9 editor picks in Lima.
9 bars in Lima, editor-picked for bars open past midnight. Bars going past midnight on friday or saturday. All bars in Lima.
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.
OrderThe signature White Lady and Bee's Knees riffs, paired with the seasonal snack flight.
TipLady Bee moved to a larger Barranco premises July 2025; reservation recommended.
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.
OrderThe Carnaval signature, plus a pisco-base off the special menu.
TipClosed Sundays; reservation strongly recommended weekends Standing room when busy.
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.
OrderThe Country Club pisco sour, often cited as Lima's best, with a butifarra to share.
TipNo reservations Thursday to Saturday; arrive before 19:00 for a seat at the marble bar.
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.
OrderA pisco sour and a flight of the house herbal pisco macerados.
TipClosed Mondays; the courtyard seating is the seat to ask for in advance.
Antigua Taberna Queirolo at Av San Martin 1090 in Pueblo Libre is Lima's 1880 Queirolo pisco-bodega cantina, chicharron and chilcano served daily.
OrderA chilcano of pisco Queirolo and a chicharron sandwich, both at the marble bar.
TipCash safer than card; the connected Queirolo wine and pisco shop sells direct from the bodega.
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.
OrderA flight of BarBarian core beers, plus a viking-hat burger that uses one of their ales in the build.
TipFri-Sat run till 03:00; exposed brick and street-art interior fills past 21:00.
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.
OrderA pisco sour at sunset, then a chilcano de maracuya as the DJ takes over the terrace.
TipFriday and Saturday past midnight is club-mode; book the terrace, not the inside room.
El Bolivariano at Pasaje Santa Rosa 291 in Pueblo Libre is Lima's republican-casona cantina, pisco sours and anticucho piqueos with criolla music.
TipFri-Sat late hours run till 01:00 with criolla music sessions; the courtyard tables are the seat to ask for in advance when booking.
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.
OrderFlight of the Nuevo Mundo flagships plus a craft pizzeta to share.
TipFree brewery tours from the Surquillo brewery start Friday 19:00 and 20:00, with tasting.
