Villa Wellington

We decided to visit this restaurant to celebrate Mother’s Day, and it turned out to be an excellent choice. The dishes served were absolutely delicious, offering a genuine and authentic Peruvian cuisine that really impressed us. We genuinely look forward to returning in the future and enjoying another wonderful meal. Without a doubt, we highly recommend this place to anyone looking for an authentic and satisfying Peruvian cuisine!

The service was great . The personnel is kind and nice . The food was good . I would however recommend smaller portions maybe at a lower price . Especially the entrecôte .

I loved it! We had the Tuna Causa and I was pleasantly surprised! We also had the limo Saltado it was so good! I highly recommend both dishes.

Excellent food and service. The staff are always very kind, and I feel like they all genuinely care about the quality of your experience. The food has a particularly strong fresh + simple foundation, yet beautifully combined with a hint of complex flavors. I'll always come back to this fine establishment.

The food here was absolutely great! We had the piqueo wellington, and it was the perfect way to sample a little bit of some important dishes from the menu!! highly recommended if it’s your first time. Their ceviche was amazing, super fresh and full of flavor! For dessert, we had the suspiro limeño, which was such a treat. It’s the first time I’ve seen a Peruvian restaurant actually offer it, and they had it available. Loved the whole experience!

Grilled fish was delicious! Excellent service, and our server explained items from the menu that we were not sure about.

Excellent bona fide Peruvian restaurant in the heart of Verdun, on the beautiful Wellington Street. The decor is exquisite, and the food is scrumptious, maybe on the verge of ambrosial 😋 Staff are extremely kind and the prices are good. Definitely a must go!

Don't trust the high reviews. Went there with my family to try their dishes based on the good reviews and we were highly disappointed. Food did not taste anything particular which I did not expect from a Peruvian restaurant. Presentation was awfull. My mom got the chicken and potatoes and it was submerged in a yellow sauce. But the service that day was the worst, we felt like they wanted us to go as the server came several times asking us if we were we're finished when we were not at all. It was a bit of pressure when most of the tables on our side were still empty. I am not sure I will come back

The food here was absolutely great! We had the Piqueo Wellington, and it was the perfect way to sample a little bit of some important dishes from the menu!! highly recommended if it's your first time. Their ceviche was amazing, super fresh and full of flavor! For dessert, we had the suspiro limeño, which was such a treat. It's the first time I've seen a Peruvian restaurant actually offer it, and they had it available. Service was quick and efficient. Loved the whole experience!

Good Peruvian cuisine. My Peruvian in laws approved! Our favorite dish is the beef anticucho.

Great food! Had the platter with 5 different dishes and was all delicious. Portions are big. Pisco sour was tasty. Service was friendly and the ambiance was really fun!

You can tell this is a family run restaurant and pretty authentic as you don't see much tourists and families go eat there. Only had Peruvian good one other time and I remembered it being better than this place. The portions are generous but quite salty. Not very expensive so you can get full without making a hole in your wallet.

Well well well ! That was surprisingly amazing! I'm so used to agusto el gusto which is across the street but since they shut down I didn't think I would ever get my famous shrimps again but I was wrong. Villa Wellington Owens agusto or should I said owned, either way I'm happy the best shrimp are still around. I got the garlic shrimp which are so juicy and fresh that you can't help but almost swallow them whole. The salad is great the sauce is a house one taste like mustard and eggs not 100% sure but it's the go to. Plates are anywhere from 19-25$ Sangria we got was made with love got a extra shot which was $8 not cheap but wtv. Place is great should be a byow as prices are a bit steep but overall delicious meal and I can't wait to return.

I liked the food. We were close to 20 people and filled up half the resto which might explain why they had problems with service. They have problems with logistics but the food makes up some of the short comings. The tamale was ok with not much meat it it. The salad as an entree was excellent. We ordered the mixed fish dish for two. It was huge but the fry got to us. It was quite greasy. They have a good selection of drinks. Other dishes served looked appetizing. Reserve!! Unless you don't mind waiting. Very popular.

