Pio Pio is fighting an uphill battle... Viva Chicken sets the bar almost impossibly high for Peruvian chicken/food in Charlotte. Sadly, Pio Pio just doesn't compare. We visited because we had a groupon and likely won't be back unless they run another great deal.
We started with a few apps. The tostones with guacamole were good but lacking salt. The corn cake with "sausage" (actually seemed to be deep fried pork belly) was inedible.
Next up were our entrees. We both went with the chicken, served with rice and beans. I choose the plantains and Ted went with the yucca for our sides. The chicken was ok but as others have noted, seemed like it was microwaved -- literally SMOKING hot and pretty tough/dry. The rice and beans, also smoking hot, were probably the best thing on the plate. My plantains were good but cold. Ted's yucca were also cold and slightly stale.
They only offer 2 sauces -- a white sauce (it's ranch, right?) and a green sauce. The green sauce is good but again, I had a hard time not comparing it to Viva Chicken's sauces which just run circles around poor Pio Pio.