Cusquenisima Picanteria

Cusqueñísima works the way picanterías always have: long shared wooden tables, a fireplace, a terrace and hours that start at half past eight in the morning with breakfast and close at five in the afternoon, every day. It sits on Avenida José Gabriel Cosio, off the historic-centre circuit, and that shows in the crowd: families and big tables rather than passing tourists. The menu covers the Cusco repertoire with vegetarian and vegan options flagged, and there is a bar with beer, wine and cocktails. Our read: this is a house where the long lunch is the plan — there is a private dining room and catering — and Google notes it is woman-owned. Across nearly twelve hundred reviews it holds 4.2. Nominated for the Cusco region at the Premios Somos 2026.