The best restaurants Puerto Varas

Make your way to La Puntilla, a small natural reserve on the lakeshore, a 10-minute walk from the town center. Here you'll find a dozen or so foodtrucks, each more original than the last, each offering its own specialty (coffee, cake, completo, etc.). Our preference here is for the Bless Yuz truck, run by three young Chilean entrepreneurs who are as vegetarian as they are friendly. The menu features sandwiches, plates and rolls prepared with love. The vegan desserts are to die for. All for a small price, and to be enjoyed overlooking the lake.

At the municipal market, turn left on the way back. This restaurant, which will suit small budgets for lunch, offers soft prices for a cuisine that remains of quality. You'll get your money's worth: the portions are gargantuan! Try the excellent local speciality, salmon or trout a la plancha, or conger eel, crab, shrimps... not forgetting a good pisco sour! The place is sometimes hectic and the service is not always properly provided, but Donde El Gordito is still an institution!

An often full restaurant and a great classic of the city at affordable prices. The house devotes itself more to its seafood specialties, including the famous curanto or sea paella. You have to try the congrio al arriero, delicious. Choice of sea urchins, picorotos (giant barnacles, in fact), almejas (clams) and even seafood empanadas! You can also share picadas. Good value for money and large portions guaranteed even if the service is sometimes a little overwhelmed and the setting a little too impersonal.

A refined menu, colorful, well-presented plates and local cuisine that showcases local produce. Welcome to La Vinoteca! This restaurant is home to a wine shop, where you can pair your dishes with a wide variety of Chilean wines. Starters include onion soup, soft-boiled egg and shrimp or salmon gravlax. Afterwards, things take a turn for the better: homemade pasta with lobster, duck confit, tuna tartar or seafood platter. In short, a refined address where food & wine pairings are a must!

Excellent Italian pasta and kitchen restaurant, right in the centre. The prices are correct, the informal atmosphere. The owners are in the kitchen and the service is of quality. A good address.

This excellent pasta and Italian cuisine restaurant is centrally located on the square. Against a background of Latin music, the friendly and smiling staff offer a quality menu with correct prices. Here, it is the owners who are in the kitchen and who ensure the complete satisfaction of your stomachs. The pizzas are very good (fortunately they don't skimp on cheese!) the local specialities, such as salmon or hake are there and most of the dishes are homemade. A safe bet in the heart of the city.

This large, bright café with comfortable leather benches offers excellent coffee, a quality lunch menu, delicious breakfasts and a wide choice of homemade beers. At any time of day, take a break and choose what awakens your taste buds: it's simple and it's good. In short, one of our favorite places in Puerto Varas thanks to its multicultural atmosphere and the concerts sometimes on weekends. The nostalgic ones will drink a pastis there! An address where to go with friends for an aperitif or with family to satisfy all appetites.

A great discovery for this restaurant that opened in 2017 and already has an address in Santiago. The large windows overlooking the lake make it an address with an intimate and pleasant atmosphere with only twelve tables. We taste meat and fish and menus are offered at lunchtime only. The wine list is short but good. Very good seafood, fresh and local fish. Don't miss the salmon and its shrimp risotto: a delight! An address to remember for a romantic dinner in love.

A large bar-restaurant which is quite new but which is already enjoying great popularity given the number of locals and foreigners who flock there every evening to drink a homemade beer or taste one of the many Italian-patagon dishes. The building can accommodate more than a hundred people and is ideally located on the lake. Dynamic and friendly service, we often stay longer than expected. A little must if you want to eat and drink well in a lively atmosphere

Next to Dane's coffee, good Chilean picada, offering a snack at low prices.

The best meat restaurant: filet mignon, entrecote, steak and other grilled meats will make the mouth water for lovers of good meat. In a beautiful setting combining the charm of Chilean houses (all wooden with a facade reminiscent of fish scales) with modernity (large windows, bay windows, lights ...). The wine list is well stocked, the service is up to scratch. The little extra: the cooking of the desired meat is always respected, a rare case in Chile! To discover, you'll enjoy it. Don't forget to make a reservation!

Here, the atmosphere is calmer, the dishes are good and hearty and the menu is rather varied. The dishes are homemade and the menu is really cheap for the good portions they offer: try to go there for lunch, you'll eat well and your wallet will thank you! Try the succulent paila marina: here, this soup of crustaceans, molluscs and fish in a Chilean sauce is accompanied by a piece of smoked pork and sausages. Otherwise all the fish is delicious, well sauced and seasoned. A good plan for small budgets.