The Southern Andes and Lake Titicaca Restaurants
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We’ve compiled the best of the best in The Southern Andes and Lake Titicaca - browse our top choices for Restaurants during your stay.
Set along the highway to Cabanaconde near Cruz del Condor and surrounded by ample fields, the hotel Kunturwassi is best known for its excellent organic restauran. All the food, including meats, is sourced or raised locally. You can go hiking or take a horseback riding tour after your meal.
Chef Mònica Huertas is one of the great promoters of arequipeña cuisine, and, to many, this is the most authentic restaurant in town. She uses many of the same classic recipes—some more than a century old—that her mother and grandmother used, and her preparations of regional standards such as rocoto relleno, adobo, lechón al horno (oven-roasted pork), chupe de camarones, and queso helado (ice cream) have become the definitive recipes. This sprawling picantería with a maze of pleasant patios and dining rooms is a great place to come on the weekend and spend the entire day eating, drinking, and listening to live music.
This chic, French-Peruvian restaurant, one of the best bets in town for a nice meal, is set in a beautifully renovated colonial building, where the walls are adorned with paintings by a local surrealist. Although you can order dishes à la carte, it's better to opt for the prix-fixe menu, which will allow you to try more dishes for a lower price. The menu is small but varied, and the servings are abundant and well-choreographed: in particular, try the cebiche tipo tartare and the yummy muslo de cuy, the local guinea pig, glazed in honey and garlic.
Located in a beautiful colonial building, there are a couple of intimate tables on the balcony overlooking the Plaza de Armas, while the more lively interior rooms make it seem like THE place to eat for both Peruvians and travelers. Mojsa, which means "delicious" in the Aymara language, serves reasonably priced Novo Andino cuisine, fused with fresh traditional and criollo flavors in an elegant space with wood floors and a long bar.
Everything here—from its grand iron spiral staircase and sillar stone walls to its Novo Andino cuisine, extensive wine list, and decadent desserts—is done with exquisite detail and attention. See that spiral staircase? It was built by Gustave Eiffel. The menu, using a fusion of gourmet techniques from the Alps and Andes, is a harmonious mix of fresh local foods. Try the quinoa potato gnocchi (served with your own choice of mushroom or meat sauce), the meat fondue, or the notable Trios, a prime cut of three meats: alpaca, ostrich, and beef, slow-cooked and served on a hot stone with three dipping sauces. You'll want to make reservations, especially for dinner and, if you book ahead of time, you can reserve one of the romantic balcony nooks.
With its placement in the gorgeous Casa Andina Premium hotel, a historic monument, this gourmet restaurant is worth a visit for the setting alone. The menu is quite varied, using local ingredients to create international dishes as well as give a new flair to traditional Peruvian ones, like rocoto relleno con pastel de papa(stuffed red peppers) or carpaccio de lomo(beef carpaccio). The bar has some tasty craft beers and a popular happy hour from 6 to 8.
Inside the Casa Andina Premium Puno hotel, this contemporary eatery with cozy fireplaces is one of the few upscale options in the city. The lake views alone are worth the visit, and prices are quite similar to the town's lesser alternatives, but it's the menu that's most enticing. It offers an eclectic choice, the highlight being their modern takes on regional ingredients like trout, lamb, quinoa, and local herbs. You'll also have the option of international dishes, including sandwiches and salads.
Come to this upscale tavern, tucked on the first floor of a heritage building hemmed with wooden balconies, to try a range of alpaca- and quinoa-based dishes, all served with zest and creativity. The wood-fired pizzas are also recommended. One of the real highlights here are the daily traditional dance and music shows organized to entertain guests starting at 7:30 pm.
This intimate restaurant serves some of the best Italian food in southern Peru, and if you're not sure you want Italian food in Peru, its special location in the Monasterio de Santa Catalina (the entrance is outside the compound, though windows look in) is enough to merit a visit and a meal. A fusion menu featuring homemade pastas (try the delicious cannelloni with lomo saltado), gnocchi, and risottos—paired with seafood, meats, and creative, savory sauces—is offered, and although there are Novo Andino options, you can find them elsewhere, so stick with the excellent Italian fare here. There's also an extensive wine list. It usually gets pretty packed at lunchtime, so book ahead, or come for dinner instead.
Rubbing walls with each other, these two restaurants are part of the same franchise and are a good choice for a fine parrilla (Lazos) or fusion Peruvian-European dishes and wines (Zingaro). Lazos is one of Arequipa's best steak houses, so meat is what you come for—and there is plenty of it, including delicious cuts of beef, alpaca, and sausage; Zingaro, on the other hand, adds a local twist to international plates like pastas and has an extensive fish menu. The beautiful, narrow, arched dining rooms with white sillar walls makes you question whether you should be paying more for the environment. The wine list is quite global, though you'll find better values if you stick with Argentina and Chile.
Arequipa's sophisticated elite come to wine and dine at this stylish eatery from the restaurateur known as El Turko—by far his best yet, it's easily one of Arequipa's top restaurants, in contemporary digs on pedestrian-friendly Calle San Francisco. The lengthy menu is adventurous and travels to the Mediterranean, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Switzerland, and, of course, Peru. Start with the Escribano fusion, a typical Arequipeñan salad that adds octopus, and then move on to one of the heartier entrées like the Bardo Immortal (corn cake stuffed with shrimp tails) or a 350-gram cut of Argentinian Bife Ancho. Finish your evening with a lucuma version of the classic Peruvian sweet, suspiro a la limeña, or a shot of pisco. Paladar's pisco and wine selections are tops in the city.
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