Simply delish. I unfortunately made the mistake of forgetting the name of this place and went to Ceviche del Rey in Downey for my Peruvian fix. BIG mistake. Now that I've reviewed and saved you...yea!!! *jazz hands* There's a weekend buffet, spacious seating and great green sauce. Lunch specials are great but be sure to bring cash to speed the process if you go during your work break. read more

This place has the best peruvian food in the area! And their customer service is superb!! My family and I have been ordering since covid started and they've been taking all the necessary precautions as well. I've even used them for catering and they delivered to my home food was absolutely delicious!! Love this place!! read more

"Chaufa de mariscos" Presentation was on point and their take on fried rice is awesome. The food came out in a timely manner and came out hot and fresh! My waiter Albert also recommend me to try their "Chicha Morada" , it was also great and refreshing [i think I refilled about 3 times] . Again shout out to Albert for the wonderful service and the hospitality , he's a great addition to the staff and is easy on the eyes ;). read more

Mi Patria Restaurant - Chaufa de Mariscos - Peruvian Near Me - Pico Rivera, California

Tasty! Up until a month ago I never had Peruvian food but my sister introduce me to the yummy cuisine and this place does not disappoint. We ordered the lomo and pollo saltado and papa a la huancaina which were both tasty. This cuisine is definitely flavorful and great for foodies and anyone who wants to try something different. You can't go wrong with rice, beef, chicken or potato and they way they prep it is tasty. Definitely worth trying read more

I have been coming here for years with my family. This place offers delicious food. My favorite is el pollo a la brasa with French fries and salad. Additionally I will also order a side of arroz chaufa de pollo. Chicha morada taste so yummy with a lot of ice in it. Now the sauces the offer are off the hook with the French fries. They offer lunch specials from 12-3pm Monday through Friday. read more

Mi Patria Restaurant - 1/4 chicken and fries a must try - Peruvian Near Me - Pico Rivera, California

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Delicious food! This dish is "Pescado a lo macho". If you like fried fish and "mariscos", this is the place. The sauce is to die for :) read more

Mi Patria Restaurant - Delicious food! Nicely remodeled location. This dish is Pescado a lo macho. I get mine well done. The sauce is to die for. - Peruvian Near Me - Pico Rivera, California

The food is delicious, too bad the service is not as good as the food. It's Sunday 8:30pm, may that's the reason why the waitress is upset. She makes me feel like she is doing a favor by serving us. 5 starts for the food, 1 start for the service. read more

First time trying this location, the food was decent. Flavor was good but the meat was not braised properly. read more

Mi Patria Restaurant - Peruvian Near Me - Pico Rivera, California

Love this place, great customer service and we're willing to take me in last minute. Highly recommend and will be coming back soon read more

Mi Patria Restaurant - Canned Inka Cola - Peruvian Near Me - Pico Rivera, California

I've ordered twice from this place, and both times I was left impressed. I'm not sure why this place doesn't have more stars. The employees are kind, the food portions are huge and full of flavor read more

This restaurant is amazing. The food is always fresh and hot even for take out. My favorite dish from here is the Lomo Saltado, definitely must give the a try. You won't regret it. read more

Wanted to like this place. Sat there for 10 minutes no one ever came to our table. Walked out

OOOOOOOOMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGG!!!! Was in the mood for some Peruvian and our usual restaurant is too far for Postmates. Let me tell you that we have a new favorite!!!! The appetizer with the mussels is out of this world!!!! The tallarin de pollo is so delicious!! When my VERY picky husband devours food, you deserve 10/5 stars lol. Definitely looking forward for this pandemic to end to try their food fresh at the restaurant. Definitely ordering again. read more

Highly recommend this place! I'm almost a regular already, I've been here so manny times. I work full time and have my three year old son and this has saved me from cooking dinner. Order the chicken with the green salad and fries! It's delicious and cheap! The service is always amazing and fast. Love this restaurant. read more

I don't know if it has new owners but prior they had some really good papa a la huancaina and chicken with fries and salsa the lomo saltado is good lately the chicken is super fried and the fries are re fried the salad isn't that great either. The papa a la huancaina tasted like the papa and egg had been in the fridge for days and there was egg shell pieces still on the eggs. There nothing more gross than trying to eat an egg and it still has she'll pieces read more

This hole in the wall place is ok. The dishes are big, so they are worth your money. The owner Manuel is so attentive and friendly. This place feel very warming and welcoming. The restroom is clean. read more

Mi Patria Restaurant - Good appetizer !! - Peruvian Near Me - Pico Rivera, California

Overpriced peruvian food. The tallarin saltado barely had any tallarin (noodles). I am 100% peruvian and DO NOT RECOMMEND this place.