I love Peruvian food and I was disappointed at this place. The ceviche was terrible, bad quality fish, badly sliced and probably not left enough time in the lemon juice. El Aji de gallina wasn't good as well (being that one of my favourite Peruvian dishes). And we also ordered a Mexican dish which was pretty standard, nothing great about it. I don't recommend this place if you are looking for a good Peruvian restaurant. On the good side, their homemade hot sauce was kind of good, fresh. The waiter was kind enough to give me some to take home. That was cool.

Authentic, delicious diverse Peruvian food. A diverse menu that does justice to this underrated great cuisine and offers something to everybody in generous portions! Bonus: For the fans exotic meat. This is one of the few places in towns where you can eat hearts/kidneys and rabbits!

I tried to like the ceviche, but it was too salty! Sorry, the staff was so nice, the lady there reminds me of my mom. What I can say I loved were the anticuchos, I would come back for those in a heartbeat. The jalea was not my favourite, but the causa left me wanting a second portion. This is not a critique to the restaurant itself, I just found it peculiar that they offer Mexican and Italian dishes, the couple sitting next to us were eating some sort of tacos and the other pasta... I was so confused, but I guess it's just that people here are more familiar with that and it sells? I bet Mexican and Italian with Peruvian ingredients would be delish though, just not what I would order if I go to a Peruvian restaurant.

Had a terrific meal with two friends last night. Food was on point and arrived at the right moment. Service tres attentive. Prices very fair. What more can you ask for? I was pleased that the guacamole dip was not too salty, which is often the case with other restos. We vacuumed up the chips and guac in about three minutes. Highly recommend this place. As for the mains, mine (can't remember the name) - chicken, peas, and roast potatoes - was excellent. It was equally good the next day, thanks to the doggie bag I took with me.

I wanted to come to try this place for 2 months now as I had heard and seen good reviews about this place and was very excited to come and try Peruvian food, the sun was out and they had great small patio section. I started with the calamari, which was well cooked but the batter was unseasoned. It was served with a red tomato sauce which was bland but the green sauce was amazing. For mains I had the Shrimp fried rice (can't remember the correct name), the portions were huge and it had at least a dozen big shrimps which is great for the price which is around $20, but unfortunately, my palate could not taste any seasoning apart from salt, I'm no expert in Peruvian cuisine but I'm pretty sure that's not how it was supposed to taste. My friend had the chicken and shrimp, she asked for no salad and was served a dish with salad. She enjoyed the shrimps with the garlic butter but the chicken was bland along with the plain white rice which should at least come with a sauce as grilled chicken and rice makes for a dry feeling. Service was terribly slow (kitchen speed was fine), the waitress seemed overwhelmed and very inexperienced, and the restaurant was not full. Two tables that came after us were served before us, getting water took over 20 minutes, ordering a drink took at least 15 minutes after getting the water, there were two dirty tables next to us that had dirty plates and glasses on them and they were never picked up for over an hour and a half, and I even saw them seat a group of 4 at one of those tables which is unacceptable in this industry.

This is by far the best Peruvian restaurant in Montreal that I've eaten at. The service is good, most of the servers speak Spanish first and French second, then English if even.. The restaurant is decorated very Peruvian like, with the walls covered with Chullo's, pictures and small Inca statues. My favorite meal is the Jalea plate, which is massive, big enough for two people as a main meal, or shared among a group as an appetizer. Ceviche isn't my thing but everyone i've been there with loves it. They have a very large menu of traditional Peruvian dishes and beverages including Papa Rellena & Chicha Morada (a traditonal beverage made from purple corn) or you can always go for a Peruvian soda call Inka Cola. Price is moderate, well worth the amount of food you get and the quality of food! :)

When i used to live in Verdun, this was the place that i would go to eat at. Great food! Huge servings! Super friendly service! Good price. And even though the choice of wine is very limited, the price is reasonable. I pretty much tried all their dishes and was never disappointed. I still come to this restaurant even if i no longer live in Verdun. Great place to go to for good comforting Peruvian food! Would recommend this place to everyone!

