It's been awhile but like before NEVER disappoints. Everything is delicious and packaged perfectly for delivery..Back in my dinner rotation.

I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE GREEN SAUCE IS HANDLED. I sat down to eat here twice this summer. I had the chicken, rice and beans, and obviously it came with the green sauce. When I was ready to pack up my food, I asked for a container so I could take my leftover green sauce with me, and the waitress told me that I could not take the green sauce. I couldn't understand that for the life of me. Why wouldn't a customer be allowed to take the sauce that came with their meal? Because I found that so strange, I started paying attention to what was happening with the green sauce whenever I came into the restaurant. The last two times I was there, I personally watched a waiter and a waitress take the ceramic bowls containing the green sauce and use the small spoon that comes with the bowl to pick out what appeared to be pieces of food from the sauce. They then took the bowls to the back. I don't know what they do with the sauce after they take it to the back, and I'm not claiming that I know what happens to it. But seeing employees picking pieces of food out of the green sauce that had been sitting on a customer's table and then taking the bowl to the back made me very uncomfortable. At that point, I started wondering if this is why customers aren't allowed to take their leftover green sauce home. Listen, the chicken is good. The yellow rice being mixed with white rice is confusing to me, but the chicken itself is good. However, after personally witnessing what I described above, I no longer feel comfortable eating the beans, rice, or especially the green sauce there. And that really bothers me because the green sauce actually tastes really good. But now it grosses me out. Sometimes when I eat chicken, I'll dip the chicken into the green sauce, take a bite, and dip it again because it's my food and my sauce. So naturally, seeing food particles being picked out of a sauce bowl that had been sitting on a customer's table made me question the food-handling practices. I'm not saying that I know what they do with the sauce after it goes into the back. I'm telling you what I personally saw. There are way too many Peruvian restaurants for me to spend my money somewhere when I've personally witnessed something that makes me uncomfortable about their food-handling practices. I would really like an explanation from management as to what happens to the green sauce after it is returned from a customer's table and why customers are not permitted to take their leftover sauce home. That's my concern. I saw what I saw, and it made me uncomfortable enough that I don't trust the green sauce anymore. read more

We came here and really liked it. The food came out really fast and very hot. there's smoothies and drinks were very good. Big portions and very yummy. We ordered a little of everything read more

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Amazing food and great ambiance miller was an amazing server and honestly have me some of the best service I've ever received in a restaurant 10 out of 10 would definitely return read more

Ordered on a Sunday. They have a separate area for pick up so you dont even truly have to go inside. Got the platter for $30.95: -salad: good size, typical salad -grilled chicken: excellent. flavorful, juicy and not "chickeny" (if you're like me you know what I mean, I am a bit particular with grilled chicken). Def one of the best Peruvian chickens I have had. The green cilantro sauce was also excellent. -yellow rice: bland. could use a touch of salt. seems the color was added after cooking/as not stirred because it looked like some grains weren't yellow. Seems their yellow rice does mean it's seasoned like it usually means in other Hispanic places. tastes like bland white rice with color. -beans: good flavor, absolutely saved the rice and made it worth eating. -fried plantain side: total serving and even each individual plantain slice was much smaller than I have ever gotten but the flavor was good. Overall would highly recommend. Easily one of the best Peruvian chickens I have had. Will be returning. read more

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The service was super friendly, but the food I would say was sub-par at most. I got the 1/4 chicken with rice instead of fries and the chicken was unbearably salty. The flavor of the skin was good but I couldn't get passed the salt. My friend got the lomo saltado and doused it in the green sauce that they gave us with the chips. read more

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Don Alex has great food, wonderful staff, and they always warmly welcome everyone. Ali and Ester have been our servers on various occasions. They're super kind and helpful. They truly earn their gratuity. read more

My friend and I wound up at Don Alex's on Saturday evening after the restaurant we originally wanted to go to did not have any openings. What a true stroke of luck! Don Alex is a wonderful restaurant right off route 22 with delicious food! I had an order of Maduros to start and loved every second of them. Also, the tortilla chips came with salsa Verde peruana, which was also amazing. For dinner, I had lomo saltado, which is a dish of either chicken or beef with french fries, white rice, and peppers and onions. I have not had it in a while, but this dish hit the spot. I was a little shocked at how empty the restaurant was, considering how good the food was, but they also had a takeout side, which seem to have a lot of customers. If you are in the Kenilworth area, this is definitely worth a trip. read more

