Our restaurant
Located within Arequipa’s historic center, opposite the beautiful Plaza San Francisco, the Zig Zag Restaurant is the perfect place to enjoy a different kind of gastronomical lunch or dinner, discover new wines from our cellar, in cozy surroundings, which include an antique iron staircase designed by the famous French architect Gustave Alexandre Eiffel.
Our gastronomy
Zig Zag Restaurant, with its Alpandina Gastronomy, offers a creative culinary fusion deeply rooted in the mountains, where the sunshine fills the foodstuffs with balanced nutrients. This harmony between nature and signature cuisine is reflected in our great specialties: meats and fish cooked on volcanic stone, exotic salads, Alpine roesti and other original gastronomic options.
Meet the owners
The Alpandina culinary concept was specially created by Michel Hediger, our restaurateur and chef of Swiss origin who, together with his wife Carola Behrendt, of German origin, have developed a signature a cuisine during their years of residence in Peru. This offers you the chance to enjoy different types of dishes and ingredients from the Coastal, Andean and Amazon regions of this exciting country, in an exclusive, healthy and very natural style.
Loyalty programme
We value your preference and loyalty to our products; we have therefore created the Loyalty programme which offers the following benefits:
5% discount on all consumption
Exclusive promotions of our products
Special invitations for celebrations
Preferential reservations and complimentary items
If you would like to participate in our Loyalty programme and receive your personalized card, the next time you visit one of our restaurants, you are welcome to request a membership card from the person in charge of the service or, if you wish, you may call our office at (054) 253586.
Press reviews
Cooking Ricardo 2020 (YouTube)
Living in Peru 2020
Le Temps 2018
Diario Correo 2018
The Wall Street Journal 2016
Revista Latam 2016
Revista New York Post Living 2014
Revista Guía Aérea Dupla Gourmet 2013
Revista E.P. Gastonomía, viajes y turismo 2013
Revista Somos La ruta del sabor 2013
El Comercio Sabores de Arequipa 2012
Revista Semana Económica Eiffel zigzageando en Arequipa
Top 5 Papagaio Magazine Your Favorite Restaurants 2010
Top 5 Papagaio Magazine Your Favorite Restaurants 2010
El Comercio Fusión de los Alpes y los Andes
Revista Pachamama Gastronomía Alpandina 2007
New York Times Frommer’s review 2007
New York Times Frommer’s review 2007
Quality certificates
Do you know about our other restaurant?
The “Tío Darío” restaurant is located a few meters from the beautiful Plaza of the traditional district of Yanahuara, where you can enjoy, in the tranquility of our spring gardens, specialties from Arequipa and other regions of Peru, with fish and shellfish being the protagonists of our gastronomic concept.
