Chifa Wa Lok — Restaurant in Lima Metropolitan Area

Waited maybe 5 minutes to be seated. It's very busy so the staff are always working. Have patience and be kind, do not come here if you want fast food. Sit down and enjoy it. The staff was all nice to us (3 foreigners). They have wifi and answered all my questions about the menu.

I ended up getting the chifu rice with beansprouts and mushrooms, they made sure it was without onions. The portions are massive. My fried rice was a mountain. I generally eat big portions, but even for me it was enough for 3 meals (1 there and 2 at home). They packed what I couldn't finish in a sturdy take-away box in a bag and provided a plastic fork also. So that was nice because it didn't spill in my backpack.

I think we spent maybe an hour here. Once we ordered, the food came out pretty fast. But it did take a while to have our orders taken and then to get our bill at the end, but we also didn't ask for the bill when we finished because we were enjoying conversation.

I think 40 soles for food that lasted 3 meals is...

It took over 20 minutes to get attention even though there weren’t more than 3 other tables. We could barely get the attention of Nicole, our waitress (I think her name was Nicole, another employee called her that when they had to tell her one of her 3 other tables was trying to get her attention). She is one of the rudest waitresses I’ve ever had. She rolled our eyes at us and we had to frantically wave her down for anything. We asked for agua sin gas and got agua con gas. We ordered beef stir fry and a chaufa. The stir fry was nothing special, pretty bland. The chaufa is the reason this place has 2 starts and not 1. It was tasty, but nothing to overrule the otherwise bland food, slow service, and rude waitress. We were there over 2 hours for two dishes. We had some decent chifa in arequipa. We are trying more Chifa in Lima, but if this is some of Lima’s best, I am seriously...

🔥 ¡qué rico! 🤤

We got the crispy egg noodles with seafood gravy (aka tallarin frito) & half a peking duck. The duck was tepid and not crispy but the flavor was so on point that we were happy with it. Noodles were crispy, umami, and loaded with garlic. Jasmine tea to wash all the grease down. Coming from very discerning Shanghainese taste buds…this food hit the spot!!!

Service, well, the servers might as well have been Chinese. Lol. You just have to be patient and proactive about flagging them down. The lady shot daggers through my soul with her eyes when I went to grab a togo box 🤷🏻‍♀️ They charge 1 sol for them FYI. Bathrooms are upstairs only where all the larger dining tables are at.

We grabbed a lucuma roll cake on the way out and enjoyed it at the park. Tasted like my childhood. Would recommend this chifa to anyone with a hankering for the Chinese food we all...