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Both Maido and Amaz Restaurante are endorsed by professionals. On balance, Maido scores slightly better than Amaz Restaurante. Maido is ranked #5 in Lima with accolades from 4 sources like Lonely Planet, The World's 50 Best Restaurants and Travel + Leisure.
amaZ Restaurante
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Travel + Leisure
Avenida La Paz 1079, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
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Frommer's "Ámaz is what the Rainforest Cafe should look like. As exotic as some of the ingredients are—macambo seeds, giant Amazonian snails, cocona fruit—many are presented in such familiar ways." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Here you can sample giant river snails, patarashca (fish baked in a leaf), or jungle-inspired ceviches. " Full review
Maido
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Calle San Martin 399, Miraflores, (esquina con Calle Colón), Lima Lima 18, Peru
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The World's 50 Best Restaurants44.0
"Nikkei food is the Peruvian-Japanese cultural blend that has emerged from more than 100 years of Japanese immigration into Peru." Full review
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Sit up at the bar where you can watch the brigade at work, or at one of the modest tables, and choose from either a relatively simple Japanese menu, with expertly tuned nigiri made with Peru’s first quality fish, or the full 15-course Nikkei version.
Travel + Leisure "Sit at the fish counter for a close-up of the culinary action, and choose the 15-step tasting menu. Delights include Nitsuke beef short rib cooked for 50 hours and guinea-pig nigiri." Full review
Fodor's "Mitsuharu Tsumura is one of Lima's most creative chefs, and his exquisite nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian) creations have established Maido as one of the world's best restaurants." Full review
Frommer's "Maido is innovative, incorporating Amazonian fish like paiche and combining national plates like tacu tacu with chaufa (fried rice) and crispy pork belly. " Full review
The World's 50 Best Restaurants Top 10
"Ranked #1 in the World's 50 Best. Amazonianinfluenced degustation from the worlds premier Nikkei chef" Full review
CNN "This Lima venue combines Janese techniques and Peruvian ingredients into rarefied cuisine that follows a seasonal menu. Maido serves what's known as Nikkei cuisine, "blending meticulous..."
CNN "Giving Lima yet more culinary acclaim, Maido combines Janese techniques and Peruvian ingredients into rarefied cuisine that follows a seasonal menu. Coming in at fifth was Lima's Maido,..."
Bon Appétit "Both restaurants reminded me of visits to Maido in Lima, Peru, the transformational palace of Nikkei cuisine by Mitsuharu Tsumura (recently named best restaurant in the world)"
"Nikkei cuisine, a particular strain of Peruvian cooking, is a distinct fusion of South American and Japanese traditions and techniques, and nowhere is it better exemplified than at Maido,..."
CNN "One of two Lima restaurants in the top ten, Maido rose three places to No. 7. Maido at No.7, whose deal is Japanese-Peruvian fusion, with a highlight being the lucuma ice cream, topped..."
World's 50 best restaurants for 2021
October 5, 2021
