South America food guides
Ceviche in Lima, asado in Buenos Aires, feijoada in Rio and arepas in Colombia: what to eat and where across South America.
South America has some of the most exciting food cities in the world: Lima for ceviche and Nikkei cooking, Buenos Aires for steak and wine, São Paulo for its huge immigrant food scene, and Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena for arepas, bandeja paisa and Caribbean seafood. These South America food guides explain what to eat in each country, how to read a Spanish or Portuguese menu, how tipping and the service line on the bill work, and where to eat city by city.
Start with the most visited food destinations below, or browse the full list.
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Brazil food guide
The dishes to order, Portuguese menu words, the service charge and couvert, and where to eat in eight Brazilian cities.
Argentina food guide
The cuts and dishes to order, Spanish menu words, the cubierto and tipping, and where to eat in seven Argentine cities.
Peru food guide
The dishes to order, Peruvian menu words, tipping and tax, and where to eat from Lima's coast to the Andes and the Amazon.
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Argentina food guide
The cuts and dishes to order, Spanish menu words, the cubierto and tipping, and where to eat in seven Argentine cities.
Bolivia food guide
Salteñas, silpancho and Andean soups, the menu words that matter, tipping and paying, and where to eat in seven Bolivian cities.
Brazil food guide
The dishes to order, Portuguese menu words, the service charge and couvert, and where to eat in eight Brazilian cities.
Chile food guide
The dishes to order, Chilean menu words, the suggested tip, and where to eat from the Atacama desert to Patagonia.
Colombia food guide
The dishes to order, Colombian menu words, the voluntary tip, and where to eat in seven Colombian cities and regions.
Ecuador food guide
The dishes to order, menu words, tax, service and tipping, and where to eat from the Andes to the coast and the Galápagos.
French Guiana food guide
Bouillon d'awara, blaff and Hmong soups, the French and Creole menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat across French Guiana.
Guyana food guide
Pepperpot, cook-up rice and curry with roti, the local food words, tipping and paying, and where to eat across Guyana.
Paraguay food guide
Chipa, sopa paraguaya and tereré, the Spanish and Guaraní menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat across Paraguay.
Peru food guide
The dishes to order, Peruvian menu words, tipping and tax, and where to eat from Lima's coast to the Andes and the Amazon.
Suriname food guide
Pom, roti, saoto and moksi alesi, the Dutch and Sranan menu words, tipping and paying, and where to eat across Suriname.
Uruguay food guide
The dishes to order, Spanish menu words, the cubierto and tipping, and where to eat in Montevideo, Colonia and along the coast.
Venezuela food guide
Arepas, pabellón and cachapas, the menu and coffee words to know, tipping and paying, and where to eat in six Venezuelan places.
Where to eat in South America, city by city
Every city and island with its own section in our South America food guides.
- Argentina food guide
- Buenos Aires Mendoza Córdoba Salta Bariloche Rosario Ushuaia
- Bolivia food guide
- La Paz Cochabamba Sucre Santa Cruz Potosí Tarija Copacabana
- Brazil food guide
- Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Salvador Belo Horizonte Recife Belém Florianópolis Porto Alegre
- Chile food guide
- Santiago Valparaíso The Colchagua Valley Puerto Varas Chiloé San Pedro de Atacama Punta Arenas
- Colombia food guide
- Bogotá Medellín Cartagena Cali The Coffee Region Santa Marta Popayán
- Ecuador food guide
- Quito Guayaquil Cuenca Otavalo Baños The Manabí coast The Galápagos Islands
- French Guiana food guide
- Cayenne Rémire-Montjoly Kourou The Îles du Salut Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Cacao
- Guyana food guide
- Georgetown Berbice The Essequibo Coast Bartica The Rupununi
- Paraguay food guide
- Asunción Encarnación Ciudad del Este Areguá San Bernardino Concepción The Chaco
- Peru food guide
- Lima Cusco Arequipa Puno Trujillo Chiclayo Iquitos
- Suriname food guide
- Paramaribo Commewijne Wanica Nieuw Nickerie The Upper Suriname River
- Uruguay food guide
- Montevideo Colonia del Sacramento Punta del Este José Ignacio The Rocha coast Canelones
- Venezuela food guide
- Caracas Maracaibo Mérida Isla de Margarita Choroní Coro
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