CHUNCHO — Restaurant in Ollantaytambo

This place was recommended by our hotel receptionist on check-in as a place to eat for local cuisine. The drinks were fine- excellent cocktails- and the place had a pleasant ambience. I had worked up quite an appetite and was looking forward to a satisfying meal; I ordered the meat dish Merienda and my wife a pumpkin dish. To summarise: parts of the meat were too salty and lacked substance. There were tastes I could not place, and not necessarily in a good way. I tackled the potato-like mash that had a bright yellow fluid on it but found one particular after taste to be pungent- in an upsetting way- and could not finish the dish. I thought that perhaps it was just me, not used to a local cuisine with perhaps different cooking methods or ingredients or combinations, but found my wife was having a similarly upsetting experience with her pumpkin dish and also could not finish her meal. We also over heard a group of Americans on an adjacent table loudly complaining of rotten meat. I was a bit put out by the way the dishes were keenly priced; we had just come from Aguas Calientes where the food was half the price and every night quite delicious.

Was this genuinely a local cuisine or a tourist scam? I can’t help but think the latter. I don’t normally do reviews but felt the need to warn others what they might be in for. I would say this is a good place for drinks and cocktails, with its ambience and decor, but if you are looking for a satisfying gastro experience then...

We came here after a little nap. Traveling from NYC - Bogota - Cusco - Ollantaytambo took a toll on me so I arrived at the restaurant not feeling well. We ordered the coca tea to start and they brought a little appetizer of the local grown corns and grains that came with a green sauce and a hot sauce. I also adored the tiny grater for the salt. I ordered from the asadas menu and got the hongos ostra (oyster mushrooms) and the torrejas (delicious fritter with grains) and rocoto relleno (stuffed veggie rocoto pepper breaded with the same grains as the fritters) as sides. He got the trucha con sarza de trigo. He said the trout was the best dish he had on the trip and we both loved the little side salad with the vinaigrette. Pro tip: the fritters were also delicious when we ate them cold for breakfast because I had leftovers. After dinner, we felt better and we ended up staying and relaxing with a matacuy sour and then got another round before leaving because they were so good. The matacuy has a lovely citrus and fennel combination. We also ordered the Wari on another visit and appreciated it as well!

All of this (tea, meal, and two cocktails) cost $30 and was one of the best meals of our trip. Please disregard the rude review from the guy a few people below. He clearly doesn’t consider his privilege when visiting other countries and complaining about the cost of the food when something like this back in the US or Europe would...

We arrived at the restaurant and they told us we had half an hour to order as the kitchen was closing. We decided on some dishes immediately and were told they are not available by the extremely rude waiter ( this was basically everything on the menu except one dish ). So we stood up to leave as we didn’t want to have this one dish. they brought in their manager who told us we can have the other dishes as well. When the food came it was terrible! I have no idea how this restaurants has these ratings. The chicken was dry and tasted like it had been standing out for hours. The cuy was disgusting ( we had it at other places where it was delicious ). The lamb was the worst I’ve ever had. The sides were tasteless. We were staying at the Albergue and their restaurant is excellent! They seem to be affiliated.. so maybe the food is otherwise better, but our experience was extremely disappointing! It would have been much better to tell us the kitchen is closed than to serve us food that was not fresh and extremely tasteless. It was the worst meal we had in Peru and the...