Banawa Juice Bar
This cozy and colorful juice bar with charming white sillar walls serves coffee, fruit salads, smoothies, yogurt, waffles, and empanadas. At happy hour, try one of the reasonably priced pisco sours.
10 Best Restaurants in The Southern Andes and Lake Titicaca, Peru
We've compiled the best of the best in The Southern Andes and Lake Titicaca - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Crepisimo
With an extensive variety of sweet and savory crepes, as well as quality espresso, pisco sours, and craft beers, you could easily spend the day in this artistic, Euro-styled restaurant, little sister to the Zig Zag restaurant on Calle Zela. Check out the terrace for great views of the Monasterio de Santa Catalina and volcanoes. Crepisimo also offers prix-fixe menus for S/30 or S/35 and happy hour specials from 4 to 6 and 9 to 11 pm.
FIKA Brunch & Coffee
The welcoming off-white walls and wooden floors of this cool and very Instagrammable San Lazaro coffee spot make it a popular brunch option. The quaint plant-filled courtyard is perfect for escaping the city's hum, and there’s a cute little corner where patrons park their pets.
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InnKas Resto Bar
This long-standing Peruvian restaurant, tucked on a corner of Chivay's Plaza de Armas, serves reliable and tasty alpaca, chicken, and beef mains that include lomo saltado and pollo chimichurri (grilled chicken with piquant sauce), as well as a choice of pastas to quell comfort-food cravings. Excellent and inexpensive espressos pair up with crepes and a variety of cakes. This is a great place to linger prior to visiting Cruz del Condor.
La Caferola
This large café has a mix of Peruvian-, American-, and Argentinian-style coffee, all prepared with proper Italian coffee machines, and cakes and tortas.
McElroy's Pub
Owned by a true Irishman, this pub dishes up good pizzas, burgers, and sandwiches alongside the usual Peruvian dishes. It has a pool table and packs in most of the gringos in town.
Melbar Cafe
It’s easy to relax and catch up on digital work while having coffee, cakes, and pizzas in this large sillar hall furnished with wooden tables. It's right next to Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano.
Oso Café Arequipa
This specialty coffee roastery tucked inside a traditional courtyard serves perfectly crafted coffee and tea drinks, tasty pizzas, vegan-friendly shakshuka breakfasts, and a variety of excellent tapas. In the evenings, come to sample the inventive cocktails infused with local ingredients.
Rupha Café
Enter this cozy, luminous café near the plaza and find the loaves of bread, empanadas, and cakes from Ricos Pan bakery. Beyond, a large loftlike room is a perfect place to sit, sip coffee, and work on your laptop.
Selva Sur Café
This simple café offers a good selection of local brews, such as pungent Tunki coffee, plus flavored iced coffees, lattes, and the like. It's just off the southeastern corner of the Plaza de Armas.
