Flor de Mayo
“Fave entrees: pollo a la brasa, lomo saltado, filet of sole, and love love love the squid fried rice.”
“The super nutcracker is the way to get your night started, it is strong and tasty!!!”
“mai tai
lomo saltado
cerviche de pescado
1/2 chicken
spanish, peruvian, chinese restaurant.”
Flor de Mayo
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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SO tiny! Make sure you come early to get a seat. I think it's odd they don't take reservations but the food is excellent! Portions are humongous and they have an excellent selection of cocktails. Service is as good as you can get for a restaurant that busy.
This place has a unique concept of Chinese and Peruvian cuisine in one spot. Last time we were in New York, we checked out pio pio, which was amazing. To top that experience, it would take a lot.
The Peruvian chicken here came out moist and juicy. The skin was seasoned with a bit of cumin. Good, but not up to par with pio pio.
We also ordered the pepper steak. This came wit fried rice and an egg roll. Not bad, but it's more of your take out type pepper steak. Lots of food for your meal at a reasonable price.
Lastly, we ordered the shrimp in lobster sauce which was very bland. It was like an egg drop soup with shrimp. Definitely the worst dish of the three and would not recommend it.
You'll definitely be full after your meal. They serve fresh warm bread which is a plus and you also get a lot for your meal. Good value!
Flor de Mayo … or Mayflower, is a pretty solid 7.25/10.
I'm not very familiar with the convergence of Chinese & Peruvian food. But after a little research, (a quick search on the internet), it turns out there's been a Chinese community in Latin America for quite some time. So I guess it's no wonder the food culture is interspersed.
The restaurant was super busy and crowded on a Friday at about 10pm. There was barely any room to stand while we waited for a table. Luckily, we only had to wait a few minutes. There is a cute little bar by the door that seats about half a dozen people in a pinch.
Food was good. The atmosphere was… indescribable. You have to be there to know what I'm talking about. It is definitely loud. I could clearly hear some colorful and entertaining conversations.
Nutcracker ($11) – very sweet cocktail. To my indiscernible tongue, it tastes like an AMF with grenadine. The other drinks looked pretty festive too.
Lomo Saltado ($15) – sliced steak sauteed with potatoes, tomato, & onion over rice:
The steak was a little tough. I could taste a hint of soy sauce in the sauce. I liked the sauteed potato strips. They were thinly sliced and just cooked through and covered in whatever sauce the steak was cooked in. Definitely not crunchy though. The yellow rice is okay, but I couldn't detect much flavor out of the rice. Is it supposed to be saffron rice?
Pollo a la Brasa ($12.25) – Half Chicken with Fried Rice:
This is quite a large plate. Some pieces of chicken were dry. The legs were cooked perfectly. Even though I ate them last, they were still juicy. I didn't care for the small ramekin of sauce. The fried rice was not bad. I don't know what the pile of iceberg lettuce was for. It seemed like a waste of space.
Otherwise, the food was pretty decent. I'd give it about a 3.5.
Chinese + Peruvian but not much fusion going on, it's more like two separate menus in the same restaurant. Came with a group of friends for lunch mid afternoon on Sunday. Little wait time, quick and good enough service.
I got the half chicken for $10.25, a totally reasonable price for that much protein. The skin was crispy and seasoned with savory spices, tender meat easily coming off the bones. It wasn't too greasy or salty and good, but not particularly memorable rotisserie chicken. You can choose a side of plantain or rice and comes with a lettuce bed and some (not so) spicy sauce. Complimentary bread was kind of stale.
Great for quantity, chicken was well cooked but boring in seasoning and flavor. Better than your average supermarket roasted chicken, but not as good as the bougie supermarket back home.
Ordered food here and it was a terrible experience. First of all, they called me and told me the address was wrong. I double checked online and the address was right. It seems the cashier translated the address wrong from the delivery system. Yet the delivery person hung up on me while I tried to explain. Then when the food got here, I greeted with a smile on my face, and all the man did was confront me and told me I'm wrong. I felt very uncomfortable. He basically shoved the food at me and left. Then when I opened the bag–it wasn't even what I ordered. They gave me these random dry noodles instead of chow mien… as if they expected me to cook them myself… and then when I opened the veggie rice, it looked like it had been sitting there for weeks, and the "veggies" were hard as rocks…. Eat24 was kind enough to refund me and agreed that the photos of what they gave me looked nothing like what I ordered.
Terrible service and terrible food. Very disappointing to have wasted my time and money.
Flor de Mayo… is this where the Pilgrims on the Mayflower ended up? I had no idea they swung by Peru to learn some recipes on how to cook chicken, but I am glad they did. The chicken is juicy and has an unique and addictive Chinese / Peruvian seasoning. I get half chicken with yellow rice, which typically lasts me two meals. If you place a to-go order, it will be ready before you finish the chicken dance song.
Flor de Mayo is definitely one of my favorite restaurants in Manhattan. The concept of a Chinese + Peruvian restaurant is still a bit bizarre to me, but somehow everything just works. Obviously lots of other people agree cause the wait here is always super long and out the door. Tuesdays are apparently their emptiest nights, so consider stopping by then if you don't want to wait.
I highly recommend trying out the half chicken with fried rice (their most popular dish it seems like), the squid fried rice, or the lomo saltado. My personal favorite is the lomo saltado. The beef is super flavorful, tender, and works so well with the fries and veggies that it's stir fried in. You have the option to choose white, yellow, or fried rice. Highly suggest the fried rice pairing!
As for drinks, I would recommend the Super Nutcracker or Nutcracker if you are feeling brave (or want to get really drunk). For those who just want a yummy drink without getting too buzzed, the red sangria or the pink lemonade is the way to go. Piña coladas are also delicious and perfect for kids and adults alike (virgin ones for kids, of course).The bartender is really generous with the alcohol, so do expect your drinks to be strong!
tldr;
(+) Delicious food; try the lomo saltado!!
(+) Super Nutcrackers if you want to get drunk, otherwise red sangrias are amazing
(+) Great and fast service
(-) Wait can be ridiculously long on the weekends
(-) Can get loud
Hard to believe that a Chinese restaurant makes the BEST peruvian chicken in the city!!! Nothing hold a candle to their chicken which is always moist and juicy and full of flavor. With the house sauce its over the top. We get that with calamari fried rice which is an item not on the menu but its delicious. The fried rice contains calamari, ham and shrimp with peas. Just the right amount of garlic and ginger.