Central
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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Maido
- ★ 4.9
- Japanese-Peruvian
- $$$$
- Miraflores
Order The full Nikkei Experience tasting menu, Pacific coast to Peruvian Amazon in 14 courses.
Maido at Calle San Martin 399 in Miraflores is Mitsuharu Tsumura's Nikkei tasting room, named The World's Best Restaurant 2025 in Turin on 19 June.
Kjolle
Order The Kjolle tasting menu, with Pia Leon's Andean-Amazonian plating across 8 courses.
Kjolle in Barranco is Pia Leon's solo room at Pedro de Osma 301, sharing the building with Central; she holds the World's Best Female Chef award.
Eat your way around Miraflores
8 of the restaurants on this list are in Miraflores. So are these tours and tastings.
Astrid y Gaston
- ★ 4.7
- Peruvian
- $$$$
- San Isidro
Order The tasting menu, anchored by the cuy pekines (Peking-style guinea pig).
Astrid y Gaston at Casa Moreyra in San Isidro is Gaston Acurio and Astrid Gutsche's 1994 flagship, in a 17th-century San Isidro hacienda from 2014.
Mayta
- ★ 4.7
- Peruvian
- $$$$
- Miraflores
Order The Mayta tasting menu, focused on Amazonian and altitude Peruvian ingredients.
Mayta on Av Mariscal La Mar 1285 in Miraflores is Jaime Pesaque's modern Peruvian tasting room, ranked No.39 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.
Rafael
- ★ 4.6
- Peruvian
- $$$
- Miraflores
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.
Cosme
- ★ 4.5
- Peruvian
- $$$
- San Isidro
Order The chef's tasting plates, anchored by the modern aji de gallina and beef tartare.
Cosme at Calle Tudela y Varela 162 in San Isidro is chef James Berckemeyer's comfort-Peruvian room, opened 2015 after training under Gaston Acurio.
Statera Bistro
- ★ 4.6
- Peruvian
- $$$$
- Miraflores
Order The Statera tasting menu, a journey across Peruvian landscapes in 9 courses.
Statera Bistro at Av Mariscal La Mar 463 in Miraflores is Peruvian-Greek chef Andre Patsias's 28-seat native-Peruvian-ingredient tasting room daily.
La Mar Cebicheria
- ★ 4.6
- Seafood
- $$$
- Miraflores
Order The ceviche clasico and a tiradito sequence, with chicha morada to drink.
La Mar at Av Mariscal La Mar 770 in Miraflores is Gaston Acurio's 2005 cevicheria, No.26 on Latin America's 50 Best 2025 and a Lima lunch institution.
Pescados Capitales
- ★ 4.4
- Seafood
- $$$
- Miraflores
Order The ceviche siete pecados (seven sins) and a jalea to share, with maracuya juice.
Pescados Capitales on Av Mariscal La Mar 1335 in Miraflores pioneered the cevicheria corridor, with a sin-named menu and sophisticated seafood program.
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Punto Azul
- ★ 4.4
- Seafood
- $$
- Miraflores
Order The ceviche mixto and a leche de tigre shot to chase it.
Punto Azul at Calle San Martin 595 in Miraflores is one of Lima's most popular cevicherias, fifteen years on the map serving daily generous ceviche plates.
Isolina
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.
Canta Rana
Order The ceviche with capers and avocado, plus a parihuela seafood soup for the table.
Canta Rana at Calle Genova 101 in Barranco is a 35-year cevicheria-huarique in the Lima neighborhood, the Sunday lunch standard for limeños in the know.
Cala Restaurante
Order The ceviche cala and grilled octopus, with a pisco sour at sunset on the terrace.
Cala on Playa Barranquito Costa Verde Barranco is the only Lima beachfront cevicheria where lunch and the Pacific share one plate, with terrace seating only.
El Mercado
- ★ 4.4
- Seafood
- $$$
- Miraflores
Order The ceviche of the day plus a tiradito; the gyoza fusion course is a sleeper.
El Mercado at Av Hipolito Unanue 203 in Miraflores is Rafael Osterling's daytime seafood room, a terrace cevicheria with gyoza, taco and curry bridges too.
Osso Carniceria y Salumeria
- ★ 4.7
- Steakhouse
- $$$
- La Molina
Order The aged beef tasting menu and a charcuterie plate, with a Malbec or Bordeaux from the list.
Osso Carniceria at Calle Tahiti 175 in La Molina is chef-butcher Renzo Garibaldi's flagship in Lima, an all-meat tasting house ageing cuts up to 300 days.
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