My very first Peruvian experience. Came out bloated (isn't easy for a foodie like me to say) and grinning from ear to ear. The staff looks all Peruvian. The menu, though, is a hotch-potch of Peruvian, Mexican, Chifa (Chinese style), Italian, and some standard North American. That, in no way, takes away from the experience. Peru is a country of diverse ethnicities and thus diversely influenced cuisine. I ordered a can of Inca Kola, which automatically comes with a glass to pour it in, minestrone soup with basil, and lomo saltado. Been waiting to try the lomo saltado for a couple months ever since my Peruvian friend said it's his favorite dish. Boy is it huge! I had to take a third of it as leftovers, yes, and I did mention I left bloated. Mix in the rice with the beef and veggies before taking a mouthful. And whoa! Inca Kola is like addicting. If you like A&W root beer or creamy soda of any kind, you'll like Inca Kola. Chicha morada is equally good. It looks similar to red sangria, but tastes like spiced fruit juice.

What a great find! It was a snowy Sunday afternoon and we haven't had lunch. Yelp correctly told us that this Peruvian place is open throughout the afternoon. The place is cozy with lots of Incan decorations. We tried the Jalea, which is a dish of lightly battered and fried calamari/shrimps/fish, topped with some fresh onions. Squeeze some limón on top and it was so delicious. The stuffed potato was filled with ground beef, olives and an egg yolk, tasty as well. I would definitively come back to try some of their other dishes in the future.

The name of the restaurant is quite deceiving. Villa Wellington struck me as either Italian or French cuisine, but not Peruvian. But don't let the name stop you from coming here! The food is delicious. Here's what we ordered at our table: -Pescado Suado: wished I had ordered this! Basically fish in tomato sauce with chicken-broth rice... very flavorful and satisfying! -Ceviche de pescado: very citrusy and good! This would have been great with rice as a side to neutralize the tangy and sour taste, or great as an appetizer but not an entree. -calamari: and I loved it with the green sauce they had. It was spicy and had a kick versus the marinara sauce.

Haven't been there since moving away, but it was a staple while I lived in Montreal. Fresh and delicious food with quick and pleasant service. Used to go once a month and I was never let down. I'd recommend a dish, but they're all good.

Good place to discover Peruvian food and atmosphere. Good waiters and really helpful. I loved this place and will go back again.

nice tiny resto. Service was quick and friendly. The food was good but a little bit salty for the fried rice I ordered. But in general I like it. FYI it is always good to make a reservation before going.:)

Came here on a spontaneous trip with a friend yesterday, this wasn't our target restaurant but on our way we passed this restaurant and thought we're really famished and decided to eat here instead. The guy who served us was really nice and attended to us really well. My friend had the Ronda Caliente I believe, it's a seafood filled plate and the amount was generous enough that my friend had enough for takeaway. I had the Fajitas Carne and it was served in a sizzling plate that reminded me of my favorite dish in my country. On another plate, they gave me the wrapper and the sauces and you roll the meat on your own. I loved it, the dish was super good and I plan on going back there soon to try an actual Peruvian dish. Shame I forgot to take a pic in my excitement to eat!

One of the reasons proving that Verdun is now becoming a foodies part of town, Villa Wellington is one of the better Peruvian restos in Montreal. While there are more authentic places in and around the Jean Talon area, Villa Wellington serves some of the best calamari and shrimp I in Montreal. The Papa Rellena, a mashed potato fritter stuffed with beef and gravy is one of the best comfort foods I've ever had, perfect for our insane winters. Bonus: they serve Inka Kola here!

