Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Cusco from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Cusco
These rooms lead with structure, modern cooking, and the clearest tasting-menu options in the city.
In Plaza Nazarenas, Senzo brings modern Peruvian fine dining into a hotel courtyard setting. It offers both a la carte and tasting menu formats, with an extensive wine list. The kitchen works with foraged ingredients from the hotel’s gardens and innovative Andean flavors.
On Plaza de Armas, Hanz Gastronomique serves Peruvian-Andean-Japanese fusion with a wine list, craft cocktails, and an extensive wine list. It also offers a tasting menu alongside a la carte dining, with a minimalist, pet-friendly room and views over the square.
Mauka in San Blas focuses on modern Peruvian fine dining with a wine program and a la carte service. Pía León’s room serves craft cocktails. Opinionated About Dining ranked Mauka #71 among Top Restaurants in South America in 2026, and recognized it among Top Restaurants in South America in 2025.
Cusco’s clearest wine-led options cluster in the centre, especially around Plaza de Armas and Centro Storico.
In Centro Storico, Cantina Vino Italiano is the city’s clearest wine-focused room in our guide. It has an exceptional wine program and an extensive wine list, paired with Italian wines, imported cured meats, cheeses, and thin-crust pizzas. The format is a la carte with small plates.
Cicciolina in Plaza de Armas pairs Italian-Peruvian fusion with an extensive wine list, and craft cocktails. It works a la carte and with small plates, and the menu includes guinea pig gyoza, alpaca, and osso buco with local ingredients.
Also on Plaza de Armas, LIMO Cocina Peruana & Pisco Bar combines Peruvian Nikkei fusion with a wine list and craft cocktails. The menu runs a la carte with small plates, and the room overlooks Cusco’s main square from the Plaza de Armas.
San Blas, Centro Histórico, Plaza de Armas, and Cusco Historic Center recur most often in our guide. San Blas has 9 venues in our guide, including Mauka for modern Peruvian fine dining and Pachapapa for traditional Cusquenian cooking.
Cusco has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Michelin hotel awards include 2 Keys at Inkaterra La Casona and 1 Key each at Belmond Hotel Monasterio, Tambo del Inka, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Palacio Nazarenas, and Antigua Casona San Blas.
Senzo in Plaza Nazarenas, Hanz Gastronomique in Plaza de Armas, and Chicha por Gaston Acurio in Centro Histórico all offer tasting menus. Senzo and Hanz Gastronomique also work a la carte.
Cantina Vino Italiano in Centro Storico is the city’s exceptional wine program in our guide. Cicciolina in Plaza de Armas, LIMO Cocina Peruana & Pisco Bar in Plaza de Armas, and Inkaterra La Casona in Plaza de las Nazarenas also have wine lists or extensive wine lists.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Chicha por Gaston Acurio sits on Cusco's Plaza Regocijo and applies Acurio's Peruvian revivalist approach to Andean ingredients and regional cooking traditions. Ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Top 65 South American restaurants in 2025, it draws a broad crowd, tourists, Lima visitors, and locals, and delivers accessible but carefully considered Peruvian food at mid-range prices for the city.
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Ranked #55 on the 2024 Opinionated About Dining list of South America's top restaurants, Cicciolina has held its position as one of Cusco's most consistent addresses for Peruvian cooking since long before the city's dining scene attracted international attention. Open daily from 12:30 to 9:30 pm at Calle Palacio 110, it draws both long-stay travellers and locals seeking something more considered than the Plaza de Armas tourist circuit.
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A 100% plant-based restaurant on Carmen Bajo that has drawn attention well beyond Cusco's vegetarian circuit. Green Point operates at the quieter end of the city's dining scene but delivers across every course, from soups to mains, with a consistency that has earned it recognition among Peru's more serious food commentary. For a city better known for its Andean meat traditions, that achievement carries real weight.
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Occupying a restored colonial mansion on Plaza Nazarenas, steps from the Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, Inkaterra La Casona places Andean ingredients and five centuries of culinary tradition at the center of its menu. Chef Rafael Casin works within a Peruvian fusion format that draws on highland produce and Indigenous technique, set inside one of Cusco's most architecturally significant addresses.
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A few steps from Cusco's Plaza de Armas, KUSYKAY Peruvian Craft Food operates where the city's tourist-facing dining economy meets something more considered: a kitchen framing Andean ingredients through a craft-first approach. The address on Triunfo places it inside the oldest colonial corridor of the city, making the surrounding context as loaded as the cooking itself.
