Taita Peruvian Cuisine & Bar

Is this one of those jazzy places that you only go to with a coupon?  I could not believe the prices! 18 bucks for stewed chicken (4oz) a cup of rice and potato salad.  I will grant it full deliciousness, but way way overpriced.  I noticed as we were paying out that almost every table had a groupon or coupon of some sort.  I guess we missed the memo.  Do not go without a coupon.

I am sorry to say that I wrote this review without ever tasting their food.  Hubby and I came here last night to check them out for restaurant week.  We had been really looking forward to trying Taita, since we travelled to Peru a few years ago and of course since they have rave reviews.  

We walked in around 6:30 on a Sunday evening.  It is a smaller space but it doesn't feel small.  There were several empty tables, including a few bar tables.  The person who seated us told us that since we didn't have a reservation, we could only sit at the bar tables, which was fine with us.  He also warned us that the food would take a while, "around 15-20 minutes", because they had been so busy the night before.  Then he said it was because they were short staffed.  I don't know which of those were true, but 15-20 minutes did not sound all that long to us so we were seated at the bar table.  We did confirm that we could order from the Restaurant Week menu  - "Of course!".  But he handed us regular menus.  We looked at them for a few minutes and waited for a server to greet us.  There was no one sitting at the bar so I assume the bartender was not supposed to help us - he made eye contact but then looked away.  Finally, I asked an employee that was walking by if we could see the restaurant week menus, and he told us that there were no other menus.  At this point we figured they did not want our business anyway and left.  I was really looking forward to a pisco sour and all the food the other yelpers are raving about but I don't think we will be back.  Went with two stars because the atmosphere was nice enough and none of the employees were flat-out rude.

I am a fan of this place. Aside from it being close to my house, it's yummy and the food is well priced.
Started off with a pisco sour- so good. Pricy at $9 though.
My friend and I shared the Causa de Camarones y Avocado which didn't dissapoint.
I had the Pollo Asado con Ensalada Rosada- Chicken thighs cooked for hours in Peruvian spices, served with rice and pink salad (potaoes, beets, onions, and homemade mayonnaise) for my entree. It was really good. I would've liked a little bit more chicken though.
The only downside to last night was that we didn't get the yummy corn snack to crunch on. Maybe they were out. :-(