Café Artimaña — Restaurant in Puerto Natales

Before we could even enter, an employee started closing the door in my husband’s face saying they were full. My husband politely asked how long the wait was and the man said an hour, and shut the door. This was at 3:00 pm - a really random and long turn over time for a table at that time of day and with no line. As we stood outside deciding on alternate plans, another couple who didn’t seem like tourists, arrived and they were not turned away. They didn’t seem to have a prior arrangement as their body language suggested that they were curious to seating availability also. Maybe the waiter was fed up with tourists, who knows but if that’s the case, don’t work in a tourist town. We weren’t rude or aggressive, we simply opened the door to enter the establishment. Really weird experience and not at all a reflection of all the other amazing restaurants that we have gone to during our time...

My search for Chilean kombucha in Puerto Natales led me here (unknowingly!). Aside from carrying kombucha, Café Artimaña also makes a mean mushroom gnocchi with the most delicate shredded cheese on top. The Patagonian restaurants get pasta perfectly—flavorful and full-bodied without an over-dependence on cream and/or butter. Service was attentive and speed of the meal was as expected in comparison to other restaurants I visited. I tried to visit here once without enough cash on me and it was definitely worth it to stop in at the end of my trip. Also nice that the restaurant is open on Sunday when a lot of...

This place is phenomenal. I got a freshly squeezed pineapple juice that I swear they were juicing in the back- incredible. Then they brought out a bread starter with some magical dip/spread that I don’t even know what I was eating but it didn’t matter because it was amazing. THEN FOR THE MEAL… if you don’t order the pobre artemana you’re doing yourself a disservice. It’s incredible. Yes some people have said that the service was slow but that’s besides the point… it’s slow because the food is GOOD and FRESH and REAL. I rather my food be slow and delicious and worth it then rushed and a...