Vista Peru Reviews Summary

Category: Peruvian restaurant

Address: 20 S 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA

Phone: +12153985046

Rating: 4.4
based on 186 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "However, the chicha morada, lomo saltado, ceviche and pollo a la brasa were amazing!"
  • "The ceviche was tasty and neither overdone nor undercooked."
  • "Good food, their sauce is house made and verde sauce is the best."
  • "The food is great, and the staff is nice."
  • "The food was excellent we had quit a few item's from the menu and all was great."
  • "The steak was extremely tender and juicy and the rice was so flavorful."
  • "The food was amazing, quality food at a reasonable price."

Cons:

  • "Their ceviche tasted frozen not FRESH…… The causa wasn’t tasty."
  • "The causa is flavorless in the potato and the huancaina sauce and roccoto sauce seems too starchy."
  • "The food was not as 'peru' as I am used to."
  • "The portions of the food was ridiculously small. Rotisserie chicken was dry and hard."
  • "The food is mediocre. This is my fourth time trying in the span of 3 years but quality has not changed much."
  • "The food really lacked flavor I was really hoping it was still good as I came revisited this place a few times before."
  • "The food is bland, watered down, and nowhere close to being authentic."

Service

Pros:

  • "Wait staff was on point and very nice with fast service."
  • "Can't wait to go back to Philly to visit more museums and certainly stop by Vista Peru while I'm there."
  • "Andrés our waiter was both friendly and attentive and would be happy to have him again."
  • "Server was friendly and attentive."
  • "Despite this inconvenience the service was really good."
  • "The service was excellent!"
  • "Our waitress was delightful and provided great recommendations."

Cons:

  • "I think the menu is confusing to the staff as well as the customer."
  • "The other issue that made me take off some stars was how long everything took."
  • "Nice place but needs more professional attention."
  • "The server was clueless."
  • "The service is incredibly slow because they're terribly understaffed."
  • "The place is nice, looks clean. but I will not come back. Service was slow."
  • "The wait staff was ok. They are more interested in talking amongst themselves than their customers."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "I will definitely be back to Vista Peru to eat from their full menu and enjoy the great atmosphere."
  • "The place looked great and food was yummy!"
  • "Very nice ambiance modern and hip."
  • "You can't go wrong with this place!"
  • "This space is better for a friends night out or a date."
  • "It’s a warm and welcoming place."
  • "The setting was low key chic."

Cons:

  • "The place is to tight you can’t even walk pushing other people!"
  • "The place is a tight small place but the bar looks good."
  • "It sucks theres no parking but thats all of philly."
  • "Small, hallway looking spot, but somehow elegant."
  • "Small cozy place with an intimate atmosphere for a first date."
  • "We were waiting almost 15 minutes to enter, nobody is at the door indicating if they have tables or not."
  • "Only complaint? Not enough space to feel comfortable at a high top for two, but we and the staff worked it out haha."

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