Beware of this restaurant, extremely dishonest management. The management at this location deserves zero stars. If you are using a coupon, be prepared to be misled and treated poorly. We used a Starving Student coupon before at the Provo location without any issues. This time, we used the same coupon at the Orem location. The deal clearly states Buy 1 entrée, get 1 free (saving $17.99), as shown in the screenshots. We ordered two half-chicken entrées. The cashier scanned the coupon, charged us, and told us the wait time would be about 20 minutes. At no point were we told there were any restrictions. After waiting 20 minutes, the cashier brought out the food and then informed us that "the boss's mom said" that because we used a coupon, we were only allowed ¼ chicken, not half. This was never disclosed when we ordered, and directly contradicts both the coupon and our previous experience at the Provo location. We were told this was a "new rule." This is misleading, dishonest, and false advertising. I asked to speak directly with the boss's mom, but she refused to come out and instead hid in the kitchen, sending the employee to act as a mediator. We were then told she "doesn't speak English." Ironically, my husband speaks Spanish and suddenly she was "too busy" to speak to us at all. This is an unacceptable way to treat customers. The cashier at the front was the only helpful and professional person there. She even disagreed with the situation, but could not approve a refund without a manager. She had to call twice before we finally received our refund. Bottom line: If you don't want to honor a deal, don't offer it. This is false advertising and completely unethical. Hiding in the kitchen instead of addressing customers is unprofessional and embarrassing for a business. This restaurant should either honor the Starving Student deal as advertised or remove it entirely. I'm posting this so others don't go through the same experience. I will not support a business that operates like this. This review will also be sent directly to the restaurant's management team and to Starving Student's management. read more

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Really bummed about how Red Fuego is now vs what they used to be. Prices have gone up. Quality and service have gone down. Probably won't be going back anymore. read more

I went in today and the restaurant was basically empty. Tried to order some chicken and the told me they didn't have any... odd... they're a chicken restaurant. So I asked what do they have? She pointed to one of the meals and I said sure. ONE order of what they already "had ready"... thirty minutes later it still wasn't ready. There were like 3 other people there, what took them so long? I asked if she had forgotten me and she went back to the cook and came back to tell me it was another "5 minutes". So I canceled my order and left. What a waste of time. read more

First time trying Peruvian food! The overall flavor of the Lomo Sataldo was great and I especially liked the onions and tomatoes but really wish the quality of the steak was much better. It was a bit tough and chewy to be honest. Counter service was friendly and the overall vibe is super simple and spacious. Not sure if Peruvian cuisine is just very basic or the steak quality was just missing but the overall experience left me feeling less than satisfied and secretly wishing it had been better... read more

Red Fuego - Lomo Sataldo - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

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Foods good but service id rate a 3/10. No one in line no customers and somehow will still wait 45 minutes for a takeout order... if your time isn't valuable it's a chill spot to waste 45 minutes of your life read more

They were out of all Pollo a la Brasa. Ordered alternative menu items. Waited 40 minutes for food to be ready. They do NOT know customer service or how to run their business. 3 staff on a Saturday night!! read more

I like the arroz bowl, it's a mix of fried rice with chicken and they have a hot polish dog mixed up with it. The last time I went the hot dog just felt low quality I still really like the bowl just wish the polish dog was a higher quality read more

We have been coming to Red Fuego for many years. In the beginning it was great! 5 stars, but unfortunately it has worsened and declined every time we've come back. This last time was the worst. Their prices have consistently gone up, while the quality goes down. We entered the restaurant and tried to order our food. There only appeared to be one person at the register and one person in the back. It was a young lady at the register who was constantly on her phone. The music was playing so loud that she could not even hear us order. I had to ask her to turn the music down. My usual is the lomo saltado and I ordered it. It came out with mostly french fries and rice a few pieces of meat, hardly any sauce/ juice and only two pieces of tomato. I have never seen such a pathetic looking lomo saltado, which ended up being dry. My wife's chicken was dry. They have stopped carrying passion fruit juice (Maracuyá), which should be a staple for any Peruvian restaurant. Then it took 45 minutes to get our food. Restrooms were not clean. The girl at the counter stayed on her phone as long as there wasn't someone actively ordering food. They want a tip, but aren't willing to interact with the customers to provide the service that would merit a tip. Sadly, we will never return. read more

