Bahía Pilolcura
📍 Antonio Bellet 35, Providencia, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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Google: 4.4 • TripAdvisor: 4
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Located in the heart of Santiago, Bahía Pilolcura is a delightful seafood haven that captures the essence of Chilean culinary tradition. With its unpretentious charm, this restaurant welcomes diners into a unique space that resembles the interior of a fishing boat, accessed via a steep staircase that adds to its character. Reviewers rave about the fresh and expertly prepared seafood, particularly highlighting the crispy seafood empanadas and the flavorful pastel de jaiba. The ambiance strikes a balance between casual and cozy, making it a favorite among locals and visitors alike. With a Google rating of 4.4 and a TripAdvisor rating of 4.0, this eatery is a must-visit for seafood lovers looking for an authentic experience. The restaurant is also dog-friendly, adding to its welcoming atmosphere for all types of diners.
Signature Dishes
- •Seafood empanadas
- •Pastel de jaiba
- •Shrimp cake
- •Whole scallops in the shell
- •Machas parmasean
- •Sea urchin
Overall rating 4.2 / 5 (370 reviews)
Google: 4.4 (205 reviews)
TripAdvisor: 4 (165 reviews)
Customer Reviews
What an interesting place.. very basic in appearance.. and a weird through the floor steep stair entrance to the resaurant area.. The food is great.. not good if you have mobility problems..
Best fish food in town, nice done
One cannot aspire to surpass BusyMary’s review of the place titled “Oh My Goodness”, so let me draw your attention to that canonical text. But if you are lazy to scroll down, don’t just look at the average rating but read reviews and do not expect a restaurant (or show your surprise when you get “inside”). Do not expect anything you are used to at a restaurant (except great food). No credit cards, no internet, no accessibility, no English, no personnel (only the chef and a waitress). It’s a replica of the interior of a fishing boat - without any idealization, cleaning, luxury or safety features. You will literally have to climb down a ladder from a hole in the floor to the tables. This gives you one thing: fresh and very well prepared seafood. For that they may well be hoity about.
We arrived at around 6:30pm and they were closed, fortunately the waitress saw us outside and opened the door to inform us that they were eating dinner and would be re-opening around 7:45pm. She took our reservation and we walked around the neighborhood for an hour because I really wanted to experience this place. As others have posted, you walk into the storefront where there is seafood for sale, go back behind a wall and freezers and then down the very vertical submarine stairs/ladder (I turned around and went down backwards to avoid hitting my head). I must agree with one of the recent reviews on here by Gonzalo H, the waitress does not make much of an effort to make you feel comfortable and is really blunt with her remarks, however; the food was so good and the atmosphere so unique that I did not want to mark my rating down. Hopefully they can give were some customer service training. Best pastel de jaiba I have ever had, HANDS DOWN!