23 cheap eats rooms in Lima, editor-picked. the best low-budget rooms in Lima: the places editors actually return to. All Lima food.
Grimanesa Vargas Anticuchos ★ 4.7
miraflores · Calle Ignacio Merino 466, Miraflores, Lima 15074
Grimanesa Vargas at Calle Ignacio Merino 466 in Miraflores Lima is dona Grimanesa Vargas's 50-year anticucho stand, now a fixed shop after starting as a cart.
Tip: Queue starts at 18:00; afternoon service is calmer than evening.
Picarones Mary ★ 4.7
miraflores · Parque Kennedy, Miraflores, Lima 15074
Picarones Mary at Parque Kennedy in Miraflores Lima is the family picarones cart of 25-plus years, the canonical Lima dessert fry-cake with chancaca syrup.
Tip: Opens 15:00; the cart at Parque Kennedy is the original Lima outlet, Surco branch opens 12:30.
Anticucheria El Tio Mario ★ 4.6
barranco · Jr. Zepita 214, Barranco, Lima 15063
El Tio Mario at Jr. Zepita 214 in Barranco is the 1987 anticucho and picarones stand beside the Puente de los Suspiros in Lima, the Sunday classic.
Tip: Sister shop one block away on Av San Martin 99; queue past 20:00 on weekends.
La Lucha Sangucheria Criolla ★ 4.6
miraflores · Av Jose Larco 999, Miraflores, Lima 15074
La Lucha at Av Jose Larco 999 in Miraflores runs till 02:00 daily in Lima, the criolla sandwich counter for the after-bar chicharron sandwich queue.
Tip: Open till 02:00 daily; the Diagonal 308 sister branch at Parque Kennedy also stays late.
Grimanesa Vargas Anticuchos ★ 4.6
miraflores · Calle Ignacio Merino 466, Miraflores, Lima 15074
Grimanesa Vargas at Calle Ignacio Merino 466 in Miraflores Lima serves beef-heart anticucho sticks from S/22, on TasteAtlas's best-anticucho list worldwide.
Tip: Queue starts at 18:00; cash and card both accepted at the Miraflores fixed shop on Ignacio Merino.
Manolo Churreria ★ 4.6
miraflores · Av Jose Larco 608, Miraflores, Lima 15074
Manolo at Av Jose Larco 608 in Miraflores serves churros and Spanish-style hot chocolate from S/10 since Juan Ruiz opened in 1968, the Larco churreria.
Tip: Open till midnight; the take-away counter handles dessert pickup, sit-down cafe upstairs serves the chocolate cup.
Manolo Churreria ★ 4.5
miraflores · Av Jose Larco 608, Miraflores, Lima 15074
Manolo at Av Jose Larco 608 in Miraflores has fried churros and Spanish-style hot chocolate since Juan Ruiz opened in 1968, the Larco churreria of Lima.
Tip: Open till midnight; the take-away counter handles dessert pickup, sit-down cafe upstairs serves the chocolate cup.
Bar Cordano ★ 4.5
centro-historico · Jiron Carabaya 103, Centro Historico, Lima 15001
Bar Cordano at Jiron Carabaya 103 in Centro Historico Lima is the 1905 cantina founded by Italian Cordano brothers, facing the Palacio de Gobierno.
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.
Antigua Taberna Queirolo ★ 4.5
pueblo-libre · Av San Martin 1090, Pueblo Libre, Lima 15084
Antigua Taberna Queirolo at Av San Martin 1090 in Pueblo Libre is Lima's 1880 Queirolo pisco-bodega cantina, chicharron and chilcano served daily.
Tip: Cash safer than card; the connected Queirolo wine and pisco shop sells direct from the bodega.
La Lucha Sangucheria Criolla ★ 4.5
miraflores · Av Jose Larco 999, Miraflores, Lima 15074
La Lucha Sangucheria Criolla at Av Jose Larco 999 in Miraflores is Lima's most-known sandwich counter, criolla sandwiches with the late-night queue.
Tip: Open till 02:00 daily; the Diagonal 308 sister branch in Parque Kennedy serves the same carta.
Manolo Churros ★ 4.5
miraflores · Av Jose Larco 608, Miraflores, Lima 15074
Manolo at Av Jose Larco 608 in Miraflores is the Lima churreria since Juan Ruiz opened in 1968, churros and hot chocolate at the Larco counter till midnight.
