CuisinePeruvian
Price$$
Neighborhoodbarrio-chino
HoursMon-Sat 09:00-23:00, Sun 09:00-22:00
Last verified

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.

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Lima: Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour

Guided tour4 hours4.9 from 890 reviewsfrom $105

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...

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Location

Address: Jr. Paruro 878, Centro Historico, Lima 15001

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Canta Rana ★ 4.4

Seafood$$barrancoSun 11:00-20:00, Mon 11:00-18:00, Tue-Sat 11:00-22:00

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.

El Bolivariano ★ 4.3

Peruvian$$pueblo-libreMon-Thu 07:30-23:00, Fri-Sat 07:30-01:00, Sun 07:30-17:00

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.

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.

Antigua Taberna Queirolo ★ 4.5

Peruvian$pueblo-libreMon-Thu 10:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 10:00-01:00, Sun 10:00-19:00

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) ★ 4.7

Seafood$$$la-victoriaMon-Sat 13:00-15:30

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 ★ 4.4

Street food$barrancoDaily 18:30-02:00, Fri-Sat 18:30-03:30

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.

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