Description:
In a 17th-century casona that operated as a mint for the Spanish vice regency and later as a gambling house, El Truco combines good Peruvian cooking and platos típicos with a loud and lively peña (criollo music) show every night (8:30-10:30pm). The restaurant, virtually an institution now that it has been around for over 40 years, has an attractive colonial interior and offers a daily lunch buffet of Peruvian specialties. At night, it's a la carte only. Dishes include pork tamales, roast pork, roast lamb, and stuffed rocoto peppers. The lively music-and-dance shows, along with consistently good food, make El Truco very popular with upscale tour groups.
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User Reviews for Truco (El)
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Do not eat here
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This is a tourist trap. The building is very nice and the atmosphere is quaint but the food is abysmal at extremely inflated prices, the music is borderline annoying and is an upcharge...
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- posted on 10.29.12
- by SugarSammy
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Great location and lovely building
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This is called a museum restaurant and the surroundings were worth the visit. The buffet food was very good and desserts were delicious, but a bit of free for all with a lot of pushing...
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- posted on 10.06.12
- by CathieO3
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Bad food and hidden fees
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What a tourist trap! Halfway through our boring meal, a band started playing music. Okay, fine, we've seen this before in Peru: band shows up, plays music, begs for tips. Then...
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- posted on 07.22.12
- by NoWayJoseCuervo
Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2010
- Details
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: 51 84 232441
- fax: 51 84 235295
- send email
Address:
- Plaza Regocijo 261
- Cusco
Payments:
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Hours:
- M-Sa Noon-11p
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