1. Took 1 hour to get my food. I asked for a refund 45 minutes in and they wouldn't give me one. 2. They ran out of sauce when my food was finally done. 3. Got the Lomo Saltado and the steak was overcooked and dry. Expensive for what you actually get and the service was terrible. read more

These people working at this location, Orem Utah, have an attitude problem, rude demeanor and gave me a bad vibe all together. I just wanted a cup of water with my food and they wanted to charge me 1 dollar for it!!!! One dollar for the same water they use to flush their toilets with. Shame on you, manager/owner of the Orem, Utah Red Fuego restaurant. read more

The food here is typically amazing. The reason the experience is almost always bad. Today the AC was set so high that it was hot inside. I started sweating. Is it that hard to set the AC to a comfortable temperature? read more

Super nice people here! Fast and delicious food. We both had the same thing - their specialty with chicken. My mom and I went there and enjoyed eating next to the big windows as the sun set. Loved it! read more

Great food that I love! Never charged for an extra sauce before I gave a $2.50 tip but you wouldn't give me. Sauce without charging $.25 Guess what happens to the tip next time? read more

This location is nearby Harmon's. I have always been able to find a parking spot in front of the restaurant. You do usually need to wait 15 or so minutes for your food here but it is worth it! My favorite dish is the Pollo Lomo Saltado. It is very flavorful. It has a lot of vegetables and the rice and fries are delicious. I love the green sauce that it comes with. They didn't have fry sauce but they were able to give me ketchup and mayonnaise to make my own. I didn't like that if you want napkins or extra forks etc you need to ask for it. I love that the restaurant is big and open. My family and I really enjoyed coming here to eat and we will be back! read more

Red Fuego - Pollo Lomo Saltado - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

They don't mess around here! This food is delicious. I love Peruvian food and no one does it better than Red Fuego. The Lomo Saltado was great. The fries were crispy and the veggies charred perfectly. I loved the pollo bowl. Wow. I'd come back again and again for that! Chicken is seasoned and cooked well. And I'm pretty sure they put at least a half of a very large avocado on there! Bravo!! Yuca was good. Maybe a little under seasoned but very yummy still. Will definitely be back here! read more

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First time at Red Fuego and can't wait to go back! It's my new favorite. Interior/ambiance - 5. It's very spacious and the interior is lovely. Food - 5. The lomo saltado is fresh and delicious, everything down to the rice was perfectly cooked. Loved the chicken as well, it's so nicely flavored. For sides I ordered the sweet potato fries and plantains. Can recommend both. My favorite thing is the aji verde sauce! It is to die for! read more

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We tried Red Fuego tonight for the first time! We ordered the 1/4 chicken plate and the fuego bowl. The chicken plate came with two sides so we got black beans and sweet potato fries. The fries were very good! They were cooked very well and were crisp on the outside. The black beans were average. There wasn't a ton of flavor and we wouldn't get them again. Nothing special. The chicken was very tasty! It was cooked to perfection. It was juicy and tender. The only negative was it really wasn't that big compared to other places where I've gotten a 1/4th. The fuego bowl was good but there wasn't much chicken. However, it was filling and good. We got the green sauce and it was very complementary of the chicken flavor. The atmosphere was modern and tasteful. The service was good and our food was ready in a timely matter. We will definitely be back! read more

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Great food at the Traverse MTN Lehi location. The owners are great people. read more

Red Fuego has become one of our favorite places to eat. Good food, clean and calm. Definitely worth trying more than once. read more

Absolutely one of my new favorites and apparently I'm not the only one! A friend of mine took me a couple of months ago and I was blown away. The menu is actually quite simple, but everything is done to perfection and with a really unique twist that gives it its own Peruvian style. I wish they sold their special sauce in bottles. I think that you could put it on shoe leather and still have a great meal. I also want to give a shout out to the manager. Last time we went I ordered takeout. Upon getting home I realized that there was a fairly significant problem with our order and I called back just to let them know. They kindly remade our entire order made everything right and with absolutely no hassle. I really appreciate such excellent customer service. read more

