I often stay at the Holiday Inn where a great Asian restaurant used to grace the 6th floor, but has been closed for several years, so was very glad to see a replacement. I recently had an early dinner, sitting at my usual window table. No liquor license yet, but I was offered a complimentary glass of wine. Nice touch. My appetizer was a Peruvian staple-a Causa (seasoned mashed potatoes) & this came with crab meat. Was very good. A delicious house salad followed, & then I had the Pescado a lo Macho, which was lightly fried red snapper topped with mussels, calamari, & shrimp in a delicious sauce with rice. Portion was very ample, so no room for dessert. Service was very personable and efficient. Prices were fair. I'll be back ! read more

The place was nice and big, the service--mediocre. We were a group of 6. The food was terrible. We waited almost an hour, and they brought the plates one by one. We ordered ceviche, chaufa, ají de gallina, lomo saltado, chicharrón de pescado, and lamb chops. The potatoes were undercooked and cold, papá a la huancaina had no flavor at all. I had to send the Lamb chops back to cook as they came medium rare. They came back almost the same. Aji de gallina had the chicken in chunks. The chicharrón de pescado did not come with any salsa criolla or salsa tártara. The fish was dry. If they came with the excuse that this was fusion with French or Italian food--PLEASE. read more

Taverna Berrocal - Arroz Chaufa - Italian Near Me - Ocala, Florida

Very tough Anticuchos. And the Anticuchos sauce didn't really taste fresh either. These are the ones you'd get in a restaurant in Peru nothing compared to the ones you'd get from street from Peru (iykyk) Almost 20$ for thee tiniest mussels and I was having high expectations for the menu items being priced high. 5$ for rice too. Which I think is crazy. You're not picking grains yourself idk. 4.1 stars, again high expectations. Nothing really felt authentic as opposed to the ambience ? Sure. Strong maybe. If you never been to Peru and worry this place , id say you'd like it. For natives. No Valeria was very nice tho. Service was there. She was by herself basically holding the restaurant. It's not her fault the food was like this but she did deserve her 20% 55$ 3 items read more

While it had its moments, tonight was probably my worst dining experience, ever. But first some background. Our neighborhood has a program called Dine-Around where we have 3-4 neighbor couples who have a meal out together once per quarter. I was the captain for one of the groups this month which means I chose the restaurant. A few months ago, shortly after the opening, my wife and I had a pleasant, if not perfect, evening at Taverna Berrocal in Ocala, and we chose it for our dine-around group, attracted by the Peruvian and Italian content of the menu. Oh dear, I wrote a much more detailed review, but it won't fit in the space allowed by Yelp, so I'll go right to the summary: I must admit, I felt like we were in a screening for an episode of Robert Irvine's Restaurant Impossible. There are issues. But to summarize: * Atmosphere - Do not plan on this being what attracts you here. Seating was mostly comfortable (although the seat that wifey and I used was a curved bunch and just a little awkward). The continued Asian Fusion look could use an update. The large Hispanic Heritage group that was separated, but sharing the dining room, and their guitarist, made speaking difficult. * Beverages - Do not plan on this being what brings you here either. No alcohol aside from less than delicious wine. In fairness, wine is a disproportionately important part of the meal for me. I suggest bringing your own. * Service - The hostess service was poor. She left before making sure we had adequate seating, menu, utensils, and an assigned waiter. Waiter service was terribly slow because our waiter appeared to be the key person handling the Hispanic Heritage crowd. The time from order to eating was enormously long. Overall, dinner took 2.5 hours - a half an hour was our responsibility. The rest wasn't. * Food - The Peruvian dishes that we ordered were great (Ceviche, Causa, and Chaufa). The other items (Rib Eye and Napoleon II), not so much. This along with the timing might suggest a kitchen problem. * Pricing - I did not think the pricing was bad - a $$$ out of $$$$$ level for the meals. And the not too tasty wine was free. Will we be back? I do not think so. Our view is that they have regressed, rather than progressed since our visit right after the opening. Hopefully, they can recognize that they need to change and improve. read more

I went with my family on the grand opening it was amazing the ribeye was cooked perfectly as well as my paella was so flavorful and amazing my best friend got the Napoleon II it was so creamy and delicious, I recommend this place for an amazing dinner experience read more

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I went for a sea food dish, the chef came out and offered this delish!! I got a favorite place for sea food pasta and is this one! I'm coming back for this dish for sure! Thank you for the hospitality and good vibes. Certainly I love to have casual dinners up there! Views are beautiful read more