I have been coming to this Peruvian restaurant for over 10 years. This is one of those spots you don't wanna tell anyone about because you don't want it to get too over crowded or bump into anyone you know lool locals know this place very well. They just got a new owner..... It's nice to have consistency when they know what you usually order & the owner stops by to greet you. The older Peruvian dude the previous owner of this place was OG old school Peruvian!! Every time I ate here it was consistent I felt like it was my first time eating there as a kid how delicious how magnificent the food was!!! It made me feel like I was in Peru or how I wanted to visit the culture!!!!!! I love places like that !! You could taste the culture in the food! Now that they have a new owner it's becoming more modern..... it's nice in a way for the decor but as for the food I hope it stays just as consistent as it was when the OG owner ran it. I'll continue to come here no matter the price because it holds more of a traditional value for me and my family. The food is just a plus!!! I've tried almost everything here which is delicious but I usually always get the same thing but it's so damn bomb!!! It's a must try trust me!!! I recently tried another Peruvian spot for take out at work & man was it nothing compared to mi patria!!!!!! This is the closest you'll get to Peru! Authentic! read more

They had a sign that said hamburger specials outside the window, and the place looked like a take out joint, but inside, it was like this spacious restaurant space. No frills/fancy-smancy decorations. just the tables/ chairs, arranged few as a long family/community tables, and few here and there. THe restaurant for the first eyes may look very random and odd. it kind of is too. They had this DJ stage on one side. a really weird computer system that does their music and billing system. you could see the cable hanging around there. and they literally had the dish cart ( where they keep the dishes before they go wash), outside by one of the tables, and a little trash bin. also on the corner they had this buffet tables. I couldnt guess if it was a dance place or a buffet lunch place or a sit down restaurant or a takeout joint. None of this overwhelmed me including this two little peruvian kids in their swim wear posing. (come on you are 2, sit and eat your bread!) - mostly coz the peruvian family my friend lives with likes this place and swears by it! so something got to be right here. We ordered the rotissarie chicken, and this purple looking corn juice (if you spell the peruvian name it kind of sounded exotic, but its been a while since i went and i forgot that name!). the rotisserie chicken for 8+$ was very generous came with steak fries, which i totally loved. and I loved loved loved their green sauce. I know my other fav place renzo, does everything right for peruvian food, but i do not like theire green sauce... too sweet vinegary. but this one was just the way i like it, had a good kick to it. not sweet at all, and no acid i could taste!! I ate like a half a bottle in their dinner rolls, which they kept bringing as we asked more. We also ordered this potato dish that looked like mashed potato, but had this really weird funky acidity to it and i did not dig it. it was weird tasting. not a bad tasting food, just something i wont order on my own, 'coz i dont like that taste. I want to go back and try their other peruvian dishes next time, like the saltados and other items. Even though I described the place as horrendous looking place, it really doesnt feel that way if you are there. people are very cordial, and the service is prompt. There was this one girl who was waiting the whole floor, with the cutest smile. I can totally give 5 star for service!!! also everyone seem to order this big giant bottle of inca cola. i like inca cola, but the diet kind. I wasnt crazy love with this place, but it was pretty chill low key spot for some delicious peruvian food when i am in the mood for some! Im comin back for sure. read more

Food was decent, but really expensive! Glad I tried it, but won't go out my way to order from here again. The service was a little awkward. If that make sense read more

