Osso Lima: Renzo Garibaldi's Steakhouse & Burger
Osso Lima: Renzo Garibaldi's 2013 butcher shop became a 50 Best steakhouse in San Isidro and Osso Burger, a smash counter in Jesús María.
Photo: Luis Tamayo, CC BY-SA 2.0
Osso Lima is two places, both run by butcher-chef Renzo Garibaldi. For dry-aged meat, book the flagship at Av. Santo Toribio 173 in San Isidro, No. 44 on Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025. For a burger, skip it. Head instead to Osso Burger, a smash burger counter on the 5th floor of the Real Plaza Salaverry food court in Jesús María, where the launch-era menu ran from S/22 for a Clásica to S/29 with cheese and bacon. Those prices are about three years old, and I flag below every fact I could not confirm as of 25 October 2026.
Osso Lima at a glance: steakhouse vs. burger counter
Osso Lima means the San Isidro steakhouse; Osso Burger is its separate, much cheaper smash burger counter. Most English-language pages blur the two, and plenty still send you to the old La Molina address. Here is the split.
| Osso (steakhouse) | Osso Burger | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Butcher-led meat restaurant, Latin America’s 50 Best No. 44 (2025) | Fast-casual smash burger counter |
| Address | Av. Santo Toribio 173, San Isidro, Lima (near the Swissôtel) | Real Plaza Salaverry food court, 5th floor, Av. Gral. Felipe Salaverry 2370, Jesús María, Lima |
| Opened | 2016, 170 seats | Moved here in early 2023 (first site: Punta Hermosa, 2021, now closed) |
| Price level | Steakhouse | S/22–S/29 per burger (launch-era prices) |
| Status (checked 2026-10-25) | Open | Open |
Osso Lima vs. Osso Burger at a glance: address, opening year, format, price per burger in soles (S/22–S/29, launch era) and 50 Best ranking. Checked on 25 October 2026. (Table: Burger Breton (original), data from Forbes Colombia (Nov 2024), Peru Retail (Jan 2023), El Comercio Provecho and 50 Best (Dec 2025); CC BY 4.0)
Who is Renzo Garibaldi?
Renzo Garibaldi is a Peruvian chef who retrained as a butcher, then founded Osso in Lima in 2013. Forbes Perú described him as Osso’s founder and creative director in September 2026 (Forbes Perú).
From restaurant kitchens to butchery training
Garibaldi cooked first and became a butcher later. According to Roads & Kingdoms, he worked the line at Sushi Samba in Miami, Costanera 700 in Lima and La Mar in San Francisco before training under three butchery masters:
- Joshua Applestone, Fleisher’s, New York (also cited by 50 Best)
- Ryan Farr, 4505 Meats, San Francisco
- The Chapolard brothers, charcuterie makers in Gascony, France
Back in Peru, he started out as a butcher making artisanal chorizo (50 Best). That order matters. Osso is a butcher’s project that grew into restaurants, not a restaurant that put a meat counter by the door for show.
The dry-aging obsession
Garibaldi made his name by aging beef far past the usual 21 to 60 days. In 2014, Roads & Kingdoms reported cuts aged for 200 days, and he compared the result to “the difference between a boxed wine and a 30-year-old Bordeaux.” The quote is twelve years old. The obsession isn’t: dry aging is still the heart of Osso.
How Osso started: a butcher shop in La Molina (2013)
Osso was founded in Lima on 26 July 2013 as a butcher shop, not a restaurant (Forbes Perú). The name is Italian for bone, and the house motto, as 50 Best and Forbes Perú report it, is “without bones, there’s no meat.”
The original carnicería was at Calle Tahití 175, La Molina, opened by Garibaldi and his wife Andrea, according to Roads & Kingdoms. The tasting dinners in the back room came later, once Gastón Acurio and Mitsuharu Tsumura started telling their contacts about the shop. La Molina is the 2013 address. Don’t plan a visit around it; go to San Isidro.
Garibaldi summed up the shift himself to Forbes Colombia in 2024: “Iniciamos como una carnicería… terminamos siendo un restaurante con una pequeña carnicería” (“We started as a butcher shop… we ended up as a restaurant with a small butcher shop”).
Osso San Isidro: the Lima butcher restaurant on the 50 Best list
The Osso steakhouse in San Isidro is the restaurant to book for dry-aged meat in Lima. It opened in 2016 with 170 seats, according to Forbes Colombia, at Av. Santo Toribio 173, near the Swissôtel.
Avenida Javier Prado in San Isidro, the Lima business district that is home to the Osso steakhouse (Av. Santo Toribio 173, near the Swissôtel), No. 44 on Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025. Street view of the district, not of the restaurant (2011). 3648x2736. (Photo: Miguel Angel Chong, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14570956)
Latin America’s 50 Best ranking history
Osso is on the current Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list, at No. 44 in the 2025 edition. That list was announced on 2 December 2025 in Antigua Guatemala, and Osso came back after missing the previous edition.
| Year | Latin America’s 50 Best | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | First appearance | Guia do Hambúrguer |
| 2022 | No. 38 | Peru Retail |
| 2025 | No. 44 (re-entry) | 50 Best, Forbes Perú |
Peru also has its own awards. At the Premios Summum 2024, “Osso Restaurante” ranked No. 11 of the 15 best sangucherías and hamburgueserías in Peru. It was the first year of that category, and La Lucha won it (Peru Retail).
