I bought 200 salteñas and they had to be frozen. It was not so. They were sewn and cold but not frozen. A problem for long distance transportation!!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Lunch
Luigi Botta
Before I thank this restaurant for the marvelous Bolivian experience I received in here, I gotta thank my fiancée for bringing me to this jewel. We were driving down from NYC on our way down to Florida where we live. But we could not just pass through the DC Metropolitan Area without stopping here for lunch or dinner. Therefore we stopped for the former rather than the latter. Because we were in a rush to continue our drive through the night.The very first thing we ordered was a couple of Salteña empanadas. One chicken, one empanada. Because that is all I pretty much knew about Bolivian cuisine since I’m not Bolivian myself. My fiancée is. Since she is from Santa Cruz, she looked for her regional cuisine. But all she found was the Amazonian Cheese Bread cruceños know as Cuñapé. The restaurant mostly focuses on Andean Bolivian cuisine. Which is fine by me.After we ate a piece of Cuñapé, we proceeded to order a Fricasé soup, Andean Pork Soup, to share. I really liked it. I had not had it since my childhood when I visited Bolivia at the age of five. So it brought me a few memories. Just like Humitas do. Because we also eat them in my native Peru. Not for nothing we are neighbors.The best part of our big meal at the restaurant was our respective entrees. My fiancée ordered a Mixed Escabeche which she had not eaten since she left Bolivia many years ago. I did not try it because I did not like eating Escabeche as a child growing up in Southern Peru. Therefore I ordered a Plato Paceño, or Paceño Platter. I fell in love with the dish. I only wished they offered Peruvian Huancaina sauce but I know the restaurant is Bolivian, not Peruvian.The next time I go back to the DC area with my fiancée, I am definitely going back to this restaurant with her. We do not mind them not offering many Bolivian Amazonian dishes. Because we loved the Andean dishes they offer. You cannot pass on Salteña empanadas at Bolivian restaurant. Those empanadas are their signature dish. The owner and her servers did definitely earn our business. Five Stars!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salteñas Empanadas, Soup, Salteña De Carne, Plato Paceno
Diego Salz Barr
I had never imagined that Bolivian food could be so good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Martha Valdez
The Salteñas are not good, the minced meat is very large. Good attention. The food not good. They use msg, I got a migraine and I only ate a little bit. They served me stupid, the menu said CHUÑO!I will not return nor recommend it to anyone.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Mason Cahill
Saltenas are great. Haven't tried anything else
carlos vega
Like many other people who live here in the United States, I came with the hope of eating a meal that was most similar to our country FOR OBVIOUS REASONS IT WON'T BE THE SAME FLAVOR... but peanut soup without noodles? Is seriously? Not even rice to save the Wallcover. There is no variety to choose from and the peanuts were not good. I was left with a bad experience. THE SERVICE WAS GOOD, THE TRUTH, but the food leaves a lot to be desired.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
Erick Hinojosa (Erick)
first time in this small place, the soup I got was very tasty and the salteña was decent, even though I went kinda late the server was polite, the only reason I'm putting 4 starts it's because the price of the salteña in the menu was different than the one in the check, when I asked why I was been charged more he said those prices were old, really? so why they don't change it or correct it? we costumers, should pay what ever is written in the menu right?anyways! since it's a small restaurant I'll take it. ??♂️I'll comeback another day 2 try the churrasco, I heard it's good.Parking: very limited spaces
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup
Tran T
Saltenas? Delicious. Cost? Went from $2.50 cents to $3.50 now. Crazy, but I guess it’s expected with the costs of groceries now. I believe there’s only one person who’s speaks English? So make sure you know your numbers in Spanish and you got the words down for what your ordering. Other than that, probably the best saltenas in town.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Ivanna
I love it! Tasty, healthy and fresh food ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lomo Montado, Salteñas Empanadas, Planchita, Steak, Side of Vegetales, Soup, Empanadas De Queso
Very good salteñas and in general the food is tasting and
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Salteña De Carne
E Stewart
This is a best kept secret in Falls Church, did not know it existed but I am happy I ventured in. The food is so good, I ordered enough to make sure I had leftovers. Saltenas (empanadas) are so good, I ordered 8 of them, both chicken and beef were so yummy. I was full and kept eating, not sorry at all. The lady who took my order was very nice. If you like authentic food, try this place, I will definitely be back. Can't wait to introduce this place to others.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salteñas Empanadas
solange mariana
The salteñas were overly sweet, I couldn’t get over it and unfortunately ended up trashing them. Also, they gave me an extra order of rice instead of the arroz con queso that I ordered, which is unfortunate because it did cost extra. Other than that, the beef ribs were fine.
Food: 3
Bonilla Zeballos
My husband bought 2 cheese empanadas, one of them was super soft and delicious, the other is super hard, please do not mix the old royal empanadas with the new ones, because we are paying for the empanadas.
