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Food & Drink
Best Ceviche
Pescados Capitales
This lunch-only cevicheria serves the freshest fish in original combinations. Their classic ceviche de pescado is to die for.
La Mar 1337, Miraflores
Best Criollo Restaurant
Jose Antonio
It doesn’t get more traditional than this when it comes to criollo food. Make sure you come here hungry as the portions are sizable and the dishes so delicious you won’t want to leave any food on your plate!
Bernardo Monteagudo 200, San Isidro, 264-0188
Av. La Floresta 124, Chacarilla del Estanque, 372-6868
Best Pisco Sour
Las Huaringas
This popular bar is inside the famour Bujas del Cachiche restaurant and serves, arguably, the best pisco sour in town. Their menu includes a wide variety of pisco-based mixed drinks, including a passion fruit pisco sour. Live music plays in the background.
Calle Bolognesi 460, Miraflores, 446-6536, 447-1883
Tuesday - Saturday from 8pm
Best Juices
Las Delicias
Come here for the freshest, most flavourful natural juice in town. The place is impeccable and they serve the juices by the pitcher so feel free to share a portion. Try the ‘granadilla’ and ‘mandarina’ mix.
Av. La Mar, Miraflores (across the street from La Mar Restaurant in Av. La Mar 770)
Best Ice Cream
4D (Quattro D)
This Italian style gelateria serves some of the best gelato in town in a clean, lively environment. The list of exotic fruit flavours is long. If you missed it while passing through Lima, you can catch it on your way out, as they now have a location at the airport.
Av. Angamos Oeste 408, Miraflores. 4471523
Best Coffee shop
Cafeteria Dalmacia
This is the kind of café where you feel like lingering for hours at any time of day - and you are welcome to do so. The local Miraflores crowd it serves includes neighborhood residents, artists and intellectuals. Located on a quiet street, this is a hidden gem you should not overlook.
San Fernando 401, Miraflores 445-7917
Monday - Saturday 8am-2am, Sunday 8am-11pm
Shopping & Entertainment
Best Art Shop
Dedalo
This art shop, located in a beautiful old mansion, is packed with wonderful, modern arts and crafts of all varieties.
295 Av. Saenz Pena, Barranco 477-5131
Monday - Saturday 11am-9pm
Best Live Music
La Noche, Barranco
On a pedestrian street in Barranco, La Noche is one of Lima’s best modern live-music venues. The atmosphere is casual, with an open-air terrace and inside dance-floor, in a multi-level pub environment. The crowds are mostly locals and some tourists. Good bands of various styles, mainly jazz, play every night for under US$8. Monday nights are free jam sessions.
Bolognesi 307 (01/477-5829
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