Cheap restaurants in Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu has dozens of inexpensive restaurants where it is also possible to enjoy the best of Peruvian cuisine with dishes such as: ceviche, lomo saltado, huancaína potato, fried trout and more. The cheapest services are intended for local people. Tourists can also eat there at a good price. A great savings on the trip to Machu Picchu.
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Aguas Calientes food market
This place is not a proper restaurant. It is a market with food stalls located on the second level. There are more than twenty stalls, all offer menus at affordable prices. The restaurant is open from 6 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon, making it ideal for breakfast and lunch.
The most remarkable dishes you can find there are lomo saltado, fried trout and rice with chicken. Having lunch there is an interesting cultural experience since it is how most Peruvians have lunch or breakfast in the country. It is not a place that offers great comfort but it does offer a good price and succulent dishes.
- Dishes: lomo saltado, potato a la huancaína, soups, fried trout, stews and more.
- Price (approximate): 3 USD per menu.
- Address: Chinchaysuyo street s/n, corner of the main square of Machu Picchu town, Peru.
Puerto Peru Restaurant
In front of the main stadium of the town is this small but cozy restaurant where it is possible to enjoy Peruvian food. It is there that many local people like to have lunch and dinner. The restaurant is open from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.
The menu is inexpensively priced, although there is also the option of choosing à la carte dishes (the baked guinea pig or the fried guinea pig stands out). As well as this restaurant there are others in the town that offer similar dishes. The price is also similar. Some tourists decide to eat there. Others prefer better services.
- Dishes: Creole soup, fried chicken, chicken rice, lomo saltado, stuffed hot pepper, fried trout, pizzas and more.
- Price (approximate): 5 USD per menu.
- Address: Tikan Frente street (in front of the town’s stadium), Machu Picchu town, Peru.
Amazonas Restaurant
This restaurant is located in one of the most popular streets for the residents of Aguas Calientes. It offers the best of popular Peruvian food such as crispy grilled chicken, arroz chaufa, lomo saltado and more. The place is spacious but with many people, especially at night. Because of this, care can take time.
The restaurant is recommended by the residents themselves because it offers a good grilled chicken, a dish highly sought after by Peruvians. The opening hours are from noon to 11:45 at night. From there you have a beautiful view of the streets of the town and the huge hills that surround it.
- Dishes: grilled chicken, chaufa rice, lomo saltado, soups and more.
- Price (approximate): 5 USD per menu.
- Address: avenue Hermanos Ayar s/n, Machu Picchu town, Peru.
Dulce Gourmet Grill
This restaurant is one of the many ‘pizzerias – grills’ type located on Avenue Pachacutec (the street that leads to the hot springs in Aguas Calientes). Unlike other pizzerias in town, the prices are cheap. The place is cozy with television screens and sometimes live music.
The menu offers dishes such as lomo saltado, fried chicken, rice with chicken, as well as soups and desserts. There are also a la carte dishes featuring baked guinea pig, fried guinea pig, grilled alpaca and more. Of course, they also offer pizzas and the best of cocktails and beers. The restaurant is open from noon to 10 at night.
- Dishes: pizzas, pastas, lomo saltado, fried guinea pig, etc.
- Price (approximate): 8 USD per menu.
- Address: avenue Pachacutec s/n, Machu Picchu town, Peru.
Qhawarina Restaurant
This restaurant offers better service and a location than the restaurants along Avenue Pachacutec. There is a menu as well as à la carte dishes. The menu offers dishes such as lomo saltado, fried chicken, house soups, salads, desserts and more. The à la carte dishes specialize in grills, pizzas, pastas and more.
The place is clean with well decorated tables and Andean music in the background. It also offers sale of Peruvian beers and cocktails such as chilcano or the famous pisco sour. The opening hours are from noon to 10 at night.
- Dishes: stuffed cause, trout ceviche, lomo saltado, alpaca grill and more.
- Price (approximate): 10 USD per menu.
- Address: avenue Pachacutec s/n, Machu Picchu town, Peru.