Barranco · Miraflores · Peru
Peru's capital, where the ocean, the Andes and the Amazon meet on one plate. Eat ceviche cured minutes before it reaches you, anticuchos off a street grill and a pisco sour shaken in front of you.
Tours
In the centre, the most loved tour in the city: four hours in Barranco that add up to a long lunch. On the left, street food and markets in the old town for less; on the right, a cooking class in a Miraflores home. Every card opens a full page.
Best value
★ 4.94 hoursFree cancellationFood carts and old eateries in Lima's historic centre, the city's largest market and Chinatown, with anticuchos, churros and a chilcano in an old mansion. Street food the way locals eat it.
Top pick
★ 4.94 hoursFree cancellationA guide walks you through Barranco to small restaurants and shops, where ceviche, lomo saltado and a pisco sour are made in front of you. Expect to finish full.
Cooking class
★ 4.92 hours 30 minutesFree cancellationA chef and his wife host you in their Miraflores home, where you make ceviche, tuna tartare and a pisco sour. Fruit and pisco tastings, a dessert and a gift come with it.
Market tour
★ 4.93 hours 30 minutes
Hotel pickup
★ 4.84 hours
Chinatown
★ 4.63 hours 30 minutes
Quick taste
★ 4.82 hours
Tuk-tuk
★ 5.03 hours
Evening
★ 5.04 hours
Lowest price
★ 4.83 hoursCompare
Some tours are a meal on foot, some are a string of small bites, and a class feeds you what you cook. Check the drinks, the pickup and the diet notes before you choose.
| Tour | Where | What the price covers | Best for | Length | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour in Barranco | Mirador Saénz Peña, Barranco | A full meal, pisco and chocolate | A first taste of Lima | 4 hours | $105 | Book |
| Historic Centre Street Food and Market Tour | Gran Hotel Bolívar, Jirón de la Unión | Street food, market, chilcano | Street food and history | 4 hours | $69 | Book |
| Miraflores Cooking Class: Ceviche and Pisco Sour | Alameda Jorge Chávez, Miraflores | You cook 2 dishes and a pisco sour | Learning to cook | 2 hours 30 minutes | $48 | Book |
| Surquillo Market and Miraflores: 10+ Tastings | Narciso de la Colina 523, Surquillo | 10+ dishes and drinks | Markets and mixed diets | 3 hours 30 minutes | $71 | Book |
| Cooking Class with Market Tour and Pickup | Pickup in Miraflores | Pickup, market, 2-course meal | A class with pickup | 4 hours | $67 | Book |
| Street Food Tour with Ceviche, Churros and Chinatown | Estación Benavides, Miraflores | 9 tastings incl. pisco | Chinatown and churros | 3 hours 30 minutes | $75 | Book |
| Downtown Street Food in 2 Hours | Plaza Perú, historic centre | 15 tastings and a pisco sour | A short visit | 2 hours | $47 | Book |
| Barranco Street Food by Tuk-Tuk: 13 Tastings | Biblioteca Municipal, Barranco | 13 tastings, fruit, no alcohol | Big appetites, no alcohol | 3 hours | $65 | Book |
| Criollo Nights: 14+ Tastings After Dark | Plaza Túpac Amaru, Magdalena del Mar | 14+ tastings and a pisco sour | An evening out | 4 hours | $65 | Book |
| Ceviche, Pisco and Pollo a la Brasa Tour | Gran Hotel Bolívar, Jirón de la Unión | Ceviche, pisco class, 10 tastings | The lowest price | 3 hours | $39 | Book |
Every tour here cancels free up to 24 hours before. Tell the operator about allergies or a vegetarian diet when you book: several street food tours cannot change their menu on the day.
Why Lima
Lima eats from three worlds at once: fish from the cold Pacific, potatoes and corn from the Andes, and fruit and herbs from the rainforest. Spanish, African, Chinese and Japanese cooks added their own, which is why a chifa fried rice and a Nikkei tiradito feel as local here as ceviche.