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The food is consistently excellent. I ordered mixed ceviche and beef arroz chaufa, to be delivered; both amazing. Good portions and always fresh! read more

Don Alex Restaurant - Beef Arroz Chaufa - Peruvian Near Me - Kenilworth, New Jersey

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This is my family's best place to come for Sunday dinner. We always order the combo 3 because the chicken reminds us of our home country. The food taste fresh and it is made fast with the service because very quick. The ambiance is a wonderful place full of decoration and it makes you want to take your time while enjoying the wonderful food they make. My family loves this place and I am sure your family will too. read more

Don Alex Restaurant - Peruvian Near Me - Kenilworth, New Jersey

Delicious food love it amazing thats delicous ????? Lisa was very friendly I will definitely go again

Food this place driving on 22 and was pleasantly surprised. Don Alex served amazing Peruvian chicken--juicy, flavorful, and perfectly seasoned. The portions were huge, giving me plenty to take home for lunch the next day. Great food and great value--I'll definitely be back! read more

The food was ok . I ordered quarter leg with rice and beans. The rice and beans were excellent . The chicken was salty and dry . The host was very knowledgeable and very friendly . The restaurant needs remodel its old and the carpet is soiled and needs to be taken off the floor . The lightning was dim . The restaurant needs a remodel badly , the booths were old and need new ones . The crack seats weren't a good look . I wouldn't go back personally . read more

Pésimo menú es una burla para la clientela peruana quieren engañar sirviendo arroz del día anterior . El menú que ofrecieron fue lentejas con arroz y pollo guisado . Mezclaron el arroz con las lentejas sin sabor el pollo igual. Mi perro come mejor que yo Damn!!! Unbelievable how this people can do this to the customers NO VAYAN!!! read more

Domingo 8.30 p.m. ordené una sopa, pollo y una chicha para recoger, Al recoger la orden y llegar a casa me doy cuenta que me dieron la parte de pollo que indique q no quería, sin contar que la ensalada estaba en el mismo taper con el pollo, básicamente una tortilla de lechugas con pollo y las papas todas remojadas, en ese momento, me dije ya me quede sin cena. Llamé al establecimiento de kenilworth y le expliqué lo q había ocurrido. Al mesero y persona q me tomo la orden ( Jhonhairo) el cual me dijo, que la cocina cuando no tienen una presa te mandan la otra y que sorry, yo le respondí, te voy a llevar la orden porq es una pérdida de dinero para mi. Yo te pedí algo y me das lo q no es. El personaje Jhonhairo, sin importarle la perdida de dinero, me dijo básicamente, que si me gustaba bien sino también, ya no hay nada q hacer, porque devolver el dinero era imposible ya que estaba facturado. Le volví a repetir de que entonces iba a perder mi dinero porq esto se iba a ir a la basura y me repitió q eso era tema mío  Le pedí que me comunique con un gerente o dueño y me respondió que no había nadie. Le pregunte que a que hora podía comunicarme con uno de ellos y me respondió buena suerte. Intente llamar al Don Alex de Elizabeth ya que son los mismos dueños y me respondieron lo mismo que no hay en este momento porq están en un largo viaje. A estas personas se les olvida que un restaurante sin clientes es solo un edificio vacío, que los cliente es lo q los hace un restaurante, a este punto ya lo q menos importa es el dinero sino la audacia y la deshonestidad con la q operan estos empleados porque no creo que a ningún dueño de negocio le gustaría que estén poniendo el  nombre de su negocio por el piso. A este mesero Jhonhairo, lo he visto en otras ocasiones atendiendo y muy gracioso con sus chistes a la mesa, pero nosé q le pasó hoy. Pero hoy me di cuenta, que la industria de la hospitalidad le quedó muy grande. Para trabajar en esa industria, no es tan solo ser un payaso que cuente chistes, implica muchas más cosas, diferentes steps of service. Quisiera escuchar la respuesta de alguna persona responsable de este lugar, ya que hoy estuve a punto de llamar al departamento de policía de Kenilworth, para que me hagan un reporte y me entreguen mi dinero, y no es por esto sino por el principio moral, ya que estamos en América y nadie te puede robar asi porq sí. Voy a etiquetar esto a todas las sucursales hasta que el dueño se comunique conmigo. read more

