Pacha Papa, is one of the most visited restaurants in the city of Cusco, because there they fuse tastes and colors that come from Africa, Europe and the Orient, with, of course, indigenous flavors.  This well-known restaurant offers the best of Peruvian cuisine prepared the way tradition demands it.

The food at  Pacha Papa is cooked in traditional earthenware pots, wood burning or sautéed in the well-known skillets or  cooked on great hot rocks, as is the case with  pachamanca, where the food is wrapped in diverse types of leaves and cooked through the heat from the rocks that cover it.

You can begin your meal at this restaurant with delicious appetizers, such as the Huancayo-style  potato, Arequipa-style ocopa, pacha potatoes and pacha corn, parmesan conchitas, cheese and bean solterito, Peruvian shrimp chowder, quinoa soup, Cusco-style chayro, etc.

You may also delight the palate with the exquisite entrees, such as pork adobo,  olluquito with meat and alpaca jerky, baked trout with fennel and tomato, pork loin huatia with huacatay and panca, pachamanca, etc.

Furthermore, you can accompany your food with one of the finest wines and get sweetened with some our  desserts, such as the typical kiwicha sweet, a seasonal fruit plate, sweet white sandwich  cookies with cinnamon ice cream, fruit salad, among others.

Remember that lovely live Andean music will accompany you every day from 12:30 p.m. until 13:00 pm and from  6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., while you have your favorite food at Pacha Papa.

Address:
Plaza San Blas 120 – Cusco – Perú.

Reservations:
Phone.: +51 84 241318 | ventas@cuscorestaurants.com

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Greens Organic is the first organic food restaurant of Cusco, where its enjoyed a delicious and pleasant experience, therefore many of the vegetables that are utilized in the preparation of the dishes, come from the garden of the same restaurant, that is found located in Lamay (Sacred Valley).  Other products are provided by suppliers dedicated to agriculture sustainable with animals fed with natural grass and small farms.

This restaurant is located in the city of Cusco, a few meters of the Main Square and its Cathedral, from the second level you will be able to witness the beauty of this side of the city.  Also, it offers an extensive variety of dishes prepared based on traditional food cultivated using methods without synthetic or chemical substances.

Among the appetizers that Greens Organic offers we have the ceviche of vegetables, bruschetta florentine with ranch eggs and fonduta, pesto soups and vegetables, also fresh organic salads.

The main courses vary from arugula ravioli and beetroot baked with goat cheese and nuts, whole grain penne with grilled vegetables and ricotta, sauteed portobellos, sauteed oriental vegetables and tofu, etc.

Afterwards, we can find desserts in Greens Organic such as hot cake of chocolate and chestnuts with caramelized oranges, almond ice cream nougat and sesame with strawberries, yogurt and honey of yacon, cheesecake of aguaymanto and passion fruit mousse.  You will also be able to enjoy delicious wines with snacks or house sandwiches.

Do not miss this experience during your visit to the city of Cusco, because in Greens Organic you will be able to continue the nature feeling in this renown restaurant finding an environment illuminated by candles, with a very smooth musical background, and you will observe the  decoration made up of branches, clay and wood; and the best organic food of Cusco.

Address:

Santa Catalina Angosta 135, 2do. Floor – Cusco – Peru

Reservations:

T.: +51 84 243379 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting  +51 84 243379  end_of_the_skype_highlighting | ventas@cuscorestaurants.com

Hours of operation:

Monday to Sunday 12:00 m a 11:00 p.m.

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The infrastructure and interior design of the Map Cafe is actually quite modern. In the cafe you’d find yourself face to face with a glass structure in the shape of a cube, in a minimalist style that manages a smooth harmony and a certain complicity with the colonial-style patio where the Museum of Pre-Colombian Art is located.

The modern indoor decor that makes up the Map Cafe, as well as the creativity and seasonings with which the chef prepares his dishes are both totally reflected in the restaurants menu, in which you’d be able to try out starter or appetizer options such as their delicious trout tartare, the alpaca tonnato, mushroom capchi, or the trout and cream cheese humitas (humitas are similar to tamales) with capers.

Within their entree or dinner options they have meals like the the tuna filet with “tacu tacu de pallares” (a typical Peruvian dish made with lima beans and rice, and then shaped into thick tortilla like shapes) accompanied by a sauce made of teriyaki and rocoto (chile peppers).

There’s also a steak dish with a mushroom sauce and Quinoan-style rissoto cooked with in a red wine base; a third option being the cuy (guinea pig, a delicacy of the region) with potatoes in a creamy peanut sauce and panca peppers.

