The Best Casual Gourmet Restaurants in Lima
The latest trend in restaurants in Latin America, other than the rapid proliferation of burger joints, is a new genre we call Casual Gourmet. These are restaurants that either take traditional street foods or regional comfort foods and elevate them to gourmet status, served in a more casual ambiance and typically at prices that are less than you’d pay for a similar meal at an upscale dining establishment. We’ve listed the ten restaurants that fall within this category, ranked by our overall rating, in this list of the 8 best Gourmet Casual restaurants in Lima.
Jeronimo
Rating: 4.0 starsPrice: $$$$
Type: Casual Dining
Cuisine: Eclectic Gourmet
Jeronimo is a popular gastropub with a that’s very unique and interesting, offering a variety of international street-foods and comfort-foods, all of which are …
La Bodega de La Trattoria
Rating: 4.3 starsPrice: $$$
Type: Casual Dining
Cuisine: Italian
For very acceptable Italian pasta at a better than reasonable price, La Bodega de La Trattoria is hard to beat. Despite lackluster scores for food and service, …
Pastelería San Antonio
Rating: 4.0 starsPrice: $$$
Type: Cafe, Casual Dining
Cuisine: Coffee - Bread - Pastries, Sandwiches-Salads
Pastelería San Antonio, now with five locations in Lima, is the quintessential Limeño pastry shop and café. Always has been, always will be. Consistently good f …
Los Bachiche
Rating: 4.0 starsPrice: $$$$
Type: Casual Dining
Cuisine: Italian
Los Bachiche, Peru’s genius restauranteur Gaston Acurio’s take on casual Italian dining is not hitting on all cylinders. But it’s a respectable attempt at Itali …