Barra azul — Restaurant in Perris

Barra Azul was recommended to me and, since I was in the area, I decided to stop by for a late lunch.

This is located on Ramona Expressway in Perris, just the far south end of Moreno Valley.

I’m so glad we stopped by because our tastebuds were in for a treat.

Our server, Claudia, welcomed us in and sat us down with complimentary tortilla chips and salsa. The salsa was good but had too much heat for me. The tortilla, however, tasted slightly burnt so it was a bit off-putting. Our virgin Pepino con Limón (Cucumber with Lemon) margaritas made its way to the table and it was refreshing and delicious!

They have a pretty big menu and I ordered what was recommended to me, as well as what I thought was interesting. Here’s a list of what we ordered:

Poke Nachos - I was confused when this came out thinking it wasn’t my order. I expected a spread of wonton chips with cubes of ahi tuna and the other fixings; instead, to my surprise, it came out as three towers of wonton chip on the bottom, a sriracha-mayo imitation crab mix above that, with avocado, cuts of tuna topped with fried onion crispies and a drizzle of sriracha-mayo and eel sauce. It was delicious!

Surf & Turf Taco - Look no further, this is all you need! Succulent shrimp and flavorful pieces of carne asada topped with crunchy cabbage, and drizzled with a magic sauce! I am salivating just thinking about how unctuous and savory this was! I thought this was the best thing I ordered from Barra Azul! The size of this taco could be entire entree. I shared this with my party and they loved it too!

Fried Fish Taco - Excellent but the tomatoes or the pico de gallo on top had too much heat!

Shrimp Taco - Really good but was overshadowed by the delicious Surf & Turf Taco!

Asada Taco - Again, this was also really good but, because we tried the Surf & Turf Taco first, this just didn’t hit the same way. It was still good on its own but not as great as the S&T Taco.

Pork Belly Sliders - This came as a recommended item but we had no room to devour this. The portions of the previous items were generous enough so this went in to-go containers. This had really great flavor but the pork belly was a bit tough.

Street Style Shrimp Ceviche - This was enjoyed at home since we were full from everything. It came with 4 tostadas, mayo and hot sauce packets. I think it was fine without the packets.

The price wasn’t too bad. We paid $85 even for everything before taxes. That’s roughly $20-$30 per person with it without the drinks.

Overall, I was impressed with the Surf & Turf Taco. It blew all the other dishes away. The portions were generous as well and our server was kind and knowledgeable. I loved the mural inside the restaurant and the bright open space. I can definitely see my self back here to enjoy round 2 of my favorite S&T Taco - and perhaps another menu item I haven’t tried yet! I recommend Barra Azul if you’re...

Not sure where to start with this one. We didn't check the reviews because my son had a game that was nearby, and we were just looking for something close to the park that wasn't fast food. Not many options in this area sadly.

Got seated in 5 minutes, which was the only highlight of our dining experience. 7:50p we ordered our apps, and 8:09p we ordered our food.

We didn't get our food until 9p. Looks like the server went to break without putting our order in. My wife left and we had to take her food to go because she didn't want to wait any longer. Had to ask for refills which we never received after being there for 45minutes.

The manager thought we were a charity case, and tried to comp our whole check. I made sure they gave us a bill because we finally still got our food, which most of it we had to take home. He never came to apologize, and thought his best solution was to offer us free food. He needs training.

Also, tell your server not to speak Spanish to people who obviously can't understand what she is saying. I had to ask her 4 times what she was saying, and she finally spoke English to tell us what dish she was trying to explain to us.

Steak fajitas were so oily and greasy. 🤢 This place is sad. Should've checked the reviews because they all talk about the poor service. Be forewarned, they're not lying! Service sucks! They need to rehire or...

First time at this place, we arrived at about 4:20 The host asked how many in our party we told her six and a highchair, she told us it was going to be about 20 minutes, after almost 40 minutes of waiting they finally called us to be sit down, while waiting for the waitress that was gonna give us a table the host told us that it wasn’t six of us that it was eight of us we explain to her no we are six and a highchair she said oh we don’t have a table for that many people you are going to have to wait again maybe five more minutes, we waited almost 40 more minutes and finally we decided to leave. As we were leaving they called us asking if you wanted to come back that the table was ready for us we did and we had to wait another 10 minutes after they called us, they finally sat us down. We really wanted to try this place since it had five stars and really good reviews I don’t think it was really worth it the food wasn’t that great and it was very expensive, But mostly the service was very poor. The picture that I am sharing is the chorizo they served in the parrilada, I wasn’t sure if it was a brownie or if it was...