Overall: if you want a quick hefty meal for what its worth the chicken is its name! Food: fries are regular frozen fries fried quick, the salad is salad, the CHICKENNN one half chicken is really half the rotisserie chicken, what makes the plate is the greennn sauceee! Green sauce on everything, chicken was juicy until it got to the white meat Service: not that may people working late at night but they are quick to attend you and take yr order shes always so nice Inside: modern aesthetic with lights and music, enough space to not feel cramped in queens read more

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Overall: Big prices look reasonable when you see the amount and quality of the food. You should sit in for this one. Some restaurants serve good food. Some serve a lot of food. This one does both. Don Pollo, which judging by reviews has taken a pretty big turn for the better, was a wonderful surprise. My family had ordered it once during COVID (takeout) and wasn't wowed. Returning now, I was. Upon reading reviews, I found that the takeout ones were more negative, so I must recommend dining in. By dish: Empanadas - Would Recommend. They're what you want. Crispy, filled up, and tasty. Seafood (for 1) - Highly Recommend. Although it's definitely not for one (I could see two people having this), I love the presentation, and of course taste is the most important thing which this restaurant really delivers for. I tried one of everything, they were all crispy and the sauces paired great along with the little slices onions. Salad - ?? Sorry, I'm not a salad guy so I didn't have it. I liked the generous amount of avocado though. Plantains - good enough. They come with another dish and they're good. Same with the fries. I like that they come with sausage, and they aren't soggy, but really they're nothing special. Chicken combo - would recommend. Tender, nicely seasoned, and the sauce went great with it. Seriously, you are gonna have so many leftovers if you come here, and you will not mind because it's great. I'm having this stuff for lunch tomorrow. Fried rice - comes with the chicken combo, and tastes nice. It contains chicken and egg as the protein, and tastes good. What can I say? Oh, and for people who care, the service and ambience was nice, though I wasn't the biggest fan of hearing about the Epstein files on Newsmax while trying to enjoy lunch. But food is the only thing that I take into account when scoring, lol. read more

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Talk about a value proposition, chicken, about a whole one delivered to the table, with yellow rice, so flavorful, and a nice salad to balance the meal, tried to limit the French fries.. this was a wonderful combination, atmosphere is great, friendly service..,all in all a nice casual eatery.. ! read more

New management has upgraded the place and it looks so much better. Staff is friendly and helpful. The menu is small but diverse. Ona precious occasion we tried the Jalea and it was very good. The encebollado was well made and tart. The chicken and carne guisada were very nice. Nice portions too. They now serve drinks! read more

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EXCELLENT!!! A great variety of traditional peruvian food. As a native peruvian this restaurant is the best in the area. The prices are much better that some overrated restaurants that i prefer not to mention, the ambiance is quite, the workers are very humble and welcoming. The place is clean. The taste is very good. We order from this restaurant every Friday, and never disappoints us. We really recommend it. To the non Americans complaining about the taste... hmm if you are not sure how our peruvian taste don't give a lower star review. I am reading bunch and a lot of them do not make sense. My American boyfriend who visited Peru plenty of times agrees with me that this place is the closest to the peruvian food taste. read more

I love ordering here, food always so fresh and amazing, the service is nice and ver attentive, love this place!!!!!!!!! read more

Don Pollo - Peruvian Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

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Bland and not fresh and the prices are ridiculous I could eat at much better restaurants with way higher quality food for less money ! Most of this stuff is potatoes and rice filter . Just one example is the price of a chicken combo has gone up $17 in less then 3 years . I know things went up but that's just a clear rip off and lack of respect for the customers . We won't be back , way better choices for much better food and atmosphere at many other places in the area . This is casual simple food like chicken and rice or plantains $50 for your combo up $17 from a few years ago GTFOH ! read more

Don Pollo Metropolitan got a complete makeover . I recently visited this restaurant after its makeover, and I was thoroughly impressed! The space is now incredibly cozy yet still comfortable, with a perfect balance of modern design and warm, welcoming touches. The ambiance sets the perfect tone for enjoying a meal. As for the food, it's a true highlight! You have to try to understand. read more

