Must-see restaurants in Cajamarca

  • Cascanuez Café Bar

    Cajamarca

    Every city needs a Cascanuez, a place where you can go at 4pm for your tea or merienda (afternoon snack) and have a bow-tied waiter serve you a hot drink…

  • Paprika

    Cajamarca

    Cajamarca’s poshest restaurant is located in its fanciest hotel and – no surprise – offers the most inventive food in the city. Large windows look out…

  • El Marengo

    Cajamarca

    Marengo is the smallest, hottest and most fun of the melee of pizza places in the blocks west of Plaza de Armas. With six wooden tables and a brick pizza…

  • 10 Luces

    Cajamarca

    A casual place for lunch or a light dinner, 10 Luces is located in Cajamarca’s emerging hip quarter and sports high tables, cool stools and a straight-to…

  • Salas

    Cajamarca

    This old-school diner is a weird juxtaposition of bland cafeteria-style tables and ostentatiously outfitted wait staff (with bow-ties, no less). It's…

  • Heladería Holanda

    Cajamarca

    The tiny entrance on the Plaza de Armas opens into a large, Dutch-orange cafe selling the best ice cream in Cajamarca. The staff will shower you with…

  • Sanguchon.com

    Cajamarca

    This wildly popular hamburger-and-sandwich joint features an extensive menu of handheld snacks. It has 16 varieties of burgers (including vegetarian) and…

  • Cafetería Sabi

    Cajamarca

    There’s a minor coffee revolution happening in Cajamarca at the moment, built on a passion for roasting local organic beans grown in nearby Jaen and…

  • Vaca Loca

    Cajamarca

    Set in an inviting colonial house with a warm paint job, the 'Mad Cow' pays homage to the local dairy culture with bovine-print furniture and cow art. But…

  • Castope

    Cajamarca

    This unpretentious restaurant is something of a Cajamarca phenomenon. There's no playing to the tourist palate; instead, Castope concentrates on…

  • Querubino

    Cajamarca

    The once-experimental Querubino seems to have shifted its menu from upscale Peruvian cuisine to reasonable renditions of Italian standards. There's not a…

  • Mr Grill

    Cajamarca

    It only takes a step into this low-key dining room to be seduced by the smell of roast chicken and choice cuts of meat. A table for five could easily get…

  • New York Pizza

    Cajamarca

    In a city that's seen a recent burgeoning of pizza provision, the NY has lagged behind. Average pies at best, though the prices are good. Also does a…

  • El Quinde Shopping Center

    Cajamarca

    This shopping center has the closest supermarket to town (Metro), about 2.5km north of the Plaza de Armas.

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