Experience Amazing Cuisine In Uruguay
Specially selected best Uruguay restaurants —including the infamous Mercado del Puerto for steak, tiny places where staff worked at La Huella—for drinks, a gourmet chivito, Uruguay wine & fresh veggies
Are you a foodie in Uruguay?
Our Favourite Uruguay Restaurants
Look no further for the most creative fine-dining in Uruguay—down an urban backstreet or hidden in a leafy suburban park—, to the best food truck & local cuisine, to the juiciest steak in Montevideo.
Bar El Mingus – Chill Out Restobar & Tuesday Jazz
El Mingus is a one of the best restaurants in Montevideo–cool, contemporary, with the intimacy of an old-school bar. We love the great food & live music.
Cabaña de Veronica – Great steak & Uruguay asado
The Port Market–Disneyland for carnivores–is not to be missed but avoid the tourist traps! At Veronica’s, you’re guaranteed great steak & Uruguayan asado.
Baco – Montevideo’s top wine restaurant
A French bistro with probably the longest wine list in the city and multiple by-the-glass choices is one of the best new Montevideo restaurants by far.
Il Tano Cucina – pasta & seafood in Punta del Diablo
One of the best seafood restaurants in Punta del Diablo & open all year round. Family-run, it’s minutes from the ocean & specialises in home-made pastas.
Salon No. 3 – La Barra cuisine
New La Barra restaurant in a vintage furniture store. Pull up a chair in the kitchen as the chef preps just-caught fish & his home-grown organic veggies.
Doña Martina – Classic empanadas at their freshest
A traditional street food in Uruguay is the empanada. This is the very best empanada place we’ve found with a mind-blowing 50+ fillings to choose from.
Tandory – fine-dining fusion food & bold sauces
When Mick Jagger visited, he dined at Tandory, one of the best restaurants in Montevideo. When you’re sooo over steak, this is your place.
Tribu – Arts centre & resto-bar with art deco vibes
A hub of live music, candombe jams, art & design pop-ups, LGBTQ+–, a must-do on your list of things to do in Montevideo at night.
Arazá – Native Uruguay cuisine
Native Uruguay cuisine in Montevideo. Special events include monthly expeditions to El Prado park to identify local plants–and after you get to taste them.
Your Personal Wine Shopper in Montevideo
Can you believe this? A personalised wine delivery service in Montevideo. Adriana selects Uruguay wine to your taste and budget & delivers to your home.
Es Mercat – The best fish restaurant in Montevideo
We wager Es Mercat is the very best fish and seafood restaurant in the whole of Montevideo. Ask the chef to choose what you eat, for the best experience.
Artesana – Uruguay vineyard for foodies
Besides great wine, in our experience, this award-winning women-run winery 45 minutes from Montevideo, has the BEST lunch of Uruguay vineyards.
Montevideo Wine Experience
A stone’s throw from the famous Port Market, lies Montevideo’s first ever 100% Uruguay wine tasting bar. A great place to get oriented to life in the city.
Sin Pretensiones – Gourmet Uruguay comfort food
Local dishes–Montevideo Uruguay food–just like Mamá made, served exquisitely in a vintage furniture store in the Old City. Gourmet chivito & great prices.
Café Gourmand — great weekend breakfast and brunch, coffee roaster
A French-inspired bistro & bakery in Montevideo with great service, always freshly-baked bread and pastries and great coffee at affordable prices.
Mercado Ferrando – Gourmet & street food market
Open from 8am till late every day, the Market’s foodie focus and art-deco building means it should be on your list of things to do in Montevideo.
Lobo Suelto – Best little foodtruck in the East
The best traditional food in Uruguay between the airport and the beach. Chivito, seafood and salads, all locally sourced–& veggies from their garden.
Estación Penitente – Magical hill-top restaurant in Minas, Uruguay
Overlooking Uruguay’s Sierras de Minas, with views reminiscent of Greece. Traditional cooking, Uruguayan BBQ & wild boar. Day trip from Montevideo & Punta.
Sometimes Sunday Cafe – Outstanding Montevideo coffee shop
OMG, the eggs in salsa and Bloody Mary. Breakfast, all-day brunch and the best coffee at this Colombian-owned coffee shop in Montevideo’s old town.
Guru’Guay only recommends eateries and Uruguay restaurants that we absolutely love, who love what they do and demonstrate consistently excellent quality.
