TLDR: Great food and atmosphere. Be aware if you're a tourist because they'll do anything to make the check larger.

Great food and atmosphere. We were impressed by how fresh the ingredients were and how much effort they put to keep this place sanitary.

The only reason why I gave it a 2-star is because our server was really pushy with his recommendations and his sole focus was to make us pay more money. This pretty much ruined all the good vibes my wife and I had when we first walked into this restaurant. Here are some things/tricks he pulled on us:

1. We asked to order some shrimps. He asked us "large shrimps ok?" and we said yes. We were given lobsters instead. He also tried to add-on 4 scallops to our order, saying they were really fresh (we ended up getting 2 of those).
2. He said they had really fresh special fish, which was about 2 pounds in total. I asked him what kind of fish it was and whether it was 2 pounds with bones or not. He started mumbling and pretended like he didn't understand us. This was after we ordered a decent amount of food already, so I asked him again saying that feels like too much food for 2 people. He started laughing and said it's not that much. It was insane amount of food.
3. He kept on pushing us to get one of the most expensive wine on the list. It was really tasty wine (~$70), but every time I contemplated about getting something a little bit cheaper, he kept on trying to talk me out of it.
4. We used credit card to pay. Despite all of this, we decided to tip him however much the internet recommended us at fancy Lima restaurant (15%). He then asked us if we had cash and if we can tip in cash. It made me feel very uncomfortable, especially after all of the above. I declined.

I was willing to spend some money this day because it was the last meal of our Peru trip and we just completed 5-day 74km Salkantay trek hike right before this. So I felt like we deserved something nice. And the waiter was very accommodating at first and because I didn't speak Spanish, I wanted to play along nicely and enjoy my food.

So I was a perfect target/victim and I let all this happen to me - so I take the blame for being so gullible. But I wanted to write this review so the restaurant is aware of these practices and whoever reads this are aware, so they don't get manipulated by pushy recommendations/tactics from waiters/waitresses at La Mar.