Las Americas

I went to this place many times my favorite food is the ceviche, lomo saltado and a combinado (to try a little bit of everything). The place doesn’t look like a palace but the food was delicious. Good alternative for a homemade Peruvian food!

This restaurant is the epitome of down to earth, home cooked Peruvian cuisine. I went there for lunch with my girlfriend and sat down to a quaint setting and a cold Peruvian beer.
I started with the Papa Rellena which was crafted to perfection and paired simply yet deliciously with a side of lime doused slivered onion and cilantro that accompanied every bite.
For my main course I had the Lomo Saltado, and was equally pleased with the strips of sirloin steak and wedges of fries in celebration with onions and tomatoes.
Overall, I don’t believe you can get this kind of authentic peruvian cuisine anywhere else on the peninsula for the price.

This was the first time I tried Peruvian Cuisine. Decided to go ahead with Picante De Marisco. It is primarily chicken stew with mild spicy cheesy sauce. Served along with rice.
Overall a bit bland for my taste, but the sauce had a distinctive taste.
The place is like a hole in the wall. It shares half of the space with a liquor store. Was pretty much deserted when I visited.

Definitely a hole in the wall sort of place. It’s extremely inexpensive, and serves pretty authentic fare.
For the price of their meals, this restaurant knows what they’re doing, and who their customers are.
The portion sizes aren’t small at all!
Give this place a try. I think this place is owned by a family. Sure, this restaurant is a little haphazard, but that adds to the whole fun of being in a «hole in the wall» place :)

Gave the empanada a try at this spot and I was very disappointed. $ 10 for two pieces and it was nothing special. Barely any meat inside.

Came in this morning, nice enough. No hot coffee but had empanadas so I had ordered one. $ 5. Was it worth it, not really but it was microwave oven hot for me.

Food tasted OK but their so called prawn is actually little shrimp (and not fresh either) and is way overpriced for the portion. One funny thing is a lady at the next table actually didn’t like her plate. I heard she talk to the boss, saying «I don’t like it. It tastes so flat.» They took her plate away and she didn’t eat anything after that.

Our second time in 2 weeks; must be something good about the place :)
Seriously speaking, the food here is solid and über tasty. The fam and I know a little bit about Peruvian food: ceviche, chaufa, saltado, etc.
Saw this place when we tried out the other (larger venue) Peruvian restaurant down the street (the one with the bar and awesome reviews on their chicken). We weren’t impressed with that other place — left feeling jilted out of $ 125 for a dinner for three :(
So we walked a few doors down to try to shake our blues, and see what else was in the neighborhood. That’s when we saw the cook hot and heavy at the wok and tossing fried rice around like a pro in Hong Kong — we watched in awe as the finished dish was plated and we said, we have to try this place (Las Americas)…
2 weeks ago, when it was way too hot to cook anything, we drove to San Mateo and thought, why not?
Ordered the ceviche mixto, leche de Tigre, chaufa de carne, and lomo saltado ala pobre. All were amazing — we were sweating like crazy with the heat and the spice in the ceviche (since we always order it extra spicy), but every single bite was crazy good. Way too good for a tiny little hole in the wall. We had the leche asada for dessert, which helped balance the heat, and cold maracuya juice for the thirst. Cash only, but well worth the drive and the divey digs.
Tonight, we had the leche de Tigre, chaufa de carne & mariscos, seco de pollo, calamari frito, platano frito, and picarones for dessert (my fave, so soft, and crunchy) none disappointed — another win for this little Peruvian place.
Do not let the humble appearance fool you — Try the ceviche and the picarones, up to par and maybe even rivals ones in higher places — in separate bites of course

I was walking by on the street when a delicious
Flan with a perfectly lightly burnt surface started at me from the window. It was amazing. Come here for the flan.