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Pía León's Cusco address on Nazarenas 223 places modern Peruvian cooking at altitude, drawing on Andean ingredients with the same precision that earned her Lima projects international attention. Recognised on the Opinionated About Dining 2025 list for South America, Mauka occupies a distinct tier among Cusco's serious restaurants, more technically demanding than the city's traditional kitchens, more rooted in place than its tourist-facing contemporaries.
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On Calle Plateros, one of Cusco's busiest pedestrian corridors, Campo Cocina Andina works with the ingredient logic of the Andean highlands: native potato varieties, Andean grains, and produce shaped by altitude rather than proximity to a port. The kitchen sits in a city where pre-Columbian foodways are being recovered as seriously as colonial architecture is being preserved.
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On Calle Saphy, one of Cusco's quieter colonial streets, Cantina Vino Italiano occupies a position that says something about how Italian wine culture travels. In a city where Andean ingredients define the dining conversation, an Italian-focused wine cantina format offers a counterpoint worth understanding on its own terms.
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On the Portal Belen arcade of Cuzco's Plaza de Armas, Casa Cusqueña occupies one of the city's most historically charged dining positions. The address alone situates it inside the ceremonial heart of what was once the Inca capital, where colonial-era stonework frames the square that Andean civilizations built long before Spanish architects arrived. For visitors working through Cuzco's restaurant scene, it sits among a cluster of plaza-facing options with deep ties to the city's culinary identity.
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Dining on the Plaza: What a Gastronomique Address Signals in Cusco Portal de Carnes 216 is not a side-street address. It sits on the Plaza de Armas, the colonial centrepiece of Cusco, where the stone arcades that once framed Inca ceremony now...
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On a quiet lane in San Blas, Intillay Peruvian Fusion Food sits at the intersection of Andean ingredient culture and contemporary technique. The address on Calle Tandapata places it among Cusco's artisan quarter restaurants, where the cooking draws on the alta cocina wave that has reshaped how the city presents its own food to the world. Visitors looking for Cusco's evolving fusion scene will find this a relevant stop.
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KUSHKA Restaurant on Calle Espinar sits inside Cusco's increasingly serious mid-tier dining scene, where Andean ingredient sourcing has become the sharpest point of differentiation between restaurants. The address places it within walking distance of the Plaza de Armas, and the kitchen draws on the same high-altitude produce traditions that have shaped the city's dining identity over the past decade. A useful anchor point for visitors assessing Cusco's non-tourist-circuit options.
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On the Plaza de Armas at Portal de Carnes 236, Limo sits at the centre of Cusco's modern Peruvian dining conversation. The restaurant works across the Andean-Japanese register that has defined the city's upper tier, placing it alongside the wave of novo andino venues that reframed highland cooking over the past two decades. For travellers treating Cusco as a serious food destination, Limo is a reference point worth understanding before you arrive.
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The setting places it in a narrow category of museum restaurants that earn visits independent of the collection. For Cusco, that combination of colonial architecture, contemporary format, and proximity to the Plaza de Armas makes it a reference point in the city's mid-to-upper dining tier.
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On a colonial street a short walk from the Plaza de Armas, Mare Restaurant occupies a position in Cuzco's mid-tier dining scene where seafood-inflected cooking meets high-altitude Andean ingredients. The address at C. Heladeros 167 places it within easy reach of the city's main cluster of restaurants, making it a practical choice for travellers working through Cuzco's increasingly varied restaurant circuit.
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Book Miwa “Peruvian Asian Kitchen” when you want a relaxed Cusco meal that breaks from standard tourist-center Peruvian menus. The strongest play is to order around the ceviche options and Peruvian-Japanese crossover dishes; it is better for casual dates, groups, and flavor-first dinners than for formal fine dining.
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Organic Principles in the High Andes Cusco sits at roughly 3,400 metres above sea level, and the altitude shapes everything: how long bread takes to rise, how quickly a reduction thickens, how a diner's palate adjusts over the course of a meal....
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Pachapapa sits in the San Blas neighbourhood of Cusco, serving Andean cooking in a setting that puts the courtyard and the kitchen in direct conversation. The menu reads as a structured argument for highland ingredients, cuy, chicha, and native potato varieties, rather than a survey of Peruvian hits. For visitors orienting themselves in Cusco's dining scene, it functions as a reliable anchor for traditional cuisine before exploring the city's more contemporary registers.