Very disrespectful on the phone, was told "this isn't an like an American restaurant that you can order whatever parts of a chicken you like" then the attendant proceeded to joke with staff about how I wanted "two right chicken legs" and that he was "very busy" wouldn't recommend the food either, I work not even a block away and go there for convenience, but I'm never going back nor recommending this place to my coworkers. read more

Literally DOG FOOD! Perhaps the most overprice and underwhelming meal I've ever ordered. I ordered the Lomo Saltado, which I always order from Peruvian places. It was MAYBE $2.00 worth of cheap meat, ZERO flavor and sauce, for $16! I will pay people NOT to eat here! This place is literally robing ANYONE who buys this "food". There are a TON of other places that actually make this dish right. The meat is mixed in, NOT slopped on top, there is actually SAUCE, and oh yeah, for almost $20 they give you a TRAY and not a TIN! This place will never get my business or anyone whose ear I can get. ¡Literalmente COMIDA PARA PERROS! Quizás la comida más cara y decepcionante que he pedido. Pedí el Lomo Saltado, que siempre ordeno en lugares peruanos. ¡Era TAL VEZ $ 2.00 en carne barata, CERO sabor y salsa, por $ 16! ¡Le pagaré a la gente para que NO coma aquí! Este lugar literalmente está robando a CUALQUIERA que compre esta "comida". Hay un montón de otros lugares que realmente hacen que este plato sea correcto. La carne está mezclada, NO derramada encima, en realidad hay SALSA, y sí, ¡por casi $ 20 te dan una BANDEJA y no una LATA! Este lugar nunca captará mi negocio ni nadie a quien pueda escuchar. read more

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Came here for lunch with a work friend. I ordered the seafood soup and it was really tasty. Needed bread or rice to make it more filling. They were under staffed for the lunch crowd on a Friday. Free tortilla chips and green salsa while you wait. We got a refill because the food took forever to come out. read more

Don Alex Restaurant - Seafood soup. And steak combo mega meal. Eggs, steak, fries, plantains, rice - Peruvian Near Me - Kenilworth, New Jersey

Went here with some co-workers. This spot has some legit Peruvian food at decent prices. The Jalea was delicious! I'd repeat!

We really wanted Peruvian food and figured we try a new place. I called to ask if open and if there was a menu online. Woman who answered didn't speak English and didn't understand me. Decided to take the ride and order in person. Walk in and only 1 person working the front which makes sense during the quarantine! The second I walked in he starts talking to me in Spanish. When he finally stops I tell him I can't speak Spanish. He looks at me sadly and says "oh". Now 2 different people and 2 don't speak English. I have to point to my items on the menu that i want. Food is made quickly. I ordered the arroz chaufa beef and chicken. The price is similar to everywhere else $15 but you get no where near as much food and it might be the worst Peruvian fried rice i ever had. The container was the size of a side dish anywhere else. I would say maybe half as much as i have gotten at all other places. The rice was dry, some was burned and hard, there was no flavor and it was very greasy. Barely any chicken, beef or egg. It was basically all rice and scallions! I was so disappointed but it makes sense looking at their rating on yelp and Google both around 3 stars. Basically overpriced, no flavor, half the size portions of other places and they can't communicate with English speaking potential customers! read more

Don Alex Restaurant - 8 inch round container. Other places give you double sized rectangle containers, double the food for the same price! - Peruvian Near Me - Kenilworth, New Jersey

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We order from work all the time and the food is getting better. We have a lot of orders at once so they're pretty good at handling it. Have been getting the combo which comes with either a quarter chicken or a half chicken with some rice and salad or fries. Chicken is mostly good pretty juicy and Pretty flavorful. Last t we also got this beef and onions combo with rice and it was also very good. When you get a half chicken it also comes with a really really big salad so that was nice. Overall the food is good but the green sauce is to die for! It is tangy but spicy, soo good. read more

Don Alex Restaurant - Peruvian Near Me - Kenilworth, New Jersey

If it weren't for the chicken I wish i could give 0 stars. My husband and I have been coming here for a while now and service is always so so. This past weekend we came un in a Saturday and were told oh by the way we have no rice and weren't giving any substitutes. Might i add there is a supermarket across the street... fast forward to today a Tuesday evening at 7pm I called to place an order for a chicken and was told sorry we ran out, try back in an hour and a half... okay 2 hours later I arrive and still no chicken. If quantity is always an issue why not stick to a few basics?? How can an establishment remain open with no food???? read more

