Great news!! Our favorite Peruvian restaurant has expanded and got a tiny facelift…read more We ordered our classic favorites (mostrito, tallarines saltados, seco norteño, passionfruit cheesecake and fried plantains) but we also tried the papa relleno appetizer this time and the causa acevichada. If you're looking for a delicious novel Peruvian dish - causa acevichada is delicious and beautiful and filling. We're so happy to see this place succeeding!!

Came here with some friends and it was absolutely amazing! Don't be fooled by the outside of the…read morebuilding, parking lot, or the inside! I wish they had or decorated nicer inside and it was more inviting. It definitely is a hole in the wall. The service was good and our waitress was helpful for our first time there. There were a lot of different dishes we tried and wow - would definitely come back for! Everything was had was truly delicious and flavorful. The rotisserie chicken was so juicy and had so much flavor. I loved dipped it in the green sauce. I also enjoyed the Peruvian friend rice and all of the flavor that came with it. The fries were also homemade, crispy, and not super oily at all. The beef was seasoned great and had a lot of good flavor. Everything was super flavorful and tasty. It looks like they are expanding so I hope they make it a nicer interior! Overall, I will be back and I definitely recommend!

Great food. LOTS of it. We had the Chicken fried rice. Our friends liked the sushi and the fried…read morechicken.

This place was insanely good!! One of my new favorite places in Orem. If you come, you've gotta try…read morethe salmon, lomos saltado, and ceviche! The service was incredible. And it was a super fun environment. I was blown away!!

I drive by this place every week and been wanting to try it for a while. I love Lomo Saltado so…read morethat's what I ordered. The flavors were perfect, the vegetables were well cooked and bright in color, the fries were good, and the rice was delicious. The only problem was that the meat was really tough, like, hurt my jaw to chew, tough. My husband had the 1/4 pollo a la brasa. It was well cooked, still moist, and well seasoned. The fries were pretty limp though. I ordered a side of fried ripe plantains and they were delicious. They were perfectly ripe and cooked all the way through with the right caramelization. Service was really lacking. They have "Help Wanted" signs and they really needed the help. It took about 20 minutes to get the entres and another 10-15 minutes to get the plantains and drinks. The floor and the tables were dirty. Hopefully they'll be able to hire help soon.

First and last time I will be eating at this restaurant, the food quality was poor. Ordered the…read morelomo for my daughter, she had maybe 10 pieces of meat, paid $16 for a plate of rice and fries, I've never been to a Peruvian restaurant where they served such a cheap portion for the price! The woman server, was not attentive with the drinks, the place was not busy due to covid yet they were distracted.

Came in with pretty low expectations but left a believer. The arroz con pollo was delicious and…read moredefinitely worth the cost in my opinion. A very fresh and light flavor. I didn't feel heavy or become overwhelmed by richness. The balance of the dish was excellent. Had great service by one of the owners. She was personable and attentive.

Today I went back to La Carretta. It's been a few years. The service was good. Our waiter was…read morepolite and he communicated well. He brought our food in a timely fashion and kept the drinks full. The location is getting old. It might be time to do some updating. The food was just okay. My Lomo Saltado was not how I relembeeed it. The meat had lots of fat. It wasn't quite season enough. It was just okay. I was disappointed. I used to really love this place.

Beware of this restaurant, extremely dishonest management…read more The management at this location deserves zero stars. If you are using a coupon, be prepared to be misled and treated poorly. We used a Starving Student coupon before at the Provo location without any issues. This time, we used the same coupon at the Orem location. The deal clearly states Buy 1 entrée, get 1 free (saving $17.99), as shown in the screenshots. We ordered two half-chicken entrées. The cashier scanned the coupon, charged us, and told us the wait time would be about 20 minutes. At no point were we told there were any restrictions. After waiting 20 minutes, the cashier brought out the food and then informed us that "the boss's mom said" that because we used a coupon, we were only allowed ¼ chicken, not half. This was never disclosed when we ordered, and directly contradicts both the coupon and our previous experience at the Provo location. We were told this was a "new rule." This is misleading, dishonest, and false advertising. I asked to speak directly with the boss's mom, but she refused to come out and instead hid in the kitchen, sending the employee to act as a mediator. We were then told she "doesn't speak English." Ironically, my husband speaks Spanish and suddenly she was "too busy" to speak to us at all. This is an unacceptable way to treat customers. The cashier at the front was the only helpful and professional person there. She even disagreed with the situation, but could not approve a refund without a manager. She had to call twice before we finally received our refund. Bottom line: If you don't want to honor a deal, don't offer it. This is false advertising and completely unethical. Hiding in the kitchen instead of addressing customers is unprofessional and embarrassing for a business. This restaurant should either honor the Starving Student deal as advertised or remove it entirely. I'm posting this so others don't go through the same experience. I will not support a business that operates like this. This review will also be sent directly to the restaurant's management team and to Starving Student's management.

