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.

Taste: 5 Value: 5…read moreService: 3 Good food at an affordable rate. Service staff may try to take advantage of you if you're note a local or Chilean Spanish speaker. Just look for daily specials as those are the best deals.

Great menu del dia. Unfortunately they tried to offer more expensive items if you are a foreigner…read more Eat like a local and orde off the daily menu they have posted in front. Not off the menu. I loved the food and their pisco sour here.

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!

This is a Peruvian Italian spot, its not Itlaian…read more The food is excellent I had the shrimp on a pilaf type rice and white beans, grilled onions and tomatoes. It had a reduction sauce poured over it to die for. My colleague had marinated steak bites over french fries and rice, with grilled onions and bell peppers with the same reduction sauce, like a thick beef base (no cream). Italian is widely available in Chile and overused in descriptions, I would call this Italian fusion at best; my colleague is from Chile and suggested Peruvian this is where we went, so this Italian title is not 100% accurate, more like 25% since one special out of 4 was pasta based.

Highly recommend this place. Just off of Plaza Sotomayor, the waiter helped us do a quick lunch…read morebefore our tour "Walley/Waldo" tour. We tried Ceviches, soup, salad and Rissoto -- all were fantastic. Highly recommend you add this to your list and give it a try.

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.

Excellent restaurant - have eaten every time I visit Viña, excellent food, presentation and…read moreservice. Has a friendly family feeling for the ownership, - the Octopus carpaccio is divine. A nice wine list and they also server Conger eel - a local fish that is prepared wonderfully. Also have menus in English which is great for those who are challenged in Spanish.

Probably the best food we had in Valparaiso. Really well made with vibrant Peruvian flavors…read more Everyone liked their dish, so it's hard to say what's better. Tuna in 4 cheeses was well balanced between the cheese sauce and mashed potatoes. Octopus was served with celery and avocado, and inc flavored mayonnaise, which also made a good combination.

An unassuming exterior, clean, unpretentious decor, and relatively high traffic, including a lot of…read morePeruvians and other foreigners, is the first clue that this is a place out of the ordinary, where the marketing plan is basically that people who love food offer the food they love with great professionalism to all comers, and forget about the window-dressing. For the die-hard aficionado, finds like this don't happen every day. Quick, polite staff give you a run-down of what's what, take your order when you're ready, and turn it around very quickly. Two to four servers manage about eight tables downstairs and a banquet-room upstairs without missing a beat, moving very swiftly around the floor while being courteous & relaxed with customers, never making you feel rushed. The first surprise with the food is that the presentation is very showy. Many dishes look a little like tropical birds. Someone in the kitchen is not fooling around. These plates are large and very ornate, with bright pink sauce drizzles and architectural yam and yuca stilts strategically planted over carefully molded rice and thoughtfully distributed ingredients, announcing that this is no ordinary plate of food. And then on to the tasting. Perfectly cooked rice, firm but tender calamari, and fish marinated to perfection resting on artfully contrasting sauces. Flavors are fresh, permeating, and not overbearing, with a harmonious combination that manages to compliment the identity of each ingredient in a way that belies the heavy Asian influences in traditional Peruvian food. This is very hearty gourmet food, or very gourmet hearty food. Not sure which way to go on that one. Either way, you win. The ornate presentation seems almost out of place, but in no way detracts from the outstanding care the kitchen obviously takes in selecting ingredients, controlling freshness, and executing recipes with excellence and consistency. We walked in on a week-day evening after being underwhelmed by a well-reviewed restaurant nearby, and liked it so well we went back for lunch the next day, and were treated to exactly the same experience and food as the night before, despite the different mix of customers with more locals and faster tables. This will be on our list of required stops in Valparaiso for years to come.

A nice side walk cafe for a beer and an empanadas…read more We stopped here for a beer after taking in a long walk along the waterfront. We really wanted a Kross Porter but this spot didn't serve it. Not to be disappointed we settled into the nice chairs the restaurant offers on the sidewalk and started drinking Kuntzmann and Crystal brews. The staff has no English but beer is an international language. There was some argument about what a black beer should look like that became quite comical. I mean porter or stout are black my Spanish I knew "negro" as black but in Chile that seems to be amber. Oh well the amber or reddish beer, though sweet, was refreshing.

Lovely outdoor patio with umbrella coverage for those who dine outside. Inside multiple options for…read moreseating with televisions for viewing news, and the atmosphere is busy but without having to shout at your guest. I had a very excellent waiter serve me who spoke English. He provided his recommendations to me for something authentic and seafood based. I enjoyed a reineta (mild white fish native to Chile) covered in a white sauce and shrimp. Very delicious for this warm Fall day. The dish comes with choices of sides - salad, rice, french fries, etc. Piscos were cheaper here than in Santiago and strong. Enjoyed. A good helping of pebre (salsa like pico de gallo) was provided before the meal. If you come for lunch they do have an executive menu which is a great deal if you like what the main entree is. I ordered an empanada (shrimp) to go and it was delicious. For the amount of food and price, easily a better experience than other restaurants people rated 5 stars... which I could only surmise was for the view and not the food nor service. *Heavy side eye*

I am giving this place A5 star review because of the food. The atmosphere is okay, and when we…read morelooked in the place it appeared to be like a hole in the wall. Actually it was very nice seating, and the service was fantastic. The food was some of the best of that I have ever had. I had the Clans with a sauce that was just unbelievable. It was a Parmesan cheese sauce over the clams. The white fish was absolutely outstanding. The wine was also excellent. My wife and I both agree that it was a great place to dine and we will go back again.