Aquí Está Coco

Do you like to spend hard in good food experience? Well, this place is for you! Service is upscale and food? Will invite you to do a journey on the best seafood of Chile. Suggest to order different options so you can try the best of the menu with your group. There are good wine options as well, so be prepared for a great experience!!

Fantastic, fresh seafood in light dishes that let it shine. Had the octopus carpaccio and Barcelona hake on the server's recommendation. Both were amazing. The dessert (Grandma's cake) was a little too sweet for me, but still a great meal.

What a hidden gem in the great city of Santiago. The inside of the restaurant is decorated as a ship and each seating area is semi private. Food was excellent!

Please get reservations before you arrive. Great local restaurant for Chilean Experience. Lots of great seafood! The atmosphere is excellent and restaurant is beautiful.

Food is decent at best. Not much creativity in the dishes. Prices very exorbitant especially for the quality of the food. I'm sure there are much better places in Santiago. No idea where all these good reviews are coming from. Given the high percentage of foreigners guessing high trip advisor reviews?

What an awesome food we had at this place. The place to go for seafood in Santiago. You won’t regret it. The place is gorgeous and was built up with taste and love. All dishes are delicious and the service is impeccable. Try it and don’t forget to reserve a table :-)

Fantastic. The place is superb, everything from the decor to the food. We were seated in the cava where they only have tables for two. It's a bit of a squeeze so you are on top of your neighbors, not my preference, but I moved past it. The prices are on the higher end but the portion is good and the quality is obviously high in ingredients and preparation.

The place is very beautiful and it's one of the best restaurant in Santiago where you can eat fish. The service is formal and prices little bit high

Amazing seafood place in Santiago, definitely recommend that you give it a try when you are in town. The restaurant socialize in local seafood from Patagonia, the most popular is the whole king crab. There are two options, whole king crab for two or king crab for four. I think the price is pretty reasonable and the crab is fresh and delicious. I also ordered the sea urchin cold dish there's a huge amount for $25. Also try their scallops and shrimps.

Visiting from Miami. Service is genuine and truly friendly professional. The Pisco Sour is solid but not spectacular. Had two Catedral and was OK. The Ceviche is good as well as the Ostiones Chalaca. The Centolla was not fresh; even after requesting butter draw was tasteless and felt previously frozen. Sadly we get better King Crab at our local Costco in Miami. We ordered a Congrio afterwards that was delicious and the Torta de Abuela was truly tasty. We appreciate the details of our great server, Daniel Carter and the rest of the team, but management needs to upgrade its ingredients. We spent some $280 USD including a generous Tip, but the food is not at the level of the Service nor their reputation. Looking forward to improvements. We had a good time due to the staff.

Very traditional restaurant in Santiago, but with a new location within the main gastronomic street from Santiago, In Vitacura. Amazing seafood options and unique Chilean dishes. They also can offer Centolla, which is incredible, but you should confirm in advance. The wine menu is excellent also, with traditional strains such as Carmenere, Malbec, and Sauvignon Blanc, but also other interesting options such as Carignan, Risling. Service was not bad but could be better.

Coco Pacheco is back ! after a fire in the old providencia neighborhood , la Concepcion where Coco restaurant was for many year a fore broke , a pandemic broke and all a new start for Coco who loves his traditions in Chilean typical dishes , king crab is always good and expensive but there is better place for that in Santiago , son do your reasech and for respect to Coco it quality of the food and wine selection plus the services that makes the difference

Absolutely incredible. I will remember this my entire life. Fun place too! Got off Celebrity Cruise ship and this was wonderful. I was spoiled and this made the cruise ship look bad! Really really good!!

Went here for the King Crab per recommendations of fellow travelers. Unfortunately they were out of King Crab for One, so instead of walking out I ordered the whole King Crab which is way too much for one person. Super delicious served with warm butter and a variety of sauces that I didn't try. Didn't even touch the bread much less order anything other than a Coke to drink. Even at about $150 USD, this is 1/3 cheaper than what we pay back in the US. Service is exceptional and had no problem in English. Tip was included in the final bill which you can choose to pay or not pay.

