7 Best Restaurants in The Southern Andes and Lake Titicaca, Peru

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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.

Banawa Juice Bar

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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.

Crepisimo

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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

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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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Melbar Cafe

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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

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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.

Pacha Restaurant & Draft Bar

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Right next to Puno's Catedral, this Novo Andino restaurant pairs good food and a social atmosphere with a selection of Peruvian craft and imported Belgian beers, some of the strongest in the world. The cuy, trucha, alpaca, and cebiche dishes are all tasty and well-presented; there's a good-value tourist menu; and the local, award-winning tunki coffee, bittersweet and strong, is the cherry on top.

Rupha Café

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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.