Tip: Open till midnight daily; the take-out counter handles dessert pickup, sit-down cafe upstairs serves the chocolate cup.
El Tio Mario Late Anticuchos ★ 4.5
barranco · Jr. Zepita 214, Barranco, Lima 15063
El Tio Mario at Jr. Zepita 214 in Barranco runs anticuchos and picarones till 02:00 daily beside the Puente de los Suspiros, the late-night Lima dessert stop.
Tip: Sister shop one block away on Av San Martin 99; queue past 20:00 on weekends.
Antigua Taberna Queirolo ★ 4.5
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.
Antigua Taberna Queirolo ★ 4.4
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, criolla snacks and a Lima pisco-bodega buffet daily.
Tip: Lunch buffet from S/79 per person; cash safer than card; the connected Queirolo wine and pisco shop sells direct.
Anticuchos Betty Barranco ★ 4.4
barranco · Calle Pazos 99A, Barranco, Lima 15063
Anticuchos Betty at Calle Pazos 99A in Barranco Lima is the late-night anticucho grill, smoke-billowing coal cart for evening criolla classics past midnight.
Tip: Cash only; queue past 22:00 every night and the line stretches to the corner Friday-Saturday.
Anticuchos Betty Barranco ★ 4.4
barranco · Calle Pazos 99A, Barranco, Lima 15063
Anticuchos Betty at Calle Pazos 99A in Barranco runs anticucho coal grill till 02:00 nightly, Fri-Sat past 03:30, the late-night smoke-billowing cart of Lima.
Tip: Cash only; queue past 22:00 every night, line stretches to the corner Friday-Saturday.
Anticuchos Betty Barranco ★ 4.4
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.
Mercado N1 Surquillo Ceviche Stalls ★ 4.4
surquillo · Av Paseo de la Republica esq. Narciso de la Colina, Surquillo, Lima 15047
Mercado N1 de Surquillo Lima ceviche stalls serve S/15-25 ceviche plates, the cheapest credible ceviche at Don Cevichero and Bam Bam Medrano food carts.
Tip: Best at 11:30-13:00 when the fish is freshest; cash only at most stalls.
Bar Cordano ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Jiron Carabaya 103, Centro Historico, Lima 15001
Bar Cordano at Jiron Carabaya 103 in Centro Historico Lima serves the canonical butifarra de jamon del pais and pisco sour from S/12, in the 1905 cantina.
Tip: Open from 08:00; reach early on weekends because tour groups fill it by 11:00.
La Lucha Sangucheria Criolla ★ 4.4
miraflores · Av Jose Larco 999, Miraflores, Lima 15074
La Lucha at Av Jose Larco 999 in Miraflores serves the canonical Lima criolla sandwich from S/15, the chicharron sandwich plus papas nativas plate till 02:00.
Tip: Open till 02:00 daily; the Diagonal 308 sister branch handles late evening crowd at Parque Kennedy.
El Chinito Sangucheria ★ 4.4
surquillo · Av Angamos Este 2482, Surquillo, Lima 15036
El Chinito at Av Angamos Este 2482 in Surquillo serves the Lima chicharron sandwich from S/14 since 1960, the Felix Yong cathedral, 12 branches now.
Tip: The original 1960 shop is at Calle Chancay corner Zepita downtown; this Surquillo branch handles morning queues better.
El Chinito Sangucheria ★ 4.3
surquillo · Av Angamos Este 2482, Surquillo, Lima 15036
El Chinito at Av Angamos Este 2482 in Surquillo is the 1960 Felix Yong sangucheria, 12 Lima branches, the Catedral del Chicharron of the city.
Tip: The original 1960 shop is at Calle Chancay corner Zepita in Centro; this Surquillo branch handles late-morning queues better.
Mercado N1 Surquillo Ceviche Stalls ★ 4.1
surquillo · Av Paseo de la Republica esq. Narciso de la Colina, Surquillo, Lima 15047
Mercado N1 Surquillo Lima ceviche carts serve S/15-25 ceviche straight from market fish, Don Cevichero and Bam Bam Medrano the popular morning stalls.
Tip: Best at 11:30-13:00 when the fish is freshest; cash only at most stalls.