Excellent cuisine experience. This is really a culinary journey that was not expected. Shem our server truly add up to our experience with his knowledge of everything dish serve at this amazing restaurant read more

The food here is absolutely wonderful! The ambiance and restaurant itself is so lovely and inviting! The owners are incredibly kind and so welcoming! Don't miss out on this place!!! The lomo dish is what we ate and it was soooo good!!! We will be back!!! read more

Four of us ate dinner at VP last night. Everyone felt that their dinners and the appetizers were "excellent" as was the service. Of particular note, was the Peruvian paella dish which was one of the best paellas that I have had in years. I accompanied it with a glass of Vina Eguia Reserva 2018 Rioja, which was light, smooth, and rich in fruit. A solid 4+ star restaurant; we will return. read more

I very much wanted to make this my summer afternoon hideaway spot- it's near my house and I love cocktails and seafood- but after 2 expensive, mediocre experiences I can't justify returning. The positive - the staff are really nice, and their wine prices aren't outrageous. The negative 1) there just shouldn't be a table that close to the bathrooms. No one wants to hear flushing and other noises while they are trying to enjoy their meal. 2) We spent $70 on 2 appetizers and 3 pisco sours. No main course, no dessert. The drinks were well balanced but ctfo- $70 for afternoon happy hour just isn't happening. read more

I'm sad to write this review because I love Peruvian food and would love to love this restaurant. But I hope management reads this and learns from it. I'm also writing this from the perspective of someone who worked in restaurants and catering for years. My first sour experience was about 6 weeks ago when I ordered takeout. I didn't pay attention when I paid the bill but a little while later I had a call from the girl who had helped me. She sounded so upset, she had undercharged me about $25. I felt bad so I agreed to her fixing the charge. I didn't like it because it was her error, but she sounded so upset and I thought she was probably a server and might get in trouble or have to cover the cost. But none the less, no restaurant I worked in would have done that to a customer. It's simply bad taste. This past Sunday I went with my boyfriend's family for Mother's Day. He had made a reservation. His mom is from Peru and has been excited to go there for months. It was quiet, not many customers. Which was actually nice because it's a tight space without the buffet. The only option was the buffet, which was not explained to my boyfriend when he made the reservation. The cost of the buffet and what was included was not advertised anywhere. There were no special printed menus, it was not written on the chalkboard outside or by the hostess stand. It was not mentioned by our server. We were offered mimosas, Bloody Mary's and pisco sours with the brunch. Most of us had 2 drinks each. I found the food fairly difficult to serve. Much of the food was in clay pots with covers that had to be removed and put where? There was no room on the table. So you have your plate in one hand the cover in the other and how are you supposed to put the food on your plate? And there were not even enough serving utensils for each dish. So the spoon from the seafood dish was being used to serve the beef. Not the end of the world but I don't like seafood so I wasn't thrilled. Plus, I noticed much of the waitstaff was hanging around the bar just watching us all struggle with the stupid covers to the pots. I also thought it was set up poorly. You could see there were desserts and treats at the end of the bar. Everyone in my 7 person party missed the empanadas and causa that they had placed in the corner. We only found them there when we had moved onto dessert. Had I known they were available, I certainly would have eaten some with my meal. And again, the waitstaff was all standing around back there, and it was clear nobody else was finding those dishes because they were virtually untouched. Somebody could have pointed us in that direction. I also believe that the woman who had called me to charge me for the take out is a manager or perhaps owner? She was there with her two small children who played at the countertop while the man who appeared to be her husband tossed a football out back. I would not have thought anything of this and would not be writing this review except that the cost of the brunch was absurd. $65 per person for the buffet and one alcoholic beverage. This is more of a fine dining price without the experience. For the amount we paid in the end, we should have gone to Loew's Ventana Canyon and had bottomless alcohol or Vivace for amazing food and experience. It's all the little things that added up to a mediocre experience. Not advertising the cost anywhere that we could see is wrong and made this mediocre experience a bad one. And we should have been told we were to be charged for the second drink. The food was fine. Which is the only reason I'm giving Villa Peru 2 stars. It's the best Peruvian food in town, but that's not saying much because I've had far better in other cities. My boyfriend's Peruvian family was not at all impressed with the food. It's clear to me the management needs assistance in running this business. I'm hoping they use this review to improve their business and customer experience. read more

Wow....$17 for a plate of quinoa & peppers + $35 cork fee = $250 for our dinner. Run away if you are vegan or vegetarian, I'm shocked. Great ambiance but it's so sad they don't cater to anything but meat eaters read more

Wow- five stars! Come here for authentic, delicious Peruvian cuisine. This is absolutely one of the best restaurants in all of Tuscon, Arizona. I highly recommend Villa Peru. This restaurant is perfect for family dinners or date night. I love that this restaurant is family owned and operated. The Hunt family is absolutely amazing. read more

