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| - I really, really wanted to like this place. I've had amazing Peruvian food before, and was so excited to find out about Nazca. But unfortunately I was pretty disappointed with my experience here.
We'll start with the good - because there really were a lot of good things! Our waitress was very friendly and enthusiastic. We did not experience the long wait for food that others have mentioned. The restaurant was clean, easy to find (big signs on both the front and side of the building), and I liked the Nazca artwork. Food-wise, my pisco sour and our appetizer (Causa Rellena de Pollo - we had the tuna, not chicken) were both outstanding, and everything we got was beautifully presented. Also, the hot sauce is legitimately hot.
But sadly that was all over-shadowed by the bad. I'd say my number one complaint is the pricing. I thought the prices online were pretty high, but I had a Groupon (paid $15 for a $30 credit), and was willing to pay a little extra for the unique experience. But then the prices in the restaurant were all higher even than what's on the website! For example, I had the Chupe de Cameron, which was a large bowl of soup with 4 shrimp in it, and it was $13.99! If you're going to charge $14 for a bowl of soup, it had better be some magical soup (actually the best soup of my life was a seafood soup I had in Lima, which is why I was willing to give this $14 soup a shot), and this was not even good. It could have been good, but it was so salty that my salt-loving husband couldn't even finish it. My next biggest complaint was that food came out not as described on the menu. This is a HUGE deal for me - I don't understand why restaurants think they can just swap out an ingredient and people won't notice. It was especially problematic that they substituted chicken for beets in the otherwise vegetarian Palta Rellena con Ensalada Russa. Aside from the potato appetizer, the food ranged from too salty (the soup) to boring (Arroz con Mariscos), and just wasn't good enough to justify the expense.
Also, the restrooms aren't actually inside the restaurant, but out in the lobby, which is fine. Except that there were no lights on in the lobby, and it was so dark that I couldn't even see the sign indicating which door was the bathroom. Hopefully this was a fluke, but it didn't do anything to help my experience.
As sad as it makes me, I can't imagine going back.
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