Many of the reviews for El Pique focus on service. Service was fine for me, the waitress was wearing a earbud and chatting with someone during my entire visit. However, she did check on us and asked if we needed anything. For me, I care more about the food. I haven't had Peruvian food in a while, so came here. We ordered the ceviche peruano, Lomo Saltado and Charcoal half chicken. We also were served unlimited chips & salsa. Chips and salsa were good, the salsa they had - not sure what it was but I liked it. The Ceviche peruano was good, lots of acid from the lime though, very strong lime juice flavor. Good amount of fish, some slices of sweet potato and corn. I used some of the chips to eat the ceviche which worked well. The lomo saltado came with rice, fries, beef with tomato and onions. The rice was fine, fries were crispy and not seasoned. The fries didn't need to be seasoned per the dish, and the sauce with it. The beef was very chewy, came with onions and three pieces of tomatoes. It tasted fine, nothing special. The fries being dipped in the sauce/gravy they had with the beef was really good. The charcoal chicken came with a salad, and fries. The salad had no dressing but they did bring sauces for us to use. Fries were unseasoned but freshly fried. Chicken was moist and flavorful. We were given 3 sauces - salsa verde, a red vinegar like one and one that tasted similar to spicy mayo. They went well with the chicken, but chicken on its own was fine. Overall, decent experience. Came here on a weekday at dinner time and we were the only two tables there. There is parking, and they do have deals like $10 for a quarter chicken, rice, tortillas, beans and a drink. There's whole chicken deals too. read more

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I use to love this place the family that owns this are beautiful people, I loved to go there on dance nights, I spent almost all my birthdays at this wonderful restaurant. They have a huge parking lots, my best memories are at this place let them make great memories for you too. I love you all te amo read more

Great service, excellent food, I ordered a delicious parihuela y trío marino. To go I placed an order at the food truck an exquisite pollo a la brasa sandwich. The hygiene in the public restroom is outstanding. I had a pleasant impression of this place. Thank you, Sra. Lucrecia for your kindness and fine attention. read more

Had us keep waiting over half an hour for LITERALLY NOTHING. I ordered their Parihuela here over the phone and the woman told me it would be ready in 10 minutes. We showed up and went in (this is about 15 minutes at this point), the woman asked us to wait another 10 minutes because the food wasn't ready yet. She had us PAY for the food and we went back outside to wait. We went to grab a bubble tea close by to give them a little extra time cuz it seemed like maybe they needed more time to cook it. My partner went back in to grab the food (about 17-20 more minutes at this point), and the woman finally tells us that the KITCHEN IS CLOSED. She gave my partner his refund in cash, and he was so shocked he just came back to the car. He is a pretty non-confrontational guy so he thought on it for a bit and went back in to ask why she kept having us wait and pay half way through if they weren't working on our food at all? She just kept saying sorry and got kinda rude back at him as if he shouldn't even be upset at the situation. Even though they had us waiting for food we paid for for over a half hour as every other food establishment around us closed. I'd like to blame it on a language barrier, but she rang us up for the food, had us pay half way through, and kept telling us to wait for the food to be ready before she finally decided to let us know that the no one was working on it. I have no idea what she was thinking, especially when she had the gall to be rude afterward when my partner asked why she decided to do that at all? I used to keep coming back here even with the mediocre service/food because I wanted to support a local business, but after tonight I'm DONE. Most insane situation I've ever dealt with at a food establishment. read more

No yucca! At a Peruvian restaurant. No bueno! Stopped here for that purpose today. Really disappointed. Call first.

Their website says $24 for a whole Chicken and when we went to pick it up it was almost $10 more. The server said it's old. Then why advertise erroneous information on your website? Same thing on delivery apps. I could get 7 chickens from Costco. Not worth it. read more

EL Pique - False advertising - Mexican Near Me - Burien, Washington

Drinks were weak very weak even though they said not prepoured I highly disagree. Food was good large indoor seating clean atmosphere good customer service and lots of parking I would say give them a try read more

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Primera y última vez comiendo aqui. Esperamos más de una hora por nuestra comida. Ordenamos un cóctel y ni una cuchara nos pudieron dar, Que horror. Comida mediocre y servicio fatal. Dos micheladas, dos aguas frescas, 1 chilaquiles y 1 fajitas. Fue $160 ??? Don't come here unless you want to get scammed. Horrible food and service. 0/10 read more

