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    Alpaca Chicken

    4.3 (16 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated a few days ago

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    Dogs allowed

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    Tracy D.

    My sister suggested we dine in this spot since she had been to another location in North Carolina. Alpaca Peruvian Charcoal Chicken offers quite a few dishes. I went for the 1/4 dark meat chicken with two sides. The two sides I chose were the rice and beans and the maduros. The chicken was nice and moist. It was seasoned well and can be paired with their green or yellow sauces. The yellow sauce is very mild where as the green sauce is on the spicy side. It has a good amount of heat but not enough to be grabbing a drink. The rice must be made with a broth since it had some flavor even on its own. With the beans it was a great combo. The maduros had just enough sweetness. The chi cha morada (purple corn drink) was delicious. It is mixed with some spices to give it a mulled drink feel. The employees were all very nice. I liked that the facility had both high chairs and booster chairs. The booster chair was used for my daughter was very clean. Wish there were locations outside of North Carolina, but I guess we will have to come back whenever we are visiting the state.

    Jan K.

    We are over the moon that Alpaca has chosen to grace the City of Wilson with their deeply flavored, wood charcoal rotisserie chicken along with their famous black beans and rice, and the cilantro/jalapeno green sauce. We have been eating at Alpaca since they began in Raleigh many years ago and have watched them expand across the Triangle as one of the best healthy dining establishments in the area.

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    6 months ago

    Great food, Chicken is moist and delicious rice is fluffy, corn is tasty. And it's reasonably priced.

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    11 months ago

    Amazing flavors and high quality food! the daily specials are all tasty. Their horchata is the best!

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    7 months ago

    Love love the chicken. Somewhat higher price than I expected, but food was delicious and service was fast.

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