Unfortunately consistent quality is not all that common in Uruguay, which is why a great recommendation from someone who knows is soooo important. We’ve visited every one of our Top Picks multiple times.
Local Cuisine
Cabaña de Veronica – Great steak & Uruguay asado
The Port Market–Disneyland for carnivores–is not to be missed but avoid the tourist traps! At Veronica’s, you’re guaranteed great steak & Uruguayan asado.
Il Tano Cucina – pasta & seafood in Punta del Diablo
One of the best seafood restaurants in Punta del Diablo & open all year round. Family-run, it’s minutes from the ocean & specialises in home-made pastas.
10 Uruguay foods you must try
Typical Uruguay food — chivito, tira de asado, pamplona, torta frita, alfajor, dulce de leche… We go through each one, what it is and how you say it.
Salon No. 3 – La Barra cuisine
New La Barra restaurant in a vintage furniture store. Pull up a chair in the kitchen as the chef preps just-caught fish & his home-grown organic veggies.
Doña Martina – Classic empanadas at their freshest
A traditional street food in Uruguay is the empanada. This is the very best empanada place we’ve found with a mind-blowing 50+ fillings to choose from.
The history of the chivito – Uruguay’s gigantic steak sandwich
This classic Uruguayan sandwich is soooo good. What’s in a chivito, why does its name refer to a goat when it’s beef, and WTF is a chivito ‘canadiense’?
Mercado Ferrando – Gourmet & street food market
Open from 8am till late every day, the Market’s foodie focus and art-deco building means it should be on your list of things to do in Montevideo.
Lobo Suelto – Best little foodtruck in the East
The best traditional food in Uruguay between the airport and the beach. Chivito, seafood and salads, all locally sourced–& veggies from their garden.
Estación Penitente – Magical hill-top restaurant in Minas, Uruguay
Overlooking Uruguay’s Sierras de Minas, with views reminiscent of Greece. Traditional cooking, Uruguayan BBQ & wild boar. Day trip from Montevideo & Punta.
5 foods you need to try at the beach in Uruguay
Looking for the best seafood in Uruguay? The cuisine of Uruguay’s most eastern province, Rocha, is chock full of fresh seafood.
What do Uruguayans eat?
What do Uruguayans eat (and drink)? A “tourist shopping basket”–to keep prices down in vacation hot spots–reveals all. Hint. It includes whiskey.
What time do people eat in Uruguay
Dinner time in Uruguay is …10pm??!! Revealed – Your secret weapon in the quest to make it alive to dinner in Montevideo.
Breakfast is not big in Uruguay
Bizcochos, medialunas and cafe con leche or mate. The traditional breakfast in Uruguay revealed.
Wine
Baco – Montevideo’s top wine restaurant
A French bistro with probably the longest wine list in the city and multiple by-the-glass choices is one of the best new Montevideo restaurants by far.
Los Nadies – Premium wine tasting in Montevideo
Your chance to taste some of the best Uruguay wines at the hand of one of the top three wine-makers in Uruguay at his home and winery minutes from downtown.
Wine delivery around Montevideo
Stay safe and still get hold of your favourite Uruguay wines. Call in your order by WhatsApp and the wines arrive at your door. Easy as that.
The Top Tannats of 2020
One in three bottles of Uruguay wine is a Tannat. Yes, Uruguayans LOVE this red. Nowadays there’s a Tannat for every occasion. We celebrate the Top Tannats.
Feel good in quarantine: 10 minutes in a parallel universe
Join us as we parachute in on a virtual visit to a Uruguay wine-maker. Harvest is just ending and there’s some feel good news, it’s the BEST in 40 years.
Montevideo #1 in new travel show
The host of this brand new travel show fell in love with Montevideo. The wine, soccer, carnival, food… so many things to do.
Two of the world’s top 50 wineries are in Uruguay
Bodegas Garzon and Bouza have ranked #2 and #44 amongst the world’s top 50 wineries. What other wineries to visit when you’re in Uruguay?
Your Personal Wine Shopper in Montevideo
Can you believe this? A personalised wine delivery service in Montevideo. Adriana selects Uruguay wine to your taste and budget & delivers to your home.