The pisco sour in this restaurant was amazing, so what's the food and the service, it's a bit pricey but apparently it's owned by a very famous chef here in Chile, reservations are highly suggested specially for late night dinners, if in Santiago I highly recommend it even though mine were business dinners it is also very intimate ambience in case you are coming with that special someone.

After many years of traveling, i can honestly say this is one of the best seafood restaurants i have ever been to. We came here as a large group for a company outing. The ambiance: I will say it was a bit odd, some styling murals, some modern, some older, large wooden ships, nothing really "matched", some jungle motif, the craziness worked though. The service: Top notch, from the moment we walked in until the moment we left, there was never a moment where we had to call for anything. The drinks: I mainly had pisco sours, and they were fantastic. Whatever wine we chose was also phenomenal. The seafood: This is what earns it it's 5 stars (and beyond if i could). I tried the clams, prawn, mixed Chilean seafood dish, and some other appetizers. They were out of this world, all so fresh and among the best i ever ate. The dessert was creme brulee and delicious, but really the seafood mad this place worthwhile. If you are in Santiago it is a can't miss.

Was recommended this restaurant by our hotel to celebrate my birthday. We were a little hesitant as sometimes the restaurants that are hotel recommended are pure hype. As you approach the outside it looks like a fancy house in Beverly Hills and then you enter and the decor is unique and very stylish. We sat downstairs in one of the wine cellars, the tables are on top of each other so beware there is no privacy and you will be hearing your neighbor's conversations. We started off with a bottle of wine which their wine list is over priced but we kinda knew that coming in. Started off with the ceviche and the fresh crab meat appetizer which was a fun presentation and even took the crab back to scrap the meat out of the crab legs! Then we got the trucha with tomato (had no flavor) so then we ordered the other trucha with shrimp which was better but oily. I was really hoping to get some fish on the grill but I settled. They could improve their service as it takes them awhile to bring your water and refill your drinks. What I really loved about this place was the ambience from the bathrooms to the underground wine cave, they have it nailed down! I would recommend just to have a drink and an appetizer here to enjoy the ambience

The place is decent for family and business dining. Professional service. Food is great. The reason I gave 4 stars is because I ordered a grilled fish and it was not well done at first time. It was median raw at most. Probably the cook was too busy that night.

Wow this is probably one of the best restaurants in santiago. The theme of the restaurant js all about sustainable seafood and the place itself is a piece of art. The food we got was delicious and the price, although it is a bit high, is very reasonable. The hot appetizer scallop was delicious with curry powder sauce and coconut The main course. Forget your diet was a bit of a let down. Looks like american fast food to me with fried conger eel, papa fritas and sunny side up. Wish they could be more creative or at least present it more prettier The chilean crab pie was delicious! The dessert we got were the grandmother cake which is like dulce de leche mille feuille and I got the iced meringue cake with lucuma cream which was kind of interesting but not as blown away as the food Service was great :)

Dinner at Aquí Esta Coco (on 10/15/15) was a great welcome to the seafood cusine the country has to offer. Service was great and waiters were kind. You felt appreciated. I had the salmon app (Salmon Marinado en Casa) and the salmon entree (Salmon Oriental) and I would order it again.

We had dinner last night. I had grouper grilled with butter and white rice, the fish was wonderful. My wife had salmon and asparagus, which was also very good. We were disappointed in the squash and potatoes dish, could not taste or find the squash in the dish. Overall the restaurant is very pretty (looks like the inside of a boat) and service is adequate, we know very little Spanish, and the personnel's very little conversational English. A warning however, the floors are very very highly polished, and slippery. The stairs do not have adequate rails and I fell flat on my face going down the stairs before dinner. The staff was very caring, but the fall ruined my dinner experience and actually my last days in Santiago and our flight home.

