La Mansion del Pan

It sits at Av. Brígida Silva de Ochoa 152 in San Miguel, a block from Parque Manuel Estacio: a neighbourhood bakery with a long display case and tables to stay at, open from six in the morning. What reviewers name most — ham cachitos, golfeados, bombitas, cheese bread and arepas — is Venezuelan bakery repertoire, and the menu adds savoury lunch plates such as rigatoni and milanesa al ajillo. Our read: it is a Venezuelan bakery in the format of a Lima neighbourhood café, and its strength is the sweet counter rather than the main course; it works better at breakfast or afternoon merienda than as a lunch stop. It opens every day from 6:00 to 21:30, a long shift for the trade, and there is no parking lot: only free street parking. Curation note: it has no website or verifiable social accounts, so the phone number and hours come from the Google listing.