Chio's Peruvian Grill

This place has great food! We came here to celebrate our "Fat Tuesday" aka Mardi gras. First time here. Service was fantastic, and food did not take long. We had the Parrilla Chios with beans and fried bananas. Also, sirloin with steak fries and rice and finally a seafood platter. The only complaint was that parking is limited.

It used to be a good place to enjoy Peruvian food, but unfortunately, the last time I went, not only was there only one server, but that same server was also running the register, handling takeout orders, and the place was busy. I had the ceviche served with plain white potato, when it’s supposed to come with sweet potato. Yes, there’s a difference in how the flavors are perceived—sweet potato provides a contrast to the dish’s spicy, salty, and acidic flavors. Regular potatoes, being less sweet and more neutral, do not offer the same balancing effect or traditional authenticity in Peruvian ceviche. The place is a shack with no parking, but the prices are as high as fine dining. Poor service.

Doña Carmen was amazing on this January 1st! Our meal was delicious. Great home atmosphere! Will come back again.

Service is 5 🌟. Food is 5 🌟. Price/value is 4 🌟. Parking is 2 🌟. So, overall 4 🌟. The green bread dip is different. Hot chili sauce is hot. The steamed fish was deliciously drenched in yellow seafood sauce. I liked the house salad with chicken, very fresh and good. Fettuccini with fried chicken was excellent. The homemade pesto sauce was freshly made and very fragrant.

Delicious food it’s the best I’ve ever had, must have every time I’m in LA, the staff is super nice and attentive!

I loved this place for long time, sadly today I felt defraud with the poor service... I called and ask for the special 1 chicken and 1/2 the lady said "yes of course and she took the order, almost $40 for 1 tiny little chicken and she forgot give me rice!!! It's was really bad experience today!!!

Love the food. We even catered for our party and they did not disappoint. Recommended " la Copa"

This place is awesome, from the interior to their delicious dishes. This is a must try for anyone in the area. The dish I tried was Lomo Saltaldo. The beef was tender without any weird chewy pieces, the fries crispy and fresh, well balanced acidity from the tomato. I also tried the passion fruit juice, which was great as well. Definitely my new addiction

I ordered for an Easter meal on that Sunday. I ordered: OCTOPUS $42.50 PULPO A LA PARILLA BEEF TENDERLOIN ($28.79) (CHURRASCO A LA PARILLA) SEAFOOD RISOTTO ($24.99) (ARROZ CON MARISCOS) Everything was to DIE for! Everything so tender and juicy! The beef tenderloin knocked me out of my seat! I ended ordering there again a few days later because that's how much I loved this dish!

The food tasted very good, the server was super nice, but the place was small and a little too crowded for my taste. The price was crazy for what we got. For me, wife, and 11yo boy it was almost $200. The portions were small, the drinks were $5 a pop for 12oz, and the beer was WAY over priced. Then when I got the bill there was $6 convenience fee. That's just blatant theft. I would like to rate it higher but the prices were just plain criminal. If you're willing to shell out $200 for decent Peruvian food this is the place. But I don't think I even got 6oz of meat with my tallarín saltado.

Food extremely good , very good seasoning and the steaks are above and beyond good .all the Peruvian classics are available , lomo saltado (5 stars) tallarín verde con bistec ( 5 stars) .... Service was good , very busy night managed by 1 person but he was everywhere taking care of his customers , good ambiance , parking available an overall great experience- recommended!

So this location is little slow and parking is not the best with only a few spots but the food is still delicious. Order the lomo saltado or mar y tierra. You get full off all the fries and rice. When the sauce soaks up the rice, oh man it's good. They give free warm bread as the appetizer. The green sauce has a kick so beware.

Chio's was a good experience! I had lunch with a friend. The fish ceviche was fresh, the green spaghetti packed with flavor, the Anticuchos very tasty and the Lomo Saltado was really good. The service was attentive, but the atmosphere, while okay, could use some improvement.

We go to Chio's when we want some pulpo (octopus) and their Peruvian meat dishes (lamb and steak). This is our first time in this branch since the nearest one closed (Tarzana). Also went to their other Van Nuys branch before but this spot is less hectic and it was quiet for a Friday night - not sure if it's because we got there before 8pm. First thing - very limited parking - you'll have to snag a spot on the street. There's indoor and outdoor dining. We sat indoor and ordered calamari, pulpo, steak with fries and fried rice with beef. For drinks we got some inka sodas, chicha morada and Maracuya... not sure which one is the purple drink but I prefer the passion fruit one. So we keep going back here when we're craving octopus. I cook different dishes and whenever I go to a restaurant I always tend to order food that I won't cook myself. Octopus is one of those so it's always expensive when you order octopus in a restaurant but I don't mind the price if it's tender and flavorful. Underneath the octopus are some corn, potatoes, shrimps and squid. The sauces - love the green one - I think it's chimichurri. Speaking of green sauces - the one they include with the hot bread is good too. Love it when you get warm fresh bread. We recommended to my son to get the other beef dish that has sauce but he opted for the one pictured below. It looked dry to me but my son said it was very tasty. He cooks and seasons well when he does so I'll take his word for it. We saw a heaping serving of calamari ordered by another diner so we ordered one too. I would say for the price they have bigger serving for the calamari. The mains we've ordered here are about $20-$35+ but can be for sharing. We tend to not experiment with food so when we know what we liked - we tend to go back and order the same thing. Eating out is not cheap these days so why risk ordering something you don't really want. Location is not the best so we will probably go back and check out the new Tarzana location since that's closer. I

