Inca Fusion Peruvian Restaurant — Restaurant in Avondale

I usually never write a negative review, as I'd rather help a business than (possibly) hurt it. However, as a foodie & Peruvian food lover, I can't (in good conscience) let other Peruvian food lovers go without my honest opinion. I'm hoping the restaurant owner will take this feedback as constructive & make some sort of change to better the experience for others to come.

The atmosphere was really nice - small place but did not at all feel small, considering there were a good amount of people there. Not packed..but not empty either. (5 stars)

The service was nice as well - waitress greeted us, served our drinks & food promptly, even kept coming back to check on us. (5 stars)

The food - if you're from the East Coast and/or Peruvian, just take my word and save your money. List of what we ate to follow.

BREAD - first time having bread served as a pre-appetizer but welcomed. Served hot & soft - they give it to everyone, along with a bowl of cancha (IYKYK). Bread was good but DO NOT try the "spread" they give you with the bread - I don't know what it was but I thought it was some type of butter so I tried it. Nope. Had a weird cinnamon type taste to it. Odd. PAPA A LA HUANCAINA: one of my favorite appetizers but this place put a weird lemon-y type of twist to it, which (if you know Peruvian food) does not go well with huancaina sauce. JALEA: the saddest jalea plate I've ever seen. If you know jalea, it's a fried seafood platter with an onion type salad served on top. Also one of my favorite dishes. HOWEVER, what we got looked like the scraps from the bottom of the pot. Cooked well but presentation lacked quality/quantity and the onion salad (which is usually a PASS in all Peruvian restaurants I've been to) had a weird taste to it as well. Thankfully, and despite normal Peruvian plating, they didn't serve it on top of the seafood but on the side so it didn't affect the seafood. LOMO SALTADO DE CARNE: this is a traditional Peruvian dish that is so standard, even I can make it....lol the lomo itself was ok, especially compared to the rest of what we tried. 2 outta 5 stars, nothing special but not terrible either. HOWEVER, the white rice they served with it (as is custom for this plate) was mushy. It was either overcooked or too much liquid was absorbed into the rice - either way, not edible. CHAUFA (fried rice for those who don't know - vegetarian, as my niece does not eat meat): FAIL. this came out before my lomo and right off the bat, we saw the mushiness of the rice and could not eat it. The owner ended up coming over after we told the waitress we couldn't eat it and offered to replace it with a vegetarian tallarin saltado, after breaking down how their rice is made and that the cook wasn't their original cook - I don't know. A cook is a cook. And a cook that can't cook rice..should not be cooking at a Peruvian restaurant. (IMO) TALLARIN SALTADO: though a "better" substitute for the mushy chaufa fail, the noodles were not your standard tallarin pasta noodles and frankly, lacked flavor.

Overall, I'm from NJ & grew up in a small town with the biggest Peruvian population in all of the states, so I get that I may have somewhat of a different Peruvian palate compared to others but if you want to eat authentic Peruvian food - I wouldn't recommend this place.

BTW: the owner and servers were really nice - they knew we were not happy with our meals but at that point, what else could any of us do but keep it moving? It's funny cuz had you walked near our table, you would've thought "GEEZ!!! They must cook REALLY good here!" because the way we left no potatoes on that huancaina plate, no lomo on the saltado plate and just crumbs (and onion salad) from the jalea, anybody would've thought the same thing. But maaaan, when I tell you we were STARVING when we got there! God knew to take us there that hungry, otherwise....who knows what would've...

First I’m Peruvian n I like to try Peruvian food from where ever I go.i search Peruvian food/restaurant n I try it out . I’m a big critic about food flavor n seeing how the environment is.

First nice place love the flag outside of the building, makes it look really alive as u walk in.

Don’t know if it was the owner that was talking to other tables, but never came up to us n asked us how was the food or made a conversation to us just to other people. Which really that was kind disrespectfull n people selected. From appearances.

Second - menu was very little select I order A ceviche mixto n honest when I got the plate there was nothing of mixto. There was only fish n 4 pieces of shrimps for 16.99-18.99 I was upset

Charged10$ for just the mix Tigre de leche juice on the side but it was very very very salty n acidic nothing teste of it . Didn’t quit takes good.

Los tallarines verde was salty as well

Papa a la huancainaa was quit not creamy but had the ají taste still. But could of been better

Over all I had high expectation of this place. I guess I’ll give a try later in time but I wouldn’t come back anytime soon but I love Peru Y yo so de Peru del Norte Chiclayo. Also un sudado de pescado o un verdadero arroz chaufa would have been nice as well but until next...

What a great find in Avondale AZ! My wife and I are locals in Litchfield Park and were driving by and spotted Inca-Fusion. We were not familiar with Peruvian food and decided to drop in for an early dinner, and we are glad we did! This is a small family owned storefront restaurant, offering many unique menu items and is well appointed inside. The Peruvian cuisine is not at all spicy but very flavorful , well prepared and nicely portioned. The manager took the time to explain the Asian influences, the use of different seasonings and walked us through the menu. He offered us samples of their unique iced teas, both flavorful and unique, and we would recommend you try a glass.

We each ordered a dinner consisting of their specialty and flavorful hibachi styled rice, a very nice mixed vegetable combination and a protein. I had a combo of hibachi style steak and chicken, my wife had the shrimp. Both selections were excellent! Everything is very fresh and expertly prepared. You can see the chef really knows what they are doing.

There are so many delicious offerings on the menu we definitely will be visiting Inca...