I would give this place 3 stars only because I’ve tasted better dishes elsewhere. Food service and prep was quick and excellent. I would come back if I was REALLY craving for Peruvian food and was in the area, but with more Peruvian restaurants opening around the peninsula, there are more choices to pick from. (Details below)
I went with my father (who is full Peruvian) to try out this place, as he wanted to have some Peruvian food for lunch.
The place is small, the lot is being shared with another separate store which is divided by a partition wall, but still retains its own atmosphere. There was little staff to begin with but they were excellent with service and fast with food preparation (although when they did serve water, it was not cold. Not a real bother for me, but for others I’m sure this could be an issue)
The food that we ordered was ceviche, lomo saltado, and arroz chaufa con carne, all of which are very traditional Peruvian dishes. Starting with the ceviche, this dish was overall pretty good. The juice of the ceviche (known as leche de tigre) tastes pretty much like the real deal. The very citrus, salty taste entices your taste buds and the acid of the citrus cooks the raw fish which was pretty good. The lomo saltado is another traditional Peruvian dish which contains meat, fries, tomatoes, cilantro, a special sweet sauce, and served with rice. The taste of this dish is good but I’ve tasted better ones before. The only issue I have about this dish is the meat. Lomo in Peru means that the meat is more tender and soft than that of traditional meat. The meat served in this restaurant was tougher than traditional but overall was good. The arroz chaufa con carne, which is essentially fried rice with beef, is ok. There was nothing real special about it and kind of lacked in flavor.
Overall, this restaurant is a good place to go to. Prices are not that bad and for your everyday non-​Peruvian person, this place would be a good place to eat. If you’re looking for a more authentic place to eat, I suggest you try somewhere else.

The worst food i hv ever had i ask for a chicken plate the brought a boiled chicken woth cilatro suace disgusting food no taste nothin will never go there again i told them about the food and they did not even compt the food never go there again no

Overall I give this restaurant 3 stars. The price is just a bit high. Usually you expect a cash-​only place to be slightly cheaper, but our meal came out to be about $ 15 a person.
My friend and i order the seafood paella and the cilantro chicken stew. The portions I’ll consider small, but the paella was actually pretty good, and the chicken was not bad.

First things first: yes, this place is a total dive. Yes, this is partitioned off of a liquor/​international phone card store, and yes, there are a total of like two people working here.
Now onto the food. The menu is full of beef, chicken, pork, fish and seafood dishes. They had all the seafood and beef dishes but only a handful of the chicken and others which I thought was odd, but whatever. It’s a lot of the same sauces, just rotate your meat. Also, on the weekends they have Cau Cau which is beef tripe in a yellow cream sauce, which looks amazing and I’ll have to try that next time.
The brought corn nuts (what I call them) with a spicy green sauce. It was a little more salty and less creamy than I’ve had at other Peruvian restaurants, but still good. When the waitress saw that I finished it quickly she kept on refilling it from a squeeze bottle, lol.
Most of the dishes were $ 12.99-$ 14.50. A couple of the seafood ones were $ 17.50. I ordered the Picante de Marisco, which was a seafood mix in a spicy creamy tomato sauce. Although the texture was creamy, it was redder than I expected (the menu pictures, and some of the ones on here, made it look orange, which means they probably didn’t put as much cream in mine.) But, it had a pleasant kick and all was stuffed full of calamari! It also had a piece of fish and a couple jumbo shrimp. It went well with the rice and green sauce.
So, the food was delicious and I must go back to try the Cau Cau. A better question is, was it worth it? The answer is a bit more muddy. Was my dish worth $ 14.50? Since it was delicious and stuffed with seafood, I say yes. But would a dish with a similar amount of chicken be worth $ 12.99? Maybe. Is it standard to pay $ 12.99-$ 14.50+tax/tip at a divey restaurant, at lunch time no less? Probably not.
Expect the prices, and you’ll probably fine. Service was attentive and friendly, although there was only one other table at the restaurant.

When I first walked in, the place was literally empty, so I thought to myself that the food might not be that good. Surprisingly, it is not bad at all! I ordered the seafood paella. When the food came, I couldn’t help myself saying «it is beautiful !» Decent amount of seafood, not too salty and it is not greasy at all as if I was eating home made food. Their spicy sauce is also a must-​try! If you love spicy, that will defiantly satisfy you ! The food leans towards pricey side though. Nevertheless, I will go gain to try their other dishes.

My first time here, but we’ll come back next time we’re in the area.
I got the Pescado (steamed white fish) in tomato sauce. My wife got the Pollo Cilantro (chicken). We shared and we both loved our dishes. Both the fish and chicken were tender and tasty.
Service was fine. Dishes probably a bit pricey, but not too. It was our first time trying Peruvian dishes so I’m up for trying more next time we’re in town.