My 2 friends & I went there recently, to try the new restaurant. We parked in the back, not realizing there is a front door. My friends had the roasted chicken dishes, that was prepared from their ovens brought from Peru. The found the chicken very tasty & juicy & enjoyed every bite. I had the seafood with rice , I have to say I'm not a big rice lover, but this dish was so good that I ate every bit of it. The rice was cooked to perfection & the seasoning was so tasty. The seafood, shrimp, mussels ,clams & calamari were all tender . Two of us had pino noir , it was the best I've ever had, smooth & not tannic. My other friend had a white wine which she found was as good as ours, she said very smooth also. We didn't have dessert that day. I'm going back with my hubby the next time , I know he'll enjoy it. I recommend it to anyone who wants to have a nice meal & very friendly service. read more

Looking for a good Peruvian restaurant. Here it is. Family owned and operated. Father/mother cook right in front of you. Daughter served you. Son takes care of kitchen. Very fresh, clean, and family makes you feel like your part of theirs. My girlfriend is Mexican. When I went here and ate , the mother reminded me of her mother. Making sure you eat and making sure the food is the best. Felt like I was at her moms house. They have special oven from Peru to cook the chickens. The ceviche is amazing . So different from Mexican style. It's laid out on a plate and the mahi mahi so fresh. Loved this food and very healthy. On weekends they have live music in the back. If you ever wanted to know what Peruvian food tastes like, here it is. read more

Very cute little restaurant with amazing food. One of the employees, Charles, was incredibly friendly and took the time to chat with us a bit. He even went as far as to have us try an appetizer on the house. The entrees we ordered were perfectly seasoned and cooked. Though it is a bit pricey, you pay for what you get. Definitely will be going back! read more

Great happy hour and delicious food. Love the live music as well!

I lived in Perú for two years and travel back there frequently. This place is authentic! The Papa a la Huancaína, papas rellenas, lomo saltado, pollo a la brasa, and especially the Leche de Tigre ceviche was amazing! The service was great as well. We'll definitely be back--loved it! read more

Came for the ceviche festival. Simply amazing. Fresh and very very good. Best ceviche I've had in town. We had 5-6 different kinds and everything was top notch. I had never been before but have been 3 times in the last few weeks. Highly recommend read more

This place is so delicious! From the pisco sours to the appetizers and meals, everything is absolutely flavorful without being overpowering. It's a hidden restaurant gem everyone in town needs to discover. Their mussel ceviche is a wonderfully light and tangy. My friends and I have been here twice in the last week and have enjoyed everything we have ordered so far. Try it out, you won't be disappointed. read more

Love this family owned restaurant! Wonderful, authentic food, friendly customer service and beautiful decor. My husband and I had a wonderful time and enjoyed our food the couple of times we have visited so far! Highly recommend. read more

This place was fantastic! My husband and I had sampled some Peruvian food at the Tucson meet yourself festival a couple of years back and fell in love with the cuisine. Since then we anxiously await the festival every year to have anticuchos de Corazon and Peruvian ceviche. This place has both and more!!! The meal started with delicious banana or plantain chips with some crispy corn kernels (not popcorn) and a savory and flavorful green sauce. We then had the lomo saltado wonton appetizer and were not disappointed. It came with a side of very fresh and tasty guacamole. I ordered the leche de tigre small ceviche cup and the anticuchos de corazon that came with more of the delicious green sauce and confit potatoes. My husband had the red snapper. It came with calimari rings, shrimp, mussels, clams, baby octopus and a sophisticated and savory sauce. We can't wait to come back and try more of their selections! If you are a fan of Peruvian food, this is the place to go! Great ambiance, good service and a nice selection of pisco sour drinks. We hope to try some of those on our next trip. Great date night spot and great location. read more

Stopped in for lunch on a Sunday and it was delicious. Ceviche was fresh and tasty! Enjoyed the Peruvian cocktails as well. Highly recommend. read more

Was really excited to go here for valentine's day but left completely disappointed. A few days before, they decided to do only a limited menu for the outrageous price of $64 a person. At this point it was too late to get reservations anywhere else. The food was mediocre, portions were tiny, chicken was dry, and it all came out way too fast. We let this slide because we wanted to enioy the night. Then when we received the check we saw that our waiter gave himself a $35 tip, 20%, even though it was written no where that this would be added. $225 bill for 2 pre fix menus and a $40 bottle of wine, this is more than we've ever spent at actual fine dining restaurants with amazing food. Messaged the owner on facebook about it and didnt receive a response so decided we needed to post on here. It's wrong to charge 20% tip without warning the customers, especially for a table of 2. read more

