Being from the San Francisco Bay Area I know Peruvian food. This was delicious! I had the Lomo Saltado and my friend had the fried rice. Both amazing with a generous portion. Service is great and they are very friendly but a bit slow so don't come in a hurry. As a side note the bathrooms are really nice. read more

When my husband and I walked in Cantina Peruana we had no idea that it was the collaboration between the Michelin star Portuguese chef José Avillez and Peruvian chef Diego Muñoz. After an early start (by American standards) bar hopping on Pink Street it was time to fill our bellies. We were warmly greeted and shown a table. Our waitress was patient with our questions and made a few suggestions. We started with round of mojitos (the best we've had in recent memory) and perused the menu. Most items are tapas (small plates) so we ordered several dishes to try and share. We told our waitress to bring us the dishes we need to try as they all looked so good. She was enthusiastic and came up with excellent choices. While we waited for our food we chatted with a lovely couple at the table next to us. They were from Romania and visited Lisbon periodically to dine at all of José Avillez's establishments (I believe he has 7 in the Lisbon region). I knew we were in for a treat. Everything from the octopus and crab ceviche to the grilled octopus skewers to our beef Asian stir fry was flavorful and fresh. Our only regret was not ordering the 7 course prix fixe menu that our new friends next to us were enjoying. We finished our meal with coffee and tres leches to share. It was the perfect finish to a wonderful meal. read more

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So it's by pure accident that my husband and I are going to three Jose Avillez places this trip. We were super happy with mini bar in porto, we have reservations at Belcanto for Valentine's day, and in the middle, I felt like Peruvian food and this place came up with the best menu. I had the best dish of food all vacation here. Namely the tirodito ceviche. I had no idea the explosion of pure umame flavor with great acidity that this would have. I could have sworn it tasted like a sort of peanut flavor? But no, the waiter said it was figure de leche, soy sauce, oyster (assuming sauce), "fish flavor (??)" And condensed milk. Flavor awesomeness. If you don't want to commit to the meal, just come here and get this. Rest of the meal: classic ceviche. Was good but the other one stole the show Pork blade anticucho: very delicious bite Potato anticuccho: only 4 euros. Very yummy. Fried rice: was okay. Kind of full at this point. Husband got the chilcano, I got pisco sour. Both drinks were great!!! Would recommend!service was fantastic and warm. read more

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Yes. We went all the way to Portugal and found a Peruvian restaurant. Very glad we did. This restaurant is located inside of Bairro Do Avillez, which was very confusing to us. The food was great. Very small plates. You will eat 4-5 per person. I mostly remember the empanadas, because we wanted to keep ordering them! Wish we had found this earlier in our stay. read more

Let me start off by saying that the ambiance is beautiful and my best friends and i ate at Patio the night before which is in the same location as this restaurant. The floor manager was nice and everything started off attentive but as the evening progressed it went south. By recommendation of the server we ordered a couple tapas that were good for ceviche. Classic ceviche, potato stuffed w/ oxtail, yellowtail tiradito, lomo salteado, chaufa rice and 2 couverts. The ceviche was microscopic and was not enough even for one person. For me it was more of an amuse bouche and the fish was fishy :(. This was the first plate that landed on our table and there was nothing classic about it. It really set the tone for expectation on the rest of the night. To add the service was mediocre until we spoke to the manager. The rest of the tapas were okay nothing to write home about. The cocktails were decent i ordered a chilcano classic and i thought it delicious and presentation was beautiful my friend ordered a pisco sour to start which was amazing as well but he followed up with a margarita which took too long and when arrived you can tell it was sitting for awhile. Long story short we gave them some feedback so hopefully your experience will be better. read more

We tried this restaurant in Lisbon based on a recommendation from our hotel and it was absolutely amazing. It's probably the best meal we had the entire time, and all the food has been great in Lisbon. We had the classic ceviche, octopus anticucho, potato stuffed with oxtail and the sautéed tenderloin. Each dish was delicious. Their custom drinks were also amazing, as well as dessert. We highly recommend this place. We will be back. read more