The best restaurants Peru

A local map of popular dishes, fish and seafood. Fresh and quality cuisine. The room does not pay a mine and the service is a little slow but we are satisfied with it and it is just two steps away from the Place d'Arms.

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.

You can eat here, for reasonable prices, quality French dishes (rabbit stew with wine, raclette, fondue, sauerkraut), and above all, sweet and savoury crepes whose ingredients you choose yourself. On the menu, there are also some regional specialities such as cuy oralpaca bourguignon. Patrick, a Frenchman living in Huaraz since 1986, will treat you, and will also make you taste his own jams (granola, pisco, mustard...). Here we come to dine and chat. The French way. Not to be missed if you pass by.

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.

This former bodega of the excellent Peruvian pisco brand is very popular with the locals, who enjoy pisco (as it should be) and other cheap beers. Wooden tables, checkered tablecloths, Creole dishes. The menu is cheap but with a lot of tripe and other specialties. The menu includes soups, pasta dishes, meats and specialties such as tacu-tacu (dried beans and rice in sauce), the Friday arroz con pato or the Friday-Saturday lasagna. In the evening, sandwiches, picos and hot dishes. Picturesque atmosphere, not to be missed!

It is THE restaurant of Cajamarca, opened since 1947! This unmissable canteen of the city has its adepts and its detractors who find that too much is done. The vast room is not very cheerful, one must admit, but the crowd of boys in white aprons who are busy in all directions is to be seen. The cuisine is well done and offers a range of Peruvian dishes... generously served, but still very classic. The second more chic address at Jirón Cruz de Piedra 639, the Salas Tradicion, in the same spirit, but with a more modern room.

Good food in a well-kept room, with smiling waiters and, at the end of the meal, the pleasure of tasting a delicious pastry accompanied by a good espresso. This cafeteria offers excellent value for money. Sandwiches, snacks, their real speciality are the creamy cakes, the chocolate and milk cream volcanoes and other tarts. In the evening, many locals come for a lonche, a sort of family snack-dinner. We recommend it as a way to gently slip into the local customs.

This is the ideal place to taste a delicious Italian-Peruvian dish, such as aji aji ravioli or black fruit sauce. It is also appreciated for a coffee or a sweet in the afternoon or for small tapas with a glass of wine in the evening. This warm-furnished period of time has a great charm and is a welcome oasis in the heart of the city. We love very much.

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.

Located just in front of the magnificent Casa de la Literatura, this institution, which has more than a century of history, has lost none of its old-fashioned charm (high ceilings, small round wrought iron tables, a bar as long as the white apron of the waiters). You can find there all the classics of the Peruvian gastronomy as well as sandwiches. Try the butifarra (traditional ham and onion sandwich) or the tamal (made with corn) with its small coffee with milk to start the day well. Or the pisco sour to end the day.

A good and beautiful idea close to the condor viewpoint. The staff of the Kuntur Wasi Hotel have opened a small farm here with chickens, rabbits, sheep and all around fields of quinoa, kiwicha and some fruits and vegetables. The stone building with bay window offers a panoramic view and authentic food. Horse and/or pony rides. The place was inaugurated in 2015 and is popular with groups, but can be booked individually. 8 rooms for rent, ask around as it is slowly being taken over, basic but in a very privileged place.

It has existed for a long time and has been reinvented many times. We go there for the sure values that Peruvians like: chifa, pollo a la brasa and classic creole dishes. Nothing incredible, but we are well served and quickly. It can be a good place to mingle with the locals and eat a comfort food in a cafeteria atmosphere. Located on one of the main streets of the city, it does not disembark, but the rotisserie is a must in Peru and the Punenians have found here a good address.

Half a cuadra from the Plaza de Armas, this restaurant/cafétéria offers very good local cuisine and pasta dishes. Pizzas are not their strong point. Often, an Andean music group accompanies your dinner. Honest.

The short journey is worth the penalty: Here you can taste the best of Ica's cuisine: chupe (shrimp soup), chicharrones (fish and seafood fritures) and delicious pallares.

Amazing: there is no sign, and yet this address is often overcrowded, surely by the grace of chef Aldo Danovaro, who prepares delicious Italian-Peruvian recipes. To try: potatoes stuffed with seafood, wantan seafood or scampi canelones. Very classic decoration, small terrace. Booking recommended.

Here, you develop his pizza, as you can, using his imagination. The kitchen is made of wood fire and Philippe, Alsace of origin, couldn't help to include the flammekueche on the menu… His wife Sofía greets clients with a wide smile.

This gigantic restaurant on several floors and rooms is mythical, because it is a tribute to the fans of the football with many models of the football players of the 4 corners of the world and obviously retransmissions. Nevertheless, during the day it is quite quiet and one comes there especially for its traditional and very well served Creole cuisine: lomo salltado, aji de gallina, arroz con pollo or fish and seafood dishes. Friendly and professional service. It is located just above Plaza San Martin. A good address for the hungry.

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.