I ordered to 2 quarter chickens one w/fries and salad. The other rice and fries. Overall the chicken was nicely cooked and tasted. The problem was my salad was in the same container as my fries and chicken! The other issue was the rice was very bland! read more

Awful food I paid 20 for an undercooked chicken leg cold greasy French fries and a dry pathetic salad. Don't waste your money. Terrible terrible food. A total disgrace read more

Great service, delicious food. Consistent always . Try the ceviche! It's mouth watering

We ordered the Peruvian seafood rice and the half chicken combo. Wow. That has to be the most moist chicken I've ever had! The salad that came with it was dressed just right. The fries could've been substituted for something else though. My husband is doing his best to skip rice, but that Peruvian fried rice is just divine!!! He kept taking some from my plate! Hahaha. The highlight would have to be that green sauce. I smeared it on everything!!! So good. Definitely worth coming back to. read more

Don Alex Restaurant - Half chicken combo with salad and fries - Peruvian Near Me - Kenilworth, New Jersey

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WILL NEVER ORDER FROM AGAIN. After several pleasant meals, my daughter called today to place an order and was hung up on because whoever answered the phone said "No english" and Hung up. read more

I would realistically give this restaurant 3.5 stars. I got the steak and eggs over rice and French fries with fried plantains. Pros: -Very good food overall -very nice staff -a lot of food per plate Cons: -Took around 30-35 minutes from when I ordered to get my food and it wasn't very busy,( I was on my lunch break so I didn't have much time to eat) -steak was very thin and tough Neutral: -a little expensive but not too crazy read more

I love Don Alex. Their chicken is one of the best. Very nice and juicy and their sauces are amazing. My favorite is the salad dressing and green sauce! read more

A large group of us met here for dinner on Friday as one of our friends highly recommended the place. This location is very new, opening only a few months ago. I think most people haven't discovered it yet so we mostly had the restaurant to ourselves. We left the ordering to our friend who had been here before and he just went wild ordering a variety of dishes. For main courses we had ceviche, lomo saltado (beef with peppers and onions over french fries and rice), seafood fried rice, jalea (mixed fried fish and seafood), and fried plantains. All of us remarked on how good the fried dishes were. They weren't greasy at all and the fried rice was some of the best I've had. The ceviche was delicious too, with tender seafood and just the right amount of lemon juice. The food is quite inexpensive which made me leery about the quality but it definitely exceeded my expectations. I'm looking forward to going back and trying even more of their dishes. read more

To the owner: Get it together with your operation or I'm going elsewhere. I've never experienced such inconsistency with a simple transaction. Answer your phones, quote accurate times for pickup, KEEP YOUR POWER ON. On two occasions I couldn't use my CC because your business lost power. I get having an off day once in a while - we're humans. This is near constant now. I've stuck it out this long because the food is delicious and a good value but my patience is wearing thin. read more

Really ordinary. The chicken was dry and not in the same league as Pio Pio in NYC, or at least half a dozen other Peruvian Pollo a la Brasa places. Everything else was meh, too. "Service" is not the correct word to describe the way that Don Alex brings food to diners. Another really negative thing is that this place (along with way too many other restaurants) does NOT list prices on it's website "menu." A menu has prices on it, not just pictures and names of various dishes. A menu on a restaurant website needs PRICES, Don Alex, so that potential diners can decide whether they think a place is worth going to. It's just mind boggling that so many restos think it is acceptable to omit prices on their website menus. What are they trying to hide? read more

You can't beat the price. This is a go-to stop for lunch for me and my co-workers. It's nice and cozy inside and always a lot of seats. Service is usually a combo of two guys but they always hustle and work hard to get the food out. The standard is the roto chicken combos which are a great deal. Starting at $7 for a quarter chicken combo and two sides are a steal. Even a $13 half chicken deal with two full sides is even better. You can always rotate in yellow or white rice, salads, fries, or madras (plantains) as sides. So the secret sauce of the place is the secret sauce. The "green sauce" or "Pio-pio" type sauce or Green Peruvian Aji sauce packs a punch and is more than a compliment to the appetizer chips. Pour that over the chicken or sides and its a flavor that is distinct and wakes you up. I've ordered all over the menu besides the chicken and all have been solid dishes with great portions and crazy flavor. Take-out is also an option at lunch and dinner. read more

