Penca - Tucson

Amazing experience! I've never been happier with a restaurant and our family has never had a better time together over incredible food, coupled with fantastic service. By far, the best little gem in Tucson. Thank you, Penca!

Our party had a very enjoyable meal at Penca. The food was delicious, especially the homemade corn tortillas. Everything we tried was very tasty, and the sangria was different, but interesting and enjoyable. check it out.

We spent too few days of our long driving trip in Tucson. Penca was a dining highlight. This place has a stellar menu, delicious food, really perfect atmosphere, and friendly service. Good, good, good place.

We have enjoyed Penca in the past and suggested we go there last Wednesday with another couple who had not been there. The Wednesday 3 course prix fixe was still advertised on the website, and we've enjoyed that dinner. Although we were seated at a delightfully cozy corner table in the back room and had a personable waitperson, we soon learned the chef has very recently moved on. There is no Wednesday prix fixe dinner. We rallied, and started with guacamole which was fine. Mixed lettuce salads were better than fine. The menu looked great, the problem was our main courses three of us had very overcooked, dried out fish (2 ordered grouper and the third, swordfish. My husband ordered a meat entree and said it was quite poor. Service was also extremely slow (over 2 hours. We hope the food can be improved to equal what it was under the former chef!

Wish I could say I enjoyed the food here. It was eclectic but not in a good way. Very uneven quality; bland, undercooked and overcooked. Cocktails were weird overly complicated and strange tasting. Almost couldn't finish ours at all.