An introduction to Uruguay wine country
Uruguay is the new world’s undiscovered wine gem. Plan your trip to Uruguay wine country. Tips to regions, wine tasting in Montevideo & private wine tours.
Artesana – Uruguay vineyard for foodies
Besides great wine, in our experience, this award-winning women-run winery 45 minutes from Montevideo, has the BEST lunch of Uruguay vineyards.
Montevideo Wine Experience
A stone’s throw from the famous Port Market, lies Montevideo’s first ever 100% Uruguay wine tasting bar. A great place to get oriented to life in the city.
Mercado Ferrando – Gourmet & street food market
Open from 8am till late every day, the Market’s foodie focus and art-deco building means it should be on your list of things to do in Montevideo.
Manuel Filgueira: Ninja winemaking in Uruguay
Trained in elite French chateaux but down to earth, Manuel Filgueira is one of Uruguay’s top winemakers, producing tiny quantities of exceptional wine through “sheer stubbornness”.
The 20 very best Uruguayan wines
Uruguay’s wine production is small yet magnificent. Here’s the very best from the Guru’Guay Guide to Uruguay, a guide to wine country and more.
Wine tasting in Uruguay vs Napa, California
Take it from the Tannat Queen. If you want a wine tasting experience to remember – and generous pours! – Uruguay beats Napa hands down.
Wine tasting in Carmelo
Wine tasting at the unique family-run boutique wineries of Carmelo, Uruguay. Plan your route, find contact details and prices.
Carmelo: The Uruguayan Tuscany
Not a huge amount to things to do in Carmelo, besides drink wine. Thank god! Visit vineyards, drink fine wine & relax in a tiny Tuscany without the hordes.
6 Uruguayan wines you MUST try
Argentinians know wine. Local expert Claudio Angelotti selects neighbour Uruguay’s best wines. The Guru translates his recommendations for your enjoyment.
3 Uruguayan white wines you must not miss
Uruguayan red wines may get all the press but descendents of Spaniards are producing some great whites – albariño, cocó and cabernet blanc.
Uruguay wines vs. Argentina’s, who comes out top? You may be surprised
A lot of people were suprised when Financial Times wine expert Jancis Robinson ranked several Uruguay wines higher in 2013. A new South American wine giant.
Craft Beer
Mercado Ferrando – Gourmet & street food market
Open from 8am till late every day, the Market’s foodie focus and art-deco building means it should be on your list of things to do in Montevideo.
6 best beers for summer in Uruguay
Daniel Rocamora, Uruguay’s foremost craft beer expert, chooses this summer’s best craft beers. Hit the beach and carnival with six of the best.
Checking out the craft beer in Uruguay
For a country of 3 million, Uruguay has a notable number of craft breweries, all producing excellent craft beer, many using Belgian hops.
Cafes & Bars
Bar El Mingus – Chill Out Restobar & Tuesday Jazz
El Mingus is a one of the best restaurants in Montevideo–cool, contemporary, with the intimacy of an old-school bar. We love the great food & live music.
Tribu – Arts centre & resto-bar with art deco vibes
A hub of live music, candombe jams, art & design pop-ups, LGBTQ+–, a must-do on your list of things to do in Montevideo at night.
Montevideo #1 in new travel show
The host of this brand new travel show fell in love with Montevideo. The wine, soccer, carnival, food… so many things to do.
Club del Pan – Legendary sandwiches in Parque Rodó
A tiny corner cafe off the rambla. Gigantic sandwiches made with sourdough from a legendary baker. Excellent coffee. An essential stop in Montevideo.
Café Gourmand — great weekend breakfast and brunch, coffee roaster
A French-inspired bistro & bakery in Montevideo with great service, always freshly-baked bread and pastries and great coffee at affordable prices.
Mercado Ferrando – Gourmet & street food market
Open from 8am till late every day, the Market’s foodie focus and art-deco building means it should be on your list of things to do in Montevideo.
Sometimes Sunday Cafe – Outstanding Montevideo coffee shop
OMG, the eggs in salsa and Bloody Mary. Breakfast, all-day brunch and the best coffee at this Colombian-owned coffee shop in Montevideo’s old town.
My top 3 places to eat in Montevideo’s Old City
The Guru recommends her three fav watering holes in Ciudad Vieja, the old town of Montevideo – amazing fish, all-Uruguayan wine-tasting and VEGGIES!!!
