El Chalan Restaurant — Restaurant in California

I DON'T LIKE ANYMORE!! BAD SERVICE!!! THE OLD WOMAN WHO IS THE SERVER ON SUNDAYS IS VERY RUDE. I COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LOMO SALTADO BECAUSE THEY FORGET TO PUT THE SAUCE ON IT, IT WAS COMPLETELY DRY, NO FLAVOR AND IT WASN'T LIKE BEFORE. I ASKED HER FOR EXTRA SAUCE ON THE SIDE BUT SHE TOLD ME (YOU HAVE TO ASK IF YOU WANT IT JUICY)😐 I TOLD HER I NEVER ASKED IT BEFORE AND THIS IS SO DRY IT WAS JUST FRIED BEFF WITH FRIES. OK SHE TAKE THE PLATE AND WENT TO THE KITCHEN THEY DO IT AGAIN "Juicy" 😅 WELL SHE BRING ME THE NEW PLATE SUPER SALTY 🧂 I DON'T LIKE IT BUT I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING . WHEN I WAS PAYING SHE REPEATED THE SAME!!! NEXT TIME YOU HAVE TO ORDER JUICY WHEN YOU ORDER TO DONT HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN🙄 I HAVE GOING 10 YEARS AND SHE IS THE REASON I'll NEVER COME BACK. ITS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE DID SOMETHING WRONG TO ME OR MY FAMILY THAT'S WHY WHE DECIDED THAT. I WILL NO...

Reviews are very deceiving! Food is ok. Prices are a not cheap for what they offer. We ordered the typical lomo saltado, and it was good. Nice portion and seasoning, fair price. Not worth the drive. A portion of Pollo a la brasa (rotisserie chicken)... only a tiny quarter of a very dry, overcooked chicken, no resemblance to Peruvian rotisserie chicken, maybe just the appearance... the flavor is totally different, not in a positive way... overpriced for the portion size, and quality. We started with Ocopa as appetizer... doesn’t look or taste like ocopa. Inexpensive, but not tasty at all. The starter soup (kind of an aguadito) was delicious and flavorful. Restaurant itself it’s very humble and small. Owners, the cook is Peruvian, and the wife and waitress is from El Salvador, they look like...

Good stuff. First time at any Peruvian place but it's also Italian (weird, not sure why but maybe that's normal?) Hole in the wall type atmosphere but very light and bright. My food and my wife's food almost seemed like a mix of Latin and Asian. I got roast beef with a tomato based beef sauce with a hint of Cilantro. Meat was tender and shredded apart easily. It came with flavorful rice AND mashed potatoes (which was more chunky with hint of garlic as opposed to a whisked creamy type). A bunch of the kids in our group got Italian stuff and it looked and smelled good. They served hot French bread too.

What looked like the cooks came out and were very friendly. Server was helpful. Prices seemed a tad high but local fresh food ain't cheap so I think it's warranted. I highly...