Peruvian restaurants in Peru
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Restaurant Huaca Pucllana
This sophisticated establishment overlooks the illuminated ruins at Huaca Pucllana. The menu consists of a skillfully rendered and beautifully presented array of contemporary Peruvian dishes (from grilled cuy to seafood chowders), along with a smattering of Italian-fusion specialties. Save room for the pisco and lemon parfait come dessert.
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Detrás de la Catedral
This well-run, attractively presented place exudes a woody, warm feeling and has garnered plenty of regular patrons with its broad menu selection – helped by a user-friendly picture menu decoder. Enjoy filling burgers (veggie or carnie), specials like asado catedral (barbecued meats done in house style) and tasty desserts like chocolate-drenched pionono helado (pastry with caramel filling). Surrealist paintings grace the walls.
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El Cordano
A Lima institution since 1905, this old-world dining hall has, at some point or another, counted practically every Peruvian president for the last 100 years as a customer (the presidential palace is right across the street). It is known for its skillfully rendered tacu tacu (pan-fried rice and beans) and butifarra (French bread stuffed with country ham).
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Inka Panaka
Along an alleyway west of the plaza, this ambitious and artistic restaurant has just a half dozen candlelit tables at which you can fork into novoandina (Peruvian nouvelle cuisine) fare, including delicious breakfasts, steaks and desserts. There's a chill-out soundtrack and artisan crafts for sale.
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Indio Feliz
Multi-award-winning Indio Feliz’s French cook whips up fantastic meals, which have made this place deservedly popular, and ‘world famous’ in Aguas Calientes. The S50 menú is an extremely good value for a decadent dinner. Indio Feliz has good wheelchair access.
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La Cantarilla
You'll be greeted by an ostrich statue at this rustic open-air restaurant in the southwestern suburb of Sachaca. Mostly catering to tour groups, it serves some international fare as well as good-quality Arequipeño food, including freshwater shrimp.
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Encuentro
One of three Encuentro locations around Huaraz serving breakfasts, coffees, cocktails and Peruvians dishes – the trout tiradito (Japanese-influence version of ceviche, served in thin slices and without onions) is fresh and delicious.
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La Brasa Roja
This scrumptious pollería (restaurant specializing in roast chicken) is the ultimate budget refueling stop. The ‘Red-Hot Coals’ also serves up sandwiches, pastas and beef – but stick with the chicken, it’s what it does best.
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Restaurant Los Angeles
This meticulously run Peruvian and international eatery is known for especially delicious soups and salads, as well as tasty vegetarian options. It’s owned by a local tour guide who speaks French and English.
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El Viñedo
This intimate spot is one of the best places to knock back a steak or platters of traditional Peruvian food, all in an ornate Victorian atmosphere. The wine list features South American varietals.
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El Estadio Fútbol Club
A good evening hangout is the El Estadio Fútbol Club, a soccer-fanatic hangout-restaurant.
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Restaurant Típico La Fiesta
A quality top-end choice, La Fiesta is in the Residencial 3 de Octubre suburb, about 2km west of central Chiclayo. If you want to experience the best of this region’s world-famous cuisine, Fiesta is the place to splurge. The pisco sours constructed tableside and elegant meat dishes, such as rack of lamb with risotto and sirloin with poached quail egg, are worth every nuevo sol. Or try the farm-raised duck, which must be a black-feathered quacker not a day over three months old. There is a sister restaurant in Lima.
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El Batán
One of the town’s best places to eat, this is a mix of gallery-restaurant, peña (bar or club featuring live folkloric music) and cultural center, and serves varied Peruvian and international dishes with has a decent wine list. The menú (set meal) is an excellent deal. On Friday and Saturday nights, El Batán has live shows of local music, anything from folk songs to traditional Andean music to Afro-Peruvian dance rhythms. There is a full bar and an upstairs art gallery.
