I have to say that the workers here work very hard. They're polite as well…read more But it's hard to eat here, especially on a hot day. The stove is right behind the counter and there was no ventilation in the restaurant. It was hotter inside than outside which made it unbearable to eat there. That's why we took our food to go. The quesadilla itself was not special. I wish they gave more sour cream. The pupusas were better than the quesadilla but I feel like that doesn't say much.

3.5/5 Food was good but it was small for what I was paying…read moresaid my roommates. I thought the place and food was quaint a little spot with its own style. The service was great and a friendly staff I enjoyed the chef that's why I like the atmosphere. In the end it is a nice local spot with good food but not priced for college students.

It's been a while since I've been here. The family's choice for dinner last night was Peruvian…read more Only one person was in line when I entered the "wrong" door. lol Service was fast. All 3 employees I connected with was kind and pleasant. I asked how many pieces of plantain was in a side. Perfecto! The food looked good, fresh and appetizing! We all chose the 1/4 Chicken Dark Meat and Brussels Sprouts. My other side was plantain and one was fried rice and the other potatoes. The food was delicious! Great choice! Five stars!

So the food and the staff were both excellent. The place looked clean and well taken care of. I…read morewasn't expecting a counter service place and plastic silverware to eat a wonderfully delicious Bistek A La Pobre.

I was in the area and hungry for lunch and my sister highly recommended this spot. They used to…read morehave a location in Cockeysville that is unfortunately temporarily closed due to a fire. This new location is spacious, clean, and has great food. I got the quarter chicken platter with white meat, brussel sprouts, and yucca fries. Each platter comes with sides and each side looks so good you'll definitely have a hard time deciding. I also got some green sauce and white sauce too. The chicken was super flavorful, moist, and fell right off the bone. It was sooo good! The brussels had a surprising kick to them and were nice and tender. The yucca fries took an extra few minutes to come out since they were frying them up fresh for us and it was worth the wait! They have several locations but the food doesn't taste like a chain, if you know what I mean. I would definitely recommend this spot to anyone craving some delicious Peruvian style chicken.

El Gran Pollo was just okay…read more I got the chicken burrito & bf had the chicken burrito bowl. Oh and I also got plantains (which they initially forgot but thankfully I checked the bag before I left.) Bf liked his bowl. He's been here a couple of times before and always enjoys. This was my first time and might have to head on back to chipotle lol. Which sucks because I wanted authentic Hispanic food. The flavors were somewhat there. The plantain wasn't ripe!!! How does one fry unripe plantain :-( :-( :-( I might, key word MIGHT, try again.

I've tried ordering via Door Dash from this restaurant on two different occasions. Both times my…read moreorders arrived with issues. The first time was with my husband's entree it wasn't even in the bag. We called the restaurant instead of DoorDash and they admitted they'd made a mistake and sent an employee to deliver the missing entree. Then, tonight I ordered a meal with two sides and it came with almost half a pot of green beans and no potatoes. Whatever you do, don't choose a to go or DoorDash option. Additionally, my steak was overcooked making just about the entire meal unenjoyable.

We stopped in our way to Jersey from Virginia. Place was cute, had soft music playing, cute Latin…read moredecor, and Peruvian scenery on the tvs. Our food was good and fresh. We ordered ají de gallina, y bistec a lo pobre. The green picante/ hot sauce was so good. The steak was tender and juicy. Pretty good portions and the alfajores desert was so light , fluffy and delicious! Our server was from Honduras and was sooo very sweet, even when I called in. Will be back because it was good and satisfying and saw a Tesla charger only 2 minutes away ! Enjoy! :)

This is super high quality Peruvian cuisine presented extremely well. The fact that you can access…read morea meal like this at the price the Chef is offering it during the week should have people lined up down the street. My meal was presented by the chef/owner. This just adds something to the experience that you typically won't get elsewhere. If this place were in a different spot with more elevated furnishings, a wine program and fancy marketing it would be double, maybe triple the price. This is an approachable and extraordinarily delicious tasting menu from a talented chef with a support team that executes way above what you might expect. Ring the doorbell, stop in and have one of the better dinners you will find in Baltimore.