While visiting Montréal with my wife (Bolivian), we planned on eating out at a small French restaurant on Wellington. Unfortunately the French restaurant was replaced by a sushi bar so we decided to try to find another place to grab supper. We asked someone in the street who turned out was Peruvian and recommended to go check on Villa Wellington. Their chicha morada was great, the plates were huge, their aji was delicious and the prices were much better than what we use to pay back in California. My wife was really happy and that's enough for me to say that this is a really good Peruvian restaurant,

We then ordered the small dish of Jalea. This dish encompassed everything perfect for a summer nighttime meal, seafood and FRIED. This dish is a trio of shrimp, calamari and fish, with a bonus player of potatoes. The batter was perfect, not too thick, and thin enough to add a nice bit to the seafood. I especially appreciated the onion slaw on top that had just the right amount of vinegar to cut through the oil and heaviness of the batter. Like I said, this was the small order, and were told that it's a personal portion, and the large was meant for two. As you can see, they obviously meant it would be enough for one person, should that person be a professional wrestler or a reality show reward challenge.

I tried this place on the recommendation of one of my coworkers who lives nearby. She couldn't stop talking about this place and how it was one of the best places for Peruvian food in town. Now I can't say that 'm an expert on Peruvian food and this is the only Peruvian restaurant I've been to, so I'll reserve my comments to what I know. Let me start by saying that with a name like Villa Wellington I was sure this place was a souvlaki place! But boy was I wrong.When you first walk into this place you notice it's colourful table cloths and cozy feel. Our waiter greeted us at the door and showed us to our table, he was all smiles and instantly made us feel at home. He was incredibly helpful and nice and when he found out it was our first time visiting the restaurant he took it upon himself to make sure we had a good experience. We never felt rushed even when there was no one left in the place they made sure we knew we could stay and take our time. I have to give the service 5 stars. The food was great we ordered a little bit of everything tapas style and shared it between the two of us and we were both surprised at how good the food was the only dish which we found to be ordinary in comparison with the rest of the food was the calamari, not that it wasn't good but it regular calamari as opposed to great like the other dishes were. The sea food ceviche was awesome, it tasted so fresh and light I could eat that alone everyday. We then had Papa Rellena which I had never had before and they were also awesome. Everything was just very good. I found one little funny thing, I think this may be a left over from the neighbourhood Verdun use to be. When you look through the menu you'll notice Italian, Canadian and what seem to be non Peruvian dishes. I suppose this is to make sure everyone can find something to eat, even if they aren't sold on Peruvian cuisine. This is definitely a place worth trying and proof that Verdun or as my friend Rod calls it the Wellington village is really becoming a great little neighbourhood. I hope you enjoy!

Civiche wasnt fresh. Tasted fishy. We shared the fajitas for 2 they gave us 3 tortillas. The cheese and guacamole was out of store cartons. Nothing had flavour. Was disappointed. Waiting on bill ages.

We love this place! Very delicious food and friendly service! Deep fried seafood is so good! Can't miss it!

Great food. Good portions. Friendly service. What more could you ask for? The chicken salad was amazing. I ate it in the early afternoon and I was good for the rest of the day. At the price of $15, I truly got what I paid for. As an added bonus, my wife really loves this place!

I would give zero stars if I could. I am typing this review from my bathroom, me and my family as well as two of my friends have been sick since last night. Let's start by saying my opinion about the Jalea: the fish was extremely uncook, uneven, and had an abnormal odor. It should be noted that I am a native. I know the taste of a traditional plate. I ordered anticuchos, which were like rubber tire. My friend ordered the lomo, which had no taste. I have been food poison for almost a day now, I might have to go to the doctor. I am extremely disappointed of this place. I would ever go back.

I love this place! Portions are very very generous. Service is good and the staff is very nice. Make sure you pay them a compliment if you like it, they'll be very grateful. It looks family owned and they know the real deal of Peruvian food.

Wonderful little gem in Verdun. I was visiting Montreal for a few days and while staying in Verdun for a few, I decided to check out the neighborhood. My girlfriend and I were very impressed with this place and while it is not the "best" Peruvian I have ever had I thought it was very delicious. We shared a plate of chicken and it was very flavorful and reasonably priced. FYI the glasses of sangria are huge!