Taverna Berrocal - Linguine pasta, lobster, shrimp in a cognac-creamy sauce - Italian Near Me - Ocala, Florida

If you're in the Ocala area and looking for amazing food this is the place to be. A Cordon Bleu trained chef preparing delicious meals .... What a treat. Jonathan our server made our evening special by recommending fantastic choices from the large menu. If you're thinking it's an average Holiday Inn restaurant.... You're completely mistaken. It was a culinary experience. Hats off to the Chef and Jonathan. read more

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State of FL health inspection provides a keen insight that this place is not clean, has healthy food issues and unless it remedies up the mess, it is a risk to eat there. https://www.myfloridalicense.com/inspectionDates.asp?SID=&id=9604212 Licensee Name: TAVERNA BERROCAL License Number: SEA5202647 Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 06/01/2026 Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active Location Address: 3600 SW 38 AVE FLR 6 OCALA, FL 34474 Full 09/17/2025 Follow-up Inspection Required Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public Violations: A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below. The department cites violations of Florida's sanitation and safety are based on the standards of U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Code. High Priority violations are those which could contribute d foodborne illness or injury and include items such as cooking, reheating, cooling and hand-washing. Intermediate violations are those which addressed, could lead to risk factors that contribute to foodborne illness or injury. These violations include personnel training, documentation keeping and labeling. Basic violations are those which are considered best practices to implement. While most establishments correct all v timely manner (often during the inspection), the division's procedures are designed to compel compliance with all violations through follow administration action or closure when necessary. Violation Observation 14-74-7 Basic - Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit is repaired. Ambient air temperature 60F. Manager adjusted temperature, cooler reached 40F. **Corrective Action Taken** **W 06-09-1 Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time o longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. At the cook line and walk-in cooler, raw red snapper thawed (34 inside vacuum sealed bag, manager removed all from bags. **Corrected On-Site** 31B-04-4 Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Handwash sink at the triple sink room. 16-46-4 Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. In use containers with old labels, also with old labels residue. 02D-01-5 Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. At the server station, cont white substance not labeled, manager labeled sugar. **Corrected On-Site** 03D-02-5 High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees within 6 hours. At the back of the cook line, rice 56F and 58F, per manager rice cooked 09/16/25, observed condensation on p 01B-36-5 High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees within two hours and from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. At the back of the rice 56F and 58F, per manager rice cooked 09/16/25. 01B-07-4 High Priority - Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. At the server station, lemon with mold like substance 01D-01-5 High Priority - Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully c discarded. For red snapper, Manager called and received the parasite destruction letter. **Corrected On-Site** 08A-17-6 High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Chest freezer at the end of the cook line, raw lobster above ice cream a fries bag, manager moved all **Corrected On-Site** 02C-01-5 High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/pre the cook line and walk-in cooler, multiple ready to eat food: pepper sauce date marked 8/11/25, quinoa date marked 9/08/25. 12A-09-4 High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Male employee wor fish and then with cooked rice and cleaned equipment, inspector stopped him, employee washed his hands. **Corrective Actio 01B-02-5 High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Reach-in cooler at the b cook line, all overnight product: raw shrimp 48F, raw scallops 51F, mussels 53F, calamari 52F, cut tomatoes 48F, raw beef 49F server area, cheese stored overnight above cooling line at 48F. **Warning** 03A-02-5 High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach-in cooler at the cook line, all overnight product: raw shrimp 48F, raw scallops 51F I MEAN EVEN THE PHONE NUMBER IS WRONG! DIAL IT and see Phone number (352) 421-9311 read more

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My husband and I tried this place at the recommendation of my client. We started with the Chica Morada for drinks-which is a non-alcoholic beverage made from purple corn apparently and some fruit at the bottom. It was very refreshing and reminiscent of a sangria sans alcohol. For appetizers we ordered the Octopus and the Causa-both were stellar, but the octopus was the standout for sure! All the dipping sauces were a nice touch, too. And lastly for entrees we both ordered the Seafood Saltado, which was very flavorful and tasted kind of Asian-inspired. It was pretty quiet the whole time we were there, which was surprising for such a wonderful restaurant. Server was attentive and helpful navigating the menu. My husband and I will definitely return! read more

Good service. Price to high i send some friends and that was the complain. Price to high!!

