El Gordo
Jersey City, NJ · Peruvian restaurant
- Address
- El Gordo, 291 Central Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07307
- Phone
- (201) 706-3425
- Website
- elgordoeatery.com
- Status
- Closed · Opens 11 AM
El Gordo is a restaurant located in Jersey City, NJ. It is one of 1,044 restaurants listed in Jersey City. Its 4.3-star rating matches the Jersey City city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.
About El Gordo
El Gordo Peruvian Eatery is Family owned restaurant serving its local communities since 1996. We believe good food opens the door to culture and at El Gordo we pride ourselves on serving authentic Home-Style Peruvian Cuisine. We are famously known... More
Hours
| Saturday | 11 AM–10 PM |
Customer Reviews
Holy moly! This place is amazing. The food is incredible. I’ve not been feeling well this past week and threw my back out so needless to say it’s been rough. I was craving rotisserie chicken and heard this was THE place to order from. Words can only accomplish so much but man oh man was it delicious. Flavorful. Juicy. Chefs kiss! Had it twice this week and just ordered the Tallarin a la Huancaina with sea bass (pictured). Another grand slam of a meal! Fish was cooked TO PERFECTION. If you like Peruvian food or just need some flavor in your life, visit or order from El Gordo!
Every bite and every sip of this meal was perfection. Although we wish we could have tried some of their other dishes, this was our first time and so we decided to go with the standard order. Whole rotisserie chicken with salad and rice and a side order of maduros. The chicha morada and passionfruit drinks were amazing as well. The green sauce was perfectly spicy and I wanted it on everything. Can’t wait for our next visit.
This is my second time attempting to order from this restaurant and my order for delivery was canceled. I ordered through Toast. After advising me that my order was going to be delayed, it was then canceled. When I try to reach out to obtain an explanation, the line goes dead. So much for customer service. Its a shame because I genuinely enjoy the food, just not the service.
I take any and all roasted chicken recs, as it has slowly become my favorite food. It is the perfect intersection of being a relatively healthy meal while still being delicious. All this to say, my guy Blake told me about El Gordo, an authentic Peruvian spot in Jersey City, so we made the push over there. Peruvians tend to slang top tier, roasted chicken, so I was juiced. We both got half chickens with a side of yellow rice and plantains. El Gordo’s chicken is marinated in a blend of Peruvian spices before being slow-roasted. The result is tender, juicy chicken with a crispy, flavorful skin. This was some SOLID bird, sliding in right in my lower A-tier ranking. It was just missing some of that wow, fall off the bone factor, but it just may not have been their best day. A lot of this is
Too bad for me, they olny deliver within a 2 mile radius and I'm 2.3 miles away! Food was tasty... I would definitely recommend the chicken, but the beef dishes were not as tender as I've had at other peruvian joints.
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