The Places · Peru
Lima
Made By profiles 14 places in Lima, spanning modern peruvian fine dining, dry-aged steakhouse, modern peruvian tasting menu — each tied to the people and producers behind it.
01.Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian Fusion)
Maido
Lima, Peru
Named The World's Best Restaurant 2025 by the 50 Best organisation, Maido occupies a specific position in Lima's dining scene: the city's clearest expression of Nikkei cuisine, where Japanese technique meets Peruvian ingredient with precision and seasonal intent. Chef Mitsuharu Tsumura has built a decade-and-a-half of credential around this intersection, earning consecutive top-ten rankings and a loyal international following from a Miraflores address on Calle San Martín.
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02.Modern Peruvian Tasting Menu
Central Restaurante
Lima, Peru
Central occupies a converted house in Barranco, Lima's bohemian coastal district, and has held the number-one position on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list (2023). The tasting menu moves through Peruvian ecosystems by altitude, ocean floor to high Andes, using ingredients sourced by the research collective Mater Iniciativa. For serious diners visiting Lima, it represents the clearest single-table argument for Peru's biodiversity as a culinary framework.
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03.Modern Venezuelan-Peruvian Fusion
Mérito
Lima, Peru
In Barranco, Lima's most creatively charged neighbourhood, Mérito has built a serious reputation by threading Venezuelan culinary memory through Peruvian ingredients and technique. Ranked #55 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024 and #6 in South America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, the two-floor restaurant on Jr. 28 de Julio draws both local regulars and informed international visitors. The chef's counter remains the most coveted seat in the house.
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04.Modern Peruvian Fine Dining
Kjolle
Lima, Peru
Kjolle sits in Barranco's Casa Tupac, where Pía León, named World's Best Female Chef and the chef behind Central's rise, runs a tasting menu built entirely from Peru's ingredient treasury. Ranked #16 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024 and #5 in South America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, the restaurant applies months of research to each ingredient without obscuring what it is. Open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner.
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05.Modern Peruvian Fine Dining
Mayta
Lima, Peru
Ranked #41 on The World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2024, Mayta has been among Lima's most consistent modern Peruvian addresses since relocating and relaunching in 2018. Chef Jaime Pesaque structures the menu around Peru's regional biodiversity, from Amazonian fish to Andean algae, across a nine-course tasting format and a parallel plant-based programme that earned a fifth radish in the We're Smart Green Guide.
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Lady Bee
Lima, Peru
In Barranco, Lima's most atmospheric neighbourhood for nightlife, Lady Bee operates at the intersection of serious cocktail craft and small-plate cooking. With a 4.7 Google rating across 281 reviews and recognition from Opinionated About Dining's 2025 South America list, it occupies a specific tier in Lima's bar scene where the drinks program and the food arrive at equal weight. Chef Gabriela León leads the kitchen.
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07.Modern Peruvian Fine Dining
Astrid & Gastón
Lima, Peru
Set inside the 17th-century Casa Moreyra hacienda in San Isidro, Astrid & Gastón has held a place in the World's 50 Best Restaurants every year from 2011 to 2018, peaking at #14 in 2013 and 2015. Under chef Jorge Muñoz Castro, the restaurant runs a tasting format built around Peruvian biodiversity, with vegetables as a recurring editorial thread. Ranked #9 in South America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025.
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Carnaval
Lima, Peru
Carnaval belongs to Lima’s serious cocktail conversation: a bar treated by Opinionated About Dining as part of the city’s dining culture rather than as an after-hours add-on. Aaron Diaz’s name gives the project a clear authorial line, but the larger point is Lima’s shift toward drinks programs with the structure, pacing, and recognition usually reserved for restaurants.
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09.Modern Peruvian Fine Dining
Rafael
Lima, Peru
Rafael occupies an art-deco mansion on Calle San Martín in Miraflores, where chef Rafael Osterling has spent decades threading Peruvian ingredients through Italian and Japanese technique. Ranked on Opinionated About Dining's South America list consistently since 2023 and awarded 90 points by La Liste in 2025, it holds a steady position in Lima's upper tier of cosmopolitan modern Peruvian dining.
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10.Peruvian Cevicheria
La Mar Cebicheria
Lima, Peru
La Mar Cebichería in Miraflores is Gastón Acurio's dedicated ceviche house, ranked #31 among South America's top restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2024. Open daily for lunch service, the Av. La Mar address has become a reference point for Peru's ceviche tradition, drawing on fresh seafood and combinations that range from the traditional to the vegetable-forward. Chef Anthony Vasquez leads the kitchen.
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11.Modern Peruvian Fine Dining
Maras
Lima, Peru
Maras in Lima presents modern Peruvian cuisine with regional flair. Must-try dishes include Crispy Baby Octopus, Nikkei Tuna Tiradito, and Arapaima with mashed cassava and banana. The restaurant pairs seasonal plates with an expansive wine program, 205 selections and an inventory of 460 bottles, guided by Head Sommelier Julián Oliva. Located inside The Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center, Maras offers a focused tasting menu and à la carte choices that highlight coastal seafood, Amazonian produce, and Andean roots. Recognized with Tripadvisor's Travellers' Choice 2025, the dining room delivers attentive, knowledgeable service and a warm, inviting atmosphere ideal for celebratory dinners and business meals. Reserve via SevenRooms.
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12.Traditional Peruvian Criollo Tavern
Isolina Taberna Peruana
Lima, Peru
Isolina Taberna Peruana in Barranco brings traditional Peruvian home cooking to a serious dining context, with consistent recognition from La Liste and Opinionated About Dining since 2023. Chef José del Castillo draws on the deep pantry of Lima's mercado culture to produce dishes rooted in generational technique. Open seven days a week, it occupies a distinct position among Lima's mid-to-upper tier restaurants as a counterpoint to the city's modernist wave.
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13.Winery
Antigua Taberna Queirolo
Lima, Peru
One of Pueblo Libre's most enduring tabernas, Taberna Queirolo holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating (2025) and a reputation that stretches well beyond Lima's tourist circuits. The address on Av. San Martín has served as a gathering point for the neighbourhood's pisco and wine culture for generations, offering a window into how Peruvian drinking traditions sustain themselves in a changing city.
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14.Dry-Aged Steakhouse
OSSO CARNICERIA
Lima, Peru
OSSO Carniceria operates at the intersection of butcher shop and restaurant in San Isidro, where Chef Renzo Garibaldi has built a programme around dry-aged cuts and wood-fired cooking that Opinionated About Dining has ranked among South America's top restaurants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The format is meat-forward and intentional: produce quality, butchery craft, and fire are the three load-bearing elements.
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