The best restaurants Cusco Region

As its name suggests, it is located on the corner of the Plaza de Armas and is more discreet than the other touristy places. Nevertheless, it is a good surprise with a classic or vegetarian menu. Excellent carrot-ginger soup, but also falafel sandwiches and salads. Good quality options on the menu. Pick-up menu with chicken wings and craft beer. Homemade desserts and good coffee. Small front patio welcome. A well worked cafe-snack where you can sit back and enjoy watching the life of the Plaza from the corner of your eye.

Here you are promised a "Nuna Raymi" literally a "Party of the Soul" and the place does not lack it. The room is large, bright, with welcome little plants and many nods to local culture such as the emoliente cart. In the plates, a fresh cuisine, based on local and creative products. We revisit the classics by combining alpaca with Mediterranean flavors, flaming aji de gallina with pisco or accompanying trout with fruity flavors. Excellent desserts also or churros at snack time. Very nice.

A nice surprise on the^2nd floor of a building along the river. Here they offer a lunch menu for small budgets (be careful, you have to ask). Foodies will prefer the à la carte dishes: soups, burritos and more family-style dishes such as baked duck, lomo saltado served in the pan or saqra mixto (meat cooked on stone). Dishes served on wooden boards are accompanied by delicate salads strewn with flowers and fried native potatoes. The restaurant doesn't look like much, but the food is very tasty.

This restaurant housed in a th century house is popular with the agencies. He was called Le and changed his name. Honest Peruvian cuisine, a little kitsch but friendly with an attractive patio and well-thought-out traditional dance and dance shows.

The façade and interior decoration do not stand out from the other addresses, but this one has won the public's favour for its sense of attention and beautifully presented dishes based on fresh products. As for the cuisine, there is something for everyone. Peruvian flavours with a trucha ceviche, trout in sauce, vegetarian chaufa or lamb chops. But the lasagne and gnocchi with 4 cheeses are not to be outdone. Good cocktails and excellent strawberry-muña lemonade for example. In short, it's a cut above the other restaurants in this category.

A warm and relaxed restaurant with a small, well-ventilated and very pleasant garden terrace at lunchtime and an open fire in the evening around beautiful wooden tables in various shapes. Without being gourmet it is elegant and very well presented. They serve a classic and successful Peruvian cuisine. Many of the products are local, even the local draft beer from Cerveceria del Valle. We liked the creamy aji de gallina. The portions are generous as they often are. The service is attentive. In short, a very good option.

A simple author's cuisine served with excellent products. There are many generous meat dishes, homemade chorizo from alpaca, braised osso buco cooked with love for hours, homemade pasta and crispy vegetables. Home made ice cream. Atmosphere between bistro and warm brasserie. Cherry on a satisfied stomach, the house often offers chilcanos during special promotions. In short, enter this little yellow house with your eyes closed, the chef will do the rest. Another quality and creative address that seduced us.

Mullu is an art gallery and craft shop on the ground floor selling t-shirts and paintings, and a rather simple café/resto upstairs with a few small tables and colourful walls. You can try the tajine de cordero or the Thai curry and other exotic flavours. Nice little terrace and balcony overlooking the Plaza. It's slow, but as usual. Sometimes music and events in the evening which is a real plus in this very quiet village. To test, the establishment had just been taken again and it has the merit to change a little the menu.

This is a contemporary and elegant address located inside the Antigua Casona San Blas hotel that stands out for its short menu based on fresh and seasonal products. The space is warm and intimate with soft chairs and a quiet atmosphere. On the plates, soups, salads and sandwiches for the hungry. Trout, alpaca, lomo saltado or sautéed quinoa for vegetarians, two generous specialities stand out: osso buco or lamb seco, meats cooked in spices and over a low heat. Generous desserts and coffees. Good quality.

Ideally located on the side of the Plaza de Armas. You go up to the^second floor and enter a world of wood, soft armchairs and bar stools that serves Andean cuisine based on local products and traditional recipes. Crunchy corn, local cheeses, seaweed, Amazonian roots, local tubers,alpaca meat, cuy, mutton or trout. Everything can be discovered and combined. The curious will leave convinced that there are still many treasures to discover in Peruvian gardens and plates.

Seledonia is a little woman who practices her chef's skills with her family and creates tasty local cuisine. You'll find crispy maracuya trout, quinoa-covered pollo novo andino, alpaca meat cooked in dark beer or generous carnivorous sandwiches. Don't miss the quinoa and dried fruit croquettes in a sweet red wine sauce for dessert. The room has a nice height, bright and two small tables on a balcony. A bit slow if busy. Cooking classes from 8am to 11am or 3pm to 6pm, US$49

A beautiful space with parquet flooring and piano in a corner. It offers homemade soups, classic Peruvian dishes and pasta to suit everyone. Micro balcony if you arrive first. The prices are correct and they are quiet.

This popular canteen next to Plaza San Francisco offers generous menus (starter + soup + main course). The dishes are traditional, wide choice. It goes fast, it's noisy and lively. The dishes are well served and of good quality.

It's all in the title. Here it's casual local cuisine and craft beers. Tartars, salads, meat dishes, trout, hamburger, a creamy aji de gallina and an ever tempting lomo saltado. In short, a comforting cuisine. Atmosphere-wise, it's close to a cafeteria with its wooden tables and pub posters on the wall. The tables with a view on the river at the back are nicer. They are along the rails once you cross the bridge.

A country restaurant, on the banks of the Urubamba river and next to the Paz y Luz lodge. The menu is typical of the classic Peruvian gastronomy with trout, beef or chicken in all sauces. Special mention for the lomo saltado. Andean dishes as specialties, including an excellent quinoa soup. The place is nice with colorful frescos and beams on the ceiling. Many groups stop here. The view of the mountains and the large garden make it a different place to take the time to enjoy the surrounding nature.

Restaurant-pizzeria around the Plaza de Armas. Rooms on the first floor.