This is the second time we have been there. Food the first time was fair and the second time was better but we were in a large group. 3 of the people out of 15 did not like their food at all, everyone else did. Jonathan was very nice and personable but the food took way too long to come out and everyone was starved and getting hangry. The restaurant wasn't very busy so the speed must improve. read more

So, our party of 11 decided to accept the email offer to dine on Tuesday 7/15/25 during their "soft opening" period. I made the reservation by phone with Jonathan and we arrived on time to a large, nice private room near the rear of the new location @ The Holiday Inn. We were greeted at the podium by Jonathan (there are 2) and by waiter Jose after about 5 minutes. We ordered drinks which took some time to arrive and had questions about the menu which weren't all answered. Had some apps and drinks and ordered dinner. Well, dinner came out in spurts with one dish (a salad) arriving after everyone else was over half thru with their meal. The check took quite some time to arrive after we requested it. Unfortunately, Jose brought out one check for the enter table which then had to be separated into 6 checks. That was an ordeal as Jose couldn't quite remember who ordered what. He did the same when our meals arrived. So, 20 minutes later we paid and departed. The food was very good but the service is definitely in " soft opening" mode and needs to improve. We will return in one month and try it again. If acceptable, we'll return, if not, we'll go elsewhere. Thanks read more

I had heard great things about this new restaurant and have been meaning to try it for a while. It's a cute, tastefully decorated restaurant at the end of a small strip mall. We were seated efficiently and the staff was very attentive. I was so impressed with the level of personal service provided at this restaurant. When I asked the waitress what she recommends, the chef himself actually came out to talk to us and give us his recommendations. That was so nice of him! We ended up ordering the fish ceviche ($22 MP), tallarin verde churrasco, and the lomo saltado. OMG. The fish ceviche was the best thing my husband and I had eaten in a very long time, best ceviche ever. We got the spicy version and the flavor was so fresh and exciting. We each could have eaten a bowl by ourselves. The 2 entrees were both excellent, the meats were cooked perfectly. We also got a glass of red wine and a Peruvian beer, which both went very well with our food. We came back on consecutive weeks afterwards and had the following Chicha morada: tastes like a less sweet cranberry juice Emoliente: somewhat sweet drink, a little viscous in texture Pilsen and Cusquena - both were good, slight preference for Cusquena Pulpo al olivo - best octopus dish I've ever had. Even my husband who doesn't normally like octopus loved this dish. The octopus was just the perfect combo of crispy and still chewy. I loved the olive based sauce, it went wonderfully with it Rigatoni with smoked salmon special - husband liked it a lot, thought the pasta was cooked perfectly Salmon maracuya tiradito: good, reminded a lot of japanese sashimi appetizers Coquilles Saint Jacques: good flavors, beautiful presentation Really a culinary gem in Ocala, you have to check it out!! read more

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Prices on bill higher than on menu. Service was basically non existent as we were served drinks and the waitress didn't check up on us or refill glasses for 45 minutes (which is how long it took to get our food) with only 6 other people in the restaurant. The owner can't take criticism and lashes out with threats. Avoid at all costs. read more

We had our Team Christmas dinner here and it was an amazing experience! First, when I called for a reservation, they were accommodating and immediately told me they had space for us. The table was ready on time and we were greeted by our server as soon as we sat down. Several of us had the Chicha Morada which was sweet and delicious. We had the Grilled Octopus Anticuchero which was perfectly cooked and the Causa limeña for appetizers. Our dishes were varied and each person raved about how tasty they were. I had the Lolo Saltado and the filet was melt in your mouth tender. Nice, crispy fries. Very flavorful. This is a smaller, more intimate restaurant so I would highly recommend reservations. read more

Delicious food!!!!! Great service. Highly recommend coming to visit here. Parking is good, prices are reasonable. Easy location to find. Everything we tried here was delicious. read more

By far the best restaurants we've been to in Ocala! Our hosts were attentive, communicative, and offered wonderful suggestions. We had the arroz chaufa, grilled octopus, and ceviche, all of which exceeded our expectations. We can't wait to come back with our friends and family. read more

