Great Peruvian restaurant in the middle of nowhere, their specialty are the ceviches and the papa a la huancaina. Also great lomo saltado. Their rotisserie chicken is mediocre at best and the waitstaff are very friendly and attentive. And also the tip is already included so don't over tip! Lol read more

I shamefully ignored this restaurant for years in favor of the Argentinian place next door. I'm not completely sure why. Maybe it was the plain, unassuming store front or their sole advertisements recommending only roasted chicken, a food that can be found at literally fifteen different places within a four block radius. Whatever it was, it's safe to say that it wasn't love at first sight. But, it was love at first bite. I had their mixed seafood ceviche. A colorful plate arrived of squid, shrimp and octopus sitting in lemon and lime and topped with chopped onions accompanied by a boiled potato and a large slice of sweet potato. The ceviche blew my mind. I'd never thought of ceviche as "hearty" before but the flavors were fresh and comforting. I think it may very well be one of the standout menu items. They offer three different varieties here, and I'll keep returning to try them all. I also can't say enough good things about their tamales. I am, by no means, an expert on tamales but I've had enough to know a good one when I taste it. And these rank pretty highly. You must order yourself one when you stop in. Trust me, you'll thank me later. Aside from the ceviche, their primary offerings are their steaks with rice and beans and their previously mentioned roasted chicken. The waitress highly recommended their pollo, saying that they marinated it very well and that it's their most popular item. She showed a lot of enthusiasm and pride in it. And it must be good, how often does a waitress push the cheapest item on the menu? I walk by this restaurant almost every day and their dining room is almost never even half full. I'm not sure how they stay in business. Costa Verde is easily the most underrated restaurant in my neighborhood. read more

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The best peruvian food the chicken the lomo saltado the ceviche the anticuchos and many more omg i really love everything in there george is the one who makes everything along with his team they have an A+ i recommend this place to everyone read more

Costa Verde - Chaufa mixto and lomo saltado de pollo - Peruvian Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

Cute neighbor spot in Corona and they are very compliant with covid protocol. Really enjoyed the delicious food: ceviche mixto, chicharrones de calamares and lomo saltado. Great service! read more

Food was good - however, the service was bad. They took long to bring out drinks and then would bring them out of order (keep in mind the restaurant wasn't even packed). Also, when my dad asked for a beer - the person took like 15 minutes so then my dad asked the other waiter. That waiter then ignored him and got on her phone. So then my dad proceeded to asking the original waiter and she finally brought it (the whole ordeal was ridiculous). [Not to mention, when we were sat down there were 4 of us and they only had 3 waters there and 3 food utensils. Even after we ordered the food they didn't bring anything else - until I asked for them to bring out the rest]. In general, I probably won't visit again because the experience was unpleasant and uncomfortable. read more

Food is delicious... the chicken is to die For. The salad dressing is out of this world no lie. It's small but cozy... been here twice and hasn't failed read more

Great place great food nice people ...and the best the salad the ceviche the chicken omg i mean they have great food but those i have mentioned are my favorites i really recommend this place to everyone read more

Costa Verde - Que delicia - Peruvian Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

