If I could leave zero stars I would. The service at this restaurant is awful. They wait staff did not understand what a tequila and soda was and I had to explain it to two different waiters in detail and they still messed up the drink order. The food is average. Don't come here. read more

Best Peruvian restaurant in Northern VA, and I have been to all Peruvian restaurants around the area such as Huascaran, La granja de oro, Revash, china chilcano, justas chicken, barra brava, etc. And they all suck, and their food is either way too condimented or taste bad. So, Don't mind those reviews that are less than 5 stars. Those people are just being petty, either complaining because service was slow- c'mon all businesses are facing employee shortage because no one wants to work, and even at 5 stars restaurants you have to wait for your food. Second, they complain that nobody spoke English, and thats just false, they do speak English, and even the menu is in English. Besides this is a Peruvian restaurant not an American restaurant. Food wise: top notch, clean, tasty, amazing presentation. Customer service: great, I was greeted warmly, my waiter always came to my table to make sure I didnt need anything. I will be back and will recommend this place to family and friends :) read more

Lima De Veras Peruvian Restobar - Lomo Saltado - Peruvian Near Me - Sterling, Virginia

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Food is very good. Service is terrible. Very slow. Servers are not attentive to patrons. This is our third visit. Each time service has been an issue. read more

$10.5 PER SODA. In the past I heard of this place, we'll know for people charging you double of your order and making lots of mistakes in their bill, only if you check you would notice that they are trying to take advantage of you. I was warned, I decide to experience it for myself. We attended a birthday party, the birthday person had reserve the table and pay for all the guest entrance. ($20 per person). In this ocasión every guest would have to pay for their own food and drinks. We arrived early to order food, we order appetizer and something to drink, after 11:00pm the band stared playing. The waitress were pushing very much for us to buy bottle service. When the waitress noticed that we were only going to order single drinks came to let us know we have to consume at least $50 per person. (Not even the birthday people knew there was such a ridicule rule). I was with a large group of friends and I was not drinking alcohol since I was going to drive. I order for my partner and myself. As you can see in the receipt they charge me $10.50 per soda. (Soda was served in a glass with no ice) They charge themselves 18% for service which is okay. My experience with this place is that they try to take advantage of you, and if you are drinking and not checking, you will for sure be robed. Food review: food was delicious, even though they got the order all wrong. Music: was great and fun. Ambiance: people got in a fight and security removed them and had to pepper spray them outside. I almost threw up my food because of the pepper spray. read more

Lima De Veras Peruvian Restobar - $10.5 per soda. - Peruvian Near Me - Sterling, Virginia

When you think Peruvian food, I often have high expectations, however, the food there is nothing but, the high standards of a Peruvian restaurant. They have a very selective menu, the food is only ok. No worth it, at night they have a cover charge for men, as if people are not going to spend money inside. Then we asked for our favorite drink, Pisco Sour! They didn't have Pisco! What Peruvian restaurant doesn't have Pusco, well, it's Lima Deveras, pero no es lima deveras, very disappointed!!! Don't go there if you really want the Peruvian experience!! read more

One month passed and no contact from management. As I contact others who have visited, similar service reaction.

The worst experience that I have had at the restaurant. I ordered Pulpo anticuchero. The pulp was cold and smelled terrible. I tried to talk to the waiter, and he called the owner. She didn't know anything about the food also. She back with the plate. The pulp was fried and smelled worst. I didn't eat it. The owner, a male, walked around our table many times, and he didn't ask any questions or apologize. The female owner disappear. The waiters didn't know anything about food or desserts, and nobody helped us. The restaurant was almost empty. A group of friends joins us. We ordered desserts cheesecake lucuma. It didn't taste lucuma at all. It tasted mixed flavors of the dirty refrigerator. It was a disaster. I paid the total amount of the bill. I was very disappointed with the food, the owners and the waiters. BAD EXPERIENCE!! read more

Lima De Veras Peruvian Restobar - Pulpo anticuchero - Peruvian Near Me - Sterling, Virginia

Omg! This is my favorite place on earth! my husband my four year old and my cousin and his wife came in on a Saturday. Customer service was good, the hostess and waiters seem young and training but they were very nice so we were of course understanding, we ordenered the causitas, aji de pollo, lomo saltado, ceviche, salchipapas.... Etc lol and EVERYTHING was sooooo delicious!!! My aji de pollo was to die for and the only aji de pollo i love is my mom's lol. My cousin and I were the two peruvians so we know the food well, his wife is Russian and my husband is from here and everybody adored their food. Even the white rice was A1. My little boy loved the music and entertainment. The owner came a few times to check on us and make sure we were enjoying our food. That meant a lot to us. 100000% recommended! read more

