The business and embassy district, home to Astrid y Gaston's Casa Moreyra hacienda, Cosme and Carnaval cocktail bar, plus upscale hotel dining rooms.
Order The tasting menu, anchored by the cuy pekines (Peking-style guinea pig).
Astrid y Gaston at Casa Moreyra in San Isidro is Gaston Acurio and Astrid Gutsche's 1994 flagship, in a 17th-century San Isidro hacienda from 2014.
On this list, shown aboveAstrid y GastonCosme
Order Single-origin Peruvian filter and espresso
The Coffee Road at Av Guillermo Prescott 365 in San Isidro is Alejandro Chu's 2014 Lima specialty cafe, working Peruvian beans across many brew methods.
Order Croissants and bombas
Sienna Bakery at Calle Los Laureles 515 in San Isidro Lima is a French-Peruvian patisserie cafe with butter croissants, bombas and viennoiserie all day.
Puku Puku at Av Pardo y Aliaga 695 in San Isidro is the 2020 Peruvian roaster of direct-trade microlots, twelve Lima cafes across Miraflores and San Isidro.
Also on this listThe Coffee Road
Notas de Cata at Av Conquistadores 512 in San Isidro Lima is the Peruvian wine bar and restaurant focused on South American producers and Ica valley flights.
Order The Carnaval signature, plus a pisco-base off the special menu.
Carnaval at Av Pardo y Aliaga 662 in San Isidro Lima is the Peruvian temple cocktail bar founded 2018, an Ice Room programme and 70 cocktail menu.
Order The Country Club pisco sour, often cited as Lima's best, with a butifarra to share.
Bar Ingles at Calle Los Eucaliptos 590 in San Isidro Lima is the Country Club Lima Hotel's near-century-old wood-panelled bar, the canonical pisco sour pour.