Tonight my friend and I ate at Taverna Berrocal for the first time. What a wonderful little restaurant. Food and service were both wonderful. It started out with a dish of something like very elegant and delicious corn nut type things on the table. Then they brought out a couple pieces of simple crostini. We split a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc. I had the Pescado a lo Macho, it was a mixture of seafood and all of it was cooked perfectly. The sauce of the dish was perfectly AMAZING. It was served with rice. Very good flavor and I enjoyed every bite. My friend had Aji de Gallina, a chicken dish that had a different but equally delicious sauce. She too ate every bite....and she never eats her whole meal. Such a cozy, quaint little place. I don't know why but for some reason all of the parking in front was full. This gave the illusion the restaurant was packed. It was not. If I had not made a reservation previously I would have driven right by. Please find a spot to park and go on in. I would highly recommend you give it a try. read more

One of my favorite restaurants in Ocala. Authentic Peruvian cuisine and I've never had a bad dish at this restaurant. The service is exceptional. Highly recommend if you're in the area. Chef/owner is very hospitable. read more

Decided to try this place. I've had Peruvian food before but was disappointed by not only the food but the prices and portions. I tried the seafood dish and was delighted with the lack of freshness of the squid and the mussels as well as the small overcooked amount of fish. Also ordered the fish and chips as an appetizer. Dismal amount of fish and fries. More on presentation not in quantity and quality. Plus, never paid $23 for fish and chips in my lifetime. Some folks might be willing to spend their money this way but I'm not one of them. Interesting but crossed off as place I wanted to try. Sorry. read more

A quaint Ocala, Florida, and US gem! The food is so amazing along with the chef, kitchen staff, and front house staff! It's worldly and yet right here in Ocala. We want to go there more! If you love amazing food, you'll love it here! read more

Poor service and mediocre food for the price point. Highly disappointed in the professionalism of the restaurant and the overall experience.

We are new to the area and were ecstatic to find an authentic Peruvian restaurant. Very welcoming, pleasant, and clean atmosphere. Started off with a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon. Followed by cancha and a delicious garlic bread. We of course ordered the Ceviche. It was very refreshing with a great kick of rocoto. For our dinner we had the Lomo Saltado & Tallarine Verde and Churrasco both great options. We finished off with a tasty and moist tiramisu. We will definitely be returning to try other dishes. read more

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We went to a wine dinner pairing here and it was outstanding. I can't wait to go back and dine off their "regular" menu. We should be so proud to have such and authentic restaurant in our town! read more

Hmm. I really don't like giving a fair review for small business owners. The good. Ambience was good. Brandon our waiter was outstanding. I want to give 5 stars because he was so good. The food.. presentation outstanding! it was bland. I ordered the Churrasco. It's pretty hard to screw up a Churrasco. It wasn't good. My wife's dish with mahi was not bad but not great. To me the chef was having a bad day. The presentation was beautiful. Service great and ambience great. I really wanted to love this place but it just didn't happen. read more

Taverna Berrocal - Italian Near Me - Ocala, Florida

Sad to say all good things come to an end . This place started off amazing I even spoke to Guy Fieri to come and have a taste, well good thing he did not listen to me . After hooking customers with great dishes all went down hill fast. Good quality down to rock bottom, rude servers, two hour wait from when they take your order. Chef/owner trying to run the kitchen all by himself. Place has new waitress every other week. Move on people the goodness is gone along with knowing how to treat customers Too bad read more

What a great place. Being that they are new you can tell they really appreciate customers coming in. They had three customers already seated, when we walked in. The place is nice and small and gives you a warm family feeling. The food was great and unique to any other place in town. My wife has some odd allergies to certain preservatives and because all of their food is made from scratch she had no issues or reactions eating everything they brought. This place is so good I honestly hate giving them a review as I don't want anyone to know this gem exists. However I believe places like this should be rewarded for the quality food, environment, and service they provide, as now a days they are becoming more and more rare. read more

The best Peruvian food I have ever had. It's where Sabores used to be and with similar cuisine but fancier, and a bit pricier but everything is amazing!. Their Lomo Saltado is, without a doubt, one of the best dishes that's ever been served in Ocala. It's made with Filet Mignon!Everything was outstanding like their Chicha Morada :) The staff is super friendly too read more

La primera ve que estuvimos la atención fue excelente. Nos sirvieron canchita, la chicha morada estubo muy elegante servida con frutilla, y la comida sabrosa . La segunda vez . La chicha ya no tenía frutilla y tuve que pedir la canchita . La comida ok y la tercera vez . No soy peruana pero estuve casada con un peruano por mucho tiempo , pedí un lomito saltado la presentación fue malísima . Las papas fritas se podían contar y las pusieron a un lado y la carne estaba muy simple sin sabor . Quede triste lastimosamente será mi última vez que me presente . read more