The Restaurant
Casa Las Cujas opened on Av. Alonso de Córdova in Vitacura in 2018, the second venue from the Raide brothers — Christian and Sebastián, the team behind the long-running coastal restaurant in Cachagua named after the hidden Las Cujas beach there. The Santiago room moved the project from a seasonal beach kitchen to a year-round fine-dining destination, and the trajectory has been steep: a Latin America's 50 Best debut at #72 in 2024, then a climb to #14 in 2025 — one of the largest single-year jumps on the entire list. The room is intimate at fifty covers across two levels, with a marble crudo bar at the entrance, exposed-brick walls hung with contemporary Chilean artwork, and an open kitchen at the back that the chef-owners work most services.
The cuisine is contemporary Chilean seafood with an unwavering commitment to artisanal Pacific fishing — the kitchen's relationships with small fishermen along the Chilean coast (from Tongoy in the north to Quellón in Chiloé in the south) is the operating premise of the menu. Signature dishes include a king-crab tartare with a leche de tigre of green ají and pickled cucumber; a hand-dived Pacific erizo (sea urchin) served on its shell with brown butter and chive oil; a slow-roasted Tongoy corvina with sweet-potato purée and a sauce of mariscos; an oven-baked merluza austral with capers and brown butter; and a hand-cut tagliolini with abalone and sea-buckthorn that has become the kitchen's calling card. The eight-course tasting menu — anchored to that day's catch and adjusted for which fishermen have landed — runs at CLP 145,000.
The wine programme is one of the strongest in Santiago for white wine, with serious depth in Limarí Chardonnay, Casablanca Sauvignon Blanc, and a focused selection of Loire and Burgundy whites; the list also runs about ninety Champagnes that pair cleanly with the raw and chilled programme. Service is captain-led at the international level — the floor team includes English, Portuguese, and conversational French — and the room operates at the unhurried Latin American senior-business pace of three hours for a serious dinner. For visitors to Santiago who want the single best-considered meal in the city this season, Casa Las Cujas is the unambiguous answer.
Why This Is Santiago’s Impress Clients Pick
For impressing clients on a Santiago visit, Casa Las Cujas hits the brief precisely: a recent Latin America's 50 Best ranking gives the room genuine cultural cachet without requiring the difficulty of a Boragó booking; the marble crudo bar at the entrance allows a graceful pre-dinner Champagne setup; the dining room is intimate enough that a four-top conversation never has to compete with the room; the wine list is deep enough to honour a serious bottle; and the Vitacura location keeps the evening within walking distance of the W Santiago, the Mandarin Oriental, and the principal Sanhattan business hotels.
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