Doña Tina on Postcard

"Chilean Classics and Santiago's Best Beef Empanadas Want to try hearty, rustic specialties that are considered true Chilean cooking? Look no further. This sprawling place on the outskirts of the city, in the foothills of the Andes, is a winner. Agustina Gómez de Olivares (aka Doña Tina), now 72, started decades ago selling "pan amasado," homemade dimpled bread along the road. Years later, the whole family is involved. She's stickler for seasonality so visit her during the summer months when corn is in season to try the heavenly national dish "pastel de choclo" or "humitas," fresh corn tamales with basil. However, faithful capitalinos make the schlep east for her baked beef empanadas with juicy stuffing. Camino Los Refugios del Arrayán 15125, Lo Barenechea Phone: 56 (2) 2321 6546"

Where to Find Authentic Chilean Cuisine in Santiago

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"Chilean Classics and Santiago's Best Beef Empanadas Want to try hearty, rustic specialties that are considered true Chilean cooking? Look no further. This sprawling place on the outskirts of the city, in the foothills of the Andes, is a winner. Agustina Gómez de Olivares (aka Doña Tina), now 72, started decades ago selling "pan amasado," homemade dimpled bread along the road. Years later, the whole family is involved. She's stickler for seasonality so visit her during the summer months when corn is in season to try the heavenly national dish "pastel de choclo" or "humitas," fresh corn tamales with basil. However, faithful capitalinos make the schlep east for her baked beef empanadas with juicy stuffing. Camino Los Refugios del Arrayán 15125, Lo Barenechea Phone: 56 (2) 2321 6546"

If You Only Have Three Days in Santiago

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Arwyn Bailey

Google

The story behind this restaurant is news in itself. Doña Tina, the founder, started out by selling bread on the street. It is a familiar sight seeing bread sellers on the street and at traffic lights plying their wares in and around Santiago, and many other smaller towns. The difference with Doña Tina is that she went on to found this well known restaurant and became known for her high quality cuisine. Sadly she passed away recently. The restaurant lives up to her legacy and continues to serve up great tasting food. The broth dishes are delicious, as is the beef that I ordered. No one in our party was able to fault the taste and the portions are more than ample. The staff are friendly. The ambience is great. We sat underneath the reed canopy and had the mountains as the backdrop. It was an idyllic venue for our last eating out experience in this wonderful country for this trip.

Paz Roqué

Google

Typical Chilean food. Good relationship price quality. The fries and lomo al pil pil were great. The area of the restaurant is nice. There’s no smoking in the restaurant.

lesley stones

Google

An impressive place. It’s large and lively, and has the most efficient staff I’ve encountered in Chile so far. Our food and drinks arrived really quickly and the portions were generous. Tasty too.

David J Lee

Google

Great restaurant to try classic Chilean dishes... The restaurant is ran by family members. Tight ship. I highly recommend.

Ivan Vera

Google

Considering the place is within Santiago, price are really affordables, good quality, nice variety (meat soup - cazuela, corn cake - pastel de choclo, empanadas), the place, the vibe, the atmosphere are awesome. It's a good example about Chilean country side style (very simple). Specially the people who serves, they are really warm. (But, if you are looking something more sophisticated, maybe isn't for you)

carlos .parrague

Google

Best traditional Chilean food! Empanadas, pastel de choclo, puré, ….. Pisco sour! Nostalgic songs by live group Great atmosphere Very friendly staff Great service!

Eric Decoster

Google

This is a place I have known since the early 80's. I still enjoy visiting when in Santiago, and it did not disappoint me this time around either. The recipe is simple, good authentic Chilean food, rising from its roots within proud people.

Pablo Yanez

Google

On my last day in Chile we did spent most of the day hiking and we capped it off with dinner at Doña Tina. Awesome local food & great service!! We stayed until they were ready to close and walked out very satisfied. Only problem is that I had unknowingly left $2K of camera equipment behind. Good thing the fantastic waiter ran out to catch us and hand me my camera. They'd get seven stars if I could.

Arwyn Bailey

Google

The story behind this restaurant is news in itself. Doña Tina, the founder, started out by selling bread on the street. It is a familiar sight seeing bread sellers on the street and at traffic lights plying their wares in and around Santiago, and many other smaller towns. The difference with Doña Tina is that she went on to found this well known restaurant and became known for her high quality cuisine. Sadly she passed away recently. The restaurant lives up to her legacy and continues to serve up great tasting food. The broth dishes are delicious, as is the beef that I ordered. No one in our party was able to fault the taste and the portions are more than ample. The staff are friendly. The ambience is great. We sat underneath the reed canopy and had the mountains as the backdrop. It was an idyllic venue for our last eating out experience in this wonderful country for this trip.

Paz Roqué

Google

Typical Chilean food. Good relationship price quality. The fries and lomo al pil pil were great. The area of the restaurant is nice. There’s no smoking in the restaurant.

lesley stones

Google

An impressive place. It’s large and lively, and has the most efficient staff I’ve encountered in Chile so far. Our food and drinks arrived really quickly and the portions were generous. Tasty too.

David J Lee

Google

Great restaurant to try classic Chilean dishes... The restaurant is ran by family members. Tight ship. I highly recommend.

Ivan Vera

Google

Considering the place is within Santiago, price are really affordables, good quality, nice variety (meat soup - cazuela, corn cake - pastel de choclo, empanadas), the place, the vibe, the atmosphere are awesome. It's a good example about Chilean country side style (very simple). Specially the people who serves, they are really warm. (But, if you are looking something more sophisticated, maybe isn't for you)

carlos .parrague

Google

Best traditional Chilean food! Empanadas, pastel de choclo, puré, ….. Pisco sour! Nostalgic songs by live group Great atmosphere Very friendly staff Great service!

Eric Decoster

Google

This is a place I have known since the early 80's. I still enjoy visiting when in Santiago, and it did not disappoint me this time around either. The recipe is simple, good authentic Chilean food, rising from its roots within proud people.

Pablo Yanez

Google

On my last day in Chile we did spent most of the day hiking and we capped it off with dinner at Doña Tina. Awesome local food & great service!! We stayed until they were ready to close and walked out very satisfied. Only problem is that I had unknowingly left $2K of camera equipment behind. Good thing the fantastic waiter ran out to catch us and hand me my camera. They'd get seven stars if I could.

Sarah M.

Yelp

While visiting some friends in Chile they brought us to Doña Time to experience some authentic Chilean cuisine. Doña Tina is something of a celebrity in Chile, so it was cool that we got to meet her in the way out. The restaurant itself is located outside the main bustle of Santiago and has a cool treehouse outdoorsy kind of vibe. While the bathrooms were not very clean, it was incredibly busy as we were there during the national holiday in September. There are dancers that come around every so often and dance the cueca, and there are also guitar players that will serenade you (don't forget to tip them!) As for the food, it was very good. I had the chicken soup, which was basically half a chicken in broth with pumpkin and some other vegetables. Other than the fact that I had to deconstruct my own chicken, it was excellent. Almost everyone else loved their food too, although some of the American were unused to the portion sizes (shocking, right?). The bread and butter/jam/spreads were also excellent.

Ralph K.

Yelp

A cool drive to a nice, less touristy area took us here to this spot with huge portions and seemingly authentic cuisine. It was solid, especially the lucuma cake, but not worth a haul.

Juanito B.

Yelp

We took a friend from USA/Mexico that was visiting us in Chile... and we were pleasantly surprised... the service was great, food was delicious, and, the icing on the cake were the roaming guitarists and, not to mention, when the owner, Doña Tina passed by our table and welcomed us. Highly recommend!

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