2 Best Restaurants in Southern Bolivia, Bolivia

Head off the cobbled street and down into this warm, subterranean, French restaurant. The space is quite small, with dark wooden tables, light walls, and plenty of wine racks tucked here and there. They have the best steak in town, draped in classic French style with all sorts of heavy sauces, and a good wine menu. Although there are some issues with consistency, and if there is a big table in, it can be a bit noisy, La Taberna is your best choice in the city for a nice evening out.

This small, mostly French, restaurant inside the Alliance Francaise has become one of the city’s best-loved dinner options, now with branches in Potosí and Tarija. Whether you prefer the low-lit and intimate dining room or the exterior, stone-paved courtyard, the ambience is all set up for red wine and romance. The steak is what everyone goes for—they do an excellent chateaubriand steak (tenderloin with a reduction of white wine and shallots), and an ever popular filet mignon with roquefort. But the winner for flavor is the plain Argentine bife ancho (rib-eye steak). Pair it with a local wine, such as the 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from La Concepcion, or the Tannat from Aranjuez. The staff is good, but it gets very busy in the evenings and service can slow down a little.