Santiago Centro Restaurants
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1. Blue Jar
$$$ | Santiago Centro |Simple but creative dishes using the best and freshest Chilean ingredients appeal to local office workers and visitors alike at this popular downtown spot, where lunch patrons often enjoy a sandwich or soup-salad combo. The menu changes seasonally, with dishes like chicken cashew curry and venison with caponata sharing menu space with grilled bass and chia polenta cake. The restaurant has a good cocktail list, and a short yet decent wine list and does upper-crust business lunches. It is open for early dinners (until 9 pm). Reservations are advisable for lunch, particularly for an outside table.
Amanda Labarca 102 at Moneda, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8340488, Chile2-96155–4650Known For
- Specialty coffee
- Early dinners (closes at 9 pm except first Thursday of each month)
- Reservations necessary for busy lunches
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2. Confitería Torres
$$$ | Santiago Centro |Opened in 1879, this is the oldest restaurant still operating in Chile and remains one of the city's most traditional dining rooms, with red-leather banquettes, mint-green ceramic floors, and huge chandeliers with tulip-shaped globes. Classic dishes such as lomo al ajo arriero (sirloin sautéed with peppers and garlic) are menu staples; if you're after a quick bite, order the Sandwich Barros Luca, as this is where it was created. This restaurant also has a branch for snacks in the Centro Cultural La Moneda, and another on upscale Isidora Goyenechea in El Golf (Las Condes).
Alameda 1570, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8330199, Chile2-2688–0751Known For
- Quick bites
- Traditional decor
- Classic dishes
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Rate Includes: Closed Sat. and Sun. -
3. Pulpería Santa Elvira
$$ | Santiago Centro |Behind an anonymous-looking front door lies this charming restaurant, a short drive south of Santiago Centro. Choose your table from the various salons, including the adorable patio or a more private dining space, then pick your dishes from the short yet eclectic blackboard. Run by a husband-and-wife team, Chef Javier Avilés cooks seasonally and simply, allowing the ingredients sourced from small producers to shine. Starters might include wild boar with garlic flowers and yolk or jerky pâté while mains could be lamb with polenta and blackberries.
Santa Elvira 475, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile9-4111–6000Known For
- Simple, seasonal dishes
- Local ingredients
- Outdoor dining
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Rate Includes: Closed Mon. and Tues., Reservations recommended -
4. Salvador Cocina y Café
$$ | Santiago Centro |This tucked-away two-story downtown lunch spot offers unmissable weekday set menus with appetizer, main dish, iced tea, and choice of coffee or dessert for 9,900 pesos. Dishes adopt modern spins on Chilean and international favorites, such as grain salad with mote (hulled wheat kernels), beef carpaccio, kidneys in cream sauce, or spinach-filled pasta. The kitchen takes a sustainable approach, so there are plenty of dishes that use offal. Vegetarians also have options here, though the protein dishes are more adventurous.
Bombero Ossa 1059, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8320245, Chile2-95817–9777Known For
- Adventurous meat dishes
- Great lunch set menu
- Reasonable prices
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Rate Includes: Closed weekends. No dinner -
5. Bristol
$$$ | Santiago Centro |This restaurant inside the sophisticated Hotel Plaza San Francisco serves creative seafood dishes like marinated scallops over octopus carpaccio and cold tomato-and-pepper sauce. Frequented by local business people, Bristol has won several awards and often makes it onto top lists in local media. It's not as well illuminated as it could be and doesn't have much of a view, but what you've got on your plate should make up for it.
Alameda 816, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8330097, Chile2-2630–4516Known For
- Seafood
- Efficient service
- Creative menu
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6. Dominó
$ | Santiago Centro |A Chilean institution, this 70-year-old fast-food chain is impeccably clean, and the service is fast and friendly. It's the place to try an Italiano (a hot dog with tomatoes and avocado) or chacarero (hot dog or beef sandwich with green beans, tomato, and chili pepper). Order a jugo de chirimoya (custard apple juice) with your hot dog and take a seat at the bar.
Huérfanos 1296, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8320248, Chile2-2963–7695Known For
- Fast food
- Cheap eats
- No frills
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Rate Includes: Closed Sat. and Sun. -
7. Faisan D'Or
$ | Santiago Centro |Pause for a coffee or a cold beer at one of the sidewalk cafés on the west side of Plaza de Armas and let the hustle and bustle of the city flow past you. The coffee is best at the Faisan D'Or, which serves a typical cortado (coffee with warm milk).
Plaza de Armas 430, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8320147, Chile2-2696–4161Known For
- Central location
- Coffee
- Lively energy
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8. Mercado Central
$$$ | Santiago Centro |Where better than to sample fresh Chilean seafood and eat where the locals eat than at Santiago's fish market? Bustling and loud, the market has an ambience you'll want to soak up, whether you visit Donde Augusto and La Joya del Pacífico in the center or at a smaller, less touristy, and cheaper spot such as Marisol or Francisca. The tables may be rickety, but the fish couldn't be fresher and cheaper or the service friendlier. Credit cards are accepted at larger restaurants. The mercado and its restaurants close at 5 pm.
View Tours and ActivitiesSan Pablo 967, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, 8320009, ChileNo phoneKnown For
- Fantastic seafood
- Casual dining
- Cash-only at smaller restaurants
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: No dinner
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