Puerto Varas

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.

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!