Cholo's Peruvian Restaurant

Authentic Peruvian with great service! The ambience beautiful with murals of Peru on the walls. The staff is nothing but friendly and the service is fast and The food is perfection! The Delicious portions are large as well. Please go hungry you will eat well ! Peruvian food is know for their seafood , and the ceviche is a must try its fresh and yummy and the lomo saltado is soo good too ! For the drinks try the pisco sour . It made me feel like I was back in Peru !

Had the Arroz con Pollo, Arroz Chaufa de Pollo, and the Saltado de Pollo. All good.One star off for service as we waited quite a while for drinks and a menu.Refills on water were lacking.One star off for no toilet seat in the men's room. I'm glad I didn't have to take a dump.Beyond that, love this joint, it's less busy during the week in the afternoon, busy on Saturday evening.

Omg DIVINE. Peruvian food has so much flavors! Like the essence of some Peruvian food is fusion and geez they perfected it. Cholo's is in Lynnhaven- and a wonderful hidden gem. The staff are nice and chill and the vibes are quaint. Got the sampler which is a smorgasbord of potato. Lomo saltado is savory and filling while the charcoal chicken with yucca is a perfect lunch meal. Definitely will go again to try out other dishes!

Perhaps, I was expecting too much. While I am not Peruvian, I have visited the country, and Peruvian cuisine has been my go-to cuisine for at least 10 years. Although I'm not an expert in all things Peruvian, I hope that I have a decent handle on what to expect at a Peruvian restaurant. First, the service was great for what it was because I think our waitress might have been a bit overwhelmed. During over visit, the restaurant was pretty packed, but I think she was the only waitress handling the entire restaurant. That said, she did display great poise while being pulled to and from everywhere. Overall, the food was fine, but I found some of our dishes to be a bit bland . . . compared to what I have had in the past. Generally speaking, the dishes tasted like someone forgot to add seasoning to them. While the cooked food was a bit bland for our liking, the ceviche was pretty darn delicious. Looking back, we probably should have ordered several of ceviche dishes instead of the saltado. The price of the food seemed more or less ok based on my previous experiences with Peruvian food.

The food is fantastic but the best part was the gentleman and lady who served us. I didn't know what yuca was, they actually gave me hot off the grill samples and gave us a variety of sauces. We had the 1/2 chicken and it was absolute perfection. Highly recommend this little restaurant, clean and delightful.

Good pollo la brassa, we ordered the whole chicken with two sides and we got a ton of food. We ordered Lomo Sataldo it was good as well. The only negative thing was they were out of Anticucho! Not a show stopper! The staff was awesome and the food was out quickly! I highly recommend this place if you're looking for some Peruvian food in Va Beach!

Awesome food....authentic Peruvian faire at great prices. I have been here many times and have tried numerous dishes and have always left happy.

I wish I could give Cholo's 100 stars. This may be my husband and I's favorite place in Hampton Roads. Amazing, authentic Peruvian food. At first glance, you may be underwhelmed driving by, but go inside, order a Pisco, and I promise you won't be disappointed. Their Piscos are STRONG and FOAMY - two of my favorite cocktail attributes The service is always excellent - the staff are efficient and kind. I appreciate them because they don't hover, but are very attentive. No matter how crowded the restaurant is, we always get our food within 10-15 minutes. Definitely start with the ceviche or yucca for an appetizer. Their ceviche has one of the best lime sauce/spice mixture of any ceviche I've had. It comes with the authentic, Peruvian corn and sweet potatoes. For main dishes, we love Lomo Saltado, Pescado a lo Macho, and Arroz con Mariscos. But I'm POSITIVE, you cannot order wrong here! The inside is simple and only has maybe ten tables or so. We almost always dine in though because we love our food hot and fresh! You may think the prices are a bit high, but once you taste the food, you'll wonder why they aren't higher Such high quality and large portions! Highly, highly recommend!

We came in for an early dinner. When we walked in the tables was dirty and food on the floor. They told us to seat ourselves and as we were walking around the establishment looking for a clean table to sit, we were about to walk out when the cashier/ waitress/ hostess decided to call us back and cleaned a table and swept the floor. We finally sat and ordered. Overall the food was ok nothing to brag about. The arroz con mariscos was not pleasant to eat, some bites had small rocks or sand, the clams weren't cleaned well. The other dishes were ok, beef was very tender and tasty.

Delicious food, large portions. Friendly service. I'm told it tastes authentic to Peru.