Piura
Easily the best place in the center for coffee and dessert, this fantastic cafe prepares top-quality cakes and pies, real espresso and good juices. It…
Must-see restaurants in North Coast
Máncora
This is the place to sink your sweet tooth into some great cakes, including tiramisu, pecan pie, brownies and the ever-popular apple pie. It also does…
North Coast
This funky bar-restaurant right on the sand serves up some of Punta Sal's best seafood in uber-relaxed surroundings. It also has vegetarian options and is…
North Coast
This popular bright corner bistro is decked out in smart red and black motifs and serves sandwiches and light meals, in addition to more filling…
Máncora
With a short menu of excellent Italian food, this is the most gourmet restaurant in town when the Italian chef is on, but disappointing when he isn’t. It…
North Coast
A local institution, this corner restaurant is the place to go for chunks of grilled meaty goodies, seafood and breakfasts.
North Coast
This place gets the thumbs-up from locals who descend en masse to enjoy good ceviches, grills and regional specialties.
North Coast
On Isla Hueso de Ballena, Restaurante Hueso de Ballena is pretty ideal, right on the sand with a few hammocks and aquatic inflatables to keep young…
North Coast
This Dutch-Peruvian beachside pad is Huanchaco’s requisite travelers' hub, serving up yummy vegetarian victuals such as falafel, crepes, Spanish tortillas…
North Coast
On a quiet corner of the plaza, with pleasant streetside tables outside and quixotic, slow-turning fans inside, Sí Señor is the long-standing staple doing…
Piura
Beef lovers unite at this Uruguayan steakhouse that remains hugely popular with local families in Piura who fill the large dining room and open-air…
Piura
With two central locations and another in the north of town, Matheo’s serves as an antidote to the hills of parrillada (grilled meats) found all over Peru…
Piura
Peruvian Chinese restaurants almost always guarantee a good meal and this nearly fancy chifa is no exception. It’s a bummer about the street noise, but…
North Coast
This modern cafe is so wildly out of place in Tumbes that it turns heads. You’ll find loads of scrumptious cakes, flavored frappuccinos, juices,…
Piura
This fast-food joint has numerous outlets scooping up dozens of flavors of cool, cool ice cream. Try manjar blanco (milk caramel) or límon (lime) – it’s…
Máncora
This Italian eatery has a cozy atmosphere and lots of bright, white, curving adobe walls smartly decorated with tasteful art. The food is great, the…
North Coast
Small, quiet as a funeral home and dignified, Classic Restaurant is a wonderful place to escape torrid Tumbes and relax with a long lunch, as many of the…
Chiclayo
If you don't fancy the nasty industrial 'ice cream' sold from kiosks and on street corners all over the city, head to this friendly parlor a couple of…
North Coast
Serving a wide menu of Peruvian and international dishes, including risottos, pizzas and burgers, this popular place beneath a busy hostel is a good bet…
Trujillo
This place has been around since 1951, so you know it's been doing something right. Whipping up a decent espresso, as well as breakfast, snacks and meals…
Máncora
A large and fairly slick place on the main drag serving up decent pan-Asian cuisine to travelers hankering for some different flavors. Both the sushi and…
Trujillo
For a break from Peruvian fare, head to this bright, modern bistro that smells like real Italian food from the moment you walk in. The small menu features…
Trujillo
Owned by a Chinese family of veteran chefs, this vaguely upscale, tasty option packs a wallop of flavorful infusion for Peruvinized palettes. The menu is…
North Coast
This popular, orange-tableclothed meatery serves sizzling grills amid an odd decorative duo of bullfighting paintings and model cars. All plates come with…
North Coast
Long-running Hua serves good-quality Peruvian classics at very fair prices in a fresh, open-air dining room overlooking the water. In the evening it…
Trujillo
This popular, long-running place is the best of the offerings on a block crowded with pizzerias, though the prices are at the high end of the spectrum for…
Trujillo
If you’re sick of the tiny plate of eggs your hotel is throwing at you in the morning, check out Oviedo’s long list of breakfasts – from a simple…
North Coast
Run by the former proprietors of Surf Hostel Meri, this simple little cafe on the main boulevard serves all-day breakfasts and other tasty light meals…
Chiclayo
There are two restaurants side by side here: one is a chifa and the other is a grill, but they share a kitchen. Together they have an ample offering of…
North Coast
This popular local hangout on a corner in town is the one place that's always guaranteed to be open for a good, filling meal. The menu is extensive and…
Chiclayo
This flashy, contemporary and bright two-story restaurant is a luxury pollería (restaurant specializing in roast chicken), but it also serves a variety of…
North Coast
A local institution, Rebachinni does real coffee, good breakfasts and a selection of hot and cold sandwiches, including a great lomo saltado (braised beef…
Máncora
This place, with two locations close to one another, is among the most tourist-oriented seafood eateries in the center, but remains popular for its well…
North Coast
This diner attached to Hotel Chavín has a few breakfast combos, watered-down coffee and sandwiches in a classic cafe setting with bar seating, pie…
Chiclayo
It’s not how Papa Giuseppe used to make it, but the wood-fired pizzas at this Peruvian small-chain restaurant have a pretty darn good crust and fresh…
Trujillo
Vegetarians might want to make a wide berth around this place. Located a S5 taxi ride south of town, little El Uruguayo serves up big plates of barbecued…
North Coast
A long-running and reliable option on the main boulevard serving tasty plates of fresh seafood. It's popular with tour groups, but at other times, due to…
North Coast
This little corner coffee shop and pizzeria has a large window with views onto the plaza. The fruit juices are excellent, while the sandwiches and pizzas…
North Coast
On an open deck across the road from the beach, this popular place serves up quality Peruvian classics in addition to some international plates.
Máncora
Apparently the best pollería (restaurant specializing in roast chicken) in town – and who are we to argue?