When we get to the dessert options of the menu, there’s plenty to choose from. Among the choices there is the Quillabamba inspired chocolate and passion fruit tart; or turron amelcochado (a sugar thickened nougat) with figs and garnished with anise and orange zest; a third delicious option being the cherries drenched in purple maize syrup and served with a maize ice cream and toasted praline chulpe.

These being only a few of the delicacies being prepared at this restaurant.

Map Cafe doesn’t just limit you to the appetizers, entrees and desserts on their menu, they also have plenty of tasty sandwich choices and vintage wines that have been preserved just for you the diner and that come evening hours, are even more enjoyable whilst listening to some live music.

Map Cafe is also fully capable of handling any kind of event, with their buffet, cocktail, coffee break, happy hour, or general catering services.
Just remember that while enjoying the rest of your stay in the city of Cusco, a prime choice option for having a good time and eating great food too, is the Map Cafe.

Address: Museo de Arte PreColombino- Plazoleta Nazarenas #231 Cusco, Peru.
For Reservations: +51 84 242476 or email at: ventas@cuscorestaurants.com
Hours of Operation: Monday through Saturday from 11am to 10pm. Sunday from 12 noon to 10pm.
Music: Live Andean music every night.

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Incanto, is one of the most important restaurants of Cusco, is quite welcoming and has quite a contemporary style that calls to the attention of those who visit it.

It is located a few meters of the main square of the city, on the remainders of what was known as Aclla Wasi or Home of the Virgins of the Sun, institution where the women were recruited to choose the ones that would be trained by the Mamaconas to serve in the places of worship; making of Incanto a charming place and above all quite a welcoming place of history.

The menu of Incanto presents more than 80 dishes, among these we find pizzas, pastas and various grilled dishes, that receive the Peruvian touch in the ingredients used in its elaboration; you will be able to begin tasting so many antipasto, such as the caprese salad, ceviche di funghi e caciofi, melanzane e zuchini alla parmigiana, mnestrone alla genovese, etc.

Then you will continue with the secundi piatti including delicious dishes as medaglioni di manzo marsala, back of alpaca, trotta alla mediterranea, ossobuco with pappardelle al burro e parmigiano, guinea pig to the oven, among others. The pizzas and pastas that offers Incanto are various and go from focaccia to the tartufo, pizza ai formaggi, pizza prosciutto cotto, pizza al salame piccante, hasta spaghetti alla carbonara, penne alla puttanesca, etc.

Besides, to sweeten your palate a little, Incanto offers delicious desserts, like the tiramisú, Limean Suspiro, semifreddo with estratto of the frutto della passione, mousse of pisco sour, panna cotta with crema di fragola, etc.  And to accompany your food, you can drink one of the succulent wines that offers this prestigious restaurant.

Recall that upon visiting the city of Cusco you could visit Incanto, to taste Peruvian, Italian dishes or the fusion of these.

Address:
Santa Catalina Angosta 135 – Cusco – Perú
Reservations:
T.: +51 84 254753  +51 84 254753 | ventas@cuscorestaurants.com
Schedule:
Monday to Sundayfrom 12:00 m to 11:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (limited selection , only pizzas and refreshments)
Music:
Live andean music every night.

Images: Incanto
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Limo is one of the most well known and highly regarded restaurants in the city of Cuzco, and it’s located on the second floor of a great house, which is right in front of the beautiful Plaza de Armas. The locale is clearly divided into three areas: the terrace with a perfect view towards the Plaza; the main dining room with the warm atmosphere; and the bar area.  At Limo, its walls are decoratively accompanied by beautiful images, captured by the photographer Morfi Jiménez.

The menu at Limo presents the diner with a varied range of dishes. It’s sure to have options to catch the interest of every guest with every kind of taste preference; from entrees such as the “tipica causa,” “tiradito” and of course, ceviche amongst others.  Within the main courses you’d find two varieties – the traditional kind, and the house specialties. The traditional ones can always vary, for example, Limo offers the well known “chaufa” rice dish but it could be accompanied with a side of crispy fish and prawn chicharrones (cracklings), “aji de gallina” (chili pepper chicken) and some quail eggs, or marinated steak with fried chips (french fries). The house specialty dishes include: grilled alpaca fillets marinated with garlic and rosemary and accompanied by a tasty wheat based coriander risotto, as well as grilled trout in a delicious white wine and pomegranate sauce. These are just some of the selections at offer.

You can also have a try at our “trago de bandera” (the region-specific drink), the pisco, where one of the best versions of it at Limo, is the chicano. You can order these drinks and accompany them with some delicious maki and sushi rolls, tuna sashimi and many others choices.

