Tribos Peri Peri - Ellicott City — Restaurant in Columbia

Ordered Tribos after a long list of people who recommended it. Our order consisted of the usual which we order from Peri Peri i.e Chicken Crispy Sandwich and two leg n Thigh with Rice. Ordered via Ubereats and the service was very swift with perfect condition delivery. However upon tasting the food, our expectations went really down the slope. Crispy chicken sandwich was everything which it shouldn’t be. Hardly any battered chicken fillet in a Ciabatta(or a similar looking) Bread with a tomato??? Absolutely ruining the appetite. The bread was breaking into pieces even when holding the burger in our hands. It fell apart after one or two bites. The leg n Thigh rice bowl was small. I have seen bigger protein pieces then this in Nandos or other similar joints. However the taste was good so 2 stars for that. Not sure if it was my bad day or...

This place is incredible. It's hard for me to decide whether Sardi's or this place is better, but there is no Sardi's in Columbia/Ellicott City so this place wins on location.

Major plus that it's a fast casual with decent pricing (~$17 for half chicken and fountain drink)

The grilled chicken itself is pretty good (not as amazing as Sardi's, but better than most other places). The sauce is the highlight in that it's great flavor, strong heat, and they bring out a jar of it to use as you please. I also tried the soy garlic which was also very good to mix with the peri peri chili sauce.

Rice and salad are good that go with the chicken.

I had fried yuca with seasoning on the side which was also done well.

Will be going here fairly regularly after today. They also serve complimentary soup which I did...

We ordered take-out for the first time this evening. I have never had Peri- Peri with such soggy ( not grilled) skin. The flavor of the chicken was very bland. It certainly did not taste like flavor was infused throughout. The spicy sauce is spicy and has good flavor. But if you like your Peri- Peri to have seasoning, you’ll need to add this afterward.

I found the vegetables just plain weird… over steamed? Frozen? Frozen cauliflower but grilled carrots? I just don’t know but flavorless and weird texture.

If you are someone who roasts or steams fresh vegetables you will know what I mean when you taste them.

The yucca was crunchy in a very nice kind of way. Delicious fried yucca in fact, but, it should not have been the star...