La Costa Verde in Perú is a fairly small stretch of coast in Lima, where green waters, strong winds, and intense natural beauty make for one of the nicest stretches of urban beachfront on Earth. It's a fairly lofty name for such a workaday Peruvian eatery, but the food flies high enough on its own. Before your meal, a nice salty tray of roasted hominy is brought out to tease your taste buds. During lunch, you will be joined by area locals who come in, order a lunch special, and quickly return to their jobs. The special ($7) comes with choice of entree and a nice cilantro soup. One interesting option is the chaufa, a dish so similar to Chinese takeout fried rice and found in chifas in Peru, but most of the others around you will be eating chicken. The restaurant does Peruvian specialties very well. That very rotisserie chicken is spot on, and the anticuchos ($7.25) are good substitutes when you are not in Lima, despite the unfortunate fact that they carry no picarones here. Walking down the street in any central coast city in Perú will present many hand-written menus with aji de gallina written at or near the top. The dish is a staple and an ultimate comfort food. It translates directly to chili chicken, but spices are mild in Peruvian cooking, the yellow aji covering thin chicken slices and potatoes. The dish served here ($9.25) is served with white rice and half a boiled egg. On a most recent visit, we decided to live on the edge and skip the normal ceviches for picante de mariscos ($14.50), a hot seafood dish that is medium spicy. The sauce is nice but it did not quite give us the same love as the delicious cold ceviche that can be eaten here. I do not remember eating a tamal ($5.50) while traveling in Perú, so I was interested to try one here, but unfortunately they are far less tasty than their Mexican rivals. Too much corn taste and too dry, but there is an olive inside. What I did have a lot of on that visit was chicha morada, a slightly sweet drink made of purple corn and very delicious, despite what my friends thought. At the very least, it is worth a taste for everyone. The service here at Costa Verde is very sweet, despite its functional nature. A couple scenes of the Andes Mountains decorate the interior, but not much more. I left with a feeling of wanting more immediately. It is impossible for one person or a small group to sample all the necessary items on the menu, so visit multiple times or bring a lot of friends. read more

Just discovered a GEM of a place in my neigborhood. It was " hiding" in plainsight...located exactly next to the grocery store where I shop almost every week..always pass it but.never really bothered to go in until today!!! and I am so glad I did... The name of the place...Costa Verde...a Peruvian Restaurant that serves authentic Peruvian specialties!!! and Peruvian Style Rotisserie Chicken. Every Sunday from 10:00 in the morning to 12:30 pm they serve Desayuno Buffet Peruano for $11.50 which includes Chicharon, Camote Frito, Lomo al Jugo, Salchicha con Juevo... A friend came with Camille & I for a late lunch.....I had the Picante de Mariscos...a delicious dish made of marinated Squid, Octopus,shrimps in Seafood Sauce served with rice....DELISH...Camille had the Ceviche de Mariscos, Mix Seafood marinated on lime juice with red onions and hot green pureed peppers...Whoa!! I kept on digging in her plate!!!was so DELISH and Ina had the Bisteck a la Pobre...Steak with rice, beans, sweet banana & Egg on the side...it was good...I had some it too...then I tried the Alfajores for dessert...a Dulce de Leche sort of huge cookie..we all shared it... Boy....this place rocks....the food I mean...and Araceli, I don't know if she is the owner, was so attentive...and accomodating..I'll certainly go back there again...TOMORROW...and try their Desayuno Buffet....the price..very affordable...$47.00 for everything plus $7.00 tip....It was all worth it... read more

Went to this place on 7/28/13....after all it was Peru's independence day and was feeling like getting a peruvian breakfast (i had them in Lima and they are amazing.... I went for the big breakfast which has scramble eggs and peruvian sausage, morzilla, fried pork pieces, fried jams, tamales and bread. ( not all together, but 4 different plates). Now, how can someone screw up chicarrones (fried pork)? well they were tasteless, as if they just fried them without anything on them...same goes for the eggs, the sausage added some taste, but the eggs had no salt, sure this may be intentional as some people like to salt their own eggs, but then they should put some salt on the table.... The jams were good (cant screw that up i guess), morzilla (blood sausage) was ok and the bread was ok as well. Now the tamal, making tamales is a culinary challenge, it is time consuming, hard work, many ingredients and not diet friendly. I seen people do them and i have taste them in NY, Georgia, Chicago, Lima, Cajamarca and other peruvian cities....this was so so...had that i-have-been-in-the-fridge-for-too-long type of taste which explains why it was dry on the outside (hint: they microwave them). I would not come back to this place, it was just a total waste of time and effort...the services was ok, but i was served the eggs first after 15 minutes waiting, and the tamal came 15 minutes later and the main dish the jams, chicharron and morzilla came 25 minutes later!!. Keep in mind there were only 2 tables occupied at the time. I think peruvian food has been suffering from people trying to capitalize on the great food that has until a few years ago had been unknown to most americans...now everyone wants to open a restaurant, but they are screwing the taste up or do their own take on it. They are latin people, but not peruvian..why do you think you get beans and fried plantains with your peruvian meals? in Peru they are hardly served that way.... read more

