Excellent dining experience! Enjoyed an authentic taste of Peru made even better by the warm service. Highly recommend the ceviche, yuquitas, quinoa salad (would add protein if ordering as main entree), and the Tempranillo. The chaufa was good, just a bit too much soy sauce for my taste. Look forward to coming back to try more dishes, including the lomo saltado. Cozy patio dining with heat lamps.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chaufa De Mariscos, Yuquitas, Fish
Shane Yellin
Coya is one of our favorite places in San Diego. The ceviche is a favorite along with the short rib or lomo saltado. We love the relaxed outdoor ambiance and if it’s cold they always have heaters ready. The staff is nice and attentive as well. Make a reservation or come early!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche Mixto, Lomo Saltado
Liz Noska
Cute Peruvian restaurant. We started off with the ceviche mixto and roasted beet salad. Very tasty. We had the pork belly and short rib. Both sweet dishes. My favorite was the Lomo Saltado. I recommend you try the cuatro leches and flan desserts. I believe Esau was our waiter. He was very attentive and had great suggestions.Dietary restrictions: Gluten free dessert
Okay, so I finally checked out Coya Peruvian Secret, and wow, I just had to drop a review. This place? Absolute hidden gem.First off, the vibe in there is so chill yet kinda classy. You walk in, and it's like you're in for a treat. The place just feels welcoming.The food - oh my gosh, the food! Every single thing I tried was amazing. It's like they put a little bit of magic in their dishes because everything tasted so good. And the presentation? Instagram-worthy for sure.All in all, dining at Coya Peruvian Secret was such a cool experience. It’s like you're getting more than just a meal; you're getting a whole vibe. I'm already planning my next visit because it's just that good. Can't wait to go back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche Mixto
Andrew Dabydeen
Coya is a beautiful restaurant but in terms of Peruvian food, this wasn’t it. It really fits into the vibe of all restaurants nearby but all the dishes were off from what they should have actually tasted like. The lomo saltado was lacking flavors and the right seasoning and the ceviche mixto was just okay. The pisco sours tasted alright as well as the alcohol quality wasn’t there. Service was great but not sure if I’d be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche Mixto, Lomo Saltado
Michele L.
Talk about an incredible find! I can't believe we haven't been here earlier! Fresh, incredible food, spices, we've never had, everything was just perfection. It's just a casual, cute little environment, but the food is definitely gourmet. We cannot wait to return and bring our adult kids with us and have a blast! The owner is awesome and caring and we just really enjoyed the food, the wine, and the dessert here are some photos from our beautiful day! We highly suggest the ceviche, it was different and amazing. The lime and different bright flavors combined, not too much salt, everything was wonderful. My salmon was just wonderful. I'm counting the days to return!
Graciela Farnsworth
Lomo saltado recommend ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hyunsik Kim (Hyunsik)
I had the pork belly, and I loved it. Very exotic food and great vibe. I really recommend this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lomo Saltado
Jennifer Hwang
I had Lomo Saltado, which was amazing. The vibe is great, and the servers were kind. Highly recommend this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lomo Saltado
Hoang Chau
We came right after it's open & got seated right away on the weekends. The seafood is fresh but it's a bit too sour& a bit bitterness from the lime peel . The seafood amount is plenty. There are pieces of shrimps, scallops, squid, fish, served with sweet potato & variety of corns. The ahi tuna tartare is not fresh on that day but the dish looks appealing. I personally like Lomiton Saltado but I wish they could cut up the 3 big pieces of steak into smaller ones. Overall the service is great & food is decent.Parking: Free 2 hr street parking along the street & in front of restaurant
Service was unbelievably fast! And food was unbelievably delicious!Husband and I love trying new cuisines and we decided to go for Peruvian food this time.Made a reservation ahead of time and we were about 10 minutes late so the guy actually called us to check if we were going to be there. Really sweet.Ceviche Classico - This is their classic fish ceviche. There was so many different components to it and OMG everything just went together so well! Mixtures of sweet and tart and tangy and just everything. ?There was the fish of course, some crunchy Peruvian corn, some other things going on, a sauce on the bottom and then some sweet potato on the side which just brought it all together. Magical.Definitely going to get this again next time!Lomi Saltado -This is a traditional Peruvian dish so we had to try it. Basically strips of beef cooked with some sauce and veggies. I don't know what sauce they use and how they cook this but it was real perfection. Perfection in terms of the flavor and how the beef was cooked. So soft and tender and just wow! Came giant fried potato wedges on the side. Husband and I love to save our cars for the end and this was the perfect end. Crispy potatoes that did not seem really oily at all. Appreciate that.Lucuma Flan -Did my research and I knew that lucuma is something native to Peru so we HAD to get this. I don't think I have had a flan that tastes like this before. It was soft and delicate and perfectly smooth like a normal flan, but there was a slight hint of different flavor that I can't quite describe. I Guess that was the lucuma, haha. It was a good kind of difference though.Overall definitely recommend the place and can't wait to go again.
Lisa K.
our favorite restaurant in Delmar. consistently amazing! shout out to our server, Crystal!
Ultra63
Meat was tough and dry in stew but empana was much bigger than Cuban ones and a better
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Michael Ambrozewicz
A beautiful place to get Peruvian food in San Diego North County. The food is authentic and is full of Peruvian flavor. The service here is very attentive and welcoming. Lastly, the restaurant seating area itself is beautiful.... my wife and I will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche at Works, Lomo Saltado
Shannon Briggs
This is the best food I had in San Diego after living there for nine months, dishes are made flawlessly with flare and flavour.