My husband and I had a good time at this restaurant. It's a family owned restaurant. You can totally feel the energy of this place is very heart oriented, from service to food & live music! The experience reminded us Peru. Highly recommended! read more

Service amazing! Food was delicious. There was a little mess up with my fish but server was super attentive and fixed it really fast. Can't wait to go again! Make your reservation before going! read more

This restaurant opened 3 weeks ago and is better than good. The location has had several previous restaurants and is a very nice space. We have had Peruvian food several times and their food is among the best we have experienced. The Pisco cocktails, appetizers and entrees my wife and I had were perfect. The menu needs some explanation but the staff is up to the challenge. The entrees looked like they were in a photo shoot and tasted just as good. The Papa Rellena appetizer was fantastic. We look forward to a return visit to try several other menu items and other cocktails. . The only oversite is that we were given a check without having a chance to hear about Peruvian deserts. read more

Love this place!! Great Peruvian food, great atmosphere. The ceviche is amazing!! Great selection of cocktails and wine. Try their pisco sours! read more

One of my favorite restaurants in town everything I ordered here hasn't disappointed yet. If you're new to Peruvian food the lomo saltado is always a good idea. My fiancé and I went two days in a row lol owners are so sweet and also Peruvian this place is a must read more

Two stars because they tried to make it right, otherwise 1 star for food AND service. We went here on my birthday. I made reservations for 5 at 7pm. I did this intentionally because we are big people & we have a lefty. Basically, I didn't want to be crammed at a small table, and I actually said this to the person who answered the phone and took the reservation. He didn't sound like he knew what I was talking about so I didn't push the issue and just said, five people, for the sake of simplifying the conversation. I also asked about bringing a cake in because it was a birthday dinner and he said that was fine; I asked about a "cake service/cutting fee" which some fancier establishments will charge you for if you're bringing outside food. Again, he didn't know what I was talking about so I left it alone. When we arrived at the restaurant we were seated at a very crowded four top table. I'm just going to fast forward. The food. The only things on the menu we weren't pissed about ordering were the appetizers My sister in laws food comes out and we are all staring at it like what the hell is this, we asked the kitchen staff who brought it out if it was in fact the "crispy whole fish" to which he replied yes as he was walking away. It was a fu***** fillet. Anyone with eyes knew it wasn't what she ordered. My brothers food literally tasted like 4 or 5 different kinds of napkin soup for all intents and purposes. My god mothers lamb was my favorite. Nothing spectacular by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't fu***d up either. My shrimp head soup was awful. Not a flake or granule of salt in the entire dish, in fact they rinsed even the natural saltiness of the shrimp out. They tasted like rubber bands. And I spit one out because it was a bad shrimp. The poached egg in it was executed perfectly but who wants to eat anything without any seasoning of any kind?! Not any of my party. It was a really wild experience. The waiter was useless the entire night. Not knowledgeable or helpful in the selection of our food OR our drinks. Not friendly. Everybody I think was really taken back by the entire experience and nobody wanted to ruin my birthday dinner by making an issue of the poor food and poor service so we all just nibbles around our entrees and got out of there ASAP. Once we left we spoke about the experience and I decided to call about it the next day. I had to wait for a call back from the owner or one of them and by the time she called back my sister in law had gotten very sick (we think because she ate two of the shrimp from my entree) The owner was apologetic and offered to give us $40 back for the fact that my entree had bad shrimp and my sister in laws entree actually was NOT in fact what she ordered because the kitchen was out of what she actually ordered but nobody bothered to inform us of this and give her the option of choosing something else. She also ended up giving a $50 gift card to the restaurant when I went to pick up the refund. Again, very nice gesture. I've gone back since the birthday dinner and ordered drinks and appetizers. Turns out the birthday dinner was not an isolated incident. Mediocre at best. And conceptually speaking a lot of stuff just doesn't make sense. If you are going to go here anyways and enjoy lime and an abundance of salt, the Leche De Tigre was delicious. read more

I was so excited to try this place but now that I did I can check it off and not return. I had the lamb shank which was good but the carrots on the plate were so small it was sad! The quinoa was soupy and though it had good flavor seem like it was too much. My husband had the steak which was so thin it was comical. The rice and beans were mushy and had absolutely no flavor. We could have had a better steak any where else in Tucson. Such a disappointment to eat such a small steak when you don't eat red meat often. The service was great once we were seated. When we walked in and stood there a young man came over and didn't even say hello. Just walked up to us and stood there. We then asked for a seat for dinner. It was rather weird and not very welcoming. The waiter was good and Checked on us. The drinks were good. I really wanted to like this place but I would not return when there are plenty of other small restaurants in Tucson to go for dinner on a Friday night. read more