Well, what do you know. I'm the duchess of this place. Either nobody cares to check in here or I'm a real fatty. I never would've entered this place if not for my co-workers. Or ex co-workers. Never even tried Peruvian food prior to this. They said the chicken is so good and the chaufa? To die for especially with the green sauce. So off I went. And I've been going for over 2 years now. The chaufa is like Chinese fried rice. You can choose beef or chicken or shrimp. But its the green sauce that puts a special kick to it. The chicken is pretty good, too. El Pollo Loco quality but I come here because of the chaufa. Yum yum yum. read more

Decent tasting food. ---I am even tempted to give them my Peruvian seal of approval (see my lists) but I won't. Terrible atmosphere. I went on a sunday night and it was empty, but seriously has that market plaza hole in the wall, run-down feeling. The service was good at first-- very friendly server. But then they forgot about us for about 30 minutes and we actually had to send someone from our party to go call them in order to get our check. I used a restaurant.com coupon and they tried not to honor it. Owner was very difficult. Using different excuses not to honor it. But I said the magic word (starts with Y and rhymes with help!) and he switched his tune. I left very dissatisfied. Most importantly, disappointed to have taken my friends here and given them a poor example of what Peruvian cuisine is all about. Will not be returning. read more

I also came here because I wanted to use a coupon from the entertainment book. I had only tried Peruvian food once before and loved it, but this place did not compare. The food was decent just nothing worth going back for. Also, our waitress tried to come up with excuses to not use the coupon. C'mon business should not promote a discount if they are not planning to honor it. read more

I love Peruvian food and this place hit the spot, although the restaurant itself seems a bit week and not as inviting as others since it has a very dull look kinda like if they rent this place out for BINGO, but hey if the food was amazing I would eat it out in the alley if I had to but the food was just good and not amazing, the owner did tell me their chef comes from 3 generations of Peruvian cuisine so that alone will make me go back just to have the chef cook me up whatever he wants. read more

I've had way better Peruvian food in my short lifetime thus far. Their green aji sauce was watery, mediocre bread rolls, tasteless huancaina sauce, tallarin verde pasty and meh. They need a recipe revamp. The whole look and feel of the place also needs a revamp. There's no real homey feel to it like I've experienced with some great Peruvian restaurants. There's practically no decor. read more

DON'T GET THE JALEA!!! Save your money. It is burnt/over fried, and it tastes like old grease. Too expensive and bad quality!!

Another lunch time spot I hit up with a coworker on our hour break. It was my first time having Peruvian, so I don't have a basis for comparison, but the place was really nice inside, and I got Pollo alla Milanese, which is pretty hard to mess up. It was good. My coworker had Pollo Saltado and she said it was pretty good as well. Decent service. We will probably head back there sometime. A little pricey though, for what it is. read more

Was very happy ! So good, the service and especially the food. Would recommend, especially the ceviche

Was craving saltado de Camarones and this place delivered. It was perfect and not salty, unlike some places that drench it with soy sauce. I loved how authentic the food was. The aji-verde was TO DIE FOR. I couldn't stop pouring it all over EVERYTHING. I might have eaten a total loaf of bread to myself with the aji sauce drenching it. It was my favorite part. Don't be deceived by the outer appearance of the restaurant. It looks closed and dark, the inside is really outdated and sad looking so I wouldn't take a date here. Lol read more

The food is really good, the service not so good. They take forever to take your order and to get your food, but when you get it, it's worth it. I've had the Jalea, lomo saltado, tallarines verdes, and alfajores... They were all GOOD!! I will definitely go back! read more

the food is really really good and full of flavor. I had the tallarín verdes and milanesa and the chicken was really juicy and crispy. I also had the tallarín saltado and it was perfect, not too heavy. read more

We decided to try out Mi Patria since we've been talking about Peruvian food for a while and coincidentally, we had a coupon in the Entertainment book. We entered this place and the ambience was a bit sterile and not as festive as other peruvian places we've been at. Lights were too bright and the decor was just bland. Anyway, we had lomos saltados and mariscos saltados and the food was very tasty. This was a nice alternative to the drive to Pollo Inka and we'll likely come back next time the urge for Peruvian kicks in. read more