I bought 200 salteñas and they had to be frozen. It was not so. They were sewn and cold but not frozen. A problem for long distance transportation!!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Lunch
Before I thank this restaurant for the marvelous Bolivian experience I received in here, I gotta thank my fiancée for bringing me to this jewel. We were driving down from NYC on our way down to Florida where we live. But we could not just pass through the DC Metropolitan Area without stopping here for lunch or dinner. Therefore we stopped for the former rather than the latter. Because we were in a rush to continue our drive through the night.The very first thing we ordered was a couple of Salteña empanadas. One chicken, one empanada. Because that is all I pretty much knew about Bolivian cuisine since I’m not Bolivian myself. My fiancée is. Since she is from Santa Cruz, she looked for her regional cuisine. But all she found was the Amazonian Cheese Bread cruceños know as Cuñapé. The restaurant mostly focuses on Andean Bolivian cuisine. Which is fine by me.After we ate a piece of Cuñapé, we proceeded to order a Fricasé soup, Andean Pork Soup, to share. I really liked it. I had not had it since my childhood when I visited Bolivia at the age of five. So it brought me a few memories. Just like Humitas do. Because we also eat them in my native Peru. Not for nothing we are neighbors.The best part of our big meal at the restaurant was our respective entrees. My fiancée ordered a Mixed Escabeche which she had not eaten since she left Bolivia many years ago. I did not try it because I did not like eating Escabeche as a child growing up in Southern Peru. Therefore I ordered a Plato Paceño, or Paceño Platter. I fell in love with the dish. I only wished they offered Peruvian Huancaina sauce but I know the restaurant is Bolivian, not Peruvian.The next time I go back to the DC area with my fiancée, I am definitely going back to this restaurant with her. We do not mind them not offering many Bolivian Amazonian dishes. Because we loved the Andean dishes they offer. You cannot pass on Salteña empanadas at Bolivian restaurant. Those empanadas are their signature dish. The owner and her servers did definitely earn our business. Five Stars!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salteñas Empanadas, Soup, Salteña De Carne, Plato Paceno
I had never imagined that Bolivian food could be so good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Salteñas are not good, the minced meat is very large. Good attention. The food not good. They use msg, I got a migraine and I only ate a little bit. They served me stupid, the menu said CHUÑO!I will not return nor recommend it to anyone.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Saltenas are great. Haven't tried anything else
Like many other people who live here in the United States, I came with the hope of eating a meal that was most similar to our country FOR OBVIOUS REASONS IT WON'T BE THE SAME FLAVOR... but peanut soup without noodles? Is seriously? Not even rice to save the Wallcover. There is no variety to choose from and the peanuts were not good. I was left with a bad experience. THE SERVICE WAS GOOD, THE TRUTH, but the food leaves a lot to be desired.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
first time in this small place, the soup I got was very tasty and the salteña was decent, even though I went kinda late the server was polite, the only reason I'm putting 4 starts it's because the price of the salteña in the menu was different than the one in the check, when I asked why I was been charged more he said those prices were old, really? so why they don't change it or correct it? we costumers, should pay what ever is written in the menu right?anyways! since it's a small restaurant I'll take it. ??♂️I'll comeback another day 2 try the churrasco, I heard it's good.Parking: very limited spaces
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup
Saltenas? Delicious. Cost? Went from $2.50 cents to $3.50 now. Crazy, but I guess it’s expected with the costs of groceries now. I believe there’s only one person who’s speaks English? So make sure you know your numbers in Spanish and you got the words down for what your ordering. Other than that, probably the best saltenas in town.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
I love it! Tasty, healthy and fresh food ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lomo Montado, Salteñas Empanadas, Planchita, Steak, Side of Vegetales, Soup, Empanadas De Queso
The peanut area that they roast there is good
Restaurantji Recommends
Very good salteñas and in general the food is tasting and
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Salteña De Carne
This is a best kept secret in Falls Church, did not know it existed but I am happy I ventured in. The food is so good, I ordered enough to make sure I had leftovers. Saltenas (empanadas) are so good, I ordered 8 of them, both chicken and beef were so yummy. I was full and kept eating, not sorry at all. The lady who took my order was very nice. If you like authentic food, try this place, I will definitely be back. Can't wait to introduce this place to others.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salteñas Empanadas
The salteñas were overly sweet, I couldn’t get over it and unfortunately ended up trashing them. Also, they gave me an extra order of rice instead of the arroz con queso that I ordered, which is unfortunate because it did cost extra. Other than that, the beef ribs were fine.
Food: 3
My husband bought 2 cheese empanadas, one of them was super soft and delicious, the other is super hard, please do not mix the old royal empanadas with the new ones, because we are paying for the empanadas.
The food was spectacular. Both thumbs up!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salteñas Empanadas, Silpancho