Where to eat in Lima

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Lima, Peru that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

• El Chinito — Sanguchería, Centro (1). Order the Pan con chicharrón. Chicharrón heritage since 1960.
• Maido — Nikkei, Miraflores (4). Order the Nikkei experience menu. Mitsuharu Tsumura's Nikkei summit.
• Anticuchos Grimanesa Vargas — Anticuchos, Miraflores (1). Order the Anticuchos de corazón. The legendary anticuchera — beef-heart skewers over charcoal.
• La Mar — Cebichería, Miraflores (3). Order the Cebiche clásico + causa. Gastón Acurio's lunchtime cebiche cathedral — no reservations, no dinner.
• La Lucha Sanguchería — Sandwiches, Miraflores / Parque Kennedy (1). Order the Pan con chicharrón + camote. The chicharrón sandwich that fuels Lima nights.
• Al Toke Pez — Cebiche counter, Surquillo (1). Order the Combinado (cebiche + chicharrón). Tomás Matsufuji's six-stool counter — cebiche at street prices.
• Central — Alturas / contemporary, Barranco (4). Order the Alturas Mater tasting. Virgilio Martínez's altitude-based menu — the world's most awarded table.

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