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1. Lady Bee
Alonso Palomino and Gabriela León's cocktail bar, now in Barranco, ranked ninth on The World's 50 Best Bars 2026 for its seasonal journeys through Peruvian ingredients.
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2. Museo del Pisco
The flagship of a small group of pisco bars, near the Plaza de Armas, offering guided tastings of Peru's grape brandy, pisco sour sessions and inventive cocktails.
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3. Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo
Peru's first folkloric institution, founded in 1924, staging a daily show of Cusco's traditional music and dances on Avenida El Sol.
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4. Sastrería Martínez
A speakeasy hidden behind a working tailor's shop on Avenida La Mar in Miraflores, with live Latin music and cocktails inspired by Peru's ingredients and textiles.
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5. English Bar at the Country Club Lima Hotel
The bar of the historic 1927 Country Club Lima Hotel, famous for its pisco sours and named Lima's best bar at the Summum awards in 2012, 2013 and 2022.
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6. Ukukus
A long-running live music bar and cultural space on Calle Plateros, with nightly bands playing rock, reggae, Latin and Andean music and free entry.
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7. Ayahuasca Restobar
A restaurant-bar in the restored Mansión Berninzon, a late-19th-century Barranco house of over 1,200 square metres, known for its pisco sours and coca-leaf cocktails.
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8. Paddy’s Irish Pub
An Irish-owned pub just off the Plaza de Armas on Calle Triunfo, popular with travellers and expats for Guinness, Cusqueña, pub food and live football.
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9. Bar Cordano
A bar founded in 1905 by Italian immigrants opposite the Government Palace, where most of Peru's presidents have dined, known for butifarra sandwiches and pisco cocktails.
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10. Mama Africa
A popular late-night club in an old house on the Plaza de Armas, playing salsa, reggae, hip hop and dance music until the early hours.
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11. Antigua Taberna Queirolo
A Pueblo Libre tavern whose story begins around 1880 with the Queirolo family's general store, serving piscos, wines, sandwiches and traditional Peruvian dishes.
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12. República del Pisco
A pisco bar in a colonial house on Calle Plateros, serving pisco sours and other pisco drinks made with local ingredients, with snacks and live music.
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