El Cascajal - Santiago de Surco

Buffet was good! But the most important thing is that the place really knows how to throw a party! Large band, entertainment, dancers, etc. WOW!

We usually visit a Saturday for a birthday party each year. This time it was a Friday, unfortunately they did not have the so-called Crazy Hour on this day and we were disappointed as they had some dancers in the costume, but the floor was mostly for the open dance. Lunch was 70 soles (approx. US$25) with basic drinks. Desert is no longer free, it costs 7 soles! We can try another place next year.

After a year we returned to a family birthday party. Tho the food was still good and the price was reasonable we were disappointed with the addition of a wall video screen, probably about 10 ft of 12 ft, on which projected dancers and gag videos were distracted by the reputation of the floor show. (Suggest you get a table below the screen to avoid this distraction. They also dressed dancers as robots that do not fit the rest of the show. Nevertheless, when the dance started, the place became Bettlam. Caution: The black headliner gets audience participation in what could be regarded as a politically wrong-sing banter in North America.

My wife I went to Lima to celebrate her father 's 90th birthday. All 12 of his sons daughters also were there, along with a total of 50 people. This was a venue that one of the daughters, Gladys, picked out for the celebration. The food was served buffet style with 2 major stations on each side. One more for the main entrees, the other more for appetizers salads. There was a band playing latin music in the corner perched up about 6 feet off the ground. The only negative was it was kinda open air with no A/C, although they did have fans in each corner working. At first, it was OK, but it did get warm in there on this 82 degree day, but not stifling ... The Food was very typical Peruvian cuisine, lots of Ceviche, chicken,fish, fabulous rice, some beef...really quite good for buffet style. We arrived at 1:30 to start eating and The show started around 2 PM. There were several singers, numerous dancers, including ones that represented traditional Peruvian cultures ...it was outstanding!! After the show, the band started playing more modern Latino music. Many of us had been drinking Pisco Sours, a Peruvian drink made from Pisco, a strong liquor. There were 2 gringos there, myself my brother-in-law, Daniel, and after 5-6 Pisco Sours, we were dancing on the dance floor along with my Peruvian sister-in-laws, nieces, etc...it was a great, festive way to celebrate my father-in-law 's 90th birthday...cost was about 28 pp in US that included buffet, show, one Pisco Sour or beverage.If you 're looking for a nice way to have lunch or dinner there are shows food in both afternoon night), El Casacajal Restaurante is a nice way to do it!!

Despues de algun tiempo fuimos a almorzar al cascajal, y fue una total decepción, el buffet de regular para abajo, la preparación de la comida y su sabor están muy lejos de ser un buen potaje criollo, la ocopa y papa a la huancaína, estaban mal, lo demás igualmente, cuando pedí una jarra de chicha morada y una de limonada, grande fue mi sorpresa que el mozo me dijera que no venden esas bebidas ????????, me ofrecieron jugo de maracuyá y de durazno, que el precio fue de 15 soles el vaso, precio excesivo para el contenido, pienso que lo hacen por vender a mas precio pero es el colmo que no hayan ni chicha ni limonada. Antes recuerdo que me servía los postres al escoger, y ahora se acerca el mozo con un azafate de postres para darte uno solo.......a mi parecer el precio no justifica lo ofrecido. Definitivamente no lo recomiendo.