Malabar

Excellent amazonian food and great service. Went for lunch and tried different appetizers and main courses, including the corn served 3 ways, escolar, and veggie risotto. Also tried some of the desserts, which were great as well! The place is also good for drinks!

A very exotic but upscale restaurant in Lima. Use local and regional ingredients as well as embracing other cuisines such as Kimchi from Korea. Fermentation seems to be one of the main tactics that chef uses. The 2 types of fermented butter was a bit too exotic for me but the yogurt spread was good and went well with bread. We picked two vegetable dishes from appetizer and 1 main dish, which was fish. All were amazing. I really liked the cabbage dish. Also the fish was well cooked. It was think but cooked even. The fish crust (not skin) outside was so tasty. We each had pisco based drinks, pisco mule and pisco punch. Both were good. Each dish was served and presented so nicely. We really enjoyed dining at Malabar. However if you are not used to the fermented food, please be cautious about the consequences. The staffs were knowledgeable and friendly. Would like to go back and try other dishes!

I would say that my experience in Malabar restaurant was one of the most spectacular ones. Look my friend what was provided to me me: 1) Amazing attendance from waiters and bartenders. They are professionals; 2) great environment and place; 3) food was delicious and 4) cocktails and drinks (the bartender gave us great suggestions) out of series. The price is not that cheap but comparing prices, Malabar can give you a spectacular experience for a fare price. I would come back easily.

Loved the place, food, drinks and service! We ended up having a dinner at the bar as I was not feeling well and did not want to take a table for just having a salad or something small. Rodrigo and Jose Luis ( bartenders) were great in suggesting dishes/drinks and providing excellent service. We were told that we could order half a portion of any starter on the menu which ended up being a great way to taste multiple items. We then ordered two main courses - risotto and goat - both were excellent and blue cheese & radishes dessert which was great as well! The food was comparable to Astrid & Gaston which we tried the night before and was reasonably priced. We paid less that $100 for 2 half portions of starters, two main courses and two drinks!

We were originally supposed to dine at this restaurant at 7 p.m. but I was were ran late and the accommodated a revised reservation at 9:30 pm, which was very nice. The hot ceviche was divine, so was the grilled scallops with bone marrow. I had the fried guinea pig for my mains but this dish was quite ordinary and not as good as the guinea pig in Cusco (most locals advocate having seafood in Lima as opposed to the guinea pig anyway). My friend ordered the Amazon fish but it was kind of dry and tasteless - reminiscent of ordinary fish & chips actually.

Interesting, creative food - fairly French in style, using local Peruvian ingredients (though not noticeably, the touted Amazonian ones). Expensive, elegant night out.

Peruvian delicacy the place doesn't seem like the big deal from outside but once you are in is on, from drinks to appetizers to main course it's all done to perfection I loved this place, I'll be coming back to try more dishes and drinks. Recommend you trying the Pisco drinks they were all good.

The place lacks decor or ambiance, but the food is good. It wasn’t our best in Lima.… the “cabrito” was really good.