Pio Peruvian Rotissaire Chicken
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Restaurant type

  • Casual Dining,

Cuisine type

  • Peruvian,

Dishes

  • Seafood,
  • Lunch,
  • Rotisserie Chicken,
  • Beef,
  • Pork,
  • Dinner,

Products and Services

  • Papa A La Huancaina,
  • Chicha Morada,
  • Alfajores,
  • Pio National,
  • Tres Leches,
  • Leche Asada,
    • Super Family Pio Combo,
    • Inca Kola,
    • Tallarines Verdes,
    • Tacu Tacu,
    • Aji De Gallina,
    • Jogo De Maracuya,
    • Picarones,
    • Quinoa Salad,
    • Chicharron,
    • Tamal,
    • Ceviche,
    • Lomo Saltado,
    • Salchipapa,
    • Anticuchos,
  • more...
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Specialties

  • Ceviche,
  • Lomo Saltado,
  • Alfajores,
  • Picarones,
  • Inka Cola,
  • Pollo A La Brasa ''Pio Chicken'',
    • Pio Con Quinoa,
    • Tacu Tacu,
    • Chicha Morada,
    • Tamal,
  • more...
  • less...

Languages Spoken

  • English,
  • Spanish,
Location
104-2929 Sunridge Way NE, Calgary, AB T1Y 7K7
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  • $11 To $25,

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Meet the owner

The family-run Pio Peruvian Restaurant serves bold, South American flavours that many Calgarians have only discovered since it opened in 2012. Mariza Mora-Vasquez’s recipes for rotisserie chicken, stir fries, pastas and curries get the thumbs up from Calgary’s Peruvian community for their authenticity and come as a pleasant surprise for Calgarians with culinary curiosity.

“She always wanted to do a restaurant and talked about getting a franchise, but my brother and I are opinionated and we told her, ‘No way. Your food is better,’” says Mariza’s daughter Sandra Ebrahim who handles the business side of the restaurant. After immigrating to Canada over 20 years ago, she was the go-to caterer for Calgary's Peruvian community events. Mariza’s reputation sprung from making authentic Peruvian dishes despite the impossibility of finding certain key ingredients in Canada. Sandra wrote a business plan for a restaurant as a project for her CMA program at SAIT Polytechnic. It went over well with her instructors, so the family decided to go for it.

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Great tasting food, excellent customer service, comfortable, clean and they listened to me about my allergies and I can eat at Pio Peruvian Rotisserie Chicken restaurant with no worries. Thank you for the delicious Peruvian food.

Atmosphere: 5/5
Food: 5/5
Service: 5/5
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juli4189
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Food is amazing and authentic! Never disappointed

Atmosphere: 5/5
Food: 5/5
Service: 5/5
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