PromPerú calls Lima the gastronomic capital of the Americas. Maido was named the world's best restaurant in 2025, Central held the title in 2023, and on 4 November 2026 the World's 50 Best Restaurants awards come to Lima, the first time in South America.
Maido, Lima, in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.
Most tours add up to a full lunch or dinner.
Vegetarian menus need notice at booking.
For extra snacks, drinks and a tip.
Up to 24 hours before, on every tour here.
The tour
Most tours start at a market or a fruit stall, then walk from one small kitchen to the next.
In Barranco, Miraflores or the old town, or at your hotel on tours with pickup.
StartLúcuma, chirimoya and granadilla, and the peppers and potatoes behind every dish.
First stopFish cured in lime in front of you, then a pisco sour or a chilcano.
Main stopsPicarones, churros or purple-corn mazamorra to finish.
Last stopPlan your tour
What the price covers, the neighbourhoods, diets and the best time: one tab each.
Where it is
Lima, Peru
Barranco and Miraflores sit side by side on the cliffs above the Pacific, where most visitors stay. The historic centre is about 10 km north; the old-town tours meet there, and one leaves from Miraflores by bus.
Around your tour
When to eat what, what guests wish they had known, what else to see and the fine print.
Guest reviews
★★★★★Marcos was an absolute delight! He explained plenty of historical backgrounds of Peruvian cuisine. Everything we tasted was so yummy. And the walks around Barranco area was beautiful with many murals.
★★★★★The food and cultural landmarks were all excellent. Great descriptions of the foods, and how they fit in to the Peruvian culture. None of the foods were "tourist menu" items. All were tasty and authentic.
★★★★★This was a top tier cooking class. It was very fun to learn about the ingredients and get to put it all together ourselves.
★★★★★Claudia was so kind and knowledgeable. She took us to so many delicious places and we tried so many foods we would never have found on our own. Would definitely recommend!
★★★★★Bring your appetite. You won't leave this tour hungry! The variety of food was personally selected by Diego, our guide, to ensure we got all the flavors of Peruvian food. Everything was delicious.
★★★★★I have done cooking classes all over the world, and I have to say this was one of the most fun. And can I just say everything that we made was easy delicious and our group had such a great time.
★★★★★I do a street food tour wherever I go in the world and this is one of the best! Arturo was so knowledgeable and I learnt so much about the food culture and history of Peru and Lima.
★★★★★This food tour was AMAZING. [...] It was such good value for money. I’m so glad I skipped lunch. I left feeling so full.
★★★★★Marcos was an amazing guide and we learned so much about Lima and Peru’s food scene trying some of the most classic dishes and exotic fruits. We absolutely loved the ceviche, it’s a must try.
Another morning
Food tours stay in one district. A half day with pickup takes in the clifftops of Miraflores, an adobe pyramid and the old town's Plaza Mayor, with small tastings along the way.
Save a morning for the sights. Hotel pickup takes you to the clifftop Love Park in Miraflores, the adobe pyramid of Huaca Pucllana with potato tastings and ice cream, and the Plaza Mayor, ending with a pisco tasting.
Hotel pickupGuideFree cancellation
The guide
Lime-cured fish at lunch, beef heart off the grill at night, and a cocktail invented in a Lima bar.
Much of Lima's best cooking happens outside its famous dining rooms: in market stalls, family cevicherías and the carts that appear at dusk. Most of them have no English menu. A guide orders for you, explains what is on the plate and keeps the portions small enough to try fifteen things in an afternoon.
Guests say the same thing again and again: they tried food they would never have found alone, and left too full for dinner.
For a first visit, the Barranco food tour is our pick: four hours, small restaurants, ceviche and lomo saltado made in front of you, and a pisco sour. The historic centre tour trades restaurants for street carts, the big market and Chinatown, for less. To cook, the Miraflores class puts you in a chef's home kitchen.
Ceviche and its marinade, leche de tigre. Lomo saltado, beef stir-fried in a wok with onion, tomato and fries, a Chinese gift to Peru. Causa, cold yellow potato layered with chicken or tuna. Anticuchos of beef heart. Pollo a la brasa, the rotisserie chicken Peruvians eat by the plateful. And for dessert, picarones in syrup.
