Cusco, Peru — Food and Dining
Restaurants in Cusco, Peru
Restaurants
Recommended restaurants
Blueberry Lounge
During the day this is a relaxed, modish venue to hang out at, but by night it becomes a hip bar and restaurant serving some superb, Thai-inspired, Asian-influenced fusion dishes.
Portal de Carnes 236
Tel: (84) 249 458.
Price: $$$
Granja Heidi
Upstairs on one of Cusco's side streets, this light, airy, Swiss-run restaurant serves fresh produce from the owner's farm. As well as full, typically Peruvian meals they also sell terrific cakes, crepes and other snacks.
Cuesta San Blas 525
Tel: (84) 238 383.
Price: $$
Greens
This Peruvian-British partnership has a great reputation for Sunday roasts as well as other European dishes and is justifiably popular with locals and tourists alike. Situated in San Blas, it is cosy and intimate and occasionally has live music.
Tandapata 700
Tel: (84) 243 379.
Price: $$$
MAP Café
Inside the elegant Museo de Arte Precolombino, this is Cusco's most stylish restaurant. Outdoor tables sit in a glass patio in the courtyard of this splendid colonial house and the menu ranges from European to contemporary Novo Andean dishes.
Plazoleta Nazarenas
Tel: (84) 233 210.
Price: $$$$
Muse
A bar and café that doubles as an art gallery, this cosy venue is located on a terrace above the Plazoleta San Blas, and serves good snack food and drinks. Its outdoor seating area is particularly popular and enjoys good views of the square.
Tandapata 682
Price: $
Nightlife
Cusco is a lively city where numerous bars, clubs and other venues compete aggressively for business, with touts swarming around the Plaza de Armas, San Blas or Plaza Regocijo handing out flyers and offering free drinks as incentive to visit.
Bars: Bars include long-standing favorite The Cross Keys at Portal Confiturías 233, on the Plaza de Armas, which has the feel of a London pub, plays good music and serves decent food. Los Perros at Tecsecocha 436 is a stylish hangout that serves delicious wantons to laidback crowds. Norton Rats Tavern at Calle Loreto 115 has a balcony enjoying great views over the Plaza de Armas and a spacious bar that plays rock and blues music. Fallen Angel at Plazoleta Nazarenas 221 is a funky, outlandish cocktail bar that doubles as a great restaurant.
Clubs: Lively clubs include Mama Africa on the second floor of Portal Harinas 191, which plays hip hop, dance and reggae to a crowd of largely young locals and tourists, and Extreme at Portal de Carnes 298 which plays up-to-date trance, techno and hip hop as well as more mainstream music.
Live Music: For live music try Ukuku’s Pub at Plateros 316, which hosts local bands every night before turning into the city’s most perennially popular nightspot. Kamikase at Plaza Regocijo 274 is an older establishment that puts on live rock and Andean folk music every evening.