We were helping some friends move into their new apartment around Wellington, and needed to grab some food in the area. Another friend recommended this Peruvian place and we decided to go check it out, not expecting much. This place was awesome! Apparently, its quite good as there is usually a line for tables, but we were lucky, and got a table right away. The waitstaff only speak Spanish & French, and I believe that the menu is in French. We ordered calamari, a steak plate, chicken in tomato sauce, and a traditional Peruvian dish with potatoes & chicken (sorry, don't remember the official names as there were all in French). When the food came out, the portion sizes were huge! The food was very flavorful, the meat was tender, and the homemade sauce was amazing. All the dishes that we ordered were fantastic, and better yet, there were leftovers for the next day.

Surprising happy find in this increasingly popular area in Verdun. The only disappointment is the establishment's name. "Villa Wellington" does not do the food or service justice. Look beyond the name and enjoy!

Stopped by here yesterday with some friends for a late lunch and was pleasantly surprised by the entire experience. The four of us arrived around 3:30pm and were seated immediately. The reviews on Yelp encouraged us to try the calamari, Papa Rellena, Arroz Chaufa de Mariscos which we ordered alongside the chicken salad, the octopus appetizer, the beef liver dish, and a steak dish with rice, plantains and an egg. We were quickly offered some warm bread with the most amazing spicy dipping sauce which we inhaled (literally that delicious). The appetizers came out quickly after, and everything was pretty good. The calamari was great, octopus meh (only thing we didn't like the entire meal) and the Papa Rellena was as good as everyone says it is! Main meals were all also excellent and MASSIVELY portioned. Our bill for one beer, two appetizers, a salad and a main came to $71 including tax and tip which is slightly expensive for lunch but given the portions, it's acceptable. Overall a solid 4.5/5 for amazing service as well as delicious and generously portioned food!

Apparently one of the first Peruvian restaurant in MTL, and it doesn't disappoint! We tried their Pisco Sour (quite legit), their mixed ceviche (a must in this warm weather!!) and their tamales. The service is warm and welcoming, and the price is decent for the portion size. We will definitely come back for more!

Don't remember what we had - chicken in some kind of sauce. Not memorable at all, sad to say. Did like the vibe and service so I would give it another shot. Great looking patio in the summer.

It was OK for everyone else except me. I found an old rusted bolt in my meal. I'm sure it was an accident and the place was really sorry about it. They didn't offer to pay, but offered a free beer and dessert. Took the beer and refused the dessert. This was a year ago. Hopefully, I'm the only person that experienced that.

