Clean, pretty and friendly service. The food was really delicious. We were - unfortunately - in a big RUSH to catch a plane so we asked for the "quickest" dish that they had. They brought out three plates of Pollo Salteado in a heartbeat, and the flavor didn't suffer at all from the rush. Will definitely return to try out other dishes! read more

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Great Peruvian food! I love the green sauce it's full of layers of flavor, and just the right amount of spice. The chicken is super savory on the outside with that delicious thin skin. It goes perfectly with the green sauce. 9/10 Ceviche mixto is a lot of fish along with some shrimp and other seafood, vegetables for a filling dish. 8/10 Parihuela is a packed seafood soup served HOT with a light spicy broth and tons of flavor. The fish is soft and juicy. The shrimp is fully cooked. 8/10 Fried wontons are super fried with a thick shell. It's kinda like a hard shell taco. 7/10 Anticuchos are decent. There's a good amount of meat and the texture is good. 7/10 read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

This place is an excellent local restaurant. Portions are great. Broad menu. Consistently seasoned well. This is my go-to restaurant for Peruvian cuisine. I usually order the bistec a lo pobre (not pictured below) and it's always delicious and cooked to perfection. Service is prompt and accommodating. The restaurant feels festive usually having decorated near holidays. The menu is reasonably priced given the portions and flavors served. I recommend this restaurant to anyone in the area. read more

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I went here with a friend recently and we were more than satisfied. The place is spacious, clean and the food was great too. Their portion sizes are generous with reasonable prices. We tried the arroz chaufa, a few empanadas, and the bistec a lo pobre. Everything was well seasoned, flavorful, and very filling. The steak in particular was cooked very well. The waitress who served us was very friendly too and kept coming by to check up on us. If you are looking for a very good and authentic Peruvian restaurant, this is the place. read more

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Food was AMAZING. One of the best Peruvian restaurants I've ever been to. Beautiful place and great service. I will definitely be coming back read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

Our go to Peruvian spot! The staff is always helpful in recommending items since we're new to Peruvian food. The ceviche is awesome but make sure to ask for spicy. The place is always clean and playing enjoyable music. read more

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We've come here over the years, and this time it did feel as if the quality of food improved. Starting with the canchita (deep fried corn kernels) you get before you order, the texture of the food does seem noticeably better than before. They were super crispy, whereas in the past a few of the kernels were break-your-teeth hard. We ordered the triple appetizer of ceviche, jalea (fried seafood) and papa a la huancaina (potatoes with boiled egg in a creamy yellow sauce). Flavors and textures were great, and my only complaint was that fish in the ceviche was quite chewy. I had the Desayuno Peruano (Peruvian breakfast) which turned out to be a lot bigger than it looked on the laminated card of specials. It was the size of 3 meals, so the $35 price was about right. It was lomo saltado, fresh pickled onions, a Peruvian tamale (choice of pork or chicken), chicharones and roasted sweet potato slices, all on a huge dish with multiple compartments. Portion sizes are generous so keep this in mind when ordering because you can easily end up with too much food and a larger than necessary bill. At the end of the day it's food made with care, friendly service and still good value for NYC. Good job to the management for the food upgrade! read more

A great place to enjoy delicious and flavorful Peruvian cuisine any time of the year. Be sure to start with a Peruvian beer like the Pilser Callao or a refreshing non alcoholic beverage like the Chicha Morada, which although chilled is great for a warm or cold day. We had the Chaufa de Pollo (Peruvian chicken fried rice) and the Caldo de Gallina (Peruvian chicken soup) and it's an understatement to say that the restaurant has made these two staples their own with the way the dishes fill you up both physically and mentally. This stuff is seriously good for the soul. Growing up in an Ecuadorian family, we always had a hearty bowl of chicken soup ready at a moment's notice in case relatives or friends stopped by. This restaurant's version takes me back to big family dinners and loudly slurping the broth as a kid until my mom told me to stop. Long story short - it really hit the spot. Next time you find yourself around the Woodhaven/Rego Park area, stop on by for a meal made with love. read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Caldo de Gallina - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

Everything is good! I recommend I went to maca, and I was surprised that their seafood is amazing, a small cute restaurant, with amazing servers! read more

Their lunch specials are pretty tasty! Second time I got their fried fish and soup on the side! Can't go wrong! read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

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Just happened upon this place on our way to the airport. We had the pollo saltado and it was delicious. The marinade was flavorful, the portion was just right. Glad we found this little gem. read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

