Santiago Restaurants

  1. Café Abarzúa

    Café Abarzúa is an industrial-style caffeine joint with waiters in boiler suits and an upstairs section. It includes a simple lunch menu and quality espresso.

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  2. La Mia Pappa

    Crammed full of tables, this is an incredibly popular all-you-can-eat pasta joint - you'll have to fight for a table at lunchtime. It's about pasta for your peso - do not expect haute cuisine. It includes a good-value take-away next door.

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  3. La Vitrina

    Cute, cozy and candle-lit La Vitrina is tucked away in an attractive quieter part of Providencia with winding streets and opulent apartment buildings. Choose from good-value quiches and pizzas, and a weeknight happy hour cuts drink prices in half.

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  4. Peperone

    The empanada is king (try the cheese and asparagus) at Peperone, a romantic little candlelit café that also serves tea, coffee, good beers (including Kuntsmann) and fresh juices.

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  5. Poema Café

    You come to this café in the Biblioteca Nacional more for the grand surroundings than the food - it's like having lunch on the set of Dangerous Liaisons . The dishes all have literary themes and it is equally good for a caffeine pit stop and a relaxed read.

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  7. Tavelli Café

    Tavelli has bagged a prime location in this opulent high-ceilinged venue right next to the Teatro Municipal in a well-heeled, cultural pocket of downtown. Its prices are steep, but the cakes are quite scrumptious.

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  8. Veracruz Cosas del Mundo Café

    Veracruz Cosas del Mundo Café fosters about as cultured an atmosphere as it's possible to get inside a shopping mall. Coffees and a slice of mouthwatering pastel (cake) are a bargain.

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