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Best Cafés in Chile (2026)

Coffee shops, bakeries, tea rooms and dessert spots for breakfast, a light lunch or a break between sights.

6 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Chile

  1. Emporio La Rosa Ice-cream parlour and café, LastarriaOpened in 2001 as a corner grocery on Merced near Parque Forestal, Emporio La Rosa is a well-known artisan ice-cream shop, also serving Chilean lunch dishes.
  2. La Huérfana Specialty coffee and vegetarian café, Santiago CentroA specialty coffee shop with a vegetarian menu inside the restored Palacio Pereira, an 1872 mansion by Lucien Hénault on the corner of Huérfanos and San Martín.
  3. Castillo Forestal French café-brasserie, Parque Forestal / Bellas ArtesA French-inspired 1910 castle at the corner of Parque Forestal, opposite the Fine Arts Museum, now a brasserie serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and cocktails.

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1. Emporio La Rosa

Ice-cream parlour and café$$Lastarria

Opened in 2001 as a corner grocery on Merced near Parque Forestal, Emporio La Rosa is a well-known artisan ice-cream shop, also serving Chilean lunch dishes.

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2. La Huérfana

Specialty coffee and vegetarian café$$Santiago Centro

A specialty coffee shop with a vegetarian menu inside the restored Palacio Pereira, an 1872 mansion by Lucien Hénault on the corner of Huérfanos and San Martín.

View details — La Huérfana

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3. Castillo Forestal

French café-brasserie$$$Parque Forestal / Bellas Artes

A French-inspired 1910 castle at the corner of Parque Forestal, opposite the Fine Arts Museum, now a brasserie serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and cocktails.

View details — Castillo Forestal