I went in today and the restaurant was basically empty. Tried to order some chicken and the told me…read morethey didn't have any... odd... they're a chicken restaurant. So I asked what do they have? She pointed to one of the meals and I said sure. ONE order of what they already "had ready"... thirty minutes later it still wasn't ready. There were like 3 other people there, what took them so long? I asked if she had forgotten me and she went back to the cook and came back to tell me it was another "5 minutes". So I canceled my order and left. What a waste of time.

The BEST place I have ever been to! The service members were really kind and patient, and they…read morecooked my food really fast. I got a burger and empanada, I also got a sprite and overall really good. I have been here multiple times, most memorable was the times i went with family. And the experience and pictures they have on their wall was so amazing! 10/10

I was very impressed with the churrasco sandwich! It is so simple - steak, tomato, mayo and a…read moreheaping amount avocado (which I love)! Don't let its simplicity fool you - it was very tasty! The bread was so soft with some nicely toasted parts. The churresco is quite sizable - definitely got me very full and satisfied. I never had a circle sandwich before so it was a fun new thing to try! As a side order, I got fried plantains which were yummy! Great palette cleanser - they have just the right amount of sweetness to them. The food came out fairly quick and the server/cashier was kind and attentive. Even though he was also the cashier, he took the time to come to my table to see if I needed anything else :) The place is nice and clean. It had some pictures of Chile on the walls. I will be sure to return!

We were driving on vacation from Moab back to the SLC Airport and found this restaurant on Yelp. It…read morewas ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! We got 5 dishes, 3 Inka Colas, and 1 Chicha Morada. While leaving we also bought a box of Alfajores. Highly recommended! Everything was as perfect and traditional as I could ever imagine.

I miss eating ceviche in Lima and Arequipa. This brought me right back…read more A+++ will biu from again!

The food was delicious and just like the food I had in Argentina. The empanadas and the milanesas…read morewere amazing. Service was great and very friendly. It is a bit on the expensive side.

Food: 4/5 Dessert (Bonus!): 4/5…read moreService: 3.5/5 Ambiance: 4/5 This is going to be a long one, apologies in advance. For food, the calmari frita it was called but it was squid, some kind of white fish, shrimp along with fried, thinly sliced red onion, bell pepper and jalapeño. GET THIS, one of the best things of the night! When you do get it, make sure you get bites of the chopped veggie mixture that's buried under all the fried goodness, thank me later. Main course, we got the Parillada de Buenos Aires, this is where the issues start, our waiter said we were able to sub out a couple of the items on platter as tripe and sweetbreads (the glands of a veal if you weren't aware) are not things we enjoy. So we swapped them out for a chicken milenesa and a grilled chicken breast. It also came with 1 each of the sides that were pretty basic, and honestly lacked flavor in comparison (rice, potato salad, house salad, mashed potatoes and roasted veggies). Then the meats it comes with, a half chicken, a 12 oz skirt steak, 4 short ribs, some other grilled cut of meat (menu doesn't specify what kind) and a variety of sausages. The waiter, through super nice, totally messed up the substitutions. He brought them out but from the time ordered to the time we ate was about an hour, and for the correct food to come out took even longer. The food itself was pretty good, meats had great flavor and the milenesa when it came out was hot and juicy. The meats didn't need any dipping sauce because they were that well seasoned. Dessert we had the lemon "cheesecake" which was just a lemon cake with a cream cheese type frosting, not at all what you think of with a cheesecake.

Red Fuego I visited…read moreRed Fuego at Traverse Mountain after hearing several good recommendations, so I arrived with fairly high expectations. When I got there, the restaurant was clean and well organized, and there were not many customers at the time, which made the atmosphere feel calm and relaxed. The service was average. It wasn't unfriendly, but it also wasn't particularly warm or memorable. I ordered the arroz chaufa, and in terms of flavor I have to say it was very tasty. The rice itself had great seasoning and a really nice flavor. However, the dish was a bit disappointing because it was almost entirely rice--the chicken was practically nonexistent. For a dish like this, you expect a better balance of ingredients, and unfortunately the main protein was missing. Sadly, this made the overall experience not the best, especially considering the positive recommendations I had heard before visiting. I hope they can improve the consistency of their dishes and the proportion of ingredients, because the flavor of the rice shows that the kitchen has the potential to deliver a much better experience.

The main dining room smelled like sewer. We had to move upstairs…read more The fountain drink machine was out of ice, and the Diet Coke was completely out of syrup. When we alerted the staff, we were met with indifference and it was not fixed even though we had paid for sodas. The chicken was super oily and made the salad lettuce inedible because it was brown & wilted from the oil. Sadly I will not be back.

Lomo and Pollo Saltado were 10/10. I served my mission in Peru and both of these dishes are…read moreauthentic and bring me right back to Peru.

Great food and plenty of it. Well priced. They had live entertainment tonight. Authentic!read more