Limo is one of those restaurants where you can really sample and taste the Andean cuisine, the typical meals of the region, or of the fusion created from the two styles mixed with key flavors and ingredients from other places. It really makes of this locale a sort of classical and traditional, yet avant guarde and diverse hybrid.

Contact Information is as follows:
Address: Portal de Carnes 236, 2nd floor
Plaza de Armas – Cuzco
Phone Number: (51) 84 24 029837
E-mail: ventas@cuscorestaurante.com

There’s a pagan legend from Incan times that tells of a person by the name of Tupac Turin, whom after finishing a long day of work, went to his small boat docked by the edge of the Urubamba River, to lay down inside for some rest. They say that he was in such a deep sleep that he never even noticed that his boat was being carried away by the current; when he woke up he found himself down river in the Amazons. Not being able to get himself out of the river, he let the current continue to carry him away in his boat. In this same manner he just continued floating his way across the ocean and ending up in Europe sometime around the XV century.

Whilst in Europe, Tupac Turin taught all that he could and learned all that he could about culture, traditions, art and cuisine. In his quest to absorb it all, he traveled to the far Orient, China and India, places where he was introduced to and   was captivated with all the new and different spices- which he then incorporated into his ingredients and obtained a new fusion of flavors.

Back and forth between all the teaching and learning trips he took, 20 years passed, until the day came when Tupac Turin began to think about how to get back to his home- his origins. One day, stepping into a pub, he met someone whom chance had placed in his path- Christopher Columbus. Columbus was so notably impressed by Turin’s epic stories, that he offered Turin a way to get back home. They prepared for his return voyage and then… the rest is already known history.

The story goes on to say that upon his return to Cusco, the whole community organized a great big welcome home celebration; where for the first time, all the flavors from around the world were fused together. Turin had brought back with him all kinds of condiments and spices from the other side of the hemisphere, and it’s as a sort of homage to this kind of mixture of flavors that Inka Grill was created.

Inka Grill, is a spacious restaurant dedicated to international cuisine, typical local cuisine and Neo-Andean. This restaurant allows the diner to sample a delicious Andean soup that contains fowl meat and quinoa grain with vegetables. There’s also an Andean potato and sweet potato ravioli in a buttery huacatay herb sauce option, valley trout, stuffed chicken breast with gorgonzola and spinach in a delicious elderberry sauce, oven baked pineapple spiced with maize and curahuasi anise, as well as a dessert dish consisting of pears cooked in a red wine base and served with cinnamon ice cream, just to name a few of the mouth watering choices.

The Inka Grill is strategically placed right at the Plaza de Armas of the City of Cusco, where you’d be able to have great views of the beautiful plaza and the nearby old colonial churches while sitting down to taste and enjoy the best of flavors that this amazing restaurant has to offer.

Address:
Portal de Panes #115 – Plaza de Armas
For Reservations:
+51 84 262992
+51 84 262992
E-mail: ventas@cuscorestaurants.com
Hours of Operation:
Monday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Sunday from 12 noon to 11:00 p.m.
Music:
A band performing Andean music, live every night.
Maximum Capacity:
130 people

Images: Inka Grill

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It is so is born “Alma, Cocina Viva”, the Andean House flag restaurant.  In this restaurant, basis to the traditional gastronomy of the area is going to develop diverse culinary vanguard techniques, resulting  in excellent gastronomic proposal: the kitchen Novoandina.

The brand “Alma” is managed by the recognized chef of Andean House, Teddy Bouroncle.  Bouroncle born in Lima, and has worked in the United States and Spain, where was trained by the famous basque chef Juan Marí Arzak, of the Spanish restaurant Arzak, that has 3 Michelin stars.

“Alma, Cocina Viva”, is a gourmet type restaurant most recognized in the city of Cusco. It is divided in 4 parlors, which have been decorated with beautiful candle holders, iron lamps of  wrought iron and colonial paintings of the Cusqueña School, creating thus a cusquean traditional environment with a romantic sound.

Its menu is based on the Novoandina cousine, that results by taking ingredients and typical styles of this area, fusing them with the best gastronomies of Peru and of the world, creating a series of new dishes, that are going to delight the palates of the diners originating from different places of the world.  Several of the ingredients utilized in this cousine are brought from the Sacred Valley, pantry of the Inca.

You could visit “Alma, Cocina Viva” to enjoy the delicious Novoandina food on nearby tables to the stone fountain, enjoying the sun and the environment.  Remember that daily you can participate of the breakfast buffet, that includes an omelet bar, fruits of the are, juices, cereals, etc.

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