Santiago's signatures run Chilean and Japanese in parallel, with empanada and ramen tied at 8 venues each and completo holding 5. The five-star VFI-A essentials lean bakery first through Veggie Lunch and Pan semilla, then international with Almacén Vegano Ostara, Casa Sanz at Hotel Bidasoa, and Kantu - Cocina Inadaptada. The 10-deep American and Italian lineups carry the broader bench, with Holy Moly on burgers and Pizzabella on pizza.
Ranked by overall rating, signature dish strength, and how much reviewers praise the food. If you only have a weekend, start here.
Must go · #2 Try the plant-based sushi, especially the Murasaki and Tataki Mari rolls
Must go · #5 
Must go · #6 Try the "A$$ Dynamico" sandwich with seitan and guacamole
Must go · #8 Try the vegan ciabatta with white cheese
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Must go · #11 Enjoy the vegan mushroom and pea curry, praised for great flavor and portion
Must go · #12 Order custom cakes for birthdays or special occasions
Must go · #14 Try the vegan sandwich 'Merluzan't' with oyster mushroom tempura and criolla sauce
Must go · #15 Dishes ranked by how well this city's plant-based venues make them, compared to the other 157 cities we track.
8 places worth stopping for empanada
Try the milhojas empanada
Try the pancake cakes and truffle raspberry cake
Order custom cakes for birthdays or special occasions
Try the integral dough empanadas
5 places worth stopping for completo
Try the integral dough empanadas
Try the "A$$ Dynamico" sandwich with seitan and guacamole
Try the seitan sandwich with fungi toppings
Try the vegan completos (hotdogs) praised as the best in Chile
8 places worth stopping for ramen
Try the vegan tantanmen ramen with kimchi and peanuts
Try the vegan miso ramen and vegan Japanese curry
Try the vegan ramen with smoked spicy sauce added
Vegan miso ramen is popular and filling
spinach · Vegan Food Guide All 353 Santiago venues on the map. Filter by what's open, save what you'd return for, get walking directions in two taps.
Completely plant-based kitchens. No swaps, no asking, no surprises.
Try the milhojas empanada
Try the plant-based sushi, especially the Murasaki and Tataki Mari rolls
Try the integral dough empanadas
Try the seitan sandwiches with chimichurri sauce
Mainstream restaurants where the vegan side of the menu is treated seriously.
Try the vegan pad Thai, often praised as one of the best in Santiago
Enjoy the vegan mushroom and pea curry, praised for great flavor and portion
Try the Thai burger and vegan blue cheese burger
Try the Italian vegan completo
Open before 10, good coffee, the kind of place you walk back to on day two.
Weekday fuel and weekend stretches.
Try the milhojas empanada
Try the vegan berlines and babka
Try the integral dough empanadas
Try the seitan sandwiches with chimichurri sauce
Where the coffee is the reason to come.
Ice cream, pastry, and the honest dessert case.
Try the red fruit and passion fruit sorbets
Try the vegan chocolate gelato
Try the vegan berlines and babka
Try the seitan sandwiches with chimichurri sauce
Quiet rooms, unhurried pace, under $$.
Wifi, outlets, no judgement for a 3-hour sit.
Try the tofu scrambles, especially with vegan ham and sausage
Try the vegan cinnamon roll and sesame cookie
Try the Sandito Huevito sandwich with tofu egg
Try the Cochamo Hummus toast with avocado and beetroot hummus topped with pistachio dukkah
Busy rooms with tables big enough for eight.
Try the plant-based sushi, especially the Murasaki and Tataki Mari rolls
Try the vegan pad Thai, often praised as one of the best in Santiago
Enjoy the vegan mushroom and pea curry, praised for great flavor and portion
Try the fried tofu sandwich "As de Tofu"
Menus kids recognize, staff who don't flinch at strollers.
Try the red fruit and passion fruit sorbets
Enjoy the vegan mushroom and pea curry, praised for great flavor and portion
Try the Italian vegan completo
Try the tofu scrambles, especially with vegan ham and sausage
Try the fried tofu sandwich "As de Tofu"
Try the vegan lasagna with almond béchamel sauce
Try the chocolate orange vegan sorbet
Try the Vegan Lover pizza with customizable toppings
Cities where the empanada signature also earns a spot in the top essentials — pack a weekend around one.
Yes — Santiago has 353 vegan-ready venues. The top-ranked are Veggie Lunch / Empanadas, Pastas y Bolleria dulce. 100% Vegano 🌱, Pan semilla, Almacén Vegano Ostara. Spinach ranks them daily on overall rating, signature dish strength, and reviewer praise for the food.
Santiago scores 50.4/100 on the Spinach vegan city index. The city has 69 vegan-friendly venues and 64 high-quality restaurants out of 353 analyzed.
Santiago has 50 fully vegan restaurants and 23 vegetarian restaurants. 69 venues score B or higher on the Vegan Friendliness grade.
Santiago's top signature dishes for vegans are empanada, completo, ramen, and the city also does cake and burger well. Signature dishes are ranked by how the city's venues score against the other 157 cities we track.
The vegan scene in Santiago leans American, Italian, Japanese. American is particularly strong, with 10 venues serving quality plant-based options.
Veggie Lunch / Empanadas, Pastas y Bolleria dulce. 100% Vegano 🌱 is ranked #1 in Santiago by the Spinach Essentials algorithm, which weights rating, signature dish performance, and reviewer praise. See all 15 Essentials for the full ranking.
Spinach ranks vegan venues using the same algorithm the mobile app runs: a composite of Google Maps rating, the Spinach Rating (Wilson-confidence scored), dish-quality Wilson scores from extracted review signals, and city-specific signature dish strength. Essentials add a tier weighting; category lists add their own mood/occasion weights. No pay-to-play.
The ranking refreshes daily from Supabase. The last refresh is stamped at the top of this page. Venue data comes from Google Maps, HappyCow, and Spinach's own review-analysis pipeline.
