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Order The Mundo Mater tasting menu, an altitude journey from Pacific coast to Andean peaks.
Central in Barranco is Virgilio Martinez and Pia Leon's flagship at Pedro de Osma 301, the Lima house that took World's #1 Restaurant in 2023.
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Order The Kjolle tasting menu, with Pia Leon's Andean-Amazonian plating across 8 courses.
Kjolle in Barranco is Pia Leon's solo room at Pedro de Osma 301, sharing the building with Central; she holds the World's Best Female Chef award.
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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.
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Order The Mayta tasting menu, focused on Amazonian and altitude Peruvian ingredients.
Mayta on Av Mariscal La Mar 1285 in Miraflores is Jaime Pesaque's modern Peruvian tasting room, ranked No.39 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.
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Order The chef's tasting menu plus a cocktail from the marble bar, an attraction in its own right.
Rafael at Calle San Martin 300 in Miraflores is Rafael Osterling's twenty-year republican-house flagship in Lima with a contemporary art collection.
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Order The chef's tasting plates, anchored by the modern aji de gallina and the beef tartare.
Cosme at Calle Tudela y Varela 162 in San Isidro is chef James Berckemeyer's comfort-Peruvian room, opened 2015 after training under Gaston Acurio.
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Order The Statera tasting menu, a journey across Peruvian landscapes in 9 courses.
Statera Bistro at Av Mariscal La Mar 463 in Miraflores is Peruvian-Greek chef Andre Patsias's 28-seat native-Peruvian-ingredient tasting room daily.
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Order The tacu tacu with steak and a portion of the carretillero ceviche.
Isolina at Av San Martin 101 in Barranco is Jose del Castillo's 2015 criolla taberna, a tribute to his mother Isolina Vargas and her Lima home cooking.
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Order The tacu tacu with steak and a portion of the carretillero ceviche.
Isolina at Av San Martin 101 in Barranco is Jose del Castillo's 2015 criolla taberna, a tribute to his mother Isolina Vargas and her Lima home cooking.
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Order The dim sum sequence at breakfast or the Peking duck for dinner.
Wa Lok at Jr.
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Order A dim sum tower plus arroz chaufa and the wantan frito, the chifa trinity.
Salon Capon at Jr.
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Order Lomo saltado and a chaufa, ideally past 22:00 when the room is quieter.
Madam Tusan at Av Santa Cruz 859 in Miraflores is Gaston Acurio's chifa house, a celebration of Chinese-Peruvian cuisine in a dramatic dragon dining room.
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El Bolivariano in Pueblo Libre Lima is the criolla institution housed in a republican casona, tracing tradition to the 1780s with the canonical carta.
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Order Lomo saltado with chaufa and a chicha morada; the anticucho de corazon is the appetiser.
Tanta at Malecon de la Reserva 610 in Miraflores is Gaston Acurio's casual Peruvian chain in Larcomar, the lomo saltado and ceviche carta over the Pacific.
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Order Choritos a la chalaca and butifarra de jamon del pais with a chilcano of Queirolo pisco.
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.
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Order The Mundo Mater tasting menu, an altitude journey from Pacific coast to Andean peaks.
Central in Barranco is Virgilio Martinez and Pia Leon's flagship at Pedro de Osma 301, the Lima house that took World's #1 Restaurant in 2023.
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Order The Kjolle tasting menu, with Pia Leon's Andean-Amazonian plating across 8 courses.
Kjolle in Barranco is Pia Leon's solo room at Pedro de Osma 301, sharing the building with Central; she holds the World's Best Female Chef award.
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Order The tasting menu, anchored by the cuy pekines, Peking-style guinea pig.
Astrid y Gaston at Casa Moreyra in San Isidro is the 1994 flagship of Gaston Acurio and Astrid Gutsche, in a 17th-century San Isidro hacienda from 2014.
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Order The Mayta tasting menu, focused on Amazonian and altitude Peruvian ingredients.
Mayta on Av Mariscal La Mar 1285 in Miraflores is Jaime Pesaque's modern Peruvian tasting room, ranked No.39 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.
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Order The chef's tasting plates, anchored by the modern aji de gallina and the beef tartare.
Cosme at Calle Tudela y Varela 162 in San Isidro is chef James Berckemeyer's comfort-Peruvian room, opened 2015 after training under Gaston Acurio.
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Order The Statera tasting menu, a journey across Peruvian landscapes in 9 courses.
Statera Bistro at Av Mariscal La Mar 463 in Miraflores is Peruvian-Greek chef Andre Patsias's 28-seat native-Peruvian-ingredient tasting room daily.
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Order The chef's tasting menu plus a cocktail from the marble bar, an attraction in its own right.
Rafael at Calle San Martin 300 in Miraflores is Rafael Osterling's twenty-year republican-house flagship in Lima with a contemporary art collection.
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Order Lomo saltado and a chaufa, ideally past 22:00 when the room is quieter.
Madam Tusan at Av Santa Cruz 859 in Miraflores Lima runs till midnight every night, Gaston Acurio's chifa for late dinner with the canonical lomo saltado.
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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.
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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.
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Wa Lok at Jr.
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Order Quarter chicken pollo a la brasa with papas fritas and ensalada (around S/40).
Pardos Chicken at Av Alfredo Benavides 730 in Miraflores is Lima's canonical pollo a la brasa house, quarter chicken with chips and salads from S/30.
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Order Lomo saltado with chaufa and a chicha morada (around S/55).
Tanta Larcomar at Malecon de la Reserva 610 in Miraflores is Gaston Acurio's casual Peruvian chain in Larcomar, the lomo saltado and ceviche carta from S/35.