Amazing Peruvian food and staff. The place is a peruvian experience!!!! They also have music on weekends and play the Peruvian soccer game as well. You need to go today!!!!! You won't regret it !!!!!! read more

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Peruvian breakfast: the sweet potato had more flavor than the pork, overpriced for the flavor. coffee from Dunkin has better flavor and cheaper. read more

Had dinner here last night and was totally amazed with the food. Big portions and excellent taste. Did not have great expectations from the outside, but I was totally wrong. Great service , excellent food and will highly recommend. read more

As a Peruvian myself I can wholeheartedly recommend this restaurant. Well set up (they might offer live music on weekends), and with very well prepared, authentic dishes. Not cheap, but no Peruvian restaurant is (I don't include the famous Rotisserie Chicken on this) as the dishes are intricate, rich in ingredients and absolutely delicious, complex and different. It is no surprise that Peruvian cuisine has achieved a world class reputation everywhere. Deserved. read more

Great spot for delicious Peruvian food! I love the lomo saltado.. so flavorful! The staff are always friendly and timely with serving my meals! I'll def be back soon! read more

25 mins to get a server attention.. smh.. Regardless food was not good at all not to mention they got pur order wrong.. drinks are average and basic read more

This place is a joke! I purchased a $40 worth of Peruvian Resto bar Fusion dining certificate from local flavor which expired 6/17/ 23. I recently had back surgery, so I gave it to my brothers who have been very helpful to me to use . They went in and tried to use it tonight and they said we no longer participate with this. They can't do that! It doesn't matter whether they're participating anymore, they were participating when I purchased it. Super embarrassed when my brother called and said they won't accept it. If they do this with an up-to-date current cerrificate worth $40 that expired on the 17th of this month, no telling what else they might be capable of doing to save money. Shame on you Lima de Veras. Shame on you!!!!! read more

Great and delicious Peruvian food. We had horoscope Marisco. It was wonderful. and we also had to call Sarah Pollo Delicious read more

Lima De Veras Peruvian Restobar - Peruvian Near Me - Sterling, Virginia

Ceviche was great but huancaína fettuccini was a complete waste of money. I felt like I was eating kids mac and cheese that I could've made at home. What started as a great meal ended up not even wanting to pay my bill. read more

My husband (who is Peruvian) asked for Peruvian food for Fathers Day. We're we're going to go to Arlington but decided to try here instead. The minute we got out of the car you could hear the music from inside. I should of taken that as a hint to leave. But we went inside. The waitress couldn't even hear me when I told her how many. I had to use my fingers to show her. The music was so loud we asked if they could turn it down just a little. They told us no. You couldn't even have a conversation to the people at your table. It was so loud my children ages 13, 10, and 9 were complaining asking if we could leave. We order our food. The ceviche was okay. The sweet potato tasted like pure lime. As if it had been soaking in it. My kids ordered fried rice. And the portion was so small for $20. I could have gotten double the amount at a Chinese restaurant. I ordered the dish with duck. It was absolutely terrible. The duck was beyond dry, as if it has been cooked twice. The rice with the duck was gross. It tasted like Uncle Bens rice. The presentation of the food was pretty good but the taste wasn't. The only good thing was the picaronas. They were very good. There are NO free refills on soda such as coke or sprite. I did not go to the bathroom so I'm not sure how that was. I personally would not recommend this restaurant. read more

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This place just opened just down the road from my house, been waiting sometime for this place to open, apparently it is doing its soft opening at this moment . The food was delicious , very fresh and full of flavor, drinks were great, and service was excellent. Definitely a great new restaurant. 10/10 read more

Excellent food. Very tasty. The service was very good. The place comfortable. A little bit loud just need to adjust the volume for not saturation. Other than that excellent. read more

Este restaurante es un insulto para la comida peruana. Es la primera vez que he comido en un restaurante tan malo donde el cocinero definitivamente no es peruano. El ceviche mixto malísimo sin sabor y no lo pudimos comer. El Seco piurano que pedí malo acompañado con tacutacu que parecía malogrado. Una simple salsa criolla mala sin sabor a nada. El Churrasco a lo pobre malo, pedimos término medio y lo trajeron bien cocido, lo cambiamos y malo, la carne no sabía a nada y para colmo el servicio pésimo. Espero que no digan que es restaurante peruano porque este restaurante no es peruano y no se puede comparar a ningún restaurante del área por más pequeño que sea. Nunca más!! read more

Extremly unprofessional bartenders. Maximum to expect is Jack and coke. Even this mix they will screw.

