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El Serrano - Lancaster, Lancaster, PA

El Serrano - Lancaster

4.7
4.7
1449 Reviews
$31 to $50
Latin American
The El Serrano Family of Restaurants has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the 1980s as a food trailer at the York Fair--and while it is thousands of miles from Owner Manuel Torres' native Peru, stepping though its hand-carved mahogany doors is like entering a Latin-American hacienda.
Come and discover why we have been in Lancaster since 1993...enjoy Tex-Mex favorites like chicken fajitas or Peruvian specialties such as Lomo Saltado.
Explore our new tapas menu with dishes like Chicken Empanadas and if you are over 21, ask for a sample of our own Finca de Torres selection of wines from our vineyard and winery in Spain.

Make a reservation

2 people

10:30 PM


Booked 20 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Latin American, Peruvian
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Fri 12:00 pm–2:00 pm Dinner Mon–Thu 4:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 12:00 pm–9:00 pm Sun 12:00 pm–8:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (717) 397-6191
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Neighborhood
    Lancaster
  • Parking details
    Private Lot
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 1,449 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.7
4.7 based on recent ratings
  • 4.6Food
  • 4.7Service
  • 4.7Ambience
  • 4.5Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • Lancaster County

    Best Overall

  • Lancaster County

    Best Food

  • Lancaster County

    Best Service

  • Lancaster County

    Best Ambiance

  • Lancaster County

    Best Value

  • Lancaster County

    Good for business meals

  • Lancaster County

    Innovative

  • Lancaster County

    Good for groups

  • Lancaster County

    Healthy

  • Lancaster County

    Hot spot

  • Lancaster County

    Neighborhood gem

  • Lancaster County

    Great for fine wines

  • Lancaster County

    Great for outdoor dining

  • Lancaster County

    Romantic

  • Lancaster County

    Good for special occasions

  • Lancaster County

    Lively

1,449 Reviews
  1. ET575

    Philadelphia

    20 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    20 reviews

    Dined 2 days ago

    Overall5Food4Service5Ambience4
    Always enjoy our dining experience. Very reliable, delicious food and good service

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  2. Eileen

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 3 days ago

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Delicious food, great service and decorated so nice for the holidays!

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  3. BrookeA

    Atlantic City

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Great experience for a birthday lunch. Menu options were great. Service was awesome. Food was delicious. Atmosphere was wonderful. Thank you for a great establishment!

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  4. OpenTable Diner

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 5 days ago

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Fantastic service and food! We had a great time and our server was fun.

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  5. OpenTable Diner

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 7 days ago

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Micah was fantastic! Food was great. Atmosphere evokes feelings of Mexico/Peru! Loved it. We will be back!!!

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  6. CarmenL

    New York Area

    103 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    103 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    Overall5Food4Service5Ambience5
    Our waiter Micah, was very polite, professional and helpful. The food was delicious . You get a lot of food. The pervian beer was very good. Took a six pack home. Will come back.

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  7. OpenTable Diner

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 7 days ago

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    El Serrano never disappoints. Their salsa is the absolute BEST!

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  8. OpenTable Diner

    Philadelphia

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 29, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Delicious food as always. Everything is freshly prepared. Great service. They never make you feel rushed. My friend had never eaten there and loved it!

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  9. Judi

    Philadelphia

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on November 26, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Our server was JD. He was so very courteous, friendly and helpful. I reserved for 9 people; we ended up as a group of 10, and we were immediately set up for one more. Our meals were delicious. We have eaten at El Serrano on previous occasions and will continue to be repeat customers.

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  10. Snoop

    Philadelphia

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on November 26, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Love this restaurant. Great food and great ambience

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  11. MarieG

    Philadelphia

    5 reviews

    5.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on November 26, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Excellent service as usual. Excellent food as usual. The fajitas were amazing. Fried ice cream for dessert was wonderful.

