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Café del Museo

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The basics

Café del Museo

Where: Av. Bolívar 1515, Pueblo Libre, Lima 21
Opening hours: The Café del Museo is open from 9am until 6pm everyday, including holidays.
Cost: Approximately $25 USD (65-80 nuevos soles) for a meal with starter, main course, desert and a drink.

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About Café del Museo

Located in the Pueblo Libre district, the Café del Museo has become one of Lima’s tastiest places to eat. The Café del Museo beneficiates from the wonderful setting of the Larco Museum, the most important museum in Peru. The museum displays the biggest and finest private collection of pre-Columbian art in the world (the storage area can be visited) and has an important erotic gallery that has become one of the most visited tourist attractions. Note that you don’t have to visit the Larco Museum to have a drink or to eat in the Café del Museo. Although it is part of the museum complex, the Café is independent.

The Café del Museo is surrounded by a colorful garden full of all different kinds of flowers and that won the prize of the the prettiest gardens in Lima in 2009. Bougainvilleas, geraniums, ivy, orchids, and the typical Peruvian Madre Selva will accompany the smell of your delicious meal. It has a beautiful terrace with comfortable cushioned benches and seats decorated with elegant and refined white tablecloths. Inside the Café, the setting looks like a work of art itself, it was designed by the famous Peruvian architect Jordi Puig.

The friendly staff speaks Spanish and English. They have menus in Spanish and in English as well.

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The menu is very complete and high-standard but very affordable. They have a wide range of choice including a very good variety of Peruvian specialties. As a starter, they have both light and more consistent suggestions such as the ceviche from Lima, or the papas a la huancaína (potatoes with a fresh cheese and pepper sauce). As a main course, they have a pasta menu or a salad and soup menu. You can also choose among all the Peruvian delicious specialties such as lomo saltado (tenderloin) or rice cooked in a chinese style (arroz chaufa)...and lots of other choices that will wet your appetite. The menu also has a children choice including burgers and pasta. For a quick meal, they have a good variety of sandwiches and pizzas as well. As a desert there are several elegant and refined cakes like chocolate fudges, lemon pies & verrines.

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Beverages

The Café del Museo is also very well appreciated for its wine, beer and cocktail lists. They have all the typical Peruvian drinks such as chicha and pisco sour. They also have very good fruit juices, perfect in summer times! The bar counter is very elegant as well.

Count on approximately $4-$5 for a glass of wine, and $6 for a cocktail.

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Getting there

The Café del Museo is located at Av. Bolívar 1515, Pueblo Libre, Lima 21. By car, it's 15 minutes from the international airport Jorge Chávez of Lima, 15 minutes from Miraflores and San Isidro and only 3 minutes from the Catholic University and the San Marco University.