fries. Thanks for opening in Wake Forest! read more

We was twice there, terrible experience. Chicken over salted and over priced nothing really to eat here.

Chicken is delicious. Melts in your mouth. Sides are good. Staff is welcoming. Really like they're Wednesday special...chop chop.

not quite sure about their marketing ideas.... but there aren't prices on their indoor menus or takeout menu.