Restaurants in Cochabamba
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Sole Mio
The best pizzas in Cochabamba are to be found here. The owners, encouragingly, are from Napoli and import the ingredients for their robust brick-oven, wood-fired pizzas – thin crust, light on the sauce. Soft opera music, rich Italian wines and excellent service make this a comfortable place to linger a while over a meal. They also serve a range of meat and pasta entrées.
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Páprika
One of the ‘in’ spots, this is a block removed from the roar of Av Ballivián, and is a quiet leafy place popular for its food – both Bolivian and international, including tasty baked potatoes and fondues. After dark it becomes a trendy spot for a late drink and is also a good place to meet up with young Bolivians.
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La Estancia
One of a knot of spacious restaurants just across the river in Recoleta, this Argentine-style grill is a fine place. There are thick, juicy steaks (it’s worth upgrading to the Argentine meat), ribs and kidneys, as well as fish and chicken, all sizzled on the blazing grill in the middle. There’s also a decent salad bar and very good service.
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Casa de Campo
A Cochabamba classic, this loud and cheerful partly open-air restaurant is a traditional spot to meet, eat, and play cacho (dice). There’s a big range of Bolivian dishes and grilled meats; the food is fine (and piled high on the plates), but the lively, unpretentious atmosphere is better.
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Tunari
With the distinction of being the oldest restaurant in the city, this local favorite specializes in the sort of things you either love or hate: grilled kidneys (a patent local hangover cure), tripe and tasty chorizo. But if innards aren’t your thing, there are other typical Cochabamba plates.
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Cochalita
There's tasty street food and snacks all over Cochabamba, with the papas rellenas (potatoes filled with meat or cheese) at the corner of Achá and Villazón particularly delicious. Great salteñas and empanadas are ubiquitous; for the latter, try Cochalita, which has a range of delicious fillings and also does ice creams. Locals swear by the anticuchos (beef-heart shish kebabs) that sizzle all night at the corner of Av Villaroel and Av América.
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Uno’s
Tasty and remarkably cheap, with vegetarian buffet fare served on plastic, prison-style trays. They also do good fruit salads and soy burgers, but there’s no alcohol served. Blink and you’ll miss it, though – there is no sign outside and it’s barely larger than a walk-in closet.
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Búfalo’s Rodizio
This all-you-can-eat Brazilian-style grill has smart waiters bringing huge hunks of delicious meat to your table faster than you can pick up your fork. There’s a large salad bar, but, let’s face it, it’s designed for the carnivore. It’s on the 2nd floor of a shopping arcade; take the lift.
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Casablanca
Both restaurant and bar, this spot is popular with both locals and visitors and always has a busy buzz. As one might expect, there are dodgy Bogart murals on the walls. The place also offers a large range of international dishes, and drinks until late. Service is very poor.
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Dumbo - Ballivián
The jumbo-size Dumbo serves a range of things throughout the day, from breakfast pancakes to bland but decent burgers and main dishes, and is particularly popular for a late-afternoon ice cream and coffee.
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Dumbo - Heroínas
The jumbo-size Dumbo serves a range of things throughout the day, from breakfast pancakes to bland but decent burgers and main dishes, and is particularly popular for a late-afternoon ice cream and coffee.
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Savarín
This popular, well-established barn on Ballivián has a wide streetside terrace where people congregate at lunchime for filling almuerzos (set lunches) and, in the evening, for a beer or three.
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Cristal
Cristal serves a range of things throughout the day, from breakfast pancakes to bland but decent burgers and main dishes, and is particularly popular for a late-afternoon ice cream and coffee.
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La Cantonata
This classy Italian place is one of the city’s better places to eat. The cozy interior has a roaring fire, candlelit tables and waistcoated waiters. Pizza and pasta is top notch but pricey.
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Rodizio Grill Americano
Steak-oriented Rodizio is a carnivore's delight, but also serves great soups and has a full salad bar for vegetarians. It serves three meals daily, including good-value almuerzos.
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Kabbab
A thousand-and-one variations on Persian kebabs served in an intimate space adjacent to the Palacio de Portales. Highlights include clay-oven flat bread, Turkish coffee and decent baklava.
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Restaurant Marvi
This decent family-run place offers one of the best typical almuerzos (set lunches) around. At dinnertime, solid plates of comida criolla (criollo food) are served.
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Sabor Limeño
This quiet spot is tucked away on an alleyway behind the cathedral, and boasts a very pleasant enclosed terrace. The food is mostly Peruvian - including a decent ceviche.
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Sucremanta
A chain of restaurantes típicos where you can sample dependable local dishes, including mondongo (pork ribs) and menudito (pork, chicken and beef stew).
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Mosoj Yan
This attractive, light and airy café is a very pleasant spot, and as well as serving delicious desserts, decent coffees and cheap lunches, your bolivianos go to a good cause.
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Gopal
Half-decent vegetarian dishes that include soy-based conversions of Bolivian dishes and a few curries. There’s another branch at Mayor Rocha 375.
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Café Frances
This intimate and popular option serves excellent coffee, tea, cakes, quiche and both sweet and savory crêpes in a Paris-like setting.
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Ganesha Comida Vegetariana
Popular lunchtime vegetarian spot just off Plaza Colón, with a range of tasty choices that diminish the later you get there.
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Tea Room Zürich
This upmarket, old-fashioned place is the place in the Recoleta district to take tea, strudels and éclairs.
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