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  12. shootingstarbeauty

    Philadelphia

    49 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    49 reviews

    Dined on November 25, 2023

    Overall3Food3Service4Ambience3
    After waiting over 15 minutes for the host to find us a table that would comfortably seat our party of six, we were seated at a rather dark table. Our server was wonderful, knowledgeable, and friendly. It took 75 minutes, from the time we were seated until our meals arrived, for our food to come. I know it was a Saturday night, but that is unacceptable. The food was decent, but not wonderful.

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  13. Kali

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 25, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    I went for dinner with my family, and the food was excellent. The lomo saltado is delicious!

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  14. JohnW

    Philadelphia

    14 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    14 reviews

    Dined on November 25, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed another meal at El Serrano. The food was wonderful, as always, and service was exceptional from Matt. It was a lovely evening.

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  15. KristineC

    Philadelphia

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on November 25, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Very good food and service . Enjoyed ourselves very much

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  16. George

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 24, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Excellent, always a treat when we get to Lancaster ares. Delicious food. Always order from the Peruvian entrees. Never disappointed.

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  17. LauraT

    Philadelphia

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 22, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Excellent food and fantastic service! We go to El Serrano at least once a year, and we have never had a bad experience. Everyone is courteous and friendly, and the food is always hot and delicious.

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  18. Kevin

    Philadelphia

    48 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    48 reviews

    Dined on November 19, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience4
    Good tastes and solid service. We enjoyed our first visit - we will return.

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  19. Bman

    Philadelphia

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 18, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience4
    Great Mexican food. We live about an hour a way, but it's well worth the drive!

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  20. JanS

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 17, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    El Serrano is always a great time! Excellent food and drinks, and great service!

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  21. Apandapal

    Philadelphia

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on November 16, 2023

    Overall4Food5Service3Ambience4
    The plus in this review was the server, T, had a pleasant personality and nice to talk to. The negative is the service with food/checking back in a timely fashion was overlooked. We were a party of 2 adults. We were seated before a party of 5 with children. Drinks were served about the same time after waiting for some time. Orders were taken one after the other. The table with the party of 5, had the food come out way before ours and were half way finished eating before we got our food. The server came back to check in to see how we were doing, I think with our food to see how it is, and we mentioned we did not even get our food. She said Oh I am sorry, let me check on that for you. It finally came out after several minutes more, thinking, did she forget to put in our order?(note there is a different person who brings out the food for the server) was it a kitchen overlook? who knows. We also had a manager, I think, to check back to say sorry about the situation, stating the kitchen might have picked an easier order or something like that. But no mention about comping us for anything or offering a discount for the service like some resturants I had been to before have done that. It took long to get our bill too. We were on a time crunch as my friend had to get to somewhere to pick up her car before the place closed. We have eaten here many times but this experience was different.

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  22. VicM

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 11, 2023

    Overall4Food5Service4Ambience5
    This place never disappoints! The food was fantastic!! The guy at the desk got a little confused since I made a reservation on the open table feature on the website but a girl came over and we got seated right away instead of having to wait 40min like he said we would have to. The sever was good but not great. They were very bust so I think he had his hands full.

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  23. lmelko

    Philadelphia

    94 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    94 reviews

    Dined on November 11, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience3
    We enjoyed our meal & service very much. Pork chops & Mixto Limeno were delicious.

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  24. The3rdgiraffe

    Philadelphia

    30 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    30 reviews

    Dined on November 10, 2023

    Overall4Food5Service3Ambience4
    Excellent food! Server was great but kitchen was slow.

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  25. BobP

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 10, 2023

    Overall5Food4Service5Ambience5
    First time here for lunch on our 22nd anniversary. The ambiance was lovely. Very clean, staff attentive and food was good. We will come dine again in the future and will recommend to friends and family.

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  26. PeggyP

    Philadelphia

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on November 9, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    We met friends for dinner. We were all delighted with the food and service. It was very nice. We will certainly be back soon. Thank you.

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  27. DonnaG

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 8, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service4Ambience5
    Beautiful place. Great food. We could actually hear ourselves talking with our dinner guests 🙂

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  28. JoeM

    Philadelphia

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on November 5, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    excellent as always. good food and good service. the tapas at the bar are a great idea. they are delicious.

