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  • ZAGAT

    • Member Added

    This restaurant was added to ZAGAT.com by member ML90376 on 09/29/2007. When this restaurant receives enough member reviews, our editors will consider it for a Zagat Rating & Review.

    I'm fairly new to New Rochelle cuisine but i will say i have been shocked by the quality of food. And Cholo's in no exception. Outstanding, home-cooked quality food! Right down to the soda's and appetizers. I highly reccommend this to anyone in the neighborhood looking for a quaint, authentic place to eat.

     

    Reviewed by DebbieK0128 on 10/29/2007.
    Member since October 2007, Total Reviews: 2 (Female, 50s, Mamaroneck, NY)

    Wonderful, fun find on a side street in downtown New Rochelle. Delicous food at great prices. Very helpful wait-staff. Great specials as well.

     

    Reviewed by ML90376 on 09/29/2007.
    Member since November 2004, Total Reviews: 4 (Lexington, MA)

    Cholo's serves the best peruvian that I have eaten anywhere. The restaurant is colorful and casual, the food incredibly flavorful and authentic, and the service is fast and friendly. And, so inexpensive! It is a hidden gem!

     

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  • User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    by BobbyinNewRoc
    02/23/2007
    Absolutely terrific!!!: This has ben a great find - great food, staff and friendly atmosphere (love the frying pan collection on the wall!). I have to reccomend the Fried Yucca appetisor and Tacu Tacu entre. I'm not much of a beef eater, but Tacu Tacu Beef Saltado is so tendor and flacvorful, I promise you'll return to have it again! Great to have such a great comfortable place to bring friends to eat in downtown New Rochelle! Their Sangria is excellent and try the bread pudding for dessert - sinful!!!

  • User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    by WalkingGeek
    11/29/2006
    Simple the best.: Love their seafood salad, guava milk shake and Peruvian beer.
     
  • User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    by Gee
    05/22/2006
    Awesome Peruvian Food: Great dishes. Good lunch prices. The taste is the best!

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     Paul C.

    New Rochelle, NY

    5 star rating
    05/21/2008

    Yay Cholos!!!! Been there 3 times, and each time is warm, happy, nice. And the FOOD. Go. You'll be glad.

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     K. S.

    New York, NY

    5 star rating
    10/04/2007

    This small Peruvian restaurant is off the charts. I daresay it's the best Peruvian food I've eaten in NY State (having eaten in 4 other Peruvian restaurants in the city) and hands-down, it's the best restaurant in New Rochelle.

    What's awesome -- humitas (corn tamale), causa (seafood or chicken and mashed potatoes), several soups (chicken noodle, chunky fish, and something that starts with a P, a seafood soup), their pasta special, their saltado de mariscos (seafood-rice combo), their lomo saltado. I've never eaten anything I disliked here, and I eat there twice a week now. They've got a steady clientele, but they're never packed.

    What you NEED to know -- Closed on Tuesdays and .. call first if you're traveling from far. Owners sometimes don't open because they can do that.  Specials are ~$7 for lunch and include a soup and small portion of an entree. It's enough to fill you up. I've asked them to open in New York City and they say no. Good for them, bad for us. Make the trip to New Rochelle and you will not be disappointed.

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    • Mayor of New Rochelle, Noam Bramson

    Restaurant Pick Of The Month

    Cholo's Kitchen - 4 Lawton Street - (914) 235-0094

    The emergence of a more vibrant restaurant scene is essential to the success of downtown New Rochelle, so when I encounter a great restaurant, I try to call attention to it in the hope that it will be supported. My favorite discovery of the month is Cholo's Kitchen on Lawton Street, just north of Main Street and south of the Public Library. Cholo's features a great assortment of Peruvian specialties (all flavorful, fresh, and inexpensive) in a charming, cozy setting. My personal favorite is the mixed seafood ceviche, raw fish "cooked" in lime juice. Cholo's also offers take-out service. Give it a try.

    CHOWHOUND

    Ate here last week. Interesting food and a cozy enviroment. Very casual and seems to do a good business.

    Tried an olive spread covered fish. Never ate anything lavender colored before. Very nice.

    Look forward to going back. 

    kams Dec 04, 2006 06:01PM

    1. Cholos in New Rochelle is very good. Basic, not fancy but worth the trip. You;ll catch the mayor of New Ro in there!

      celebrate18 Dec 09, 2006 11:40PM

      1. Went to Cholo's Kitchen yesterday. My boyfriend is Peruvian and he knows his stuff. He got the ceviche and papa a la huancaina (cold potatoes with a light cheese sauce) and loved them both.

        We liked the interior, it was cozy and cute.

        I am not a big fan of Peruvian but the Papa rellena was really good... lightly fried on the outside, and the meaty inside has a little lemony-creamy flavor. Very good. 

      2. uberkelly Jan 02, 2007 07:16PM

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    1. Rob Seitz May 19th, 2007 at 10:17 pm

      A post script: My wife and I ate at Cholo's Kitchen, 4 Lawton St., this evening, one of the restaurants participating in the "Movie and a Meal" night and the food and prices were great. The two of us ate for about $36 and shared two traditional Peruvian/Chinese dishes. (Did you know that Peru has a Chinese population of over 100,000 whose roots in Peru date back to the late 1800s?) We shared the Escabeche Pescado—Tilapia and potato stacked and topped with a tart and crunchy onion and tomato sauce, and the Arroz Chaufa con Mariscos—Shrimp and calamari fried rice with scallions, egg and ginger—"Chinese food Peruvian style." Cholo's is a long-time New Rochelle Downtown restaurant that's been re-invented and re-invigorated by new ownership. Try it "Movie and a Meal Night"!

    (THANKS FOR READING!!)