Montevideo Wine Experience – the underground sommeliers
Montevideo wine tasting? There’s a charming little wine-bar close to the port of Montevideo with the friendliest English-speaking staff you’ll meet.
Where to watch the World Cup in Montevideo. Or where the real sports bars are
Forget those plastic replicas in the shopping centres. These are the real thing out in the neighbourhoods of Montevideo. Find character and characters.
Seafood
Il Tano Cucina – pasta & seafood in Punta del Diablo
One of the best seafood restaurants in Punta del Diablo & open all year round. Family-run, it’s minutes from the ocean & specialises in home-made pastas.
Salon No. 3 – La Barra cuisine
New La Barra restaurant in a vintage furniture store. Pull up a chair in the kitchen as the chef preps just-caught fish & his home-grown organic veggies.
Es Mercat – The best fish restaurant in Montevideo
We wager Es Mercat is the very best fish and seafood restaurant in the whole of Montevideo. Ask the chef to choose what you eat, for the best experience.
Lobo Suelto – Best little foodtruck in the East
The best traditional food in Uruguay between the airport and the beach. Chivito, seafood and salads, all locally sourced–& veggies from their garden.
5 foods you need to try at the beach in Uruguay
Looking for the best seafood in Uruguay? The cuisine of Uruguay’s most eastern province, Rocha, is chock full of fresh seafood.
My top 3 places to eat in Montevideo’s Old City
The Guru recommends her three fav watering holes in Ciudad Vieja, the old town of Montevideo – amazing fish, all-Uruguayan wine-tasting and VEGGIES!!!
Best place to watch the sunset in Montevideo
7pm on a summer’s evening. The sun will be going down in under an hour. Where’s the best spot to kick back and watch the sun go down over the city skyline?
Markets
Cabaña de Veronica – Great steak & Uruguay asado
The Port Market–Disneyland for carnivores–is not to be missed but avoid the tourist traps! At Veronica’s, you’re guaranteed great steak & Uruguayan asado.
Mercado Ferrando – Gourmet & street food market
Open from 8am till late every day, the Market’s foodie focus and art-deco building means it should be on your list of things to do in Montevideo.
Vegetarian & Vegan
Recommended food delivery and take away in Punta del Este
Our favourite foodie restaurants have pivoted to what is most helpful and safe right now – take away and delivery. Organic veggies around Punta del Este.
Organic produce delivery – Montevideo & Punta
Get organic fruit and vegetables, fresh eggs and honey direct to your door. Organic food baskets delivered in Montevideo and Punta del Este.
Arazá – Native Uruguay cuisine
Native Uruguay cuisine in Montevideo. Special events include monthly expeditions to El Prado park to identify local plants–and after you get to taste them.
Club del Pan – Legendary sandwiches in Parque Rodó
A tiny corner cafe off the rambla. Gigantic sandwiches made with sourdough from a legendary baker. Excellent coffee. An essential stop in Montevideo.
Sin Pretensiones – Gourmet Uruguay comfort food
Local dishes–Montevideo Uruguay food–just like Mamá made, served exquisitely in a vintage furniture store in the Old City. Gourmet chivito & great prices.
Café Gourmand — great weekend breakfast and brunch, coffee roaster
A French-inspired bistro & bakery in Montevideo with great service, always freshly-baked bread and pastries and great coffee at affordable prices.
Mercado Ferrando – Gourmet & street food market
Open from 8am till late every day, the Market’s foodie focus and art-deco building means it should be on your list of things to do in Montevideo.
Lobo Suelto – Best little foodtruck in the East
The best traditional food in Uruguay between the airport and the beach. Chivito, seafood and salads, all locally sourced–& veggies from their garden.
Sometimes Sunday Cafe – Outstanding Montevideo coffee shop
OMG, the eggs in salsa and Bloody Mary. Breakfast, all-day brunch and the best coffee at this Colombian-owned coffee shop in Montevideo’s old town.
5 foods you need to try at the beach in Uruguay
Looking for the best seafood in Uruguay? The cuisine of Uruguay’s most eastern province, Rocha, is chock full of fresh seafood.
My top 3 places to eat in Montevideo’s Old City
The Guru recommends her three fav watering holes in Ciudad Vieja, the old town of Montevideo – amazing fish, all-Uruguayan wine-tasting and VEGGIES!!!