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    Viva Chicken

    4.2 (116 reviews)
    InexpensivePeruvian, Chicken Shop
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    No chicken salad just lettuce onion and tomato

    I am so disappointed... love Viva Chicken but they dropped the ball today. I ordered a chicken salad sandwich with fries only to get home ( 45mins from this location) to find a sandwich with lettuce onions tomatoes but NO chicken salad! Fries were so salty I threw them away...

    Quinoa Stuffed Avocado Salad
    Christy C.

    Viva chicken is a classic! I hadn't been to the Indian Trail location and ordered curbside. We ordered arroz con chaffa, quinoa stuffed avocados and 1/4 dark chicken. Everything was prepared perfectly. I loveee the yellow sauce. It's great that Viva offers curbside because I had my 1 year old in the car! We will back!

    Quinoa Stuffed Avocado Saladavocado
    Nata D.

    always amazing food quality, staff, & ambiance !! the vibe & music are always happy & all employees are kind & wanting to help, thank yall for always looking out! everything i've tried, i've loved. (the yellow sauce is my favorite ;) most recently i tried the quinoa stuffed avocado & it was so yummy. i did expect the quinoa to be warm & it was cold but i guess i should've expected that for a salad!

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    Bruce K.

    Mrs. K. said that she wanted "chicken!" for dinner, something like our old Florida favorite Pollo Tropical. They don't have that here, but they have something close so I steered us to Viva. Full COVID practices going on here with tables separated and the booths marked off. Staff wearing masks, customer masks required and the condiment stations are unavailable. There's also a foot pull on the bathroom door so no touching! Even though it was just the two of us, I ordered the whole chicken meal. They were fresh out of chicken, so we waited about ten minutes and that was great because our chicken was super fresh and super hot. Quartered for us on the plate, easy to fork over and dig in. For sides, we of course got the plantains and they were amazing. Peruvian fried rice was so fresh and so fluffy, it was all so terrific. And the green beans were al dente and delicious. When we were done, there was still plenty left over and I got boxes for all of it. Mrs. K. said it's her new favorite! Excellent meal, great service, not expensive at all. I suspect we'll be back to Viva Chicken soon. [Review 14269 overall, 1593 of 2020, number 684 in South Carolina.]

    Slimy and partially burnt Plantains

    The rotisserie chicken was very dry. The wings were so over cooked they were like leather. String beans were too greasy or over seasoned. Arroz chaufa was good as usual, no complaints there. The plantains were awful. I couldnt even tell they were plantains, they were slimy and sticky. For $30 Viva Chicken has to do better.

    quarter 1/4 Chicken with 2 Sides

    Food was good but my plantains were burnt. The chicken was made really well the flavor was very good, i had never been and they were really nice to explain their items to me. The rice was good aswell its nothing special but it compliments the chicken ls flavor well. Only complaint is the plantains were basically black. I also decided to try the yellow sauce, i have been to Peruvian places before and this sauce was different than what im used to, (i had more of a savory sauce before). Definitely has a little kick with what im assuming is jalapeño. I would go again though because the chicken was really yummy

    Sopa di pollo
    Lena S.

    My bro recommended this place as a clean eating healthy type of food. Omg!! It was sooo good!!! I had the Sopa di pollo, and I have to say I have never had anything like that. Every time I think of it my mouth waters. I'm going back there today and trying something else. It's been a week! Lol I would recommend this place to everyone!!

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    Food is great. Restaurant is always looking clean and tidy. Employees are nice. 10/10

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    We absolutely love Viva Chicken! We stop by this franchise every time we visit family in Mint Hill. Wish one would open near us in Florida.

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    Very good, love their soup wish it was a bit less salty but nonetheless good, definitely should try there sweet potato fries

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    4.2
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    11.6 mi

    Finally made it here. As a lover of Peruvian food I wanted to try this not so chain Peruvian…read morerestaurant out. Located where the former Moes was in the Pineville Matthews shopping center with Bonefish and Panera. The place looked pretty clean although after ordering my food I noticed the sanitation grade was a 91...yikes. Anyways I went ahead and ate there. So let me start by saying the menu is large, so many different items to chose from and not only Peruvian food. I saw some Colombian and Venezuelan items. With that being said I was very shocked at the lack of standard side items. Literally rice and white rice at that, pinto beans and like one other things. All other sides are considered premium sides and those premium sides would be basic sides at like hello chicken or viva chicken. I got the 1/4 chicken, white meat with reg side of white rice and premium side of plantains. For the dipping sauce I was limited to the yellow mild sauce or the spicy hot sauce. They were all out of the green mild sauce. Just for context I arrived at 11:40, they open at 11. Not sure how they ran out so fast but I would have loved to try it because the yellow sauce was just ok and the red was cold and just spicy no real flavor. Thankfully the chicken was flavorful and juicy, the white rice was white rice and the plantains were cooked beautifully. Also the cashier was great and provided excellent service. All in all, I would visit again but no rush to go back again. Viva Chicken still takes the lead for now for me. I would love them to mature their side menu, increase their sanitation grade and have the green sauce available.

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    4.6
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