The decor has recently changed: now more seating is available (since the place is ALWAYS packed even after 9pm on a Wednesday night), but gone is the Peruvian ambiance. The old hats and knickknacks that used to adorn the walls are now nowhere to be seen. Lighting is now suspiciously dim (to hide the defects with their food?) except when it's someone's birthday, where the lights brighten to a soundtrack of a cute slightly-mispronounced birthday song. This is the only reason I might recommend the joint for entertainment purposes. The first 2 times I went there, I was extremely happy with everything and recommended it to others. But in January 2009 I had a miserable experience. I'd reserved a table for 8. Two people were late to arrive, and the staff rudely tried to split our table to accommodate a couple who came in with no reservations. The uprooting caused 4 of us to change seats after we'd already been served, and when our late-comers arrived, we had to ask for extra chairs to squeeze us all in. The waitress was rude, could barely speak English or French, got my order wrong, and called me SIR when I'm clearly FEMALE. Only one of my co-diners was happy with their coriander chicken. Another, who had the chicken in cream sauce said there was too much sauce and hardly any chicken. The sauce itself had no real flavor to it and there was nothing such as vegetables to break up the monotony of the heaping plate of cream-and-chicken. One of the entrees was listed very enticingly as a type of chicken salad, but turned out to be (likely) chicken from a can with mayo. One of our late-comers found a hair in her food, which was replaced by salsa and chips, at her cost! For nearly a year, I refused to go back, but tonight decided to give it one more try, thinking I may have just had bad luck that last time. WRONG. Hair in the food again, lack of attentiveness from the staff, and when I dropped my change to pay at the poorly-lit, cramped cash area, the staff just shrugged, saying 'Sorry, I'm not bending down to find it'. They let me search aimlessly for it on my side until I realized it had rolled under the counter onto theirs. Leaving behind the 2.50$ in lost change, I felt somehow very cheated, as I hadn't planned to leave any tip, let alone this hefty tip for hairy food and unhelpful staff. I'd planned to ask for a doggie bag since my dish looked like about a pound of (very dry) chicken, and I could not finish 3/4 of it. Because of the frustration at the cash and with the hair in my co-diner's food, I completely forgot to ask for my food to be wrapped up. I might also point out, that we sat at our table for at least 40 minutes, hoping someone would come by to ask if we were done or wanted the rest to go. Nobody ever did. Though they didn't charge for my friend's meal, I felt grumpy about the quality of my own, and seeing a friend dissatisfied with the food does not encourage me to continue enjoying my portion. It puts a damper on the whole thing, and makes me wonder how many hairballs I myself may have ingested without noticing. I felt frustrated when we left and decided not to go back to haggle for the remainder of my meal. The only good things about the evening? The aroma of the food before we'd ordered, and the dulce de leche dessert - a sort of cookie sandwich, which after-the fact (we took out), left my dining partner and I feeling DIRTY. I won't be back again. Neither will the friends or family I'd previously encouraged to go to the Villa.

Very nice family style Peruvian restaurant in Verdun. The Ceviche Camarones is tasty but very, very, VERY spicy...so proceed with caution. I will go back with my wife and kids. I think they'll enjoy it...but very lightly spiced :)

I have never been disappointed by any of the dishes I have ordered here over the years. The staff are super helpful and friendly, the plates are enormous and the restaurant is beautifully decorated. Some of the best ceviche I've had in a restaurant.

Waiter was extremely knowledgeable about his menu. Considering the fact that I've never been to a Peruvian resto and was quite hesitant as to what to have, it was a major plus. I dont remember the name of the meal I've ordered but it was in the appetizers section. It was something like a layer of mashed potatoes , a layer of shrimps, another layer of mashed potatoes so on and so forth. Absolutely delicious. Spiced perfectly. I will definitely go again. Note that this restaurant is a little bit more on the pricey side, but its SO worth it!

Interesting menu with a lot of different choices. Unfortunately, the dishes were not as tasty as expected. The fried calamari was tasteless and rubbery. The shrimp ceviche not tasted very fresh and it was too salty. We took the stew beef with cilantro as a main dish. The meat was not tender and the sauce does not tasted the cilantro at all. Service is really good and efficient. The small terrasse outside is perfect for the summer days.

This was my first experience at a Peruvian restaurant, the food was excellent with generous portions, enough to take home for lunch next day. The service was great, the waiters were very pleasant and helpful explaining the different dishes. I will go back for sure and would recommend this restaurant to any of my friends.

Although the food here has always been impressive on many visits, i have to say im a bit dissapointed to see my favorite dish go from $17.95 to $27 in the space of a couple years....

Authentic peruvian food. the waiters are very aware of their menu and give good advices to someone who never tried peruvian food before. On another note, their home wine (Spanish) is very good and affordable.

I went with a friend last week and I ordered the fish cevice in the hopes of something fresh and bursting with lime and maybe a little spicy... I was a bit disappointed as it seemed more salty than fragrant. My friend had the fish stew and that was very well balanced. Also I ordered the cevice as an appetizer and found it gigantic. I would have liked to get half of it for half the price that would have been perfect.

