Rustica Barranco

This Rustica branch occupies a red-fronted, balustraded old house at Av. Pedro de Osma 105-107, inside Barranco's Parque Municipal, with tables under umbrellas on the terrace. It belongs to the Rustica chain, which describes itself as restaurant, buffet, shows, karaoke and nightclub. Here the house promotes a Creole buffet on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 12:00 to 16:00, a daily happy hour until 20:00 and Aperol cocktails; Google places it in the S/ 40-60 per person range and highlights the terrace, cocktails and live music. Our take: it is not a dining destination but a big, loud meeting point on the best corner of the neighborhood, more useful for a birthday or a group out for drinks and dancing than for a quiet meal. According to the website it opens Sunday to Thursday from 12:00 to 01:00, and Fridays and Saturdays until 03:00; reservations are not needed, though they can be requested online. Curator's note: the phone number is Rustica's central line; Google shows different hours (daily 11:00 to 01:00) and we loaded the official website's.