This restaurant is right in the middle of the tourist area in Valparaiso - halfway up the hill…read more It's recommended by our B&B host just a couple of blocks from where we were staying. It has a homey, rustic decor. It's open from lunch on all day which is good if you are looking for a late lunch early dinner. We had the fried fish and ceviche - they have a much better selection of the latter than anywhere else we've been. Good selection of fresh juices - I had the blueberry without sugar which was great. Not a place for sea views like many other places in this area - the two windows in front look out on the buildings across the narrow street - but the food is definitely worth trying.

We had a great experience at Cocina Puerto! The restaurant was located about 5 minutes from our…read morehotel and was very convenient. The appetizers blew my expectations away: the Mixto Ceviche is a MUST. It was my first time having salmon in a ceviche and its delicate texture blended incredibly well with the dish's milky-citrusy sauce. and the parmesan crusted scallops were very good. For the main course we ordered the Chupe de jaiba, which was good but nothing to phone home about. The grilled octopus, however, was excellent. I have never been given such a large octopus tentacle. It was savory and delicate and cooked to perfection.

A really good restaurant in the hill side amidst all the painted walls in Valparaiso. 7 of us all…read moretried a different dish and each of us are commenting that his or hers is the best dish. That said a lot about the chef. Hake, a local fish ( we all think that it is the Chilean sea bass ) was served in 5 ways. Each was perfectly cooked, beautifully presented and taste wonderful. Meal was completed with homemade ice creams and sorbets. If you find yourself in this part of the world and spending sometime in Valparaiso, do come here for lunch. They are not open for dinner. Almost forgot to mention the friendly staffs.

Relaxed Elegance We were delightfully surprised that our…read moreAirBnB sat on a street up in the hills that offered so many wonderful places to visit. When looking for a dinner spot one night, we saw that one of Chile's top rated restaurants was a just a few minutes walk away. Some Pisco Sours, some local wines, fresh and exquisite entrées, followed by a delicious dessert and an elegant and cozy setting... all making for a truly special evening. Rambling down the street the following day, the lovely owner, Laura, whom we met at dinner, came out to chat and wish us well on our journey.

This is a tough one. At various points throughout dinner I was undecided between 3 and 5 stars but…read moreultimately settled on 4 because of the dessert. My friend and I stopped in here after 10 PM on a Saturday night (an early dinner time here) and we were the only other table. It may as well have been a private dining experience. The only other table in the joint left shortly after we arrived. This is a very small restaurant located in a boutique hotel with an even smaller menu. Eight tables indoors. Three outdoors. Two appetizers. Three main dishes. Two desserts. That said, this place is not for everyone. If you don't like what they're serving, you're not going to enjoy your experience. I wanted to start with the squid, but they were out so they offered me scallops instead, which came out in a delicious gravy that would pair perfectly with Thanksgiving. My friend got the only other option, the ceviche, and we shared and very much enjoyed both. The ceviche was served in a coconut curry sauce with cilantro and peppers. The fish was rockfish, which was also the same fish they served as the main course and the one he ordered. He said the main course rockfish was the best fish he's ever had in a restaurant. I tend to agree. For context, he owns fishing boats and his family is in the seafood business. Don't take his comments lightly. The risotto they served with the dish with goat cheese was also something out of Thanksgiving dinner. Absolutely delicious. And the mustard sauce served with the fish was not too potent, but also not even necessary. The fish on its own needed no sauce to enjoy the flavor. I foolishly opted for the osso bucco and wished I hadn't after trying his fish. It's not that the meat was bad. But it wasn't very tender and it was served with the same exact sauce as the scallops. I assumed when they ran out of squid and offered me scallops instead, they felt that they needed some sauce for the scallops, so they used the same sauce served with the osso bucco. In fairness, this is a very small restaurant, so I can sympathize with their limits, but perhaps a beurre blanc sauce should have been the choice for the scallops. After all, the chef trained in France and what restaurant doesn't have butter and white wine? Speaking of wine, that's about your only choice here next to a few beers. My friend unsuccessfully tried to order a cocktail with gin. He then suggested they make the same cocktail with vodka. No vodka. So they brought out a bottle of Glenfiddich, as if that was even close, but that's ultimately what he settled on. For dessert, we split the only two options they had: an apple strudel with a delicious praline ice cream, I believe, and the chocolate fondant (which was basically a brownie) with a lemon-ish sorbet. Both sprinkled with the same grains, but both so damn good. We considered ordering another round of desserts but our stomachs told us no. Good coffee, too, even though I think it came out a simple commercially available single serve machine. Outstanding service as well, topped off by the chef coming out of the kitchen to ask how we were enjoying our meals. I love it when that happens. If not for some of the understandable repetition we saw and tasted throughout the meal, or the almost too-limited menu, I think I'd be at 5 stars. But overall, the service, the ambiance and much of the food were just too good to give 3.

