I (a white dude), walked in, and i saw no other white people eating inside. There were other Hispanics/latin Americans, and i knew right away this place was going to be good. Food was bomb. Had the cuban sandwich (8$), ceviche, and flan. Amazing food. read more

The only regret I have is not checking this place out last year when I was in town! I went with three other people and everyone loved their meal and can't wait to go back. Meal Started of with the server bringing Peruvian corn nuts with an aji verde sauce that I could have eaten with just a spoon. Definitely the best portion of ceviche you will get for your money in the area. Ceviche was spicy, bright and refreshing. Corvina was cooked perfectly. The amount of shrimp they serve with their grilled shrimp entree was unreal. Lomo was seasoned and cooked to a perfect temperature. Don't forget to order a pitcher of sangria This is one of those hidden gem places that locals need to recommend to friends and family to get away from the tourist trap restaurants on the Key. read more

We were visiting Sarasota over the weekend and decided to try this place out. We've been multiple times to Peru and I can say it's the real deal! Really amazing food we tried the arroz chaufa and ceviche. If you are by the area deferentially recommend it. read more

This was the best ceviche I've had from any Peruvian place. Delicioso! Plenty of fish.

Excellent food and service!!!! We love mom and pop restaurants. Ceviche, tostones, fish and the sangría wow! Highly recommend this place. Won't be disappointed. read more

Wow. Dropped in for a quick bowl of soup. Don't miss the Parihuela "refreshing soup from the sea". It's Even better than the picture suggests. Also Attentive service. Great atmosphere. Great find. read more

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This is a hole in the wall family restaurant. Food was delicious and quantities were large. Don't go for the ambiance but go enjoy the delicious food. read more

Fresh food, friendly atmosphere. The churasco was juicy and tender and the Ceviche had big pieces and great taste

Why people get pizza next door is a crime and a mystery! My husbands churasco and my tacu tacu was literally butter knife tender! I had mine pobre style. The navi beans and rice were also amazing. Caffè Cubano was spot on and delicious. Eat here once, and you'll be back. read more

The food was delicious and so was the service. Always a good sign when there were alot of peruvians eating there.

The Cheviche was excellent. They offer different types and all are exceptional. Don't let the location deter your decision to try this place. The staff is great, friendly and care about your experience. read more

Awesome authentic peruvivian food .Chicken chofan is amazing and not on the menu in the restaurant...per the waitress it was an error when the menu was printed . Huge generous portions my friend had the seafood over rice like a paella.I think people gave it 4 stars because the decor outside and inside is dated and drab.Dontlet that deceive you.Foodis fresh and made to order...friendly attentive wait staff So it's worth the wait....Only 2 items are Cuban on the menu If you want authentic Cuban go try rincon Cubano instead on honore avenue read more

The best ceviche ever! I didn't even like ceviche prior to trying theirs! Really good flavor, soft, and the best price anywhere!

So happy to have found this small, wonderful restaurant. Delicious cerviche, choclo w/aji verde, corvina, shrimp, flan, tres leche cake. Two thumbs up. I'll be back soon and often. read more

My girlfriend and I went for the first time last week and loved it! Service was great and the food was cooked just right! The portions were big as well. I would definitely recommend Cevi Chef to anyone who loves Peruvian cuisine. Fantastic!! Also the place changed hands back in January, so disregard any older bad reviews. I know Peruvian food and this place is TOP NOTCH!! read more

El Ceviche - Delicious Flan and Amazing 3 Leches cake!! - Cuban Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

I recommend . We had out of town guests who were on their last night in Florida. They requested Cuban. We yelped Cuban. And Cevi s came up . Mind you we know all about Columbia s over on Armond circle and Tampa airport but decided we'd try something different . Menu was a little tricky but our waiter and waitress were very patient. With seven people we had a lot of different tastes to take into account and they fulfilled everyone at our table. The restaurant was mostly empty at 7 pm but was filling up by 8. Navy beans ,yucca app and Cuban sandwich tasted authentic My guest at end of dinner enjoyed it so much he walked back to the kitchen to thank the chef. Never seen him do that before read more

