Barrio Chifa — Restaurant in Arequipa

After exploring Plaza De Armas in downtown Arequipa, Peru, our group was getting a tad hungry and we stopped in Barrio Chifa to try the Peruvian take on Chinese food. I had the General Tso and my companions tried some of the steak (Lomo) dishes. I loved the presenation of the little boats on my friend's plate and was pleasantly surprised by the nutty flavor of the fried rice on my dish. Typically, I find rice rather bland, but this was truly flavorful. All of us enjoyed our visit, thought it was tasty and affordable. Our waiter was attentive and did a nice job managing all the tables plus take out orders simultaneously. If you are in the area, I highly recommend...

Please order the Taypa de Verduras (noodles with vegetables)!! It was so delicious and a lot of food. We had the mixto dim sum which were steamed and perfect for an appetizer (6 pieces). We also had the pollo chijaukay which was very tasty but a lot of rice so we were really full. I very rarely eat at the same place twice when I’m traveling but I had to come back because it was so good! I want to say the waiter who helped us was Ignacio? Everything was...

Food was below the average chifa restaurant and the portions were disappointingly small. Dim sum was dense and lacked flavor, lomo saltado was very tough and general tso dressing was just sweet without much other flavor. Sure it's not that expensive, but neither are any of the other chifa restaurants that will taste better and give you much more food for your money. Service was quite slow as well, even though it...