Peru's national cocktail: pisco (grape brandy), fresh lime juice, simple syrup, egg white and three drops of Angostura bitters, shaken hard and double-strained.
Invented in the early 1920s at Lima's Morris Bar by American bartender Victor Vaughen Morris; Peruvian bartender Mario Bruiget codified the modern recipe by adding Angostura bitters and egg white. The first Saturday of February is the Dia Nacional del Pisco Sour since 2003; Peru and Chile both claim it.
4 editor picks for Pisco Sour in Lima, ranked by editorial score. All Lima signature dishes · Pisco Sour across every city.
Lady Bee ★ 4.8
barranco · Av Pedro de Osma 205, Barranco, Lima 15063
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.
Carnaval ★ 4.7
san-isidro · Av Pardo y Aliaga 662, San Isidro, Lima 15073
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.
Ayahuasca ★ 4.5
barranco · Av San Martin 130, Barranco, Lima 15063
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.
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.