Pio Pio 8

"If you want a date night meal that will make your week without spending upwards of $40 per person for dinner, try one of the Pio Pio locations around the city (Hell’s Kitchen, UES, UWS, and Kips Bay). This Peruvian restaurant delivers a $35 chicken dinner that comes with a whole rotisserie chicken, a double order of fries, avocado salad, and a side of spicy Peruvian green sauce that balances out the sweetness of the chicken skin." - hannah albertine

"Pio Pio’s chicken, which is the focus at all eight locations, is better than almost any rotisserie-style bird in the city. But what deserves just as much praise is the excellent ceviche. You can customize your spice level depending on your mood, and each order comes on a massive plate that could easily be described as a serving dish. And considering that this restaurant has multiple massive locations, we appreciate that the shrimp, octopus, and sea bass in their ceviche mixto tastes like it was just pulled out of the ocean." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, carlo mantuano

"Along with Julia Child and The Colonel, there aren’t many people in the world of chicken who we’d like to meet as much as Mama Juanita, whose name is all over the Pio Pio menu. Her namesake chicken, which is the focus at all eight locations, is better than almost any rotisserie-style bird in the city. For $10, you get a half chicken with juicy meat and a side of spicy Peruvian green sauce. In case you want to go down the very wise path of chasing chicken with more chicken, you should get the empanadas de pollo, which are stuffed with a shredded version of Mama Juanita’s chicken." - matt tervooren

"Peruvian chain offering affordable roast chicken and a variety of other dishes like grilled anticucho skewers, creamy aji de gallina, and stir-fried lomo saltado." - Eater Staff

"Pio Pio serves some of our favorite roast chicken in the entire city. For $10, you get half a juicy rotisserie chicken and a side of slightly spicy Peruvian green sauce. You’ll notice that there’s a lot of literature here about someone named Mama Juanita - the person who the chicken is named after. Try her namesake bird, and you’ll understand why we often list her as our emergency contact." - Hannah Albertine