Osso’s Latin America’s 50 Best history: first entry in 2015, No. 38 in 2022, No. 44 in 2025 (re-entry, announced 2 December 2025), plus 11th of 15 sangucherías and burger joints at the Premios Summum 2024. (Table: Burger Breton (original), data from 50 Best (Dec 2025), Peru Retail (2022, 2024) and Guia do Hambúrguer; CC BY 4.0)
Osso timeline 2013–2026 as a horizontal chart: La Molina butcher shop (2013), 50 Best debut (2015), San Isidro steakhouse (2016), Osso Smash House São Paulo (2020), Osso Burger Punta Hermosa (2021), Real Plaza Salaverry (2023), 50 Best No. 44 (2025), Medellín (2026), Santiago in development. (Chart: Burger Breton (original), data from Forbes Perú (Sept 2026), Forbes Colombia (Nov 2024), Peru Retail (Jan 2023), Guia do Hambúrguer (2020) and Foodie CL (Aug 2026); CC BY 4.0)
Osso Burger Lima: the smash burger counter
Osso Burger is Garibaldi’s fast-casual spin-off: smash burgers at food-court prices in Real Plaza Salaverry, Jesús María. It started in 2021 in Punta Hermosa, the beach district south of Lima. That location has since closed. The brand moved into the mall in early 2023, according to Peru Retail (27 January 2023).
Osso Lima’s burger address: the Real Plaza Salaverry mall on Av. Gral. Felipe Salaverry in Jesús María, Lima, at sunset. Renzo Garibaldi’s Osso Burger smash burger counter is in the 5th-floor food court. Photo taken in 2018, before Osso Burger moved in (2023). 6000x4000. (Photo: Mayimbú, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73275194)
The launch menu had six smash burgers, five beef and one fried chicken, under the tagline “Muerdo, luego existo” (“I bite, therefore I am”). In the company’s own words to Peru Retail, Osso uses naturally raised animals without hormones or antibiotics, and no nitrates, nitrites, preservatives or colorants.
Osso Burger menu and prices (PEN)
A burger at Osso Burger cost between S/22 and S/29 on the launch-era menu. The prices below come from El Comercio Provecho, in an undated article that most likely dates from the 2023 opening. I could not verify 2026 prices, so check the counter or a delivery app before you go.
| Item | Price (launch era) |
|---|---|
| Clásica | S/22 |
| Clásica with cheese | S/25 |
| Clásica with bacon | S/26 |
| Clásica with cheese and bacon | S/29 |
| Lomo Saltado Smash | S/26 |
| Huachana Smash | S/27 |
| Maple Smash | S/27 |
| Picaronera Smash | S/28 |
| Fries | S/7 |
| Onion rings | S/8 |
| Wings or fried chicken | S/25 |
| Nuggets | S/21 |
Osso Burger Lima prices as a bar chart in Peruvian soles (launch era, c. 2023): Clásica S/22, with cheese S/25, with bacon S/26, Lomo Saltado Smash S/26, Huachana and Maple Smash S/27, Picaronera Smash S/28, cheese and bacon S/29. 2026 prices unverified. (Chart: Burger Breton (original), data from El Comercio Provecho (undated, c. 2023); CC BY 4.0)
What to order: the Lomo Saltado Smash
If you only get one burger, make it the Lomo Saltado Smash. It puts Peru’s favorite stir-fry on a bun: sautéed onion, tomato and ají amarillo, with cilantro mayo and lettuce. El Comercio describes it, and Living in Peru independently lists it among the city’s best burgers. I’d take it over the Clásica for a simple reason: you can get a cheeseburger anywhere, but not this.
The Picaronera Smash nods to picarones, Lima’s sweet-potato and squash fritters, and comes with Chinese-onion aioli, cheddar, smoked bacon and lettuce. For a straight classic, the guide site Joinnus describes the cheeseburger as a toasted bun, a 120 g patty, lettuce, tomato, cheese and a house “animal sauce.” Joinnus is the only source for that patty weight.
Is the beef in Osso Burger dry-aged?
I could not confirm that Osso Burger in Lima uses dry-aged beef. The only documented dry-aged smash burger from Garibaldi is the 2020 Osso Smash House in São Paulo, a delivery-only kitchen near Pinheiros that sold four double burgers at R$14.90–19.90, made from beef aged at least 21 days (Guia do Hambúrguer). Its current status is unknown. Hunting for a dry-aged burger in Lima? Ask at the counter. Don’t assume.
How Osso Burger compares with Bembos
Osso Burger is a chef’s take on the smash burger; Bembos is Lima’s home-grown fast-food chain, founded in 1988. They meet on the same kind of food-court floor, but the menus pull in different directions: Osso Burger builds its burgers on Peruvian dishes and a butcher’s sourcing pledge. My colleague Noah’s Bembos brand profile covers the chain’s history and numbers.