This is probably the best Peruvian place I have tried They have a few locations and I have been going to the Van Nuys one The service is excellent, and the prices are really reasonable I usually get the roasted chicken and also the seafood soup So fresh and so delicious Give it a try, you wanna regret it

Food is absolutely delicious. The calamari, the limos saltada are favorite's especially the green sauce. Everything here is good. All we could say was how delicious everything was . Everyone looks happy and I loved this new beer I found called Crystal. Service is always on point. You don't need to ask, they just know and have a great 6th sense. Ambience is casual. I recommend coming with a large group or an intimate date. You will not regret coming here.

Worse lomo saltado I have ever had. No resemblance to Peruvian food. Overpriced. They should be ashamed of trying to pass that food off to customers.

Deserves zero star this is what a $26 plate looks like Basic premade, frozen french fries, and bland microwaved, white rice This is a lomo saltado plate I DO NOT recommend this restaurant. Tried to give them a second try and it seems they've gotten worse. Take your money elsewhere. overpriced and just a hype. this order comes with bread and I had to tell the lady after checking both orders where my bread was, then she got some plain pizza looking roll no sauces or anything ugh garbage this is not Peruvian food

Delicious Peruvian food! Restaurant was very clean and service was wonderful. We ordered the cevichios (fish ceviche with fried calamari on top) and it was phenomenal! We also got the mussels, aguadito de pollo, and half chicken with fried plantains and rice but the ceviche was the star of the show. All were delicious however. You must try this place out!

The best even when compared to some of the more high end Peruvian restaurants. Good service and cater to kids. Asked if I wanted things on the side for them. Absolutely will come again.

Amazing food. Try their green pasta it's so bomb. I've ordered at least 25x and their chicken is so tasty I haven't been let down.

Friends invited us to an impromptu dinner here. Mussels were delicious. Flavors were clean and bright and perfect. The only complaint was the mussels are served on the shell. It was not immediately apparent that one of the shells was severely broken leaving lethal sharp edges. Fortunately I noticed before cutting my lips and tongue to shreds. Shrimp soup had a generous amount of shrimp. Delicious, rich broth with just enough heat for me. Enough for the four of us to each have a full bowl, and some to have seconds. I liked it but hubs was not a fan of fried calamari over ceviche. Why would you put something fried and crispy over something that will make it soggy? Roast chicken was tender and delicious. We were all so full that we asked for a box for a leftover pice of chicken breast. Friendly service and always answered questions about the dishes. I had many.

I really wanted to like this place. As a Peruvian growing up eating comida criolla all the time, I wanted my local spot to be good and just hit the spot. Unfortunately, I'm here leaving this review. I spent 50 dollars on Chaufa and Tallarines Verdes with Milanesa. Very standard Peruvian dishes. The value isn't there. Chaufa needs more soy sauce... I'm not a chef but it needs something. Considering they really don't put a whole lot of ingredients in it, it needs a lot more flavor. Tallarines tasted like Alfredo pasta or something. If the price is 50 bucks for 2 dishes (with no drink) there just needs to be lot more flavor. Staff is friendly, and I can always appreciate people being nice.

Food and service is great My favorite is Lomo salteado And I love asking for the patio tables is a nice vibe

Es un placer venir a comer a este Restaurant. Los que trabajan aquí son muy atentos y pacientes (conmigo) (: Mi plato favorito es el: Lomo Saldado y Fettuccini Dos sabores. La Inca soda es muy deliciosa y los plátanos también. La comida tiene muy buen sabor y sirven la comida rápido. Mi estera después que ordenó fuesen como 15 minutos. Ellos baños siempre están limpios y las mesas también. El único problema fuese el parking. Normalmente uno se tiene que parquear en la calle pues el parking solo es como para 7 carros. Sobretodo, un restaurante con deliciosa comida

The food was good, but the service was BAD actually the WORST EVER the waitress gave me and attitude when I asked for more bread, she never came by and check if we needed anything else. Lilly needs to learn good customer service skills. And be friendly to all.