Excellent dining experience! Enjoyed an authentic taste of Peru made even better by the warm service. Highly recommend the ceviche, yuquitas, quinoa salad (would add protein if ordering as main entree), and the Tempranillo. The chaufa was good, just a bit too much soy sauce for my taste. Look forward to coming back to try more dishes, including the lomo saltado. Cozy patio dining with heat lamps.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chaufa De Mariscos, Yuquitas, Fish
Coya is one of our favorite places in San Diego. The ceviche is a favorite along with the short rib or lomo saltado. We love the relaxed outdoor ambiance and if it’s cold they always have heaters ready. The staff is nice and attentive as well. Make a reservation or come early!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche Mixto, Lomo Saltado
Cute Peruvian restaurant. We started off with the ceviche mixto and roasted beet salad. Very tasty. We had the pork belly and short rib. Both sweet dishes. My favorite was the Lomo Saltado. I recommend you try the cuatro leches and flan desserts. I believe Esau was our waiter. He was very attentive and had great suggestions.Dietary restrictions: Gluten free dessert
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche Mixto, Cuatro Leches Cake, Salad, Lucuma Flan, Lomo Saltado
Okay, so I finally checked out Coya Peruvian Secret, and wow, I just had to drop a review. This place? Absolute hidden gem.First off, the vibe in there is so chill yet kinda classy. You walk in, and it's like you're in for a treat. The place just feels welcoming.The food - oh my gosh, the food! Every single thing I tried was amazing. It's like they put a little bit of magic in their dishes because everything tasted so good. And the presentation? Instagram-worthy for sure.All in all, dining at Coya Peruvian Secret was such a cool experience. It’s like you're getting more than just a meal; you're getting a whole vibe. I'm already planning my next visit because it's just that good. Can't wait to go back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche Mixto
Coya is a beautiful restaurant but in terms of Peruvian food, this wasn’t it. It really fits into the vibe of all restaurants nearby but all the dishes were off from what they should have actually tasted like. The lomo saltado was lacking flavors and the right seasoning and the ceviche mixto was just okay. The pisco sours tasted alright as well as the alcohol quality wasn’t there. Service was great but not sure if I’d be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche Mixto, Lomo Saltado
Talk about an incredible find! I can't believe we haven't been here earlier! Fresh, incredible food, spices, we've never had, everything was just perfection. It's just a casual, cute little environment, but the food is definitely gourmet. We cannot wait to return and bring our adult kids with us and have a blast! The owner is awesome and caring and we just really enjoyed the food, the wine, and the dessert here are some photos from our beautiful day! We highly suggest the ceviche, it was different and amazing. The lime and different bright flavors combined, not too much salt, everything was wonderful. My salmon was just wonderful. I'm counting the days to return!
Lomo saltado recommend ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had the pork belly, and I loved it. Very exotic food and great vibe. I really recommend this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lomo Saltado
I had Lomo Saltado, which was amazing. The vibe is great, and the servers were kind. Highly recommend this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lomo Saltado
We came right after it's open & got seated right away on the weekends. The seafood is fresh but it's a bit too sour& a bit bitterness from the lime peel . The seafood amount is plenty. There are pieces of shrimps, scallops, squid, fish, served with sweet potato & variety of corns. The ahi tuna tartare is not fresh on that day but the dish looks appealing. I personally like Lomiton Saltado but I wish they could cut up the 3 big pieces of steak into smaller ones. Overall the service is great & food is decent.Parking: Free 2 hr street parking along the street & in front of restaurant
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Service was unbelievably fast! And food was unbelievably delicious!Husband and I love trying new cuisines and we decided to go for Peruvian food this time.Made a reservation ahead of time and we were about 10 minutes late so the guy actually called us to check if we were going to be there. Really sweet.Ceviche Classico - This is their classic fish ceviche. There was so many different components to it and OMG everything just went together so well! Mixtures of sweet and tart and tangy and just everything. ?There was the fish of course, some crunchy Peruvian corn, some other things going on, a sauce on the bottom and then some sweet potato on the side which just brought it all together. Magical.Definitely going to get this again next time!Lomi Saltado -This is a traditional Peruvian dish so we had to try it. Basically strips of beef cooked with some sauce and veggies. I don't know what sauce they use and how they cook this but it was real perfection. Perfection in terms of the flavor and how the beef was cooked. So soft and tender and just wow! Came giant fried potato wedges on the side. Husband and I love to save our cars for the end and this was the perfect end. Crispy potatoes that did not seem really oily at all. Appreciate that.Lucuma Flan -Did my research and I knew that lucuma is something native to Peru so we HAD to get this. I don't think I have had a flan that tastes like this before. It was soft and delicate and perfectly smooth like a normal flan, but there was a slight hint of different flavor that I can't quite describe. I Guess that was the lucuma, haha. It was a good kind of difference though.Overall definitely recommend the place and can't wait to go again.
our favorite restaurant in Delmar. consistently amazing! shout out to our server, Crystal!
Meat was tough and dry in stew but empana was much bigger than Cuban ones and a better
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
A beautiful place to get Peruvian food in San Diego North County. The food is authentic and is full of Peruvian flavor. The service here is very attentive and welcoming. Lastly, the restaurant seating area itself is beautiful.... my wife and I will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ceviche at Works, Lomo Saltado
This is the best food I had in San Diego after living there for nine months, dishes are made flawlessly with flare and flavour.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5