Machu Picchu: User Reviews
Machu Picchu
3856 N. Ashland Ave. - Chicago773-472-0471
I have been to this place a few times. It is always almost totally empty and the service is always super slow but in an endearing kind of way. The snapper is the reason I go. It is always fresh and perfect. The garlicy snapper is the best! It's a great place to go when you feel like taking your time and having a long dinner with friends.
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I visited Machu Picchu a couple weeks ago for the first time with some friends visiting from Spain. We were all facinated with the Peruvian cuisine. Never tried before. It is a good place to have a great dinner w/ your friends and/ or family. Food is great + is BYOB : )
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I visited Machu Picchu a couple weeks ago. I had some friends visiting me from Spain & they wanted to try something different. I took them there & they were all facinated with the Peruvian cuisine. Food is very delicious, and prices are not that expensive, plus is BYOB. We had a great night, is a place that I can recommend.
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I went there last week with a couple of friends and had a great time. Its nice, cozy, and romantic. We had the calamary for appetizers and for entree one of us had the aji de galina which some sort of creole entree. price is great for the food you get and with no corkage fee we cant complaint. We'll be back with more friends.
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I went with three friends and we enjoyed Machu Picchu! We shared two appetizers and I ordered the tilapia with tomatoes and onions with white wine sauce. The fish came with rice and boiled potatoes. The service was fantastic and I love that there is no corkage fee! One of the brothers came out to greet us toward the end of our meal and even got a slice of cake for one of my friends (his birthday). We're sure to be back!
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I was happy with the food and service at this family friendly restaurant. Thank you to my friend Paul who introduced me to peruvian food. My significant other and I went to Machu Picchu restaurant last week and left happy. We had for starter a Ceviche Mixto and Anticucho. after finishing we went on and ordered the delicious shrimp chower soup they called Chupe de Camarones. We topped it all off with the dessert which was a pudding made with purple corn it was very good!!!! I would suggest to anyone who likes good tasting food and friendly service to try this place.
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I went this past sunday and im telling you ,this place has changed totally to what it used to be, i didnt like it before. but this time around i left amazed from machupicchu.bout time we get a real peruvian restaurant in chicago. the food is still great,the arroz con mariscos was delicious, my girlfriend loved the jalea mixta . my friends loved el lomo saltado and el aji de gallina, the entrys the peruvian choclo with chesse and huancayina sauce exquisite. they also have chicha morada and jugo de maracuya. the service is very good ,the waiter was very friendly, very educated . the prices are not bad at all. 40 to 50 bucks for 2 people and all the food you get is not bad at all believe me. the owner came up to us a couple of times ,very nice guy very friendly
he was always making sure we were getting our food in time. his name is Javier I think
but you can tell the new owners have put a new touch to this restaurant that really has a lot of potential. I truly recommend you guys to go check it out , I'm peruvian and i know I will be going there every weekend even though is far ,but the drive is worth it.
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Although the decor is probably a work in-progress, this BYOB Peruvian shines with its food. My companion and I were gobsmacked not only by the big flavors, but also by the carefully though-out presentation of Machu Picchu's food. Don't miss the green-lipped mussels topped with an onion/cilantro/corn/lime juice "salad". Other stars were the beef heart skewers and a wow! Peruvian take on paella...a beautiful mound of saffron rice studded with an array of seafood, including squid, mussels, shrimp, a crab leg, and other good stuff. BTW, had to try the maduros and they were luscious, crispy, and mmmm sweet. Take a bottle or two and relax because they'll cook your food to order and that takes some time. Then enjoy some truly terrific Peruvian food.
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the food was ok, the service was far from being acceptable. TOO SLOWW!! That should give you an idea of how the service was. It took about 25 minutes to get our appetizers and then another 40 minutes to get our main dishes ( coming out at three different times). water glasses for most of the evening were empty. (Luckily we had two bottles of wine to help quench our thirst). the women's bathroom didn't have toilet paper. It's unfortunate, as it seemed like every employee was working hard. It made me think that a small corkage fee would be worth it knowing that it could go to hiring a bus boy.
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The food was delicious!! I asked the waitress what she thought their best dish was and I ordered that. It was a beef dish with onions and French Fries on top in a red wine sauce. It was amazing. The servings were huge. The service was a bit slow but she was very friendly and we weren't really bothered by the slowness. The ambiance is the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars. It looks almost like a cafeteria inside and they played a Marc Anthony DVD the whole time we were there. That was annoying. Overall, though, a great experience.
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