Don Pollo - Peruvian Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

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When Dracula asks you to lunch and you step along the path away from Borgo Pass and continue north to dine at what was once many times and for many years a multitude of assorted food eatery's, so there is a palatable haunted hesitation. So my friend does look like Dracula and this is a nickname clad neighborhood and everyone's got one and in my writing mind, there is only a small gulf between fact and fiction so it only reasons to me to use nickery names along the way. A cheery young fellow with prim governess inquired about my meal pleasure "chicken, steak or seafood" to which I replied in kind "steak and seafood sound delightful" the finger of his darted upon the Tallarin Verde - a Peruvian pasta with grilled steak and a golden colored baked potato. Drax ordered the Ceviche De Pescado and we split the order which was prepared and plated and served quickly. Still paying last night's piper, I purchased a few 8oz bottles of red and white wine from next door careful to keep my shenanigans to the hip as two families set themselves like a pair of parenthesis around my table and their little buggers found my peach button down a wonder of their attention. Perhaps it was the creamy verde green sauce I dropped that was now dribbling down between button and button like lava doing the Streif at Kuttsbuhel, the contrast was striking. Thin profile and packed with flavor, the steak was splendid but I got the fatty end, so carving out that section was sad but I could see the seasoning very well upon it's translucency. And even though I try to avoid different foods touching, the wetish pesto made no mark upon the beef which made me happy, come on, let's get happy.. Server switch and the pretty lass turned her hand as if holding a knob asking about the spice volume for our Ceviche and Drax motioned with his own air knob that "somewhere in the middle was fine" as an acoustical version The Sound of Silence was playing with windpipes -- not in my head, it was actually playing over the sound system. The purchase of dinners and lunches is one of my more expensive vices, minus narcotics, that I find myself indulging in -- but all told -- the prices were quite reasonable -- the lunches unfortunate expense will be dry-cleaning my Italian shirt which was aslop with the various reminders of my late lunch with Dracula. read more

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I have always thought "wouldn't it be nice to have a Peruvian spot on Metropolitan?" and lo and behold, here comes Don Pollo. I love Peruvian food because of the various cultural influences in its cuisine. Not to mention slamming, delicious juicy chicken. Had to order the combo meal as I always do at Peruvian spots. It's so worth it for $33. The Combo Don Pollo comes with a whole chicken, salad, salchipapa (french fries with sliced hot dog), fried rice, and maduros (sweet plantain). The order was ready when we arrived. The staff was friendly and the food was still nice and hot when we dug into it. Chicken - this was divine! Flavorful skin. Unbelievably tender, well-cooked and juicy. It was perfect with the green sauce. Just *chef's kiss.* Salad - standard salad. Nothing out of the ordinary. Dressing was good. Salchipapa - can't go wrong with this dish. It is LOVED by my kids. Fried rice - thought it was a basic fried rice but was pleased with the addition of chicken. Maduros - one of my favorite dishes. Must have with your meal. Overall, we were quite happy with the food. Glad they opened a location in the area. It's a great family-friendly meal so everyone is satisfied. Looking forward to trying more dishes here. read more

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I ordered from Don Pollo twice and it did not disappoint. However, the consistency was a little off, but the overall food still delicious. The combo came with 1 whole chicken, a salad, rice, French fries with hot dogs, and sweet plantains. I was very pleased with the food from don pollo and will order from here again. read more

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Over priced , always empty , wonder why ? Guess they make take out there thing and grub hub thing

