Celeste

The place is smaller than I expected. Overall, the food is about a 3-star for me, but the service is very good. The shrimp and mango ceviche tasted great and was probably my favorite dish. The seafood risotto was decent and came in a large portion, though it was a bit too salty for my taste. However, the scallops pasta was a bit disappointing, the wine flavor was too strong and overpowered the dish, so there wasn’t much other flavor coming through.

Overall a decent experience but nothing special to write home about. To start with the good, the pisco sours are excellent, perfect cocktails. Ceviche is a 10/10, excellent flavor, great sauce, good ingredient mix. The tiradito also 10/10 excellent, same description as above and good fish. Pisco Martini was terrible, bad mouth feel and just tasted bad. The Causa was extremely bland, could barely taste anything but potato. Scallop and pasta dish was also not only bland but almost tasted bad, couldn't finish it. The lamb was tasty and was definitely a good dish, good textures and flavors, but nothing special. I wouldn't come back, no better than any good local peruvian spot, absolutely not worth the hype.

Give it a 3.5 stars. Parking are on the streets with meters. The place is really small. The kitchen is small, so I believe the cooked the food ahead of time. We ordered ceviche blue cod. The cod is fresh and sauce goes well. I would have like to have chips with the ceviche. The tuna tartare was OK. It was different from what I am used to. This one came with mashed potatoe. The arugula salad was good. Nothing special. 15 bucks is a bit expensive. We also had Lomo Saltado/stir fried sirloin with onion and tomato. It came with with rice. The steak cooked perfectly med rare. The sauce goes well. I would have liked the onion to cook down more. It was too raw. The lamb stew was good, but a bit salty. The dessert was good. Not overly sweet. Overall the food was good. The food came out fast. The

WOW! We are new to the area and we are so lucky to have Celeste so close! We went to celebrate our anniversary and we were very impressed. Ambience is amazing and the food was wonderful, as were the drinks. I’ve had peruvian food before and this met all standards and expectations. I’d recommend any pisco cocktail and the beef, and the ceviche was amazing.

The food is made with love. You can see the chef make every dish from scratch. It's fresh and delicious. They put their hearts into the sauces, a small menu, but full of tastes. Service also five star, personal but not all over you. The only problem is hard to get a reservation.