Santiago Restaurants
Once a culinary backwater, Santiago is now awash with an impressive range of restaurants representing just about every cuisine style available. Whether it's vegetarian, a seafood extravaganza or sophisticated international fare you're after, Santiago's restaurant scene has something for you. Chilean wines are excellent and generally a lot cheaper than European varieties.
The restaurants below have been classed into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over US$40)
$$$ (US$20 to US$40)
$$ (US$10 to US$19)
$ (up to US$10)
These prices are for a three-course meal, excluding wine.
The restaurants below have been classed into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over US$40)
$$$ (US$20 to US$40)
$$ (US$10 to US$19)
$ (up to US$10)
These prices are for a three-course meal, excluding wine.
Gastronomic
Como Água Para Chocolate
It's not just the exquisitely prepared Mexican food that attracts diners here again and again - it's the magic realism and romance of the dining experience. From the moment you walk into the terracotta-hued, earthy environs of the restaurant, you know it is not going to be any run-of-the-mill meal out. That's confirmed when your meal of choice is served onto a table shaped like a bed frame. Shellfish dishes are particularly recommended.
Constitución 88
Tel: (02) 777 8740.
Website: www.comoaguaparachocolate.cl
Price: $$$
It's not just the exquisitely prepared Mexican food that attracts diners here again and again - it's the magic realism and romance of the dining experience. From the moment you walk into the terracotta-hued, earthy environs of the restaurant, you know it is not going to be any run-of-the-mill meal out. That's confirmed when your meal of choice is served onto a table shaped like a bed frame. Shellfish dishes are particularly recommended.
Constitución 88
Tel: (02) 777 8740.
Website: www.comoaguaparachocolate.cl
Price: $$$
Infante 51
This outstanding place in Providencia, with a Basque chef, is stylish yet intimate, serving delicious seafood and other dishes (not to mention some particularly fine pisco sours).
Avenida Jose M Infante 51
Tel: (02) 236 6771.
Website: www.infante51.cl
Price: $$
This outstanding place in Providencia, with a Basque chef, is stylish yet intimate, serving delicious seafood and other dishes (not to mention some particularly fine pisco sours).
Avenida Jose M Infante 51
Tel: (02) 236 6771.
Website: www.infante51.cl
Price: $$
Restaurant Centre Catalá
The sizeable Catalan community centre in Santiago runs this excellent restaurant. The menu won't surprise you (it's pure Catalonia right up to the pork and rabbit paella), but the excellence of the cuisine may take you aback. This unflashy Providencia restaurant is rightly one of the favoured places of the Santiago food critics.
Suecia 414
Tel: (02) 233 2220.
Website: www.centrocatalan.cl
Price: $$$
The sizeable Catalan community centre in Santiago runs this excellent restaurant. The menu won't surprise you (it's pure Catalonia right up to the pork and rabbit paella), but the excellence of the cuisine may take you aback. This unflashy Providencia restaurant is rightly one of the favoured places of the Santiago food critics.
Suecia 414
Tel: (02) 233 2220.
Website: www.centrocatalan.cl
Price: $$$
Business
Akarana
Perhaps the best restaurant in the financial district of Las Condes, Akarana specialises in dishes from the Pacific Rim. This means seafood, clearly, but the style varies from Chilean style to seared tuna from New Zealand (where the owner is from). It's all served in understated, unpretentious surroundings, often to the backdrop of some discrete live music.
Reyes Lavalle 3310
Tel: (02) 231 9667.
Website: www.akaranarestaurant.cl
Price: $$$
Perhaps the best restaurant in the financial district of Las Condes, Akarana specialises in dishes from the Pacific Rim. This means seafood, clearly, but the style varies from Chilean style to seared tuna from New Zealand (where the owner is from). It's all served in understated, unpretentious surroundings, often to the backdrop of some discrete live music.
Reyes Lavalle 3310
Tel: (02) 231 9667.
Website: www.akaranarestaurant.cl
Price: $$$
Confitería Las Torres
For a working lunch soaked with atmosphere at one of Santiago's most famous eating institutions, head to this traditional bar and restaurant on Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins (Alameda). You may well be keeping some fine company - bow-tied waiters have served presidents and even international opera singers here. There is often live tango music on weekend nights.
Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins (Alameda) 1570
Tel: (02) 688 0751.
Website: www.confiteriatorres.cl
Price: $$
For a working lunch soaked with atmosphere at one of Santiago's most famous eating institutions, head to this traditional bar and restaurant on Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins (Alameda). You may well be keeping some fine company - bow-tied waiters have served presidents and even international opera singers here. There is often live tango music on weekend nights.
Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins (Alameda) 1570
Tel: (02) 688 0751.
Website: www.confiteriatorres.cl
Price: $$
El Giratorio
The real draw of this well-located Providencia restaurant is the view - unless the smog is particularly bad, you'll be able to see right across the city as you tuck into your meal. The high-rise restaurant also rotates so your outlook will change between courses. Business types come here at lunchtime while couples tend to head here in the evening for the fine panorama over Santiago's twinkling night lights.
11 de Septiembre 2250
Tel: (02) 232 1827.
Website: www.restaurantgiratorio.cl
Price: $$$
The real draw of this well-located Providencia restaurant is the view - unless the smog is particularly bad, you'll be able to see right across the city as you tuck into your meal. The high-rise restaurant also rotates so your outlook will change between courses. Business types come here at lunchtime while couples tend to head here in the evening for the fine panorama over Santiago's twinkling night lights.
11 de Septiembre 2250
Tel: (02) 232 1827.
Website: www.restaurantgiratorio.cl
Price: $$$
Trendy
Etniko
This hip Japanese restaurant is impeccably furnished and attracts a young, wealthy crowd. The ambient music adds to the calm, relaxed atmosphere at Etniko, which serves ultra-fresh sushi and stir-fry dishes, with some international choices. This place is so cool that it doesn't even need a sign above the door.
Constitución 172
Tel: (02) 732 0119.
Website: www.etniko.cl
Price: $$$
This hip Japanese restaurant is impeccably furnished and attracts a young, wealthy crowd. The ambient music adds to the calm, relaxed atmosphere at Etniko, which serves ultra-fresh sushi and stir-fry dishes, with some international choices. This place is so cool that it doesn't even need a sign above the door.
Constitución 172
Tel: (02) 732 0119.
Website: www.etniko.cl
Price: $$$
Galindo
With tables and chairs spilling onto the pavement, this goodtime Bellavista restaurant is a hangout of choice for the city's media smart set. On weekend nights, you'll have to fight for your space and the service is occasionally more frosty than cool. The menu features traditional Chilean dishes at medium prices with generous portions.
Dardignac 098
Tel: (02) 777 0116.
Website: www.galindo.cl
Price: $$
With tables and chairs spilling onto the pavement, this goodtime Bellavista restaurant is a hangout of choice for the city's media smart set. On weekend nights, you'll have to fight for your space and the service is occasionally more frosty than cool. The menu features traditional Chilean dishes at medium prices with generous portions.
Dardignac 098
Tel: (02) 777 0116.
Website: www.galindo.cl
Price: $$
Zanzibar
Make no mistake - global cuisine has arrived in Santiago, not least at this exotic restaurant. Decked out like a Bedouin tent, this is a fun place for friends to meet and eat before they head out to the bars and clubs. It's located in Vitacura, a bit of a trek from the city centre, but it's worth it to witness the chef's world food creations.
Monseñor Escrivá de Balaguer 6400
Tel: (02) 218 0118.
Website: www.zanzibar.cl
Price: $$$
Make no mistake - global cuisine has arrived in Santiago, not least at this exotic restaurant. Decked out like a Bedouin tent, this is a fun place for friends to meet and eat before they head out to the bars and clubs. It's located in Vitacura, a bit of a trek from the city centre, but it's worth it to witness the chef's world food creations.
Monseñor Escrivá de Balaguer 6400
Tel: (02) 218 0118.
Website: www.zanzibar.cl
Price: $$$
Budget
El Naturista
A very good vegetarian restaurant with friendly service, El Naturista has branches on Moneda and Huérfanos.
