Trattoria de Paracas — Restaurant in Paracas

My sisters and I were so excited to come for dinner here since we read all the great reviews. I have to say this was by far the worst dinning experience during our trip in Peru. I still gave it a 2 stars because it wasn’t terrible but definitely the worst in Peru.

To start the complimentary bread and butter were amazing! We loved it. Bread creates a lot of crumbs, in a nice restaurant like this it is expected for the servers to come around and clear/ clean the table between courses however this was not the case. We ordered a couple of dishes to share among us, tell me why they brought it out ALL at the same time. The table didn’t even have space for all the dishes, on top of this they placed the dishes on top of all the crumbs which made the table extremely crowded and messy.

Secondly, due to them bringing all the dishes at once, the main pasta dish was warm/cold. The food in general was very mid. However we really did not like the crab dish which tasted like cheap imitation crab, after the first bite we asked to send it back. They took the dish back 90% untouched but later on they still charged for that dish on the bill for a dish we didn’t even eat.

Thirdly, there was a guest that came in and clearly you could tell that he was probably someone important because the juxtaposition of the service given to him compared to us was like night and day. My sisters and I were honestly so disappointed and had our vibe completely killed from the overall experience.

Lastly, they STILL did not clean the table once they brought out dessert. We still had crumbs of the bread from the first course on the table, I had to call over someone to do it. Restaurants like this have that small tool and small dustpan for a reason.

Forgot to mention earlier that the tables around us were not cleaned after people left, so essentially at the end of our meal we were surrounded by dirty tables including our own.

I have rarely written bad reviews but this one is deserved. Left hungry, annoyed and...

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