It is a really small place so we would have never stopped there without finding it on yelp and I'm so glad we did. We had the ceviche mixto and it was amazing!! The food is really fresh and portions are very generous. The calamari was delicious. It is worth trying if you enjoy ceviche. read more

Stopped in to try something different, not my best location for Cuban, but was very good Nice attentive staff that was prompt read more

Excellent food! We did not expect much when we walked in but what a surprise ! Very tasty , every single bite of our food was great. read more

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New owners and new name is El Ceviche. My husband and I tumbled in here on a whim. We were hesitant since no one was there at 5:45 p.m. The owner's daughter recommeded a ceviche on a plantain appetizer. It was amazing! So fresh and delicious. Our entree was similar to paella with a chinese fried rice twist. It was also very good. Large portions, so plan on sharing if you're a light eater. We will return! read more

It's really hard to find genuine, authentic food and this place does not disappoint! We have ordered a variety off their menu and everything is always cooked to perfection. Service is always prompt and the staff is friendly. read more

Came in around 5:30, there was no one visible anywhere and we stood around for about ten minutes before grabbing silverware, menus and napkins and setting our own table. Eventually someone came out. I had the drink "Chicha Morada" which was a purple corn and apple drink unlike any beverage I've had, sort of like a non-alcoholic sangria combined with Christmas cider. I recommend it for the experience, I'd like to have it again in bottled form or maybe make it myself sometime. I got the Leche de Tigre ceviche, which a large 6-8 ounce glass of ceviche, hard to tell exactly what fish was in there and how much of each, since all were chopped the same and looked the same visually. But it was tasty and they didn't skimp on the seafood, the hot sauce on the side was legitimately HOT which I appreciate. I also had a side of fried plantains which were cooked perfectly, a nice fried carmelized shell with steaming hot insides. My date had chicken breasts which seemed boring in the description, but were well seasoned and came with 4-5 sides including beans, plantains, rice, salad and another I can't remember. Kind of a funky atmosphere and the service was so-so, but the food was pretty good and decently priced. I would recommend it for the experience or if you want to try some Peruvian, not sure I'll go again but it's a decent value especially if you like this kind of food. I defer to the experts on whether or not it counts as "authentic" since that's all anyone seems to care about. read more

Amazing little hidden gem of a place. I've searched many times to find another ceviche place and this one definitely is the best. Food is fresh, nicely portioned, service is fast and atmosphere is great. If I could give 10 stars I would. Completely recommend the Ceviche Mixto! read more

This is a beautifully executed and inexpensive example of the best of Peru. The is a melange of choices, as in the beautiful country itself. It's a DON'T MISS. read more

Really enjoyed the Ceviche and the meal. The homemade juice was great and Sangria were fantastic. My wife and I really enjoyed our meals.

Best Leche De Tigre and Lomo Saltados, best flavor so far, you can't go wrong with lomo saltado if you are a meat lover!!!

What a great little treasure we have discovered tucked into the corner of Webber and Beneva. Peruvian food at its best. The foiled baked corvina and shrimp melted in my mouth. The yuca had the perfect balance of soft on the inside and crunch on the outside. My husband had the the steak special with black beans and rice.. super tender !! We will definitely be back, maybe tomorrow !! read more

Yum! Definitely recommend the ceviche appetizer, which I believe was on top of some fried yucca - excellent flavor and well-balanced. We had the flank steak with chimichurri - generous portions and perfectly cooked. Super friendly. Glad we found this place while we were here! read more

Soooo good, huge value. Dishes are tasty staff is friendly. Enough leftovers for another meal. Seafood, vegetarian, everybody's happy yum yummy read more

El Ceviche - This place has a new name it would appear - Cuban Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Well, I had some doubts when I rolled into the L-shaped small strip shopping center. A real neighborhood atmosphere were locals go. When we arrived it was empty and I thought okay....we are doomed. Couldn't have been farther from the truth. It turns out we were just way ahead of the crowd that eats there later in the evening. The place was neat, clean, set in an upscale restaurant style with linens, glass table tops and wine glasses with napkins in them. What a menu, what great service, and the food is wonderful. Its been a couple of weeks since going so can't remember what I had except to say it was extremely well seasoned and presented. The place offers very reasonable pricing as well. Would have gone back the next night if I could. Needs some official review blogger to get the word out. Seriuosly ! read more

Excellent little Peruvian place! Definitely make an effort to stop in. We can't wait to come back!

