Lima Taverna — Restaurant in Plano

Visited Lima Taverna with my girlfriend for brunch on a Sunday. Walked in at 11:10AM. There was only one other table the entire time we were there. Took 5 mins to be seated. I ordered the Lomito al jugo and my girlfriend ordered the Belgian waffles. 5 minutes later my girlfriend’s water was empty and it was not refilled once over the course of the meal. About 25 minutes after we ordered the waitress brings two orders of Belgian waffles. I explained this wasn’t what I ordered. Somehow she misunderstood our order, but instead of asking what I ordered and bringing it to me, she acted as though I changed my mind upon seeing the waffles and wanted something else. I’m not a fan of desserts or sweet things like pancakes or waffles. I always choose savory over sweet, so there’s no argument there, I haven’t eaten a Belgian waffle in over a decade because I just prefer other dishes. Why should I have to explain why I wouldn’t order a dish to help her understand she made a mistake?! Anyway, we finish the meal. The food was not bad, I’d give it a 7/10. Not the best I’ve had, but certainly not terrible. So she brings the check and I notice she forgot to take off the second order of waffles. I bring it up and she smiles and says, “well, I mean you ordered it. So I can’t take it off.” I quickly explained that I wasn’t paying for an entree I didn’t order and was still sitting on the table untouched. After arguing with her for a few more minutes, she finally took the second order of waffles off of the check. Needless to say, we will not be back. This is one of the worst experiences I’ve had at a restaurant in a very long time. Quite unfortunate because I look for small, family-owned restaurants like these to frequent but after that experience there’s just no way I’d give it...

Unfortunately, not a good Peruvian food experience. We had: Beef anticucho: what we were expecting: two sticks of aji panca, overnight marinated beef heart square medallions, usually 4 or 5 per stick. what we got: one stick (it did say 1 stick on the menu) with two (yes, 2!) barely seasoned, not marinated, stiff beef meat medallions. And at that they were VERY unevenly sized. Looking at other people who got the same, some got 3 medallions, some got 2. Terrible! Beef empanada: what we were expecting: a BAKED pastry dough filled with thoroughly seasoned beef pieces. what we got: a DEEP FRIED pastry dough filled with sufficiently seasoned beef pieces. While acceptable in taste, definitely not acceptable in execution. Lomo saltado: what we expected: soft and tender stir fried beef sirloin strips, marinated in soy sauce (optionally you can add a bit of oyster sauce), sauteed with red onions and tomatoes, served with fries and white rice. what we got: soft and tender beef cubes cooked to order (I asked for medium rare). While the cook was nearly flawless, the quality of the meat wasn't uniform. Additionally, I'm not sure if the beef was seasoned with garlic, and the flavor had too much oyster sauce and not enough soy sauce, where the consistency of the run off was not as fluid as I would expect. And the prices were excessive for the quality and quantity of food received. And while I understand there was an event at the restaurant (birthday party) I expect waiters to pay attention to their tables: 22% forced gratuity for sporadic service was not welcome. All in all, a bad experience. Would not go...

The service was terrible. I knew the food would be overpriced here. Just looking at what atmosphere they're going for. Wine and dine. When I kept asking for the lunch special the server was very argumentative and very hostile. Trying to sell me on an old fish soup half price. When I told him I simply just wanted anything from the lunch special only. By the way, the lunch special is overpriced and you only get one plate and it's half portion. You don't get a soup, you don't get a drink. You don't get nothing but half portion of the original plate. Same price if you were to go down the block. It's about $20 and you don't even get what you want. They didn't have Loma salado on the lunch special, which is the main thing peruvians are known for they had Chicken Salado what in the world is that?!!!! Anyways, a server was argumentative. Very hostile and rude. Maybe because after finding out the gratuity and seeing how I was dressed he figured I wouldn't tip. And I would not have tipped anyways This man was very aggressive. Very argumentative talking over me trying to get his point across. Just very ignorant in my point of view. I don't recommend anyone supporting this place but it's your money. For overpriced food, I haven't even tried The quality of food it yet so I can't critique on that. But if they're trying to sell me on old fish soup that was $36 for half price I would not want to eat here. I'm looking for fresh Peruvian food. I'm never coming to this place again due to the...