I'm coming to this restaurant almost every week. The quality is incredible. I highly recommend the "choros a la chalaca". Goes well with a Jalea or Anticuchos. The Sangria is delicious. If you don't ask for that one, ask for Chicha Morada or Inka Kola. I'm going back tomorrow :)

I swung by Villa Wellington a few days ago for an early dinner with a friend. I was getting tired of the grease-fest that was turning out to be the theme of my trip and I also kind of wanted something healthier (no such luck, mostly) and flavourful. I'd been to VW once before, a few years ago, but I don't remember what the dish I had was called, only that it was a stewy beef on rice concoction, a reddish-brown sauce infused with coriander, which didn't taste as good at the resto as it did the next day when I had it as leftovers. I had hoped to get that dish again as I tried without success to lay off the grease with this one meal. We were in a bit of a rush that night as we had a show to go to downtown so we had to skip the apps portion of the meal, but not the booze. ;) Thankfully we made a reservation about an hour ahead as it was rammed when we arrived (it was packed the last time too), and there was a constant flow of people coming and going the whole time. Note that tables are also placed very close to one another so at times you may feel suffocated. Service was efficient, and we were seated once we announced our reservation. Upon ordering, a basket of warm focaccia rolls (one each) and butter were brought over. I was unable to locate the dish I had before, though I was sure I was on the right track when I'd asked for the coriander beef with rice and beans. We shared that along with a small jalea (another popular dish). The beef dish was not at all what I had the last time but it was still good: small pile of rice, stewed beef brisket in a mild brown gravy, along with a ton of beans in another mild gravy, but a gravy different from that of the beef. I don't know if this dish is supposed to be bursting with flavour but it wasn't, though still very fresh and good. I noticed a few other tables had ordered this as well. Not bad but there wasn't really any noticeable coriander present which was a shame. The jalea came in a tall bowl containing a heaping pile of breaded, deep-fried seafood, just as the menu stated: calamari, shrimp, and fish. All this under a pile of onions that were not too onion-y and useful for bringing alive the beef dish a bit, but also a handful of fried, slivered potato. The jalea was not at all greasy and all those heavenly bits were cooked to a perfect golden-brown, served with their creamy light-green mild hot sauce (it wasn't really hot, and I have no idea what the name of it was) and mayo (I thought it might be aioli but it wasn't). Most of it was calamari and too few pieces of fish--I couldn't tell what kind of fish it was but it was white, dense, and moist. Most likely a generic one that one finds in their grocer's freezer. Portions were quite big such that we couldn't finish more than 2/3 of the meal--even I was shocked that we didn't finish as we are both big eaters! I was sad to be leaving behind so many morsels of fried seafood uneaten but what else could we do? We gave it our best shot. I think the menu may have changed a bit since the last time I was there, but I could see that the Mexican and Canadian sections still exist. There were a handful of dishes I would have liked to try so I'll have to check them out again another time. What I really wanted was the papas rellenas but it only came in appetizer format, although given their portion sizes, an appetizer at this place probably would have been sufficient as a meal! I'm not a seasoned Peruvian cuisine connoisseur but Villa Wellington comes highly recommended by a lot of my Montreal friends and it's worth a try if you've never been.

First, I must disclose that being married to a Peruvian who is most demanding about about anything culinary and, particularly Peruvian cuisine, I have come to be somewhat more demanding myself. That being said, I would recommend this restaurant even though I gave it only three stars. We sampled the chicha morada, a non-alcoholic drink made from purple corn with some citrus and cinnamon added, and were comforted to find that it was fresh made (as opposed to mixed from powder). The papa a la huancaína (potato in a Huancayo style), a Peruvian staple presented in regional variations, was a good appetizer, its fresh ingredients noticeably tasty. For my own personal taste I would have preferred a touch of spiciness, but hey, this would not be a valid reason to down rate it. The papa rellena (potato with a meat filling) did not fare as well, the filling tasted a little on the greasy side. The seco de cordero, a sort of lamb stew with beans and rice, came in a very generous portion and did not disappoint. Again, the fresh ingredients carried the day! Unfortunately, we were to full to taste dessert, a project for another day. The service was very good, even my picky spouse agreed that it is a restaurant worthy of a return visit.