Q'alasaya - Puno

This place is a total fraud, by far my worst food in Peru. You have the nerve to call yourself a pizzeria? You have a make-believe pizza oven with busy flames and a wooden paddle inside... but nothing comes out! Our pizzas were hidden in plastic bags through the entrance and put in the back room to pretend they had come out of the oven! It was a laughing scene. Of course they were absolutely tasteless, I'm pretty confident they were microwave-frozen pizzas. The fruit salad was incredibly blanching, it probably came from a canned can that should be a crime in Peru, a country that has such a wealth of delicious fruits. Only my starter, a quinoa soup, was decent: even my lemonade was terrible, almost completely foamed. In short, avoid this restaurant at all costs, Peru has so much more to offer!

I had the turistic meal consisting of an avocado and roasted bread that was decent. Then a pizza I think was frozen by the supermaket and heated in the oven. Then a microwave and hard pancakes. I bought a Cusqueña negra... that was also room temperature and hardly drinkable because of temperature.

We tried the menu Touristico, which is at 18NS, with starter/main course/dessert lemonade or hot drink. Everything was delicious and well presented. Very fresh. Very good service, even if the restaurant was almost full.

The menu is pretty extensive with a range of pizzas which should meet everybody 's tastes. We ordered a tourist menu (18 soles) and a personal pizza pizza (15). The tourist menu is the standard deal soup or salad, main courses (includes pizza), a choice...of side, desert and a drink. The pizza had a good amount of topping and was more than enough for one. Service was fine, although we were the only ones in the restaurant.

In the middle of touristic restaurants, we discover Q 'alasaya, promoting pizza but also local dishes prepared in stone oven. The first day we were not very hungry and ordered a pizza of medium size. Still, too much but delicious to eat. At the first moment...we were the first tourists among local residents, but some later also tourists in company of their local guide entered. The second day we decided to go back and ordered Alpaca meat. Unfortunately we were misunderstood and got alpaca on the pizza. It was a little surprise. If going to a restaurant where mostly locals go, it 's better to have good knowledge of their language to avoid misunderstandings. Next time we would go back and make sure to get the Alpaca pur .