bodega Lima — Restaurant in Hamburg

We were really looking forward to experience a delicious Peruvian cuisine in Hamburg. As Peruvian food lovers, we have been trying Peruvian restaurants around the globe, especially a lot of places throughout Latin American countries.

When we arrived at Bodega Lima, we were told that the portion size is small, so it's recommended by a staff to take 2 dishes per person. For €25+ per dish, it's too expensive for what it is if the flavour is not quite there. The food is ok but not amazing. The ambience is extremely busy and loud, more from staff communicating with each other than customers making noises.

My order was served wrong, lomo saltado without noodle. A staff said it was miscommunication without trying to give any apology. Instead, she gave me a small bowl of rice.

When we paid, we were astonished about the price. To our surprise, 10% extra was added into the bill without any explanation for what it is or asking for consent. So we assumed that it's a hidden mandatory service charge like in Central/ South America. Anyway, we paid with a single €100 banknote. She calculated the cash back in her head without using a calculator. It turned out she calculated wrong, and we didn't check well in the restaurant. We realized later when we were far away from the place that we received less amount of cash back from a staff that we should have got but could't care more to go back to the place.

All in all, we had a terrible experience at the restaurant. Though, 1 star is for Inka cola, which isn't available everywhere, even in Latin America countries...

Let’s start with food! The food got ready very very fast! Which was awesome. The taste was great; we ordered 4 dishes for 2 people as the waitress suggested and the quantity was right. Taste, texture and plating were great, the reason I remove 1 star from food part is the price and drinks! We both ordered Pisco sour which is my favourite drinks. I have so much better than what I had tonight! Actually their Pisco sour was one the worst I had. Tasted very sweet than typical and artificial. No taste of fresh lime and as you can see in the picture it was served all in foam! I asked if I could skip the Sirup as I am in sugar free week and they refused!!

The other star from food is taken out because of Price performance ration was right. We had only 1 drinks and with what we ate we ended up paying a bit more than 60 euros. Portions are small for the price I’d say so one needs to order more than 1 food which is already priced from 20-26 euros!

The service was not very good, our reservation was as at 19:30 and I expect to be allowed to sit till 21:30. While around 21:00 they came to remove dishes. Most of their presence was around closing time for taking off the plates and payment. I needed a piece of lime which I had to wait for some time to grab a personale.

It’s a very loud restaurant and since the ventilation was not working, it was very smelly...

Wow…. We popped in for a Pisco Sour & shared a Cerviche Mixto Verde ❤️❤️ so excited, we cancelled our other rest for the next night & returned. We were truly not disappointed. For us as Australians living in Germany for 5 years, this is the absolutely best food we have eaten in Germany. The flavour profiles, produce, heart of this delicious Peruvian food is clear.

We ate the vibrant Cerviche again, the Polpo was earthy goodness, Pork Belly absolutely is s must, cooked for 48 hrs 🙏 & the lomo Saltado was just the perfect finish. Alec crafted a delicious but now sweet Macchu Piccu dessert. The lovely owner Monica started this business from her home kitchen cooking 45 covers x 2 times per night. 3 years since opening Bodega Lima & now has the lovely & talented Alec cheffing, & a special thank you to gorgeous Aniko 💓for your great wait service & enthusiastic welcome. Thank you all … We are planning our trip back to Hamburg now for 2026 & will be back to Bodega Lima. Thank you for what you give to the food scene in Hamburg. 🙏 Pisco Sours are also authentically excellent. Cannot even imagine why this amazingly good restaurant is not on a...