I was here fordinner, and was little confused because the restaurant is on the side of a liquor, but finally I ask to the lady if was there the peruvian restaurant, she say yes, and then I ask for a high chair, and she was friendly, when she gave it to me.
Me and my husband ordered the beef a lo pobre, was super delicious, and my mom get the seco de pollo, O was the only one that ordered a chicha morada, for me was a little taste of lemon on it, but was ok.
The service is good and the lady (I think she and the chef are the owners) was super pacient taking our orders and recomending food for my mom, the only reason im giving 4 and not 5 stars is because they dont take credit and debit card, because we usually dont carry cash with us, but we resolve the problem :)
For sure we are comming back!
Ohh! And I dont think that is pricey, I think its good ;)

I am Peruvian and on a search for a decent Peruvian restaurant. This place was just scary. The owner was rude and did not even use a register. He pocketed the money and seemed to make up prices.
Over priced crap.
I order an empanada. I am a big fan of them and have had many types. This place was just disgusting. I took one bite. The empanada was stale and rancid. I had to spit it out and rinse my mouth and could not get the taste out. Worst of all was that cost me $ 5.
I had also ordered picarones. They coat $ 7 for 4 and were bland. I ate these before they empanada or I would probably have just thrown them from how disgusted I was from the empanada.

I had the fried fish which was cooked perfectly. It was tender and flaky and delicious! Really nice little place!

I don’t know. I’m really torn about this place. The food itself is 3 or 3.5, not bad. The service was friendly enough.
The only thing is that the food is OVERPRICED as most everyone here has said.
$ 12.99 for lomo saltado and also for a chicken stew dish. Prices don’t sound too unreasonable at a nice restaurant right? Except this place wasn’t that nice. It’s split with a makeshift wall next to a liquor store and the place is dim (not in a romantic way, but a cheap lighting kinda way), and just the décor and everything looks like it needs to be updated. I just remember worn down yellow/​brown hues. Not sexy. I wouldn’t bring a first date here for sure.
Back to the food. I was expecting it to be cheap because of how it looked — like a dingy hole in the wall. If anything $ 13 for TWO dishes would have made more sense to me. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against dingy hole in the walls as long as the food is still good and the prices are dirt cheap.
$ 12.99 for the chicken stew consisted of: a big scoop of rice, 2 pieces of potato, 2 pieces of carrot and 2 chicken drumsticks. THAT’S IT. It was super tender, full off the bone, and super flavorful but it definitely didn’t match up to its price tag.
$ 12.99 for the lomo saltado consisted of: a big scoop of rice, some onions, some tomatoes, a big handful of fries, and a decent piece of cut-​up steak. Again here, everything cooked decent — and I liked how the fries were kind of in between a fried/​baked consistency — and it went well and held up with the sauce. All good in the hood but didn’t match up to the price.
Sorry, I won’t return ever again and I wouldn’t really recommend this place to anyone unless you’re ordering something from the front.
Actually, maybe not even that. They said ‘cash only’ to a person trying to buy an empanada where my BF was LITERALLY paying with his credit card for our meal. weird??? If anything, you can at least say «minimum $ 25» or something. That just struck me as odd.
DAMN I’m like getting more mad by the second. I could have gotten 4 bombass burritos instead.

For food not made to order, definitely on the pricey side.
I came here for an improvised and casual lunch with some friends. I got the chance to try the arroz con mariscos (seafood rice), cilantro chicken & rice, the beef heart antichuchos, the ceviche, and the pescado a lo macho (fish with a slightly spicy tomato seafood sauce).
I have tried all of these dishes before, and have had better versions. Food was prepared so some dishes were on the cold side and the rice dishes were a bit mushy. In some cases, this is an acceptable sacrifice, for convenience, but unfortunately the prices of the dishes were more appropriate for something prepared fresh.
The desserts and pastries looked amazing, so I would give those a shot.

Was lured into the restaurant by the alfajores cookies on display. I am glad I made the stop. The cookies were soft and crumbly and the dulce de leche sauce was delicious.
I hope I could return for some Peruvian food soon.