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  29. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 5, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Always a pleasure to dine at El Serrano’s in Lancaster. Staff was courteous and efficient. Food was excellent as always. Highly recommend this restaurant.

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  30. OpenTable Diner

    Philadelphia

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 3, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    We celebrated my husbands 40th birthday and we had such a great meal and service! Our server was on top of drink refills, food came out in a very timely manner and they even gave my husband a plate of whipped cream and a sparkler so we could sing happy birthday to him! Thank you to the staff and management for giving us A+ service!

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  31. HelfrichBicycles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 1, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Excellent time with my family for my birthday! The food was fantastic and the service was great. The fried ice cream was magnificent! Thank you for a wonderful experience.

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  32. TerrieH

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 29, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Food was amazing! We had a reservation and they had it all ready for us, with the chips and salsa already on the table! Best fajitas around!!

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  33. TinaE

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 22, 2023

    Overall4Food4Service5Ambience5
    Unique and beautiful establishment. Wonderful service. Everything was great for a birthday party group. Waitress went above & beyond and everyone was very personable and friendly. Two in our group were gluten-free and was knowledgeable about that. Enjoyable dinner.

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  34. LarryA

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 22, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    We had not been there in awhile. My son came in and wanted to go back for a Visit. Everything was great food delicious and service was wonderful. We will return again soon.

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  35. DanielC

    Philadelphia

    3 reviews

    vip
    1.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on October 22, 2023

    Overall1Food1Service2Ambience5
    My food was cold and tasted like it had been microwaved. I could not eat it. The service was not what it has been in the past. We hardly saw our waitress. A waitress at a neighboring table dropped a cocktail glass which showered shards of glass on our legs and feet. We've been disappointed our last three visits to the restaurant, this being the absolute worst. I doubt we will return.

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  36. DICKBUTTONS

    New York Area

    4 reviews

    2.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on October 21, 2023

    Overall2Food2Service1Ambience5
    Right off the bat we had the wrong wine list on our table and the wine I wanted was not available. So we were disappointed in the food. This was far from authentic Mexican/Peruvian food. VALVEETA CHEESE?? You would never find that in any authentic spot. Service was sub par as our main course was brought out BEFORE.our appetizer was, and were asked by the waiter "oh, you wanted the appetizer before your meals?" So our meals were most likely placed in a warmer until we received and finished our Appetizer, so much for fresh meals. Ambience was great, but that was not enough to save a poor dining experience.

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  37. lmelko

    Philadelphia

    94 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    94 reviews

    Dined on October 18, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Great mid-week dinner. We tried the new tapas menu for an appetizer & then our favorite entrees Mixto Limeno & El Rancho Combo & Red Sangria. Topped it off with a fried ice cream.

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  38. PatD

    Tampa

    10 reviews

    5.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on October 15, 2023

    Overall5Food5Service5Ambience5
    Food always delicious. Best Mexican food I have ever enjoyed. Waitress very good. Other staff very attentive. Restaurant decor outstanding.

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  39. DarleneJ

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 15, 2023

    Overall4Food5Service5Ambience5
    Food was very good and the service was great. Staff was attentive and pleasant.

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  40. JoeO

    Philadelphia

    5 reviews

    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on October 14, 2023

    Overall4Food4Service4Ambience4
    Appetizers, main course and dessert very good, service was also very good. Made reservations more than two weeks in advance we had the worst table. It was were the servers wore pushing metal carts to serve. It was very distracting and noisy especially as mentioned the reservation was made more than two weeks ago.

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FAQs

El Serrano - Lancaster offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (717) 397-6191.

El Serrano - Lancaster is rated 4.7 stars by 1449 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

10:30 PM


Booked 20 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for El Serrano - Lancaster

2151 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603

Additional information

  • Neighborhood
    Lancaster
  • Hours of operation
    Lunch Fri 12:00 pm–2:00 pm Dinner Mon–Thu 4:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 12:00 pm–9:00 pm Sun 12:00 pm–8:00 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Latin American, Peruvian
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    Private Lot
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Entertainment, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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