El Trinchero — Restaurant in Iquitos

This chicken is definitely one of the best ones I have ever tried. Flavor, size and texture are out of this world. Condiments (cremas) are high quality as well. Before we entered the place, we noticed the waiters and waitresses were being trained which is something pretty unusual in Iquitos. We were able to see the good training in our waiter who was always anticipated our needs while eating. The place itself is spacious with a nice atmosphere. Sometimes the noise and tumult out of the store could be annoying. But the flavor of the food removed everything from our minds so we could focus on what we were eating. Sometimes we noticed waiters and waitresses just keep looking at us and that could be a little bit uncomfortable. Besides that,...

It is not a luxury or high cousine restaurant. But the food is good regardless and at a very good price. The specialty of the place is definitively the chicken (pollo a la brasa). However, it also has many other regional and local dishes available like cecina.

The sauces available are really good, having both classic (mayonnaise, ketchup) and locals (cocona, chimichurri).

I recommend ordering the chicken with fried plantains and/or arroz chaufa. While pollo a la brasa is usually eaten with fries all over peru, the peruvian amazon jungle is one of the few places where it is mixed with this two other foods (fried plantain/arroz chaufa).

If you are looking to try something local from both peru and part of the amazon, I don't think you...

The crispness of the skin from their chicken was phenomenal, as was the salsa verde. It was the first time that the rice was not dry in Peru, and it actually had flavor. It was delicious our fried rice.

The French fries were tasty, too. It didn't take a while for service but it was...