Lilli M.
Yelp
Having been to Cusco, Peru about 3 years ago, I had a craving for Peruvian food recently. Not just the standard "Peruvian chicken," mind you. I read about this place on Yelp and was curious to try it for myself.
I found this place without too much trouble from Annandale Road. The restaurant appeared clean and relatively spacious and had a small stage up front that was equipped with a drum set. However, every table except for two was vacant (my friend was at one of the two occupied tables waiting for me). After the other table of diners left, it was just my friend and I during the entire rest of our visit. Where was everyone else? I attributed it to the fact that it was a week night and the weather was pretty dreary and rainy out. Weren't it for the dreary weather and the positive yelp reviews, I would've otherwise been more skeptical about eating at a place that was nearly completely empty during dinner hour.
Thankfully, though the weather didn't humor us, the food delivered. There were a lot of other tasty-sounding selections, but we both went for the lomo saltado. Very generous portion size and tasty. We also tried the tres leches cake, which was also not to sweet (which I appreciate) and appealing to the taste buds. As some other reviews mentioned, there's also a small salad bar on one side of the restaurant. We were told that was included with our entrees. It had maybe about a dozen selections - lettuce, corn, etc., and three types of salad dressing. Nothing fancy.
Overall, I really enjoyed my lomo saltado's flavor and portion size, and I'd like to come back to sample other things on the menu. A larger assortment of things in the salad bar might be nice, but still, a good visit.