Aji Peruvian Restaurant

This dish was so good! I 100% recommend! I will come back again My vacation is complete!

Stopped because of reviews and the food was amazing and the staff so sweet. I had 1/4 chicken with rice and bean and it was delicious.Glad we took the chance and stopped. Small place in a strip mall but worth the stop

Rotisserie chicken!! Got it to go one day at work. Well worth the drive through that hellish traffic.

Delicious food!! Individually owned, and the owner is lovely. This place is a hidden gem!

Chaufa Vegetariano, with the homemade gluten, topped with the Aji sauce. Delicious every time!

Holy moly is this place amazing. First if they are the nicest people you could wish to meet. Second, they have such a great variety of fresh foods, and well labeled for a variety of diets (V, VG, GF). They have an area to sit in and eat and they do take out. We had the Lomo Saltado, Combo #1, and Bean and Bean and Cheese Pupusas, and Flan. Our expectations were high and we were not disappointed. I give it a 10/10 literally wolfed down the food and didn't take photos. It was that good.

Disappointing: nearly $40 for 2 meals on paper plates with plastic forks. Drink options are bottled only, you cannot even get a glass of water with your meal. Limited selection and most of the display cases were empty, and all their empanadas were sold out and they weren't going to make any more. The pesto on my wife's Tallarin Verde was a heavy sludge that made the flavor muddy. The side salad was pure vinegar dressing and inedible. My Lomo Saltado was more palatable but unexciting, while the side of rice had a nice fresh cilantro flavor. The portion sizes were adequate.

Aji offers many options for vegetarians, and some for vegans!

All are tasty options to try and the owners who were running the register and food in the back, were very helpful in making a decision on the food.

Of the foods I tried, I would rank the vegan empanadas, tacu tacu, then pupusa from best to last.

Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area!

What a fabulous spot. My partner and I took a trip to Chattanooga and Blue Ridge, GA and researched vegan spots in advance to eat our way through. Aji is a short drive out of Chattanooga and WOW is it worth it! It was easily one of the best meals we had our entire trip.

They have an entirely vegetarian menu and they can make most of it vegan if it's not already. We would've ordered almost everything, but we narrowed it down to:

1. Tamal Peruano
2. Ceviche Tofu
3. Sabor de Aji (so we could try multiple entrees)
4. Side of Tostones

Everything was *so* delicious. The ceviche tofu was my absolute favorite - the sauce on it is out of this world! Very garlicky which I love. The tamal was moist and flavorful, the tostones were perfect, and the sabor de aji had three delicious tastings - guiso de quinoa, seco criollo, and saltado vegetariano. Each portion of the tasting was enough for both of us to get several bites. We loved them all, but the Saltado was a stand out! The sauce is so flavorful and the veggies are cooked perfectly while still retaining a little bite. They had to make several of ours with tofu in substitution of a vegan meat substitute they usually carry but were low on. If you're unsure of tofu, trying it here will definitely change your mind.

I also ordered the Chicha Morada for a drink - an Incan purple corn juice mixed with several fruit juices. The depth of flavor was outstanding.

Before leaving I am not ashamed to say we put in another order of the ceviche and saltado to go, along with the tofu and spinach empanadas.

Raised as a vegetarian, now vegan, I haven't had many opportunities to try Peruvian food. This was an enormous treat and I experienced flavors I'd never had before! My partner who went vegetarian a few years ago and grew up eating Peruvian food thoroughly enjoyed the food here. We know we will come back here whenever we are in the area and we are even talking about planning trips around Aji!

Thank you thank you to the fabulous staff who cook and serve this amazing food!

Great food and great service. This was our first time trying Peruvian food. Everything was well seasoned and absolutely delicious. We will definitely be going back.