Ordered 1 plate and a drink for delivery and SOMEHOW they managed to mess that up. Delivery took an hour and 15 minutes when I'm literally a 5-10 minute walk across the bridge. No bike needed. When it arrives, my drink is missing. Turns out the female who picked up the phone wasn't paying attention and didn't put my drink in after I repeated it several times. Called back to ask how long would it take for them to bring it to me.. Half an hour. THEN, I open the container of my food (chaufa especial) and while yes there was A LOT of rice, there were only 4 shrimps in there. I just paid $23 plus tip and 4 shrimps is all you could fit in there? Maybe if they didn't stuff it so much with rice there would have been space for more meat because the steak and chicken wasn't much either. Cherry on top? The taste wasn't great it. Lack of flavor and no taste of authenticity. I've had their alfajores before also. Not bad but not great either. Overall, waste of money. read more

Their Lomo saltado is really good along with their avocado salad banging! and can't forget the green sauce it's to die for!! Their fried chicken is good as well it comes with purple onion which has like vinegar it adds flavor to it. I like that their fries from the lomo saltado are not soggy they're still crispy read more

Service was great and the food was excellent! Little hole in the wall, you must try, and best part was there wasn't a wait!

The food was good but the service was terrible. The waitress never offered us plates for the appetizers. She never came back to check on us and if we needed anything else. read more

After waiting forever to eat at this Peruvian spot, I hoped that what I've ordered was worth every dreaded minute. And wow, it truly was the most delish, delish, Chinese Peruvian dish, I've ever had. Their green sauce was off the hook, I wish she gave me some extra aji sauce to take home. I ordered, the House Specialty Chaulafan, which is similar to Chinese style fried rice. It cost about $9 bucks. The serving proportion was huge and could easily feed two people. The dish had, fresh veggies, shrimps, chicken, beef,fried egg, and the fried rice, oh so freakin' good. I absolute loved it. Be sure to have a lot of patience because the food is prepared fresh, and its definitely worth the wait. read more

A friend recommended this place I love Peruvian food. She recommended their chicken so I ordered the combo. I received the delivery right when I saw how they pack the food I was skeptical. We were eating chicken was raw still had blood in it, the yuca frita looked like it had been refried wasn't fresh. Will never be ordering from this place again read more

Costa Verde - Peruvian Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

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Disappointed with my recent order of Jalea.. usually very crispy. .not this time..it was mushy and full of oil..it was inedible. ..it's a shame last year when I stopped by it was not bad..I'm wondering if they changed cooks. What a true disappointment.. one of my favorite Peruvian dishes. .I think I'll stick to Chimu on Union Ave in Brooklyn. . read more

Costa Verde - Tried wiping off the extra extra oil..Unfortunately unedible... - Peruvian Near Me - Elmhurst, New York

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Came here on a whim one afternoon to try a taste of peruvian food. We ordered 2 dishes, seafood over rice and the cau cau (tripe stew). To make a long story short, our meals were mediocre, as they didn't pop ... we felt that there was a lack on seasoning or perhaps our entrees could not compare to the other peruvian dishes we've enjoyed in the past. I'd also wanted to point out that while we ordered from the lunch special menu, prices charged on our check did not reflect lunch menu pricing but rather items a la carte. What was supposed to be a $30-$35 lunch turned out to be $55 for an appetizer 2 chicha moradas (love it) and 2 entrees. We did not see the urgency in questioning the tab since we will most likely not return. Sorry Costa Verde, you just didnt do it for us ... but I'm sure others love your cuisine! read more