Fantastic small cozy restaurant in prime location. Great wine selection an a fantastic menu of Peruvian dishes. The descriptions were quite helpful since I'm not too knowledgeable on Peruvian dishes and the pictures clarified it all. The decor is clean and crisp and modern. The bar is tasteful and cozy. The staff is attentive and unobtrusive. The food was spectacular particularly the Tigers Milk Ceviche and the lamb shank served over creamy quinoa. Highly recommend it for a date night or business meeting. read more

I just wanted to thank Frida and the crew at Villa Peru for a wonderful dining experience. We were celebrating a special occasion and Frida helped to make it a wonderful experience for my gf's first visit to Villa Peru. Frida was pulling double duty catering to us and working the bar. Her pisco sour was excellent and her meal recommendations were spot on. I highly recommend the Corazón Anticuchos (veal heart skewers) , Arroz con Mariscos and the Cordero Norteño. At the end of the night, Frida went above and beyond and delivered a birthday message on my gf's favorite dessert plate. That was a very sweet and thoughtful way to help us finish off a delicious meal. read more

I am not sure why they have such great reviews but that's why we decided to meet here for dinner. I made a reservation for 7 PM and asked for a table outside which they confirmed. I arrived a few minutes before seven and I was told that the table was not ready and they had no idea when it would be ready because the people who were sitting there were not leaving. After some confusion they decided that it would be OK for us to eat at a table inside and they would let us know when the table outside became available which never happened. The server that was assigned to us was apparently new but made no attempt to be helpful in any way. He was unable to describe any of the dishes or give us much guidance on what to order. We ordered an appetizer which was tasteless. The presentation was lovely though. We both ordered the rotisserie chicken. It looked divine sitting on the plate but was so loaded with salt it was inedible. When we complained to our less than helpful server he told us he would tell the manager and we never heard much more about that. He did come over and offer us a complimentary dessert which was some type of fried donut that was so "doughy" we could not eat it. I really wanted to like this restaurant so I am very disappointed and the management is non existent. read more

Service was nice and the place is nice. The food is just average. My chicken was dry.

Had the cerviche. Wow. Also the fried calamari with green dipping sauce is dangerously good

Great food and service. I love coming here Friday and Saturday because they have a local harpist providing music! I love it. Yucca Fries are awesome. You can't go wrong with anything you order here read more

This has become one of my favorite places in Tucson. Had dinner and drinks last evening. This was or second trip there in 6 weeks. The food is absolutely fabulous, the service is great and the atmosphere is wonderful. This will be a regular stop in 2019. read more

This is absolutely my favorite restaurant to visit when I am in Tucson. The food is phenomenal, and the service is 5 star! The menu ranges from traditional Peruvian food to more modern takes on Latin classics! The ceviche is to die for and you have never tried better braised lamb shanks! The skewer dishes or "anticuchos" are also mouth-watering delicious....and the seafood and meat are all so fresh. I would highly recommend to all...no matter the food preferences, there is something for everyone! You won't regret it! It's a must-stop when in Tucson. read more

Great food and service from a Peruvian family-owned restaurant. Magda was great and recommended us an excellent "leche de tigre"

I want to give this spot a better review because I like what they are trying to be, but it's not really there yet. The food is what took me there and honestly, the physical menu itself was beautiful but the food was a bit lackluster. The location inside is a long narrow space which is decorated nicely and on trend but the outside area where we sat was not as nice and is right up against the parking lot, so it didn't have the feel of beautiful outdoor experience I always wish for. Not sure It's a spot I'd make the effort to go back to anytime soon as the food just didn't excite me that much, but I wouldn't be opposed to going if it ended up there. read more

Hmm. Lovely setting in a long narrow restaurant. I went for lunch and wanted something light. I ordered the Palta a la Reina, described as avocado stuffed with some cooked veggies and boiled egg. It was priced at $9. To add a bit more protein to the dish, I ordered the add-on of shrimp for an additional $3. What arrived was half an avocado filled with the veggies with one shrimp on top. One average size shrimp. The dish was tasty and light, but $9 for an avocado half and $3 for one shrimp? That seemed laughable. So, on food quality, I would give Villa Peru 4.5 stars. But the value delivered just isn't up to those prices. Hence my 3 stars. read more

Delicious classic Peruvian food.So glad to have this place in Tucson. One of my favorites for a night out

Omg!! Lucky me I found this place. Food was amazing and service was fastantic!! Can't wait to spread the word about this Peruvian gem in Tucson. read more

First time trying this restaurant, we were impressed with the food, drinks, and service.

This place is awesome. The ceviche is incredible! My wife got the lamb and really enjoyed it. Service was great, they were busy but food came out fast still. read more