The pisco sour was born in Lima: the American bartender Victor Morris served it at his bar in the 1920s, and a Peruvian barman there added the egg white and bitters. Peru toasts it on the first Saturday of February. The chilcano, pisco with ginger ale and lime, is the lighter local favourite.
Guides
In-depth guides to Lima's food and the questions people ask most before a tour. See all guides.
What to eat in LimaCeviche, lomo saltado, causa, anticuchos, pollo a la brasa, the desserts, the drinks and what Limeños eat for breakfast.
Lima street foodAnticuchos, picarones, churros, papa rellena and the carts and huariques that sell them, by neighbourhood.
Ceviche in LimaPeru's national dish: what goes in it, leche de tigre, the lunchtime rule, tiradito and where to eat or make it.
Cooking class vs food tourWhat you cook, what you taste, market visits, pickup, length, vegetarian options and prices, side by side.
Why Peruvian food is so goodIngredients from three climates, five centuries of migrants, chifa and Nikkei, world rankings and a fair look at Peru vs Mexico.
Is a Lima food tour worth it?What the price covers, the best tour for each kind of traveller, the neighbourhoods, vegetarian options and how full you will be.From the blog
The World's 50 Best in Lima, Christmas food and Pisco Sour Day. All posts.
World's 50 Best 2026 in LimaThe ceremony lands in Lima on 4 November, the first in South America. Here is what is known, what is not, and how to eat well around it.
Christmas in Lima 2026A midnight dinner of roast turkey, panetón with hot chocolate at 24 °C, chocolatadas, the December holidays and the start of summer.
Pisco Sour Day 2027Saturday 6 February 2027: who invented the drink, what goes in it, why February suits it, and which Lima tours shake one in front of you.FAQ
Straight answers to what people ask most about food in Lima and the tours.
Ceviche first: raw white fish cured in lime with red onion and chili, eaten at lunchtime. Then lomo saltado, causa, anticuchos, pollo a la brasa and desserts like picarones. See what to eat in Lima.
Ceviche. Peru declared it Cultural Heritage of the Nation in 2004, celebrates it every 28 June, and in 2023 UNESCO added the way Peruvians make and share it to its intangible heritage list. More in ceviche in Lima.
Anticuchos of grilled beef heart, picarones with syrup, churros, choclo with cheese and a cup of ceviche from a cart. Most of it lives in the historic centre and Barrio Chino. See Lima street food.
For a first visit, the Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour in Barranco, rated 4.9 by more than 900 guests. For street food and markets, the historic centre tour; to cook, the Miraflores class.
The tours on this site start at $39 for a three-hour walk with a pisco class and run to $105 for four hours of tastings that add up to a full meal. Cooking classes start at $48.
One of the best in the world. PromPerú calls it the gastronomic capital of the Americas, and four Lima restaurants were in the 2025 World's 50 Best list, with Maido at No. 1.
Ingredients from the coast, the Andes and the Amazon, and centuries of mixing: Spanish, African, Chinese and Japanese cooks all left dishes behind. See why Peruvian food is so good.
On weekend mornings, pan con chicharrón (fried pork and sweet potato in a bun with onion salsa) and tamales, with coffee or a hot quinoa drink from a street stall.
A food tour covers more dishes and more of the city; a class teaches you two or three dishes to make at home. Many classes start at a market. See cooking class or food tour.
Some can. The Surquillo market tour has vegetarian, lactose-free and gluten-free menus, and the Miraflores class has a vegetarian option; several street food tours do not.
At Sonia, a cevichería in Chorrillos, for No Reservations in 2006, and for Parts Unknown in 2013 at Chez Wong, Ámaz and Doña Pochita, the anticucho grill. Chez Wong and Ámaz have since closed.
Not really. Both use corn and chili, but Peruvian food leans on lime, fish, potatoes and ají amarillo, with Chinese and Japanese influence, and very little tortilla or cheese sauce.
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