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Best Restaurants in South America (2026)

Places to eat at every budget, from street food and casual local spots to established restaurants and fine dining.

90 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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21. Kjolle

Contemporary Peruvian fine dining$$$$Barranco

Pía León's own restaurant in Barranco, opened in 2018 and ranked second in Latin America in 2025, known for bold, colourful cooking with native Peruvian ingredients.

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22. La Brigada

Traditional parrilla$$$San Telmo

A San Telmo parrilla founded in 1992 by Hugo Echevarrieta, known for beef so tender it is cut with a spoon and a dining room full of football shirts.

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24. Ocio (Oci.Mde)

Contemporary Colombian sharing plates$$$El Poblado

Chef Laura Londoño's El Poblado restaurant, known for slow-cooked sharing plates that blend Asian techniques with Colombian produce, and one of the most-booked tables in the area.

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25. Oteque

Modern Brazilian tasting menu$$$$Botafogo

Alberto Landgraf's Michelin-starred Botafogo restaurant, serving a seasonal tasting menu in a high-ceilinged, brick-walled dining room.

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26. Restaurante 1621

Fine dining, tasting menus$$$$San Diego

The Sofitel Legend Santa Clara's signature restaurant, serving six- and ten-course tasting menus of Colombian ingredients within the walls of a 1621 convent.

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27. Yum Cha

Chinese-Chilean tasting menu$$$$Providencia

A small Providencia restaurant where chef Nicolás Tapia serves a tea-led pescatarian tasting menu fusing Chinese technique and Chilean produce.

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28. A Casa do Porco

Nose-to-tail pork$$República / Centro

Jefferson Rueda and Janaína Torres's downtown restaurant devoted to the whole pig, with pork from their own farm and a place on Latin America's 50 Best list.

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29. Aprazível

Brazilian$$$Santa Teresa

A family-run Brazilian restaurant in the hills of Santa Teresa, with terrace tables under the trees and views across the neighbourhood.

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30. Astrid y Gastón

Contemporary Peruvian$$$$San Isidro

The restaurant that launched Gastón Acurio and Astrid Gutsche in 1994, now in the historic Casa Moreyra hacienda in San Isidro, serving contemporary Peruvian cooking.

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31. Cicciolina

Mediterranean-Andean restaurant and tapas bar$$$Historic Centre

A long-running upstairs restaurant and tapas bar in the historic centre, known for Mediterranean-Andean cooking, handmade pasta and its own café and bakery.

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32. DeMo Magnolia

Contemporary Chilean tasting menu$$$$Santiago Centro

Chef Pedro Chavarría's 15-seat restaurant inside Hotel Magnolia serves a single seasonal tasting menu inspired by the markets and streets of downtown Santiago.

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33. El Obrero

Traditional bodegón$$La Boca

A La Boca bodegón opened in 1954 by two young Spanish brothers to feed port and factory workers, now famous for its huge milanesas and home cooking.

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34. La Cevichería

Ceviche and seafood$$San Diego

A popular seafood restaurant beside the Plaza de San Diego, known for its many ceviches, squid-ink black rice and Caribbean seafood dishes, open daily.

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35. Prudencia

Wood-fired tasting menu$$$$La Candelaria

Chef Mario Rosero's restaurant in La Candelaria, serving a seven-course menu cooked over wood fire that changes every month.

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37. Afluente

Contemporary Colombian (páramo ingredients)$$$$Chapinero Alto

A Chapinero Alto restaurant whose cooking is built on research into Colombia's páramos and water, ranked No. 34 on Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.

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38. Aramburu

Creative tasting menu$$$$Recoleta

Gonzalo Aramburu's two-Michelin-star Recoleta restaurant, serving a single surprise tasting menu built on Argentine ingredients.

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39. Casa Las Cujas

Coastal seafood restaurant$$$$Vitacura

A Vitacura seafood restaurant ranked 14th in Latin America's 50 Best 2025, known for Chiloé oysters, Tongoy scallops and Patagonian king crab.

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