We got hungry while running errands and didn't know what to eat, so when we passed by Peruvian, we decided to give Don Pollo a shot! I believe there are multiple locations, but we went to the one by Metropolitan Avenue. There is dine-in available as well as takeout. We ordered: chicken soup, the Don Pollo Combo, and the Tallarin Verde (Peruvian Steak and pasta). The Don Pollo Combo is $33 and includes one whole chicken, a salad, Peruvian fried rice, maduros (sweet plantains), and salchipapas (french fries with cut up slivers of hot dogs). Peruvian restaurants are of course known for their chicken and their sauces--and they did not disappoint! Their green sauce was good, not too spicy, there was a honey-mustardy sauce, as well as a garlic sauce dressing to go with the salad. All the sauces are great if you guys love sauce. The chicken fried rice was flavorful, and distinctly Peruvian--with notes of ginger (?) And other spices that give it a unique taste. The chicken was juicy and flavorful on its own, as well as with the paired green sauce. The salad was plentiful, with iceberg lettuce, broccoli, shaved carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, and half an avocado. I was not fond of how soggy the french fries and hot dogs were, but this was for takeout so if you have this in the restaurant it might be different. I crisped them as well as the maduros up in my air fryer and we were good to go! The major cons were with the chicken soup and the steak. My mother in-law is an amazing cook but since she was sick--we wanted to get her chicken soup. But as a seasoned chef, she had noticed that the chicken was store bought instead of from a vivero (like, live chicken farms, which they do have sprinkled around the city) and where other Peruvian restaurants have given us before. They did not cut the chicken so it was all one big piece, and it was too salty. The steak was seasoned very well, albeit looking nothing like the photo! As you can see from my photos, its a very small thin piece, it was a wonder why they asked how we would like it cooked. Keep in mind, at restaurants like these (non-steakhouses) you are going to get well done steaks EVERY time! Then again for $15, you kind of get what you pay for, so it's understandable. The green pasta that came with the steak--the special sauce here is just pesto guys xD Not sure why it's advertised as something Peruvian haha. But it was plentiful and tasty. The desserts were tasty as well, their tres leches cake was good, as well as their passion fruit cheesecake. Eating the cheesecake alone, it kind of didn't taste like cheesecake, but together it tasted pretty good. Overall a good experience, with a couple of needed improvements. Try it out and see what you guys think! :) If I could give it 3.5 stars I would! read more

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Ordered a quick bite around 9pm before I head home. The chicken was still hot after a 30 minute drive and the maduros were perfectly ripe. Perfect late night meal! read more

Don Pollo - Maduros - doesn't look good in the pic but so ripe and good! - Peruvian Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

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I love coming to this place, especially for takeout. Their sauces are great, and the rotisserie chicken is always delicious. One time I did eat in the restaurant and I loved the decor inside. The woman who is always working there was so sweet and kind. We instantly felt comfortable. The chicken soup is also great. It is so rich with flavor and they were definitely not cheap with the amount of food they put into the soup. I love this place! read more

Delicious the food was amazing I bought a family combo and 6 of us ate with leftovers so good great staff it was take out am going back to eat there very nice small restaurant read more

so my family & I have been coming here for over 2yrs. we always only get the family combo to go. Food is always good. My biggest & only issue is that they only put 1 hot dog in the "salchipapa" its all fries, they should at least use 3 in ratio to the fries. And when i asked for them to add an extra hot dog they were charging me $7 what a rip off. Upset because salchipapa is such a common & simple Peruvian dish. So if your getting a salchipapa make sure to have hot dogs at home to add to it. ‍ read more

Great food! Great prices. Food presentation is so nice. Service is amazing!! Will be coming again

Love their rotisserie chicken! Their yellow and green sauce is great! Simple ambience but the food speaks for itself

I decided to give Don Pollo a second chance after a disappointing first visit. My initial experience left much to be desired, but I thought perhaps it was just an off day. This time, I placed an order through the Ubereats app and called the restaurant afterward to express my concerns about my previous experience. The woman who answered the phone assured me that she would inform the kitchen and that my order would be prepared with care. All the meat in my dish (Lomo Saltado) was nothing but fat--no exaggeration. It felt as if they had gone out of their way to collect all the meat fat in the kitchen, cook it up, and serve it to me as a dish. Aside from all the meat being all fat I said well, let me at least eat the rice and the side order of plantains I also ordered. To my dismay the rice was dry and hard as if it was sitting there under a lamp all day, so much so it didn't even absorb whatever sauce they use with their Lomo Saltado. And the plantains well not to even mention they were hard and clumpy as if they were refried so they had a hard skin. It's difficult not to feel like this was done intentionally because I dared to call in and express my previous experience with the quality of the food. It's one thing to have a bad experience; it's another to feel like your concerns are not only ignored but also met with disdain. I gave Don Pollo a second chance, but after this, I won't be returning and would recommend anyone to stay away from it. I understand that everyone has bad days, but this experience was unacceptable. Instead of making amends for the previous issues, they only confirmed that when someone shows you who they are the first time believe them. The only thing sort of ok was the green sauce but even that was very watered down not a rich texture like a good aji verde sauce usually has. I definitely won't be giving this place another chance and wouldn't recommend it to anyone either. There are plenty of other places that value their customers and take pride in the quality of their food, and I'd rather spend my money somewhere that appreciates my business. Save yourself the trouble and find a restaurant that has better quality food and treatment. read more

