Barranco Cocina Peruana

This Peruvian Restaurant in Lafayette offers a great dining experience overall. The food was good and well prepared, and the service was excellent, very attentive and friendly throughout the meal. The drinks were definitely the highlight, easily the best part of the experience. Unfortunately, the dessert was a bit disappointing compared to the rest of the meal. The prices are quite high, which takes away a little from the overall value. Still, it’s a solid spot if you’re looking for good food, great service, and amazing drinks. Rating: 7.8/10

Dinner with ex-officemates turned friends! Unfortunately, I was right to be skeptical about good Peruvian food in Lafayette 🙂 While the interiors were gorgeous and the food was of course nicely presented, I wish more attention was given to the actual taste of the food. We ordered: • Trio of empanadas - good but not better than our local empanada shop especially for how much they charged for it • Calamares chicharrones - so this was just plain fried calamares, definitely not crispy enough to be called a chicharrones • Cebiche tasting - 3 kinds, good • Lomo saltado - omigosh, this was not bad but let's just say I made better lomo saltado using store-bought sauce. The portion size was also what 5 pieces and they tried to make it seem like the whole dish was a lot by putting a ton of fries

The server, Manuel, was excellent and made delicious recommendations as it was our first visit. All the food was outstanding and especially the beef empanadas and the Langostinos small plate. We ordered small plates and cocktails and really enjoyed it all. It was pricey though as 4 appetizers and 4 cocktails for 2 people was over $100 per person. Watch out for the water, we ordered ice water, but received a bottle of sparkling water which cost us $10.

We really enjoyed the food here, lots of flavor, meat was tender and the sauce were delicious. We sat outdoors which was comfortable, our server was very attentive and checked in on us periodically which we appreciated.

Every year, my sister and I celebrated our birthday at Barrancos with our family. It is our favorite restaurant because the food is always fresh and full of flavor. We especially love the paella and the beet salad. The food and dessert is definitely worth the price. The service is excellent and the restaurant is never too noisy.