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Earlier in the week I had made reservations for 8 people to have a birthday dinner at 6:00pm this past Sunday. After a few additional people were added, early in the afternoon on Sunday I called to change the reservation for 11 people. Making the reservation both times was way more complicated than it had to be. Things that went wrong was getting the time correct, getting the number of people correct, and getting my name correct... Off to a potentially bad start but in all honesty I was still hopeful. We arrived at 6:00pm on the dot. I told them about the reservation and they didn't have the table set-up. Then I explained to them several times that we have 11 people. We stand there and wait for 15 minutes as they kick out a family of 4 from their table then put together two tables for us. Honestly this should have been done earlier, wtf is the point of a reservation? When we were finally seated, we had to re-confirm that we had 11 people about 7 more times. It was so ridiculous I just wanted to scream in broken Spanish "Once Personas"!!!!! Legit this was all in all about a 45 minute ordeal... Then the place settings oh lord, some people got forks, some people got knives and there were a lucky few who got both a fork and knife... We have to ask several times for utensils. Asked several times for water... But on the bright side the sangria is pretty strong. FYI if you get the pitchers of sangria with no ice, they give you more sangria, but charge $4 more. Very reasonable, but probably should be communicated. The first pitchers of sangria, we had to pass along our own glasses to fill them. We also had to pass along our own glasses for water too. Yes nothing on the table was set. We ordered a crap ton of food and 4 pitchers of sangria. Food came out sporadically. Most of it was delicious except the salchipapas which was the worse I have ever had. Why you ask? Well the hot dogs were chicken and not deep fried, more like stir fried. Also the calamari was terrible, lots of breading and terrible sauce. All the meat was cooked perfectly, the chicken, the steak, so magnificently cooked to the right temp. And if you can make a flank steak mid-rare and tender man that is some skill. All in all the food is pretty good, but the service. Holy hell, there was legit no service. SO SO SO SO terrible. Well actually we mostly did everything ourselves... Other points that annoyed me, we had to keep asking for the food orders, wondering where they were. Our last chicken came out pretty much when we were ready to cut the cake. And they were so cheap with the green sauce wth. We had almost $400 worth of food, including 3 chickens and 11 people! How the hell are you going to bring me 2 little tiny sauce dishes of green sauce when I ask for more green sauce? Then when we had the cake, they did bring us one of the sparkler candles which was nice. But guess what? We got no plates, no knives, no forks for the cake. Ridiculous right? It's like these people don't know this is a restaurant and not their house. Oh and guess what? Yes I had to go walk up to the server to ask for the bill. What takes the cake is they tacked on a 20% service charge. I wanted to take the bill back and tell them I would pay 18% cause that's pretty standard, but in all honesty they deserved 0-10% tip. I'm so torn because most of the food is actually pretty good here, especially the chicken which is legit one of the most tender chicken I have had. I guess I'll try to order take out next time... read more

The service here is decent. The food is amazing. The ambiance is full of energy. I love their food and the price sounds fair. Pío Pío next door is way too pricey. If you want authentic Peruvian food stop by here. The restaurant it's specious and accommodating. read more

My family loves this restaurant. We usually order the whole chicken with a few different sides. Chicken is very fresh and tasty. Place looks clean. Service has always been great. I usually eat in or takeout but never ordered for delivery because the fees are not worth it . Definitely recommend this place. read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Takeout: Chicken, Empanadas, Tostones & Maduros - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

Thought I would have found a local neighborhood place, this was very disappointing. The service was slow not too friendly but we had lots of friends (roaches) that kept us company. Overall the food was salty and beef was over cooked. We had finished our salty appetizers and was still waiting for water. We ordered a pitcher of Sangria but another table got there's first and they came in probably 20mins after us. They also tacked on 20% gratuity to our party of 5, glad I checked the receipt otherwise we would have double tipped for a bad experience. I normally do not write negative reviews but this was upsetting as we were celebrating a birthday. I will not be returning and not recommending to friends and family. read more

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Ordered by phone during lunch time and our office was just a block away from the restaurant practically at the back of the restaurant and the weather was extremely hot that we decided to have our food delivered! We ordered our usual favorite- the lunch special, fried fish with pickled onions, rice, salad and soda-$9.00 with the taxes- absolutely a great deal and super delicious! Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend delivery from them, we waited 1 hour and 10 mins before our food got delivered- we were starving ! If you want to try their food just go eat in the store! ( or order somewhere else) read more

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Amazing food is the only way to describe it. I had the Tacu-Tacu con Bistec. OMG so delicious, please try the cheese empanadas you won't regret it. Parking may be a bit of an issue but you will find it. Staff is awesome. Tell me what you think. My new favorite dessert is called Picarones. read more

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Very good food and service, better than the ones I tried in Manhattan. Enid was a great server. read more

Loved it here!! The food was amazing! I stopped here with my sister for a "snack." And we ended up ordering a ton of food and loved everything! We ordered the veal appetizer. I ordered the Chicken Maca- it included chicken, salad and plantains (I ordered these instead of fries). And my sister ordered the ceviche which was delicious. We checked in on Yelp and got the free dessert too. For dessert, we ordered the rice pudding. It was yummy. But I probably wouldn't order it again - I prefer chocolate desserts. I would definitely come back here, again. The food was great! But the service was a little slow. The food made it worth it though! read more