Red Fuego - Love the decor! - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

Very delicious, good quantity of food for what you pay. We had the Red Fuego Bowl and the 1/2 Chicken with plantains and fries. They let us swap out chicken the bowl for steak, so we were able to try that, which was very delicious. Only complaints are that the bowl is a little bit loaded to the point it's kind of hard to eat and overall a bit plain. Chicken was very delicious. Pollo a la brasa is usually a little hard to eat anyway with the bones in it, so there was that, but the flavor is amazing. Plantains were the best I've had, and fries were good. read more

Red Fuego - 1/2 of Chicken, plantains, fries - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

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Wow! So delightfully surprised by this place and my husband and I wish we had come here sooner. We got the Student Platter which is only $10 (with your student ID) for a charbroiled thigh and leg and a side, where the flavor of the meat was PHENOMENAL and the Lomo Saltado which was full of flavor as well. We will definitely be coming back! Service was also quick, easy, and they were very kind. Very clean inside as well! read more

The food was good; however, the restaurant was so cold--we had to keep our coats on, and even that wasn't enough.

I think I ordered poorly. They have an item that must be new cause it's not on their online menu yet and I cant remember the name. It starts with an "H" and has Fettuccine in the name. It was TERRIBLE. I ended up throwing most of it away. Maybe it is the Peruvian way to have huge chunks of onion and pepper and even a leek in the pasta but that was not for me. It made it really difficult to eat. The chicken pieces that were in it tasted good but they were also much larger than bite sized and there were maybe only 5 pieces in the bowl. The sauce was almost flavorless. Not cheesy just a bland white cream sauce. Very disappointing. However my friend just got the chicken and loved it. He also said the fried sides were good. I'll give this place another chance but consider yourself warned from ordering the fettuccine. They need to remove it from the menu and lower their prices for any other pasta dishes. read more

It's a really simple menu, for a small but focused restaurant. Peruvian food is a little more broad than Red Fuego makes it, but that's what I like: go with what you're good at. There are two main dishes on the menu: pollo a la brasa, and lomo saltado. For the uninitiated, that's chicken or steak. The chicken is a roast chicken, and you get to pick your cut: breast, leg/thigh, half, or full. Each comes with 2 sides, except the family (full chicken) that comes with four. For $24, that's a smokin' deal. Even if your family is just date night, bring a date that wants to eat, and buckle up. The steak comes in the form of lomo saltado, which is sort of a stir fry (that's not a great comparison) with strips of steak, tomatoes, onions, and comes with fries and rice. I went with the legs and thigh, and chose yuca and platana frita as the sides. They also have french fries, sweet potato fries, salad, avocado, white rice, black beans, fruit, and quinoa as sides. That's where the variety comes in, but for my money, I always seek out the yuca. Their take was really quite good. It was served piping hot, extra crispy on the outside, and even though it had that characteristically dense texture, it felt lighter as it was well-cooked. I wish the platanas had been crisper. I'm not looking for banana chips, but they were pretty limp and although the taste was right, I was hoping for more out of them. Still, we ate them all. The chicken was super moist, fell off the bone, and quite enjoyable. The skin wasn't totally crisp, but no matter; the meat was cooked through but not overdone. I always choose dark meat on the chicken, and wasn't let down. At the end, we also got an order of lucuma ice cream. I was totally unfamiliar and had to look it up. It's a fruit found around Peru. I found it to be subtle, but the flavor kept growing on me. It was a little powdery, but I came to find out that the fruit itself is dry, and that's how it's supposed to be. I was also thinking it had a mild sweet potato flavor, and after reading about it later I found I wasn't alone. Not sure I'm in a hurry to get it again, but I'm really glad I got to try it. I love when restaurants put stuff like that on the menu. I think they've got this right--such a simple menu wouldn't support a massive space, but they're only serving a handful of tables with fast casual counter service. Hopefully they bring on a few specials now and then to keep it mixed up, but on the regular, I love that they're keeping it simple and purely Peruvian. read more

