Must-see restaurants in Huancayo

  • La Cabaña

    Huancayo

    This haunt is popular with locals and travelers alike for its relaxed ambience, hearty food and tasty pisco sours (grape brandy cocktails). When you’re…

  • Huancahuasi

    Huancayo

    This classy establishment is the local eatery of choice in El Tambo district, where Real becomes Castilla northwest of town. A flower-filled courtyard and…

  • Detrás de la Catedral

    Huancayo

    This well-run, attractively presented place exudes a woody, warm feeling and has garnered plenty of regular patrons with its broad menu: a flight of steps…

  • Leopardo

    Huancayo

    Effortlessly combining common-people’s cafeteria with upscale restaurant, this joint is so Huancayo, right down to the model train in the central dining…

  • Café Coqui

    Huancayo

    This modern bakery/coffee shop is a contender for the best breakfast stop in the Central Andes, serving tasty sandwiches, pastries, empanadas, real…

  • Sofa Café Paris

    Huancayo

    With the chilled vibe you’d hope from the name, this is a lively venue with a wrap-around mezzanine level to oversee the action below. It favors Nirvana…

  • La Tullpa

    Huancayo

    Currently one of the best restaurants in Huancayo, La Tullpa has a simple but attractive wood-floored interior which leads through archways onto a plant…

  • Zalema Social Coffee

    Huancayo

    Keep your eye on this neat little bohemian space: if it keeps on like this, it's really going places. Understated decoration themed around the other…

  • La Leña

    Huancayo

    If you like meat, you'll love this plaza-fronting place. Chicken is the specialty; have it done the most famous way, a la brasa, a coal-roasted rotisserie…

  • El Consulado

    Huancayo

    This spacious, high-ceilinged establishment specializes in cuisine from Arequipa, such as the trademark rocoto relleno (cheesy stuffed bell peppers), as…

  • Chicharronería Cuzco

    Huancayo

    Traditional plates of chicharrón (deep-fried pork) at this carnivore-centric classic hole-in-the-wall cost a just few nuevo soles.