El Chipirón — Restaurant in Montevideo

I don’t think 5 stars is enough to such beautiful, welcoming and kind place. I’ve been going since 2017 mostly on Sundays where it’s a bit busier after a well deserved walk between antiques in Feria de Tristan Narvaja. The food is delicious, the staff is beyond the moon, absolutely all my respects to such an incredible chef that handles to deliver everything in a reasonable time being just one person!!! It’s a cozy welcoming place, do not expect a high end restaurant. This is unique, you are a very special guest instead of just a number. Let’s embrace places like these, where you are welcomed and treated with love and respect. The same respect they have to treat each element of your selected dish. I will always recommend it, and people who go are really satisfied. If you are doubting on what to chose, note that the daily recommendations are the best. White wine is always chill and goes very well with the food, and dessert, well they are just delicious. If you go on weekends, remember to make a reservation. It’s important - at least for me - to mention this is a business owned and managed by women. Which makes it even...

After some very meat-heavy days in Buenos Aires we started our time in Uruguay with some lighter - and absolutely delicious - seafood. 👌🏼🤤 My Spanish is not quite good enough to understand everything they offer, so at some point I just kept saying YES to what she was asking… Luckily, I eat everything and everything they served was absolutely delicious, so it seemed as if I couldn’t have gone wrong anyways. 😁 After being chased through the Mercado del Puerto where all tables wer empty and everything looked more like a setup for tourists, hence, this place caught our eyes because it was pretty much a “hole in the wall” kinda place, so we went to explore it and never regretted that...

"Cooking with love feeds your soul" according to the sign hanging below the kitchen pass. And without doubt El Chipiron certainly delivers on this promise. Delicious fresh seafood with a glass of Uruguayan Chardonnay, served in a small and unpretentious dining room located a block from the Port Market. Wonderful service and thank you for speaking English. It was a real pleasure to enjoy our last lunch in Montevideo at your wonderful restaurant. And also such an amazing discovery to find an outstanding seafood restaurant in a city over spilling with meat restaurants (we're not carnivorous so it was...