Emelinas Peruvian Restaurant

Excellent

La mejor comida peruana en el condado de San Mateo 😋 I love the ceviche (especially ceviche emelina which is pictured) - the mix of flavors of the fish, sweet potato, onion, hominy, etc is absolutely delicious, and the price is definitely worth it for the high quality.
The service is very friendly and quick too!

Wanted to try this location several times while in the San Carlos area. So today, we decided to try. We ordered the following: Bistec a lo Pobre, lomo saltado, Pescado a la Plancha, La Chiclayana and to share Chicharron de Pescado. For drinks, we tried their Pisco Sour. The chicharron de Pescado was delicious. Super fresh. Very good. Our dishes started to arrive while we were eating the Chicharron de Pescado, boy. Let me say, their portions is huge. The steak was good but a little too cooked for my husband. The lomo was very tender. The Pescado a la plan ha was very good and finally the La Chiclayana (seafood paella) very good according to my brother in law. The pisco sour is not as strong as Limon and Puerto 27 yet it still wasn’t bad. Mom gave her thumbs of approval for large portions and the lady that helped us was super nice. She was doing everything, from taking our orders,bringing our orders and making our drinks. She was awesome. I would definitely come back.

Decent price for Peruvian food, good sized portions.

Very good ceviche, lots of food options, reasonable price and good service. The only reason I took two stars off is that the food tasted salty for me in the last couple of times we visited. I don't remember it being so salty in the past, but I'm reluctant to go back any time soon because of that

This place deserves so much more then 4.4 stars. The people are nice and very attentive. Food is so damn good! This is my about, 4th time here and we come all way from Tracy, ca. My favorite is the beef heart. I thought in a million years I would never like beef heart, but trust me, taste nothing gamey or like I'm eating a cow's heart. Everything on the menu is really good, we really like the Peruvian beers. If you like real Peruvian food, this is the place!

Great food

Nice place but BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU GET THE BILL. They overcharged my friends and me by $18.00 but adding $2-$3 to each of the prices shown on the menu. I caught it after the fact and had to go back and settle it with them. Not a nice way to end the evening.

Food is soooo good! But wish it was a bit cheaper. Found it pretty expensive :(

Really tasty ceviche, Peruvian paella and grilled beef heart. Lamb shank with beans also blew our minds.

Dine in has better portions, loma saltado only had 4 pieces of steak..next time we will dine in. Otherwise the food is Fantastic.

Now I went to the one in SJ and it was delicious.
This time I took my mom and we both always on the hunt for the best Peruvian food around and trying another of Emelinas locations to see if it's the same.
Well it was and probably still my favorite and my moms new favorite.
Also the service we got was super friendly.
It's a far drive but definitely worth it.
Got some anticuchos, the trio ceviche/causa/calamari and my mom tried the aji de gallina and I tried the seco de res con frijoles and washed It down with some chicha.
All was delicious and reminds me of Peru.
Gracias I'll be back soon!

Excellent dinner and loved the background music. Very enjoyable!

Clean, eager to help service, good food, reasonable prices.

Emelinas has a nice and cozy atmosphere. I ordered the Tallarin Verde con Bistek, it was good but I definitely didn’t get a New York steak, it was a different cut, it was chewy and lacked flavor. I told them and they cooked a bit more which didn’t make much difference. My coworker got the Lomo Saltado which was definitely a better choice. If you like peruvian food, I think you should give it a try.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3