Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Lima for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Lima for grown-ups.
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.
Signature drink: Carnaval (Beefeater 24, pineapple chartreuse, lime, witbier)
Food: Snacks and Peruvian small plates
Order: The Carnaval signature, plus a pisco-base off the special menu.
Tip: Closed Sundays; reservation strongly recommended weekends Standing room when busy.
Lady Bee at Av Pedro de Osma 205 in Barranco Lima is the husband-and-wife bar at No.13 on World's 50 Best Bars 2025, the Michter's Art of Hospitality winner.
Signature drink: Honey-bee themed pisco and gin cocktails
Food: Snacks pairing the cocktail menu
Order: The signature White Lady and Bee's Knees riffs, paired with the seasonal snack flight.
Tip: Lady Bee moved to a larger Barranco premises July 2025; reservation recommended.
Ayahuasca at Av San Martin 130 in Barranco Lima is the cocktail bar housed in a restored 1875 republican casona, a reference point for pisco macerados.
Signature drink: Pisco macerated with coca leaves and Andean herbs
Food: Tapas and Peruvian piqueos
Order: A pisco sour and a flight of the house herbal pisco macerados.
Tip: Closed Mondays; the courtyard seating is the seat to ask for in advance.
Bar Cordano at Jiron Carabaya 103 in Centro Historico Lima is the 1905 cantina founded by Italian Cordano brothers, facing the Palacio de Gobierno.
Signature drink: Pisco sour and algarrobina cocktail
Food: Butifarra de jamon del pais, sandwiches and criolla snacks
Order: A pisco sour and the butifarra de jamon del pais, eaten at the marble bar.
Tip: Open every day from 08:00; reach early on weekends because it fills with tour groups. Declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation in 1989.
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.
Signature drink: Pisco sour Country Club style
Food: Sandwiches and small plates from the hotel kitchen
Order: The Country Club pisco sour, often cited as Lima's best, with a butifarra to share.
Tip: No reservations Thursday to Saturday; arrive before 19:00 for a seat at the marble bar.
BarBarian at Calle Manuel Bonilla 108 in Miraflores Lima is one of Peru's first craft brewpubs since 2010, 25 rotating taps including the BarBarian Red Ale.
Signature drink: BarBarian Red Ale and rotating Peruvian craft beer flights
Food: Burgers, sandwiches, wings, pub grub with beer pairings
Order: A flight of BarBarian core beers, plus a viking-hat burger that uses one of their ales in the build.
Tip: Fri-Sat run till 03:00; exposed brick and street-art interior fills past 21:00.
Nuevo Mundo Draft Bar at Av Larco 421 in Miraflores is the city taproom of the 2013 Surquillo craft brewery, six flagship beers and brewer specials.
Signature drink: Nuevo Mundo flagship brews on six taps
Food: Craft pub bar bites
Order: Flight of the Nuevo Mundo flagships plus a craft pizzeta to share.
Tip: Free brewery tours from the Surquillo brewery start Friday 19:00 and 20:00, with tasting.
Antigua Taberna Queirolo at Av San Martin 1090 in Pueblo Libre is Lima's 1880 Queirolo pisco-bodega cantina, chicharron and chilcano served daily.
Signature drink: Pisco Queirolo with chilcano and pisco sour
Food: Criolla snacks: chicharron, butifarra and tamales
Order: A chilcano of pisco Queirolo and a chicharron sandwich, both at the marble bar.
Tip: Cash safer than card; the connected Queirolo wine and pisco shop sells direct from the bodega.
El Bolivariano at Pasaje Santa Rosa 291 in Pueblo Libre is Lima's republican-casona cantina, pisco sours and anticucho piqueos with criolla music.
Signature drink: Pisco sour and chicha morada at the cantina bar
Food: Criolla piqueos: anticucho, butifarra, picarones
Tip: Fri-Sat late hours run till 01:00 with criolla music sessions; the courtyard tables are the seat to ask for in advance when booking.
Cala at Playa Barranquito Costa Verde Barranco is Lima's beachfront cocktail terrace, a lounge over the Pacific with DJ programme past midnight Fri-Sat.
Signature drink: Pisco sour at sunset over Costa Verde
Food: Cevicheria piqueos paired with cocktails
Order: A pisco sour at sunset, then a chilcano de maracuya as the DJ takes over the terrace.
Tip: Friday and Saturday past midnight is club-mode; book the terrace, not the inside room.