Lomo Saltado in Silver Spring, MD
The Peruvian classic — sautéed sirloin with tomato, red onion and cilantro. Named in 6 Google reviews. We're 5 min · 1.6 mi from downtown from Silver Spring, at 8739 Flower Avenue in Silver Spring.
El Golfo sits at 8739 Flower Avenue in the Long Branch end of Silver Spring, five minutes east of the Ellsworth Drive crowds downtown. Flower Avenue is the quieter restaurant row — El Gavilan is two doors up at 8805 — and the lot beside the building holds 30 to 40 cars, which downtown Silver Spring cannot say about anything.
From Silver Spring we're 5 min · 1.6 mi from downtown, which makes lomo saltado a short trip rather than a whole day's errand.

Lomo Saltado done properly
Sautéed strips of sirloin with fresh tomato, green pepper, red onion, jalapeño and cilantro in a Peruvian sauce — $30 as steak, $26 as pollo saltado, both gluten-free. Google's own review topics list lomo saltado by name in six reviews, which for a single dish at a neighborhood restaurant is a tell: people drive here for it.
What's included
- Lomo Saltado (steak) — $30 · Pollo Saltado — $26
- Gluten-free
- Fresh tomato, red onion, jalapeño & cilantro
- Served with rice and beans
Downtown Silver Spring & Ellsworth Drive · Long Branch · Sligo Creek Park · The Fillmore · Piney Branch Road
Lomo Saltado questions
Is lomo saltado spicy?
Peruvian food at a Salvadoran restaurant?
Lomo Saltado in Silver Spring?
8739 Flower Avenue, Silver Spring — parking on site for 30-plus cars. Order takeout online, or come in for the version with a sizzling platter and a band.