Red Fuego - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

Oh, Red Fuego. I don't give every restaurant a five star rating, but when I do, it's because I can't wait to go back. For you though, I actually crave you. It's like I need your Fuego bowl goodness more than I realized. Don't worry, it's a healthy relationship because every time I go back, it's like we catch up right where we left off. You're as good as I remembered. Seriously, get their Fuego bowl and thank me later. It's a bit expensive, but like I said, worth it. Five stars, two thumbs up, 10/10 would recommend. read more

Red Fuego - Menu - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

This is just not for me. The price does not equal the experience. The chicken is cooked great and the flavor is good but that is just about all they got going. If you want a big enough portion to fill you up, you have to order the full or half chicken which will leave a dent in the wallet. The sides are pitiful. I ordered some rice thinking it would be good mix with the chicken and sauces but it was so dry and there was no sort of sauce to use with it. I also ordered fries that come with no sort of sauce (fry sauce, ketchup) the whole experience was dry. They do have some house sauces for the chicken so you just have to use that on all things to make it eatable. read more

Red Fuego - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

WOWZA the easiest 5 stars I've given out in a while! One of my new all time favorite joints! One reason that I like this place is that it's so different from anywhere else in the area. It is a fun adventure every time! THE LOMO SALTADO IS WHERE IT'S AT!!! I've heard great things about all of their other food, but when I go I have such a hard time getting anything but that. It embarrassing how much of my free time I spend just thinking about that dish. *pro tip: get sweet potato fries instead of regular fries on your Saltado. It will change your life!! Great food, awesome service, reasonable prices, large portions, and did I mention THE GREAT FOOD??? Can't wait to be back ASAP!!! read more

Red Fuego - Pollo Saltado - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

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The chicken and rice is so delicious! Great service and the restaurant is very spacious. 100% recommend the chicken

It would get 5 stars if they could sort out opening hours and food availability. Perhaps later. This is seriously good fast casual food. The chicken is melt in the mouth with lots of subtle spices. I don't know about the breasts because I'm not a moron. Dark meat is always better, and white meat is almost always dry. We came the other night and they were out of chicken. We came again today at 11:45 and they didn't open until noon. WTF. A pickup truck came and the guys left when it wasn't open. It turned out to be worth the wait. Although, even then, it was a 15 minute wait for food even though we were the only people in the place. That just doesn't work for people coming on a lunch hour. The negatives said, the food we had lived up to the billing. At the core the chicken is excellent. The side we had were very good. The side salad had excellent dressing. The fries are fresh and hot, but they are a better vehicle for ketchup delivery than on their own. The yucca fries were an excellent alternative. The wife loved getting a ripe, unbrowned, avocado. Interestingly, ketchup is not available without asking, and having them bring out the one big bottle from the kitchen. If you ever came here when it was the previous gelato place, you will recognize most of the decor. That said, they've added their own touches in a good way. They do a nice looking family meal take away that looks to be popular. read more

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Update. I went today and restaurant was a very comfortable temperature. Super clean restaurant and friendly staff. Food tasted great as always but wished the 1/4 chicken had a full thigh. It consisted of a small leg and a couple small bites of meat from part of a thigh. Although the Meat portion was very small, the sides were generous portions. read more

Red Fuego makes the best chicken in Utah Valley. You want their 1/4, 1/2 or full chicken with sides. Their signature Lomo Saltado is also yummy but not as amazing as the chicken. Unfortunately, they've set themselves up to cater primarily to take-out orders and don't quite know how to handle dine-in customers. Despite their new location, service remains quite slow. Call ahead and either take-out or dine-in with the order you've just picked up. Management, if you're reading this, try giving priority to dine-in orders. Move them to the front of the queue so people will come back. read more