Small 8-10 tables restaurants with typical Chilean food refined by a French touch as the chef…read morelived abroad in France for a while. Food was delicately cooked - the abalone dish and ceviche were both tasty and both main dishes (happens to be both a white fish) were pan seared and cooked well. There were 2 choices per course (appetizer /main / dessert) and are priced a la carte ($10-$12 appetizer and $20-$25 for main). I think the quality is great for the price. The decor was minimalist yet contemporary in a small dining room setting. No view, so I would recommend to have dinner here one night and at cafe torrin for the next night.

Good for New Year's Eve dinner!…read more We had a set menu for New Year's Eve dinner, and were very happy with the variety and food, although it was a little expensive (30,000 each, including 3 drinks, bur only 15,000 for children). We had maybe twelve different items among the three of us, and I would say 8-9 were very good/tasty. The carne/meat was tender and flavorful, the ceviche was yummy, and my son loved the octopus appetizer! The fish entree wasn't the best, though. The atmosphere and service were nice as well. All in all,it is a place I would eat at again!

It's my first visit to chile, and I am impressed with the food we ordered the Chilean meatloaf and…read morecuranto soup ( combination of seafood, chicken, pork, and beef). So delicious

Chill terrace bar with really nice cocktails. I am not a huge gin fan, but the peral ahumidor was…read moreamazing. Really nice presentation too with the smoking cinnamon sticks.

It is literally a hike to get up to this intimate little restaurant, but it is worth it!!…read more The menu was in Spanish and the waiter could tell we were having issues, so he did the best he could describing it to us in English! We felt so bad, but appreciated his patience! We ordered to local on draft beers and the ceviche. Let me just say this...I DO NOT EAT RAW FISH! When they brought the ceviche to the table I was caught off guard by the mounds of raw fish on the plate. My husband started eating and said it was out of this world delicious. He talked it up so much I actually tried it. And I'm so glad I did! It was amazing! It comes with chopped purple onions, cilantro, roasted corn kernels all in this wonderful lemony sauce. The flavors all combined were perfection! This place is very quaint and has a great outdoor patio with a view over the city. The hike up is strenuous, but there's tons of beautiful street art to distract you!

Oops, added this to Yelp but the name is actually Chinchinero…read more Excellent fixed menu lunch for about $10 with great options for appetizer, entree, dessert, and fresh juice. Small and intimate inside with a guitar playing singer when we arrived. Excellent service from a nice lady that speaks English as well. Well liked all around by adults and the kids. Great location if your wandering around town.

A hole-in-the-wall that delivers very tasty late-night treats. We found it on a rainy Sunday…read moreevening at 10:30pm, saw the place completely empty, and passed it right by. After walking around for a bit, at 11pm, we walked past again and this time the tiny place was full - there were six people in there. So we decided to chance it & see what there was. What we found was a short menu of nice after-hours food: arepas, hamburgers, and a club sandwich that looked pretty irresistible, so we ordered two. The sandwiches were prepared quickly, and we were pleasantly surprised when they came out. Very tasty & complete, with a fired egg and everything - reminiscent of a Mexican torta: filling and delicious! The only problem was that as we ate our club sandwiches, we saw a couple of other people order arepas, and when they came out, they looked so good that we had to buckle down and order one to split between us despite having just finished these generous club sandwiches. The effort was worth it. The corn-flour arepas were warm and fresh, and the filling traditional and delicious. Also, prices are pretty modest, so if you get a craving for a substantial late-night snack on the way home from the bar, you can't go wrong here.

Stopped by Café Plaza Moro after the Pablo Neruda House and Rodrigo was such a gem! We had jugo de…read moremango, the tortellini de carne, and ceviche. Everything was so delicately made and care was obviously given to the presentation. I would highly recommend this cafe for anyone in the area.

This little sidewalk cafe has a wonderful menu including Chilean Empanadas which are absolutely the…read morebest. The hosts are very friendly and eager to chat about the area (Spanish, English and Portuguese spoken here) and present their food and service graciously. The location is near a park on a street very close to the open air museum. Don't miss it. The lunch menu includes 3 courses, soft drink, and dessert and coffee for $8.900pesos.

An experience. the service lived up to the chef who was creative and artistic. Our waitress…read morerecommended a lesser priced wine that paired perfectly w my steak tartar. I have never had this meal and service quality so inexpensively. Trip advisor says #10 in Valparaiso; I say #1.