14 Food Tours in Lima Worth Booking

1.Ultimate Peruvian Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 700 reviews · 4 hours · from $105Our pick

Spend four hours walking through Barranco with a local guide such as Marcos, David, Valeria or Aura. Visit small restaurants, a bakery, café and bar for ceviche, lomo saltado, pisco sour, fruit, chocolate, coffee and ice cream, with cooking demonstrations and stories about Peruvian food and culture.

“Fantastic food tour and walk around Barranca. Our tour guide included history in our walk to the various restaurants. We learned a lot about Peruvian food and its history. The food was delicious. It was a fun 4 hours. You will be full after this tour. Highly recommend.”

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2.Historic Center Street Food, Market, and Eateries Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 216 reviews · 4 hours · from $69

Start at Gran Hotel Bolivar and walk Lima’s historic center with an English-speaking guide such as Marcos, Aura, or Valeria. Sample anticuchos, churros, picarones, chifa dishes, market fruit, chilcanos, and more while seeing Plaza San Martín, Plaza Mayor, San Francisco, and Chinatown. Expect plenty of food, several seated stops, and no hotel pickup.

“Best food your ever. Sheyla was our guide and she was amazing. I highly recommend doing this tour it was lovely”

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3.Lima Street Food Tour Beyond Netflix

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 117 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $50Top rated

Join guide Bruce for a 3.5-hour Lima street-food walk from Mercado Central to Plaza San Martín. You’ll try ceviche, anticuchos, papa rellena, dim sum, picarones, exotic fruit, and more while learning about Chinese immigration, local food culture, and Lima’s neighborhoods. The group is limited to 13 people.

“Bruce is a brilliant tour guide! Go in with an open mind and an empty stomach and you'll have an amazing time!”

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4.The 10 Tastings of Lima With Locals: Private Street Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 92 reviews · 3 hours (approx.)

Spend three hours tasting Lima with your own local guide. Visit a 1930 bakery, Mercado Central, Barrio Chino, historic plazas, Peru’s oldest bar, and San Francisco Convent. Expect 10 food and drink tastings, city landmarks, vegetarian alternatives, and a central meeting point.

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5.#1 Rated Cooking Classes with Local Market Tour & Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 69 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $66

Start with a guided visit to Mercado Nro. 1 de Surquillo, led by guides such as Camila or Dasha, then cook a two-course meal with a local chef. You may sample fruits, cheese, herbs, and other Peruvian foods before making causa and ceviche. Pickup, pisco, recipes, and a certificate are included.

“Great experience in Lima. Our tour at the market was amazing with Camila. Very knowledgeable about the variety of Peruvian products. The cooking class was incredible with Jorge. He is very friendly and fun. Highly recommended activity and the organization was great!”

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6.Cook with Maido’s creative chef and chef de cuisine

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 53 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $60

Join Maido creative chef Hector Aguilar or chef de cuisine Jose Aguilar in Miraflores for a two-hour Peruvian cooking class. You’ll prepare food, learn a pisco sour, receive recipes, and sit down for lunch or dinner. The class allows up to 15 people and can accommodate food allergies and intolerances.

“This was an outstanding experience, the highlight of our time in Lima. Chef Hector is friendly, knowledgeable, and eager to share cooking tips, recipes, and the various foods his country offers. We enjoyed it all: visiting the market, the interactive food preparation, the box music, and sitting down with what were now friends and enjoying both conversation and a delicious meal.yt”

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7.5 iconic restaurants of Lima a 3-hour guided food tour in Barranco

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 48 reviews · from $49Best value

Meet at Starbucks on Av. Pedro de Osma at 6 pm for a guided Barranco food walk. You’ll visit roughly four or five restaurants and sample Peruvian Criollo dishes, Japanese-influenced Nikkei, Chinese-inspired Chifa, dessert, and about 10 plates. Guide Alejandro has led some highly praised outings.

“Tour guide Alejandro was an amazing guide. We visited 3 restaurants and tried 5 dishes. All were delicious. Alejandro was knowledgeable about the food, the neighborhood and super friendly. I highly recommend!”

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8.Lima Street Food: A gastronomic adventure through the city.