I had a good experience at Puerto 511. I went on a Saturday night for a nice solo dinner. It was a…read morepleasant dining experience. The dishes came out at a good pace. I did not feel rushed until the desert course was served with the check. The variety of the dishes was fun to experience; each course was very different. Puerto 511 does really well with seafood. My favorites courses were the Ceviche Amazonico and the Tamalito Verde. The flavors were incredible. The Pulpo en su Causa was also a very interesting dish. The combination of ingredients and the inclusion of a cold mashed potato component were both innovative. I was disappointed with the other courses, though. The veal was tough, the lamp chop was tough, and the desert was not very flavorful. The quinoa flan and the passionfruit ice cream did not match very well in flavor or texture. The restaurant building itself was ok. The ambiance did not indicate fine dining to me. The service was not very personable. I would like to come back sometime in a different season, when there is a new menu. But overall, I would say Puerto 511 is definitely a dining experience worth trying.

We have kind of been replaying the hits (doing the famous places i would go back to list) for the…read morelast month or so. Last night the thought, something new is needed. So, we wandered to Mayta's. Wow. 1. Not sure why in 3 years living near Frederick we had not gone before. (my bad) 2. wow The food is simply amazing. Everything from black beans to meat was prepared. The dipping sauces are traditional Peruvian, and were amazing. They are not only on my go back to again list, they are on my new go back to soon list.

Oh my gosh this place was soooooo good. So good my son covered himself in their pasta…read more We are visiting from out of town and this place caught our eye. If we loved here im sure we'd be regulars. My mother-in-law and I had the kebab (chicken and steak) and I forgot what the men had... the plantains were amazing, the chicken was SO tender and the Brussels sprouts were amazing. I had the house marg and it was 1/2 off, so of course I and to get two... The only thing I wasn't crazy about was the fried corn, it was kind of like the puffed up popcorn rhay doesn't pop all the way. It wasn't bad, but I think they had other better options.

I went with a co-worker after a long day and we were both tired and starving. We showed up and…read morethere were a couple people seated but no one in line. Your typical counter side ordering fast-casual set up with fountain drink dispenser and booth/table self serve seating. I ordered three chicken tacos and three beef tacos (I really was starving) she ordered a 1/4 of a chicken with fried yucca. We saw many people go up to the windows and order to go orders and get their food quickly and leave even a couple get their dine in orders quickly. We waited for over 25 mins. I went up and asked and they went to the back and said it would be a short wait. About 10 mins later I got my tacos (the longest I have ever waited for tacos anywhere) but she still didnt have her chicken. The tacos were okay, the chicken tacos were a little dry and sauce was a little lackluster in flavor. She went up and asked and they forgot and got it out in 10 more minutes and delivered it to the table. 45 mins is unacceptable for rotisserie chicken which they have practically waiting to chop and serve (just like they did on all the to go orders) beyond that if they found out they forgot something, why wait for the yucca to be done, they should have served the chicken on the spot saying they yucca would be done shortly instead of having a hungry guest wait. Over all the food was okay at best and plus the elongated wait time just made for a bad experience. It seemed that no one working had any sense of urgency. Probably would not go back.

Skipping 2020 & 2021 as I didn't have anything to represent the letter E, onto representing 2022 is…read moreE is for El Gran Pollo. I ate here one time on a Sunday in August 2022. I had a date at a pool party, dropped her back off in the far northwest side of Baltimore City, looked at my AMC movie app to determine if any times work at Owings Mills or elsewhere within reason. Saw a mediocre movie and went for a late dinner after 8 PM, and this was a solid Peruvian chicken. I was trying to eat healthy getting 1/4 chicken white, green side salad, & green beans. Green beans were very good as was the chicken. Staff was nice. While it's not in my top favorite Peruvian chicken, it was solid. Unfortunate, I haven't made it back over here, but very rare I ever go to AMC Owings Mills for movie.

