Restaurant Rucalaf

5 stars doesn’t do justice to this gem. First of all- it’s just stunning. The decor, the views from the picture window, the ambiance. Then there is the food- a well rounded menu, including Chilean specialties, pastas, seafood, meat, and vegetarian options. The service was also first rate. Generous pours of wine, great cocktails. A truly memorable meal.

We got it recommended by our host and it’s been definitely worth it. Got there at around 6pm and found a table without reservation…got pretty crowded at around seven, so I guess we’ve been lucky. Food variety was plenty and lots of fresh seafood dishes. We’ve been greeted friendly and even though my Spanish is near to nothing the waitress tried her best to explain the dishes and give recommendations. Everything we had from starter to dessert was delicious and super nice organized on the plates. The whole atmosphere was welcoming and warm. I would definitely recommend it to everyone.

No doubt this is one of the best restaurants on the island. Food has an amazing Chiloé fusion, with very distinctive features. There's cerveza artesanal to try, I strongly recommend it. Although the food is awesome, this year there was a lot of dishes missing on the menu and it was not as good as the year before. I hope it was just a one time thing.

Fantastic Chilean food ordered from a chalk board, traditional recipes using locally caught seafood and shellfish. Was a really good experience washed down with a good selection of wine sold by the glass or bottle. Really nice staff, willing to assist with our lack of Spanish.

I don’t know why this review keeps disappearing. Service: What I really don’t like is when people are lying. My boyfriend made a reservation more than one month before Valentine’s. When we arrived they gave us one of worst tables: Directly in front of the bar, loud area, in the middle of everyone. The girl (she has red-ginger girl and something like long earring on her nose) who is working there said that the table next to the window was reserved by someone else before my boyfriend made a reservation, which was not true. The couple which came long after us, didn’t reserve the table after my boyfriend. That couple ordered only one meal to share and left the restaurant. My boyfriend and I had 2 of entrees, 2 main dishes, few drinks and dessert. We complained about the table also to the other girl (with brown hair), she said that she will check and try to arrange something, but later she didn’t give us any response and completely ignored the situation. Anyway, isn’t it common sense that if someone calls more than a month before to make a reservation, that you ensure this person has a good table? Transportation to the restaurant: If you don’t have a car or if you are going to drink alcohol, you have to take a taxi/uber, which is not cheap and might be hard to get. Ambient: A lot of noise. Certainly not adapted for Valentine’s Day. I don’t understand why, at least for Valentine’s Day, they didn’t move the blender in the kitchen or somewhere else, but they were mixing drinks directly next to table where people are eating. I almost couldn’t hear any music because of that and sometimes it would be hard to talk to my partner. I liked the music but in the same time, they were putting music like “Someone like you” by Adele, which I love but is absurd to put sad love songs for Valentine’s. The view of the field is beautiful. For decoration they put a flower on each table. Menu: They have whole menu written directly next to the entrance, but near the table where other people are eating. You must read it there or take a photo, because they don’t have any printed or online menu. It is probably a little bit awkward for the couple which seats next to the menu, and have people standing and reading it. I suggest to the restaurant to create online menu, which can be accessed by QR code. Food: Pricey, good looking, but no special taste. We had: 1. Oysters (9000 clp): It seemed to be fresh, but each oyster was small. It was my favourite food that evening. 2. Sea urchin (13000 clp): Normally, sea urchin has very intense taste. In case of this restaurant, I couldn’t feel any taste. The problem was that ceviche was too strong to put sea urchin in it. Ceviche liquid was great, but we paid to taste sea urchin which we couldn’t. Maybe they should change the way of preparation? Also, in the menu it was written “erizos en su caldo” - it was not written it would come as an actual ceviche. 3. Salmon ravioli (15500 clp): Ok taste, nothing special. 4. Wild boar (18000 clp): Meat was dry. Too less sauce. 5. Cheesecake: Doesn’t taste like a cheesecake. Didn’t really have any taste. Nice design. Drink: Wine was good.

Prices are on the upper range at this great restaurant. The ambient is well decorated and the view is amazing from every table the dishes that change every other day are well prepared and very tasty. We had gnocchi and octopus, which were both very nice and prepared to perfection, the desert, a rosemary, crème brûlée, was also excellent, and the staff is very kind.

Nice location near green fields with sheep. Close to road. Very nice decoration. Tasty food

At $15 this was the most expensive ceviche I've ever had in South America, so i thought maybe it will be big or very good but no. Starter size and the fish wasn't very high quality. Should be maybe $8 even at this kind of place. But why sell it for 8 if you can sell for 15 right? No wifi, just for themselves.