Great food! The Covina ceviche is delicious. Yuca fries are seasoned well. Seafood fried rice is nicely seasoned and it has a ton is seafood. Green sauce! Yum! The portions are huge. Come hungry. Share the food. read more

i ordered the green spaghetti and some sort of meat and ended up just requesting spaghetti and they portioned accordingly super delicious tastes fresh very happy with this service read more

Don Pollo - Tallarin Verde - Peruvian Near Me - Forest Hills, New York

The staff was very nice , it's a small place but cozy and with great food. My friend and I were very happy with the food. The potato with the cheese sauce was perfect. Perfect spice level. The portions are great as well. We are the rest for breakfast in the morning lol. read more

Wanted to try their chicken chaufa but found it too salty for us. Roasted chicken was large and moist, crisp skin, nice salad and sauces are great, one green, one very spicy, good fries, too. Attractive atmosphere, good service. Desserts looked good but didn't try them. read more

Was going to order today but I passed by the restaurant as an unmasked waitress was handing an order to a masked customer waiting at the door. I went by again and the staff is either behind a wall or in the kitchen so I couldn't see if anyone was wearing a mask. WEAR A MASK, PEOPLE! read more

Too salty that it's hard to eat it and enjoy the food. Technically, they should not be putting too much salt coz everyone has their own preferences. read more

I love Peruvian food and really wanted to love this place. Buuut the maduros portion is very small and are too firm. I am used to sweet and soft maduros. I asked for the fries in the salchipapas to be crispy and they were soggy with 3 pieces of sliced hot dog. Sigh...please improve your food! I want to love your restaurant! read more

the chicken and the green sauce is really good! you can order quarter or half chicken to try . it may not be in the menu.

If I could give zero stars I would. I was excited to try a new place and my husband and I called to place an order at 11:25am. They informed us the delivery person starts at noon and we said that was fine. They told me they would leave at noon (they are down the block from us.). The entire order process was difficult. We had to give our information 5 times for our credit card and I had to give my phone number 4 times. After giving my address 2 times. The woman on the phone STILL put it in wrong.. this is not a language issue because my husband is Colombian and we ordered in both English and Spanish and gave our information in English and Spanish and it was still all wrong. After waiting 30min for our food, we called to ask where our food was. She said the delivery person left at 12:00 and she didn't know where he was and that he was new and maybe was lost... she called the deliver guy and he didn't pick up. She called him back again when we called back 10min later to ask where our food was. She said she still couldn't get a hold of him.. she confirmed herself that the food went out at noon which means now the food has been sitting around somewhere for 40min.. we asked for our money back.. she then changed her story and said he was in the building.. this is 10 seconds after she said he isn't answering his phone.. and because of this she would give our money back. It turns out yes he was 40min late but on top of that she sent him to the wrong building so when he finally got there, it wasn't even correct. At this point after she clearly messed up all our information despite us giving it to her in 2 languages repeatedly, she agreed to give our money back. It sucks because I asked her to go over the information and check everything when I called the first time 30min after. Instead of her doing that, she blames a delivery guy and fights with us when she didn't even input the correct information. This woman should not be answering phones and she has lost a new customer who didn't even get the chance to eat the food. The customer service was horrible. The whole experience is horrible and 2 hours after we ordered we still don't have food... now I get to start the process of making sure we actually get a refund.....NEVER AGAIN!!! SO DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATING. read more

I ordered Lomo Saltado to go and the beef was very hard and dry. I should have tried chicken Saltado like last time which tasted much better. The rice was uncooked which is very disappointing. They should have made sure at least rice was cooked. Will not come again. read more

My Mom dines here frequently with her friend and recommended I try it. So we are here for Mother's Day. We got the Combo Peru and I am enjoying it very much. The salad, rice, chicken and fries are all very fresh and very tasty. Love the salad dressing too. The staff is wonderful as well. I have to say this is the best Peruvian food I've tried! Highly recommend! read more

The green and yellow sauce are legit. The food is really well priced and very good.

Went in and ordered 2 Lomo saltado, and aji sauce, and the portions were fine, everything was good except the beef and the sauce. Not to try to compare it but the beef just wasn't cooked enough for me and the sauce was not the aji sauce I come to love. Two meals for $40 dollars and I am not satisfied. read more