I wanna start by saying I did NOT get food poisoning...but if I did get food poisoning from this…read morerestaurants food I would still come back for more. I have genuinely never had a better experience at any food establishment than I did at Rocoto. My husband and I ordered the chicken and beef empanadas to start and the smell of the crust alone was enough to brighten our day but the whole of it altogether was an ethereal experience. Perfect combination of a delicious crunchy, flaky crust with a beautiful combination of flavors waiting inside. We would have been delighted to leave it at the empenadas, that alone would have been enough for a 5 (10 if I could) star review but we also ordered the birria tacos and the beef bistec a lo pobre which easily brings us up to a 30 star review. The tacos has a perfect balance of Oaxaca cheese and tender meat with a beautiful flavor and plenty of onion and cilantro and the perfect dipping broth to kick the flavor to the best birria tacos I've ever had. And the bistec a lo pobre with a side of fried plantains? Quoted directly from my husband, "I've never seen you have a slow blink because you've like a food this much." The plantains had such a beautiful flavor (that's the 3rd and probably not the last use of the word beautiful I've used in this review), the meat in and of itself was perfectly cooked and beautifully (see?) flavorful. I could have eaten that all alone but a big bite with the egg, plantains, meat and rice (which again, somehow could have been a perfect meal all on it's own. I can't imagine how someone makes rice taste soooo good but they've done it) was almost an exact reenactment of the scene from Rattatouille when he eats that piece of cheese with a strawberry and the scene shows fireworks and swirls as he discovered a newfound love of the new flavor combo. It almost feels like I've never had food before today it's thay good. You will almost never catch me wanting dessert at a restaurant but after what had been the best eating experience we've ever had we decided we had to stay a little bit longer, have some delicious chocolate cake and fried ice cream while we waited for our to-go order of empanadas to take home to enjoy later. The server was a very attentive lovely young woman who we sent to send our compliments to the owner (something we've never done) who was so kind to come over and chat with us for a minute. The restaurant was very calm, quiet and clean which is very refreshing for two people who are very tired of glaringly loud restaurants. The only noise we could hear between the two of us was laughter, joy and excitement over how good this food was. If you know the Lord you'll feel how blessed this food is....we walked into this restaurant after a deep heartfelt conversation about the sad things in our lives, shedding tears right outside in the car. From the moment we stepped in all the way up to writing this review 2 hours later we've experienced a joy like no other meal has ever brought us before. We can not wait to go back and bring everyone we know with us for as long as they'll let us in the building. If you've been thinking about trying this place out I say RUN, GO NOW! You do not know what you're missing.

Was super excited to try Peruvian food for the first time. The server was super nice. It seems like…read morethe business--even though set up with tables-- is more catered towards takeout. Ordering: There is a Dr. Pepper drawing on the menu but when I asked for that specific drink, the server let me know they do not serve Dr. Pepper. We chose "1/2 a chicken" as our entree but we were told it's only served on Friday's and Saturday's--we went on a Wednesday. Nothing on the menu said anything regarding that. Was a bit disappointing to get told the two things I wanted from their own menu are not being served. Additionally, weirdly, we had to pay before we got our food right after we ordered so it was not the best when it comes to knowing what type of tip to leave. We ended up buying an extra drink after we ate to leave the waiter a tip. Food: We ended up getting Anticucho de Carne in place of the chicken they don't serve daily. We had Roasted Chicken Empanadas as well as Beef and Cheese, they were delicious--especially the roasted chicken one with peppers and onions. The beef and cheese filling was very mild tasting, most of the flavor came from the outer part. The Lomo saltado was very clean tasting and enjoyable. Lastly, we got fried ice cream with honey which was a 10/10! Ambience: The dining area was super clean. There was no music. The seats are pretty close to each other, initially we were the only ones there but about 5 more parties came in and it was pretty tight but not uncomfortable at all. You get to see the bustling around the kitchen and front serving area, however, there is a wall that semi-separates the sitting area from the pick up counter adjacent to the serving area so you get to skip out on the in and out.

Really delicious Peruvian chicken and stellar sides! Each chicken plate comes with two sides. We…read moregot two quarter dark plates with yuca, plantain, beans, arroz chaufa. The chicken was tender and well-seasoned, and all the sides were delicious and complemented the meal. Their sauces that come with the meals are also really tasty. Side street parking available, quick assembly line service, indoor seating and take out options.

Food was BOMB!!!! Oh my goodness. Portions were hefty. I got two quarter chickens (one white meat,…read moreone dark meat). The white meat had more meat but the chicken was a little dry. The dark meat was a little smaller (not noticeable) but the flavor was way better and it was moist from all the juice. The sides were so delicious- the plantains and yuca fries were everything! I'm not a fan of brussels sprouts because they can easily burn but the ones here were perfection. The green (spicy) sauce was excellent and the perfect amount of spice. The mild sauce was great with the fries. Service was exceptional- was greeted warmly when I walked in and was given explanation of ordering. The server even cut a whole chicken to show me what the portions and different part of the chicken was. Ambiance was inviting- there was Latin music playing, lots of light, and seating. Highly recommend

El Gran delivers as expected. Location is a bit sketchy but it's convenient and offers ample free…read moreparking. On this particular visit, I opted for a Chicken Quesadilla and a Mexican Coke. After a few minutes, my order was ready for pick up, complete with napkins and utensils. The quesadilla was nicely prepared with a healthy balance of chicken and cheese, accompanied by sour cream and a dash of lettuce. Service was fast and friendly. EGP is definitely one of the better options in the area!

The food was OK. I ordered a whole chicken. They cut it into four pieces and gave me two white…read moresauces and two green sauces. So four people need to share the two sauces, got it.