Driving to Seahurst Park for a walk, I got a delicious whiff of chicken being grilled as I drove past El Pique. Throughout my walk, I plotted to abandon the dinner I had planned and get some of that chicken. I bought a half chicken that came with a side of rice and beans. For take-out, you go inside to pay and get the sides, then you take your receipt out to the grill to pick up your chicken. Since then, I've plotted to stop at El Pique when I found myself in Burien again. I have not dined there, but I noticed on my most recent visit that there is outdoor seating (not exactly scenic, it's along a busy road) and I've seen that all staff members were wearing masks. I haven't tried anything from the menu besides the chicken, rice, and beans. When you've found a winner, why try anything else? The chicken is flavorful and moist, and half a chicken is quite a bit of food. And, I'll admit it, I kind of love that my shirt smells like chargrilled chicken for the rest of the day! read more

Stupid place ever. If you are from out of state DO NOT come here because they will not serve you drinks even if you are over age. Waitress are so useless asking dumb questions knowing we are over age. Place is dirty right when we entered. They took so long checking our ID accusing us it is fake just cause it was an ID from California. WORST PLACE EVER!! read more

We are so disappointed with our experience at el pique, we thought we had found a good place because the food was good, but when the bill came (hand written) , we realized they were overcharging us with twice the price of what we saw on the menu. When we complained we were told by the server these where special prices because of the hour and that they had given us a different menu, then when the owner came he explained that he made an exeption letting us in at 9:15 pm when the place closes at 10 pm and the inflated process were due to this, which made no sense at all, he was disrespectful and blamed us for getting there "late". Go there only if you are ok getting robbed on the bill. read more

EL Pique - a receipt and a pen on a table - Mexican Near Me - Burien, Washington

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I've always been wary of this Peruvian/Mexican spot because, frankly the interior is dark and dingy. The first time I walked in I walked out because place reeked of chlorine. So to be fair, I have never eaten off the menu, but they have recently very smartly adapted their business model to bring in those who don't want to eat inside. They've turned their parking lot into a gloriously large bbq pit on which they spit roast whole chickens every day. If the smell driving by doesn't lure you, then you really need adjust your senses. You can get the chicken whole or in half. Each comes with decent rice and beans and hand made tortillas. But the star is the Peruvian spice rubbed chicken. So tender and Smokey in flavor. One of the better grilled birds I've had in a while. It's a little pricey at $24 for the whole bird, but it made for plenty of yummy leftovers. At a time to support local, this is a good bird to get behind. Just make sure you wear clothes that you don't wanna wear again before washing as the bbq smoke smell will cling to everything as you pick up your feast. read more

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Very nice and efficient 10/10 service the cook was very nice the customer service is top tier would visit again

My wife and I stopped here on a chance after seeing the BBQ chicken dinner stand outside. We decided to dine in and ordered two 1/2 charcoal chicken dinners and they were really delicious! Added a take home chicken enchilada for our daughter and that was very good too she said. The young lady that took our order and the other that brought our food out were both very friendly to us. The dinners were generous in the portions and reminded me of the great roasted "BBQ" dinners you order at the fair when I was younger. No need for any bbq sauce on these as they were nicely seasoned and perfectly flavorful. Left very satisfied and happy! read more

Ordered the peruvian 'leche de tigre', similar to the coctel de camarones but came out 1/4 of size in a martini glass. Ordered mezcal, it's a type of tequila, they didn't know what it was, originated in Mexico, and stuck with a shot of patron. The waitress said she didn't like the 'leche de tigre' because she's Mexican and doesn't eat peruvian food, and everyone prepping the food is also Mexican. I had no idea what to say, very awkward. The 'leche de tigre' turned out great but not enough for the price in comparison to the gauntlet you normally get with the coctel de camarones. Don't see myself going back. read more

The half chicken is delicious! The accompaniment with beans and rice was off the chain. I ordered from Uber eats and was pleased! This place is officially on my Saturday rotation for takeout! read more

Food isn't good. I would give this zero starts if I could. I order the michelada and it was just beer they didn't even add any of the Clamato juice/sauce. I ordered the 7 mares and it had no flavor at all and barely any see food in it. I would not come here again I wish I could of just walked out because that's how bad it was here read more

I came in here recently for the first time with some family. I had always seen people outside grilling chicken so that's what I wanted to try. I planned to bring home leftovers and holy cow it was so much leftover food 3 of us ate it for 2 days afterwards. The mango margaritas were delicious and relatively strong. We will definitely be coming back! There's more food to try! read more

