Brasas Peruanas

Unassuming, approachable, yet delicious! From the outside you might think this is like any other Central/Southern American spots, but try it once and you'll see how special the food is - Peruvian at its best!Easy to get to with its location in downtown Round Rock, it's a good place to check out if you're in the area and crave for some ceviche or empanadas. Grilled heart was on the menu so I had to check it out - it was good, but relatively plain. Ceviche was good, so were the empanada and the shredded chicken entree we got. Service was attentive with a casual vibe. We'll be back!

Loovvveeee meself some Peruvian Cuisine!I was just cruising around downtown Round Rock and caught the Brasas Peruanas sign out the corner of my eye. So, I pulled over and did a quick search on Yelp. I had to give it a shot based on the stellar reviews and I'm happy to report...no disappointments here!If you are heading to downtown Round Rock from the south side, Brasas Peruanas is one of the first restaurants you will come across as soon as you enter the down town area, especially if you are driving on Mays St. The venue has an interesting layout. A decent amount of seating, however the restaurant is split by a bar in the middle. As soon as you enter there is a seating area to your left, then a bar slightly to the right that is flanked by more seating. I opted to sit at the bar and enjoy my meal. There are a few parking spaces right outside the restaurant, but if the lot gets full there is an ample amount of street parking in the vicinity.#PeruvianEats:~ Aji de Gallina - 4/5Over the years I've learnt to gauge how good a Peruvian restaurant is based on their Aji de Gallina. A classic staple of Peruvian cuisine. They need to get this one right. The perfect balance of the sauce; not too spicy, yet creamy and nutty at the same time. Then there is the consistency of the shredded chicken; moist and juicy, can't be dry or stringy. This one checks all the boxes. ~ PISCO SOUR TRADITIONAL - 4/5Love meself a good Pisco Sour. Well balanced; earthy, slightly sweet and tart without being overly sour. I'd love to try the other dishes when I'm back in the area.

Great service and good food! If you're looking to try Peruvian food you've got to give them a shot. It's close to downtown Round Rock so places to walk around to afterward. OrderSalchipapasSweet plantainsArroz con mariscosAhi de gallinaAll good stuff. The salchipapas is really for those who don't want to venture out and try something different. Parking is pretty limited but not hard to find. We will be back!

I would definitely return. The food was amazing :(tasted like authentic Peruvian food), the service was fast and kind, and the place is homey. The food tasted like it was made at home with love

Located in Downtown Round Rock, next door to Round Rock Donuts.They have the potential and the enthusiasm to really become great! They're friendly and serviceable, but not flawless. Attentive, but sometimes hard to catch them when they're very busy. Make sure your utensils appear clean. They need to pay a little closer attention to the overall cleanliness of their utensils and probably upgrade the interior, for a more clean look.Occupancy is 53 persons, but they lack adequate onsite parking; however street parking is available.Biggest upset of our first visit was that they ran out of rotisserie chicken and we were told that we would've had to wait one hour for it. When you think of visiting a Peruvian restaurant, you are more than likely craving that very popular Peruvian flavored rotisserie chicken. Was disappointed that they ran out. This should never happen. But this place is well-deserving of a second chance.Since they ran out of rotisserie chicken, we settled for fried rice with chicken for the kids. The kids enjoyed it, but it was truly just okay. It tasted a little off. Probably won't have our kids eat that again. We also asked for fries first the kids, but they failed to remember and didn't bring it out. By the time they realized it, we were ready to go.Wife had their Ají de Gallina. It included white rice and half a boiled egg. It was very rich and also enough to feed two. Good flavor, . Took the rest to go.I ordered Bistec A lo Pobre, which consisted of steak, garlic-flavored white rice (so good), a fried egg, salad, fries and just two pieces of fried plantain. They should've included at least 4-5 pieces of fried plantain. Nonetheless, this entree was so delicious and highly recommended.We weren't thrilled with their drinks menu, so we all had their Jugo de Parcha (passion fruit juice. A staple, and family favorite.We love lots of flavor in our food, and we love Peruvian cuisine, so we will definitely return.

We used to have to drive to Dallas for this level is Peruvian food. No more! Right in our little Round rock. Staff was amazing and friendly. My husband is Peruvian so he spoke to them. I had no clue. lol. I can only describe the dishes but they are named in the photos. Our appetizer was a potato salad stuffed with shredded chicken in the middle. A spicy sauce garnished the dish. If you look at the view from the top, the cute cuttings of the olives and peppers are an excellent touch. Now let's get down to those dishes. We share them. I cannot say 1 bad thing about them at all. Steak cooked to perfection! The picture of spices-oh my! The creamy sauce with the chicken was fabulous. They both had a slight kick. We wanted a dessert but they were out. So we opted for sweet plantains instead-which would have been my dessert anyways! Again cooked to perfection! They gave us the most dainty cookie to celebrate our anniversary too. So glad we found this gem. We will be back for sure!