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Rucula sits steps from Cusco's Plaza de Armas on Calle Triunfo, occupying a position that places it at the geographic and symbolic centre of the city's Peruvian dining circuit. The address alone signals intent: this is a restaurant that invites comparison with its highest-profile neighbours, operating in a part of the city where altitude, colonial architecture, and serious cooking converge around one of South America's most visited public squares.
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Senzo occupies the former chapel courtyard of Belmond Palacio Nazarenas, a 16th-century Inca-Spanish colonial palace in central Cuzco. The kitchen draws on Andean altitude ingredients and Peruvian culinary tradition within one of the city's most architecturally significant dining settings. For hotel guests and walk-ins alike, it represents the premium end of Cuzco's growing fine-dining tier.
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On Plaza Regocijo, one of Cuzco's quieter colonial squares, Yaku Restaurant draws a loyal local following that keeps returning well past the tourist season. The address places it at the heart of the city's emerging Andean dining conversation, where high-altitude ingredients and centuries-old technique meet considered modern execution. It is the kind of place repeat visitors build itineraries around.
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A 16th-century colonial manor on Cusco's Plaza Nazarenas, Inkaterra La Casona operates at the intersection of heritage architecture and Andean cultural programming. With only 11 suites, a 97-point La Liste 2026 ranking, and rates from US$440 per night, it sits in a distinct tier of intimate, historically grounded properties within Cusco's upper accommodation market.
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A 16th-century monastery on Cusco's Plaza de las Nazarenas, converted by Belmond into a 126-room hotel that holds UNESCO World Heritage status and scored 97.5 points in La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking. The 2025 World Travel Awards named it South America's Leading Heritage Hotel. Colonial architecture, original frescoes, and exclusive access to the Belmond Hiram Bingham train to Machu Picchu define the guest experience.
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Positioned in the Sacred Valley at roughly 2,800 metres, lower than Cusco city, Tambo del Inka serves as the considered first stop for travellers heading to Machu Picchu. The resort's private train station, on-site organic garden, and 128 rooms with mountain views place it in the upper bracket of Sacred Valley accommodation. Recognised by La Liste Top Hotels 2026 (95.5 points) and Star Wine List 2026.
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A 16th-century convent turned 55-suite Belmond property, Palacio Nazarenas occupies one of Cusco's most architecturally layered addresses. Inca stonework, colonial frescoes, and oxygen-enriched suites with 24-hour butler service frame a stay that ranks #87 on the World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 list. The city's first outdoor infinity-edge pool and the Senzo restaurant complete a property that sits at the sharper end of Cusco's luxury tier.
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Built on the foundations of the Qoricancha, the Inca Temple of the Sun, Palacio del Inka is among Cusco's most historically layered addresses. The Luxury Collection property holds 203 rooms with hand-painted ceilings and baroque antiques, alongside the guest-only Inti Raymi restaurant and Cusco's only hydrotherapy circuit. La Liste named it 92 points in 2026.
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A 16th-century convent on Cusco's historic centre, converted into a JW Marriott property with 91 points on La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking. Oxygen-enriched rooms address altitude from arrival, while the Health Club Spa, inner courtyard fire pits, and Qespi Restaurant's market-sourced Andean menu give the hotel a credible wellness and recovery architecture beyond its heritage shell.
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A Michelin Selected property on a quiet lane in Cusco's San Blas neighbourhood, Antigua Casona San Blas occupies a restored colonial mansion where carved stonework and timber-beamed ceilings set the architectural tone. The address places guests within walking distance of artisan workshops and the San Blas plaza, positioning it as a considered alternative to the larger conversion hotels clustered around the city's main square.
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Housed in a 16th-century colonial mansion on Calle San Juan de Dios, Aranwa Cusco Boutique Hotel holds the 2025 World Travel Award for South America's Leading Luxury Boutique Hotel. The property sits in the San Blas district, steps from Plaza de Armas, positioning it at the intersection of Cusco's historic architecture and its current generation of intimate, design-attentive hotels.
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Casa Andina Standard Cusco Catedral occupies a colonial building on Santa Catalina Angosta, steps from Cusco's Plaza de Armas, placing guests inside among the more architecturally dense neighbourhoods in South America. The property sits in the mid-range tier of Cusco's accommodation market, suited to travellers who want a central base without the ceremony of the city's converted-convent luxury hotels. Proximity to the cathedral and Santo Domingo church makes it a practical choice for those prioritising location over amenity depth.
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