El Gordo Restaurant

295 Monroe St, Passaic
(973) 777-9478

Recent Reviews

Maria Velez

The family order menu says 1 CHICKEN ENTRANCE rice and salad, you expect to receive everything separately. And what they order is 2 meals with 1/2 Chicken and rice and salad all mixed together. what a bad

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Clari C.

Incredibly delicious Peruvian food. We had the lomo saltado. Classic Peruvian dish and it was executed beautifully. We also had the Tacu Tacu with bistec and wow! The Tacu Tacu was exceptional! Highly recommend getting Tacu Tacu. Definitely we will be coming back!

Sherley R.

Never again will i order from this place again, $26 for this jalea is ridiculous i've never experienced this when ordered a jalea ! smh

Mini Pi

If I could I would really give it 0 stars, they would go and buy 2 chickens and they wouldn't sell me because they wanted me to buy it with potatoes and salads and the manager Mannager was

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Maria

The restaurant used to be really good. But for the past few years has been severely lacking. Not only are the prices insane, the food is mediocre at best. I had the causa de atun and it was so bad. I didn't think I could ever taste a bad causa but this one was it. It wasn't even the atun, it was the actual potato. I also got the arroz con pollo con huancaina and was sadly very disappointed. They skimped me so bad on the huancaina and the chicken was so dry. Pretty upset I spent $26 on such bad food.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

Jeff K.

I was in the mood for pollo a la braisa, so I found this place nearby. It's pretty standard for a Peruvian place. I ordered the 1/2 pollo a la braisa combo. It's 1/2 rotteserie chicken with white rice and salad. I think you can choose from a bunch of different sides, like fries and such. The one thing I didn't like was that you can't substitute fried rice for white rice, not even for an upcharge. There is no option for that. Food was decent to good. The green sauce wasn't as flavorful as other places I've been to, but the service was good and fast.

thalia lantin

went here after the brighton asylum haunted house. great food and atmosphere!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

André Pinto

Do not order arroz con pollo, the rice tastes saved and reheated from two days ago, the chicken is not well seasoned, the huancaina tastes artificial, the price of the dish is too expensive for the flavour it has, a shame...Good service tho.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 5

Giovani Rosas

Ordered a chaufa plate and an order of chicken with fries and salad and they didn’t even give me plates or utensils and also they really cheap with the

Service: 1

Tck Phone

The food was fine. If you are not with in walking distance, the parking and traffic are really bad. If you are give it a go.The food is fine, not worth the logistics costs though. Everyone I was with loved the green sauce, but it wasn't that amazing to me.And you can just order the green sauce from their website.Look for a more convenient Peruvian resturant.Parking: The parking pushes this fine restaurant off my list.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 2

Round Nbrown

Bland food no flavor whatsoever. The table next to us was also complaining about the chicken being undercooked and the aji being very mild.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Jasmine Vargas

This place is MY GOOOOO TOOO if I’m feeling Peruvian food, always made with LOVEEE, I’ve gotten many different things but everything no matter what you choose is amazing ! I’m obsessed every time does not disappoint! As u can probably tell from the picture I couldn’t even wait to eat I had to take a few nibbles in the car it was smelling too inviting lmaooo ♥️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jessica M.

The food is pretty good, not too salty like other pollo a la Brasa. The staffs are nice.

Briana Ruiz

Came to enjoy some authentic Peruvian cuisine. Left disappointed. For starters the chicha morrada is not house made, packaged and pre bottled. The food looked appetizing but when it came down to taste, it lacked freshness and flavor. In the past pre pandemic food was really good, but quality has gone down. We dined in and weren’t that wowed by the food. There are other fresher and tastier Peruvian food options in the area. Service was okay. Food lacked soul, and honestly were let down this time.

Vladimir Valerdi

The food is great, but they just had 1 server by the time we arrive, sunday afternoon. We wait quite a

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

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