La Candela - Hicksville

Very bad food. I was there with my whole family on Sunday. The food was terrible. The Calamari was soggy and it smells. The service was also terrible. Manager had a bad attitude. When they took the check, they overloaded my debit card without my permission. I will never come here again with my family and I recommend this place to no one! And make sure you pay with a debit card/credit card to look at the check so that they do not overload you for tip.

The employees are very courteous and welcoming. The menu is on the smaller side but the food was very good. The chicken was tasty and cooked perfectly, the sweet plantains were delicious. I especially enjoyed the chichi morada. We will go back.

Came here on a Saturday evening. The restaurant was half empty, and 7 of us were seated at a table meant for 6 people. Not that big of a deal. Our waiter came and took our drink and appetizer orders. We asked to please have water for the table. Appetizers came out and we all enjoyed them, but still did not get water. Mind you this was the only beverage some people at the table ordered to drink. Almost 30 minutes after being seated and asking on 4 separate occasions, water was finally brought to the table. We didn?t feel our waiter was very attentive. Everyone?s Entrees came out at separate times, so some people were almost finished eating while others were just receiving their food. They have live music, which was nice. Be cautioned that the volume is very loud, so being seated next to speakers might be uncomfortable. Despite the service not being the greatest, the food was delicious. Everything was fresh and cooked perfectly.

This was only my second time eating Peruvian food but the food I had at La Candela was far superior than on my previous outing elsewhere. The Ceviche Mixto was limey, fresh and it did not taste seafoody all and Chaufa had wok hey was just like I was having it at a Chinese restaurant. All the grilled items were delicious and cooked just right. I would highly recommend the Lomo Saltado as well and just so you 're not thrown off before you order it there is a bed of French Fries at the bottom of the dish.

I want to start off by saying that this is a very loud atmosphere. If you want to have an intimate dinner with someone this is not the place. At least not at the time that I went which was Sunday for dinner. As an appetizer we got the Papa a la Huancaina. The suace that was on top of the potatoes had a a bit of a kick that passed quickly though. It was smooth and creamy. As an entree I got the Lomo Candela which consisted of the sauteed beef strips and shrimp. It was only like 3 pieces of shrimp but it was still good