Luis was an awesome server. Very attentive. Food was good but not excellent 8/10. The pisco cheese cake was good.

Fantastic food and service. The ceviche, causa and choritos de chalaca had me thinking I was eating in Callao!

Wow the service here was stellar! And the food was even more stellar! This is definitely a hidden gem!

I really liked this place but the service just keeps getting worse. Some of the waitresses have attitudes and forget to take care of the customer. We have given it so many opportunities but its hit or miss. Also, the female hostess with redish hair is very rude and acts like shes doing you a favor. If they improved their customer service they would be a great place. read more

Ceviche was good, however the worse services ever. I usually don't leave review, but I don't want anyone to make the same mistake that I did. For God sake I ask for water and I didn't get it. Not even silverware. I can't imagine a business running this way. I checked the people around and they felt the same. Wow this is just awful. Like I said the ceviche was good, but the rest of the food was not that good. I writing this review from the restaurant, I gotta it go I'm thirsty and they didn't give me water that I asked twice. read more

Drove a whole hour just to try this restaurant out because I was really in the mood for Peruvian food and wanted to try someplace new. We got there at 6:26 PM. A woman approached us and said they were no longer serving food because they close at 7 & the kitchen was already closed. Excuse me? Maybe you should put up a sign stating the restaurant closes at 6:30 not 7! We didn't even have the option to take out food. Will not be back due to bad service. But I will say thank you for pointing us in the direction of another Peruvian spot called Sabor a Barrio. They had excellent food. Lima de VERGAS you lost a potential customer. read more

This place has chef Mike at work I don't even waste your time or money and if you don't speak Spanish don't even enter because I don't think anybody speaks English besides the bartender and I'm sure that's not by choice and the food was all horrible I even have the exotic octopus it was soft mashed potatoes so you know it was in the microwave I ordered drinks they couldn't get them right because they didn't speak English no one in that restaurant speak English and I was there like the first night they opened I think if you open up a restaurant you should have people that speak English I don't have a problem with people not speaking English I have a problem where if I'm trying to order food I do need someone to speak English the food was not good if you want good Peruvian food then you need to check out the place in Falls Church called Garden the oral which is the golden guard now that's good Peruvian food and they all do you speak English read more

Great food and friendly staff (Luis) even went the extra mile foe the wife ad made her a meal that was not on the menu. I enjoyed some lamb that fell off the bone. Full of flavors a little extra spice bur a great first impression. We will be back for the nite life. read more

We gave this place a try after hearing about it from a friend. Everything on the menu was 10/10. Isabel was super tentative and did everything to give us the best experience. We had to pull out our extremely mediocre Spanish skills to speak with her but overall experience was great. Lamb shank and seafood pasta were our favorites. The owner Karen came by to talk to us and she was amazing. We will definitely be back. read more

wanted to try a new peruvian restaurant since there isn't many in my area. this was by far the worst ive ever tried. the lomo saltado was dry. the ceviche had no flavor. the duck was by far the worst, looked like it was still frozen and just stuck it in the microwave. the only thing they got right was the chicken and it was barely edible. had the worst heartburn after eating here. we also sent back 2 plates of food but they still charged us for it. just don't waste your time or money here, would NOT recommend! read more

One, they are open. Two, if it takes 30 minutes to get a water after asking multiple times with multiple employees hanging out, go for it. I won't be back. Sad as we came for birthday celebration and they lost ten customers. read more

Very disappointed. Used to be a good restaurant. Went last Saturday. Menu is smaller. Presentation of plates changed. The ceviche arrived after the main plates and didnt have Picarones on Saturday !!! That was enough to not come back The only good was the pisco sour. Seems they are more focus in party and karaoke. read more