This was my first time at Red Fuego and honestly my first time to have good Peruvian food in Utah (besides with friends in their homes). While the selection of this place is pretty limited - basically chicken or some beef variant (lomo Saltado), the items that we had tasted pretty good! My friend did try the noodle variant of lomo saltado and that was a bit too greasy for their liking... or for my liking. Despite that, flavors were good. The place took a bit of time to get food out (our table had 3-4 of the same order), but rather than having them all come out at once they came staggered in the order that we had placed their orders up front. A little less efficient than it could've been, but even though we were starving we didn't mind the wait (Maybe 10 min wait?). Also got a side of sweet potato fries to go along with my main item, and the two together ran me $18 or so without the tip. Happy to come back here again and give it another go! Definitely some operational things to improve on, but great potential in this little place. read more

Red Fuego - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

LOVE this place. The lomo saltado is AMAZING. The steak, fries, rice, veggies, and sauce just go so well together. I've never been disappointed ordering this and I get it pretty much every time. The rotisserie chicken is also divine. The portions are big so I could split one meal with two people or have leftovers which I love. My new favorite item that I've started to order pretty regularly is the arroz chaufa (fried rice). The rotisserie chicken and sausage in it are sooo good. The flavors here are just amazing! The price may seem a little higher but for the portions you get, I feel that it's fairly priced. If you haven't been already, highly recommend it! read more

I like the simplicity of this place and their menu - really giving you that very local taste. They serve chicken and a couple of other things but really the chicken is their main dish. If you order the family size which. Ones with full chicken and 4 different sides you can feed a family of 4 with maybe a few leftovers. We even drive 30 minutes just to get their family size chicken to go. It's worth it! This place knows what they are doing and fed has mastered the beauty of roasting a chicken. It is never dry and that's for sure. We have been here multiple times, different time and day of the week and they never failed us - chicken is always so tasty and moist. We love their plantains and yuca but trying the avocado and fruits are good alternatives sometimes as well. read more

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There are so many fantastic options here. I typically go to the Lomo Saltado, which is great, but I tried 3-4 other really fantastic options. This place is on point! read more

Chicken is so tasty. Super savory and a little tangy. Yucca fries are delicious and reheat better than potato fries.

Customer satisfaction is part setting expectations, part fulfilling those expectations. I was told the order would take 30 minutes before I ordered, then she told me to come back in 50 minutes after I swiped. So I came back in 50 minutes, and had nothing to do for the 20 minutes after the 2nd promised time but look at yelp reviews and get worked up about how it is a recurring issue when I could have just sat at home playing with kids and left a 5 star review after I ate. Chicken Taste: +5 stars COVID handicap: +1 star Large order handicap (1.5 chickens): +1 star Slow food: -1 star Setting expected wait time too high twice: -3 stars. read more

We decided to try something new today--Red Fuego bowl. A pretty large bowl of rice, black beans, chicken, avocado, and salad. It wasn't bad but it wasn't 5 stars good. The chicken was moist but bland and there wasn't very much of it. The rice and beans were good but way too much of it. This dish needs less rice and beans and more chicken, with a little more flavor. Also, today the plátanos were mediocre. They were not ripe enough so not very sweet and crispy--they need the sugar of a well ripe plátano to create that crispy outside. I understand that perfectly ripe plantains require time and patience here in Utah but if I'm going to pay $4 for a side of fried ripe plantain, I expect them to be fully ripe and sweet. Now, their Lomo Saltado was still a 5 star dish and their yuca frita, a five star side. read more

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If you like good Peruvian food and friendly service, this is the place. First of all the guy up front (Jeremy) is great. He took the time to explain to me what goes in their rotisserie chicken. If I remember correctly, there are over 30 different ingredients they use to marinade the chicken. The result? Juicy tender off the bone delicious chicken. The flavors just burst out. I also recommend their Lomo Saltado. Its the perfect balance of savory and citrusy taste that awakes your palette. Comes with a generous serving of fries and rice so prepare to take some home. The home made tomatillo salsa keeps the flavors balance for a more harmonious dish. Highly recommend... read more

Red Fuego - Their Lomo Saltado was so delicious. Savory with a hint of acid. - Peruvian Near Me - Orem, Utah

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