Lima: Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour
Taste a variety of up to 14 Peruvian flavors in one of the most colorful districts of Lima. Take part in interactive workshops and learn how to prepare ceviche, lomo s...
El Bolivariano is a peruvian restaurant in Pueblo Libre, Lima.
Editorially verified June 7, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: A republican casona in mid-city Pueblo Libre, off the Miraflores-Barranco tourist axis, with criolla tradition dating to the 1780s.
Tip: Open from 07:30 for breakfast tamales; Sunday lunch is the family-table service.
Taste a variety of up to 14 Peruvian flavors in one of the most colorful districts of Lima. Take part in interactive workshops and learn how to prepare ceviche, lomo s...
Discover Lima’s historic sites and architectural gems on this walking food tour while sampling local favorites at popular spots loved by Limeños, such as pan con chich...
Step into a vibrant Lima kitchen and improve your culinary skills with a hands-on cooking class. Uncover the unique history behind Peruvian cuisine and indulge with a ...
Join a hands-on cooking class in Lima's Miraflores. Prepare and enjoy a 4-course Peruvian meal with fresh ingredients.
Get to know some of the most vibrant districts of Lima, such as Miraflores, Barranco, and Surquillo, on a guided bike trip. Taste iconic local dishes with visits to Bu...
Address: Pasaje Santa Rosa 291, 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.
Why locals love it: Lima's 1880 pisco-bodega cantina in Pueblo Libre, off the destination dining axis, marble bar with criolla snacks and the family Queirolo's own piscos.
Tip: Cash safer than card; the connected Queirolo wine and pisco shop sells direct from the bodega.
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.
Why locals love it: Lima's 1880 pisco-bodega cantina in Pueblo Libre, off the destination dining axis, marble bar with criolla snacks and the family Queirolo's own piscos.
Tip: Cash safer than card; the connected Queirolo wine and pisco shop sells direct from the bodega.
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.
Why locals love it: Chef Javier Wong's ten-table dining room in La Victoria, no sign on the door, reservation-only by phone or email and the fish bought daily for that lunch.
Tip: Reservation only by phone (+51 1 470 6217) or email (chezwong7 at hotmail.com); fixed seatings 13:00 lunch service only.
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.
Why locals love it: Smoke-billowing anticucho coal cart at Calle Pazos in Barranco, late-night service in a residential pocket past midnight every day of the week.
Tip: Cash only; queue past 22:00 every night; the line stretches to the corner Friday-Saturday.
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.
Why locals love it: The oldest chifa house in Lima's Barrio Chino on Calle Capon, Cantonese dim sum breakfast and Peking duck dinner away from the Miraflores axis.
Tip: Dim sum breakfast 09:00-11:00 has the variety; Peking duck dinner is the headline.
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.
Why locals love it: 35-plus-year cevicheria-huarique embedded in the Barranco neighborhood, the Sunday lunch standard for limenos who skip the destination cevicherias.
Tip: Cash only is safer; Saturday lunch queue runs past the corner by 13:00.