Chimu

11/09/09

Food items could be hit or miss

by TardyKat at Citysearch

For starters, we had Papa a la Huancaina (never again), Papa Rellena de Carne (quite good), Fried Calamari (very good) and Ceviche de Camarones (very good, I don't like shrimp, much less raw shrimp, so that's saying something). My entree was the Tacu Tacu de carne. I had the steak medium and it was cooked as I wanted but the meat was somehow very tough and rubbery. The sangria I had wasn't very good either. My friend ordered the whole red snapper and it was a huge plate. The other friend ordered the Tallarin Saltado de Carne o Pollo and was let down. Maybe it was the soy sauce but it was way too salty and tasted like Chinese low mein.

• Pros: quickly seated without a reservation on a saturday
• Cons: some overpriced items, certain tables are in the dark

05/03/09

YUMMY!

by stef828 at Citysearch

i order in chimu VERY often. not only are the people running this place super nice, the food is also delicious and very reasonably priced.

i normally get the llomo saltado with pollo and it rocks my world.

highly recommended!

• Pros: nice people, very good food

04/18/09

NOT authentic Peruvian food

by Lavender at Citysearch

I tried Chimu a few times and as a Peruvian I can only recommend the Lomo saltado there. Don't order the "pollo a la brasa" at opening time because they will give a leftover piece from the day before. The cooks, servers and waiters are not Peruvian and not knowledgeable at all about Peruvian cuisine. I was there last Thursday and I ordered pollo a la brasa con papas fritas, tamal, papa rellena y chupe de camarones. The chicken was obviously a leftover piece from the day before, it didn't have any flavor, I couldn't eat the fries, they serve the chicken and fries in different plates (with the only purpose to charge you separately for it) This was the worst "pollo a la brasa" I have ever tried I could only take a bite. The tamal was a quarter of a regular size tamal and it had a very small piece of chicken instead of a decent piece of pork as it should be.

The "chupe de camarones" had tasteless shrimp and the papa rellena was too oily.

I mention to the waiter they shouldn't serve chicken that was not roasted the same day and he didn't say anything, didn't apologize or offer any explanation and charge me for it anyway even after the plate was sent back after only tasting it.

I left this restaurant feeling disappointed and upset. I'm not spending my money there again.

• Pros: The "lomo saltado"
• Cons: dark and gloomy atmosphere.