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Panaderías y pastelerías · Lima

Bakery cafés in Lima

Pastelerías for lonche, alfajores and October's turrón.

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The pastelería (pastry shop) and the panadería (bakery) matter in Lima because of lonche, the light afternoon meal of a hot drink with bread or something sweet. On the coast it is usually eaten between about 17:00 and 19:30, and the word comes from the English 'lunch', which in the late 19th century replaced the older term 'las once'.1

Hotel B in Lima serves it as a formal tea time, daily 16:00–19:00, and calls lonche a legacy of English influence after independence.2 Miraflores has about a third of the bakery cafés, ahead of Barranco and San Isidro, and the rest are spread from Jesús María to Surco.

Local tip: For lonche after work, Piero's Pastelería Fina on Avenida Alvarez de Arenales stays open until 22:30 Monday to Saturday; in October, ask for turrón de Doña Pepa.

Where these cafés are: Miraflores (9), Barranco (5), San Isidro (4), Jesús María & Lince (3), Pueblo Libre, Magdalena & San Miguel (3), San Borja & Surquillo (2), Santiago de Surco (2), Centro de Lima (2).

At a glance

30Cafés listed
11With opening hours
07:30Earliest opening
22:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Ágora Café Arte, from 07:30 (Mon–Fri 07:30–21:30).
  • Closes latest: Piero's Pastelería Fina, until 22:30 (Mon–Sat 07:30–22:30).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (27%), brunch (17%), open late (13%).

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What goes on a lonche table

A home lonche is coffee, tea, chamomile or milk with cocoa, plus bread with ham, butter, tuna, jam or manjar blanco, the Peruvian milk caramel. Cafés add cakes, sandwiches, empanadas and arroz con leche, and at Christmas, panettone.1

Manjar blanco is also the filling of the alfajor, two discs of dough joined with it or with dulce de leche. The name comes from the Arabic for 'the filling', and in viceregal Lima the nuns of rival convents made it popular. Voladores are a thinner-layered version with pineapple jam; the King Kong, from Lambayeque and La Libertad, is a giant one sold by the half kilo or kilo.3

Alfajores and turrón: prices in 2026

La Casa del Alfajor, founded in 1987, sells alfajores in many flavors along with turrón de Doña Pepa and guargüeros.4 In October 2026 a single alfajor cost S/ 6.90, a pack of 20 traditional alfajores S/ 15.50 and a 400 g tub of manjar blanco S/ 10.00.5

October is turrón month. Turrón de Doña Pepa, an anise-flavored block topped with candies, candied fruit or nuts, accompanies the Señor de los Milagros celebrations, and in October 2026 Inacal published the first technical standard for it: the traditional version must use wheat flour, vegetable fat, sugar, salt, anise, sesame and egg yolk.6 A personal portion cost S/ 9.90 and a 1–1.1 kg turrón S/ 48.90 at La Casa del Alfajor that month.5

Alfajores get their own day too: the third Friday of January, which fell on January 16 in 2026.7

Where the bakery cafés are

Calle Enrique Palacios in Miraflores has two: Latte Bakery at 897 and La Postrería Café at 1008. La Teoría de los 6 Cafés has a branch at Calle General Mendiburú 890 and two in San Isidro, on Calle Las Camelias and Avenida Los Conquistadores, all opening at 07:30.

Away from the coast, Pastelería Vaccari is on Jirón Francisco Bolognesi 514 in the Pueblo Libre and Magdalena area, and Piero's Pastelería Fina, at Avenida Alvarez de Arenales 2001 in Jesús María, is open Monday to Saturday 07:30–22:30, late enough for lonche after work. Pausa Café, on Avenida Horacio Urteaga in Jesús María, serves daily 10:00–22:00.

Sources

  1. Lonche, Wikipedia (Spanish), accessed October 2026
  2. The Library: Tea Time, Hotel B, Lima, accessed October 2026
  3. ¡Lima cumple 489 años! Saborea sus postres más típicos, Andina (January 15, 2024), accessed October 2026
  4. Las 10 dulcerías de Lima que mejor representan nuestras tradiciones, Matador Network (March 2, 2020), accessed October 2026
  5. La Casa del Alfajor: tienda en línea, La Casa del Alfajor (prices as of October 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. Llegó octubre y el antojo también: conoce las reglas de calidad para el turrón de Doña Pepa, El Peruano (October 6, 2026), accessed October 2026
  7. Día del Alfajor 2026, La Cámara, Cámara de Comercio de Lima (January 13, 2026), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Bakery cafés in Lima: questions

What is lonche, the afternoon meal at Lima's bakery cafés?

Lonche is a light afternoon meal of coffee, tea or milk with bread or something sweet, usually eaten on the Peruvian coast between about 17:00 and 19:30. The word comes from the English 'lunch'. Cafés serve cakes, sandwiches, empanadas and arroz con leche with it, and at Christmas, panettone.

How much do alfajores and turrón de Doña Pepa cost in Lima in 2026?

In October 2026 La Casa del Alfajor charged S/ 6.90 for a single alfajor, S/ 15.50 for a pack of 20 traditional ones, S/ 9.90 for a personal turrón de Doña Pepa and S/ 48.90 for a 1–1.1 kg turrón. Turrón is the sweet of October, the month of the Señor de los Milagros celebrations.

Which Lima neighborhoods have the most bakery cafés?

About a third are in Miraflores, where Calle Enrique Palacios has Latte Bakery and La Postrería Café. La Teoría de los 6 Cafés has one Miraflores and two San Isidro branches, all opening at 07:30. Jesús María has Piero's Pastelería Fina, open until 22:30 Monday to Saturday, and Pausa Café.

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