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    Viva Chicken

    4.1 (109 reviews)
    ModeratePeruvian
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Good for kids

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    Tamika M.

    It's been a while since I've had Viva. My meal today did not disappoint. I truly enjoyed everything I had for lunch! Yummers!

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    Rose S.

    Tried the steak burrito just to vary it up vs the steak saltado. Not impressed. 1st the smell was off putting. The best I could compare it to is dog food. 2nd the steak esp since it's sirloin should be medium rare. It was very well done. Dry even with all the queso doesn't begin to cover it. 3rd the staff the girl at the cashier could hardly hear her so glad I know the menu. The staff overall was overwhelmed from cleaning a mess at the soda dispenser to making sure there was silverware available. There was an abundance of spoons and knives but never any forks. They were great about giving us plastic silverware. This location seems to struggle a bit vs Elizabeth, Ballantyne and Park Rd when it becomes busy. Likely cause it seems to be more younger staff.

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    Jon L.

    I had a family member recommend their Sopa De Pollo so I stopped in today to give it at try. It would say it was 'OK'. The chicken was dark meat. It was loaded with onions. The broth really didn't have that much flavor. I'm comparing to what they have at El Molcajete in Rock Hill.

    Super Chix.

    Ive eaten at the location in Indian Land two dozen times and i usually get the stuffed avocado, but substitute rice for the quinoa. Today for some reason i was told they'd have to charge me for a side of rice. When i explained they've always substituted at no charge, i was told no, per the manager. So we walked across the parking lot to Super Chix. Great chicken sandwich by the way. Very disappointed in management at this location. I guess ill drive a little further to the Waverley location. Tons of restaurants to choose from and customer service and satisfaction is typically one of the most important factors on earning repeat customers. Today's experience was disappointing!!!

    Viva salad with pulled chicken
    Angie S.

    Fresh but flavorful, light but filling, refreshing and delicious. Viva chicken is my go-to stop for a healthy, filling meal. Good atmosphere to come and eat on alone, with friends, or with the whole family. The menu has everything from soups and salads fl wraps and bowls. You can't go wrong with anything, but a must-try is the quinoa stuffed avocado salad - a whole or half avocado stuffed with quinoa and chicken (if you add chicken) drizzled with aioli and a balsamic dressing. Simple, yet full of flavor. Healthy, but filling. It's all you need and want - good for the body and soul. If you're feeling sweet, be sure to try the tres leches. Very authentic and creamy. The best tres leches I've had is right here at Viva chicken.

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    Lameka S.

    Listen before I can take a snapshot of the chicken it was gone... that's how good it was. Tasty, flavorful and juicy describes what I had. The sauce on the side ties it all together. Greedy me wanted another piece of chicken when I was all done. I'm going to have to make a special trip back here just for that!! Service was kind of slow but that's to be expected when food is cooked to order and the restaurant was nice and open and very tidy!

    While chicken, green beans, cilantro rice and sweet plantains
    Paul H.

    Visited twice while in Charlotte. A great place for groups and when ordering for the entire family. Ordered a whole chicken which comes with 3 large sides. There are many options to chose from but we agreed on green beans, cilantro rice and sweet plantains. There are also some great sauces available - a green cilantro like and yellow Dijon mustard style. There is enough food for leftovers for a group of three or less. Chicken was tender and juicy, green beans had good flavor and the plantains were also on point !

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    Joan R.

    We have eaten at other Viva Chicken restaurants and glad this came to Redstone plaza. The chicken is always juicy and tender. We enjoy the chicken soup filled with shredded chicken, rice, red bell peppers, onions and scallions. Very tasty not overly spicy. One orders at the counter, gets a number waiting to be called to pick up their order. There are plenty of sides to choose from including, soup, salad, quinoa, yucca, fresh fruit etc. Besides dinners there are sandwiches, wraps, variety of salads , desserts and a kids menu. The famous Peruvian hormone free chicken is marinated and then roasted with spices. Food plated nicely, came out hot, reasonable prices and yes tasty and not overly salty. Sauces on the counter to use for your chicken or your sides. We enjoyed our meal and will return again.

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    9 months ago

    Great service, Good food, Kyle is an amazing employee! and Yuka was good I LOVE CHICKEN

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    I always love viva chicken. This one has been consistently great! The manager, Quincy, has been super helpful with my catering orders.

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    Perfect meal for those that stay on a partially clean diet throughout the year. Delicious!

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    Tasty food at a great price! The staff members are constantly cleaning and working to ensure that the restaurants is inviting

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    Food sucked as well as their customer service. Asked to speak manager and told he wasn't there. They were rude!!!!!

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    Love this place! Fast friendly and fresh. Pricing is fair too! If you haven't been here then you need to!

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    Super yummy food. Good portions for the money. Is equally good delivered, take out or eat-in. One of my favorite take out restaurants.

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    4.2
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    6.2 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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