Santiago
The new natural-wine and craft-cocktail neighbourhood east of Providencia. Converted warehouses, design-conscious rooms, and a younger crowd. Save this neighbourhood guide before your next night in Santiago.
Bellas Artes · $$
Heritage Chilean bar-restaurant from 1979.
Lastarria · $$$
Pisco-only bar with both Chilean and Peruvian piscos and a serious tasting programme.
Centro · $
Heritage dive bar from 1922.
Providencia · $$
Cocktail bar attached to the satirical newspaper of the same name.
Providencia · $$$
Modern Chilean cocktail bar with a dressed-up evening crowd.
Barrio Italia · $$
Author cocktails built from Chilean regional preserves in a restored Condell house. The Mestizo runs CLP 6,200.
Barrio Italia · $
The neighbourhood rock institution since 1996. Two stages, vinyl only DJ sets, and piscolas in 350 ml glasses.
Barrio Italia · $
Chile's first feminist bar, vegan menu and all. Pouring its last rounds on June 12, 2026.
You'll find Cocktail Bars, Craft Beer and Hidden Gems here, all tightly clustered enough to walk between in a single evening. That's the value of a neighbourhood guide: pick a starting room, end up four bars in, and never get in a cab. Every recommendation below is independent — barsforKings doesn't take payment for editorial placement, ever.
The order below is a working ranking, not gospel. Read the notes, pick the room that fits the night you're planning, and treat Italia like locals do — start early, walk between rooms, end somewhere quieter than you started.
A working editorial ranking. Walkable in a single evening — pick your starting room and let the neighbourhood do the rest.