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Leña y Carbón Peruvian Restaurant

3.5 (25 reviews)
ModerateSeafood, Peruvian
Open • 10:15 am - 9:00 pm

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Wilmarie S.

They always leave the rotisserie chicken raw. I order all the time and every time I'm disappointed but I will not order anymore. I tell them can you please make sure it's well done sometimes I'm told okay comes out right other times which are most the chicken is still pink inside and once a mucus like puss was coming out of the chicken. Don't order from the Main Street Lena y Carbon they are the worst. Service is the worst no customer service at all just people who work and want a pay and not care about the business.

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Samantha J.

Discovered this restaurant through UberEats and I was very impressed! Delivery was fast, food was fresh and not greasy, and they have a big selection of sodas/drinks. I've ordered numerous times in the past weeks and my review remains consistent at 5 stars!

Undercooked bloody chicken

I've ordered from Leña y Carbon plenty of times and have always been a happy camper. My go-to is the chicken Chaufa, lomo and the Pollo al Carbon combo. Portions are well worth the price. However, the first time I ordered from this location I left extremely disappointed. The chicken was raw, pink, and bloody in all parts. If you ever had a black and blue steak, well this was the chicken version. Definitely was not safe to eat and avoided running the risk of getting sick. I was bragging to my friend how great this place is and it backfired. Neither of us were gutsy enough to try and eat it. I'm pretty adventurous but not adventurous enough to run the risk of getting salmonella. After today's experience, I won't be ordering from this location again.

Metal in my food.

This is my 2nd time ordering from them. The first time was sooooo good i craved it and ordered it again. This time the food wasn't good at all. Chaufa was extremely salty and taste burnt and as you can see in the picture the Lomo had a piece of metal knife in it. I spit it back out. Smfh. Never ordering here again.

Maduros Burnt horribly on one side. Inedible!

Everything's was fine. Until I had to use the restroom. Bathroom was beyond slippery, best part is there was absolutely no toilet paper. Not even paper towels! Ordered after I returned very uncomfortable. I ordered a Chaufa Mixto and maduro for myself. Fries for my son and my fiancé ordered 1/2 chicken with rice and beans and leche de Tigre. His chicken comes, no beans asked for the beans. Beans don't come for over 10 minutes. Mind you no one else is in the restaurant with us. It's empty. Not one other soul. His leche de tigre arrives. Babies fries arrive. My fiancé's almost done with his chicken. My foods still not in sight. Almost 25 minutes AFTER my fiancé's food comes mine comes from the kitchen. I'm not sure exactly what is happening in the kitchen but it definitely has spoiled my 1st and now my LAST visit to this establishment. There's hundreds of peruvian restaurants within a 5 mile radius I can go to. Never again. BTW My Maduros came out burnt on one side to the point they hardened and stuck to my teeth. And the guy who served us basically stayed behind the counter till he brought us food. Otherwise we didn't see him.

Kaysi C.

The chaufa here is amazing. Way better than any of the Peruvian places I have been too. The portion is huge you could easily feed 3-4 people a decent amount. The perfect amount of seasoning, the chicken is crispy yet moist. I fell in love with this place and would highly recommend the chaufa to anyone.

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1 year ago

The food is awesome! Got a cheesey pasta with chicken that i can't pronounce. It was delicious!

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11 months ago

10/10 food and service every time. ambiance is great and always on point. the workers and very nice.

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6 years ago

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6 years ago

I work close by and was introduced to this place. The chaufra is so good. All of my coworkers love it.

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7 years ago

The pollo a la brasa was very authentic delicious and juicy! Would highly recommend for Peruvian pollo a la brasa!

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7 years ago

Make an order. Call after an hour and they say its on the way. Order cancelled not even a called to be notified. Dissapointed

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8 years ago

Love the food and staff! Very sincere and great good suggestions. My family and I will definitely be back.

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There's no reason to mess up an ARROZ CHAUFA (chicken-pollo). Peruvian chaufa can't be this.. the…read morerice was good but the chicken is like breaded hard old chicken strips. I think LEña y Carbon are getting too big that the quality of the food ain't hitten !! This can't be.. look at this chicken.. if Leña y Carbon reads this comment, don't come with an apology. Yall wrong for playin people with this hard azz chicken

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Leña Y Carbon - Interior from my table

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Leña Y Carbon - Tacu tacu con pechuga

Tacu tacu con pechuga

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