The food was great. Intimate ambiance serving traditional Peruvian offerings. My son loved the alfajores. The Lomo Saltado was very flavorful. Would've preferred a bit bigger portion with more meat, but the price was reasonable so not a very big deal. The only thing that made me give them 4 instead of 5 stars is that there were only 3 tables seated in the restaurant and it took about 20-25 minutes for us to even have our drink order taken. Not ideal when dining with a 4 year old but it is what it is. Outside of that, the service was very friendly when it arrived and they were attentive once the drink order was taken. They have a few items on the menu u that can actually fill you up and serve as a whole meal if not that hungry for $5 or less which is nice for families or those dining on a budget. I'm not in round rock super often but would definitely be willing to give them another shot and hopefully an update to 5 stars when I am because everyone has an off night here and there as we all know!

My husband and I visited this place on a Sunday afternoon after what looks to have been a Sunday Rush. We had planned to come for a while as we always smelled it while waiting in line at Round Rock Donuts! There was always a crowd there. We've also never had Peruvian food.This place clearly attracts many of Austin's Spanish and English Speaking communities. Our waiter spoke English, but needed clarification at times. He actually greeted my husband and I in Spanish! Luckily I speak Spanish and was able to translate things that may have been misunderstood. We really enjoyed our food here. What I enjoyed most was how hot everything came out. It was evident that things weren't just sitting around. This is what we ordered:Chicken Arepas (Pollo) - 5/5Lomo Saltado - 4/5Arroz Chaufa de Mariscos - 4/51/2 Chicken - TBD (we got it to go)The arepas were so delicious! I can't attest to the other proteins, but the chicken arepa was great and fresh! I really like the lomo saltado with the garlic rice. The only issue is that the meat was a little overcooked and tough. But the gravy was amazing!The seafood rice, it's not called that on the menu, was also really good!We would definitely visit again and try their ceviche and other items on the menu. If it smells good from the outside, they're doing some amazing cooking on the inside. I recommend checking this place out.

Outstanding Peruvian restaurant.A real find.* * *This is NOT haute cuisine Peruvian or Yuppie Peruvian.It is not Peruvian for Americans.Sadly, you don't get the Peruvian for Peruvians that involves super-exotic ingredients - like one of their 24 different kinds of potatoes.They have to work with what is available in Round Rock, Texas.What they put out is a standard set of everyday routine Peruvian dishes.Your basic marinated broiled chicken.Your basic marinated broiled beef heart.Your basic rice with stuff in it.Your basic ceviche.* * *What makes this place super wonderful is the execution.These are simple dishes done insanely well.There is only one other place in town that you can get a broiled chicken as good as the chicken at Brasas Peruanas.(Surprise surprise, it is Inka Chicken on Wells Branch - also a Peruvian restaurant but with a fast food take.)Dishes get served with three sauces.It was a shame to put sauce on that magnificent superlative chicken ...But the sauces are so good it is hard not to.The chicken comes with plain ordinary French Fries.Dipping French Fries in the sauces is guilt free pleasure.And yeah ... putting the sauces on the chicken is like putting hot fudge sauce on ice cream.Its worth doing.* * *They do have one dessert I have never seen anywhere else.That dessert is up there with seeing Niagara Falls.It is up there with seeing your least favorite football team lose by seven touchdowns.This is their chocolate cake with maracuya (passionfruit) mousse on top.Most tropical Latin American countries do a maracuya mousse.If they have maracuya mousse, you totally want it -No matter what country you are in.Because commercial providers make insanely good maracuya mousse,You can even order the mousse in places that serve industrialized factory food,And your dessert will be just fine.The Peruvians take maracuya mousse and put it on chocolate cake.No one else does that.Everybody else SHOULD do that.Chocolate cake - which is not all that thrilling a dessert by itself -Becomes absolutely totally amazing beyond belief with a thick coat of passionfruit mousse on top of it.Maracuya mousse is the ultimate destiny for chocolate cake that wants to improve itself.It is the basilica on the top of Saint Cecilia's mountain that allows chocolate cake to finally enter the gates of heaven.I think you get the basic idea here.DO NOT LEAVE BRASAS PERUANAS WITHOUT ORDERING ________________(Fill in the blank yourself)* * *Yelpers who like craft artisanal food tend to gravitate to the New East Side.Yelpers who like real deal Asian food tend to be drawn up 183 to Anderson Mill and Cedar Park.Yelpers almost never gravitate to downtown Round Rock.If Round Rock gets more places like Brasas Peruanas - You may need to put a third location on your food map.

Small restaurant. Once you come in to your right is the bar and very left is the kitchen. Small dining area in between and then some bar seating. The 1/4 Chicken was moist and delicious. Fries has great seasoning ingredients it. The red-ish sauce was my favorite due to the little kick of spicy. The bistee a lo Pobre was okay. The steak was a little over cooked for my tasting and salty. The garlic rice didn't have enough garlic to be considered garlic rice. Service was decent a little bit of a wait to get our menu and some of the table and chair needed to be cleaned. Food came out in a decent time and they check out on us a couple of time.