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Delicious food! Ive tried the chicken, fish ceviche, rice and seafood, seafood soup, and fried fish with yuca. All were great. Friendly service. Nice decor. read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Seafood and rice - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

Small but good Peruvian place, I do recommend you to try the appetizers there awesome. Overall the whole menu is good. Including the Sangria. read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Choritos a la Chalaca Papa a la Huancaina Causa de Pollo o Atún Sangria - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

The plate is basically all onions tomatoes and fries..this doesn't even look like half a steak it looks like less than half steak cut into tiny little peices...for $20 plus tax what a joke how do you except customers to come back to your restaurant or order again if this is what your giving them...I can literally go to to any other restaurant and for the same price get an actual Lomo dish I would literally feel embarrassed to serve this to people as a resturant owner. I really wanted to like them because I live near by but not worth it I prefer to drive else where to pick up better quality food for the same price read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - THE joke of the order of Lomo saltado from maca that cost $20 . - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

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I really liked this place a lot! I was in the mood for Peruvian cuisine and of course, Yelp helped me find this place. We found parking down the block which I'm surprised because it can be a little tricky in that area of Rego Park to find parking. As soon as we walk in, we were seated. The restaurant is quite small but they were able to fit my big family comfortably. They gave our kids a kids menu and plastic utensils, right away I knew we were going to be served by smart people with initiative. The service was great! The lady was very attentive and friendly with my kids. I started by ordering a glass of their sangria, which was great! Tasty, sweet, not too sweet and strong enough to give me a buzz before dinner, just what you need when you bring the kids to dinner with you lol We ordered half a chicken with fries for the kids. The chicken was delicious and moist. My husband and I ordered the Jalea with an order of Chaufa rice with shrimp. EVERYTHING WAS DELICIOUS AND GONE WITHIN MINUTES!!! lol The seafood was fresh! The rice was moist, flavorful and had enough shrimp for both of us to enjoy and be satisfied with. The bill was even better, not too pricey! Will be back! read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Dinner with my little big family - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

By far the best Lomo I've had. The food is amazing! Service is great too. 10/10 Other than Peru this has to be the most flavorful too. read more

Take too damn long. Don't even apologize for the wait. Will not come here again. Hhfkbnj

Great food and wonderful service. The place looks very clean and the everything served tasted fresh. We popped in on a weekday for a late lunch early dinner. They serve usual Peruvian fares with a great taste. The chicken was juicy, which is a good sign that they know what they're doing. Best part though we're the picarones! Served freshly made and warm. read more

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We used to eat here once a month as a treat to ourselves since we live so close. Lately their food has been wayyyyy too salty. The last few times we ordered their lunch special delivered and it was too salty, we ordered dinner from uber eats (chaufa and tallarin) and again too salty. The last time we decided we'd walk over and eat there and again too salty. I don't know what's happened the last few months but the food is not the same. Our blood pressure is at risk if we keep eating their food. I hope the cook starts watching the salt or we won't be back read more

Great food I had the Chicken Saltado with soup Special, the green sauce hit the spot delicious flavors, if you like chicken with combo of fries cilantro and tomatoes all mixed in, at a affordable price for good quality meal. The Inka Kola Drink very good tasting drink almost like bubble gum. The service was Execellent, a bilingual friendly staff, the place is very cozy to bring a friend that special someone or when your in a hurry, quality hot food, very clean, nice decor and great Peruvian food. I would recommend this place check it out, very convenient on Woodhaven Blvd near 62nd Rd, 5 mnt walking distance from Queens Center mall. read more

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Not happy with the service. First off we ordered our food and the server decided to not write it down on paper... but memorize the entire order by memory alone. At first impressive that she could memorize an entire table of 8, we DID end up getting some of our order wrong from what we originally had ordered. We ordered well-done steak and got it wrong, what was given was too rare. It was taken back and it still was not cooked right the second time. It was then given to someone else in the table. The 2nd problem was that we ordered the chicha morada and what was given was sangria. A $20 dollars difference that we did NOT order, but it was already poured into our cups when we realized. We did not want to bother more so we had to order another chicha morada and we said just leave the cups we already had poured since it was already there. The issue was that because it was a mistake from the server, they should have given a discounted price or at least given the extra chicha as complimentary because we wouldn't have ordered it otherwise. We felt like the service was not good. And paid the bill unsatisfied, and top of that - they charge 20% gratuity, which I felt was not deserved. We won't be coming back or recommending to others. read more

