Costa Verde

The food at this restaurant is great. My friends and I ate here and will definitely go back. They have a good variety of dishes on the menu and nice portion sizes.

La costa verde is a small little cozy restaurant in the middle of nowhere but the food is pretty good, some dishes that I recommend are the papa a la huancaina, for those that don’t know what that is? I’ll explain it, boil potatoes covered in a spicy cheesy sauce, yummy getting hungry talking about it another good dish is the ceviche mixto but the tamales are not that good, haven’t tried the rotisserie chicken yet but I’ll update later once I try it.
Tips are included already in the bill so be careful not to double tip.

Chicken is good but waiting for it sucks.

Disappointed with my recent order of Jalea. usually very crispy. .not this time. it was mushy and full of oil. it was inedible. .it’s a shame last year when I stopped by it was not bad. I’m wondering if they changed cooks. What a true disappointment. one of my favorite Peruvian dishes. .I think I’ll stick to Chimu on Union Ave in Brooklyn..

Best Tacu Tacu ever !! Delicious food and very nice and friendly serves, basically. Go try it out and don’t miss their desserts, especially «Alfajores» after that comes Flan and some other good things. In addition, I’ve been there on Saturday once and they have a live latin music show, it was pretty cool and fun.

Dont get me wrong. the food is awsome… It’s best to go there and order ur food… Dont order by phone… No one speak English there… Took them 5 try to get my address right and 10 more time to get my phone number correct.OMG. If the person can get your information right… dont even try to place your order.

Went to this place on 7/28/13…after all it was Peru’s independence day and was feeling like getting a peruvian breakfast (i had them in Lima and they are amazing…
I went for the big breakfast which has scramble eggs and peruvian sausage, morzilla, fried pork pieces, fried jams, tamales and bread. (not all together, but 4 different plates).
Now, how can someone screw up chicarrones (fried pork)? well they were tasteless, as if they just fried them without anything on them… same goes for the eggs, the sausage added some taste, but the eggs had no salt, sure this may be intentional as some people like to salt their own eggs, but then they should put some salt on the table…
The jams were good (cant screw that up i guess), morzilla (blood sausage) was ok and the bread was ok as well. Now the tamal, making tamales is a culinary challenge, it is time consuming, hard work, many ingredients and not diet friendly. I seen people do them and i have taste them in NY, Georgia, Chicago, Lima, Cajamarca and other peruvian cities… this was so so… had that i-​have-​been-​in-​the-​fridge-​for-​too-​long type of taste which explains why it was dry on the outside (hint: they microwave them).
I would not come back to this place, it was just a total waste of time and effort… the services was ok, but i was served the eggs first after 15 minutes waiting, and the tamal came 15 minutes later and the main dish the jams, chicharron and morzilla came 25 minutes later!!. Keep in mind there were only 2 tables occupied at the time.
I think peruvian food has been suffering from people trying to capitalize on the great food that has until a few years ago had been unknown to most americans… now everyone wants to open a restaurant, but they are screwing the taste up or do their own take on it. They are latin people, but not peruvian. why do you think you get beans and fried plantains with your peruvian meals? in Peru they are hardly served that way…

Came here on a whim one afternoon to try a taste of peruvian food. We ordered 2 dishes, seafood over rice and the cau cau (tripe stew). To make a long story short, our meals were mediocre, as they didn’t pop … we felt that there was a lack on seasoning or perhaps our entrees could not compare to the other peruvian dishes we’ve enjoyed in the past. I’d also wanted to point out that while we ordered from the lunch special menu, prices charged on our check did not reflect lunch menu pricing but rather items a la carte. What was supposed to be a $ 30-​$ 35 lunch turned out to be $ 55 for an appetizer 2 chicha moradas (love it) and 2 entrees. We did not see the urgency in questioning the tab since we will most likely not return. Sorry Costa Verde, you just didnt do it for us … but I’m sure others love your cuisine!

After waiting forever to eat at this Peruvian spot, I hoped that what I’ve ordered was worth every dreaded minute. And wow, it truly was the most delish, delish, Chinese Peruvian dish, I’ve ever had. Their green sauce was off the hook, I wish she gave me some extra aji sauce to take home. I ordered, the House Specialty Chaulafan, which is similar to Chinese style fried rice. It cost about $ 9 bucks. The serving proportion was huge and could easily feed two people. The dish had, fresh veggies, shrimps, chicken, beef, fried egg, and the fried rice, oh so freakin’ good. I absolute loved it. Be sure to have a lot of patience because the food is prepared fresh, and its definitely worth the wait.

