Pucón
This locals' secret is out: an underground eatery in someone's living room (or outside on the new terrace) serving fuss-free set lunches: salads, pastel…
Must-see restaurants in Sur Chico
The Lakes District
This bi-level plaza hot spot is more or less a Chilean diner, crowded for its decent coffee, colossal burgers, ridiculous sandwiches and hot dogs…
The Lakes District
On a lavender farm just outside town, this is a lakeside favorite for tea, gourmet lavender products and farm-fresh lunches. Make a reservation for…
Pucón
Vegetarian or not, this is one of Pucón's best deals, a tiny, locals-in-the-know-only hot spot for healthy, daily-changing vegetarian lunch menus hidden…
Pucón
On a sunny day, it's hard to beat plopping yourself down on this artsy emporium's patio for good home-cooked meals and views of a rare breed in Pucón: to…
Puerto Varas
Everybody's favorite artisanal ice cream, often using local ingredients: manjar (dulce de leche) from Fundo Playa Venado etc.
Sur Chico
The best beef in the region is further south, but this high-style, two-story steakhouse is the Temuco hot spot for carnivores.
Puerto Varas
File under one to watch: this newcomer offers expansive lake and town views from its perch on the southeast end of the costanera and gets high marks for…
The Lakes District
The best of Malcalpué's seafront offerings, this friendly seafooder goes the extra mile – they even shine up the wine bottles – but the food can be hit or…
Pucón
This intimate Peruvian restaurant does all the classics and does them well: ceviche (raw fish and onions marinated in citrus juices and spices), tiradito …
Puerto Varas
La Jardinera's eclectic menu is overseen by a friendly Chilean couple and was developed after a five-year London culinary stint. But the restaurant's…
Puerto Varas
This local favorite sums up the hybrid history of the region within its walls: küchen and empanadas, Alpine architecture and Spanish menus, apfelstrudel …
Sur Chico
A blindingly blue chain born in Villarrica, this fabulous gourmet store/ice-cream parlor dares you to walk in without stumbling out in a sugar coma…
The Lakes District
Paint us unimpressed with Cochamó's most well-known restaurant, which is distinctly hit or miss. The fiery ají verde with the bread service is nice, but…
Puerto Montt
Emilia-Romagna it ain't, but this long-standing and dependably consistent Italian offers a long list of pizza and pastas from the Motherland. Despite a…
Sur Chico
If you like to mix your drinking with a step-up in food, this dark, candlelit restobar off the beaten path is a good bet. The handwritten menu specializes…
The Lakes District
Across the street from the beach near the carabineros, this reliable seafooder offers a simple menu of the standards – merluza (hake) and salmon various…
Sur Chico
Packed from morning to night, this diner-like hot spot dates from 1972 and has been filling hungry Villarricans ever since. There's pailas (earthenware…
Sur Chico
A friendly spot to fuel up on pizzas (there's a great solo-traveler size) and sandwiches (and the odd trout on occasion); and chase it all down with…
Puerto Montt
The most convenient supermarket in town for stocking up on Navimag provisions. It's located inside the same mall as the transfer-bus departure point for…
Pucón
The best pizza in town is spit from a massive 1300-brick oven by an Argentine-American pizza maker who grows his own fresh basil. In winter it's the only…
Puerto Varas
This down-to-earth locals' favorite is an intimate seafooder in the Mercado Municipal. It does wonderful things with crab sauce. It's rich but excellent.
Sur Chico
Fat plates of fish and chips or choritos al ajillo (mussels in garlic and chilies) are served in three floors of restaurants with river views.
The Lakes District
Large and modern Mercado Municipal has an array of cocinerías (lunch stalls) serving good and inexpensive food.