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Only a lady was serving at Friday night. Kinda big place and you can dance middle of space. I understood why every services are so slow bcz only one lady working on floor. She is greeting, and taking orders, setting up tables, servings food. There are Mexican food & Peruvian food in menus. I tried Peruvian menus called Aji de Gallina & Lomo Saltado. *Aji de Gallina Thin pieces of chicken Stu in a spicy, nutty cheesy souce. **it was not spicy and too much potatoes, plz added more chicken. *Lomo Saltado Stir Fry of lean beef, served with tomatoes, onions & fresh cut fries seasoned with authentic peruvian hot spices. Served with rice. **too much French fries, plz added more beef plz! Services are slow so plz patients...... read more

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Delicious food. The server Brenda was a delight the atmosphere was light hearted. Honestly I think i may want to see about renting it for a birthday read more

Was recommended by a friend so I decided to drop by. The food was great and the staff was friendly. Went in on a Sunday and was surprised with karaoke! Full bar and extensive menu. I will be back! read more

EL Pique - Mexican Near Me - Burien, Washington

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Menu order: Actual fresh squeezed orange juice Green juice: (celery, spinach, cucumbers, green apple, lemon peel) the lemon peel makes it kind of hard to drink, butbut is good. Soda: bottled coke and sprite Nacho supreme w/ beef Nacho w/ chicken Country fried steak ordered- slight language barrier.... Thought we wanted fried chicken vs chicken fried steak. But issue resolved with the help of google. Black bean salsa and chips brought to the table: slightly sweet at first, then it heat kicks in on the back end. This place is a hidden gem for sure. Dont let the empty parking lot detour you, it appears most order to go. Sun/mon/tues karaote and dancing Sat before midnight reggaeton read more

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Delicious flavors, clean establishment, and giant servings. Friendly and prompt service.

I went years ago when it was a full peruvian restaurant and it was great, i tried the lomo saltado and it was not similar to peruvian food. definitely do not recommend if you want peruvian food, go somewhere else if you want actual peruvian food. And there was only one server and there was a drunk guy that kept on yelling near the bar. read more

Best Peruvian food in seattle !! You should try aji de gallina it's really good! This place and San Fernando toasted chiken are the best read more

Llegamos y el servicio fue extremadamente lento y luego le sirvieron la comida primero a unos que llegaron después que nosotros. Después de una hora nos sirvieron la comida y la orden de tacos la tortilla toda fría y tiesa, la carne asada toda fría y luego para terminar de chingarla nos salió una BOLOTA de pelos en la campechana y aún con ese servicio tuvieron el descaro de cobrarnos todo a precio completo . Pd: los otros clientas les decía que si no necesitaban mas empleados porque la mesera la hacía hasta de dj, cajera, y ya casi cocinera y de segura de peluquera por la bola de pelos que nos salió parecía que eran abajeños porque estaban muy chinos read more

Oh WOW. The chicken. OMG the chicken. Legit Peruvian. Brined perfectly and roasted to perfectly too! My god I have not had this since being at a Quechua speaking home. Went back twice over two weeks to see if it was consistent: it was. Oh wow. The chicken dinner on weekends comes with a whole chicken, large side of rice and beans, tortillas (I know, usually French fries but they are Mexican fusion as well) and two free cokes for $26. I'm not kidding: the chicken is amazing. The hot sauce is great too. These guys are super awesome and the food is twice as good. I want to go back now!!!! read more

My husband and I were visiting Washington to check out potential homes. We randomly stopped here for lunch. I got the the supreme nachos, which were huge with lots of meat. My husband got carne asada and al pastor tacos, which were also very tasty. Due to Covid-19, the place was relatively quiet, but the service was good and attentive. read more

EL Pique - Supreme Chicken Nachos - Mexican Near Me - Burien, Washington

The potion of the food was a joke! I ordered Jalea for $19.99. Food was great. I got 1 mussel, 1 shrimp, 1 squid ring, 1 big piece of fish, the rest is small pieces of squid arms. I asked for 2 extra side dipping sauce, $2.20 for this size. Picture below. I also ordered Arroz con mariscos, which pretty much just seafood with fried rice, with seafood on the side. Again, for $18.99, the seafood mix consists of 1 shrimp, 1 clam, 1 mussel, 1 shrimp, a few small pieces of squid arms and huge portion of rice, which doesn't cost much. The seafood is not fried, it's topped with sauce. But the portion of the sauce is so little, it won't be enough for this huge portion of rice. This place is a rip off, stingy on portion. I definitely feel cheated. I will never go again. read more

