La Perlita

It sits at Jr. Domeyer 140 in Barranco, between Ayahuasca and La Noche and half a block from the Puente de los Suspiros: a small, warm room, though reviewers warn the music sometimes gets too loud. The cooking is short-menu criollo; Google flags the ají de gallina and the chicken causa with calamari chicharrón as popular, and diners add the tiradito, the stuffed achojcha, the pepián with pork shank and the carapulcra. Our read: this is a young criollo tavern, the kind you order with a cocktail and a long sit — it is nominated for the 2025 Summum in New Restaurants and for the 2026 Premios Somos as Best Tavern, and that double nod sums it up: home cooking in a bar's format. Watch the hours, which run in two short services: closed Mondays, Tuesday and Wednesday only 13:00 to 16:00, Thursday to Saturday adding dinner from 19:30 to 23:00, and Sunday 13:00 to 17:00. Curation note: the house publishes no website or verifiable social accounts, and Google warns that parking on the block is hard to find.