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    The Inka Spot

    3.8 (28 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Vegetable Saltado ["SALTADO DE VEGETAL (VEGGIES)"]
    Michael S.

    Loved this little Peruvian spot in the awesome Rodeo 72 food hall at The Groves shopping center in Whittier. My Vegetable Saltado ["SALTADO DE VEGETAL (VEGGIES)"] was excellent- and I was pleasantly surprised by all the other veggie options as well. My 2 colleagues enjoyed their Peruvian rotisserie chicken orders from here also ["POLLO A LA BRASA"]. Great flavors, and excellent service too. Good place.

    Desire N.

    The Inka Spot is a Peruvian restaurant in Whittier. Smash Tuesday $5 Special; you get 1/4 chicken with one side . They are famous for the Tallarín Verde with Lomo Saltado. This is Creamy Pesto topped off with Peruvian beef stir fry. Saltado Camaron with fried rice. This dish comes with shrimp stir fry with fried rice. If you love fried rice, try it with shrimps. The Pescado frito with rice and salad is a Fried Fish with garlic steam rice and salad. The fried fish with rice is huge and buttery. Whole pollo with fries & salad comes with rotisserie chicken served with fries and salad. The chicken plate with rice or fries are completely delicious. The jalapeño creamy sauce is complimentary and tastes so good with beef or chicken. Service is friendly and cozy atmosphere. The location in a food hall offers a lively vibe.

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    Gianna G.

    Was craving Peruvian food and decided to give Inka Spot a try which is located in Rodeo 72. Each dish is served with a side of aguadito. aguadito rating: 5/5 super flavorful and delicious tallarin w/chicken: 2/5 it was okay at best? Wasn't super impressed because the noodles felt like spaghetti textured ones and not the typical ones I've had in a tallarin dish before. lomo saltado w/chicken: 4.5/5 Delish! Fries were well seasoned and tasty, good chicken portion. overall: The tallarin w pollo wasn't really as flavorful as I'd hoped and needed all of the extra salsa provided added in to provide spice and flavor.

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    Jasmin G.

    Love Peruvian food and this place hits the spot, the chicken is delicious! The cashier was great in recommending dishes to try and made me feel so welcome. Also a plus that they're inside a food hall where there are cool little places to sit & enjoy the entertainment.

    soup (that I didn't order) that turns out has  the cilantro rice in it.
    David M.

    Got there today @ 12:40pm. Not a person near the place. (that should have been my first clue.) I ordered the 1/2 rotisserie chicken combo that is advertised @ $15. After ordering one small side salad i see the $31 charge. The extra charges were kind of explained... i guess..? i bit the bullet and then waited and waited and waited...Meanwhile the one worker is literally standing there doing nothing but playing on her phone...for 20 min. Tried to get her attention she just kept looking down. There was no other customers that even stopped by! Finally i get the food. The chicken looked tasty but turned out lacking in taste ...like bland. Then i see the 'cilantro rice' and it's basically soup!! lol I ask for some extra sauce and get told it's another .50 for the smallest portion 1 oz.? the pinto beans were fine but the whole experience was a disappointing and i will never go back to that place especially in light of the fact that there are so many other options here. Much better. I guess I'm just disappointed that I picked the worst place! :(. Beware!

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    Their chicken is very bland. The mango drink I got from their was also very thick; didn't like it. I won't order from there again.

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    Very tasty. Good portions. The service was friendly. The ambience is chill, can get very crowded.

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    food was really good, ambience was ok. Staff was helpful. After all I would go back and eat.

