ARMÓNICA — Restaurant in Lima Metropolitan Area

Upon arriving at Armónica yesterday we were delighted by the greenery with the many plants decorating the cafe, we were also very excited with so many menu options and exciting dishes available, we planned to consume a main with drinks followed by dessert and a sneaky take away croissant each for later, unfortunately upon receiving my smoothie (favorita) It was disappointing that the smoothie did not have much flavour and was very watery with a lot of ice mixed through, it could be likened to a frappe more than a smoothie.

I asked the waitress about this and she basically just explained the ingredients are pre portioned and that is just how they make them, and walked away with little interest of rectifying the unsatisfactory smoothie. I then asked for a drink menu and after seeing that nowhere in the ingredients section was ice listed, I asked a senior waitress to come and told her the issue, she offered to add more milk to the smoothie but this was not going to be an adequate fix to the watery, unflavoured smoothie so I told her I did not want it.

My partner ordered an extract drink which she found quite delightful ☺️

My partner and I both ordered burgers, I ordered the quinoa burger with sweet potato chips and my partner ordered the armónica sandwich, both were not as good as what was expected as this place has a very strong marketing presence on instagram so we had some pretty high expectations also with consideration to armónica being more expensive than neighbouring cafes.

The burgers were quite a bit smaller then expected. As for the quinoa burger, there was missing ingredients, they didn’t put tomato in the burger which is a listed ingredient. Admittedly the flavour was quite nice and the quinoa is a nice touch, you can see I have added a photo from their instagram for reference to the “expectation v reality”

The sweet potato chips are also quite enjoyable, a good size and nice flavour.

This place has a lovely atmosphere, a lot of options available also which are both plus’s.

Just be aware the food will not resemble what is seen on instagram (this may be a little obvious but of a place like this you would expect it to be a little...

Pandemic visit in Oct 2020. The place had all the proper protocols to get in. Very cool place in Miraflores. All servers had face masks and visors. Everyone was wearing a mask inside. You can download the menu from a QR code on the table. Menu has many options. Make sure you download the pdf from the website since its kinda blurry on it. Service was good, fast and attentive (respectfully). Food presentation was great and tasted great. Funny they did not have a gluten free beer option even though the server asked if I had any allergies or if I was celiac. Very laid back ambiance and great music. Definately a spot to hit...

Very well presented dining venue for breakfast, or late night drinks and snacks. The breakfast menu saw me ordering eggs Benedict with salmon, quite tasty but not a great deal of food there. My wife ordered the house fried eggs on toast and wasn't satisfied with the flavours, quite bland. The coffee was one of the best I've had whilst in Peru, delicious flavour of the roasted beans and the milk froth was silky and pleasant on the palate. Staff were quite professional and friendly, getting our toddler a high chair and being quite lovely during our ordering. Would've preferred a generous servicing and some flavours...