The food at this restaurant is great. My friends and I ate here and will definitely go back. They have a good variety of dishes on the menu and nice portion sizes. read more

Best Peruvian food you can find! Owners are Peruvian so of course, you can't go wrong with the authenticity of the food. Makes you feel like you are eating in Peru, not in Corona. Papas Huancaina and Arroz Chaufa are to die for! Staff is super friendly and food comes out quickly. Highly, highly recommend! read more

Food was delicious. I recomend the ceviche, Anticucho, Tamal, and the chicken as well as their soups parihula(it a seafood spicy soup) very tasty and great place to have PERUVIAN food! read more

Dont get me wrong..the food is awsome...It's best to go there and order ur food...Dont order by phone...No one speak English there...Took them 5 try to get my address right and 10 more time to get my phone number correct..OMG.. If the person can get your information right...dont even try to place your order.. read more

I thoroughly enjoyed this place. Nice little Peruvian restaurant with excellent food and very nice staff. When I went they still hadn't obtained a license to sell alcohol, which was a shame because I could have used a nice beer to wash down my meal, but the food was great. Would def go back. read more

Best Tacu Tacu ever !! Delicious food and very nice and friendly serves, basically. Go try it out and don't miss their desserts, especially "Alfajores" after that comes Flan and some other good things. In addition, I've been there on Saturday once and they have a live latin music show, it was pretty cool and fun. read more

Great food and excellent service every time I go there when visiting NYC. I have tried a large variety of Peruvian dishes such as Ceviche, Aji de Gallina, Lomo Saltado, and fried fish. Their Arroz Chaufa (Peruvian Style fried rice) is very tasty. Their ceviche will basically melt in your mouth. As for an appetizer, try their Papa a la Huancaina (you won't regret it). They have a lunch menu from Monday through Friday too. Last but not least, make sure you try their Pollo a la Brasa as well, and they offer delivery service. read more

Costa Verde is where I fell in love with Peruvian food. It is really really good. It tucked away right next to C-Town. I never would of thought the food was soo good. Only 4 stars though because I am wondering why they got a B rating from the health department. -_- read more

The food was so delicious! Avocado salad, the rice, maduros, and of course the chicken-- all so tasty. I went to meet friends there and even though I live in Brooklyn, I'm pretty sure I'll make the long trip there again for the tasty Peruvian food. Also, it's family owned, small staff, very intimate and warm environment. Loved it. read more

This place is awesome, it has authentic delicious Peruvian food, and the ambience is calm. One of my favorite dishes is the fried seafood platter with fried rice. Majority of dishes are enjoyable and tasty, but the ceviche is not as good as you'd expect but, overall this restaurant is highly recommended read more

Costa verde is a great restaurant . They offer the best seafood specially : ceviche, jalea, Chaufa de mariscos ( fried rice with seafood) , seafood soup is delicious too . I try many dishes . They have variety . I really recommend this place. You can enjoy with family and friends. The service is great too also the serves always recommend good dishes . This is the best Peruvian restaurant in corona ! I love This place! read more

Very unassuming place, right next to CTown. One of the best traditional Peruvian ceviche I ever had. It was full of flavor and portions were legitimate size of fish, shrimp and octopus served in fresh citric dressing. The veal heart was surprisingly good, lighter than the mercurial taste of liver but with firm texture. It was well balanced with the salsa verde. The shrimp and octopus fried rice was amazing. I am not a big fan of fried rice but I enjoyed it here. The octopus was very tender and unlike other fried rice dishes, it was not swimming in a pool of oil. After all this, the chicken came last, accompanied with fried plantains and by then my husband and I were overdone yet still managed to slip a few good pieces in. A great plus is that it's BYOB. Cordial service. Everything seemed to be made fresh. Absolutely worth going, ignore the B rating and unbuckle a notch. Seems to be a packed house so trek in early. read more