El Festejo Restaurant — Restaurant in Town of Rye

My favorite Peruvian restaurant. The service is amazing and the food even better. The bread the give to start the meal is crusty but soft inside. Their green sauce is the best. I know it is lettuce and cilantro based with chili. But I swear that there is evaporated milk to make it creamy and sweet.

I always order the Sudado de Mariscos. This is mixed seafoods with tomatoes and chilis. This is served with yucca and rice. If I feel carnivorous I order the Lomo Saltado which I ask to be served rare and with fried eggs.

I have tried all of their ceviches and have never been disappointed. Their Tallarines pasta is also yummy.

They also serve the ubiquitous Pollo a la Brasa. I have a quarter chicken with lots of their green sauce and rice. Enjoy this with diet Inca soda and you are in heaven.

When you visit look for Rosie. She is an asset to this establishment. She knows the whole menu and recommends their best...

What a total disappointment. Despite recommendations praising the owner, Angela as a true American dream—a Peruvian women who used to work the corners, saving enough money to overcame challenges to own her own restaurant—I decided to try it for Peruvian cuisine and because I am a true believer of second chances.

We ordered ceviche, papa a la huancayna, lomo saltado, and grilled chicken. However, the ceviche tasted like a salty garlic soup with partially frozen fish, and the huancayna had a flavor reminiscent of rotten cheese. Lomo saltado was overly salty, with an inexplicable addition of “soy sauce”. The chicken appeared undercooked, with a pinkish-red hue throughout. Surprised the health department hasn't shut them down. For those seeking a great Peruvian family restaurant with a clean environment, this is certainly not the place to...

I love their sauces and rotisserie chicken at this place very tasty and juicy. Their salad is made of romaine lettuce not iceberg which is a plus to me and their dressing tastes wonderful. I always go out of my way to go here 😂.

The green sauce is perfect it’s not too spicy and too bland. The prices on their menu is affordable if I’m gonna compare it to other Peruvian food places. I’m glad I stumbled upon this joint. Some of the other Peru restaurants I go to change prices go up every time. When I order over the phone they’ll tell me 20mins but when I get there it’s not done sometimes I wait 45-60mins.

At El Festejo I start ordering when I’m on the highway and the lady will tell me 10-15mins and she’s very accurate! I like those accuracy because they’re man of their words unlike others who say 20mins and it’s never done...