Excellent restaurant awesome king crab, ceviche, jaiba cake , desserts. Food is 5 stars The only complain I Have is that the waiter keep giving us water without asking ( my kids had soda but he gave them water anyways) we were charge for 3 1/2 water bottles we never asked for We also had pisco souer which was really good and we were charged catedral ? The waiter was very sketchy and kept talking only to my husband since he was the foreign person at the table. Check came and obviously my husband just paid without questioning. He also told my husband to give more tip that it was stated on the receipt. We would have if he was honest ,in fact we did at other restaurants In Santiago. Coco that kind of waiter will keep people away :(

The seafood dishes were delectable! We had a large group, and the restaurant service was fairly quick. The prices are high and the portion sizes are average. If you're looking for something high end, this is a nice spot. The reason why I'm giving this 3 stars instead of 4 is because payment was chaotic. We tried to pay separately, which caused some issues. The whole payment process took about 30-40 minutes.

I had the wonderful opportunity to visit this restaurant. The decor is beautiful the service impeccable and the food sublime. I am sorry I don't have any pictures of all the wonderful things we tried but it was a business dinner with company upper management and I didn't want to look unprofessional snapping pictures of the food in front of them.

Had a great dinner here. Being as it was the day after Christmas we had the place to ourselves. Seafood was excellent and fresh. Really loved the decor as well. Highly recommended.

The food here was good enough but I have to say that all the foreigners having been brought up to the restaurant's second floor really put us off. There wasn't a single local upstairs and whatever the quality of the food or service, it made us feel like we were eating in a cafeteria. There is absolutely no atmosphere upstairs, whereas downstairs looked warm and cozy. Very disappointed.

Good, fresh seafood at reasonable prices. We stopped by without a reservation on a Friday evening, and we split the the ceviche sampler as a starter, which was very fresh and had nice, different flavors for each of the four types of ceviche. We also had the mussels and cheese dish, some seafood mac and cheese, and a assorted seafood dish. In general, the seafood was fresh and tasty, although I wish there had been non-wine options presented for drinks. In general, the food quality was quite good, and I'd recommend it for fresh seafood.

We were told this is the spot for Santiagos best seafood. It was a beautiful restaurant. So much character. Funny, how service can skew the whole experience. I would like to chalk it up to language barrier, because this place seemed special locally revered. We just had a hard time. We ordered two glasses of chard to start. It came out a dark Carmel color and the nose was instantly recognizable as a way way old bottle. I tried to explain and the server became very defensive, saying there's nothing wrong with the wine( loudly). I agreed, explaining that we just don't prefer older chards... then ordered a red!! The fish was fresh and simply presented-- nothing fussy. Very good.

Our second night in this glorious city brought us to this sublime restaurant by glowing praise from the hotel staff, locals, abd even our cab driver. Originally we found it highly recommended on yelp and were delighted that everyone we talked to agreed. So we took the yelped advice and made our reservation a day ahead. As with most restaurants in Chile, its a good idea to book a table beforehand. Basically you will have the table all night and they don't rush you around. Quite the opposite so sit back and enjoy the scenes and amazing wine of the region. At Coco, dinner doesn't start till 8 so we made our table for that time with plans on staying all night. We did just that. We arrived at 8 and there was already a group waiting outside for the doors to open. They were all locals so we took this as a very good sign. Once we entered they brought us upstairs to our perfect table. The decor is dark wood and a bit native mixed with nautical elements, reminder of their special seafood. It was truly stunning, romantic and fun at the same time. The service was 5 star, and the food and wine were even beyond. We had two local red wines, one syrah and one cab. Both were insanely good. For starters we went with the recommendation of the server and after the successful course; we let him bring us whatever he wanted through the night. I had salad, scallops, hake, and a lemon dessert. My husband loved his shrimps cooked in spicy oil the most. Honestly it was sad to leave and I will always remember this lovely venue with its extraordinary food and wine. Yelp did not let us down so thank you fellow yelpers! !

