Canta Rana
Canta Rana at Calle Genova 101 in Barranco is a 35-year Lima cevicheria-huarique, the Sunday lunch standard for limenos who skip the destination cevicherias.
The places in Lima the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.
Off the beaten plate
6 places
El Bolivariano
- ★ 4.3
- Peruvian
- $$
- Pueblo Libre
El Bolivariano on Pasaje Santa Rosa in Pueblo Libre Lima is a criolla institution in a republican casona, far quieter than the Miraflores tourist axis.
Antigua Taberna Queirolo
- ★ 4.5
- Peruvian
- $
- Pueblo Libre
Antigua Taberna Queirolo at Av San Martin 1090 in Pueblo Libre is the 1880 Santiago Queirolo cantina, one of Lima's oldest still-running bars.
Eat your way around Barranco
2 of the hidden gems on this list are in Barranco. So are these tours and tastings.
Sankuay (Chez Wong)
- ★ 4.7
- Seafood
- $$$
- La Victoria
Sankuay (Chez Wong) at Calle Enrique Leon Garcia 114 in La Victoria is chef Javier Wong's reservation-only ten-table room, Lima's ceviche cult lunch.
Anticuchos Betty Barranco
- ★ 4.4
- Street food
- $
- Barranco
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.
Wa Lok
- ★ 4.3
- Peruvian
- $$
- Barrio Chino
Wa Lok at Jr. Paruro 878 in Barrio Chino is among the oldest chifa restaurants in Lima's Chinatown, Cantonese 100-dish menu and Peking duck nightly.
Nothing matches.
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Tupac Hostel - Lima Airport
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Hostal Lima Norte
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Ecopackers Hostel Lima
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