La Tienda de la Carreta

Address: Av. Rivera Navarrete 722, San Isidro
Phone: 422-2690
Web page:
Description: This restaurant is located right in the heart of the financial district of San Isidro, next door of its fancy big brother La Carreta. The whole building (including La Carreta) is decorated in colonial hacienda style. They have sandwiches, empanadas and some other appetizers that you can eat there or take to go. For lunch you can order pasta or grilled meat or chicken among some other dishes at a reasonable price. This is a popular place for people in nearby buildings and offices so it can get crowded at lunch time, specially on Fridays, so be sure to get early.
Price Range: Inexpensive to moderate
Peruvian Restaurants

La Calesa

Address: Manuel Bañón 255, San Isidro
Phone: 440-5568, 441-4192
Web page:
Description:

This is a comfortable restaurant and bar that offers criollo and international dishes but it is best known for its bar. Samuel Díaz (Sammy), its barman with more than 35 years experience, is well known among pisco sour fans because he prepares one of the best pisco sours in Lima. The restaurant now has a second bar where you can find Sammy´s son. They close around midnight, so go early in order to have time to enjoy your drinks.
Price Range: Moderate
Peruvian Restaurants

Maury and Salón de los Espejos

Address:
Jr. Ucayali 201 - 217, Cercado

Phone:
428-8188, 428-3185, 428-8174

Web page:
http://ekeko2.rcp.net.pe/hotelmaury/

Description:
Hotel Maury is an old historic hotel located in downtown Lima, very close to the Plaza de Armas (Main Plaza), includes in its facilities the Salón de los Espejos Restaurant and the Maury Bar.

Salón de los Espejos is a restaurant that offers criollo, international and chifa dishes. On Fridays they have a criollo buffet.

Maury is a pretty famous bar because, according to urban legend, here the Pisco Sour was created many years ago by its barman Graciano Cabrera T. You can order a simple, double or catedral (really big and tall glass) Pisco Sour.

Price Range: Moderate to expensive.
Peruvian Restaurants

T´anta

Address:
Pancho Fierro 117, San Isidro
Prolongacion Primavera 692, Chacarilla, Surco
Av. 28 de Julio 888, Miraflores
Pasaje Nicolás de Rivera el Viejo 142-148, Cercado
Phone:
421-9708 (San Isidro)
372-3528 (Surco)
447-8377 (Miraflores)
428-3115 (Cercado)
Web page:
Description:
This is another endeavor of Gastón Acurio, currently most renown Peruvian chef, and his wife Astrid Gutsche . The place is not easy to define, it is a mix of an upscale cafe, bistro and deli market. Here you can find the best national and foreign oils, sauces, breads and culinary delights, as well as cookbooks. It is decorated in a modern and casual style with lots of glass and windows.
In T´anta (which means bread in Quechua) you can have a light meal consisting in tapas, salads, empanadas, or sánguches (Peruvian sandwiches) or desserts, which are inspiration of Astrid and are very good. If you are in the mood for something bigger you can go for a main course and have some Peruvian traditional dishes presented in innovative ways.
Price Range: Moderate to expensive
Peruvian Restaurants

La Tranquera

Address: Av. José Pardo 285, Miraflores
Phone: 447-5111, 445-4523
Web page: www.restaurantelatranquera.com
Description:
Located block and a half from the main plaza of Miraflores, this is an elegant and comfortable restaurant. They are especialized on grilled meats, offering Argentinian and American beef as well as lamb, pork, cabrito (tender goat), rabbit and cuy (guinea pig). They also offer anticuchos (beef heart skewers), chinchulines (guts), sausage, morcilla (black pudding or blood sausage), kidneys, and BBQ ribs. Other non grilled dishes include soups, creams, carpaccios, steaks, lomo saltado, tacu tacu, shrimp, fish and seafood. The bar has nice drinks and a good variety of wines. A parrillada para dos (grill for two) is quite good and actually kind of big for two, besides you can choose among wine, sangría or soda to drink.
Price Range: Moderate to expensive
Peruvian Restaurants

Costa Verde

Address: Playa Barranquito s/n, Barranco
Phone: 227-1244, 247-9160, 477-5228
Web page:
Description: Located on the sea shore, this restaurant has a very nice view of the beaches of Barranco. It has the reputation of having the World Guinness Record for the most diverse buffet, with over 400 different dishes.
Price Range: Very expensive

Astrid & Gaston

Address: Calle Cantuarias 175, Miraflores
Phone: 444-1496, 242-5387, 242-5723
Web page: www.astridygaston.com
Description: This was the first restaurant of the renowned and very popular Peruvian chef Gaston Acurio and his wife Astrid. It is kind of hard to get an agreement on the classification for this restaurant, being Frech style in its beginnings, some say it is now criollo-French, while others say it is Peruvian-Mediterranean or simply international, but the truth is that they all agree it is the best restaurant in Peru and Latin America and it is for sure an amazing experience and a must if you are in Lima. It is located on a small side street very close to the main plaza of Miraflores. While you wait for your food the bar can offer you an amazing assortment of piscos and pisco cocktails for an exciting aperitif.The food is outstanding but don´t forget to save room for the desserts, Astrid is very famous because of them. The wine list is great and you can even have dinner in the wine cellar. You can also find Astrid & Gaston in Bogota, Caracas, Quito and Santiago de Chile.
Price Range: Very expensive