My family came here for a table of 12 and the service was awesome. First I ordered calamari and it was super yummy. Second my dad ordered some locos and they were spectacular my mom also thought that they were perfect. Third my mom consomé de carne it felt warm and good in her stomach El Ryder

Make sure you get a reservation. We had a big group of 14 people but the wait staff were excellent! My husband and I had the King crab for one and Ceviche for appetizers and it was delicious and very fresh fish. For dinner I had the Angelmo Bass which was wonderful!. It was kind of like a stew with mushrooms, broth, potatoes etc. My husband had the Abalone Risotto and it was very flavorful and the abalone was cooked perfect! We shared lemon mousse for dessert and that was wonderfully light and the right kind of sweetness. The place had a very cool atmosphere with this big fish over the bar.

Excellent service and food. The waiters are very gracious, caring and responsive. Nice location outdoors.

The food and service was superb. We were lucky to get a table without a reservation on a Wednesday night. Would definitely go back.

Great decor and service as well. Even though I am not a big fan of seafood that didn't really matter when I was there because I couldn't take my eyes of the decoration, and the service was really good. My father who IS a big seafood fan would rate this place 10 stars if he could because according to him the food was delicious. (It's also very reasonable in terms of cost)

This restaurant is closed every year for the month of February. Is need to say this again in order for Yelp to acceot this review

Just horrible. Could not deliver meals at same time and didn't care. What happened - we didn't eat. Many other choices in the city - suggest taking them.

This restaurant is great with their sauces. We went there twice for dinner. They are generous with crab. Service can be a bit snooty. They charge too much for water. We had delicious spinach crepe with crab, seafood ceviche, salmon with asparagus, baked sea bass wrapped in aluminum foil, crab pie (recommend the spinach pie with crab instead), conger eel, shrimps in delicious pil-pil sauce. Excellent desserts - coconut flan, grandma's thousand layer cake with manjar. We also had gateau basque (dessert) which was alright.

Believe the hype. It is as good - if not better - than the reviews you see here and elsewhere. It is kind of an unassuming location, but the food and service are impeccable.

Went here for work dinner. Way cool atmosphere, and great service. Had the conger eel stew, and it was amazing! No doubt I'll come back to Aquí Está Coco next time I'm in Santiago.

Come here for your fancy night out! It's expensive by Chilean standards, but the seafood is AMAZING. It is true that the portions are not particularly large by American standards as some others have noted, but it was plenty for us to eat and left room for their really yummy deserts. Note that you will need to ask specifically for tap water if you don't want to wind up paying $10 for water without realizing it! This is true at other high end restaurants as well, but we didn't realize it at the time.

