Brasas Peruanas — Restaurant in Round Rock

This place tucked away in round Rock. It's definitely a cool little place to try some Peruvian food. That being said, let's talk about the experience.

Little shop has an interesting parking lot. Arrangement used to be fast food drive-thru but now with the layout there's really only about five six parking spots you have access to. It's not a deal breaker, but I can see where it meets harder to find parking during busy or hours.

Outside the shop it also says now open and the shop has been open for years so it's a little interesting choice of banner.

I know that's probably nit picking but I figured it'd be important.

Bar area. No drafts but definitely had a good selection of different types of drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

We chose to get their two signature Peruvian drinks. They were very delicious. The Passion fruit drink was a little sour which was nice. The chicha Morada was also very good. Probably my favorite of the two.

I chose to get the Peruvian steak. I requested the tenderloin for the $7 up charge. My wife chose to get the aji de gallonia

I must say that I did enjoy my wife's dish. It was very comforting and reminded me something I've eaten before. I just can't put my finger on it.

The steak once it came out we immediately knew it was not a tenderloin. We went ahead and took the pictures and requested that the server to verify it was a sirloin and not a tenderloin on the plate.

It was confirmed that it was a sirloin and unfortunately I didn't want to waste food. So I elected to eat the sirloin and they removed the $7 additional charge.

That being said, I'm not a big fan of sirloins. I believe the flavor isn't as good as a tenderloin, so please be checking your steaks at least for when you make your purchase to verify you did get the cut of meat you asked for.

At the waitresses suggestion we took on the mixed cake that had passion fruit mousse on top of chocolate cake.

I thought it was pretty good. It was like the chocolate as much as she normally thought she would which is interesting for her to say that.

Overall, I think the best thing on the plate for me was the plantains. Those things were fantastic.

I enjoyed my wife's dish over my dish just because of the cut of meat.

Would I give this place another shot? Sure all the...

As a proud 1st generation Peruvian-American I consider eating Peruvian food in a restaurant a treat, bc I can cook some of my favorite dishes myself. We've been going to Lima Criolla (closer to downtown) since we moved here 9 years ago. Someone there told us this place was their "sister" restaurant but in RR, and I live in CP. Decided to go and celebrate Mother's day, this one being unique bc my own mamita linda suddenly passed away while on vacation on 12/3. Needless to say, I was SO excited. Ambiance? There is NONE, no decor unless you consider a faded, ratty Peruvian flag on the outside and a paper taped to the door that says "Restrooms for Customers" decor. We sat at our table for 20min and NO ONE had come to our table. I finally flag someone down and ask for water. He tells me someone will be right with us (mind you, it's not even that busy). Had to wait another 20 long minutes until our waitress finally arrived. I ask for water and I have to ask if they even sell Pisco Sours bc there's no drink menu. We hung onto hope, hoping the food wld at least make up for some of the disappointment, but no. It was INSANELY overpriced ($11.50 for ONE Pisco Sour and $20 for a plate of lomo saltado that used potato wedges instead of papas fritas)!? Like, what? And then the noise. If you don't mind having to yell at the person sitting next to you be heard, and have every sound bounce off everything than this place is for you, because we all walked out with headaches. In the end, all I cld hear was my mom in my head "¡Que laberinto! Que bulla! Se pasaron! Que barbaridad! No lo puedo creer, esto se paso! Que sitio tan feo!" This place is a disgrace to Peruvians everywhere. If you want a true authentic experience please don't come here, go to Lima Criolla instead, porque nunca en mi vida tuve una experiencia...

I’ve been here 3 times with 3 different groups of 4 to 7 people and have been impressed each time, especially with the food! This is my favorite restaurant at this time based only on food and drinks (never had a Pisco Sour before and I’m hooked). I’m stingy with 5 star reviews because I believe there’s always room for improvement. That is still true here but overall it’s 5 stars because I will never say no if someone says they want me to go Brasas Peruanas! The room for improvement is in the space. It’s small and has a fast food restaurant feel. We had a table near the bar last time and the blender was very loud and distracting with 6 people trying to have dinner conversation. Waitstaff is constantly having to walk back and forth from the kitchen through a narrow part of the restaurant near the door where the front door is to the tables on the other side of the bar. It’s a great location (near the vibrant Round Rock night life area) and they have a FANTASTIC menu and kitchen staff. I think an investment in a re-design would totally pay off and make it very popular as well as being able to serve more people. Now, that food: They have the best plantains I’ve ever had and second best ceviche (only second to my late friend Jerry’s who made it after we caught the fish off his boat in the gulf). The ceviche has plenty of lime and is served with sweet potatoes and Peruvian corn. But I think my favorite and for sure my husbands favorite is the Talarine Saltado which admittedly has an Asian flavor but it’s really good! Our daughters had the Arroz Con Marriscos which is their version of paella and was also tastey. Give this place a try! Have an open mind when you come in and I think you’ll...