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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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43. Mayta

Contemporary Peruvian$$$$Miraflores

Jaime Pesaque's flagship restaurant on Avenida La Mar in Miraflores, serving refined contemporary Peruvian cooking à la carte and as the ten-course Mayta Experience.

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44. Mocotó

North-eastern Brazilian$$Vila Medeiros

A family restaurant founded in 1973 in São Paulo's north zone, where chef Rodrigo Oliveira turned his father's north-eastern canteen into a Michelin Bib Gourmand favourite.

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45. Mondongo’s

Traditional Antioquian$$El Poblado

A family-run Medellín institution since 1976, famous for its mondongo tripe soup, ajiaco and Antioquian platters, with branches on Calle 10 in El Poblado and Carrera 70 in Laureles.

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46. Balaio IMS

Brazilian backcountry cooking$$Avenida Paulista / Bela Vista

Rodrigo Oliveira's restaurant on the ground floor of the Instituto Moreira Salles, mixing Brazil's regional food cultures with Mocotó classics on Avenida Paulista.

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47. Bar do Mineiro

Traditional Brazilian bar food$$Santa Teresa

A tiled Santa Teresa bar famous for its feijoada pastéis, carne seca and long list of cachaças, a classic stop on the tram route.

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48. El Mercado

Seafood and cebichería$$$Miraflores

Rafael Osterling's lunch-only seafood restaurant in Miraflores, with a courtyard dining room, a cocktail bar and a menu of ceviches, scallops and octopus.

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49. Harry’s Cartagena

Colombian and international$$$Ciudad Amurallada

Bogotá chef Harry Sasson's restaurant inside the Charleston Santa Teresa hotel, serving breakfast to late dinner with Colombian ingredients and Caribbean classics.

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50. Mini-Mal

Regional Colombian$$$Chapinero Alto

A Chapinero Alto restaurant that cooks with ingredients from the Pacific, the Amazon and Cundinamarca to show off Colombia's biodiversity.

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51. Mishiguene

Modern Jewish cuisine$$$Palermo

Tomás Kalika's Palermo restaurant reinventing the Jewish immigrant cooking of his grandmother's generation, famous for its ten-day pastrami.

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52. Pachapapa

Traditional Cusco cuisine$$San Blas

A San Blas restaurant facing the San Blas church, serving traditional Cusco and Andean dishes in a colonial patio, open daily from noon.

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54. Salón Versalles

Argentine-Colombian café, bakery and restaurant$La Candelaria (Centro)

A downtown restaurant and bakery on the Junín passage, founded in 1961 by Argentine Leonardo Nieto and still serving empanadas, milanesas and pastries at budget prices.

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55. Aquí Está Coco

Seafood restaurant$$$Vitacura

A Santiago seafood restaurant since 1973, now on Nueva Costanera in Vitacura, serving the fresh fish and shellfish of the day with a menu that follows the seasons.

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56. Candé

Traditional Cartagena cuisine with live shows$$$Ciudad Amurallada

A colonial-house restaurant in the historic centre devoted to traditional Cartagena cooking, served with live music, dance and shows recalling the colonial era.

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59. Humo Negro

Colombian izakaya$$$$Chapinero

Chef Jaime Torregrosa's Colombian take on a Japanese izakaya in Chapinero, mixing Latin American, Nordic and Japanese ideas with sustainable Colombian produce.

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