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Best Cafés in Santiago (2026)

Some of Santiago's most memorable cafés are inside historic buildings. La Huérfana serves specialty coffee and vegetarian food in the restored Palacio Pereira, Justicia Café occupies the old card-catalogue room of the National Library on the Alameda, and Cory, an Austrian pastry shop known for its torta Mozart, sits in a room of the Teatro Municipal decorated with dancers' costumes. The Castillo Forestal, a French-style castle of 1910 opposite the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, serves breakfast, brunch and coffee every day.

For something sweet, Emporio La Rosa's original shop on Merced, opened in 2001, is the place to try ice-cream flavours such as lúcuma and ulmo honey. Specialty coffee fans should head to Puelo Coffee Roasters in Vitacura, which roasts its beans on site and won a Specialty Coffee Association design award in 2025. Many of the central cafés keep office hours and close on Sundays, so check times before planning a weekend visit.

6 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Santiago

  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.

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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