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The Best Places to Drink in Lima

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The best places to drink in Lima, according to the experts: The 50, the Spirited Awards, and Difford's Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Lady Bee comes out on top.

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Sastrería Martinez and Carnaval hold the next two places. The 50 shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Difford's Guide next.

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  1. Rank 1. Lady Bee

    Peruvian


    Address
    Av. Pedro de Osma 205, Barranco 15063, Peru · Lima
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Tuesday 6 PM–11:30 PM

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  2. You enter through a working tailor shop, which is exactly the kind of door a cocktail bar in Miraflores would choose. Inside, Sastrería Martinez leans into its Prohibition-era premise with herringbone floors, vintage leather couches, and recessed golden lighting that makes everyone look like they have secrets. It holds a spot on the World's 50 Best Bars list, and the room earns the billing without trying too hard.


  3. Rank 3. Carnaval

    Cocktail Bar


  4. Rank 4. Bijou Lima

    Cocktail Bar

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  5. Rank 4. Limaq Bar

    Cocktail Bar

    A mural by Conrad Florez anchors the room at this cocktail bar in San Isidro, where the backlit bar and spare furniture split the difference between old-school tavern and somewhere you'd photograph your drink. The ever-changing menu leans on seasonal Peruvian ingredients, with pisco threading through most of it, sometimes with a little theater. Small plates of local food round things out when the cocktails convince you to stay.

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  6. The revolving front door is your first hint that this is not a casual drop-in bar. Inside, Incan design motifs give way to nautical touches at the bar itself, which somehow creates the feeling of drinking aboard a very tasteful ship docked in San Isidro. Order El Capitán, the Peruvian pisco-and-vermouth classic, which arrives in two parts, the second kept cold on ice. An old-school institution, and the crowd dresses accordingly.

    The awards


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