I usually have my go-to spot for Peruvian food but I decided to give this place a last minute try. I want to start off by pointing out that the presentation of the place is very classy, and clean. The servers were all super nice and kept a great attitude despite us being there a little late. However the reason I'm giving it two stars is because the food was not good at all :( I ordered the steak with two pastas and it didn't taste pleasant nor had much flavor. The pesto pasta was bland and the yellow pasta tasted cheesy like the macaroni and cheese box. The only thing I liked was the purple drink (chicha morada) and the steak. The yuca was dry and the huancaina sauce had no flavor. I hate giving places low stars but honestly for the money we spent... it was not worth it. I don't recommend this place /:

I wish we could give negative star ratings. There are many, many other Peruvian restaurants all over SoCal (especially in Van Nuys), from the Mom-and-Pop small 'hole-in-the-wall' locations to the largest, upscale establishment, and *any* of them will give *far* better value for the money than Chios does -- and probably, much, much better service. Chios' surly, indifferent waitstaff alone (including an older woman who is nothing less than outright rude and openly dismissive) would be a reason to avoid this place. Watery, tasteless sauces; small, overpriced portions, meats that are poorly prepared (dry, unevenly cooked) and nothing tastes fresh -- the chicken tasted old, and we decided not to risk it. Even for take-out orders, you can expect to wait unreasonably long times, and thoroughly check your order before leaving -- it will be handed to you as if it's complete, but things will be missing; it happened both times we'd tried take-out orders. And yes, they'll argue about it. We'd gotten tired of fighting the terrible parking situation and horrible service, and was hoping take-out might be a way to avoid both of those issues, but the poor quality of the food caught us. It wasn't horrible the first time, but it went from 'meh' to WTAF in a few months. Three chances are about the limit of my patience. Peruvian cuisine can have complex dishes, but Chios manages to do poorly on even the simple things -- like, salt is not one of the four food groups, it's supposed to be a seasoning. I don't know how the owner can ignore these issues if they want a restaurant of which they can be proud -- it's not hard to train staff to be competent, attentive, and polite, or change them out if they act like jerks. Good recipes are all over the place, and if a fumblefingers like me can make an Aji de Gallina that's to die for, what's the excuse of the kitchen staff at Chios? Sheesh. Avoid at all costs.

If you are craving a lomo saltado, papa a la huacaina Or ceviche This is your place! The service is awesome, I was greeted since I walked in, seated and brought water right away. This time I opted to try a new entree and went with the pasta fettuccine a la huacaina with beef. It was chef kiss! Full of flavor and good portion. Worth the price. Highly recommend this place!

Been going here since it first opened! Chios is why I love Peruvian food! Wonderful food! I love the Ceviche Mixto! REALLY nice people! Everything on the menu is made fresh and I have never tried anything there I did not like! Parking can be tough in this kinda sketchy neighborhood but GO! It's so worth it!

Came here with a big group and they were so gracious with us. The food is amazing. I had the fish ceviche and tried the octopus...so good! My kids shared a lomo saltado which they loved as well. Will definitely be coming back!

Took my mom here for lunch because Pollo on Sherman was closed so we decided to try this place. The food was good but I will say these prices are way too high for what it is and also they put a convenience fee on top of it so I just had to take it out of the very nice waitresses tip because I didn't understand the convenience fee so other than that food was good service was good prices are terrible. Will not return.

Chio's is a gem in the San Fernando Valley, it's Peruvian with a gourmet touch and reasonably priced for the quality. Totally recommended!

My girlfriend and I always love Chios! Excellent Lomo Saltado and I love the mint dip they serve with the bread! Yeahhh baby .. delicious!!

Te cobran 3 % mas por usar tu tarjeta los precios son muy altos para la calidad de Comida deja Mucho de desear es en el Chios que esta ubicado en la Sepulveda

They increased their prices a lot!! Way too much. And on top of that they're now charging a "convenience fee". We won't come back. We refuse to support businesses that take advantage of their loyal customers. I hope the restaurant is reading their messages.

The most horrible food and expensive..and not clean as expected very small place not recommended to no one

I've gone to this location a couple of times alreadt throughout the years, i asked for the same plate i always asked for (the fettuccini two pastas with steak) last time i went they put chunks of steak this time it looked like thin slices of steak and they barely put any. Not to mention they forgot our breaded milanesa we ordered for our kids and brought it one everyone was halfway done eating. Also, THEY ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. Not worth it. Not even in a fancy restaurant do we pay that much. Not going there again idk if all the Chios locations are that overpriced but this location we will not be going to again.