Aqui Esta Coco is one of the most famous restaurants in Chile. Yes, it is a tad on the touristy side, but it is nevertheless a must-try for any foodie paying a visit or local who has not tried it. My party did not have a reservation the night that we went (a Friday night, incidentally); however, we arrived early enough (around 7pm or so) that we were able to secure a table for a party of seven before the dinner rush began. If you plan on arriving later than we did, I highly recommend making a reservation as, shortly after we arrived, the restaurant was buzzing. Similar to other reviewers' comments, the first thing you notice when you step inside is the zany decor: A mix of rustic wooden and glass elements with a pacific, tropical theme, peppered with vegetation and all manner of art pieces and nautical antiques. Also, I won't spoil the surprise but, if you like art & humor, make sure you pay the bathroom a visit before you leave. After a warm reception at the door and being escorted to a large circular, corner table, our party of seven was immediately greeted by our waiter and offered beverages. The service here is superb, and very friendly. As our waiter took our drinks order, the wait staff brought us fresh bread with butter and a hard-to-describe citrus-like dipping sauce (which is outstanding). To open with, we ordered a round of Pisco Sours (a must-do when in Chile or Peru) and a four-part ceviche appetizer consisting of two kinds of shrimp and octopus. Both were superb. Honestly, I could have just eaten more ceviche and bypassed the mains. As for the Pisco Sours, they were so good we opted to bypass a bottle of wine that evening and just keep ordering Piscos instead. Unfortunately, my main was a bit of a step down from there. The Congrio I ordered - a combination of a Red Conger fish filet served under a mound of octopus and other seafood and potatoes - while delicious, lacked the wow factor of not only the opening ceviche appetizer, but that of the rest of my party's orders as well (at least, the ones I tasted). Among other things, I recall the octopus pieces being just a tad too chewy for my taste (and i love octopus!). Again, it was "good" but it did not live up to the restaurant's other strong attributes: venue, energy, service, etc. I certainly would not order it again. Regrettably, I can't comment on dessert because, by the time we finished our mains, the entire table was stuffed. Bottom line: Definitely a place to try, if for no other reason than the fact that it is a staple of the Santiago culinary scene and anyone you speak with there knows of it and has likely been there. The decor, service, and energy level get high marks but, in my case, my lackluster Congrio main course forces me to take one star off the top. I plan on going back the next time I am in Santiago and will update my review when I do.

This place is pretty much about seafood - something I was looking for . The interior is interesting - wood floors and ceilings with some cool design. The food was ok but not excellent. I had the empanadas de mariscos: these come deep fried instead of baked which overshadows the subtle flavor of the filling. As an entree I had the centolla tart which was a little greasy. Liked the salad (palmito, tomatoes, avocado). For desert I chose the chocolate mousse which was neither very chocolaty - and served far too cold. I accompanied the food with a Chilean Pinot noir - also served too cold. The service is friendly for Chilean standards but I was seated at a table close to the kitchen - the waiters would pile up dirty plates and cutlery next to my table - without taking any notice of me. It was so unpleasant - especially noisy- that I asked to be reseated. A good but not memorable experience.

How I love this restaurant! To begin with, the ambiance is slightly funky and totally cool. It's a visual delight from the moment you walk through the door. Coco is obviously a strangely wonderful person. Show me more :-) The seafood dishes in this restaurant are insanely good. In fact, everything I've had there has been insanely good- perfectly prepared and plated to perfection. Yum. And the service is perfect, too. Everything about this place is perfect. Make reservations. Also, dress nicely, because this is not a casual dining restaurant. Upscale all the way, but not pretentious. My only disappointment has been that Coco has never been there!

Not too expensive, great seafood, close to our hotel (Sheraton Santiago - ~15 minute walk).

Dear Coco, Don'change anything to your restaurant, it's excellent. Everything deserves 5 stars. The decoration and ambiance are sophisticated, pleasant and very maritime. My favorite part was a porthole shaped window incrusted in the porch, where you see a glimpse of their wine cellar. The food was exceptional. I recommend you do not stop in Santiago without visiting Aqui Esta Coco, but make sure to reserve ahead. We had the scallops in parmesan cheese to start, which was delicious with coupes of champagne. Next we had the the sea bass with salmon and the chilean seafood mix. Both of those dishes were incredibly good. The flavors were delicate, and enhanced, not taken over, by the spices and seasoning. Plating was beautiful. Not a single thing amiss. We ended the meal on a beautiful note, with the Torta de la Abuela, a kind of Millefeuille with dulce de leche and a scoop of ice cream. I'm running our of synonyms for delicious, but you get the idea. Finally, the service was impeccable. Henry, our waiter, only needed a glance to understand we needed something. He was always discreet and helpful, and provided recommendations when we asked him. I strongly recommend anyone to try this place. Don't forget to dress up though.

