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Restaurants Overview

Employees of restaurants on Cusco's Plaza de Armas and Plateros and Procuradores streets -- any of these could be renamed "Restaurant Row" -- stand in their doorways, touting their establishments, menus in hand, to entice you in to dine if you're an obvious visitor here. Lunch is served between 1 and 3. Dinner begins around 7, and most restaurants start winding down service at about 9. Most places do stay open continually throughout the afternoon if you wish to dine outside these hours.

Sacred Valley restaurants are for the most part small mom-and-pop places that serve local Peruvian cuisine. Of course, the town of Aguas Calientes near Machu Picchu has numerous restaurants (although the menus don't vary much) and the employees will do everything they can try to entice you to eat in their establishments. Lunch is served between 1 and 3. Dinner begins around 7, and most restaurants start winding down service at about 9. Most places do stay open continually throughout the afternoon if you wish to dine outside these hours.