On July 28th, we went to celebrate Peru's independence day at Lima de Veras. We were a group of 13 people who have previously made a reservation for outdoor seating. This is the second and last time I am bringing my friends here, and here is why: 1) When we got there our table was not ready. The hostess told us that they getting it ready for us. After waiting 30 minutes, we reached out to the hostess again, and he said "oh your table has been ready for a while." No one came back to tell us this. 2) We asked for Chicanos. By the second round, we noticed that the drinks were watery. At that time the bartender tells us that they are out of pisco. We told the manager about it and the manager says, oh you have to make sure you tell us as this is happennning. So, no refunds. You just deal with it. 3) I noticed that my tab came as "full-price" for the Chicanos when in fact they were supposed to be 50% off until 7 pm. I asked the bartender twice to fix it and after waiting for more than 30 minutes, I just gave up. I also mentioned this to the manager, and he was like oh yeah you have to let us know as this is happening. Again, no refund no nothing. You just deal with it. 4) It started raining, so we take everything inside. We had to clean our plates off our table because there were no waiters. We kept consuming food and drink inside. It stopped raining and then we went outside. Well, the owner comes to our table with an attitude to tell us that for a group this size we have to consume at least $500. She never made sure what we had consumed so far, which we consumed more than that at that point. She also told us that we will have to go to the bar to put in our orders because there were short of waiters. We have NEVER been treated like this at a restaurant. Not even in Peru! We were appalled. 5) Some of the checks came in with the tip included and others did not, and they did not even tell us. 6) At some point I ordered two additional Chilcanos, my tab was $24, my friend ordered the same thing, and her tab was $32. 7) Most of the tabs we received were not itemized. It's really sad because I was really hoping that things would get better, but for the price that you charge for the food, we expect exceptional service. We will take our business elsewhere. read more

Unfortunately I have given this place 3 tries and tonight was my last one. The food is decent however overpriced for what you get. The one thing that was very disappointing was their service. The waitress was overworked and unfortunately couldn't keep up with the amount of tables she had tonight. Management was no where to be seen for the 2 hours we were there. It took that long to get our drinks and our meals. Tonight wasn't the first time the service lacked of quality, it has been like that all 3 times. I will not be going back and I would recommend other Peruvian places nearby. read more

The food was amazing and the place has an especial ambiance. Definitely one of the best places to get Peruvian food

Sounds like my experience was the same as everyone else's. Great food, but crap service. I was with 3 others tonight for a late Mother's Day celebration. While our waiter certainly knew the dishes and could explain them well, he lacked some basic skills. We were seated and our waiter eventually came over with menus. We ordered drinks (mainly waters) and I suppose it's not common knowledge to ask if we would like more to drink when the glass is empty. Then our food arrived, and again we had to ask for silverware so we could eat. He seemed far to interested in flirting with the waitresses working tonight to handle his three tables tonight. The food is amazing and I hope the staff improves on their training practices with the wait staff. read more

Service is just bad, the food is not good enough and prices are too high based on the taste of the food which is just average. We gave this place three chances, the first time we went was during their soft opening and we were trying to be understanding of things not going smoothly. The two other times were to give them the benefit of the doubt, today being our third and last time there. It took 30 mins of us being seated for someone to take our order. Granted, this might not the server's fault as you could clearly see that there was just not enough employee coverage although the place was probably only at 50% capacity at the most. A couple seated close to us ended up leaving because of this, we would have left too but we were a big enough party and it would've been a bigger hassle. Some of their plates are pretty mediocre, the highlights would be their anticuchos and picarones but that's about it. Don't waste your time and money, there are better restaurants in the area. read more

Soooooooo I came back, after the soft opening. Once again, greatly dissatisfied and disappointed in this restaurant's service. If I had the choice on Yelp, I would not give any stars . Due to it being 28 de Julio, we made a reservation and when we arrived it was practically empty. When they gave us our table, NO ONE walked us to our table....Strike 1. Waiting 20min for a server to take our order.... Strike 2. As a matter of fact, we never even had a server, someone in a non uniform ended up taking our order? Which o can only believe it was a manager? Waited over 30min for our pisco sour, and 45 min for a glass of water.... Strike 3. I had to get up .. TWICE... to get my own water. My advice to the owner, if you're going to open a restaurant, please make sure you are staffed adequately to serve your customers. I gave it another chance and I'm not coming back. If I'm going to be left waiting, I would rather wait when a real Peruvian restaurant like Pisco & Nazca opens in Reston, where I know I will enjoy not only my meal, but also the experience. I honestly don't see this venue lasting much longer. #badservice #ismydrinkcoming #sad28dejulio #nomusicacriolla... shameful read more