This review is on take out food. I loved food from this place but over the last month the quality was getting worse and worse. I usually ordered calamari and Tigre leche they were always so deli but not anymor.Calamari received burnt( dark brown). Tigre leche no flavor just spicy even the sauce was pink from hot paprika instead of usual whitish.Tigre leche very hot even though ordered medium and received in smaller container compared with the previous order. Quality of food went from excellent can't wait to have it to horrible not worth the money. Last order from this restaurant. read more

Great place to come for Peruvian food. The ambiance is great. The staff is friendly, helpful and great at suggestions. The food is awesome. We ordered: Jalea Personal: It consisted of fried seafood: clams, calamari and others. The flavor is great. Not too greasy and not undercooked. They were all cooked right. All the components were crispy and delish. PS Maca: Didn't drink it. But my friend said it was great. Chicha Morada: Didn't drink it. But my friend said it was great. Tallarines Verde/Bisteck: The steak was tender and delish. The green pasta was well made, not too dry and not too wet. It was made right! Lomo Saltado: Didn't try it. But my friend said it was great. Causa de Camarones: Delish dish even though I couldn't tell what it was made of. Alfajores: A traditional Peruvian cookie. It was a bit too sweet for me. Mazamorra: A traditional Peruvian dessert. You can get one free from checking in with the Yelp app. Delish but it was a bit too sweet for me. Anticuchos: The meat was well made and delish. Papa Rellena: Crispy on the outside and the beef on the inside were well made. The onions used as garnish were fresh and crispy. Tamales: well made and delish. The onions used as garnish were fresh and crispy. Definitely worth coming to this place again for dinner! read more

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A friend raved about this restaurant for so long I had to check it out. I went with my boss for dinner around 6 PM on a Tuesday. It wasn't busy at all and we were seated right away. The decor was bright and lively and decorated with signs as it's soccer season. Our orders were taken relatively quick. We chatted as we waited for our food. The soccer game was on and at different points the news. Not too loud so we were able to have a conversation. I ordered the green spaghetti with steak and my boss the steak with rice, beans, plantains and French fries. All of the food was hot. The steak serving I received seemed on the smaller size and it was a little tough. The green sauce was great. We both pretty much finished our meals. We were asked if we wanted coffee and waited for about 15 minutes for it. Eventually we gave up on getting it and asked for the check. The service could have been more attentive by the waitress. Given that the restaurant wasn't crowded at all there was no reason for her not to be present more at our table. I would go back and give them another try. The green spaghetti was pretty tasty. read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

1 star for the Sangria, I don't like hair on my food ;( .............. ....... .......... .......... ............. And I like my utensils clean.... ...... ....... ....... ........ .... .... read more

We have frequented this restaurant quite a bit. Food is delicious. However, yesterday we had an unfortunate situation. After being seated we were greeted with a roach. We quietly pointed it out and gave it to the server. No one acknowledged it or us which was odd. Once the bill came we noticed a discount... something no one asked for. I think it's important to acknowledge the customer and offer some sort of "I'm sorry" ...it goes a long way rather than a discount without having the balls to face the customer . A lesson in customer service would go a long way here. This was enough for me to never return, which is unfortunate. Good luck read more

Love the Ambiance. Service is excellent, and very accommodating. Their food is delicious, I love coming here on my day off for lunch or even just picking up dinner after work! read more

Well the attention We received was amazing and the food was delicious. I had leche de tigre y causa de atún with pollo y chaulafan . They had indoors and outdoors available but we preferred indoors . I highly recommend this too everyone Into eating the best ceviches in queens . read more

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Stopped in here for a quick lunch. Very nice dining area with full bar. Server was very friendly and polite. I had the quarter chicken lunch special with salad and rice and beans. The chicken was very tasty and juicy. Just the right amount of seasoning. The rice and beans were rich and full of flavor. Had a glass of the Red sangria which was very tasty also. I would definitely recommend this place if you're in the mood for some good Peruvian food. Their menu is much bigger than Pio Pio. read more

Ordered take out worth it! I don't understand why people don't like this place. Ordered the lomo saltado very flavorful and decent portion for $20! My mom ordered the fried red snapper with the tostones wow blown away super fresh and big ass position! Enough for 2 or 1 person if you are really hungry very big serving. The fish was well seasoned and crispy the tostones were also pretty good! I recommend this place hands down! read more

Great tasting food cooked to order. Nice to sit down and enjoy a meal indoors again. Service was on point. Maduros were freshly made hot and delicious. read more

MACA Peruvian Restaurant - In the foreground Milanesa de pollo Arroz Blanco frijoles and Lomo Saltado. - Peruvian Near Me - Rego Park, New York

Came here with a group of friends, all of us were hungry and craved Peruvian food. I ordered the lomo saltado and I must say, it hit the spot! It was so good, I was only able to eat half but it was definitely worth trying. I also took to go the bisteck a lo pobre for my boyfriend and he absolutely loved it! The corn nuts and green sauce that we were given before the food was so addicting! read more