Practical info: visiting Osso Lima and Osso Burger
Two warnings before you go. Osso’s official site (osso.pe) returned a 404 when I checked on 25 October 2026, and the published opening hours conflict. Confirm on Osso’s official Instagram or Google listing, or on @osso_burger for the counter.
- Osso (steakhouse): Av. Santo Toribio 173, San Isidro, Lima, near the Swissôtel. I could not confirm current hours or the reservation policy from an official source, so check Osso’s Instagram or Google Business page before you go.
- Osso Burger: Real Plaza Salaverry food court, 5th floor, Av. Gral. Felipe Salaverry 2370, Jesús María, Lima. El Comercio lists 13:00–21:00. The directory Limeo lists 12:00–22:00, and until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
- Budget: a Clásica with fries came to S/29 at launch-era prices (S/22 + S/7).
- Other Osso products: Forbes Colombia reports that Osso meat products are also sold in Peruvian supermarkets.
Map of Osso Lima addresses: the Osso steakhouse at Av. Santo Toribio 173, San Isidro, and Osso Burger at Real Plaza Salaverry, Av. Gral. Felipe Salaverry 2370, Jesús María, about 2.5 km apart. (Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0)
Osso beyond Lima: São Paulo, Bogotá, Medellín and Santiago
Osso now operates in Brazil and Colombia, and a Chilean location is in development.
- São Paulo, Brazil: Rua Bandeira Paulista 520, Itaim Bibi, listed in the MICHELIN Guide. It is an honorable mention in our best burgers in São Paulo ranking.
- Bogotá, Colombia: reported as open, though I found no dated source giving its address.
- Medellín, Colombia: opened in El Poblado in 2026 (Foodie CL).
- Santiago, Chile: in development on the Casacostanera rooftop in Vitacura with Antonio Bloise, founder of Santa Brasa. Both Forbes Perú and Diario Financiero describe it as a partnership, not a franchise.
Some older sources mention an Osso in Miami. I found no evidence that it is open today, so I left it out.
My take: from butcher shop to burger counter
Is Osso worth your time in Lima? Yes, as long as you pick the right door. Book San Isidro for dry-aged meat at 50 Best level. Go to Real Plaza Salaverry for a S/26 Lomo Saltado Smash at lunch. What links the two is a butcher’s respect for the whole animal, not a shared patty. My one reservation: nothing I found shows Garibaldi’s aged beef reaching the mall. Until the counter says otherwise, treat Osso Burger as a well-built Peruvian smash burger, not a cheap back door into a 50 Best kitchen. Even so, it’s notable. A chef with a ranked steakhouse took the smash burger seriously enough to make it taste of Lima. For more burger stops in the city, see our Lima burger city page, or browse the full Restaurants section.
FAQ about Osso Lima and Renzo Garibaldi
Who is Renzo Garibaldi? Renzo Garibaldi is a Peruvian chef and butcher who founded Osso in Lima in 2013. He trained under Joshua Applestone at Fleisher’s in New York, Ryan Farr at 4505 Meats in San Francisco and the Chapolard brothers in Gascony. Forbes Perú describes him as Osso’s founder and creative director (2026).
Where is Osso in Lima, and is the La Molina butcher shop still open? Osso’s Lima flagship is at Av. Santo Toribio 173, San Isidro. La Molina (Calle Tahití 175) was the original 2013 butcher shop. I could not get official confirmation of its current status, so plan your visit around San Isidro.
What is the difference between Osso and Osso Burger? Osso is the San Isidro steakhouse on Latin America’s 50 Best list. Osso Burger is a separate, cheaper smash burger counter in the Real Plaza Salaverry food court in Jesús María.
How much does a burger cost at Osso Burger? On the launch-era menu reported by El Comercio, burgers cost S/22 to S/29: S/22 for the Clásica and S/26 for the Lomo Saltado Smash. Current 2026 prices are unverified.
What is the Lomo Saltado Smash? It is Osso Burger’s Peruvian-fusion smash burger, topped with sautéed onion, tomato, ají amarillo, cilantro mayo and lettuce. It is based on lomo saltado, the classic Peruvian beef stir-fry.
Is Osso on Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list? Yes. Osso ranked No. 44 in the 2025 edition, announced on 2 December 2025. It first appeared in 2015 and was No. 38 in 2022.
Does Osso use dry-aged beef in its burgers? Dry aging is central to the Osso steakhouse. For Osso Burger in Lima, dry-aged patties are not confirmed. The 21-day aging is documented only for the 2020 Osso Smash House in São Paulo.
Does the San Isidro steakhouse serve a burger, and do you need a reservation? I could not confirm either from an official menu or booking page, because osso.pe was offline when I checked. Check Osso’s Instagram or Google listing before you go.
Where else has Renzo Garibaldi opened Osso? Osso has opened in São Paulo (MICHELIN Guide), Bogotá and Medellín. A Santiago de Chile location with Antonio Bloise is in development.
Sources and method: every fact above comes from the publications linked in the text, checked on 25 October 2026. Prices are in Peruvian soles (PEN) and dated to their source. I did not visit for this profile, and Osso is not rated here.