The food was ok. The kitchen was slow even though there were only two tables occupied. The kicker is THE PRICE IS VERY EXPENIVE comparing to other peruvian restauants nearby

As a Peruvian I am very picky with what restaurants can make GOOD Peruvian food in the San Fernando Valley. Chios is one of the closest ones that makes me feel like home. Out of the 3 locations I know the Van nuys location, intersection with Stagg St. and Sepulveda Blvd is the best! (Plus you can drink beer there! The service is crucial shout out to the ladies there who are taking orders like crazy and always smiling! Ambiance could be adapted to outside or indoors, I have to admit that the parking situation is a hustle but nothing can ruin to have such a good time eating good Peruvian food at a decent price!

Food is great but they're so outdated. 2nd time I couldn't get my food because they don't accept Apple Pay or cards with out a chip. Looks like I'm done coming here .

We have eaten here several times. and have introduced Chio's Grill to many others. So far we have tasted the mussels, shrimp soup, the ceviche with calamari, chicken & plantains. All have been delicious!! Best Peruvian food we have had. The servers are super friendly & fast Can't wait to try more items.

The service was okay. A little slow, to get a refill or if you need to ask for additional food etc. the place is nice. No alcohol though. The ceviche was amazing. It's nice to go to once in a while.

Wonderful place! Had my favorite, ají de gallina, and excellent plátanos and passion fruit and fresca. Will be back!

The food is good, it is always very clean, the only bad thing is that they have very few waitresses and they take a long time with the food. La comida está buena,siempre está muy limpio,lo inico malo es que tienen muy pocas meseras y se demoran mucho con la comida

So I absolutely love Peruvian food. And, I always get the same thing which is a Lomo Saltado. The secret is to get extra sauce so it goes into the rice and makes your fries a little mushy. I just felt like the meat quality could have been better. This may have been a fluke and I'm willing to give it another try.

Siempre que vengo la comida está muy buena pero esta vez pedí 1/4 de pollo con papas fritas y ensalada y siempre viene bien,pero esta vez las papas fritas se notaba que Las habían freído más de una vez por el color y el exceso de aceite que venían estaban incomible! Le llamé la atención a la mesera y me las cambió por unas normales hasta ella se dio cuenta que no estaba bien. Pero a pesar de todo la comida es buena nomás el cocinero tiene que tomar atención en ese tipo de cosas

I love this food restaurant, but today wasn't the day. Look at what they gave me today smh the first one came out ok, but the second chicken was nasty. Can't believe I took a bite out of this to realize what the heck I'm eating. Unsatisfied.

Great customer service. We always order the family packet for my workers crew, and they enjoyed a lot. The rice is so yummy.. Recommended

Everything I ordered was very flavorful and delicious! I'll be back for more! I usually go to Mario's but this was just as good in the valley.

Love this place, food is great. All dishes are pretty good. Papa a la Huancaina is the bomb!

Hubby and I needed a date nite in our lives so we decided to go with Peruvian food. We Yelped and I remembered driving past this place so many times and they were open for dining but outside. Service was very fast and our dishes were AHHHMAZING!!! Definitely will be going back!!!

The greatest Peruvian ceviche in town. We have tried many other places but nobody makes the ceviche like this location.

Best peruvian food in the valley... Must try the combo fried rice with a side of plantaines and yucca fries!!!!

Services was good but the food wasn't the best. My food was a little cold I didn't put any mind to it however an hour pass my stomach starting hurting and feeling nausea all night not sure if they had their meat out to long but I didn't get the great experiences of this place. Plate was presentable.

My favorite plate is fettuccine dos sabores. There is two different sauces on the fettuccine and the meat is so tender and juicy. The customer service is really good, the waitresses make conversation with you. Moving on, the ambiance is 8/10 sometimes it's hard to find parking because sometimes is a little bit too crowded

Had a horrible experience at this location, service was really bad they had 3 waitresses and about 8 tables and took forever for them to come to the table and when asked something they would either forget or come back like 15 minutes later. The food took about 45 minutes to come to our table and it was not good. Ordered a saltado de camarones it was so salty and their Aji verde tasted like water and cilantro. We were about to walk out when the food arrived my husband didn't eat at all and it was overall all bad we also saw 2 other tables complaining. would not recommend or come back. I wish there were 0 stars

I was craving Peruvian food and didn't want to drive to Santa Clarita to my favorite Peruvian spot. I found Chios Peruvian Grill on yelp and from the pictures I thought it was worth a try. Very busy on a Saturday afternoon with nice Latin music in the back ground. I ordered a seafood soup. It was a bit on the salty side and it is a little pricey but it was very satisfying. Parking sucked as someone blocked me in and they had to call the towing company. Customer service was very good. The ladies checked in on me several times and both of them tried really hard to find the owner of the car that blocked me in. Will definitely be back to try their Lomo Saltado and Yucca !! I got a peek of the chefs in the kitchen and they are the real deal. Authentic Peruvian food. The food makes me want to go to Peru !