La Costa Verde in Perú is a fairly small stretch of coast in Lima, where green waters, strong winds, and intense natural beauty make for one of the nicest stretches of urban beachfront on Earth. It’s a fairly lofty name for such a workaday Peruvian eatery, but the food flies high enough on its own.
Before your meal, a nice salty tray of roasted hominy is brought out to tease your taste buds. During lunch, you will be joined by area locals who come in, order a lunch special, and quickly return to their jobs. The special ($ 7) comes with choice of entrée and a nice cilantro soup. One interesting option is the chaufa, a dish so similar to Chinese takeout fried rice and found in chifas in Peru, but most of the others around you will be eating chicken.
The restaurant does Peruvian specialties very well. That very rotisserie chicken is spot on, and the anticuchos ($ 7.25) are good substitutes when you are not in Lima, despite the unfortunate fact that they carry no picarones here.
Walking down the street in any central coast city in Perú will present many hand-​written menus with aji de gallina written at or near the top. The dish is a staple and an ultimate comfort food. It translates directly to chili chicken, but spices are mild in Peruvian cooking, the yellow aji covering thin chicken slices and potatoes. The dish served here ($ 9.25) is served with white rice and half a boiled egg.
On a most recent visit, we decided to live on the edge and skip the normal ceviches for picante de mariscos ($ 14.50), a hot seafood dish that is medium spicy. The sauce is nice but it did not quite give us the same love as the delicious cold ceviche that can be eaten here.
I do not remember eating a tamal ($ 5.50) while traveling in Perú, so I was interested to try one here, but unfortunately they are far less tasty than their Mexican rivals. Too much corn taste and too dry, but there is an olive inside.
What I did have a lot of on that visit was chicha morada, a slightly sweet drink made of purple corn and very delicious, despite what my friends thought. At the very least, it is worth a taste for everyone.
The service here at Costa Verde is very sweet, despite its functional nature. A couple scenes of the Andes Mountains decorate the interior, but not much more. I left with a feeling of wanting more immediately. It is impossible for one person or a small group to sample all the necessary items on the menu, so visit multiple times or bring a lot of friends.

I shamefully ignored this restaurant for years in favor of the Argentinian place next door. I’m not completely sure why. Maybe it was the plain, unassuming store front or their sole advertisements recommending only roasted chicken, a food that can be found at literally fifteen different places within a four block radius. Whatever it was, it’s safe to say that it wasn’t love at first sight.
But, it was love at first bite. I had their mixed seafood ceviche. A colorful plate arrived of squid, shrimp and octopus sitting in lemon and lime and topped with chopped onions accompanied by a boiled potato and a large slice of sweet potato. The ceviche blew my mind. I’d never thought of ceviche as «hearty» before but the flavors were fresh and comforting. I think it may very well be one of the standout menu items. They offer three different varieties here, and I’ll keep returning to try them all.
I also can’t say enough good things about their tamales. I am, by no means, an expert on tamales but I’ve had enough to know a good one when I taste it. And these rank pretty highly. You must order yourself one when you stop in. Trust me, you’ll thank me later.
Aside from the ceviche, their primary offerings are their steaks with rice and beans and their previously mentioned roasted chicken. The waitress highly recommended their pollo, saying that they marinated it very well and that it’s their most popular item. She showed a lot of enthusiasm and pride in it. And it must be good, how often does a waitress push the cheapest item on the menu?
I walk by this restaurant almost every day and their dining room is almost never even half full. I’m not sure how they stay in business. Costa Verde is easily the most underrated restaurant in my neighborhood.

Just discovered a GEM of a place in my neigborhood. It was «hiding» in plainsight… located exactly next to the grocery store where I shop almost every week. always pass it but. never really bothered to go in until today!!! and I am so glad I did…
The name of the place… Costa Verde… a Peruvian Restaurant that serves authentic Peruvian specialties!!! and Peruvian Style Rotisserie Chicken. Every Sunday from 10:00 in the morning to 12:30 pm they serve Desayuno Buffet Peruano for $ 11.50 which includes Chicharon, Camote Frito, Lomo al Jugo, Salchicha con Juevo…
A friend came with Camille & I for a late lunch… I had the Picante de Mariscos… a delicious dish made of marinated Squid, Octopus, shrimps in Seafood Sauce served with rice… DELISH…Camille had the Ceviche de Mariscos, Mix Seafood marinated on lime juice with red onions and hot green pureed peppers… Whoa! I kept on digging in her plate!!! was so DELISH and Ina had the Bisteck a la Pobre… Steak with rice, beans, sweet banana & Egg on the side… it was good… I had some it too… then I tried the Alfajores for dessert… a Dulce de Leche sort of huge cookie. we all shared it…
Boy…this place rocks… the food I mean… and Araceli, I don’t know if she is the owner, was so attentive… and accomodating. I’ll certainly go back there again… TOMORROW…and try their Desayuno Buffet… the price. very affordable…$ 47.00 for everything plus $ 7.00 tip… It was all worth it…