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    I had the tallerin verde con carne empanizado. It was delicious!! Also came with a side soup which was also special

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    My boyfriend and I came in on a Friday night, so we expected a wait. The hostess took our name and…read moretold us it would be about 20 minutes, so we happily went outside to wait since the lobby is tiny and the staff looked like they were fighting for their lives. As we waited, I started noticing something interesting: two parties who came in after us were seated immediately. Then almost 30 minutes went by. At that point, I poked my head back in and said, "Hey, we put our name down about 30 minutes ago, and I've noticed people coming in and getting seats." Immediately, the hostess who originally helped us said, "Yes, yes... sorry about that. You can choose a table right now." So apparently our table had been available in the Witness Protection Program. To make matters worse, we were seated next to one of the parties that arrived after us, and we got to enjoy the thrilling experience of watching them receive their food before we even ordered. The food itself was good overall. The only miss for me was the mac and cheese, which tasted like KFC mac and cheese that had a passionate encounter with a jar of jalapeño juice. Would I come back? Maybe. The food was decent, but for a first visit, the service definitely left a stronger impression than the meal did.

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    I've only had Peruvian food a couple of times, so when I was in the area, I decided to give this…read morelittle spot a try. The menu had so many different options that I had a hard time deciding between the soups, traditional meat dishes, and pasta selections. I ended up ordering a pasta dish that surprisingly had an Asian-inspired flavor profile. It reminded me a bit of Kung Pao chicken with linguini, thanks to the red and green bell peppers, onions, and a nice kick of spice. It was delicious, especially with the house-made green salsa they served on the side. I also ordered a side of rice and beans, and although I passed on the plantains since I was dining solo, the server kindly brought me a sample, which was such a thoughtful touch. This is a cozy, mom-and-pop, hole-in-the-wall spot with a mix of two- and four-top tables. Parking was easy, and I found a space right in front. I stopped by just before closing, and there were still a few people enjoying dinner. Expect to spend around $30 per person. Overall, I enjoyed the food and friendly service, and I'd definitely come back if I'm in the area again.

    Food - sub par Service - slow & presumptuous…read moreAmbiance - hole in the wall & not a problem I had an intense craving for lomo saltado so came here because it popped up on Yelp. It was a hole in the wall and had relatively good reviews for lomo saltado so I had my hopes up thinking the food would be amazing. My chief complaint is that it took almost 30 minutes for my single order to come out because the kitchen was busy prioritizing to-go/delivery orders. Had I known this, I wouldn't have eaten inside the restaurant; I would've actually gotten it delivered. My next complaint is that no receipt was given as customer copy, and no itemized receipt when asking for tip. The total for this dish came out to almost $30 including tip, and the waitress/cashier didn't mention the lunch special at all. I brought it up to ask about it after I paid, to which she replied, "Oh, you probably don't want that cuz it's smaller. But it comes with a drink and soup." The fact that she assumed I wouldn't want the lunch special (when I'm there at lunch time) that would've been a much better deal at $17.99 and perfect portion size for me, and yet charged me for the regular dinner price was a bit presumptuous. It's also weird that they would ask for a tip (which I gave anyway) before I even received my meal. It's less about the price but the principle! But I was just hungry and needed to go to my next appointment, so I didn't argue, but again, the food took way too long to come out so I had to ask her about it after the 25 minute mark. Food came out after 30 minutes, and I had to get up and ask for the aji verde sauce when most restaurants usually serve it to you with the meal. The aji verde sauce which is really important to me to complement this dish, unfortunately missed the mark as well. I really missed Sol Inka's aji verde sauce that's well-rounded in every way. Lomo saltado should be balanced between the meat, tomatoes, onions, and fries, but it was definitely heavy on the fries with only two pieces of tomatoes. I would've preferred more meat too if it's the regular plate, but it felt like a fries dump. I wouldn't have had complaints if this were the lunch special order. Anyways, if you don't mind the headache & having to be extra proactive to get what you want, this is the place to be, but it's definitely not my cup of tea. $30 for a sub-par lomo saltado where well over half of it is fries does not sit well with me, considering I waited 30 minutes for my meal. Unfortunately, I'd just have to stick to Sol Inka for my regular Peruvian food fix, as the flavor is more robust there anyways. Oh, and Sol Inka also gives complimentary warm bread and butter, while there isn't anything like that here.

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