6 hidden gems worth the trip across Peru, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Peru guides.
Sankuay (Chez Wong) ★ 4.7 · Lima
la-victoria · Calle Enrique Leon Garcia 114, La Victoria, Lima 15018
Sankuay (Chez Wong) at Calle Enrique Leon Garcia 114 in La Victoria is chef Javier Wong's reservation-only ten-table room, Lima's ceviche cult lunch.
Tip: Reservation only by phone (+51 1 470 6217) or email (chezwong7 at hotmail.com); fixed seatings 13:00 lunch service only.
Antigua Taberna Queirolo ★ 4.5 · Lima
pueblo-libre · Av San Martin 1090, Pueblo Libre, Lima 15084
Antigua Taberna Queirolo at Av San Martin 1090 in Pueblo Libre is the 1880 Santiago Queirolo cantina, one of Lima's oldest still-running bars.
Tip: Cash safer than card; the connected Queirolo wine and pisco shop sells direct from the bodega.
Canta Rana ★ 4.4 · Lima
barranco · Calle Genova 101, Barranco, Lima 15063
Canta Rana at Calle Genova 101 in Barranco is a 35-year Lima cevicheria-huarique, the Sunday lunch standard for limenos who skip the destination cevicherias.
Tip: Cash only is safer; Saturday lunch queue runs past the corner by 13:00.
Anticuchos Betty Barranco ★ 4.4 · Lima
barranco · Calle Pazos 99A, Barranco, Lima 15063
Anticuchos Betty Barranco at Calle Pazos 99A is the late-night Lima anticucho cart, smoke-billowing coal grill in a residential Barranco pocket past midnight.
Tip: Cash only; queue past 22:00 every night; the line stretches to the corner Friday-Saturday.
El Bolivariano ★ 4.3 · Lima
pueblo-libre · Pasaje Santa Rosa 291, Pueblo Libre, Lima 15084
El Bolivariano on Pasaje Santa Rosa in Pueblo Libre Lima is a criolla institution in a republican casona, far quieter than the Miraflores tourist axis.
Tip: Open from 07:30 for breakfast tamales; Sunday lunch is the family-table service.
Wa Lok ★ 4.3 · Lima
barrio-chino · Jr. Paruro 878, Centro Historico, Lima 15001
Wa Lok at Jr. Paruro 878 in Barrio Chino is among the oldest chifa restaurants in Lima's Chinatown, Cantonese 100-dish menu and Peking duck nightly.
Tip: Dim sum breakfast 09:00-11:00 has the variety; Peking duck dinner is the headline.