cuenelli's peruvian style rotisserie chicken

on our way to tampa tonight to see "shrek: the musical" (great show, by the way) and we stopped at cuenellisrotisseriefor dinner. the chicken smelled really good on the way in. loren ordered the 1/4 chicken white meat with red beans and a salad and i ordered the 1/4 chicken dark meat with black beans and rice. both were very tasty. the chicken was tender and had plenty of seasoning on it. it also came with two tasty dipping sauces, one a green chimichurri sauce, the other a mustard type sauce. i did think the chicken pieces were a little small, but they made up for it in flavor. we got a couple of cookies for the road. the cookie reminded me of a pecan sandie, but it also had a filling inside that i couldn't identify. it didn't really have a lot of flavor, but it was gooey, almost like a caramel. the cookies were very crumbly, but tasty. total bill was $21 with a drink. cuenellisrotisserie4801 w hillsborough ave tampa, fl (813) 888-8790

situated just near the tampa international airport, cuenelli’s peruvian restaurant is in a perfect location to  share its cultural heritage, as it brings the unique peruvian style of cooking to the diverse community of  tampa. it’s most famous for itsrotisseriechicken, served with...

a great visit, nice atmosphere and friendly staff, only problem is it is a little understaffed, a customer is not going to get the attention required. a previous pollo loco location revamped.
had the lomo saltado, mediocre at best, enjoyed the cilantro rice instead of white rice that came with it. the commitment to the taste was not there, ambiguous at best. in tampa there are better lomos elsewhere such as gran restaurante chifa gino on armenia, el puerto on 5th ave and machu picchu on hillsborough, a few other examples exist throughout the city.
therotisseriechicken, i am not a chicken fan mind you, was outstanding, great taste and charred to perfection. i had a half a chicken and that was not enough.
will return when i am with someone that likes chickens.

great!. the place delivered on greatrotisseriechicken. this seemingly simple style of preparing chicken is actually quite difficult to perfect but often imitated. the staff along with be quite clearly knows what they are doing. to top it all off the mini alfajores were perfect with that stick to the roof of your mouth texture that signifies an authentic form of the pastry.