EL Pique - This dipping sauce costs $1.1. Rip off! - Mexican Near Me - Burien, Washington

Hace tiempo vine a este lugar y la comida estaba bien, hoy que estuve aquí me sorprendió la mejora de sus platillos, el pollo al carbón el mejor que ha comido, regreso si o si, read more

EL Pique - Hasta los huesos me quería comer - Mexican Near Me - Burien, Washington

My family and I found this after our local spot Big Chickie closed in Columbia City. WHAT A TREAT TO FIND THIS PLACE!!! You can smell the wood grill the second you pull into the driveway, the salsa won best salsa a few years back, the help is always mega attentive and always makes our little one fell like an adult when ordering!! We love this place and it's open seating and all around local and family feel. Food is great,fair prices, wonderful staff- sometimes maybe the music is too loud but that's my inner 'old guy' coming out!! Go grab so chicken and support this family business! read more

Worst customer service I've ever had. Food was great though. Still only coming for pickup never to eat it. Horrible club place fights break out all the time here at night. read more

The Lomo Saltado was great the rice was plain but it was good, still nice and fluffy. The green sauce is not the authentic Peruvian flavor. The fried rice was excellent! The half chicken was also VERY VERY delicious. The green pasta (tallarín verde) was very good as well. The Jalea was good too, but it was missing the canchita (Peruvian people know what that is. Believe me it belongs with the dish) Here is what kills it: The chips tasted stale. I'm sure because of the pandemic they haven't been selling as The salsas didn't taste so fresh either, feels like it has been sitting around. The al pastor tacos weren't that great. They had sauce on them, but weren't crisped (the meat and sauce together as in most taquerias). The "Mexican rice" was literally just colored orange but had ZERO flavor... I've never had Mexican rice that tasted that bland. Usually Mexican rice has a nice tomato/onion/garlic sauce. This was steamed rice colored to look like Mexican. They didn't have A LOT of their advertised drinks on their menus. Alt least sharpie them out of your menu. I named off like 5 drinks and kept getting told they don't have that before getting directed to what they did have. Seriously?? It felt like I was on the episode of I love Lucy, when they went driving cross country and stopped at some diner that had a long menu but only had ham sandwiches... just tell me what you do have and put me out of my misery already. NOT COOL! Menus did NOT look sanitized!! And how about the fact that yes it's the pandemic, but if you're going to SURVIVE by offering outdoor seating, INVEST in OUT door heat LAMPS, not room heaters that people and children can burn themselves on when touching them!!! Also you can SMELL the Fabuloso... that is NOT sanitary either! Your chips and salsa taste like that product. Not to mention Fabuloso does NOT kill viruses You're better off diluting some bleach with water and soap to make sure it's actually clean. This is your business, take PRIDE in it. People will come for your food ONCE but they won't return knowing this establishment doesn't care about re investing into it's self. Also I recommend sticking to one style of food. Mexican food is delicious and so is Peruvian, but both need to be made WELL. It doesn't look good or taste good if your mentality's "let's makes everyone happy and make both...but really bad." So my large family and I were very hopeful but sadly it under delivered in many important ways. Especially the heating and cleanliness. People can't sit and enjoy anything when they're freezing or afraid to get poisoned with over use of a cheap cleanser. Make fresh chips DAILY and be careful where you store them with all that fabuloso stench attaching itself to your food. I hope they take this seriously for the longevity of their business. If your managing to stay open these days, make sure you give a good quality product! read more

This place isnt worth the time or money. Food was ok, nothing to get excited about or come back for. Server had an attitude, i dont know what her deal is but no thanks. Came back a couple days later and asked if i had left my glasses behind, same waitress with the same attitude acts like she doesnt know what glasses are, pretends like shes looking around the restaurant, looking behind things and on the floor...really?? I've worked in several restaurants and there was always a lost and found with credit cards, glasses, all the random things people may leave behind...these people acted as of i was the only customer to have ever forgotten anything. What a joke. This experience was our first and our last. It also could benefit from a good cleaning and perhaps have the sign in the parking lot proofread next time. read more

EL Pique - Mexican Near Me - Burien, Washington

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Great food and atmosphere! Definitely a must for food lovers. I recommend this place to all my friends

lo unico bueno es el Pollo y todavia le faltava savor . el arroz no esta bueno mi hija lo regreso al plato y los frijoles Saven a trapo mojado solo wl tequila esta bueno read more

