Lima Restaurants

  1. Antica Trattoria

    This classy Italian joint with a nouveau-rustic air serves up pizza, but is better recommended for its pasta concoctions and generic Italian cuisine. Dishes to savor are ravioli stuffed with crab, osso buco with polenta, and filling risottos.

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  2. Glorietta

    Parque Kennedy and Diagonal, nicknamed 'Pizza Street,' have numerous open-fronted Italian joints to choose from, including this reasonable spot.

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  3. Il Postino

    This is one of Miraflores' best Italian restaurants, with an informal Mediterranean atmosphere and a great collection of reasonably priced international wines.

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  4. L'Eau Vive

    This unique restaurant has menús prepared and served by a French order of nuns; it features dishes from all over the world, as well as some exotic cocktails. The restaurant is in a quiet, colonial-style house and is a welcome relief from the Lima madhouse, though it can be a bit hard to find. Ring the doorbell to gain access. The nuns are supposed to sing an 'Ave Maria' at .

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  5. La Trattoria

    Recommended for tasty, homemade pasta that you can watch being made, La Trattoria is a simple, laid-back Italian restaurant with a quiet ambience.

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  6. Punto Italiano

    Italian cuisine with a Sardinian twist is dished up at this popular and homey trattoria-style venue. Handmade ravioli is filling and full of taste while the carne tagliata (veal with tagliatelle) with Sardinian cheese is divine. Don't forget the top Punto Italian pizza.

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  7. Quattro D

    This place has perhaps the best Italian ice cream in town, boasting 36 different flavors, as well as delicious cakes and good coffee. It even offers up their own take on pizza if coffee and cakes are not sufficient for you.

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  8. Trattoria San Seferino

    Yet another Italian eating place, this time a trattoria specializing in hearty country fare. Bife de chorizo - similar to a New York strip steak, but bigger - is popular, as is the unusual dishes of potted duck and green risotto with homemade pesto.

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