My favorite Peruvian place in the LA area! I'm Peruvian (from Peru, NOT the States) and have spent years trying to find a place that gets closest to the flavor back home. Mi Patria is the best so far! I drive 30 minutes to this place to get my fix :D Food: almost always awesome! The lomo saltado, ceviche, seco de res, estofado de pollo, pollo a la brasa... EXCELLENT. Bisteck a lo pobre - hit or miss usually. Arroz chaufa - not recommended, unfortunately.. I haven't tried much else, but usually in the States these dishes are the ones that come out best with American ingredients. They have buffet Saturdays and Sundays for lunch. Buffet is average size, a bit on the small size, but fairly good. There is live music on both nights, starting around mid-afternoon. It's fun, but kinda loud... :) You can get up and dance if you like. No dance floor, but that's kinda the Peruvian hole-in-the-wall way anyway (parrillada style..jaja). :) They even have Peruvian icecream! :) Service is pretty good: the owner and his family are friendly. Not the best restaurant service -a bit slow sometimes- but good nonetheless. I highly recommend it! It's hard to find good Peruvian restaurants in the area - so glad to have this small jewel around here. read more

Have passed by this place a couple of times but doesn't look inviting but I decided to give it a try today. I ordered the tallarin verde with pollo empanizado and my cousin ordered the chaufa mixta.. the portions are HUGE.. you can easily share a plate.. the entrees are about $12+ but I've found places with food just as good for $8+... Nice place to go for lunch but their service isnt' too speedy... read more

The Lomo Saltado dish is one of the greatest things I have ever tasted in my life!!! It's a little pricy (about $11), but worth every cent! Their whole/half chicken is delicious and extremely flavorful. I love this place!! Going tomorrow :P read more

Mi Patria Restaurant - Lomo Saltado aka THE BOMB!!!! - Peruvian Near Me - Pico Rivera, California

Came here once with my boyfriend. We were craving Peruvian food. I ordered the Pollo a lo Pobre which was grilled chicken, platanos, rice, eggs, and fries. It was about $15 kind of pricey for my taste. Also the chicken was a bit too salty for my test. Otherwise I would have given this place 5 stars. My boyfriend ordered the Lambido a lo Macho hehehe It was fish, squid, and shrimp and it came with rice. His plate had a hint of spicy to it and it was delicious. Their Maracuya and Chicha Morada was delicious! Not every place has Maracuya so that was a plus. Again, we thought the prices were pretty high and my chicken was just too salty. But we might be back soon :) read more

We usually buy food from here and it's usually pretty good. Sadly though this time around we got home and opened the food and the salad which is part of the meal that you paid for was spoiled and not good. Not to mention it's the type of lettuce you would get on a burger. When we called to tell them what was wrong they didn't bother to apologise or offer some sort of reimbursement but instead said Thank you... Horrible customer service. read more

Mi Patria Restaurant - Spoiled salad. Don't get it or trust it. - Peruvian Near Me - Pico Rivera, California

CUSTOMER SERVICE TERRIBLE... We waited to be acknowledged by the waitress that was in cashier section. She seen us and did not acknowledge us at all. Until another waitress passed by to serve food told us to have a seat anywhere we'd like. To be a Sunday Resturant was not busy at all to say we weren't acknowledged for that. There was PLENTY of open tables. After finally being seated in our sticky dirty table. Waitress took a while to bring menu with complementary bread and salsa. After finally getting a menu. We were able to order 10-15 min after... waitress takes our order... then comes back 20-min after taking our order to say "they ran out of meat" for what my sister had ordered And suggested another entry. We felt it was rude to cancel the whole order, since we didn't feel welcomed since the beginning so my sister decided to try something else. I mean what Resturant runs out of meat? Anyways...When our food arrived at least mine was cold and my white rice was SUPER SALTY.. I wont be coming back.. I don't see how a waitress can work with such frowns and long faces... Good service bonuses you with a good tip. As customers we are paying our meal we should at least get good service. We don't come here and eat for free. Lost one big family... BYEEE BYE.. see you NEVER will take my money elsewhere. read more

The food is good here, but I have noticed that the portions are bigger when you dine in as opposed to when you order to go.

It is a gem in Pico Rivera. The ceviche is well marinated with good corn. The seafood is cooked nicely and tasteful. The staff is helpful and the food came out quick and warm. read more