My wife and I have been coming here since the place changed owners and they started serving Peruvian food about 2 years ago. My wife is Peruvian so she certainly know her national dishes and I enjoy the flavor. We've eaten at many different Peruvian joints in the U.S. and sadly there are only a handful in Washington, this being one of them. When they first opened up, the food was great, the portions large, the only downside was the service was a bit slow. Over this last year things have degraded though. My wife and I usually order the Jalea which is a piece of marinated fish fried, topped with a mix of seafood Calamari, scallops, shrimp, clams and mussles, then topped with a salad of red onions, cilantro and Peruvian corn (a much larger kernelled corn) marinated in juice. Typically the dish is served with a side of fried yucca plant. The combination of flavors is fresh and quite delicious. In the last the size of the portion has decreased. It was usually to find 4-6 large shrimp, 2-3 mussels and plenty of calamari and scallops. Then it was 3-4 shrimp maybe 1 mussel and a little less calamari and scallops. Then sometime about August they reduced the portion a little further and placed it on a smaller eliptical dish instead of a large dinner plate. This supposedly made the portion look bigger, old trick. When we ate last night, we found 1 mussel. 2 large shrimp and a spittering of small shrimps (like you'd find in a can) and a sparse amount of calamari and scallops. The yucca portions were half the size they were before and only 4 of them. Even the salad portion was skimpy, but the price still remained $17.00. We were quite disappointed. My wife mentioned something to the waitress who said the size hadn't changed, but my wife told her we had been coming for some time have noticed the ever shrinking portions. Now I understand when the economy took a dive many places did reduce their portions, but supposedly it's been on the rise the last couple of years, so I don't understand why they'd keep reducing the portions now, except for poor management on the owner's part. Which could certainly be the case, because it doesn't appear they are doing anything to drive business. Service is deplorable and the folks working there seem to be more interested in visiting with their own family and friends rather than taking care of customers. On a Friday night you'd expect them to be prepared for some customers, but my wife and I were the only ones there except 1 other couple and it took a long time to get our food. Our salsa ran out and we were finally asked if we wanted more, but then we had more salsa but no more chips. It's not rocket science to offer the customer a refill on both, but this is typical of the service. At the end of our meal I was given the bill so naturally I put my credit car in bill fold, and set it down. 10 minutes later still nobody came to pick it up, so I got up to head to the cashier station, and the server intercepted me and grabbed it. I continued to the cashier station, where there is man who usually sits there, but I haven't figured out what he does other than visit with friends and family. My wife came up, and the owner/chef poked her head out, evidently the server mentioned that we thought the size of the portions had changed. She insisted that they had not. It was like she wanted to argue the point. I could have whipped out my phone to show her the pics (I've added them here) but didn't want to waste my time. She didn't even offer an apology or explanation, only insisted that we were wrong. Given this and how she runs the business, I don't know that the place will last very long. Honestly I think the only thing keeping it afloat is the Mexican population that keeps coming in, which is probably why they keep the Mexican entrees on the menu. This is a shame, because Peruvian food is so much more tastier. I haven't seen them do much to improve the place, it's an old building, the bathrooms are not too clean, and half the time are used to store stereo equipment and other items. The drink prices are outrageous for the small drinks they are. Sometimes the Mexican music they play is so loud at times you end up with a pounding headache and can't even talk to the person across from you. It's nice to have some background music but it doesn't need to be at a 110 decibels. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and expecting different results. Last time we came can got the chicken but there too the amount of french fries and salad shrank as well. I guess we've been insane for trying this place again. We are looking forward for the opening of Wyraqocha in Kirkland to provide an alternative, but there is San Fernando chicken in Seattle as well. read more

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Poor service. Waitress never came to check on us, 2 small items took an hour to get to us. Our drinks arrived after 30 minutes of waiting. Never got our main meal. We sat outside, and finally came in just to grab the check & cancel the rest of our order, thinking they were busy inside. All of the waitresses & cooks were in the back eating & sitting down talking... Will never be back here again. read more

I swear this place is a front for some seedy operation. It feels that way. Since when does a Mexican restaurant have a security guy at the front who wants to see if you're carrying any weapons this just seems like a big red flag. Sad, and a shot of patron was 20 bucks. Service wasn't great either read more

I like the food, but some people are kind of shady in the area and it lead to getting pat downs on the way in to eat on Fridays. Huh... Sucks because it's hard to find decent Peruvian food in Burien, which this place has. read more