Calle Huérfanos 1046
Tel: (02) 696 1668.
Price: $
A very good vegetarian restaurant with friendly service, El Naturista has branches on Moneda and Huérfanos.
Calle Huérfanos 1046
Tel: (02) 696 1668.
Price: $
Mercado Central
Choice is not a problem at this wrought-iron fish market and cheap restaurant enclave in central Santiago. You may well be overwhelmed by enthusiastic waiters hawking their particular seafood eatery. Either go for the atmosphere (and higher prices) at Donde Augusto (www.dondeaugusto.cl) under the high ceilings at the heart of the market, or barter a better deal at one of the smaller places around the periphery.
Mercado Central
Website: www.mercadocentral.cl
Price: $
Choice is not a problem at this wrought-iron fish market and cheap restaurant enclave in central Santiago. You may well be overwhelmed by enthusiastic waiters hawking their particular seafood eatery. Either go for the atmosphere (and higher prices) at Donde Augusto (www.dondeaugusto.cl) under the high ceilings at the heart of the market, or barter a better deal at one of the smaller places around the periphery.
Mercado Central
Website: www.mercadocentral.cl
Price: $
Venezia
The Nobel prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda used to frequent this place when he lived around the corner. Venezia is an old-fashioned family picada which serves traditional Chilean dishes at low prices - crowds are almost guaranteed.
Pío Nono 200
Price: $
The Nobel prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda used to frequent this place when he lived around the corner. Venezia is an old-fashioned family picada which serves traditional Chilean dishes at low prices - crowds are almost guaranteed.
Pío Nono 200
Price: $
Personal Recommendations
El Huerto
El Huerto is generally regarded as the best vegetarian restaurant in Santiago. Its Providencia location means it is popular day and night with customers who are either committed vegetarians or just want a break from the relentless meat fest of the Chilean diet. Even dedicated carnivores are seduced by the menu here. There is also a cheaper adjoining café for a quick bite at lunchtime.
Orrego Luco 054
Tel: (02) 233 2690.
Website: www.elhuerto.cl
Price: $$
El Huerto is generally regarded as the best vegetarian restaurant in Santiago. Its Providencia location means it is popular day and night with customers who are either committed vegetarians or just want a break from the relentless meat fest of the Chilean diet. Even dedicated carnivores are seduced by the menu here. There is also a cheaper adjoining café for a quick bite at lunchtime.
Orrego Luco 054
Tel: (02) 233 2690.
Website: www.elhuerto.cl
Price: $$
Liguria
You couldn't possibly cram more bustle, bohemia and style into one restaurant - in fact, the owners have realised there is some left over as more branches of this superb, efficient Santiago eating institution keep cropping up around the city. This doesn't seem to have eased the crowds, however - you'll need to show early to be guaranteed a table.
Providencia 1373
Tel: (02) 235 7914.
Website: www.liguria.cl
Price: $$
You couldn't possibly cram more bustle, bohemia and style into one restaurant - in fact, the owners have realised there is some left over as more branches of this superb, efficient Santiago eating institution keep cropping up around the city. This doesn't seem to have eased the crowds, however - you'll need to show early to be guaranteed a table.
Providencia 1373
Tel: (02) 235 7914.
Website: www.liguria.cl
Price: $$
Vacas Gordas
It's difficult to pick out one single reason why this is one of Santiago's most popular eating venues. But the good value, the throng of contented diners in the cavernous eating area, the excellent pisco sours (the nation's favourite cocktail - a sweet, lemon-infused brandy) and the sizzle of fresh meat barbecued on the grill at the front all combine to make this one of the city's most memorable meals out.
Cienfuegos 280
Tel: (02) 697 1066.
Price: $
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It's difficult to pick out one single reason why this is one of Santiago's most popular eating venues. But the good value, the throng of contented diners in the cavernous eating area, the excellent pisco sours (the nation's favourite cocktail - a sweet, lemon-infused brandy) and the sizzle of fresh meat barbecued on the grill at the front all combine to make this one of the city's most memorable meals out.
Cienfuegos 280
Tel: (02) 697 1066.
Price: $
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