I've been coming here so many times, i loved the roasted chicken and the green sauce. quality of chicken is always on point. The reason i only give 2 stars because of the service! I think the owner or the management of this place are very cheap or either don't know how to run this business. How comes its only one person working doing tables, casher, order taker, pick up service & everything. If you think your saving money by having less staff i think your wrong because your loosing busness by letting your patron waiting for very long time to be serve and even acknowledge! every time i come here its eather pick up or on the tables we have to wait for long time, because the only 1 server that serving everyone is running like chicken without head. I hope this review will serve as a wake up call for the owner and the management. read more

Went to dinner here one evening around 8pm, there were no other tables. I actually went to their website and found some coupons, but didn't realize it had expired until we got the check. The ceviche was overly pungent, and the seafood was actually previously cooked, rather than "cooked" in acid as ceviches are supposed to be. We also ordered fried seafood platter, that included calamari (and more ceviche!) but there was too much breading on the seafood. Nonetheless, the rotisserie chicken was the highlight of the night, it was juicy and well-seasoned. On a side note, it was weird being addressed as "hey lady"...sounds like the beginning of a bad song. read more

This is a great quick stop for authentic cuisine. The only problem is the other location is staffed better and provides a warmer setting, that close knit feeling you get eating with a large family. This place gets a lot of customers for pick up only so be prepared to see your meal interrupted by the host/waiter running back and forth. Same great food however, the other location has live music. Try the seafood dishes they are awesome read more

Really good food!!! Had the half chicken, sub the fries with rice and beans. Beans could use a tough more salt, but everything was spot on. Spicy green sauce, savory chicken with a crispy skin and juicy meat. Awesome Peruvian chicken here!! read more

Don Alex Restaurant - Mango juice.. - Peruvian Near Me - Kenilworth, New Jersey

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We chanced upon this place when we were actually on our way to another restaurant for lunch and boy did we not have any regrets. Now I am not familiar with Peruvian food at all so I can't comment on it authenticity but I can tell you that whatever we put into our mouth then sure tasted darn good. We didn't order their famous roast chicken (which every other table was ordering) only cos we were roasting a chicken ourselves for dinner that night but here was what we had: Appetizer: - Tortilla chips with green sauce (complimentary as starter): the green sauce was so addictive that we ate it with everything and the server was kind enough to generously refill and later offer us a big bowl of sauce without us asking. - Seafood ceviche: fish, squid, shrimps perfectly marinated with just the right amount of lemon for that bursting freshness in your mouth) - Mixed seafood soup: A huge bowl of clams, mussels, shrimp, squid, fish in a rich broth. They served it with rice which I'm not certain if it was the norm or because they somehow knew I had plan on having it as my main but really this is a meal on its own. Mains: - Peruvian fried rice: We had initially ordered it with chicken but the server recommended to order it with both beef and chicken and this was so so good!! Rice was fluffy but had that slightly burnt taste that could only be achieved through a really hot fire and a big wok. By the time we got to that, we were stuffed!! - Fried green plaintain with special garlic sauce (sides): this is a side dish that we ordered and for $3, we were given a generous amount of plaintain and the lemony garlic sauce was to die for too. We would usually order desserts after the meal but we were so full by then. We will be sure to try it the next time we go back as they do have a wide range of desserts at very reasonable prices. I read some of the reviews below (albeit the older ones) that the service here was terrible but I beg to differ. The service staff were the best that I had seen in ages as they anticipated your needs without you having to ask them. They were familiar with the menu and very importantly, they could actually make recommendations on their food rather than giving you that annoying "everything is good" answer. All in all a fantastic experience and we definitely be back soon. read more

Pretty good place. Only reason I'm giving them 3 stars is because I only have had their chicken and I've had better chicken which was decent enough to eat again but not out of this world but I will be back for their ceviche. read more

Even though this is a chain restaurant this Don Alex has really great Peruvian food. I have only done pick up 2x and the food was delicious. They have indoor and outdoor seating and hope to eat there soon. Provecho :) read more