We were recommended to this restaurant by hotel staff. We ate in the outside dining area, which was very pleasant. The bread was mediocre, but our entrées made up for it. I had salmon, which was excellent. We ordered creamed spinach, which was the best I've ever eaten. The osso bucco, although tasty, was somewhat tough. Service was rather slow. Wait staff was very attentive.Portion sizes were huge, and I would suggest ordering one entrée to split with several sides or appetizers

This was a fantastic seafood restaurant. We travel extensively and this is up there with a favorite in Barcelona. The wine list is all Chilean and perfect to pair with their seafood dishes. The sampler for appetizer for 2 had crab claws. Shrimp. Scallops, smoked salmon, ceviche. Salmon stew. Giant mussels. The grouper merlot was delicious served over artichoke hearts. The conger Eel was delicious served over corn cake with pesto. No room for dessert.

Gorgeous setting - nice outdoor area - really good eats. The best was the fresh seafood and interesting and tasty desserts.

Best meal I had in Santiago. Had salmon tartare and eel. Very good. I would highly recommend this.

This is the best meal I've ever had in my whole life. My husband and I wandered over hear during our November honeymoon and sat outside on a mildly chilly evening. It was perfectly cozy with the fires going, the atmosphere was lively and pleasant, and the service was impeccable. We tried all kinds of seafood dishes (so much I honestly can't even remember) and everything knocked our socks off. Terrific restaurant and will definitely return if we ever get the chance.

Every time I get to Santiago, I always eat here. I was lucky to first eat here after the were open and dug out the cellar. What a collection of old wines were found. The food is always great and the service very good. It is not easy to get a reservation but please persist.

Super solid seafood place, I was really impressed with the scallops- they were very fresh and prepared perfectly. We got the tiradito appetizer and then each ordered a different main fish entree and all of the fish was fresh and high quality. Service was a bit slow for my liking though I am not sure if that is just how things work in chile. Prices are very reasonable. Would come back again.

Aqui Esta Coco Restaurante is owned by prominent and famous Jorge Coco Pacheco. This eclectic restaurant not only serves some of the city's freshest seafood, but it's also a fun place to dine. The menu focuses on dishes that breathes the sea with fresh fish and seafood traditional without ignoring classical approaches in meats. An oversize menu offers every kind of seafood available in Chile, including hake, swordfish, cod, sea bass, tuna, and shellfish, and a host of tantalizing seafood appetizers such as crab cakes or broiled scallops in a barnacle sauce.

Delicious seafood in a nice setting with tasty sauces to provide aspects of traditional Chilean dishes in a modern atmosphere. One of the most well known restaurants in Chile.

What a terrific find thanks to the concierge at our hotel. Great ambiance, great service and awesome food. If you're a fish lover you must try this when in Santiago. Calamari, grilled prawns, oriental salmon and trout which was to die for. We loved this place. You pay for your thrills but you're on vacation so enjoy.

This was the worst restaurant during our trip to Santiago, Chile. While a lot of the reviews were excellent, and we were told by other people who had been to Santiago to dine here, we were very disappointed. The service was bad and the food was worst. We dined here our first night in Santiago Chile. We ordered our wine and meal, during the ordering process I had asked the waiter which was better - the crab crepes or the grouper; the other person ordered the sea bass. The waiter said the grouper was recommended, so I ordered it. We also ordered an appetizer, then the crab crepes came and he said it was a starter. I told him that I had ordered the grouper and not the crepes and he took it away. When he brought the meal, he brought the sea bass and the crepes again. He then claimed that he did not speak English, I looked for a manager and no one was to be found. So I ate the crepes which were nothing special. The sea bass was barely warm, not hot at all and very oily. It was wrapped in foil like a campfire dinner - sea bass, potatoes and onions. The sea bass was taken out of the foil and the foil was on the bread plate - another waiter came by and removed it from the plate. Our waiter was horrible and he did not listen to our order. No grouper ever arrived and he brought the crepes out again for my order. I would not recommend this place and would not go back here again.