The upstairs plaza-facing balcony has the best views in Ayacucho to accompany your meal of Peruvian-European fusion cuisine, made from ethically sourced, organic ingredients. You’re sure to find something to sate you – perhaps quinnoto (risotto with quinoa) or salteado de alpaca (strips of alpaca meat stir-fried with onions, tomatoes, potatoes and chili) – alongside a crisp South American wine.
This is a traveler-friendly hangout, the likes of which the city had never seen before, and still does everything right a decade on from its founding, from the feistiness of its morning coffee to the originality of its dinners. Downstairs in the courtyard, and bought separately from a booth at the entrance, amazing cakes, ice creams and coffees are sold from 9am to 10:30pm.