Amazing!! Huge portions!! We had the arroz chaufa, it was delicious and was good for 4 people obly for 15.50. We also had de tostones with ceviche. Delicious. read more

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Fresh, great tasting food. I was tempted to only give four stars because, when we arrived after 7 pm we were the only patrons and the atmosphere was a little discouraging. After we sat down, the music and a few more lights were turned on. We found that the service was good, the salad was fresh, and my main dish was delicious. We only drank water, but it was cold and clean and constantly refilled. Our dinner was so good we were compelled to order desert. Again, everything we ordered was fantastic so, I must give five stars. We will be back for more next week! read more

El Ceviche - Cuban Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Oh, boy, what an awful dining experience. I am familiar with this ethnic cuisine, and this place presents a sorry example of it. There was nobody else in the place at 6 p.m., which is an indication something is amiss, but the restaurant had been recommended. We each ordered the same items, a seafood chowder soup and the house recommendation specialty of Tiger's milk ceviche, plus cake and coffee. Everything was bad. The tables are small, the seating is cheap uncomfortable banquet chairs. The water was served at room temperature, with no ice.The soup was not served first, the cool ceviche came out first after a long wait. It was supposed to have different types of seafood and herbs, but what appeared in a glass goblet was a very watery glop of cold puke. There was one small, overcooked curled up rubbery salad shrimp in this mess, which was almost completely just little chunks of generic imitation krab type stuff in a bath of bitter watery milky lime juice. Really not fit to serve a cat, or even as chum bait for sharks. I could not eat any of it. The soup came out a half-hour later, boiling hot. It was described as seafood chowder, but it was just cloudy salty broth with more generic imitation krab stuff cut into cubes, just one little rubbery shrimp, one empty mussel shell, and a few rubber bands that may have been calamari at one time. I could eat about half of that, skipping the mystery chunks. Because we were with companions, we had the recommended cake for desert, which was an ordinary cake soaked in milk, like eating a wet kitchen sponge. We ordered a coffee which was so bitter, it couldn't even be sipped. There was a choice of "Inca coffee" or "American coffee", so we went for the latter, foolishly thinking it would be drinkable. When we asked the waitress why it was so bitter, she said the Inca coffee and American coffee uses the same grounds, cooked in the same pot. The waitress was a disinterested lump. For all this inedible mushy slop, the bill for two ended up being about $60. We could have got a decent steak for that in a good restaurant. Instead, we went home hungry and nauseated, and missing our dinner money. They couldn't get anything right. read more

Excelent! The food was authentic Peruvian flavor , portions and prices were really nice. The service was fast and attentive . The server is the owner and her husband is the chef . I was impressed to know that they are from Mexico !! Our family had to call the chef out just to applaud him. Everything was good ! read more

Waited over an hour and a half while take out orders were made ahead of us. Terrible time

The food was delicious and service was perfect. Would definitely eat here every time we are in Siesta Key!!

My second time at Cevichef. Our waiter Pierre was very friendly and did an excellent job. I tried their pescado ceviche served in a stemmed glass which was excellent as well as their ceviche mixta which was also very fresh and delicious. The grilled corvina fish was amazing and their lomo saltado tasted very authentic. Also tried their red sangria with a plentiful amount of fresh fruit, very refreshing and made with quality ingredients. Overall great cozy atmosphere with salsa music, recommended A+ read more

We've been here twice so far, and I'm not sure why it's not absolutely packed. The food is so wonderfully delicious, my mouth couldn't be happier. Super friendly service too. I want to go back every week. read more

Great food, Large portions and a nice place for a date:) they have interesting corn with a yummy sauce before the entrees come out.