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Salas
This barn of a restaurant on the Plaza de Armas has been a local favorite since 1947 – and some of the diners look like they have been patronizing the joint since the very beginning. Knowledgeable elderly staff in white suits will help you navigate the extensive menu, which lists local specialties such as goat, tamales (corn dough stuffed with meat, beans or chilis) and even sesos (cow brains). More-standard plates are also available.
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Bistro de los Andes
This restaurant with a European air is owned by a multilingual Frenchman. It serves an international and Peruvian menu ranging from pancakes to pastas. Good coffees, delectable desserts, fabulous fish dishes – there’s something for everyone at any time of day. The service is excellent, a happy-hour special is always on offer and the long rows of tables along the windows look out onto the Plaza de Armas.
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Sumaq Misky
Hidden up an alley of souvenir stalls, this friendly family-owned restaurant and bar targets adventurous travelers with special foodie nights such as alpaca Fridays and cuy Sundays, when you can order your guinea pig roasted tandoori style (we're not kidding, folks). 'Alpurguesas' (alpaca hamburgers), ensaladas (salads) and all-you-can-eat specials are everyday affairs.
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La Estancia
Northwest of town, Real becomes Av Mariscal Castilla in the El Tambo district. La Estancia does a great lunchtime pachamanca containing cuy, pork, lamb, potatoes, beans and tamales among other possible ingredients, wrapped in leaves and cooked in an underground earth oven (basically, a hole in the ground). Go early and watch them disinter it. Cheaper plates also available.
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Restaurant Romana
This locally popular place serves a bunch of different dishes, all of them local favorites. If you’re feeling brave, try the chirimpico for breakfast: it’s stewed goat tripe and organs and is guaranteed to either cure a hangover or give you one. Otherwise, you can have pastas, steaks, seafood, chicken or pork chicharrones (breaded and fried pieces of meat) with yucca.
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La Collpa
You can practically taste the jungle air at this stilt restaurant, with a bamboo balcony over a river and a patch of rainforest. The menu offers up everything imaginable, from ceviche (raw seafood marinated in lime juice) to typical jungle food to grills to Chinese food to pastas. It’s best to come for lunch to appreciate the views, though candlelit dinners are also a treat.
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Café d’ Mundo
A funky establishment illuminated nightly by moody candlelight, this hip restaurant and bar has outdoor seating and snug indoor lounges. Good pizzas, pastas and other tidbits adorn a small menu and a full bar will help you pass the rest of the evening away comfortably. The continually roaring mototaxis tend to detract from the mood a little, however.
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Hebron
This flashy, contemporary and bright two-story restaurant is a luxury pollería (restaurant specializing in roast chicken) on steroids. Lots of windows, impeccable service and a giant children’s playground that would put McDonalds to shame keep this restaurant marked on the calendars of most Chiclayans. Hebron may have the only kids menu in town.
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La Pergola
Upstairs with a plaza view and courtly atmosphere, La Pergola offers a varied menu ranging from inexpensive sandwiches and snacks to full-blown meals. The daily midday menú is usually a very good option though the chicken fried rice is exceptionally filling and goes down well with a bottle of Cusqueña Malta (malt) beer.
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Panadería Koky
This modern bakery-coffee shop is a contender for the best breakfast stop in the Central Andes, serving tasty sandwiches, pastries, empanadas, real espresso and other coffees. It’s lively from morning until evening and now even does a line in pizzas and other more substantial fare. There’s live music sometimes from the upstairs balcony.
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Keros
Low-key Keros has a full bar and is heated by a sometimes-stifling open fire. It’s a great place to try two Peruvian classics, sopa a la criolla (a creamy noodle soup with beef and peppers) and tiradito, both of which it prepares to perfection. Its motto is ‘Eat like an Inca, pay like a peasant.’
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Manhattan Restaurant
This sophisticated, mellow hideaway has good menús, as well as a happy hour from 17:00 to closing time at 19:00. The tasty sopa a la criolla (mildly spiced, creamy noodle soup with beef and peppers) and the escalope pollo con verdana (chicken escalopes) make for a filling meal.
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