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 42 reviews · 3h 30m · from $60

Spend about four hours tasting Lima with a Spanish- or English-speaking guide. Ride public transport from Benavides, visit markets and Chinatown, sample ceviche, fruit, churros, chicha morada, and local snacks, then finish with a pisco tasting near Plaza Mayor. Guides such as Claudia, Chris, Michael, and Yezi have led recent tours.

“Miguel was a wonderful guide. Mix of both history and food culture made our tour an unforgettable experience.”

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9.Peruvian Experience: Interactive, Cultural & Gastronomic Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · from $92

In Miraflores, this two-hour guided experience combines an Inca-themed dark ride, Andean grain tasting, Pisco production, a Pisco Sour class, and hands-on preparation of ceviche or causa. You finish with Peruvian dances and 12 small dishes. Guides may lead sessions in English or Spanish. The group is limited to 15 people.

“I learned a lot about Peruvian gastronomy and culture, and I really enjoyed Peruvian experience, it was my first time eating Peruvian food so I loved it!”

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10.Flavors and Tradition Walking Tour with Food Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 40 reviews · 4 hours · from $50

Spend four hours with a bilingual guide such as Miguel or Jonathan, starting with Peruvian coffee in Miraflores before riding the Metropolitano downtown. Taste Peruvian-Chinese snacks in Chinatown, stroll Mercado Central and Plaza Mayor, then finish with churros, papa con huevo, and a Pisco Sour at historic Cordano Tavern.

“Excellent tour! I happened to be the only one who booked the tour and Miguel made kr extremely interesting”

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11.Barranco Art and Food Tour: Graffiti Walk and Culinary Delights

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 32 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $87

Start at 4 pm with hotel pickup and explore Barranco’s art-filled streets, Puente de los Suspiros, La Ermita Church, and the Jade Rivera Museum. Along the way, enjoy two appetizers, three main courses, a Peruvian dessert, and bottled water. Groups are limited to nine, with vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free choices.

“What a fantastic food and art tour! Daniel was very knowledgeable about the food, the area, and the art scene. We had fantastic food, mist of it was food we had never eaten before! Daniel is very personable and easy to talk to. We saw a lot of art, both in a gallery and street art. You won't be disappointed!”

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12.Food Tour on Local Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 3 hours · from $75

Walk through Barrios Altos, Chinatown, and Lima’s Central Market with an English- or Spanish-speaking guide, tasting nine local specialties including ceviche, anticuchos, picarones, lucuma, siu mai, and pan con chicharrón. Giovanna has led at least one highly personal tour, and the route ends with fruit and optional Pisco Sour.

“it ended up as a private tour, Giovanna was very friendly, knowledgeable and keen to share everything she knows. it's was very easy and comfortable to spend 2 hours with her while she showed me around and explained about the different foods I tasted. I highly recommend this tour for an introduction to Lima & street food.”

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13.Full Day Lima: Local Market+ CityTour+ Barranco & Miraflores

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 6 hours · from $149

Spend six private hours seeing Lima through its markets, monuments, and seaside districts. With an English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Quechua-speaking guide, you’ll taste local fruit, visit Huaca Pucllana, walk the colonial center, enter San Francisco’s catacombs, and finish at Barranco and Miraflores. Guide Jordan receives special praise for his cultural storytelling.

“Guide parlant très bien français Guide intéressant Visite du marché de Lima et de tout le centre fort instructif, dégustation de nombreux fruits de la région délicieux. N’ayant qu’une journée à Lima cela nous a permis d’avoir un aperçu la ville avec une personne du pays.”

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14.Street Food Tasting Tour with Pisco Sour Class

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $99

Spend six hours tasting Lima’s best-known local foods with an English-speaking guide and private transport. Visit Chorrillos Pier, Surquillo Market, two featured eateries, the historic center, and a local bar for a pisco sour lesson. Guides Gorki and Saul have led past tours.

“Fantastic tour! Having a private vehicle to go everywhere including hotel pickup and drop off. Our guide Gorki was very knowledgeable of the history of Lima and Peru. The food locations were excellent. Would highly recommend to anyone.”

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